The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-10-25
Mr.. Beveridge Wanted to Kill the Republican Party
Mr. Raston Wants Only to Defeat Mr.. Beveridge

Oscar b Abel. an overseas veteran Of the
world war. in a speech at Seymour in October Of
this year gave a little Of Albert ]. Beveridge's
political history. he said in part:
The coming campaign Is interesting in many
ways. but there is feature Of 1t that ap-
pears to be more important than any other
That is the selection Of a United States Senator
for Indiana to serve for the next ensuing six
years Hon Albert J. Beveridge, a former
United States Senator from this state, is the
Republican candidate, and Hon Samuel NJ
Ralston a former Governor of Indiana, is the
Democratic candidate"
The indianapolis Star Of Sept q. 1922 quot
iug from Mr. Beyeridge's speech at Evansville
on the 10Th prints the following declaration:
IF you think that I n Republican
working with my party. but not controlled
by any particular group special interest
whatever. can serve YOU better than my OPP
ponent working with Democratic colleagues
constituted they and will be, then
should have your support. But If you feel
that he, thus surrounded. do more for
the nation your duty to yourselves and the
republic is to send him to Washington for
the remainder of this critical and historic
decade"
Some Of the Senators whom Mr. Beveridge,
if elected would work with are Newberry. Wat
son. Mckinley. Curtis SmoOt. Sterling. Bran
degee and Ledge. He is seeking to associate
himself with them for what he terms the sal
Walton Of sane and common government.
In a speech at Terre Haute Sept. II, 1914.
Mr. Beverdge said Of these men and others
closely associated with them. Here is what he
said:
apply another yardsticI to the Indiana
standpat leadership. They have little
sense of humOr, little faith In the intelII-
gence of citizens. that they declare that the
Republican party has cleansed itself of
those leaders and influences which over
threw that party, and that it has at last
also become progressive.
Let the roll call answer thisf
sIn Maine, the HaIe-Eurlelgh machine is
moro firmly in the Republican saddle than
ever. Maine, into which this moment scores
of thousands of dollars being poured
by evil interests to corrupt this weeks cleo
ton"
TN Massachusetts the Crane-LOdge-
Weeks machine Is In absolute command of
the Republican party"
Lodge from Massachusetts is still in the Sen
ate and is the same standpat Republican that
he was in 1914. Weeks is the Secretary
of War in the Harding Cabinet the same stand
pat Republican in 1914. and Mr. Beveridge is
In that speech he said:
"In Connecticut Senator Brandegee is the
Republican candidate to succeed himself.
Brandegee, who was and is an AIdrich lieu
tenant, who stands for all that AIdrich
stood for and worse"
Brandegee is still in the Senate and is still
the same standpat Senator he in 1914, And
then Mr. Beveridge continued to take the pO-
Itical hide off the following noted Republican
leaders,
"In New Hampshire Senator Galllnger
is the Republican candidate to succeed him
self-GallInger-dean OF all the reaetiOnaries
in Congress-"
"In New York the Barnes-R0ot combine
owns the Republican party in fec simpIe-I
hold in my hand the New York newspapers
hostile to the progressive party, each of
which states that the recent Republican
convention was machine convention ruled
by Barnes and Root; and everybody knows
that the sO-called retirement of Boss
Barnes from the New York state committee,
but who still Is New Yorks national Re-
publican committeeman, is cheap trick
which pulls the wool over the eyes of none