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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
17
The Indianapolis Sun publishes daily except Sundays from the Sun Building at Obs Street. Willis S. Thompson is listed in the notice.
The Denver convention sparked a nationwide surge for Bryan and Kern with strong public support in Indianapolis. The Courier-Journal affirms Democratic unity, condemns Taft Sherman finance ties, and predicts a large Bryan Kern victory driven by common people and anti-Wall Street sentiment.
The speaker argues the central issue is whether the people can overthrow federal officeholders backed by corporate wealth. He decries the money power and attacks Taft and Roosevelt era Republicans, naming Standard Oil and steel interests as the driving force behind Washington policy and the political system. He cites Rockefeller, Carnegie, Harriman, and Morgan as emblematic of plutocratic influence.
A 1900s science warning links disease to shared cups in schools churches and homes. It cites bacteria on the mouth a public cups and germs on cups after use by sick individuals describing a nine day old cup with thousands of cells and hundreds of germs per area to urge civic duty and self preservation.
Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt, nicknamed Chance, is a Latin professor and chapel talker. During Horace class he called on a student who read a line as It is hard for us to endure the blows of chance, causing the room to erupt in laughter as the class grasped the modern twist on ancient words.
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