Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1911 — SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1911 [ARTICLE]

SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1911

REPUBLICAN HARMONY. Republican State Chairman Lee fired a bomb in the republican camp by giving out the follow-' ing interview at W ashington a few days ago, and which he has since defended and says is the true situation in Indiana:. Washington, Dec. 13.—Edwin M. Lee. chairman of the Indiana state republican committee, declared in a formal statement last- evening that Taft- can not carry Indiana. He said: ‘ • /- ’ j "Mr. Taft can not carry Indiana. If he is the republican nominee fcr fight 4s lost before a gun is fired; As one of his original friends who labored for* him night and day, 1 have been driven to this knowledge with extreme reluctance. "I have hoped he would be the man to lead us next year and have personally declared for him three separate times. I ( have spent the last eight months traveling over Indiana; have visited every county- in the state and some counties many times. " .

I have festered, favorable sentiment to him where I could because I am "For a time it looked as if we might pull Mr. Taft through, and his personal friend, and it seemed logical and good party policy that he should succeed himself. From the first, however, I find no earnest enthusiastic sentiment for him. The feeling of the precinct workers and the rank and file seemed to be one of stiff rance— that he had the solid south and would be nominated, and we might as well make the best of it. - "In the last two months sentiment has changed to pronounced dissatisfaction with Mr. Taft as pur leaver. A few days ago I sent a letter to our precinct Committeemen —there are over tpree. thousand of them—asking for a statement of political conditions in their precincts. I have received hundreds of replies. Four out of five of the letters from precinct committteemen say there is dissatisfaction with Mr. Taft among the voters—a.nd this, too, although in my letter did not ask for opinions on that point, but only tor general conditions. ".This proves to me what my personal coniac| with our voters- —and I hove personally interview ed literally thousands pf them* in the last eight months——had led me to fear —there is not the slightest chance 10 carry Indiana for Mr. Taft.” Lee is a candidate for re-elec-tion for state’’chairman, and nov, die Taft braves are whetting their tommyhawks and declare they. will, get his scalp. .They -s--ert that Beveridge h the icaJ man behind the gun in Indiana in opposition, to Taft, and .it looks like Lee will have hard work to retain his position.

Hear Dr. Cook Monday Night? The (Hazier Lyceum Bureau have the honor to present Dr J Frederick A. Cook, the disfm-' guished explorer, for the Chautauqua and Lyceum season of 1911-12. The receipts of diis lectures surpass all previous records and proclaim him the mightiest Lyceum magnet of ihe' century. We believe Dr. Cook approach-! ed more nearly that point of the* world known as the North Pole.' than has any other civilized man,' and we take great pleasure in commending him and his won-j derful story of Polar adventures.' as of the highest educational value. I he story of Dr. Cook's perilous adventures in Arctic regions is as fascinating as fiction. A cultured, modest and dignified’ gentleman, who has spent manv years in exploration, both in the Arctic and Antarctic, the storyof his travels and thrilling adventures over Polar seas, and life of the strange people of that remote section, would afford a delightful entertainment even if. sh< rn of the proof of his mar-' velous achievement. With great fortitude and intimate knowledge of the "people of the. farthest north, and splendid equipment for the hazardous journey, it is little wonder that he succeeded; and Dr. Frederick A. Cook„will certainly be recognized by future generations as one of the world's greatest explorers. At Ellis Theater Monday evening, Dec. 18, Reserve your seats now.