Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — AT THE CLOSE [ARTICLE]

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Th» Fight Wort H Democrats Will Do Their Whole Duty on Election Day and Get Out a Full Vote. '(■ The Democrats of Indiana have made a winning fight and the state is assured for Judge Parker, the entire state ticket and control of the legislature if the closing days of the campaign find every Democrat doing his whole duty. " No faint-heartedness Should be encouraged now. The party has met and vanquished the Republicans on their own ground, has forced admissions from Governor Durbin that the payments on the state debt have been made through a tax law and a sinking fund law that the Democrats, over Republican opposition in the legislature, passed, and has presented candidates for the suffrages of the people who are in every respect superior to their opponents. No campaign in the state was ever begun or continued under more favorable auspices. All meetings have been well attended, the arguments advanced by speakers have sunk deep into the minds of the people, the issues have been presented calmly, dispassionately and effectively and it remains only to see that every voter Is at the polls on November 8. This is the work that now lies before the party and the organization should be pushed With direct reference to that important duty. Some may be physically unable to get to the polls, some may be indifferent and some may have business of importance that would render the casting of their votes problematical. In the one case means should be provided for overcoming the physical disability, in the second the voter should be importuned to do his duty and in the third the voter should be made to realize that no business can be more important than the redemption of the state and nation from Republican rule. The first and greatest duty of every Democrat to himself and to others is to exercise the elective franchise in the contest with extravagance and imperialism. The Democrats have presented ideal candidates for president and governor and from top to bottom of their tickets th,ere is not one who is unworthy the suffrage of a patriotic citizen. Many Republicans, realizing that their party has wandered away from the early principles of government, that it has subordinated the constitution to greed, and has invoked tyranny abroad while preaching freedom at home, have determined to vote with the Democrats this year, and they should be welcomed cordially wherever they appear. And when the victory, is won, as it will be on Nov. 8, every Democrat can feel that he has contributed to It. Mr. Bryan’s closing speech in Indiana was an appeal to Democrats to do their duty, and every man should treasure his words and apply them directly to himself. At Hammond, where the last speech of the ten days’ tour was delivered, the great Commoner made this appeal: As this is my last meeting in Indiana and the end of my ten-day tour of the state, I desire to make tys farewell appeal to those who voted for me when I was a candidate. Let no friend of mine hesitate about the support of the ticket. Let no friend of mine imagine that he can help me by contributing toward the # election of President Roosevelt. Judge Parker’s election will hasten every reform In which 1 am Interested by removing from the arena of politics the questions which now divert public attention from economic and industrial problems. A victory for Parker will not be a victory for the gold Democrats alone, for they could not win the election without the support of the silver Democrats, so that those who voted for me can claim a share in the victory this year. And the Republicans who voted against me and who are going to vote with us this year, will also be entitled to an honorable part in our victory. If we can only overthrow the doctrine of imperialism there will be glory enough In the victory for us all. And this is just such an appeal as Democrat should make to Democrat In the effort to get out every vote. The party Is enthusiastic, militant and strong in the right. Each individual of which it is composed is an important factor In securing victory. Qet out the vote. The son of the postmaster of New York city is a candidate for the Assembly and is under arrest for colonizing voters. It appears from the confession of a man whom he employed, that some twenty rooms were rented by the candidate and men were domiciled in these just before the day of registration. The cashier in the general postofflce was also charged with conspiracy to import voters. Here is a chance for the authorities of New York to make sonffe shining examples of the equality of justice. We suggest that when Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge speak at Muncie and praise the policies of the Republican party, that they call for testimony from some of the Muncie merchants. They will tell the Senators that the closing of trust factories in that town has eut down the merchants' sales $9,000,000 a year, and yet It la a part of the Republican policy to teeter tracts. Nay, Senator Beveridge has even declared that there are