The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-21

most liberal pension law for old sol
diers ever written. BY the income tax
law we have lifted $10O,000,OO0 from
the shoulders of the poor and placed
it on those Of the rich-the people
who should and will carry the burden.
I'm economy we have done as much
as we promised. When we entered
congress we found doorkeepers, cock
ct. file and journal clerks in each
others way.
The Democrats this year are to
win in every county where they never
won before. | feel confident you can
elect a Democratic ticket in Wayne
county. Every promise and pledge
has been fully redeemed
In Senator Fred Van Mugs the
Democrats of Anderson and Madison
county have a brilliant and eloquent
orator. Van Mugs demonstrated this
fact at last evenings banquet. The
state senator explained that he went
to Earlham college for four years. and
that he felt as if he were returning
home to come to Richmond. He
spoke of the work done by the 1913
legislature.
81 came clean from Madison county
to attend this banquet-about the only
Democrat who ever did come clean
from Madison county, said the youth
full statesman. 'The Indiana legisla-
ture made. good and fulfilled it's prom
ises 1t put through the public utfl-
tiles measure and people Of Richmond
will soon reap benefits from that
piece Of legislation alone, in this wat
er works case. Vocational training IS
another law which we enacted. The
Democrats have remained true to
| their principles while their opponents
have drifted father and father apart. y
T. j. Study spoke on Democracy as
a Religion He said that the Demo
Gratis around the banquet tables last
| evening were the men who represent
| ed the manhood, courage and patr1O-
tism of the Wayne county Democracy.
They are God fearing men, I sup
pose, because they have just passed
| through a revival said the speaker.
1--WE have had an uphill fight but We
| are getting there at last. Everyone
| knows that Democrats are as religious
and pious as any others and when
Cambridge City Democrats mix relig-
ion and politics together there is
something doing.
! Short. but to the point was the adj
| dress Of Charles Shenk, Of Washing
toli ~" iSiilp i HIS was SHoHk = IISl
public address but it was branded as
the best talk of the evening by every
one who followed the Milton man.
I'm proud I live in a township that
never went Republican," said Shenk
IF it ever did go any other way than
| Democratic it was only once and |
know it will always go Democratic
| hereafter. We believe in the princi-
pies OF democracy-in equality to all
and special privilege to nome
At this juncture someone yelled GO
to it Charlie" and Charlie proceeded
to go to it."
| when the time comes to vote" he
continued, I'VE get out and put our
shoulder to the wheel and roll up a
Democratic victory. If you Democrats
of Wayne county would pattern after
| the Democrats of Washington town
ship, the court house would be over
run with members of our party"
Dale Gutenberg of Anderson, de-
clared that Congressman Adair would
be elected by plurality greater than
| 1888, the last plurality of the eighth
district congressional democratic
nominee. He went further to say that
the Sixth district would again elect a
Democratic congressman.
! "Of course We get knocked for ev-
cry good thing done. There can be
no life without death; no Woodrow
Wilson without barking Teddy
Roosevelt at his heels: no Samuel
Ralston, without a snarling Beveridge
on his trail. Ten years ago tonight
the J. Frank Hanly fanaticism was
sweeping Indiana and everywhere was
unrest. Tonight everything is peace
full and quiet
George Bittler referred to the young