Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-27
THECAsEORAhD
AGAINST 1 : 4 MEREDITH ! !
His Democracy Indicted on Nine
Counts, He Denies Five. +:
! FOUR ARE WHOLLY IGNORED
/ Makes No Answer to Charges That A.
feet His Right TO Ask for Senar a]5
t% torlal Nomination From the
~ 4 Democratic Party. gs. Z.

These are the counts In the %indict
ment Of E. T. ffMerediths Democracy
First, that in the October, 1912, issue
SE Of Successful Farming he advo
Gated the election of Senator Ken
yon and q Republican legislature
Second, That he is a member Tof tn
Republican Grant Club Of y D Del
Moines; b 4. $,y Il 4, :':5s Il
Third, that he has been . supporter
Of Cummins; n h &
Fourth, That he supported the Repub
ncan Holden for governor!
Fifth, That in the June, 1911, issue %
Successful Farming" he advocated
the formation of a new party be
@ cause the interests" had tied thu
tails OF the Democratic donkey and
the Republican elephant together
Notwithstanding the Democrats II
*St 1910 had come into control of the
house and were doing their utmost
#5 to convince the country Of theil
devotion to the peoples interests; ~
Sixth, That inethe same editorial IL
which he expressed disgust with the
SSSs old parties, Mr. Meredith names as
fit leader of the new party he pro
e Y posed, Senator Albert B. Cummins
s;E. ~
be nominated lin June, have to op
Z! pose: Is
Seventh, That in his biography pub
lished In the History of Des Moines
and Polk County" issued in 1911,
Mr.. Meredith sis described as one
who supports the Republican
party" Il ID IA sS&: y II Z.
Eighth, That In September, 1912, Mr..
Meredith called upon the people 10
Elect Progressive Senators" and
named Kenyon as one Of them.
Ninth, That Mr.. Meredith has never
attended a caucus or convention OF
his party, has never been known as
Democrat to the party's candidates
for Office, has never used the in.
.dpence Of his publication Pin the
tx party's behalf, or otherwise contrib
1 ,uted to its success. III 5s
To this indictment Mr.. Meredith
enters general denial. He says he
has always been q Democrat and
brands the statement that he is not a
Democrat as "unqualifiedly,s false. !"
IN His answer; to Count One OF the in
dictment is that the editorial advo-
eating the election of the Republican
Kenyon and Republican legislature
was lpu blished without his knowledge,
that when he saw 1t he ordered the
presses stopped and the article taken
outs 4 + ~ f a, 4s
ITO Count Two he answers that he
never declared himself a Republican
to get into the Grant Club and Joined
purely for social reasons; 5s n
To Count Three he answers that he
has not been supporter Of Cum
Minis; = r., ..-.* ~ s[5 a!
Count Four, that he supported Hol-
den, he admits; : q
To Count Five, that In 1911 he 'advo-
Gated formation of new party, he
has made no answers: .s
To Count Six, that he put Cupmins
forward as a fit leader Of the new
party, he has made no answer n
To Count Seven, his biography, he
had made no answer; =,
y To Count Eight, that he called for
election Of Progressive Senators, nam
ing Kenyon, he has made no answer;
To Count Nine, he sets out Father
Nugent's$ statement that he (Nugent)
has always known him to be a Demo
crat; that In 1896 Meredith was one
of the DesMoines reception commit
tee to Bryan and that he gave Father
Nugent 100000 copies OF Bryan's
prince Of Peace" for. circulation. The
failure OF his paper to support Demo
Gratis he explains with the statement
that 1T is not political publication.
This is the record to- date, fairly
nud fully ofotoH p - 49,, 10 ,fsli, ..