Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1906 — OVERDRAFT WAS WORTHLESS ALL THE SAME. [ARTICLE]

OVERDRAFT WAS WORTHLESS ALL THE SAME.

Here is a little clipping from Blodgett’s report of the McCoy i trial that has not appeared, we bei lieve, in any of the republican I papers of Jasper county: During the cross-examination of Mr. Chapman he testified as to the worthlessness of the overdraft for $l5B of the Jasper County Republican Central Committee, of which Moses Leopold, one of the attorneys for the State, is secretary. “Wnat are your politics? ’ asked Mr. McHugh. “I am a Republican,” answered the witness “Do you mean to tell me that the Republican central committee of Jasper county would allow an overdraft of this nature to go unpaid?” queried Mr. McHugh. “I do. The overdraft is worthless.” “Did you ever know the Republican party to fail to redeem a promise of any kind?” thundered Mr. McHugh, whois a well-known Democrat. The answer of the witness was lost in the laugh that followed.