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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
5
Public guidance stresses careful reading of Australian ballot rules for first time voters and older voters amid changes in election laws. Instructions highlight ballot layout with party devices the rooster for Democrats and eagle for Republicans and note column positions and sample headings with names Adam Heimberger and Winfield T. Durbin.
Voters receive three ballots and must mark only the allowed areas with a blue pencil. A straight Republican vote is by crossing the eagle in the large circle. otherwise mark each candidate on the left of their name. Do not mutilate or reveal ballots, fold before leaving, and only use polling clerks to assist if unable to read or mark. Penalties apply for buying or selling votes and for possessing marked ballots outside the election room.
The passage decries last minute rumors and false campaigns aimed at misleading voters. It urges verification of any attack on candidates or parties, calling roorback tactics a favored tool of unprincipled politicians.
A compilation of harsh criticism of William Jennings Bryan from associates and editors including Herman Ridder Henry Watterson Tom Watson Mose Wetmore and William Randolph Hearst. The excerpts condemn Bryan for shifting stances and pursuing political gain while praising or attacking his perceived sincerity and influence.
The piece argues Prohibitionists should support James E. Watson and the Republican ticket to safeguard county local option for four years. It warns that a Democratic victory risks repealing the option and helping brewers. It calls temperance voters to unite with the Republican platform against liquor interests.
The note claims Indiana brewers and saloon men back Thomas R Marshall for governor and a Democratic legislature. It asserts they trade Bryan for Marshall votes and trade county tickets for Democratic legislators in many counties, arguing a 1892 change harmed workers and consumers.
A political appeal arguing farmers benefited from Republican tariffs since 1896, comparing 1896 free trade prices to 1908 protective tariff outcomes, urging farmers to read quoted market prices and vote Republican in November. It lists historical price figures for crops and livestock and ends with an advertising note for The Journal.
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