Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — Page 2

tie m mm wmi 3gF.tiiißeesi.ioiiffi mi)««». OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second-Class Matter June 8, 19«8, at the post office' at Rensselaer. Indiana, under the Act of March 8. 1878. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence *ll. Published Wednesdays and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. SATCRIIAY. -OCTOBER S. 191st.

STATE TICKET.

Secretary of State. LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Decatur Auditor of State WM. H. O’BRIEN, Lawrenceburg. Treasurer of State W. H. V©LLMER, Vincennes. Attorney-General THOMAS M. HONAN. Seymour. Clerk of the Supreme Court J. FRED FRANCE. Huntington. Superintendent of Public Instruction ROBERT J. ALEV, Indianapolis. State Geologist EDWARD BARRETT. Plainfield. State Statistician THOMAS W. BROLLEY, North Vernon Judge of Supreme Court. Second District DOUGLAS MORRIS, Rushville. 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, Logans port. 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 PolnL For Joint Reprenentative. Jasper and White Counties. WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Monticello.

COUNTY TICKET.

- * Clerk FELIX R. ERWIN, Union Tp. Auditor A. BEASLEY, Carpenter Tp. Treasurer CAREY L CARR. Newton Tp. Sheriff WM. L HOOVER, Marion Tp. Surveyor DEYERE YEOMAN, Marion Tp. Assessor CHAS, U. GARRIOTT, Union Tp. Coroner ->R M. B. FYFE. Wheatfield Tp. Commissioner Ist District WILLIAM HER3HMAX. Walker Tp. Commissioner 2d District C. F. STACKHOUSE. Marion Tp. County Councilmec—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 TPj. F. SPRIGGS. Walker Tp.

MuCiT alarm is expressed in Indiana as to how Mr. Roosevelt can possibly speak in favor of Senator Beveridge, in view -of the Saratoga platform.—indianapoli- Star i Rep. i Whq expresses the alarm? k is not the Democrats.

Has any <ne ever heard viator Beveridge sa) a word against government extravngerice; I iahe ever voted against even one of the monstrous appropriation bills passed through emigre-- since he has been senator? Of course not. He has not had time to think about such small things. When he entered the senate nearly twelve years ago the government was spending'ssso.ooo,ooo a year. It is now spending twice that sum. or eleven hundred million dollars. And every dollar of this enormous expenditure 1 is taken from the pockets of the people by taxation. Even stand-patter. Aldrich declares that the government i? vNsndmg three hundred million vs more than is necessary '• 1 V, but Beveridge has been f. , ¥ Arsing as the professional & m >e people’’ that he has p \in his thoughts for , . vNhis class.

In making his’ ftr?t formal speech of the campaign S-hator Shively disclaimed any intention of making a keynote speech. 11 e said that every mart who ; as to support a family and pay the prevailing high prices needs no one 1.. - und a keynote tor him. for he has a keynote of his own that i> "pathetic in its eloquence." Nothing is truer. The cost of living |s .a burning question in nnlli- n~ of homes. Somewhere between the producer and the o r-timer, working under the protection of the Republican lawand p>«licie-. there is a combination to pick the pockets of both DVr4t ha- liven successtuk That c -mhination must be broken up.

"The -o-called insurgent leader-.” -ay- Senator Shively, "are uttering their hurrahs at the rear av*i not at t. e head oi army •f rev it. The uprisjigg' started at the fire?;<ie> of /trie country. It i? a protest against a system which enables a few to gather where many have planted, and a few to reap where many have -own: The insurgent movement a movement among the people themselves/' And it may he added that all >f the recent elections whether held in Mas-achusett’s. Mi-- urj. New York. \’ermont or 'Maine -how tiiat the people proj, - e to seek relief through the Democratic party ami not ihr ugh the “so-called insurgent leaders" who a—unit that they created the movement.

WHY DOES HE DODGE?

The Democratic party of Indiana. in it? state platform, declared in favor of a modification •f the county option law by sub'tituting local option by cities, incorporated towns and to.wnships. The Republican party, which took the county Option r «ad in 1908. and passed the pre--ent law in September of that year. make? no mention of the matter in it? platform thi? year. When the question was tip for discussion two years ago Beveridge dodged. The anti-saloon lea-

gue arranged for him' to dodge this year.by consenting to have the option question left out •>f the Republican platform. Beveridge and the anti-saloon league t' gether are working together to -ecure control of the legislature, if po?-ible. The inference is that ■the. ?enator favors the retention

■f the countv option law. But he ha? riot said ?o publicly. It was reported that lie had written a letter to 1. Frank Hanly which is- Satisfactory to the ex-governor, but what i? the truth about it? r -r.’t It time fi r Mr. Beveridge to -too v. here he >tarids? ’

R »*>sevelt .managed the New York Republican convention to -nit himself. The platform i? hi? and the candidates are his. Fhe platform praise? the . Pay-ne-Ald-rich tariff law in terms a? strong a? either Payne or Aldrich would ;.:?e in Co:r. mending their own >rk. Fhe candidate for governor i? a corporation lawyer and a partner of F.lihu R» ot. the confidential adviser and director of . e big trusts and combinations. All this shows what Roosevelt really stands so that is the very things he denounced out v.x?t. . What he will sav in Indiana remain? to be seen. But as

he seems to'think that the people west of < >hio either cannot read or are fool?, he probably will repeat his Kansas and lowa speeches, even in the very face f his .Yew York performance, ‘lack in .Yew York, however, ■ here the Republican campaign funds come from he will continue tA stand pat with “big business." As the people of Indiana can read arid are capable of knowing a thing when they see it. they will IF allow', their Intelligence he iiiMiite 1 even ’,l>y ?uch. a personage a? the Hon. T. Roosevelt.

GOVERNOR MARSHALL’S SPEECH.

The speech of Governor Marshall delivered in this city last night. was an honest, straightforward appeal to the intelligence =‘! the people. The attitude of x e Governor was not so much that of a leader —and not at all that of a boss—as that of a man counseling with his friends and neighbors c« ncerning matters ill which they had a common interest. The appeal was, not to authority. but to reason; . not to leaders, but to principles. The Governor said: It can not be that here in Indiana, with churches and schools and newspaper? and intelligence everywhere, that men are 1 sstpettfing judgment

until sonde one whose career has been satisfactory to tfaein J shall tell them What to think. Democrat as I am, and hopeful as I am for the success of the Denjocratic party in Indiana...! would not cry. •Follow me." even though I was assured such cry would bring party success,; why the party should be successful. A free people must follow principles and men. and not men alone.

That is the keynote of his' -peech. The Governor did well to remind us all of the nature of our government, of the nature of liberty as it has always been understood by the men of our race. It is true, as he said, that "the governed have an inherent right in an orderly way to change their form of government, hut that perturbed orators and states!!ie;i can not destroy the charter •>i a people's rights to satisfy the caprice and whim of the individual citizen." In other words, our government is a government if law and institutions, and not of mere abstractions. This point was made very strongly in the speech la>t night. Believing in local self-government as the surest guaranty of liberty, the (iOvernor warned the people against the centralizing tendency that is now operating so strongly. lie was n it. he said.' one of those "who believe in the appointment of -rewards <.f public affair? and of trustee- tinder God,’ 7 in a- “partnership between the government arid their private affairs.” The < a>vern<>r argued that it was not enough to hold and maintain that certain tariff schedules were wrong, but that war ought to be waged on the whole scheme of privilege, Fhe speech is notable as containing the first discussion of the temperance question in the present campaign. No one who knows Governor Marshall will believe that he has any sympathy with the liqrior interest, or any political alliance with it. Being opposed to all interests in government, he could not connive'at the control of the Democratic party by the liquor interest —which is quite as much an interest as the steel trust is. But he did defend the Democratic plan of city and township option as against county option, and he based his argument on his theory of local self-government. His idea is that a community can not be made and kept “dry" against its will, that men can not lie made go«'d by law. and that law to be effective must be as far as pos--iDie the expression of the will • f the people who are to live under it. There is a great ileal to be said in favor of this view. Broadly speaking it is wholly -' t’.nd. The question is as to its application. W e think it well that the question'should be raised, for it iimportant that the will of the j»e«>plft should be known. , l lie governor ’called attention to the fact that the Republican convention had ignored this question, ami reminded the people that though the platform indorsed practically everthing else that the pariv had done it made no mention of the party's most recent achievement, the enactment of the county option law. From this he drew the conclusion that t.:e intention was to play the game both wavs, to stand for "wet candidates in. certain counties, and "dry 1 " candidate- in certain others. Certain if /Is that the Republican party ishowing little interest in the count \ option law. Fhe people are left to infer that it will not be repealed. The interence may be justifiable, but nevertheless it would have been better and more frank to say what was meant, and to stand affirmatively for county option. The Governor did well to inform the people as to his views on this subject, and f ti e views of the party. For this is. after at I, a state election,; and state issues ought not to be ignored. W e are to hear more of them from the Governor. The speech as a whole is excellent. The two main themes are, as has been said, the governmental principle ori which this government rests —a principle which has rat cr been le st sight of in these days of the new nationalism—and city and township option. The two themes are as we have -aid. not unrelated. W e have no doubt that the speech will be widely and—carefully read, a - it ought to be. For it is a sober and thoughtful appeal to the intelligence and conscience of the voter.' —Indianapolis News.

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Candidates 1 of the People

W. H. VOLLMER, for State Treasurer.

M. B. LAIRY, for Appellate Judge, Northern District.

CALLS BEVERIDGE MILD INSURGENT

John W. Kern Opens Campaign With Stirring Speech on Current issues. FLAYS PROTECTIVE TARIFF Says That it Is Only Legalized Rob-bery-Speaker Says Roosevelt Has Surrendered. % (By Guernsey Van Riper.) .naianapolis—John W. Kern, Demov vatic nominee for United States Senator, opened his campaign at Evans..l.e last Saturday night in a stirring which he. pictured Senator oevc-riuge as a mild sort of insurgent, attacked tae protective tariff system -s legalized robbery, and referred to - heocpre Roosevelt as “the general of -i-fc* progressive movement” who trailed -* :s colors in the dust in the first .•.iimisa, and surrendered to the • standpatters in the New York state convention last week., Mr. Kern paid his respects to Senator Beveridge. “He denounces the Republican party for its betrayal of the interests of the people,’ said Mr. Kern. “He denounces ae present Republican administration cr having violated the solemn pledg's .ade uy the party in national convention. He denounces the principal legislative enactment of his party in” the last Congress voted for by four-fifths •cf the Republican members of that iody who voted at all, and approvec -T a Republican president not only by his signature, but by expressions of hearty commendation, -as a law which plunders the people, robs the poor, makes their lives more miserable and their struggle for existence more difficult —as a law which promotes and encourages lawful monopoly—and surrenders the rights of the people to the Powers of Pillage. “And then, after this terrific arkigh treason to the people who gave it power,'he makes eloquent appeal to the same .people ta vote the Republican ticket and continue that party in power. “The impudence of such an appeal reaches a degree of sublimity never before approached In the history of American politics. Verily, the old order change-h .and hath given place iQ that which is new, since the days

THE Democratic party in Indiana is fortunate in having a splendid state ticket. Each is peculiarly suited to the office to which he aspires and in which he will serve the people, not as a politician, but as a trusted and efficient official.

ANDREW A ADAMS, for Appellate Judge. Northern District.

W. H. Vollmer, of Vincennes, believes a public office should be conducted just as a man would conduct his own business. If elected he will carry his belief into effect. The fact that he has made a success of his own business is a guarantee rtnu the treasurer's office will be well and capably managed in the people's interests if Mr. Vollmer is honored with- the office. Moses B. Lairy is another who came to prominence from an Indiana farm. He is a member of the legal firm of Lairy and Mahoney, at Logansport and has served as judge of the Cass Circuit court. Mr. Lairy has never aspired to any office save in line with his profession, and is regarded by all who know him as admirably fitted for the place he now seeks. Andrew A. Adams of Columbia City served as a member of the Indiana legislature in 1891 and has since not been a candidate for any office. He is a life-long friend and former neighbor of Governor Marshall. He is one of the original “Marshall men.” For several years he has been a trustee of Purdue University and. is now vice president of the board.

of the great Republican giants, 3Tor ton and Harrison.” Mr. Kern declared for an immediate revision of the tariff without waiting for the services of a tariff commission and said that the only way it would ever be effected would, be by the elec tion of a Democratic Congress pledged to revise the tariff to a revenue basis. He pledged himself to a dollar-a-day pension law for old soldiers, declared that the Democratic party stood foi conservation and reform and paid a high tribute to Governor Marshall, the state ticket, Senator Shively and the Democratic Congressmen from Indiana. -

OPPOSED TO WORKINGMEN.

Two Republican Congressmen Stand Alone in This Class. The only members of the Indiana delegation in Congress who voted against the interests of organized labor on what is known as the “Hughes amendment,” last June, were the two Republican members, Representatives E. D. Crumpaeker of Valparaiso, and William O. Barnard of Newcastle. This is the statement of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation, of Labor, in a letter to John J. Keegan of Indianapolis, one of the Democratic nominees for the state Legislature and president of the machinists’ union. The “Hughes amendment” referred to was vital to the interests of labor and was favored by leaders of the movement. It protected them from the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, permitting them to organize for bettering their condition, shortening the hours of work and increasing their pay, without being subject to prosecution, it was regarded by labor leaders as essential to their best interests and when the only two Republican members of the Indiana Congressional delegation voted it down, there was a cry of “Shame!” from the working men of Indiana,

ASKS RCOSEVELT TO PAY.

Railroad Stockholder Complains of SIOO,OOO Transportation Bill. John H. Devine, head of a large commercial printing house of Philadelphia, has sent the following letter to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, says the New York World: 1 “Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1916. Mr.wfJames McCrea, Pres. Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Philadelphia. “Dear Sir: As a stockholder of the Pennsylvania Railroad I have been greatly surprised to learn there is an account, long overdue, for transportation furnished by it to Theodore

RoosevelL It is a matter of quite' general knowledge, so I learn, that this account amounts to more than SIOO,000. “Whether the person owing such account be a President or a former President, or whoever he may be. the interests of the Pennsylvania Railroad. it seems to md, demand 1 that there be a settlemenL Will you advise me if I am correctly informed, and if so is there any reason why this debt should not be paid? Will you also kindly inform ’me what steps have been taken, if any, in behalf of the company to collect the amount due, and what prospect there is, if any, of its settlement? “Very truly yours,

“JOHN H. DEVINE.”

“Theodore Roosevelt’s extraordinary traveling at the expense of the stockholders of the railroads during the first four years of his Presidency,” says the World, “resulted in Congress appropriating $25,000 a year to meet the cost of necessary Presidential travel in the future. No provision was made, however, to reimburse the railroads for Mr. Roosevelt’s extravagant use of special trains, which were furnished for his bear hunts, his turkey hunts, his eat-’em-alive lion-killing expeditions, for his social engagements, his home goings and comings, and for the transportation of his friends, his servants, his horses and his goods.”

BREACH SHOWS AT FEAST.

Col. W. T. Durbin and Senator Beveridge Clash at BanqueL The personal clash between Senator Beveridge and former Governor Winfield T. Durbin a: the recent banquet tendered Melville E. Stone, general manager of the Associated Press hft'e, by the Indiana members of the association, continues to be the one absorbing topic among.pcliticians. Col. Durbin's defense of the business man or “interests” in politics, and Senator Beveridge's reply which followed, at a banquet where Politics sat an unbidden guest, are the political sensations of the hour. In this clash is illustrated the great gulf that separates the two wings of the Republican party —a gulf which some have been trying to bridge with brave talk of harmony. Col. Durbin spoke first, his subject being “Business and Politics,” wherein he made an outspoken argument in behalf of the business man in politics. As he proceeded to defend what .are termed the “interests” right in. the face of Senator Beveridge, the guests sat up and took notice. The situation was rather tense for some, but was thoroughly enjoyed by the majority. Smiles went round and there were winks from one to another. When Col. Durbin got down to certain remarks reflecting “Big Stick” methods, there was no doubt among those at the tables,.,that he was speaking of Col. Roosevelt as well as Senator Beveridge. Senator Beveridge was flatly opposed to the arguments advanced by Col. Durbin and he made no bones about it. The pretense of harmony between the Beveridge wing of the party and the “Old Guard” as typified by Col. Durbin, was utterly cast aside and the skeleton of discord was dragged from the closet to sit at the feast “It certainly proves that all of this ‘get-together’ talk is nothing but pure bluff.” said one of the banqueters afterward, “and that the strife within the Republican party is as bitter and strong as it could possibly be. The Old Guard' is not in the Beveridge camp and will never go over, that's certain.”

HANLY MAKES CHARGE.

Says Republican Management Has Been Silenced by Brewers. J. Frank Hanly. former Republican governor of Indiana, charges that the Republican party in Indiana has been silenced on the liquor question by the brewers. Mr. Hanly further makes the direct charge that brewery influence was exerted upon the present Republican management in Indiana (at the head of which is Senator Beveridge) and to top it all he has attacked the Indiana Supreme Court and has come out openly against Judge Oscar Montgomery, Republican nominee for election to the Supreme Bench. ' These charges were made by Hanly recently in a speech in the Methodist Episcopal church at Hartford City. Mr. Hanly makes the flat statement that the brewers have silenced the Republican party in its platform utterance on the liquor question—and this silence was brought about by brewery influence exerted upon the present party management. This has been interpreted here by some as a direct thrust at Senator Beveridge. Mr. Hanly goes further and says that this silence of the Republican party represents only the “selfish desire of ambitious and selfseeking politicians to win in this campaign." He reprimands and shames the “supposed friends” of the county option law for running away and leaving it, undefended, to its fate.

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