Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — Great Responsibility Rests On Indiana Republicans. [ARTICLE]

Great Responsibility Rests On Indiana Republicans.

Lafayette Journal. There .is ,one duty which Indiana republicans, owe to themselves, to their parly and to the nation which may not yet be appreciated at the “mie measure of its importance. That is the election of two republican U. S. senators from this state at the coming election. This statement is predicated on the assumption that Mr. Hughes will be elected president of the United States; —Ls Indiana republicans are going to vote for Mr. Wilson then they should also vote for the democratic candidates for senator. If on the other hand they expect to-sup-port Mr. Hughes, and every indication now points to such support, they should not hesitate to make their endorsement complete. It would be criminal to elect Mr. Hughes and shackle him with a democratic senate. Therj docs not seem to be much doubt about the lower house, but the senate will be close because the number of U. S. senators to be elected this year are few, and several of them arc from strongly democratic states. Indiana will elect two senators and if Mr. Hughes is the choice of Hoosier republicans they owe to him a duty that should not be evaded. They should not withhold from him the law making power to make effective the policies which will characterize his administration. To elect him president and handicap him with a divided congress.would.be the height of folly. Indiana is one of the few states where U. S. senators are to be elected this year. On the shoulders of Indiana republicans may rest the responsibility for the future welfare of business of the nation; the lives and comfqrt of our people; possibly the destiny, of the nation itself. In such an emergency there is no time for quibbling, and no man should fail in the performance of his whole duty to his country. ~