Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1916 — Indiana G. O. P. Praised For Fine Organization [ARTICLE]

Indiana G. O. P. Praised For Fine Organization

A study in organization is presented by the election returns from Ohio and Indiana. Republican campaign managers say it was organization that put Indiana in the republican column and a lack of organizatkat, indicative of gross carelessness or worse that kept Ohio out of the Hughes column. Bouquets for the managers of the Republican campaign in Indiana and brickbats for the managers of the republican campaign in Ohio are the order of the day. Here is the contrast: Indiana—Hughes carries the state, two republican U. S. senators and republican state officers from governor down are elected, and the republican representation in the lower branch of congress is quadrupled. Ohio—-Wilson carries the state by a large majority, a democratic senator, democratic governor and other democratic state officers are elected and the democratic representation in the lower branch of congress is largely increased. Organization explains it all. The state of Indiana was better organized for the republicans than any other state in the union. On the other hand, there was no other state in the union outside of the solid south that was more poorly organized for the republicans than Ohio. There is no doubt that the Ohio republican managers are “in Dutch” with the national managers of their party and if Hughes had been elected they would have gotten husks.