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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
4
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For governor Winfield T. Durbin Anderson. For lieutenant governor Thomas T. Moore Greencastle. For secretary of state Fred I. King Wabash. For auditor I. Newt Brown Franklin. For treasurer Job Freeman Terre Haute. For attorney general F. H. Wurzer South Bend. For superintendent Samuel C. Ferrell Fr. Wayne. For state statistician J. L. Peetz Indianapolis. For judge of supreme court Warwick H. Ripley Indianapolis. For Supreme Court first district Woodfin D. Robinson Evansville. For Supreme Court fourth district Leander J. Monks Winchester. For judge of the appellate David A. Myers Greensburg.
The piece mocks Taft and Wilson influence in New Jersey politics and argues farmer prices rose under protectionism. It links voter choice to avoiding a democratic administration, urging a rooster or bull moose stamp as a vote signal.
The Muncie Press notes Republicans remain active with about 600 speeches planned across Indiana before the election. The piece states Republicans are prominent and asserts Taft will be reelected despite calls from crusaders who never reached Jerusalem.
A brief note asks if farmers and horsemen want to return to the old horse prices. It references a horse bought in 1893 to 1897 for 50 dollars and a team bought in 1897 for 2950 dollars, contrasting with current horses at about 175 dollars. The piece centers on price nostalgia and market figures.
A political appeal warns that backing Woodrow Wilson is a vote for the peanut politician Tom Marshall, who could become president if Wilson wins. The message asserts Indiana’s citizenship has been disgraced.
The speaker claims hay prices have fallen from 34.00 per ton under Democrats to 15.00 in the meadow and 25.00 last spring. They warn that voting Wilson or Roosevelt would bring back Cleveland prices and urge belief through experience.
Former Governor J Frank Hanly enters the political battle, aiming to expose the public record of the so called boy orator of Pogue's Run. He vows to reveal the invisible government he criticizes and push GOP platforms into the light.
The passage argues that Fountain county political bosses dominate both major parties. It cites organizational meetings and a county convention to condemn leaders labeled as bosses and notes that being a worker or leader in either old party is treated as a crime.
A local plea compares hog prices under candidates Wilson and Roosevelt Johnson, arguing on 1993 levels. It urges farmers to vote for Wilson and Peanut Marshall to restore price standards, suggesting the outcome remains similar regardless of the ticket.
The speaker argues Roosevelt will not carry states and could tilt California toward the Democrats. The Republican Party is portrayed as alive, opposing free trade and supporting religious liberty, fair wages, a square deal, direct election of senators, primary laws, and honest vote counts, warning against demagogues and misrepresentation.
The speaker argues the Republican Party has at times included good and bad planks from various platforms. It asserts Taft’s motto that the party does “even more than it agrees” and urges voters to hold to what they know is good. The party is said to be subservient to the will of the people if they help shape it.
Mrs Manda Sheets of Sandusky Ohio credits Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root with saving her life after ten years of kidney and liver troubles. She says after trying many medicines and doctors, a sample led to rapid improvement, she bought a bottle, and now runs a rooming house with a store. Notary public Alvin N. Biehl swore to this report on October 24, 1911.
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamp ton, N. Y. for a sample bottle and booklet about kidneys and bladder. Mention Covington Weekly Republican. Regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles available at all drug stores.
Land ad describes six acres of wet improved property four miles south of Snoddy's Mills near the church and school. Address to Thomas Cadman in Covington RR1 for inquiries.
An Iowa newspaper argues Theodore Roosevelt has left the GOP after thirty years and condemns the party as corrupt but responsive, claiming its history shows him repeatedly supported by party bosses for key offices. It calls for a new party to replace the Republican organization.
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