Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1914 — Ele Was Amusing. [ARTICLE]

Ele Was Amusing.

We were greatlj 7 amused Tuesday afternoon at Ele Stansbury’s speech on taking the chair as presiding officer of the republican district convention here. His entire address was devoted to berating the democrats and shedding tears for the “millions of working men thrown out of employment” since the meazly democrats got in power. He also said that soon after the last election he 'had noticed in the newspapers where the boill raoosers were coming back in herds to the “family circle” of the party, and he had taken to clipping out all of these items that he run across, and saving them. But in a short time he had to quit becauseJltfs wife informed him that he was getting, the house chock full of these clippings. This sally was greeted with a few weak cheers from the assembled republicans, and we gave Attorney Frank Foltz, who was sit-

ting beside us, a nudge in the ribs and asked him where they all were, as we did not see a solitary one in the convention hall? Frank thougnr the mooSers hereabouts didn’t care to appear quite so publicly just yet, but they “would all be in line with the republicans next fall.” As a matter of fact the democratic national administration is making good, and there is no man walking the- streets today seeking employment who really wants a job. Some of the malls and factories, it is true, for effect, reduced, their forces during the latter part of the summer and fall, but their bluff had no effect, and both the tariff and currency bills were passed. Of course it was a costly lesson for the owners, and they are now hustling to make up the amount lost in their ill-timed attempt to influence legislation.

By the way, Mr. Stansbury, who is a resident of Warren county, the strongest republican county in Indiana so far as per cent of voters go, was the candidate for judge in the Benton-Warren circuit eight j ears ago when the republican majority in both counties was something like 2,000, and he was defeated by Judge James T, Saunderson by nearly 1,000 majority! So it is quite evident that Ele is not taken very seriously at home, where he is best known, and no one who 'heard his remarks here Tuesday could be impressed very favorably. The day is past and gone when political speakers can bambooze their hearers with that kind of rot.