Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1908 — LEADERSON WATSON [ARTICLE]

LEADERSON WATSON

Fairbanks and Beveridge Pay Tribute to Next Governor of Indiana. _ i 9 The Republican party Ist firmly united and harmonious. The leaders are loyally working for the success of • the ticket. Mr. Watson has'the hearty support of Fairbanks, Beveridge and- Hlftnenway.' In Ha speech at-EeD-anon Vioe President Fairbanks paid the following tribute to the Republican candidate for governor: “He has been honest, brave, straight forward, able and forceful ip the discharge of his public functions. If called to the governor's chair of Indiana the distinguished congressman will keep his faith with the people and maintain the high record of the office set by his distinguished predecessors by devotion to duty and by bringing to. the service intelUgept, business-like judgment. We have presented a map well worthy the, confidence and sup-, port of the_ people of the, state, the Hon. James E, . Watson. Mr,- Watqon prqfessejs**no virtues superlqrto his party, but is always to be found loyally standing up for It, courageously and without apology. He took his stand Bquarely and strongly In support of the platform of his party, and when the supreme test came, when the fate 4J4; „ » of the local option bill was In the balance, he threw the weight of his potential influence on the side of the measure and is entitled to his full share of the credit for the enactment *>f the law to which his party stood pledged, and which was clearly demanded by a majority of the people of the state. He neither sought to shirk nor evade the issue, but boldly championed his party’s cause and made good the party’s pledge.** Senator Beveridge In his' first speech in the state, at Terre Haute, praised Mr. Watson in the following words: “Our candidate has had twelve years’ experience in congress. He has risen by force of peculiar qualities to be the ‘whip’ of the house, and when we remember that the house has nearly 400 members, of whom nearly 300 are Republicans, we see how great that distinction is. He is able; he is highly trained, and Is one of the most brilliant orators thai Indiana has produced. The Republican party has chosen him a? our standard bearer, and now lqt every Republican rally around that standard and by an overwhelming majority eleot as tfye next governor of Indiana that eloquent man and skilled legislator, James E. Watson.” While a majority of the people’s representatives in the legislature obeyed the will of the majority of their constituents in passing the county local option law, the high duty of all temperance men of all parties hi to endorse their action at the polls In November. The first Tuesday of next month is a real referendum day In Indiana. Mr. Taft says his mission is to help clinch the Roosevelt policies, Take a tip from Taft and forget not your mission to clinch the leading policy of the Republican party In Indiana this year—and get as many as you can to join you in your dutiful mission. Tom Marshall has made his record as the willing tool of Tom Taggart and the brewery and saloon combine. He put forth every possible effort to prevent the enactment of the county local Option law* He has willingly taken orders from the boss gamblers of the state and has prostrated himself at the boots of the brewery tnist He has failed. Henceforth, to the end of the campaign he must put in his time serving his masters. R all must mean that If elected he will do all in his power to accomplish the repeal-of the county option law. Tn no other way can he bs consistent. In no other way can he * continue to wear the collar of the brewery trust.—Kokomo Tribune. I:i 'i- ■ 1 ’ • •- . - f . ■ There is no question as to what the issue Is In Indians this year In view of the character as the fight at Muncle. The. fiiiestion up to the people is: "Bhall the brewers rule, or shall the people manage their own affairs?** Whatever the outcome the cause as* housed by the Republican party Is one fbr; .which the Republican party can afford to be defeated, If need bo. ' HOw> ever, It has no intention whatever of' getting Hotted —Marlon Chronicle. . The paramount Issue of this campaign has been settled, a little prematurely. It is true, but satisfactorily to the majority of the people in this state. A Republican victory Is now assured. —Rushvtlle Repuolican.