Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1916 — Bad Habits. [ARTICLE]

Bad Habits.

Those whd breakfast at 8 o’clock or later, lunch at twelve and have dinner at six are almost certain to be troubled with indigestion. They do not allow time for one meal to digest before taking another. Not less than five hours should elapse between meals. If you are troubled with indigestion correct your habits and take Chamberlain’s Tablets, and you may reasonably hope for a quick recovery. These tablets strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions

JOKE NO. 2. j Having started the political joke making for the 1916 campaign Editor Babcock will doubtless keep it up. He now announces himself in favor of the nomination of Warren T. McCray for the republican nomination, which we-felt certain he would do and we feel quite sure that he will follow his traditional habit of opposing the democratic machine candidate by actually"supporting Mr. McCray at the election. W. H. Blodgett, the staff correspondent*-of The Indianapolis News, started the antimachine democrats of the state for the annual losing fight this last week by visiting Rensselaer and rehashing the old, old story about “How Babcock Lost the Postoffice.” It was a jolly, good story, notwithstanding the fact that The News and Mr. Blodget published it almost verbatim a time or two before. It copied from The Democrat the ultimatum that Editor Babcock never would bend the knee to Boss Murphy or any of his ilk and was so defiant and chesty that he doubtless 'threw a big scare into the Taggart-Murphy , crowd. They have kept right on doing business just as of old, however, and evidently recovered from the scare and even the work “ilk” didn't cause them to change their tactics. Since that ultimatum was hurled at Mi;. Murphy the machine has made all its plans to nominate John A. M. Adair for governor and Editor Babcock who said he would never “bend a knee” to the basils - submissively aligning himself with the movement and bagging his trousers in an effort to be good. But to get back to another feature of the joke. Babcock might as well claim not to be a printer as to claim that Warren T. McCray is not a farmer. He was not bom nor raised in a printing office. He was a stone mason, we understand, and did not get into a printing office until he was well along in life. Warren McCray”s experience on a farm has been much longer and has shown, probably far more success in management than has the local democratic philosopher. - Read this paragraph from The Democrat:

Mr. McCray was the only son of a Kentland banker; he never lived on a fram, nor done any farm work in his life. His apparent success in the breeding of Hereford cattle is due to an unusually bright Scotchman who manages this part of the business for ham, James Hendry, and while McCray furnished the money, Hendry furnished the brains. It is said that without the distinguishing mark of a white face Mr. McCray could hardly tell a Hereford from a jackass. But this is possibly putting it a little too broadly. However, he as not a farmer, never was and probably never will be. He has been in the banking and grain business all his life, with alleged close connections with the board of trade, «£*and the raising of white-faced cattle is merely a side line indulged in like some wealthy men used to indulge in the fast horse j business. He is said to have never loosened up for a dollar lived on a fafm, nor done any in a business way, until he got into this race for governor, and now the extravagant pace he has set is the talk of this and neighboring states. Perhaps he sees two dollars coming back for every one spent now, but The Democrat does not believe the people of unless he saw two coming back, for governor, and does not think he will reach the quarter pole when the primary race is run. Indiana want this sort of a man For all-around chicanery this takes the cake. We have heard of credit being given to the wives for the literary genius of authors , and to. others for inspiring the political ambitions of their husbands and it is probable that they have given council and advice but it would be very unfair to discredit the worth of the. husbands. There is no* doubt that great businesses are building largely by the competency and integrity of all persons employed in them but this fact shows to the credit and discrimination of the master hand. Surely it would be a small-caliber mind that would give all the credit of any person's success to some one employed by them. Henry Ford has some great' men working in his auto factory but there is only"one real Henry Ford; the Marshall Field store in Chicago has for some years been directed by John G. Shedd, but it was only of late years that Mr. Shedd has been widely known in its management. Mr. McCray has chosen to manage his Hereford farms the beet man he could find. He has secured competent men to help, run his grain business, to help run his banks, to help run his stone industry, but they riot lessen his ability because of their own. Why, bless you, even a man so conspicuously prominent as Editor Babcock, with his years of swansinging about being the friend of the

taxpayer, has not arrived at Ms pinnacle of 'fame without having surrounded himself with some fairly competent assistants, Judging from Babcock’s estimate of success, however, it must be attained by giving employment to men who are unworthy of trust. To insinuate that the ambitions of a clean and honorable man for the office of governor are prompted by dishonesty is near the dregs of political debauchery and comes in queer connection from an editor who is backing for the same job a candidate endorsed by the bosses whom he defied only a few months ago. But it is characteristic of the man and a study of ten years has failed to suggest any hope for him except to play the role of innuendo and insincere critic. The editor of The Republican don't care a rap for shoulder straps or clevers, so far as personal ambition is concerned, but we are interested _as are practically all caps in Jasper county in the nomination of Warren T. McCray, because we believe him qualified for the position be seeks and capable, of beating any democrat that can be named for governor of Indiana.