Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — Still Another Democrat Editor's Opinion. [ARTICLE]

Still Another Democrat Editor's Opinion.

There are but very few democratic papers in Indiana that are defending the democratic machine in this state or the acts of the state organization or the members of the legislature who were recently indicted for frauds of the 1913 session. The Columbia City Post, in speaking of the matter, says: In the last campaign the democratic party in Indiana was on the defensive all the time wholly Oh account of the record made by the legislature and the state officers, and with an united opposition the party would have been overwhelmingly defeated. It is not always agreeable to have the truth told, but it is important to speak plainly at the present time. Thousands of disgusted democrats voted the state ticket last November who will not submit to a repetition of the waste, extravagance and disregard of the public welfare such as characterized the work of the party for the past two years. The Post is pleased to note that democratic papers all over the state, with here and there an exception, are unanimous in theft - demands for a new deal and are offering neither apology nor defense for the men who were indicted by the Marion county grand jury. They are disgusted and disappointed and feel keenly the humiliation that has been brought upon the party by a gang of political pirates who scattered public funds right and left with reckless abandon to their henchmen, to pay their political debts. The party can stand no more of it and will not.