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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
4
Friday June 25 2015 reports a partisan city council struggle to choose a successor to a school trustees seat as Democrats and Republicans clash over backing, abstentions, and control of the schools. The piece swerves to review Governor Slaton and newspaper influence on judicial matters.
Cert L Kelly of Earlham College and state education officials discuss teaching Scripture in public schools. He claims about 90 percent of Indiana public school men favor Bible use with denominational options for Catholic Hebrew and Protestant pupils and notes teachers would be drawn from Sunday schools. He argues many teachers support Bible study as literature rather than religious instruction.
A distrustful report argues the honor system in a penitentiary enabled a convict to access a wife’s sleeping quarters and steal items. It questions prison wardens who defend leniency and suggests reforms while noting the murder’s impact on staff and policies.
The governor reduces Frank Sentence’s death sentence to life imprisonment for Lee M. Prank of Avianta, citing clemency in a lengthy 15 000 word explanation. A mob gathered near the capital, and martial law was declared within a radius around the governor’s residence to ensure protection.
Fragmented text questions Bryan's motives in the Spanish American War and Cuba era, asking whether he sought to desert the colors or press virtue. It contemplates leadership, ethics, and wartime behavior, mentioning figures like Chantp Clark and Wilson in a cryptic, rhetorical manner.
The Evansville Courier reports a Democrat view that Roosevelt is the first choice for the GOP, with Hiram Johnson a close second. Cummins La Follette Hughes are rejected as radicals, while Crumbaker remains aligned against endorsing any of them.
The piece argues that the Bull Moose platform supporters who backed 1912 and 1914 efforts to undermine the Republicans should return only as Republicans. It praises protective tariffs and constitutional representative government, rejects populist aims, and names Lincoln and successors as tradition keepers. It contends progressives may rejoin, but as Republicans, not populists.
The Marion County grand jury indicts a broad set of Democratic officers and election workers amid fraud and corruption suspicions. While noting possible political motives, the piece argues indictments do not prove guilt and calls for cautious judgment as trials unfold. It highlights shifting vote totals and the rise of the Progressive vote, with Thomas Taggart named among those indicted as a central Democratic figure.
A Republican expresses cautious opposition and credit to a fellow conservative leader in Indiana. He commends sane government and notes the state owes him respect for resisting incendiary laws. He suggests a republican should publicly acknowledge this at this time.
The piece surveys Republican and Democratic digs at William Jennings Bryan amid Indiana politics. It notes editorials mocking Bryan, mentions possible successor appointments, and reports on internal Second District battles featuring Cullop, Hunt, and Sullivan county dynamics with factional maneuvering and primary implications.
A former Democrat is expected to be chosen to replace C. Toner of Anderson who recently resigned as head of the Progressive state organization. The move aims to align with factions favoring protective tariffs and those backing the Republican camp, as several prominent Progressives reportedly prepare to follow the state chairman or secretary in resignations and realignments.
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