Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1919 — MARION CO. SENATOR TO BE CANDIDATE FOR LIEUT. GOV. [ARTICLE]

MARION CO. SENATOR TO BE CANDIDATE FOR LIEUT. GOV.

Senator Harry E. Negley, of Indihnapolis, in the following state- ■ ment announces that he will seek the republican nomination for lieutenant governor. “Editor Rensselaer Republican: I “I beg the privilege of announcing through the columns of your paper my candidacy for the republican nomination for lieutenant governor; and, since the principal duties of the office pertain to the enactment of our statute laws, the people are entitled to know my views upon some questions that are now of vital import. “I believe in the right of collective bargaining, as I 'believe in the inviobility of a contract and the right of protection for.life and property guaranteed by the constitution. And I believe that law and order must be enforced in America, by Americans, and for Americans. -z—----“I have profound faith in the ability of the American people to manage their own affairs, internal and external, national and international, without the interference of any man not a citizen of the United States of America. And that applies equally to all alien advisors so in-, terfering, be they titled diplomats or red socialists. And I have an abiding faith in the American soldier of the national army, be he discharged or still in service, backing that principle to the utmost essential. “I believe in the right, and duty, of the state to so exercise its various functions as to bring the most benefit to the most people; but charged always with the obligation to safeguard public and private morals, and most particularly so in the operation of our public schools. “I believe, with all due regard to the present high-grade personnel of the police an.d f ire departments of Indiana, that a law should be enacted in all of the states prescribing the same penalty for conspiracy among sworn peace . and public safety officers to desert their sworn duty in a body, as is prescribed in the respective states for manslaughter. This because such desertion may be reasonably expected to indirectly result in the sacrifice of innocent lives. “I do not believe in the province |of the state to invade the private rights of the citizen, or usurp the inherent privileges of the home circle, except in the face of the gravest I emergency; and in such event I con- ' cede it only upon the failure of the | citizen, after proper notice, to peri form his whole duty in a manner consistent wijh the public safety. ARRY E. NEGLEY, - . “7fh“Congressional Districts