Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — THE NICE THINGS BABCOCK SAYS [ARTICLE]

THE NICE THINGS BABCOCK SAYS

“Notwithstanding the fact that the Rensselaer Republican attempted to queer the war train exhibit here, tnrough one of its chronic errors, by saying in its Tuesday issue that the train would not be here until the 25th, the public generally accepted the statement made by the Democrat, that the train would be here on Wednesday evening.” (This was published to show his brotherly love for the editor of the Republican. .We notice however, that Bab in his chronic harvest of news from the Republican sometimes makes an error). Read the following from Bab also. .“Please contrast the location and make-up of this committee. (He refers to the Welcome Home committee to go to Indianapolis to receive the Rainbow division) with that of Mayor Spitler’s All Republican, All from Rensselaer committee appoint- _ ed recently to represent Jasper County in a similar “welcome home” of an Indiana unit some weeks ago. On- _ ly one member of this entire committee had a son in the service, and most of the members were absolutely childless—-but every man Jack, was a Republican.” (This is also an explosion of love. It’s all right but like many other of Bab’s Statements, it is not true. Two members of tire committee had sons in the service and one had two sons. There were only four men appointed, the only Democrat named did not go. Others were asked but they did not care to go to the expense. If Bab insists in sharing in this honor he can still get in by coming across and paying to the committee a part of the large expense which they themselves were glad to expend for the boys. There were only four members of the committee which would have made it difficult to divide them among the thirteen townships). .- •Here is another exhibition of the venom spead by the pen of the furious Democrat editor. His paper like his mind is full of it. “Wood did not know a thing about how to proceed or else he deliberately misstated (a mild synonym for lied) the matter in securing names to this particular, petition.” Another mis-representation of Mr. Babcock’s in this same .issue is the one in the Lee and Burris accident dent account, where he intimates that the boys had been drinking. The writer called on Mr. Lee at his home and he informed us that neither one of them had drank a drop of intoxicants and that both were strictly sober. Mr. Lee was driving the car and connot account for the accident as the car did not rtin into the ditch but simply turned over. The physician who was called to attend the injured men .says there was no sign of liquor in any shape or manner and that he was positive that the men had not been drinking. "Both men were pretty badly injured and that should be sufficient without the further punishment be wrongfully accused of being drunk.