Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — AN OFFICIAL OPINION [ARTICLE]

AN OFFICIAL OPINION

H. F. Schricker, editor of the Starke County Democrat,, a. brother of Mrs. E. E. Smith of Rensselaer, and also president of the Indiana ■Democratic Editorial association, has the following mention of the notorious George M. Ray. who served twenty-six months in the state prison at Michigan City a few years ago for grafting down in Shelby county and has since been Indicted on like charges in some other counties in Tndiaha: "Georae M. Ray, editor of a socalled Democratic newspaper at Indianapolis, has been sentenced to a term in the Marion county jail for contempt of court. Ray is not a stranger to prison bars, having previously served a term in the star©; penitentiary, and if justice will have its way he is slated for ah early return to years of prison fare. Ray’s paper is an absolute discrace to the Democratic party and it i= gratifying to know that neither he nor his dirty sheet have any standing with the leaders of the party, I* is simply a booze sheet from start to finish and its' glaring disregard for truth and principle has played a prominent part in wresting the control of the party from the hands Of the men who made Ray’s existence possible.’’