Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1908 — ALL RIGHT—AND KEEP IT SO. [ARTICLE]

ALL RIGHT—AND KEEP IT SO.

It is a well known fact in every township in Indiana, that you cannot find a Democrat in the state who is not confident that Thomas Riley Marshall will be elected goveri*or, and accompanying it is the strong belief that Bryan and Kern will be elected by the country as president and vice president. This is born of the fact that Democracy has a decided advantage in the state and national platforms, and the more potent fact that we have the more important advantage of having chosen stronger leaders in the campaign. On the other hand there is a silent belief among tens of thousands of Republicans that they will lose the election in state and nation, and not infrequently this is conftdentialy expressed, but not for publication. This admission is made by men who have for years made it their business to observe the trend of public opinion and the election results which follow. The form of the verdict of good judges is that, if the election were held today, the Democrats would carry Indiana by not less than 20,000 and would gain a substantial majority in the electoral college. In this qualification lies the most important admonition to Democrats, namely, that nothing can defeat their party save the efforts of Republicans between now and election in the use of money and the perversion of the will of the people by other campaign methods. Vigilance then should be the watchword of Democracy from now until Nov. 3. The people are with the Democracy now, and but for the pecuniary campaign methods of the opposition the victory will be sweeping. It is the duty of every Democrat not to indulge himself in overconfidence, but to be on the watch tower and see that there shall be no invasion of the ranks by an insidious enemy powerful only in the arrogance of wealth and the impudent boast of corporations that elections can be purchased now as iu the past. Watch! —Vincennes Sun, Try “Gem of the Valley” Flour, at $1.38 a sack, at the Chicago Bargain Store.