Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — INDIANAPOLIS NEWS LETTER. [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS NEWS LETTER.

[By Willis S. Thompson.]

Indianapolis, Nov. 10. —Senator John W. Kern spent some time in the Kentucky campaign last month and he has also studied with some care and comparison of results the vote in other states where governors were elected. These are his conclusions which he gave me today for the newspapers of the state. "There is nothing in the election returns calculated to discourage any Democrat who will take the trouble to compare the vote of this year in the several states with that of previous elections. “Massachusetts, for instance, 'has normally a tremendous Republican majority. It is a rock-ribbed Republican state. Because of Republican divisions and dissensions the Democrats had been able to elect a governor. . “This -year, with the most popular Republican in the state as its candidate, the Republican party was. able to elect the governor by a beggarly plurality of 6,000 votes. Mr. Walsh, he Democratic candidate received nearly 30,000 more votes than were cast for Woodrow Wilson in that state in 1012, or than had ever been received by any Democratic candidate for any office, which proves that nearly 30,000 Progressives have decided to cast their lot with the Democratic party. It also proves that Massachusetts is good fighting ground for the democracy next year.

“Oh the other hand Maryland is, •• * j and has been for many years a doubt- j ful state. In 1896, and 1900. it was j carried for the Republican national ticket. In 1908 its electoral vote v. ■ s divided. In 1911 tne Republicans elected the governor who is still in office. In the election this yJsar,. notwithstanding many local • dissensions, the Democrats elected ■ k governor and entire state ticket hy a substantial majority. There is r.o doubt but that Maryland’s ele< toral vote will be cast 'or Mr. Wilson next year. i w ; “In Kentucky there was a terrific j pre-convention fight in the Demo- | cratic ranks between the friends of prohibition and those of connty^oca l !, eptipn. the traces of which wrire visß i hie throughout the campaign. The ! Republicans made their chief fight on state issues, and the Democrati« campaigners spent- much time defending the state administration. ' There .. was practically no organir.a----j tion. An yet under these adverse | conditions the Democrats have' carried the state and elected a large majority of the legislature. 1 spent several days in the Kentucky campaign and have no ?ort of doubt that with the organization such as is maintained by hither party in Indiana Mr. Stanley’s majority would have reached 25,000. “Kentucky lias had three Republican, governors. within the past decade, and the Republicans there were cock-sure of victory this year, because of local conditions, but I do not believe there is an intelligent Republican in Kentucky who will not freely concede that that state is safe for Wilson in 1916. “These were the only states electing governors in, which there was any contest. We have more than hel,d our own and Democrats everywhere should be satisfied. RWhen the Republicans jollify over a 5,000 plurality in Messachusetts, with nothing else to their credit, they but emphasize the hopelessness of their cause. Buy envelopes at The Democrat office. A large number of sizes, styles and colors, both bond and plain finish, to select from, at 5c per bunch of 25. Call in and see them.