Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1908 — County Local Option. [ARTICLE]

County Local Option.

The declaration of the Republicans of the state In favor of county local option places the liquor question directly in the hands of the people for solution, and is in direct variance with the declaration of the Democratic state platform, which favors township local option. The declaration in favor of local option with the township as the unit by the Democrats was at the Instance of the liquor and brewer interests, who would be able to control a large number of the townships of the state With their Immense corruption funds. Under this proposition each township would vote on the question and It would be an easy matter for the liquor Interests to control suffrage. Under the county > unit proposition the entire county would vote at the same time at a special election upon the question of license, and the result of this vote would be the solution of the liquor question for every township in the county. Local option with the township aa the unit la a move in flavor of the liquor interests which controlled the insertion of this plank in the Democratic state platform at the lnstanoe of Thomas Taggart and the brewery interests that he represents. —Sullivan Union.

The Republicans have been and gone and done it, and we are happy. They had the largeat convention in yearn, the beet-looking candidates were up for nomination, the party had the moet taking speeches, made the ■trongeet platform and selected the most popular ticket possible. All this waa right and proper, aa nothing ia too good for the Republican party. The hits of the two days were many. The governor made a hit Senator Beveridge made a hit; he always does. Congressman Overstreet made a hit The party made a big hit when it endorsed Vice President Fairbanks as a candidate for the presidential nomination. The vioe president made a hit when he instated on a plank in the platform favoring a revision of the tariff at a special session of congress to be called for that purpose immediately after the fall eleotiona. The party made a hit when it pat in the big four for national delegate*. The platform is full of hits. Everyone of the candidates la a hit. aapecially the “front" one—Watson. He Is a good man to have in front, as he will have to bear the brunt of the battle. He can do it. James E. will prove a power on the stamp, and he will have* s v ’“ assistants. There is one thing, I however, to be especially remembered —the election la not to be a walkaway. —LaPorte Herald. Oar Democratic friends hart gone fb considerable trouble and expense to make a state ticket for the fua of it