Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1916 — BIG DEMOCRATIC TAXPAYER TELLS WHY HE IS A REPUBLICAN THIS YEAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIG DEMOCRATIC TAXPAYER TELLS WHY HE IS A REPUBLICAN THIS YEAR

S. F. Max Puett, one of the most substantial Democrats In Western Indiana, recently shook the Democratic organization from one end of the state to the'othpr with a ringing Indorsement of the Republican party and its candidates —state and national. The Democratic leaders rightly interpreted the voice of Mr. Puett as being the voice of thousands of Indiana voters who in the past have affiliated with the Democratic party but have now become disgusted with the record of extravagance and Inefficiency that has marked the present Democratic state and national administration. ' —- Mr. Puett, who lives at Rockville, is a lawyer and farmer. He farms approximately 2,000 acres of Parke county land and has many other large .interests. For some time he has been dissatisfied with the increasing tax Irate in Indiana, and as a result he has •made a careful Investigation of Democratic extravagances. Mr. Puett, who has taken his coat off for the

Republican party and will S ive bls time from now to eleclloo In furthering the organization ot the Hughes Alliance ot Indiana, today made the followIng statement: “I have always been a Democrat. My family have always been Democrats. While I have never been active in politics, as such, my past political affiliations are well known. "Under the present conditions in this state, however, I nave felt It my duty to carefully investigate the situation, and hav ng done so, I am fully convinced that there Is but one thing for me todo, and that is to support the Republican ticket in this election. "The Democratic mismanagement of the state’s affairs is appa - ing and has resulted in an increased tax rate becoming well nigh unendurable. I farm approximately two thousand acres of land and I have had occasion, for obvious personal reasons, to.study tie cause of the Increased tax rate. ~ —— . 2‘NexL the Republican position In regard to tariff is undoubtedly correct, and a protective tariff Is the one sure safeguard for -■ our industries and labor in the unprecedented period in our Industrial life, which we will experience after the war. ' "Believing these things, it is my purpose to do all I can to further __ Kepnbitcwi —

S. F. Max Puett.