Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1910 — FATAL EVIDENCE FOUND. [ARTICLE]

FATAL EVIDENCE FOUND.

Three Empty Whisky Bottles In Hall Where the Republican Convention 1 Was Held. Indianapolis, Ind., April 6. Carelessness on the part of some of ' the delegates to yesterday’s insurgent convention caused the Republicans to be branded today as the “whisky party.” In spite of the fact that the Republicans forgot to mention county local option in their platform, it is believed that they might have worried through the campaign without unusual odium being attached to them, but to-day 'the Prohibitionists found three empty whisky bottles in Tomlinson Hall. , . _ \ Always on the alert for circumstantial evidence, the Prohibition ■ leaders quickly »put two and two together and proved conclusively to several hundred delegates to their state convention that the three empty bottles had been left by the Republicans. The three empty flasks were ranged in a row by Chairman F. W. Lough so that the delegates could judge for themselves of the infamy - of the Republicans. However, wishing to cinch the case, E. W. Clark, Secretary of the Prohibition committee, poured a few drops of the liquid from one of the bottles. The liquid didn’t look like whisky, but it had something of the necessary odor. ’ ' ■ r