The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-15
CARPER GOODR|CHS KEYNOTE
SPEECH Is R|DDLED AND
HIS fALLAC|ES EXPOSED
An Able, Accurate And Honest Presentation of
The Management Of State Institutions; And
The States Financial Condition And His
tory. Democrats Paid The State Out Of
Debt---The First Time In Eighty-Two Years.

In the heat OF a political cam.
paign men, who ordinarily are fair
and honest, often permit their zeal
10 obtain office to leaI them into say
ing or doing things that they would
not say or 10 la their private life,
or in their ordinary dealings with
their fellow men. In this great State
of ours We have today the spectacle
OF a great political party trying TO
re-establish itself in power, by gross
ly incorporating and mis-applying
facts and figures. We have the spec
tacle OF man running for the high
Office or Governor, which office he
declares is but an empty honor, who
In his ambition to be elected is not
only quoting figures and facts whiG4
In some instances are not correct, but
who is misapplying those which are
seemingly correct. l refer to the Re-
publican candidate for Governor who
IN speech in this city a few days
eco. made an attack upon the pres
ent administration in Indiana. / do
nOt appear as d defender OF this ad-
ministration for it needs no defense.
My purpose is to tell the people OF
tration of their affairs, and inciden-
tally to show the falseness of the
charges that are being made against
1t by the Republican Campaign Com
mittee and their candidate for Coy
ernor.
In 1908 the people of this State
were so incensed with the inefficient
and wasteful administration OF the
affairs of the state and its institu-
tons by the Republican party, which
had been in power since 1896. that
they defeated the Republican candi-
date for Governor and elected Mr.
Marshall as governor; unfortunately,
they failed to give him a Democratic
Senate: or a Democratic Auditor
and Treasurer OF State. constituting
with the Governor the Board of
Finance, so that he could be in COM
plete control of and caargeable with
the administration of the affairs OF
state. bt the election in 1910, how
ever, the people completed its
Augean job and did give to Mr.. Mar
shall legislature Democratic in both
branches, and a complete set of Dem
ocratic officials. Since 1910 the Dem
ocratic party has been in complete
control of the government Of the
State in all its branches, and 1t is
prepared to answer TO the people for
its stewardship. AS for myself, l
welcome tho opportunity that this
Campaign gives my party to make an
accounting to the people. If the
showing is that its administration
has been wasteful, extravagant or
inefficient. then we deserve the con-
demnation of the people. If. on the
other hand. IL appears that the con-
duct OF the government has been
economical and effective: that the
States Correctional and Benevolent
Institutions have been economically
operated and their inmates we'll car
ed for: that the Educational Insti-
tutions of the State have been liher-
ally provided for so chat they may
keep apace with the needs OF our
boys and girls. and young men and
women: that the legislative branch
OF the government has responded to
the will of the people by tn enact
ment Of wholesome laws. then I say
We are entitled to the commentator
of the people of the State. and to
their Endorsement at the polls.
REPUBLICAN INEFFIcIENcY.
Mr. Goodrich, the Republican candi-
date for Governor. in his keynote
speech few days ago said that the
Democratic party had come into pow
er in Indiana by false pretenses.
That il had gone before the people,
end had charged the Republican par
ty then in power with extravaganza
and wastefulness in the administra-
ton of the affairs OF State; and our
party having been, put in power on
this issue, had been guilty OF the
same offenSe, but TO worse degree.
We did charge the Republican party
with wastefuless and extravaganza
In the conduct of the government of
the State. but Mr.. Goodrich seems TO
forget that there we're other counts
in the indictment that We preferred
against his party. In the first count
We charged his party with wasteful-
ness, extravaganza and -ineniCiency
IN the conduct OF the government
proper; in the other counts, we charg-
ed IL with inefficiency and parsimony
amounting 10 crime. in its con-
duct OF the Benevolent, Cor
rectional and Educational Institu-
tions OF the State. We charged that
his party which had for SO long q
time been in control had permitted
our Benevolent and Charitable In
situations TO become SO crowded. that
the inmates could not receive the
care and attention that their unfor-
tunate condition required We charg-
ed that his party had failed TO pro-
eide sufficient institutions 10 take
care OF our unfortunates and defec-
tive6 We charged that his party had
failed TO keep in proper condition and
repair the institutions that We did
have. We charged that his party,
through political CIV a. de. had fail
ed 20 provide the Benevolent and
Educational Institutions OF the State
with revenue sufficient TO conduct
them as the needs OF the TIRE people
and OF the age demanded. These
wsre the charges contained in the
counts OF tho indictments We made
In 1908 and az OF these charges were
true in every particular. 40 will ap-
pesi by the records. Nh. Goodrich