Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — THEY DIDN’T LIKE IT. [ARTICLE]

THEY DIDN’T LIKE IT.

Speech of ’Surgent Senator Clapp a Little Too Hard For Standpatters. Some of the old line stand-pat republicans who attended Senator Clapp speaking Wednesday night, say it was about the most socialistic speech they ever heard. Clapp as a ’surgent seems to be trying to out-surgent Beveridge. ~ -- That the speech did not; set well with all of the perhaps 150 men. women and children in attendance is evident from the remarks heard on the street Thursday regarding it. 'The republican party organ did not like it, either, for its editors, think all republicans, both past and present, have been paragons of honesty amTaß—demoerats are d—rascals. It says: “There were others who believed that his attitude against' the party leaders and in favor of factionalism is calculated to stir up strife that it will take some time to overcome. All are not willing to concede that all, of a sudden the republican party has found itself contrbled by rascals and plunderers. It was probably unfortunate that Senator Clapp was sent to Rensselaer, for his speech was not calculated to harmonize but to aggravate.” It- is an old axiom that a wounded bird does the most fluttering, and we are' not surprised that a speech against grafters sftmild not be favorably received by most of the fraternity in Rensselaer. Neither does the old wheel-horses of the party favor the new order of things or have any confidence in sudden ov-er-righteousness of the new would-be leaders.