Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1915 — NEED BOTH HANDS TO LICK DEMOCRATS [ARTICLE]

NEED BOTH HANDS TO LICK DEMOCRATS

Congressman Kelly, of Michigan, Speaking at Columbia Club, Thus Characterizes Split. Indianapolis, May 18.—That the two factions in the republican party in Indiana and in the nation will be united in the campaign of 1916, is becoming more apparent each day. Congressman Patrick H. Kelly, of Lansing, Mich., in a recent address before "the Columbia Club at Indianapolis, referred to the division in the republican party at Chicago in June, 1912, in the following significant words: “We republicans had eelcted so many presidents all the way down from Lincoln that We got it into our heads that we could elect two presidents at one time. Now we are beginning to realize that we can not lick the democrats with one hand, but must use both hands in doing it, and will be found fighting with both hands hereafter.” This statement represents a great truth. It recognizes the rank and file of the voters in the two factions of the republican party as sincere believers in the cardinal principles of the party. Now that the futility of fighting the opposition “single-hand-ed” is apparent, the two factions of I the republican party are joining hands for a powerful attack on the democrats in 1916. As an evidence of the union of the two factions of the republican party in Indiana, the activity centering around the Columbia Club in this cityis significant. Among the one thousand new members that have been added to the club within the last few weeks, are men who were leaders in the progressive party in 1912 and 1914. These men are among the most enthusiastic supporters of the movement to make the Columbia Club a powerful state wide organization in the interests of republican principles and legitimate business. Republican editors and party leaders all over Indiana are enthusiastic over the plans to make the club, the center of republicanism in the state, and are earnestly co-operating with the officers of the club in the campaign for new members. The membership committee makes a report every Monday, and an increase in membership of more than one hundred per cent has occurred since the special membership campaign was launched a few weeks ago. John Priest, traveling - passenger agent for the Monon, was here for a short time this morning to meet the delegates from Rensselaer to, the Dixie Highway meeting' in Chattanooga and to inform .them that a chair car had been provided for them all the way to Louisville.