Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1910 — THE JUDGE SMOKED OUT. [ARTICLE]

THE JUDGE SMOKED OUT.

Continued from First Page. employment as counsel in the Standard Oil Co., case as well as the other. But did Judge Crumpacker have such right? He did not know himself that Mr. Peterson was employed on a salary as attorney for any corporation, but In? had had more such cases tharf, he. and so he was a corporation lawyer—Crumpacker, you see, has been in congress a part of the time and couldn't handle as many cases as Peterson. But lie didn't think this was against Mr. Peterson; in fact it was a compliment to his ability as a lawyer. We don’t think it is against him either, and 'the people will give little attention to the big issue which Judge Crumpacker attempted t<j raised? “I am holier than' thou." Mr. Peterson has given his pledge that if elected to congress he will take no cases from corporations or anyone else during his term, he taking the position that iiis services belong to the public. Those who know Mr. Peterson know that he will keep his word. He will not try to serve both. Judge Crumpacker. however, wants all the corporation cases he tan get. He said lie had nothing to do during his vacations of congress except to practice law, and lie wanted to keep his hand in so that in case L was turned down politically lie would be in trim. As corporation cases predominate, that is, the big cases, in the north parr of the district, what more natural than that he should get into them — there is more money in them for Crumpacker. See! Put he doesi n’t have as, many corporation ' cases as Peterson, Xo. Xo. j The Judge then made a tearful ! plea for the vote of the old solI diers and said he had done so {■much for them since he had been lin congress 1 . But he didn’t tell j how few he had appointed as j postmasters, or to o'hei posi- | tions.

Finally, after again enlarging on how he and Beveridge worked together —except on the final passage of the tariff bib —he dosed with the admonition of the people wanted good crops, good prices and the sunshine and the showers just at the proper time, to vote with God and the republican party, as exemplified in Crumpacker and Beveridge,— modesty alone preventing him from giving God the last place of credit.

Finley P. r Mount, candidate for attorney-general, followed Judge Crumpacker and devoted most of his discourse to that great} nonresident patriot. Albert J. Beveridge—they both seemed much concerned about Beveridge’s scalp —and \vhy he should be returned to the senate. He too, pictured the iniquities of the Wilson tariff law and eulogized the Lavne-tariff bill, but didn’t explain for some reason how the land was’to flow with niilk and honey if the latter’schedules were \y> per cent. lower than the former. which had caused the Lord to visit his wrath upon the people.

Mr. Mount devoted a little attention to state issues,, .but said that the great issue was that great and good man Beveridge. While lie was speaking about half the 'audience got up and went home, but perhaps this was because a rain threatened or they wore tired, rather than the talk lie put up. Xo particular enthusiasm was manifested during the meeting, and it was likely that neither of the gentlemen changed the opinion of a solitary voter by their “arguments/’ The inconsistences of the arguments of both were too glaring to fool anyone. The fact is and is well known. Crumpacker is a fossil along with Cannon.- and they are the two recognized leaders in the lower house of congress as most devoted to the very' interests Beveridge and the other insurgent members of the republican party are denouncing for political effect. If botfi were honest neither could conscientiously' advocate the election of the other. Taft, Aldrich and Joe Cannon even dictated, the platform on which Mr. Crumpacker is running in this district and sent it to the convention that nominated him. He is the friend of the trusts and the enemy' of the" people opposed to such iniquitous combinations. He has 'outlived his usefulness as a representative of the people and should retired, to give his sole attention as attorney to the Standard Oil Co., and other huge corporations, for he cannot serve two masters and do justice to both.