The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-11
DEMOCRACY FORTRESS
MAY YET BE CARRIED
At Meetings Held at Jefferson.
vile and New Albany, Large
Crowds Turned Out to Hear
Bever:dge.
Especial Correspondent With th'
0overld0O Train.)

New Albany. Ind, Oct. 1l.-Republi.
cans In the third district are buster
than the man who turns the crank Of
. moving picture machine. More
over they are satisfied with the pros.
poets Of having their activities re-
warded. Wiseacres In the political
game will probably scoff at the sug.
gestion. but the young bloods OF Clark
and Floyd counties, In which are sit
uated the cities of Jacksonville and
New Albany. will prove to you that
they intend to carry these two dis
tricts for the republican legislative
ticket and will add to the general av-
oraSe of the state ticket. At least
they will prove to you that they think
they are going to do this. You will
then move around the block and meet
Jim Fortune or Adam Heimberg. and
they will speedily show you without
the aid Of Q pencil and paper that
this republican optimism 10 as tang1.
BILE - moonshine or canned sunbesms
they will produce arguments that will
convince anyone. or should do 80 In
their opinion. that the republicans
never had any show to win at any.
time. and this year their show 10 the
poorest ever.
Look at the standpatters." they
say. "Why half the republicans OF
this district arc whstting their knives
preparatory 70 the general massacre
Of the senior SENATOR Of insurgsuoy
and his adherents In Just . little less
than Q month. None Of the old crowd
II for Bsveridge and the legislative
ticket. They won't let It get by them.
And see what he did In the post office
fight: no appointed the wrong man,
and he has NO chance Of Ketting the
legislative candidate Of his own party
elected here. Not . democrat II going
10 support Beveridge and scores Of
republicans are going TO knife him.
They Are "Yeunsstsrs."
. "FurthsSmore. the republican organ.
isation 10 green. II IL composed of
youngsters. They are perfectly nice
fellows but what they know about
practical politics ID on the wrong side
Of the ledger. We are going to get
all the negro vote here. and that
means at least $500 votes. We are
going to get the wet vote. and both
counties are wet, Clark by about 1000
and Floyd by $500. Where do the
republicans get off? They don't get
off! They never get on"
Pretty strong argument Call the
witness for the defense. this 10 his
story oe the outlook.
THE democrats are torn to pieces.
The bitterness engendered by the
Voigt-Cox fight for tho democratic
nomination for congress has never
been allayed. Voigt 10 . Clark coun.
y democrat and his friends In Clark
county are going to let Congressman
Coz hoo his own row. When Cox
beat voigt for the congressional NOM
inatioa he also put one over on voigt
In Clark county By naming the coun-
" ticket. This makes II unpleasant
for the volgt followers to support any
Of the county ticket and they will
either openly fight II or stay 1t home.
The report that the republicans be-
ing divided into two camps 10 greatly
exaggerated. There are few politicians
who are disgruntled. but they do not
propose 10 carry their dissatisfaction
to the point Of fighting the ticket.
some Of them may sulk In their tents.
but they viii not tend open aid and
comfort TO the enemy.
These few will not BE- able to con-
troll the rank and file Of the party who
are for Beveridge and are working
more enthusiastically this year than
Tor many years."
Wet and Dry Fight
50 says the defense. for publica-
tion. Upon the wet and dry fight It
says nothing. Il 10 content to look
wisely. But some very funny things
exist which do not lend strength to