The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-11-03
VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS
TAVENNER, WRITER AND THINKER" GIVES US THE
FACTS AS REALLY EXIST.


Washington, d. c., Oct. 31-The
Democrats, according to even Repub.
lican newspapers, ought to win in 1912
All they have to do is to organize
and pull together. The Republican
party can not defeat the Democratic
candidate for the presidency. The on.
ly possible thing that can prevent the
election of Democratic president in
1912 is the Democrats themselves. The
opportunity is here, and from all parts
of the country reports are reaching
headquarters that the Democrats real.
ize 1t and are already laying plans for
a campaign that will result in the Dem
ocrats sweeping the country in 1912.
There seems to be no way for the
Republicans to avoid defeat if the
Democrats get together and work, as
they are now starting out to do. If Mr..
Taft is re-nominated the insurgents
will slash him, and If Senator LaFol-
lette is nominated the "old guard" will
slash him.
Indiana Will Go Democratic
The Philadelphia North American,
Republican, sent its Washington cor
respondent, Angus McSween, to In
diana to report impartially on condi-
tions there. This is part of the re-
port he sent back to his paper:
Indiana is hopelessly lost to Presi-
dent Taft and the Republicans. From
no indications is it possible to reason
that they will be as strong as they
were in the last election, when they
lost every congressional district but
one, and control of the legislature.
Since then the rapid delevopment of
progressive Republican sentiment into
an open hostility to the Taft admin
istration, and the reactionary policies
which he advocates, make it obvious
that with Taft as the Republican can
didate again, the vote against him in
this state will be overwhelming"
The Way The Wind Is Blowing
canvas of Green county, Iowa,
made by mail, may be accepted as a
thermometer showing how the political
wind is blowing in that section. One
hundred and twenty letters were sent
out to Republicans only, and ninety
seven answers were received. Some of
the questions presented and the an
swers received are as follows:
If Taft should be nominated, will
you support him? Yes, 81; no, ga;
blank, 12.
Do you approve of the Payne-Ald-
rich bill? Yes, IL; no, So.
Do you approve of Taft's action in
the Ballinger matter? Yes, Q; no, 81.
Do you approve of the attack of Dr.
Wiley? Yes, 3; no, 81.
Do you approve of Taft's veto of the
woolen schedule as passed by the last
Congress? Yes, 18; no, 70.
Do you believe the Taft administra-
tion favors the farmer and laborer or
the trusts? Farmers, 6; trusts, 5S.
The AIdrich Plan
Ex-senator Aldrich, chairman of the
national monetary commission, has re-
vised his proposed scheme for finan-
cial legislation. But in the main, the
Aldrich plan, which would place the
public's credit under control of Wall
ctraat Ia unohanpad
Nobody can read his plan in detail
without realizing that it is central
bank of issue that he proposes. The
government had one experience with u
central government bank 1t was man.
ned by politicians and operated for
their benefit, bringing on panics and
bank failures.
Realizing the hostility to central
government bank, Mr. Aldrich gives
his scheme the title: National Re-
serve Association" 1t is practically
a central government bank under a
different name.
A Staggering Blow
The Department of Agriculture fire.
quently issues small pamphlet, tell
ing of the outcome of suits filed by the
department against violators of the
pure food laws. One of these pamph-
let's, No. 1103, tells of a New York
concern having plead guilty to using
arsenic in the manufacture of food
product known as Light Shade Egg
Color" The food poisoning firm was
fined $25. Pamphlet No. HOO tells of
concern pleading guilty to foisting
upon the public food product consist
ing in part of dirt and eggshells" and
"a filthy, decomposed, and putrid ami
NAL substance" This manufacturer
was fined $40. Now that these stag
gering blows have been struck, is it
not likely that other food dopers will
cease administering arsenic and put
rid animal matter" in food products? ?
Yes, 1t is--not!
Cause Of Ten Cent Sugar