Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1906 — IMPOSING ON THE NEWSPAPERS [ARTICLE]

IMPOSING ON THE NEWSPAPERS

A recent "special” from Indianapolis which appeared in several of the state newspapers, contained some notably false and misleading statements. In order to show that the purpose of the writer is solely to serve the Republican party a part of the “special” is here set out as follows: "Democratic leaders admit that there Is not the demand for Bryan in Indiana that there was prior to his Madison Squsre Darden meeting. Up until that time Secretary Reilley was besieged with requests from all parts of the state that Bryan be sent to aid in electing Democrats. The requests now are few and far between. Republicans say that the falling off in the demand for the Nebraskan is significant. It means, they say, that the people of Indiana will not stand for his government ownership ideas. It Is quietly admitted that Bryan’s new issue will have a marked effect on the present state campaign. This Is conceded by Democrats and Republicans alike." There is no truth whatever in the above statements. The demand for Mr. Bryan from all parts of the state has not fallen off, but it has grown to overwhelming proportions. Mr. Bryan has no more made “government ownership” an issue than Mr. Roosevelt did in his last message to congress last winter and in other published

statements. Mr. Bryan would prefer ownership of the railroads by the government rather than ownership of the government by the railroads, as most other persons would, but like most others he favors effective public supervision and regulation rather than public ownership. The effort of the Republican managers to draw attention away from their scandalous alliance with the trust, and from their dishonest and wasteful management in both the national and state governments shows how badly scared they are. Whenever they resort to methods of which the above mentioned “special” is a small % sample the people know that the Republican politicians realize'that defeat stares them in the face.