Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — AN IMPRESSIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS [ARTICLE]

AN IMPRESSIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS

' The keynote speech delivered yesterday at Crawfordsville by Warren T. McCray, Republican nominee for governor, was impressive in the directness with which he discussed the issues of the campaign. Mr. McCray is a clear thinker who sees distinctly what is ahead of the state and nation. He is a business man without hobbies or fads to try out, who may be depended upon to give to the management of the affairs of state the same quality of judgment and administrative capacity that have made him one of the most successful farmers and live stock raisers in the United States. He talks very much like the kind of man the people want in the present emergency. Mr. McCray says the Republican party is best qualified by experience, principals and the quality of its leaders to get the nation back to normal working conditions, after the upheaval of recent -years. Ours is a system of government by parties and the ‘Republican party has demonstrated repeatedly its capacity for constructive leadership in state and national affairs. He believes that the same reasons that should prompt the voters to place the Republicans in power at Washington, should impel Hoosiers to entrust the state administration to the party of Lincoln, McKinley and RooSeThose 'who heard Mr. McCray’s address, or who read it, can not fail to be impressed by his practical sound sense conception the opportunity for service the next Governor of the state will have. He does not propose anything revolutionary er spectacular. He is for a budget system, for better pay for teachers, for road improvements, for the advancement of agriculture, for a return to thrift and economy, fpr generous treatment of the world war veterans, and considerate action to promote the welfare of the workers of the state. Mr. McCray, apparently, does not conceive it to be the province of the next Governor of Indiana to settle* the fate of nations nor to solve all the problems of the world at large. He sees before him the management of the business of a great corporation of 3,000,000 stockholders and proposes to give to the task the best skill and attention of which he is capable. He is willing to take the time from Jus own important interests in order to serve the people of his native state. Mr. McCray’s administrative ability has been demonstrated in his own business. His candidacy offers to the citizens of the state an opportunity they will not underestimate. —Indianapolis Star.