Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1920 — CAPT. NEGLEY DESERTS G. O. P. [ARTICLE]

CAPT. NEGLEY DESERTS G. O. P.

Too Mufch' Corruption, Says Indiana Senator’s Father. Indianapolis, Aug. 26. —Capt. D. D. Negley, civil war veteran, life-long Republican and father of Senator Harry Negley, Republican floor leader in the Indiana senate, will vote the Democratic ticket this year, he announced in an open letter today. Capt. Negley’s letter follows: “I served through the civil war as a volunteer. "I was a prisoner at Andersonville. "I participated in Ft. Himan, Ft. Donaldson and Shiloh battles and in the Atlanta campaign. “I am a Republican by principle, but cannot stand thfe corruption of the Republican partyVln this county and state; nor can I stand with any party which is oppose* to the league es nations. \ "I am going to vote lor James M. Cox, Thomas Taggart mad Carleton B. McCulloch, and the thole Democratic ticket. “i “The Republican party! needs a new organization; their leaders have played them -false.” \ «