Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — REPUBLICAN SENATORS [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN SENATORS

“Four Hundred Manqhus Killed In Battle with Republicans,” reads a headline in Monday’s papers. This happened in China, however, and has no reference to the numerous factions Of republicans in this country.

The Democrat is publishing some political matter relating to the candidacy of Woodrow. Wilson for the presidency, but Woodrow is not The Democrat's choice for the nomination by any means. Governor Harmon of Ohio, has been our choice for the presidency since the last general election, and still is our choice. A man who can twice carry the : rock-ribbed republican state of Ohio, the last time by oyer 1 Or,ooo* plurality; who has given the Ohioans*a splendid business Administration and can carry the s.tato for the presidency over any candidate the republicans can name by more than half a hundred thousand votes at least, whose experience in state-craft pronounces him <siafe i and sane candiadte who would sweep Che entire country next November, should not be overlooked in choosing candidate to head the democratic national ticket. Ohio has 23 electoral votes. Ha-rmon is the only democrat, we believe, who can ca<:ry that state. Twenty-three votes taken 'from the republican column and placed in the democratic column count 46 votes. They are eetrainly worth looking after.

Make Rig Fight Against County Local Option in Editorial .Meeting Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 26.—After a hard fight today, in which the party leaders sought to keep the Republican Editorial Association from declaring , for the adoption of a county local option platform, the association hitched itself to the Ar-ti-Saloon League and former Governor Hanly. Three of the five members of the resolutions committee reported Tn favor of the county unit platform for the state convention. Two dissented, but Will Maddox, Bloomfield, one of them, signed the maporitv report after it was adopted by a vote of 18 to 15.

Former Senator Brooks. Bedford,! made a vigorous attack on the ma- J jority report. He pointed to the | long line of defeats the republicans, have sustained fighting for various forms of prohibition. He predicted that defeat will come again if •the party stands for the county unit. Two speeches were made by editors with prohibtionist leanings.! Thejy said the party should stand for the principle advocated in ■1 908.! The first showdown between the' Anti-Saloon League and the leaders' who were trying to shape up affairs so the campaign can be pitched op ; national issues came during the meeting of the resolutions committee.' President Taft's lieutenants advised' against tying up with the Anti-Sal con League.

James E. Watson, who was defeated for Governor in 1908 on the county unit platform, strongly ad-' vised the committee against any movement to commit the party to it this far in advance of the state | convention. He v said one reason for wanting a late state convention was to give 1 the republicans a chance to consider the tern per anpe feature of the platform. He minted no words in declaring Chat the republicans have lost about everything they have in advocating county local option, and in predicting that defeat will be their portion if they take it up this year. Concluding he declared boldly that a declaration fbr county local option meant that the association and the party had lined up under the control of Hanly. He said that any party would be eternally damned and defeated that ties up with Hanly and permits 'him to dominate its affairs. * (While the Ahti-Salpon forces are jubilant over the action of the committee the party leaders say the fight has just started. Most of the editors from the rural circuit fav- 1 ored a return to the county prohibitipn platform. j