Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1916 — AND HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF INDIANA [ARTICLE]

AND HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF INDIANA

AdalrUnatleto Answer S'pß9Chßs Being Made by James P. Goodrich Democratic Politicians Worried. According to newspaper reports JI i A. M. Adair, Democratic candidate for governor, has about come to the conclusion that it is impossible for him to answer the speeches that arg being made by James P. Goodrich,, Republican nominee c for governor. Some of the more substantial Democrats, after they had finished read ing Goodrich’s Greencastle speech;, were frank enough to admit that it was unanswerable, bat not so with . Mr. Adair. He ini modi ’ely took it upon himself to "arsi.ir" Goodrich and every time he opened Mis mouth for a discussion of state issues he got in just a bit beyond his depth. After three or four days of this Adair let it be known from, the stump that he would make no further attempt to< answer Goodrich. The Goodrich speech is based largely on the public records of Indiana and, of course, there is no way on earth for Mr. Adair, as much as he might want to, to get away from his party’s record for mismanagement that is unequalled in the political annals of the state. Adair apparently knows very little? about the Indiana state government. A few days ago, in a speech at Attica, Adair was reported as saying: that much of the increase Id-. the cost-, of government that has been noted? during the past seven years of Democratic control was due to the creation/ of the office of fire marshal. Evidently Adair did not know that the 1 - expenses of this, office are borne by the Insurance companies that are do* ing business in Indiana. ■ ■ i Another and even more striking evidence of his lack of Information regarding the state gov eminent is to be found in his reported statement that the number of state institutions had Increased from thirteen in 1908 to eighteen in 1916. As a matter of fact but three new state Institutions have been added since 1908, and there were fifteen in that year, instead of thirteen, as Mr. Adair imagines. And still this man is running tor ‘ governor of