The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-20
Figures Show that the Charg-
es that Beveridge and In
surgency Defeated Pcpub-
licans Are False.
THOROUGH ANALYSIS
OF ELECTION is MADE
Showing the Senator Ran
Ahead of Every Candidate
on Republican State Tick
ct-A Few Examples.

ct--A Few Examples.
In Saturdays Issue of the lndianAp-
oils Sun the result of the recent state
election Is analysed editorially. refut-s
ing with figures the charges OF stand
pat" Republican papers that BeyeridEe
and insurgency were the causes for
the Republican party's defeat. II is'
shown in the editorial that Beveridge
led every candidate on the Republi-
can state ticket. The editorial In part
follows:
Senator Beveridge led every candi-
date, His ticket ran ahead Of every
congressional ticket In every district.
Let us cite few examples:
Congressman Boehne tdem.l car.
ried Vanderburg county with Evans
vile, by 1899: the Democratic leGisla-
tive ticket carried It by only SIG,
difference Of l.023 In favor az the
Beveridge legislative ticket The Joint
legislative district Of Knox. 0ibsoa
and Vanderburg counties( partly In
the first and partly In the second dis
trict1 gave the Democratic congress-
men plurality Of 1855, but cut ths
Democratic legislative candidate TO
9S2, gain to the Republican leGisla-
tive ticket Of 1866. This gain was
made In the face Of nght against
Beveridge put up by the standpat Or
gan Of Knox county 1t vincennes.
Beveridge's legislative ticket ran
ahead Of the Republican cougression-
al ticket In the second district, and
two counties. Daviess and Greene,
elected Republican neanbArs Af fls
legislature and at the same time went
Democratic on the congressional tick
I ct ssss
Although both the third ana fourth
districts are hopelassly Democratic.
the Republican legislative ticket ran
ahead Of the rest Of the ticket Ii these
districts, and in the Joint legislative
district OF Ohio and Switzerland coun.
ties the Democratic candidate was
successful by margin Of 3. although
Congressman Dixon carried those two
counties by 1877
In Fifth District.
In the fifth district Congressman
Mozs fdem.) had an easy victory. but
the Republican candidates for the leg.
islature backed by Beveridge, cut into
the heavy Democratic majorities.
Moss carried Clay county BY 1,2sO,
but the Republican legislative candi-
dates pulled SO on OF this II their
fight, and they ran $50 ahead OF their
ticket in Putnam county-both strong.
y Democratic counties. Does the
gain of 1,158 votes in two such Demo.
cratic strOngholds indicate that Bev-
eridge was = drag on the ticket?
Take the sixth district, whsrs the
Republican congressman. w. o. Bar
nard was defeated BY 1895. The Re-
publicans did not lose : single candi-
date for the legislature In counties
where the plurality u normally Re
publican. In Democratic counties the
Democratic candidates for the legisla-
ture. pledged to Kern. ran 90 behind
the congressional vote, and In Re-
publican counties the Republican can
didates for the legislature pledged 70
Beveridge, ran 7.002 ahead Of The Re-
publican candidate for congress.
Barnard carried his own county FOR
congress by III: the Beverfdse Iegis.
latfve candidate carried Il BY 94z:
Barnard carried Wayne county ~ ~:
the legislative candidates, three of
them pledged to Beveridge, carried
liz by from 1000 to 100. Even IN
Rush county. the home Of Watson, the
Beyeridge legislative candidate ran
132 ahead Of Barnard. The Joint LEXIS
lative district Of Wayne ana Fayette
counties shows = difference Of 1857
votes: Barnard's plurality In the two
counties was 30: the RepubHcan leg
fslative candidate received 1857 plu-
rality.
Tells the Same Story.
The eighth district tells the sameI
story. Congressman Adair (dem. j
carried Jay county by 137. but fhe. Re-
publican candidate for the laeaaIa&ure
carried the same county ~ III. !
difference Of 1.Ozs votes. Adair car.
ried Delaware county, With Muuc5e, b.
3SS. but the BeveTfdge candidato for'
the legislature carried the 1870 conn-
~ by 44S. difference of - votes.
Adair carried Adams cOunty ~ 1.7O7.
but the Democratic legislative candf-
date ran 1.042 behind. Adair carried
Madison county. with AndersOn ana
Elwood. By 1.547. but the DenocFatic
legislative candidates ran 1,7o6 49,
hind this hgnre. The Democra4tc -
islative ticket ran 81 beAind Adalr
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