Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1910 — STATE TICKET. [ARTICLE]

STATE TICKET.

Secretary of State. LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Du^tur. Auditor of State WM. H. O'BRIEN, Lawrenceburg. Treasurer of State W. H. V6LLMER, Vincennes. Attorney-General * THOMAS M. HONAN, Seymour. Clerk of the Supreme Court J. FRED FRANCE. Huntington. Superintendent of Public Instruction k ROBERT J. ALEY, Indianapolis. State Geologist EDWARD BARRETT, Plainfield. State Statistician THOMAS W. BROLLEY, North Vernon Judge of Supreme Court, Second District DOUGLAS MORRIS, Rusbville. Judge of Supreme Court, Third District CHARLES E. COX, Indianapolis. Judges of Appellate Court, Northern District JOSEPH G. IBACH, Hammond. ANDREW A. ADAMS, Columbia City M. B. LAIRY, Logansport. Judges of Appelate Court, Southern District EDWARD W. FELT, Greenfield. M. B. HOTTEL, Salem. DISTRICT TICKET. For Member Congress, Tenth District JOHN B. PETERSON, of Crown Point. For Joint Reprenentative. Jasper and White Counties, WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Monticelio. .COUNTY TICKET. Clerk FELIX R. ERWIN, Union Tp. Auditor A. BEASLEY, Carpenter Tp. Treasurer CAREY L. C.\RR, Newton Tp. Sheriff WM. I. HOOVER. Marion Tp. Surveyor DEYERE YEOMAN, Marion Tp. Assessor , CHAS. U. GARRIOTT, Union Tp. Coroner JR. M. B. FYFE, Wheatfield Tp. Commissioner Ist District WILLIAM HERSHMAN, Walker Tp. Commissioner 2d District C. F. STACKHOUSE, Marion Tp. County Councilmen-—lst District. GEO. O. STEM BEL, Wheatfield Tp. 2d District A. O. MOORE. Barkley Tp. 3d District L. STRONG, Marion Tp. 4th District GEORGE FOX, Carpenter Tp. At Large GEO BESSE, Carpenter Tp. JOSEPH NAGLE, Marion Tp. , J. F. SPRIGGS, Walker Tp.

While the Payne-Aldrich' tariff bill was under consideration in the senate 129 votes were -taken upon various phases of the bill. Mr. Beveridge dodged forty of these votes, voted with Aldrich thirty-four times and against him fifty-five times. If he is a real tariff reformer, why did he dodge?

A straight-out old-line Republican paper declares that "insurgency will pass as a bad dream" and that "real Republicans" should have no, part in keeping it alive. And that seems to be the attitude of the Indiana regulars, just as it is the attitude of President Taft, the national leader of the Republican party.

If, as Mr. Orumpacker says, he voted to remove a part of the tariff on sugar, he but half performed his duty to his constituents. If, as some of the Crumpacker press alleges, none of the duty was removed, he failed utterly in his obligations to the people of the Temh Congressional district, li ftttr fflstance Mr. Crumpack j

er has been derelict* t<Y the interests of the people who honored him and faithful to the that take care of Congressmen whose constituents give no concern to the work of their hired men in Washington. '

"It is not denied at Republican state headquarters." says a newspaper correspondent, "that there are at least 57 varieties of Republicans in Hoosierdbm this year." and that uppermost in the -minds of the managers is the question as to "what: we shall do to be saved." And that is a big question, and the answer to it cannot be found between now and November. i

For a dozen years Mr. Crumpacker labored valiantly to muster support for his pet measure designed to reduce the Congressional representation of the south. After everyone of his northern colleagues had intimated that he was making a regular Balaam transport of himself he discarded the idea and hasn't done anything since—except support Joe Cannon and grind axes for the special interests at every opportunity.

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Republican Editorial association with the state campaign managers, it was decided to let every editor handle the county option question as he sees fit Tn his particular commu nitv. This program is exactly in harmony with the "npn-paru-i-an" plans of the A iti-Saloon i.eague. The sole purpose i> to leceiye the v-iters a- to the real purpose of both the Republican organization and the league.

An insurgent Republican paper savs that "consistent Republicans throughout the state who are at all informed on Indiana political history, can have no patience with an effort from certain quarters to create the impression that Senator Beveridge has not always done his full duty toward the party organization and to bring about success.’* The "certain quarters" refers to Watson. Fairbanks. Hem in way, Durbin and other old-line regular?. None of these men or their followers regard the Beveridgeites as "consistent Republicans." On the contrary, they look upon them as very inconsistent Republicans and vlill not be disturbed bv what they think.

On Sept’. 27. 1908. Theodore Roosevelt wrote to \\ . J. Bryan that he was opposed to the publication of campaign funds before election. In that letter he said t<> Mr. Bryan that "It Mr. Harriman’s contribution to the campaign fund of I'KH had been known before the election you and your supporters would have endeavored to use the tact of its having been made as an insincere and untruthful argument." H arrim,an,-after visiting Roosevelt at the W hite House, went back to New yoj'k and raised 5260.0G0 in W all street. This is the contribution referred to. But now this same man savs that campaign contributions should, be publicly accounted ft r "not only after election, but before election as well." Can any intelligent person be expected to place any sort of dependence upon anything that such a man savs?

In a labored effort at levity a republican newspaper says : “John 0 Peterson, we presume is from Sweden, and ’ban a good fellah.’ " It is quite remarkable how some people can substitute presumption for knowledge and occasionally get close to the. truth. Mr. Peterson was bom and raised in Lake county is cpiite a long distance from Sweden. That he is of Swedish ancestry, will scarcely be to his detriment, and you can bank on it that he “ban a good fellah." .Men do not occupy places of esteem in the hearts of those who know their everydav life unless they have been good, clean upright, responsible citizens. Mr. Peterson has a state wide reputation as an able man in his profession, his neighbors value his opinion on. matters that concern them vitally—little homey things that are a part of their lives—and the children of Crown Point love his cheery smile and friendly gfee|ing. You bet he ‘‘ban a good tellah" and the more pebnle who.learn the fact the larger will his majority be when the votes are counted this fall.

After serving as a member of Congress for fourteen years amt drawing 575.000 -alary and the perquisites which go with the position Mr. Crumpacker announces that he is ready to vote for a bill which wilTgive the old soldier a pension of a dollar a day. Maybe he is. maybe he is. But if there is anything slower than the second coming of the Mes-iah it is Crumpacker’s struggle with himself to mete justice to the veterans of the civil war. "Tor fourteen years he has had daily the opportunity to frame and vote for a bill of this character but he never did it. During that time he has had numerous opportunities to reward some individual veteran with a postoffice appointment in his district but invariably such applicants have been turned down. Crumpacker doesn’t give a tinker’s damn for the old soldiers but he does love their votes.—Benton Review.

When John B. Peterson consented to make the Congreksionali ace in this district he realize ! that he had a gigantic task ahead, of him but Mr. Peterson is not a man to be dismayed by obstaclewhich are susceptible of removal. He has an abiding faith in the fairness of the average man. The average man is apt to give little attention to matters which are afar removed from his everyday life as tire election of a Congressman. He i- apt to leave the matter to someone else to attend to •-r vote a straight ticket because it is too much trouble to scratch. He wants a Congressman who will represent him and reposes a child-like faith in the man who happens to lie on his ticket. Eventually he awakes to a realization of the situation if he ibeing buncoed and taxed without representation. This is a cor.di tio'n which hundreds of vo’« s have Come to understand is confronting them to-day and Mr. Peterson is receiving such pledges of support that he and his friendare aamzed and gratified at the interest which is being manifested in the race he is making. Each passing day adds to his popularity a- the people come to know more of the man himself?