Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1908 — Baltimore Sun Bolts. [ARTICLE]

Baltimore Sun Bolts.

Something of a sensation was caused in political circles the country over by the announcement of the Baltimore Sun, a democratic paper, that it will oppose Bryan and support Taft in the present campaign. The attitude of the Sun this year has been in doubt, and now it has come out for the Republican national ticket it is believed Maryland will give her electoral vote to Taft * The Sun is the oldest newspaper in Baltimore and one of the most influential Journals in the state. It has always been looked upon as a democratic paper and a great majority of its readers are democrats. Apparently it has never lost much circulation or influence by bolting the party nom - /nation, because it opposed Bryan in 1896 and supported him in 1900 because of its opposition to imperialism. It supported Parker four years ago. In all three presidential elections the republicans carried the state. McKinley had 32,000 plurality in 1896 and 14,000 in 1900. Roosevelt squeezed through with a plurality of 51 in 1904. Normally the state is democratic, am is shown by the fact that in 1899, 1901 and 1907 the democrats elected their candidate for Governor. The legislature is heavily republican and the hast opinion is that the defection of the Sun will give the state to Taft

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Oran Perry, of Indianapolis, adjutant general of Indiana, has ssvaral hundred volumes of the "Record of Indiana Volunteers in the SpanlshAmericsn War” which he Is willing to distribute among Spanish war veterans in Indiana free of charge except for the cost of postage. The books will be sent to public libraries as well as ex-soldiers on receipt of 10 cents to cover the cost of postage. The book contains much valuable Information. The saloon element at Hartford City is jubilant over breaking In a decisive manner the drought that has been supposed to prevail in that city. The county commissioners have granted three liquor llnsnsss to applicants from the fourth ward after a three days’ trial.