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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
4
Circulation notes list Corydon Indiana post office entry as second class matter. Subscriptions show rates for in county and out of county with durations six months three months and one year. Payments required, with out of county advance option.
A long critique of Corydon Republic an editorials and local political figures. It questions editorial bias toward Republicans, contrasts wartime service records of Otto C Kopp Abe Sieg and Dr Carleton B McCulloch with Warren T McKay, and alleges cheap politics and misleading reporting by the local Republican paper.
The Louisville Evening Post extols Vice President Marshall as a growing national figure. It cites his Indiana governorship era accomplishments including anti crime and public welfare laws, and praises an economy driving accounting reform that cut 1909 expenditures. It notes the paper favors McAdams for Democratic convention but supports Marshall’s record.
The piece accuses the Corydon Republican editor of political cosdescript exaggeration while noting Indiana’s 13 Republican Congress members backing universal military service. It mentions Warren T. McCray and James W. Fessler as governor candidates, Edward Toner as the only overseas veteran not favored, and questions editor’s support for Toner or Wood due to Roosevelt Palin booster ties.
The Louisville Evening Post reprints an 1899 New York World discovery of Senator Lodge urging ratification of the Paris Treaty after the Spanish War. It contrasts his 1899 support with today’s opposition and cites his fear of humiliating the United States by repudiating the President’s negotiated accord.
A colonial-era debate argues the Supreme Court tied the war ending to treaty ratification. Advocates cite costs from the Shipping Board's (three billion dollars) and warn Congress must ratify to end hostilities, while Knox critiques a Senate resolution declaring peace.
The visit of Indiana Governor Goodrich to Corydon for a Sunday School Centennial Convention is described as nonpartisan. He will deliver an address tomorrow and be welcomed warmly by residents and county officials. He is noted as a longtime Sunday School worker from Winchester.
The excerpt contrasts U S governance under Republican William McKinley in 1899 and Democrat Warren G. Harding in 1920. It argues that Senator Lodge remains a partisan in both eras, highlighting partisan biases in leadership. A brief rail materials notice follows.
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