Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — BEVERIDGE WAS HERE. [ARTICLE]

BEVERIDGE WAS HERE.

U. S. Senator Beveridge of Indianapolis, one of the big guns of the g. o. p., was here for a 20 minutes speech Thursday afternoon. He came in on a special train and was “autoed” to a big tent in Milroy Park where he spoke to a good sized crowd, women and school children predominating. The city schools were dismissed to hear him, and the college stqdents were also in, making altogether some 850 to 900 children and pupils in the crowd. Very few country people came in, and they did not miss very much. The speech was entrely devoid of argument and everyone, unless he was a blind partisan, was disappointed. As usual in his talks, he asked if there was anyone present who was going to vote for Bryan? Out of the assembled audience came a rousing "Yes,” but the Senator made believe he thought it was only one man who had spoken—he has met with so much Bryan enthusiasm everywhere that he has got beyohd the embarrassment stage at this—and then went on with his talk. -—■ ■ - . ■

On bank guaranty of deposits, he said If Bryan was elected banks would be started by irresponsible parties in every other room in town, and they would get deposits because the big banks in the city would have to stand good for their deposits. How silly. Did he take his hearers all for fools? We have certain laws now regulating the establishment of banks and for their examination, but under a guarantee system there would be more rigorous laws still and every banker in the country would be watching out for the irresponsible banker—in fact it would be impossible for any such to engage in the business, and as soon as any banker got to going wrong he would be pointed out*by the other bankers and brought to time before he had squandered great amount of the depositors’ funds. Every other banker in Rensselaer, the Lafayette bankers, the Chicago and New York bankers, etc., knew the McCoys were on shaky ground before they failed. But you, Mr. Depositor, who lost your money ih that rotten concern, did not know it until Its doors were closed and you had the sack to hold.

Senator Beveridge closed his remarks by urging everyone to vote for Abe Halleck, because, said he, there will be two U. S. Senators to re-elect. And, he might have stated, for the thought was no doubt uppermost in his mind, "I am one of them who is afraid of losing a job if Abe should again be turned down, and self-preserva-tion is the first law of nature. The democrats, are much pleased with the expressions of opinion heard of the speech. If any votes were made they were made for the democrats.