Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — Lebanon Pioneer Also ‘Speaks Out in Meeting.” [ARTICLE]

Lebanon Pioneer Also ‘Speaks Out in Meeting.”

The Lebanon Pioneer, published at Governor Ralston’s home, and one of the ablest edited democratic papers in the state, says: “The Marion county grand 1 jury, after two months investigation of the alleged juggling of certain bills in the last legislature, at the request of Gov. Ralston, reports that it is unable to fix responsibility for these bills becoming laws when they Vvere not passed by the legislature, but it has created somewhat of a furore and probably hung a ‘dinger’ on the political operations of several well known gentlemen by indicting them for making out and presenting for payment alleged fraudelent certificates against the state of Indiana. The indictments, thir-ty-four in number against thir- ‘ teen men, are based on the employment and the paying of an alleged excess of ofiicers and employes by* the last legislature, without the authority of law. While the indictments will in all probability not ‘stick,’ they will probably increase the number of markers in the political graveyard and curb the extravagant tendencies of the next session of the legislature. This is probably true. In all likelihood there will be no .convictions, but the grand jury performed a great service to the democracy of Indiana in letting them know publicly what the people had all along priv-ately suspicioned.—Tippecanoe County Democrat.