Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1878 — THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR AUDITOR OF STATE. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR AUDITOR OF STATE.

The Indianapolis Journal with nn nnfnit-ncsß characteristic of lliat sheet, reppotli'.cos a short article from the Kokomo DuijxiUh. reflecting on lien. Munson, which was published l»efore his nomination for amiitor of state, ami which was alone designed to oppose his nomination and not his election.—C\ uicforrf. iWe HetUw. The article from tho Kokomo Dinpatch, to which allusion Is made, charges Gen. Munson with being addicted to the improper use of strong drink. .Unfortunately the charge is true. Neither the Craw fordsvi tie Review, uor any oilier honest intimate ncquaintanceof thegallaut old soldier, disputes this fact. AH admit the truth of it, and all deprecate that it is tiue, for he has a kindly heart. This grave objection to his becoming the occupant of an office the duties of which are most intimately related to the welfare of a great state with a population of more than two millions, an office whose business details require a cool head and clear braiu, is hot an juventiou of Gen. Mauson’s political opponents; it is not the slander of nn acrimonious political campaign; it did not originate with those who arc tho euemies of his party. But it is the story 1 of a notorious, undeniable, vice that all humane men regret. It was the warning expostulation of a neWspapcranxious for Llie supremacy of the democratic party in the state. .“It was published,” as the Review says, “before his nomhAition to oppose his nomination;” but the force of tho objection was not spent in the convention which deliberately unheeded the warning, but it is felt by the conscience and judgment of every man who has a care for the welfiafo of .the public service, or tho honor of bis state. In 1872" Clio iTpuCHeaii party tSt)Aired » -dmifai expostulation. and

lost their governor; If with this experience before them tho democracy have committed a like blunder they have no claim upon public sympathy.