The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-03
Senator at Rochester, Ind,
Answers the Criticism Made
Of Him at Evansville, Ind,
by John w. Kern.
WORKED FOR REVISION
FOR NUMBER OF YEARS
He Said that He Had on the
Stump and IN the Magazines
Done His Best to Accom-
pIish Reforms.
tPa,laAium Special,

Beveridge today opened the second
week Of his campaign In fine physical
condition>and was enthused by the ire
mendous ovations which marked hia
tour Of last week through the south
ern part OF the state. This week he
will cover q large section Of northern
Indiana speaking in five congressional
districts and. with the exception a
Monday. making two speeches . day,
. program he 10 scheduled to maintain
from now until the election. NV
weeks off. His campaign this wesh
opened In the home town of Henry
Baruhart. the popular democratic Con
gresham from the thirteenth district,
where he addressed IN audience that
filled the court room Of the Fulton
county capital.
A oIOWsssesnt Fact
The significant part Of the meeting
was the fact that. although composed
almost wholly Of farmers. thay cheer.
Cd his progressive uttsrancss - 90
thusiastically - do the labosing class'
- Of the cities, thus proving that tn
farmer votU e Indiana 70 not stA1oDef
but 10 - progressive . ~ aoricsI'
tural states Of Kansas. Iewa ~ Wis
consin. AnotAer inpestant fsotars d
the meeting vas ths prsssnse oe Z
number OF democrats. wAo not oily
ave him earnest attention but ex'
pressed their apoQqval q his sDeeea
tUlA here 6on1&o9 pvxr1dg0~1Oes "a
the tenth district for 3kspeech At Mon.
tlcello Tuesday afternoon. and then to
the eleventh, 1t Wabash, Tuesday ev'
ening.- beginning Wednesday he will
devote five speeches to the tewlfth
district. opening in Columbia City
Governor Marshall's home. Friday
night he gets back into the eleventh
with speech at Huntington, and theu
at Peru Saturday afternoon. closing
At Kokomo. in the ninth district. Sat
urday evening. q.
without mentioning Mr.. Kernl
name or the Evansville speech. whict
Mr.. Kern made Saturday night, Sena,
tor Beveridge today replied to the a.
sertion made by Kern that Beveridge
took no interest in the tariff revision
until recently. Upon this point the
senator said: "The opposition say that
I never objected to the Dingley tariff
until the tariff session last year and
that said nothing until then about
lumber, steel and other schedules
Tho people Of Indiana know that state
ment to be untrue. For years l have
urged tariff revision; upon the stumE
and In the magazines I have done ev
erything possible to- bring 1t about
For years have not only denounced
that lumber schedule but advocated
free lumber: not only denounced thu
paper schedule but demanded free pa
per and wood pulp. insisted upon the
reduction of the rental schedule and
demanded the revision downward oi
other schedules and what have said
on the stump have stood for in con
gross. What said one day I fought
for the next day. IS,
Il have not advocated gold and de
nounced silver one day and then I'D
vocated silver and denounced gold The
next day. What do the good men and
women democrats and republican,
think Of politicians who thus try Il
deceive them. What do they think ol
. cause which requires such misrep
resentation? All the time was speak
ing. writing and fighting for 4 real ~
vision OF the tariff. I was also doinl
my best for other needed laws. affect
ing railroad rates. pure food. meat In
spection. Philippine government, EN-
ployes' liability and child labor ant
other laws needed BY the people"
Senator Beveridge showed he xai
not afraid OF the word ''lnsurgent" fol
continuing. he said. putting II up to his
opponent, Certain politicians amonl
our opponents complained OF republi
can Insurgency. which they describ<
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