Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1910 — INSINCERITY AS AN ASSET [ARTICLE]

INSINCERITY AS AN ASSET

The attempt of Editor Sefrit of the Washington (Ind.) Herald to gain support for Beveridge from the regulars by the plea that if his vote had been needed to pass the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill it would have been forthcoming, has acted as a boomerang. Even Editor Sefrit has been made to dodge. The assertion that Beveridge’s vote against the bill was a play to the gallery and that his vivid denunciation of the bill in the state convention was a mere bait for the insurgent gudgeons, did not help him with the reguJars. and will weaken him with the honest and intelligent insurgents. So far as the regulars are concerned their chief grievance against Beveridge is based on his insincerity. A dispatch puts it this way: “The conservative element of the Republican party which is opposing Beveridge, is said to have entertained this view of his “insurgent 7 activities for some time. In a degree, it is explained, this is one of the secrets of their dislike for him as a political figure. They believe he is not sincere in his acts and speeches, and that he is “playing to the gallery.” Feeling thus, the regulars were not elated over Ed-, itor Sefrit’s “discovery." nor persuaded to change their attitude. On the other hand the faith of hitherto staunch insurgents has been undulv shaken.