Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1914 — PIERSON OUT TO WIN. [ARTICLE]

PIERSON OUT TO WIN.

William A. Pierson, Progressive candidate for Secretary of State, a former democrat whose powers as a campaign speaker make him effective and formidable, and whose ability and aggressive fight put him out in front in the race in the 1912 Indiana campaign, is to be'one of the big stars of the remainder of the Progressive speaking campaign. Mr. Pierson not only is a public speaker of rare force, but he has a very wide acquaintance and strong following among commercial travelers and business men, he being a member of both the T. P. A. and the C. T. His appeal to Democrats to tight the bosses has proved to be most effective in all parts of the state, and his work,' connected with the wonderful campaign being made •by Representative Weidler, Representative Crawford, John W. Kitch, Oswald Ryan, Senator B. B. Shively and other Democrats and former Democrats, all working for the Progressive ticket, is regarded as tremendously helpful to the Progressive cause in general. Mr. Pierson is to give his whole time to the campaign with the beginning of this week. At the same time meetings have been set for both day and night, without rest, save on Sundays, for Crawford, Weidler and the other former Democrats who are in the Progressive firing squad, and for W. D. Headrick, Frederick Landis, Clifford F. Jackman and many other Progressive orators, as well as for other state candidates. W. A. Pierson at Rensselaer, Wednesday evening. October 2S, at opera house.