Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-13
date would not warrant the candidates

didate would not warrant the candidate's
Endorsement
'T think the duty Of the democratic
state committee is to call the peoples
attention to the candidacy Of any man.
II the candidate has not had a record
Of honest, square dealing, but If the
candidate stands for honesty. integrity
and efficiency, and his record proves Il,
the voters should have the information
and it should be the duty Of every
democratic editor to say to his patrons,
through his editorial columns, here are
the candidates for the office Of governor,
or for any other Office In the coming
primary. Here are their records. It
is up to the voter to decide which one
Of these men should be nominated.
Neither the democratic state commit
tee or any Of its members should recon-
mend men for political preferent who
do not stand for the highest integrity.
1.-THE man who is willing to recon-
mend a man for political preferment that
does not stand for the highest ideals in
government, is doing his government and
his party a great injustice, and I believe
when the democratic state COMMITTEES
and those who occupy high positions in
the councils Of the party make a de-
termined stand for fair play ard a square
deal for every asptrant who enters a
primary, and insists that the state com
mtttee, must through its local county
organizations, pledge to every candidate
not only~f fair treatment in the campaign,
but an honest count Of every vote vote6@
you will find an added Interest in the
democratic party. Certainly the demo
cratic party in Indiana can not boast Of
its achievements, in the s,dte Of Indiana,
since 1892
QUOTES SOME HISTORY
OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
"The only victory won by the party
was partial victory in 1908, and I think
that victory was largely due to the peo-
pie being aroused as to the policy Of the
machine The fact that a candidate was
nominated for governor in 1908. was not
a part Of the machine, and the awakened
political indifference in the state, and
the largest democratic vote ever poIled
Tor governor In Indiana, was polled in
1908, is proof sufficient The 1910 and
1872 elections were democratic, because
OF the progressive movement in the re-
publican party.
In 1910 Senator Beyeridge, IN the re-
publican state convention. told the lead
ers Of his party and the convention where
the republican party was wrong and the
the early split in the republican party
in the year 1910.
I'm 1912 the democratic party came
into full power in the state Of Indiana
on account of the real division in the
republican party. While our party had
all OF the Offices in the state, in the con
gress and in the senate, and yet our can
didate for governor received 1900 votes
less than Mr.. Marshall had received IN
1905. Mr.. Wilson received $1,000 less
votes for president than Mr.. Bryan had
received IN 1905
an 1915 President Wilson addressed a
large group Of democrats in Indianapo-
lis, including the members Of the Inds-
ana legislature. He pointed out to ths
democrats In Indiana the great independ-
ent group OF voters outside of both po-
hdcal parties wkO hold the balance OF
power, and pleaded with the democratic,
OF Indiana, and those In charge of rs
administration Of government, to per
form their official acts in the interest Of
all the people, to the end that this indie
pendent and progressive vote would be
attached to the democratic party.
Our leaders were not crying out
against crime and debauchery in our
municipalities, but in many instances the
public had reason TO believe they were
giving aid and comfort TO the law viola
tors and. In the election Of 1916, orr par
ty, in the state of Indiana, was driven
from power.
SEES OPPORTUNITY
FOR COMMITTEE.
"The democratic state committee has
within its power the opportunity of es-
tablishing itself into the confidence Of
the voters by making pre-primary and
prediction pledges that 1t VIII stand for
square deal; that it invites the pro-
gressive voter to enter the democratic
party, and it can pOint with pride to
the record Of Woodrow Wilson's admin
istratiOn, in the enactment of more rene
dial legislation in the first three years OF
IT'S existence than was written into law
In fifty years by the republican party.
Il say remedial legislation. Woodrow
Wilson has signed more temperance bills
than any other president who has occu-
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