Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH [ARTICLE]

BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH

Commenting on the speech of Ben* •tor Beveridge;, opening the Republican campaign in Marlon county, the Indianapolis News said: “He thought that the fact that Judge Parker voted twice for Mr. BryAn proved him to be weak, and not qn«L fled for the office of President. Yet almost 7,000,000 American citizens followed the course adopted by Judge Parker. And if we are honest with ourselvds we must admit that most Republicans would have Voted for their ticket In 1896 even if it had stood on a' free silver platform. The partisan habit is strong—far too strong. Mr. Roosevelt himself has voted for protectionist candidates at a time when he himself was a believer in free trade. So we should all of us try to be charitable to partisan zeal, for we can never tell when we may need charity ourselves." And the News might have added that there has been no more hide-bound partisan in the Senate than Mr. Beveridge. He has supported every measure advanced by bis party and has shown no independence whatever in that body. Continuing, the News says: “Senator Beveridge in his discussion of the relation of the tariff to trusts said that the Standard Oil company could not be the product of the tariff, as there is no tariff on oil. But there is a tariff on oil imported from countries that impose a duty on our oil. Further than this, the Standard company gets a rebate on the tins in

rich, and then he went into conference with that individual and said trtngs. • Of course everyone knows that the Republicans are uneasy over Indiana, and Slew’s attempt to conceal the cause of his visit only made him ridiculous. T