Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1910 — Shall Women Vote? [ARTICLE]

Shall Women Vote?

When you see it in a Beveridgfc organ —if it relates to Democratic affairs —'remember that a plentiful supply of salt is needed—and perhaps a powerful disinfectant.

In spite of the fact that Wade H. Ellis was given a leave of absence from his duties as official trust-buster of the Taft administration in order that he could give all of his time to “saving Ohie,” it appears that the Republicans pi that state have engaged in a throat-slitting contest which bids fair to finish them after the fashion of "their Indiana brethern.

E. M. Lee, Mr. Beveridge’s state chairman, expressed the opinion in print that those republicans who disagree with the senator’s speech and platform are “of no great importance.” This is not the political rating that Watson, Heminway, Landis. Fairbanks, Durbin, Goodrich and others of the old guard, including Editor “Bob” Brown, give, themselves. ■ „

State Chairman U. S. Jackson, speaking before the Indiana Democratic club at Indianpolis the other night, declared that there is widespread satisfaction Qyer the outcome of the state convention, and he predicted that that the Democrats will sweep the state. As Mr. Jackson keeps in close touch with the potiticat situation and is always disposed to be conservative in his public statements, it can be set down that he knows exactly what he is talking about

The Democratic voters of Indiana remember that while there are three English daily newspapers printed in Indianapolis, not one of them is Democratic or even near Democratic. The Star and Sun are planetary orbs of the Republican solar system. The esteemed News, comet-like, pursues its erratic and parabolic course within the same system. Democrats who want dependable illumination on party matters yannot safely look at either of the above publications. It is quite the contrary, and this fact should not be forgotten.

Two Democratic congressmen from Indiana, namely, Cox of the Third district, and Adair of the Eighth, have started a war on the mileage graft allowed congressmen. Under the law as it stands 20 cents a mile is allowed to cover traveling expenses to and from Washington. As rhilroad rates are approximately only 2 cents a mile, the 20 cents allowance 0 should be abolished. In their fight Adair and Cox Tiave the support of every other democratic congressman from Indiana, and even Barnard and Crumpaker, the. two republicans, talk as if they favored a change.

After eliminating from the campaign contribution publicity bill the provisions requiring the publication in advance of congressional elections of the names of contributors and the amounts given by them, the senate committee on. privileges and elections ordered a favorable report on that meastire. If the senate committee’s idea is carried out contributions will : not.be published until fifteen days after such elections. The reason before election was that the attention of the voters might be diverted” from the issues in such a way as to be “prejudicial to the public interests.” Which, of course, is poppycock. It would only be prejudicial to the candidates who would be shown to be backed by self-seeking persons or corporations.

The Republican papers of the state had hoped—and possibly the editors of some of them had prayed that the Democrats would do something in their state

convention that would make trouble for themselves and incidentally brighten the Republican sky. As nothing of the son. happened, but quite the contrary, the tone of the Republican press, as it contemplates the thickening gloom, is exceedingly depressed. Of course they can still abuse Tom Taggart and hammer away at John Kern and criticise Governor Marshall and so on and so forth ad nauseum, but they make no headway along that line. Indiana Democrats have settled all of their their own affairs to theii entire satisfaction and are now in position to give their undivided attention to the other fellows, and that is just what they “propose to do.

It is admitted that the people are at last thoroughly awake to the iniquities of Republican taiiff legislation. They know how, under such legislation, for every dollar they have paid into the public treasury for public purposes they have paid five to private individuals for private purposes. Under high - sounding but fraudulent pretense of “protecting” the country's industries, tariff laws have been enacted to swell the enormous gains of the trusts and monopolies that not Only needed'no protection, but that were shipping their products abroad and selling them at prices far below those exacted from the American people. The Democratic party has called the attention of the people to these and other things time and again and begged the voters of the country to assist it in righting the worst wrong of the age. Will they do it now, or will large numbers of them throw away the opportunity by supporting either Republican “regulars” or “insurgents,” both of whom are still committed to the policy of “protection,” which is the foundation stone of legalized .larceny, monopoly and almost prohibitive prices of the necessaries of life.

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