Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1916 — WILL SUPPORT MR. TAGGART [ARTICLE]

WILL SUPPORT MR. TAGGART

George W. Infield of Indianapolis, who owns a farm near Rensselaer and is well known to many of our readers, has written to the Indiana Daily Times as follows: Editor Ifid tana Titties—ln regard to your editorial of today announcing your stand for Taggart, beg to say “Them’s my sentiments.” I voted for Watson in 1 908, but cannot now. T believe government is a business matter and, therefore, it would be anything but a business procedure for me to swap a known business man for a politician and business principles for questionable politics to represent me in the senate. We must judge the future conduct of men somewhat from the past, especially when there is no sign of reformation. Tit has been a query with me how those who voted the Progressive ticket four years ago (unless wo doubt their sincerity, and this is hard to do) could support Mr. Watson. If I remember rightly, he was put in the class with those whom they accused of blocking progressive legislation. His later acts only added insult to injury if their charge was true. Even us old-line Republicans, or many of them at least, do not look with favor upon lobbyists, much loss can former Progressives, the mass of whom we believe sought the public welfare. They now owe no allegiance to any personal leader but their honor and the public welfare which we believe they had and now have at heart, at least the maBS of them had and have. We are not now nor ever have been so sure of all. The argument made eight years ago that Mr. Wat son was a good orator, whirli he is, never made a hit with ine. We have now and always have had entirely too many orators and too much oratory in congress for the public good. A little more attention lo the business to be done in a hard-headed business way and less oratory in congress would he a saving to the people of millions annually. The only way to cut It out Is to cut out the majority of the orators and substitute men trained in business. O. W. INFIELD. Indianapolis, Ocober 18.