Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-13
RISK PRESENTS
PRIMARY PLAN
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pied the office of president. The demo-
cratic south is dry. Almost every south
ern state was dry before the federal
prohibition amendment was enacted.
Every dry western state cast it's ELECTORAL
vote for Woodrow Wilson in 1916 The
national capital was voted dry by a
democratic administration, ably assisted
by dry republicans. This bill was signed
by a>democratic president and 1t was the
first national capital In the world to raise
the temperance flag.
1.-THE wet element voted a republican
ticket in 1918, and the wet element and
the pro German element, and when I say
pro-German, 1 mean the man who stu
thinks more of Germany than he does of
the United States, viii again vote the
republican ticket in the coming election,
regardless of what the democratic plat
form says on the temperance question.
THE booze crowd in the nation is
against the democratic administration.
Bryan with his grape Juice policy, Sec
rotary Daniels for a dry navy, and the
secretary of war for a flve-mile dead line
against the saloon, vice and debauchery,
have not been forgotten, and the booze
crowd will attempt to write a wet plank
into the democratic platform and then
throw their financial and voting force to
the republican, because they know the
Penrose. Watson and New crowd, and
know what they can expect from them.
II believe every real American, with
German blood coursing through his veins,
will vote the democratic ticket He
knows that his ancestory came to this
country because they believed 1t to be
better country than the one from which
they came, and I believe he is an Amer
lean and l believe he will support the
American ideals, therefore I think he
will be loyal TO the party that stands for
American ideals.
I'VE can not win in Indiana II we
dodge or sidestep and we ought not to
win by lodging or sidestepping. Our
course should be a well-dehned course
and In the open, that every man or WON
an may understand what we stand for
and what our policy is to be II entrusted
with political power, and our pre-pri-
mary and prediction pledges, made
vote getting time. should be made effec-
tive at law making time, and when I say
our, l mean the pledge Of the state COM
mittee and the pledge OF our platform,
well the pledge of our candidates.
OPPOSES SELECTIONS
MADE IN ADVANCE.
II believe the state committee, through
It's district chairman and county chair
man, should insist on strong men Sor
precinct committeeman, strong, capable
and honest men for Delegates to the state
convention. There should be no attempt
to select in advance the members Of the
important committees. Members of the
resolution and committee on organizat ton
should not be hand-picked, as they have
been in the past. They should not be
men with fixed views on any of the
things that should 60 into the platform.
They should be men who are willing to
listen to the advice Of democrats from
all sections OF the state add then TO act
I'm the best interest OF the party.
Il have given you my idea Of what
think Is the duty Of the democratic state
committee and l have tried to point out