Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1908 — The Crumpacker Meeting. [ARTICLE]

The Crumpacker Meeting.

The pressure of other matters prevents us from giving an extended account of the republican speech made by Congressman E. D. Crumpacker at the opera house Tuesday evening. The house was crowded, many standing up in the rear part of the building and many being turned away. And although Mr. Crumpacker has made biennial addresses here for the past twelve years he has never delivered an address that so met the approval of his audience and that was so logical throughout andi so thoroughly in touch with the conditions of the times. Mr. Crumpacker talked of the trusts, the tariff and the guarantee of bank deposis and his defense of the republican policies and his criticism of the democratic standpoint was so backed up by sound argument that the proof was conclusive. In concluding his speech he spoke briefly of the situation in Indiana, saying that he resented the effort of the brewers of the country to dominate the politics of the state and that he believed that there would be many good and sincere democrats who would do the same thing. Prof. Tripodl will be at the library Saturday Oct. 34th, to re-organ-ize his class and orchestra. He will be glad to meet all his old students.