Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — GET OUT THE VOTE. [ARTICLE]

GET OUT THE VOTE.

The Democrats of Indiana have made a winning fight. At every point the Republicans have been on the defensive, and at no time have they met the arguments which have been advanced in favor of a return to con stltutional government and to respect for the rights of others, both at home and abroad. Governor Durbin has admitted that the much advertised payments made on the state debt since 1895 were from money realized from a Democratic tax law and a Democratic sinking fund law, and no Repubi lican speaker of intelligence has dared 1 to defend the silly utterances of the | state platform on that subject. The Republican state board of tax i commissioners has arbitrarily increasj ed the assessments on lands and lands and improvements in fifty counties of | the state, and with equal recklessness j reduced the assessments of corpora- ! tions, thus increasing the burden of : taxation of the one and decreasing the taxes, which have never been burdensome, of the other. In pursuing such a policy the board has shown a studied l purpose to curry favor with corporations at the expense of the people. It ; recognized the fact that the tax law was enacted to pay off the state debt and that it could not be done If the assessments of corporations were reduced and corresponding increases were not made in other directions. When the alternative was presented of making the corporations pay a proportionate share of the taxes of the state or reducing their assessments and adding to the burdens of the people, the board did not hesitate to place the burden on the farming communities, thus adding materially to their taxes. In respect to the national candidates In Indiana the campaign has been aggressive and thousands of Republicans appreciate the calm, dignified demean or of Judge Parker and have come to contrast it with the bullying, impetuous temperament of the President and to see in the one safety for principles of government and in the other danger and possible shipwreck if encouraged by indorsement at the polls. The American patriotism, which lies deep in every thinking man, has been aroused, and hundreds among the Republicans of that class will vote for Judge Parker through fear of Republican tendecies under Roosevelt. The influence of this class is already marked in the campaign and the Democrats may reasonably expect to poll a large vote from men who admire sterling worth and cannot be won by glitter and show. These are the favorable auspices under which the campaign has progressed and under which the vote will be cast. But Democrats should see that no votes are lost for lack of effort on the part of those charged with the duty of getting men to the polls. This is a work that ought to challenge earnest thought from now till the polls are closed on the Bth of November. Every

man who will vote the Democratic ticket should be urged to be at the polls early and remain during the. day. If anyone Is physically unable to go to the polls, comfortable conveyance should be provided for going from and returning to his home. The one important thing to do now is to get out the vote. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with this duty, and every expense incident to it shrould be cheerfully borne. Get out the vote.