Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
THE CASE FOR AND
AGAINST MEREDITH
His Democracy Indicted on Nine
Counts, He Denies Five. '''
FOUR ARE WHOLLY IGNORED
Makes No Answer 20 Charges 1hae A.
feet His Right to Ak for sens
torlal Nomination From the
oemoer1tIc Party.

Tor
to,i.I Nor,in, tIon From the
psmoer.tle Parry.
The.e arc tho counts in tho indiee
mant Of n. r. Merediths Democracy:
F1rpt. that In the OctUber, 1911 is0ae
-, .snccss.fuI fsrminx-I he advo-
cafad ~ -alection q senator Ken
Won and A Republican Legislature:
aacond mat he ia member of the
Repubncan Grant Club OF De-
Moines: H. ;A'1a
rhird thst ha has been q supporter
ofT:unaIoina: ,,,|I. .-sls.%!tF'i|
FomrfN That he supported tho Rspuh
rIican Hhlden for novernor: pa So
R1fth. 'Thnt, N the junS.. 1911. issue oe
: ..auccesafDl TArmifix. !" he 'advocatad
IL So,Sfation lof & = new party u.
c.,,.e ~ '.iuteres4ss{ had tleA tho
tsi1s oft TIA namoerrafic DONKEY ana
tha paunhlicanI elauAant i t6ee&hee.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tha q ~
1910 had come into co1tRol " tho
hn,.e And vara doing th>af utDo0
to convince the scoantfy OF thar
6evoAi0n "a ;theg .peopieb intefeet6;s
sirth. Tnat fn- the Same editorial in
vhich he expressed disgust With The
I'D narties. Mr.. Meredith names ~
A. leadar OF the new party he, pro
no.ed SENATOR Albert b. Cummins,
the verv man he will. II he shall
he. nominated in June. have to op-
nosa:, ."
Seventh. That in His biography pub
lished in the "History of Des' Moines
and POLK County" issued in 1911.
who "supports the Republican
nartv:" ''...~.
Eiehth That in September, 1912. Mr..
Meredith called upon the people to
"Elect Progressive Senators" and
named KENYON az one of them.
Ninth That Mr.. Meredith has never
attended, a caucus or convention of
his marty has never been known as
Democrat to the party's candidates
for office. has never used the in.
Hnence n his publication in the
nartv,a hahalf or otherwise contrib
nted tn it's success.
~ this Indictment Mr.. Meredith
o,,tors a general denial He SAYS he
b.s a,wavs heen A Democrat and
hrands The statement that he is not
nomocrat az "unoualifiedly false"
He answer tn Count One of the in.
a,atn,or+ ie that the editorial adyo-
oat;-a Tho o,ection of the Renublican
Eanvon and Republican legislature
,noa n,,h1;shed without his knowledge,
49, ,,han he saw II he ordered the
.nas.o. stonnod and tho article taken
prt.
~ co,,r+ Tvo no answers that he
,o,or dec1ared himself q Republican
~ oa+ in+o tho Grant Club and Joined
nnreIv for social reasons;
~ Count Three he answers that he
has mt heen a supporter of Cum
WINS.
Conr+ Four that he supported Hol-
d.n ha admits.
r. Count 1--WE. that in 1911 he advo-
o.ted format;on of a new party. he
no. 49, Do ~ onswer.
~ Count Six that he nut Cummins
-oru.rS az At leader Of the new
nn..,, ho hos roodo m answer.
~ ~ Count Seven his biography. he
bad made mn answer:
To Count Eight. that he called for
o,action ~ proeressive Senators. nam.
inc Kenvon he has made no answer:
TO Count Nine. he sets out Father
Nupent's abatement that he (Nugent)
has always known him to be q Demo
crat: that in 1896 Meredith was one
If the DesMoines reception commit.
tee tn BRYAN and that he gave Father
Nueent 100 1000 copies of Bryan's
"Prince of Peace" for circulation. The
failure of his paper to support Demo.
Gratis he explains with the statement
that # IL not a political publication.
This Is the record to date. fairly
and ful,v stated
The charges which Mr.. Meredith
has not refuted. nor even ATTEMPTED
to exnlain are these:
Hia hiopra nhical statement that he
"sunnorts the Republican party":-
the history containing this biogra.
INV was nublished in 1911:
That in 1911 he expressed DISGUST
With the Democratic party as tied
nm with the interests" and advo
Gated the formation of a new party
That he mt Senator Cummins for
ward as q fit leader of the proposed
new marty:
That he advocated election of Pro