Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1904 — The Journal vs. Hanly. [ARTICLE]

The Journal vs. Hanly.

On January, 9, 1899, when the Republican legislative caucus was about to assemble to nominate a candidate for senator, the Indianapolis Journal, which Mr. Fairbanks afterward acquired and then sold, leaving that partv without its old-time organ, referred to the lavish display of money about the Hanly headquarters, and said that his claim to being the “poor man’s candidate” was not genuine. If the Journal were in existence today it could truly say the same thing. Speaking of Frank Hanly’s candidacy for the senatorial nomination in 1899, the Indianapolis Journal, now defunct through the courtesy of Senator Fairbanks to George F. McCulloch, said: “Devoted as it is to what It conscientiously believes to he the best Interests of the Republicans of Indiana, it concieVes it 10 be its present duty to say frankly and for what it may be worth, that Mr. Hanly should not be named as the caucus nominee for senator. His servxices to the party do not justify his selection. Either of the four gentlemen who oppose him has rendered the party much greater and longer service. His claim to being the poor man’s candidate is not sustained by the lavish display being made in his behalf. His political, oratorical and professional attainments are surpassed in each case by some one of his competitors, no one of whom has ever demanded or received financial compensation for whatever they may have given in the way of campaign effort." With the Indiana Republicans paying off the state debt with money which comes into tne treasury through a law they denounced, and the national party pointing to prosperity when wages are being reduced, men being thrown out of work and prices constantly on the up-grade, the average voter should nog find it difficult to make a choice this year. A man whose Ideals are so warlike that he denounces the industrious, peace-loving Quakers, and whose admiration for the reckless cowboy carries him into belittling the farmer, the laboring man and the mechanic, is not one to be safely trusted with the destinies of 80,000,000 people. Conservatism cries out against him and the record of a long line of illustrious presidents Is a protest against his course. The first forgery of the campaign occurs in the use of General John Coburn’s name to a circular urging old soldiers to vote for Roosevelt. The circular is issued by an alleged “Camp of Veterans,” one of whom, at least, is employed in the pension office. General Coburn says his name is used without authority, and the signature is, therefore, a forgery. Senator Fairbanks ia clinging to one office while running for another, and James A. Hemenway is a candidate both for congress and the United States senate. Graft has become sueh a fixture in the Republican party that even its leaders grab at the future while holding desperately to the pretest's emoluments. The Civil Service Commission declared that it will prosecute any person soliciting campaign contributions from government employes. A statement like this always emanates from the commission Just before the Republicans begin to levy contributions, and it is always followed by the same result—contributions. Flour has gone up one dollar a barrel, but the price of radium has decreased one million dollars a pound. Carrol D. Wright of the labor bureau will have to get out another bulletin and show that living expenses are stationary, for flour and radium will offset each other, according to his way of figuring. The St. Louis negro that bet his life against five dollars that Roosevelt will 1 be elected puts about the same pre- i mium on existence that a man does who tskes carbolic acid. But then there are some negroes who can be jj spared. The most important work of a cam- '] palgn is that which briaga the voters of a oounty Into a oompaot, effective organisation. What la being dose Is this county n*oug that Hast