Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1911 — MURPHY RE-ELECTED [ARTICLE]

MURPHY RE-ELECTED

Chairman of Tenth District Democracy at Lafayette Thursday. Those who attended the democratic district meeting from Jasper county at Lafayette Thursday ahd the Jackson Club banquet the same evening, wefe F. M*. and' Lewis Welsh, E. P. .Honan and son Edward, F. E. Babcock, ~8. N. Fendig, W. I. Hoover, Guerney Jesen, Al Robinson, L. A. J. W. Horton from Rensselaer, and F. R. Erwin from Fair Oaks. The convention was presided over by Mayor Spooner of Valparaiso as chairman and F. E. Babcock as secretary. was no opposition to the re-election of C. J. Murphy of Brookston as district chairman, and he was unanimously re-elected. Short talks were made at tjie convention by several prominent democrats, including ij. M. Ralston of Lebanon, John B. Peterson of Crown Point and E. Pi Honan of Rensselaer. All the speakers dwelt on the bright prospects for democratic success in 1912, but cautioned against over confidence, As Mr. Peterson put it, eternal vigilance was the price of victory. The convention adopted the following resolutions, the resolutions committee being composed of the following members: James Schooler of Tippecanoe, L. J. Kent of White, Mike Duffy of Benton, J. A. Gavit of Lake, Wm. Dtrrbu'rrow of Warren, Judge Darroch of Newton, E. P. Honan of Jasper.

Resolved,. that the united Deniocracy of the Tegth Congressional District in convention assembled, does hereby heartily endorse the efficient and splendid administration of the Honorable Thomas R. Marshall, and in recognition of his high character and eminent abilities, as a man and as a statesman; we fibre-, by express our preference and pledge to. aim our loyal support for candidate for the exalted, office of President of the United States. Be It Further Resolved, That we congratulate ourselves and the Democracy bf the commonwealth, upon the efficient and patriotic service now being rendered by * those splendid exponents and representatives of Democracy, the Honorable Bepjamin F. Shively and the Honorable John W. Kern, as Senators from this great state, and also by the twelve out of the thirteen Representatives, whose unswerving loyalty, faithful discharge of duty, and wise and sagacious statesmanship, have made them leaders in the Lower House of Congress; also the honest and efficient administration of state affairs by the present state officials.

Be it further resolved, That the Democracy of the Tenth Congressional District welcomes the coming contest between the people upon the one hand, and the warring factions of the Republican party, entrenched behind special interests, upon the other, and that it stands ready as one man to do its full part in this struggle and to continue the battle until the victory of the people is complete.

At the banquet in the Hotel Lahr every seat at the tables was occupied and a sumptuous feast was enjoyed, followed by brief speeches by toastmaster U. S. Senator John W. Kern, Governor Marshall, Lieut.- Gov. Hall, Congressmen Barnhart and Boehne and John B. Peterson and E. P. Honan. r

Gov. Folk of Missouri was the principal speaker of the evening, and "his talk was one of the verybest We ever listened to. He is a very fluent speaker, indulges in no flights of oratory and with

his soft voice and pleasing southern accent, splendid comamnd of the English language, well rounded sentences and every word filing in so nicely with the preceding one and the one to follow, the excellent points made and the easy manner in which he spoke, made it one of the finest speeches it has ever been our pleasure to listen to. We regret that we cannot reproduce his speech in full. ;