Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — INDIANA AFFAIRS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA AFFAIRS

A forceful passage of Senator Beveridge’s speech, of particular Interest to Indiana, is the following: / The administrations of Governor Mount and Governor Durbin have added two names to our list of Republican governors unsurpassed in fidelity, efficiency and public service by any governor in the nation; and the group of state officers that surround our governor are not outclassed by any administrators in any state of the Union. Arid tomorrow we will name as their successors men equally as good. And that, too, the kind of men Indiana Republicans have sent to Washington. The Republicans of no state in the Union have sent to the nation’s capital a body of congressmen more brilliant, powerful and effective than have the Republicans of Indiana. Each man gifted with his special aptitude, as a group they embody, in solidity of worth, in practical ability, in devotion to constituents, in industry, learning, research and eloquence, a sum of public qualities that constitute a distinction to the state that sent them and an honor to themselves. Let their majorities in every district be increased. And Indiana is proud, too, of our senior senator, whose devotion to your Interests, whose ability, caution and courage make him a marked man in council and in action. He deserves the unhesitating support of the people of our state for reelection. That support in full measure and with loyal hearts he shall have, and to his seat in the highest legislative council in the world, which he has so acceptably filled, we will return him. ... •