The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-24
MADISON DEMOCRAT
HEARS MOOSE CALL
One of Leading Democratic
Papers of State for Years
Progressive Now.
palladium Specially

MADISON, Ind, Aug. 24.-The Mad1-
son Democrat, for twenty-three years
an organ of the Democratic party pub
Iished at Madison, jefferson county,
has forsaken its old political faith and
enlisted in the cause of the Bull
Moosers. Announcement of the
change of the political affiliations OF
the sheet is made by A. S. Chapman,
editor.
Chapman, in explanation of the
change attacks the Democratic party
and the Republican party. His state
ment in part, follows:
For twenty-three years the Demo
crat has faithfully fought the battles
of Democracy in jefferson county, be-
lieving in its principles as expounded
by the Fathers of the Democratic par
ty, principles If carried out today
would be for the betterment and the
political uplifting of our country and
it's people. But those principles are
now, and have been for some time
trampled under foot in the interest of
the monied power of the land, and Of
flee seeking men who have debauched
the party in order to win the support
of the powerful corporations. In our
own state the sage of French Lick
holds the Democratic machinery in the
hollow of his hand and no one can
successfully aspire to an office in this
great commonwealth except at his
pleasure.
THE same condition exists in the
Republican party. Healing, Watson,
Hemenway, ct al control the mechan-
ism that moves the political machine.
I'm national affairs the same condi-
ton exists in both the old parties, and
congress may not pass a tariff bill in
the interest of the people, and one that
will give them creaper and better
clothes, and building materials, and
machinery and the general necessities
of life until it is first submitted to
the great capitalistic interests and
amended and approved by them.
"At Chicago recently the same
gamblers and their servants stole the
nomination to the presidency for Mr..
Taft in payment of his services; and
now he further serves them in vetoing
the wool bill that would give the
people better and cheaper clothing.
"At Baltimore that great teacher of
political economy, Mr.. Bryan tempo
rarily saved the Democratic conven-
ton from the same crowd, and nomi-
mated Wilson to the presidency. But
scarce was the vote taken than the
Taggart influence hung our Indiana
governor, a man that has fallen COM
pletely under Mr.. Taggart's thumb
and influence, on the vice presidency
peg, and then went home clarifying in
his having nullified to large extent
Mr.. Bryan's honest achievements.
"And scarce had the word gone
abroad that Wilson, the man of in
gratitude, had been nominated, and
the great Commoner had returned to
his home in Nebraska, when Mr.. Will
son began his hobnobbing with the
Wall street crowd, inviting into his
counsels Murphy of Tammany Hall,
Taggart of Indiana, Nugent of New
Jersey, Cory, head of the Steel Trust,
Schiff the great banker and trust
magnate and others representing the
interests as against the masses, men
whom Mr.. Bryan SO bitterly fought
were welcomed at Seagirt.
I'm the twenty-three years thus serv-
ing the people we have obtained and
held their confidence, they believing
we at least wrote what be believed
and what we believed to be right
whether they agreed with us or not.
We intend to so continue, and shall
fight it out during the present cam
paign on that same progressive truth
full line. We shall advocate the new
Progressive party, with Mr.. Roosevelt
and Ex-senator Beveridge at it's head.
Indiana has no brighter man than
Albert J. Beveridge, candidate for
Governor on the Progressive ticket,
young, clean, able, upright and hon
est, the fearless champion of the peo-
pie.
"As for Mr.. Roosevelt, while he is
not the Progressive party, as those
who hate him now, but once obse-
quiously bowed their knee to him
when president, claim and shout. he is
the chosen head, as all parties and
ventures must have, a leader. We
know him to be a great man, few his
aouol &c q loader in the world "