Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1908 — STIRRING RESOLUTIONS [ARTICLE]

STIRRING RESOLUTIONS

Indiana Editors Give Fitting Expression to Their Views. The following resolutions as an expression of the views of the Democratic editors of Indiana upon present political conditions were adopted at the recent winter meeting of the Democratic Editorial Association held at Indianapolis : “We congratulate the Democracy of Indiana upon the auspicious outlook for Democratic success in the approaching campaign and of the assurance of the final triumph of the theories of government for which the Democratic party has long contended. “We regret that in times of general plenty an avoidance of the square deal in national legislation has brought disaster upon the country. “We pledge the Democratic press of Indiana to lend its aid toward the restoration of confidence and prosperity and to continue a warfare for the withdrawal of special privileges that all may enjoy equal opportunities in the government dedicated to equal rights. “In the management of the affairs of Indiana we demand greater economy, the abolition of a number of useless and expensive offices, and a reduction in taxation. The burden of government in Indiana has been more than double during eight years of extravagant Republican administration without any special benefits accruing to the taxpayers of the state. "Inasmuch as our state committee has wisely decided to take the aggressive in the coming campaign, we are delighted with the privilege and the advantage of being in the lead and of forcing the Republican party in the state on the defensive —a situation In keeping with present conditions and indicative of the harmony and united purpose of our own party, and we thereby indorse the action of the committee. “With a firm belief in the righteousness of the Democratic principle of the rule of the majority as expressed in a free and untrammeled ballot, we would aid to the present laws regulating the liquor traffic a local option law giving to the people of eaoh community an opportunity to express their sentiments regarding the Bale of liquor in their midst, freed from the turmoil, annoyances and business disturbances in many instances attending the operations of the present remonstrance law. “We congratulate the country upon the triumph of Democratic principles so long advocated by the fathers of the party and so faithfully and courageously championed by William Jennings Bryan, and assure the Democracy of the country that we stand united in support of his candidacy for the presidency and for the election of legislators in Nation and gtate in harmony with his beneficent principles."