Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — But Why Silent All These Years, Al? [ARTICLE]

But Why Silent All These Years, Al?

Former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge, the progressive candidate for U. S. senator from Indiana, and Will H. Ade, progressive candidate for congress from this district, spoke in the Gayety airdome Tuesday afternoon, and the place was. fairly well filled. Mr. Beveridge’s speech was perhaps an hour and a half long and was devoted to the corruption and short-comings ot the two old machine-ridden parties, as the speaker denominated them. On thing that impressed his hearers, however—or those not of Mr. Beveridge’s present political faith, perhaps we should say—was the fact that he never told them how rotten the republican party was during the time he was a member of that party and sat in its councils. He waited ■until his party had turned him down before he begun to tell the people how bad that party really was. The democrats knew this all the time. He was followed by Mr. Ade, who spoke but a few' moments and surprised all who heard him, many being old friends of years standing, by his ability as a stump speaker. Mr. Ade's remarks were principally of the necessity of the farmers having more representation in congress and the fact that he was a farmer and should be elected. He condemned both the candidates of the old parties and said that all Peterson had done in the two years he had been in congress was to hang onto ths mileage graft; that away back in the days of Andrew Jackson, when our representatives in congress had to travel by horseback to Washington, a fee of 20 cents per mile was fixed for their traveling expenses, and that it was worth it, but now when Mr. Peterson goes down to M ashington he steps into a Pullman car and travels there for 2 cents per mile, and yet he was the only congressman in the Indiana delegation when the matter came up a fewmonths ago of abolishing this old mileage graft, who did not vote in favor of abolishing same. Mr. Ade said that if he was elected congressman and drew this 20 cents per mile for traveling expenses, he would ride back and forth on horseback ;and try to earn the money. The speakers came here from Monon by auto, and went from Rensselaer to Kentland, where they spoke at night. Wesday was Mr. Beveridge s 52d birthday anniversary and over in \\ hite county the progressives presented him with a handsome loving oup, about a foot in height and of handsome design. Engraved upon it was the following. Presented to Albert J. Beveridge, Oct. 6, 1914, by the Progressives of White county, Ind., commemorating the 52d anniversary of his birth.”