Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1914 — Senator's Shively’s Speech Was Well Received. [ARTICLE]

Senator's Shively’s Speech Was Well Received.

U. S. Senator Benjamin F. Shively s speech here Tuesday afternoon in Ellis opera house, was listened to by a very good-sized crowd, considering the weather, and while the speaker was quite hoarse from speaking at so many other points in a brief period of time, he made a splendid address. Most of his talk was along the lines of the accomplishments of the national administration.

We have always thought that Mr. Str’.-Iy was . one Of the ablest and most scholarly speakers we ever heard—-and we have listened to many of his speeches with great pleasure in the past twenty years. He never indulges in a word of abuse of opposing parties, but in a calm, clear and convincing manner drives his points home in a way that impresses one with the truth of his utterances. Senator Shively's address was confined almost entirely to national issues. He said no administration has ever confronted the problems in time of peace that have come to the present democratic administration. Besides embarrassing domestic problems, he said, there were extremely delicate foreign problems.

Continuing, he said: “During the last campaign the democratic party made solemn pledges and those pledges have been faithfully carried out. In the first place, let us consider the tariff question. The democratic party revised the tariff downward and placed it upon a fair basis.”

Senator Shively said he had been informed that former Senator Beveridge had been asking that the people of the state inspect his (Shively s) record. Shively said he was perfectly willing that his record be inspected. He said that during two years, while Beveridge was senator, the latter had failed to vote ninetyfive times in 151 roll calls. He said Beveridge had averaged not voting thirty-eight times in every one hundred roll calls during the twelve years he was in the senate.

Shively declared that his own record of not voting averaged twentyfour times in one hundred roll calls. He said that in the last eighteen months he had reported into the senate a larger number of bills and joint resolutions than Beveridge reported during the twelve years be was a senator.

- Hon. Thomas M. Honan, attorneygeneral of Indiana, accompanied Senator Shively here, but owing to the shortness of time permitted, did not sjieak. Sehator Shively went from here to Knox, where he spoke the same evening.

W e w in unload a car of Wisconsin sand-grown potatoes, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They are put up in sacks of 150 lbs., 2% bu. each. In 5 bu. lots or more, 55c a bushel. Also a car of apples at $2 and $2.25 a barrel.—JOHN EGER.