Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1908 — HAS THE LEOPARD CHANGED ITS SPOTS? [ARTICLE]

HAS THE LEOPARD CHANGED ITS SPOTS?

If it has been true in the past that the Republican party was controlled by rich men, It is no longer true. The party is in the control now of men who represent popular aspirations, and not intrenched privilege.—lndianapolis Star (Rep.). And yet it was the Indianapolis Star that printed a dispatch from Chicago saying that "not less than 63 and probably 100 millionaires” were participating in the Republican national convention. Among them were E. H. Gary, the head of the steel trust, and George W. Perkins, J. Pierpont Morgan’s partner. In the list of “not less than 63 millionaires” was a representative of every “intrenched privilege” in the land. And what particular "popular aspirations” do “peaceful Bill” and "Sunny Jim” and the “road roller” crowd generally stand for? Being still in the hands of the court, the Indianapolis Star ought to be careful about what it says.