Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 October 1896 — Page 2

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THE DAILY BAYYER TD!E^, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA.

1890 OCTOBER. 1896

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campaign tLcir attack on county matters. They did nothing of the ■ kind. The BannkrTimes h is been j hammering away at the subject nil I summer and finally forced the democratic papers to begin “ex plaining.’’ That was just where wc wanted them. The party then took it up and the county gang has been thoroughly held up to the public gaze. The democratic leaders first said there was no county debt: then admitted about half of it; then paid ofl |iOOOof it as soon

DAILY BANNER TIMES as exposed, and now their papers

have the audacity to say that the

free gravel roads and only the people living along the roads could be tax' d for the payment thereof? Ayain, if the $12,450 indebtedness is all an indebtedness on account of the construction of gravel roads, wiil these gentlemen explain to the people of the county from what source the mouey is to come

to pay it?

It is conceded that all of the taxes assessed upon the land owners along the lines of these roads for the payment of the debts created in the construction of liiese roads have been collected except the

t;A' ' tlK ‘ ,v i’ l,, ’ ii( ‘ an6 , ' or an opportunity | have been attempted to get rid of or $3500 on the Mt. Meridian

U ' ,h “ i ‘ ' lf tl,c trut, L | the true impression which is going j* Putnamville road. If this be

lout amomr the people of 1’utnam

■ t.\k r ua nrsr.x 77: i//:.vr>; collnt>v> Thi9 is ptirXicu]ar]y t , ie

If ativ taxpayer of Putnam

i'ii'- every artemoon xcept Sunday tN BanmibTimmoAo*.corner Vine mad

^ rank!in giriH’ls.

The Counts Oeht Some Additional Facts and Figures Connected with the

Recent Exposure.

SMALL PART OF DEBT PAID

After Years of Waiting the Court House Crowd Lets Loose of about $4,000. Where

Did They Get the Cash.? y 10 say mat me

republicans have waited until tne Since the exposure of the conchlast minute to spring a sensation^ tlon of Putnam county at tlie meet The loud roar from tax payers is mg 6ll i aBt Tuesdav* night, there

ho:nTiVrhAo!?&k"y;T^j|;' 1 ^ :,, C!p h ’ !ttl1 ' :vsultor tLeir Of , hasten quite a s'tir among the ; iAvir;.'k’e , . , m Wl '‘ '" r ' the 1 umner in which th. y hav been deftocratie politicians of the

_;iohl>e<l, aUf ^ tiny are Mianktul foVcoi^ity and various explanations

the line of the road* constructed taxed for the purpose of paying this 111.000.00 misappropriated by the county? If not, do the gentlemen claim that this indebtedness was created for the construction

C0LLIVER AND ADER.

The

Chairman and ex-Ciiairmao

Smoked out at Last.

What the common people have been ot y expecting all campaign came to pas*

WIicTi'delivrry - niVKUlur pli-asv roiiort

• ann-i»rom|>tlj o iniblU-atioii ultlvt-.

Spvelmen cop:"* nialli-d li- • on npplication. I ditjon of

This

a:.v taxpayer of I utnaui | i-ase with ref'erenee to the exposure county cal . * lo investigate the eon-; ,»r the condit ion of the county’s incounty ottiees. it i< not I debtedness. Lorn) and vehement

RATE^ OPSUSSCRlP^iON

Onr rear in (uiouhSix month*

Three mtmUis.

One month Per u ■ fk hy * /; ri- ... ..

: necessary to take his information denials have been made, and the f'"“m rcpul.lican newspapers or from j county attorney has been .called

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.Mondiiy evening—>b'-*r*. Colliver and Ader deelared tliemselve*. bv advertising “Bogardn*,” another of ilio.*(> many freak* popocracv ha* been giving the public tins year, a crowd was secure'!. Bogaidu* wasn’t there, however, an l ('liairmnti Col I her talked. Mr. (.'olliver has been a little slow about getting into action this year and upon this last week of campaign was forced to show his hand. This he did in a rambling talk that had no argmn nt for beginning and none for an ending. ‘•I’res'’ labored bard and didn’t make a point, lie carried no figure.* or statistics and made a mess of ail hi* calculations. In illustrating a point he .-aid!

hv (he republicans on Oct. 2d, have done that much good at least. It has caused these democratic of. ficials to pay a small part ( f tinindebtednensi of the county, lint tile people wouid like to know where the money came from to pay it. Why could it be raised within three days after the exposure after it had been delinquent for several years': Was the money taken out of the November installment of taxes be. ing pare! in and if it was what it the eouhty going to run on all wii. ter? It is evident thirt these bondt wore paid off quietly in order that the gang might deceive the peop ■ They could take a “kicker” iiro' the vaults at./! show him where tb hoods h d l-cen paid otf, but tinv

vrbtn 6flivt , ry is By <*Hrrier. all subscription accMint'* ;i!<* ti* bt* paid u them as

they c.-li .\nd reeoipi for same.

residue of the principal of this indebtedness v Is it pro|«)sed to make

re[ uhl: utn speakers; for the news-J upon to come to the defense of the i lin,,t her assessment along the line papeis’istd by democratic county ^ purty, which h» attempted to do I" 1 the “(Jrecncastle and Morton otWcer-for the announcements they in a public speech in this city I roa, V'"f the‘Tin* Bluff road,” or lime t Make to the public, furnish last Thursday. IHs explanation tl)e “Roachdale and Walnut Bridge facts siitlieient to sustain thccliarge j was largely an attempt to show ; road ?” While Mr. Ader is atof ndsmanagement. that this indebtedness was not a | toupfing to shift this burden from If any democrat in I’utnam | burden upon the tax pavers of the , the county, perhaps !u can explain '-Ycu count -' h sires to make an honest 1 extire county, but that, as lie I to the property owners along these

I i.inmtcJ.iVolt'i'n ,^,.,1 -r,1- .•.•'mm | » nvt<ifo1 ' the condition of j claimed, the indebtedness all grew i roads, who have paid their full as

b ’* per cput extra. Ptisition n »t uimrauteeci j J|js COUntv’s treilSlirv we for advertisi-mynts oi Ifss than 5 intdioA. No *■ ’ ‘

•li^anint lor fimo or spae»*: five p«*r c«*ut nlb’wed when payment acettinpanfes cmler.

ADVERTISINfi

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KA l ES.

tu:adikg notic: -

d; \! f.vi < per line, ’>e. Oih* line jjarairraphn ciiarkT' d as < eeupyinu’ two lines space. in follo'vjnsf rates will be allowed only

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" ^ ‘ ~ j »• 2 M. J. UELKETT HARRY M. s\!!TH. ..

suggest

that he take us the starting point loi his inquiry the statement, which ! appeared in the Greeneastle Df.mo- | ere/of June 25th. 18‘.)2, which is ; a* follows: “The county owed

cent, per Urn-jj une l9f ,, ut ^ r)0) out of ( . ollnty

.. .. i reienue.'’ Again on Sept. ISHh,

i'u> i ii . the same newspaper oaid: Manakriu^rKditor i “The county owes no debts what-

v.Mrcs* ail <•:-amunii-iiuons to j over chargeable to the general Tin: Daily K.^nsrk Times. i. , \ , ...

Oi-M-Mcssiiv. Imi. : funds. Again on O 'tober llth.

1890. m the same newspaper appeared an “explanation” of the county’s indebtedness which is as

follows •

Hyaline Woodruff. Nov. 1. ’Si ci ■> per cent. M t. M.— I’ut-

munvillc gravel roa*! $ 2000 (K)

I'urman it I.aughlin, I )ec. 2, ’S4 (a (i per cent, Mt M.—Put-

namville gravel road $ .lOO 00

Central National bank, renewal Sept. 15, (a 0 per cent, Mt M.—I'otnumville

gravel road ijki 445 25

out of the construction and pur-j st ’ s8 ment, how the Ix/nds which chase of free gravel roads, those 1 were issued to procure funds to

Telephones. OUNTING aOOM EDITORIAL ROOM

62 95

SPECIAL NOTICE.

Wf* publish, and fire irlad tc jjet tlu* same whi n they arc* news, free brn*l' notices of deaths births and inarrbijres, but we charg 1 ^ for extended v .mts of marriages, obltuari( loiige and societv n snliitlons ard cards of thanks, and will pufdish none such unless i ay men!, <ir s iti x fimtory arrangement there

or, is made in a 1 vance.

Send news to Telephone 95.

Vote for Macy.

N ote for Moore.

Vote for Darnail. Vote for Williams.

Vote for Summers. Vote for Matthews. Vote for Heat and Stoner.

ii the couuty crowd of misuian-

Tor.al gravel road

coi xiv revenue.

....$5 945 25

(Notes.)

<i. F. Kightsell, Sept. 8.1888. $ 350 00 John Kightsell, “ " . $2 ooo 00 (i. K. Kightsell, Get. 31,1887 if 500 (HI

(Vutr’l Nat. bank renewal Sept. 15, ’96 (3 554 75

Total county 40 404 75

S l.MCEI. Garpnek.

Wm. Ford. Coin. Jacob Kieui i..)

M r e suggest that the honest democratic votes of the county wiio have been deceived for years by the statements of certain demo

ngers can pay nearly $4000 of debt cratie politicians, would do well to

in three days after their debt wag exposed, why have they paid inter est for ten or twelve years on over $12,000? Why didn’t they get at tin* paying business long before the republicans got after them with

refer to the />< niocru/ of the above named dates, and sec for himself who it is ihat has been misrepresenting tiie facts about the county’s

debt.

It the statement of June 1, 1892

a prod. The people will have no j and Sept. 19, 1890, are t . ue then

confidence in a crowd that only after they are exposed.

pays

It was real cruel in Chairman < olliver and ex Chairman Ader to put otf until the last minute their

the statement of October 14, 1890. must be false, and if the latter statement is true, then statements of June L, 1892 and cf September I'Jth, 1890, are not only false.

public declaration that they were bl '/ hftV ° 1,C ‘ en known t0 b ‘-- in sympathy with the Chicago plat-j tkt t ' uu ' " <ri ^ ub form. While they didn’t exactly! li8,led aml 1UU!,t have been ,nade say it Monday night, they said a* , for f )Ur P° 8e ° f deceivin g P^ple

mucli as they dared and that little'"* **'*' * •

was forced. As ‘Bogardudes’’their ' *' ' U1, dt uio< r ‘ lt *' ’ 0UI ,on,,in shots .cattered, however, and ao pl *!f , ' :dling u l ,on tlu ' 0oBnt >' , , r., • 1 n . auditor for an explanation of the

one was hit by any ol their bullets. . . 1 , 1 • - ! condition of the county’s indebted-

ihey urea in the air and their aim I J WI1S ) )a( i , ness, let him carry with him a copy

=z |of the Greeneastle Democrat of

According to the chairman and October 14, 1890, and ask the ofex chairman of the democratic | fi ccrs (<> eX p] n i D> not the charges county committee, Bryan is to be made by republicans, but tin- stateelected and the county is to go meuts published by democratic

democratic. Did any one ever hear authority,

of such statements coming right on rr— ,1,1 .. , . ... >ou fan !»** Well

the heels of an election.'' Try as

.. . , . 1 When a our blood is pure, rieh and

thev may these two bosses, who ■ , ; f

jiiounslung for nerve* anil inu*clc*.

liatc been lukewarm all iall, while The blood i* the vital fluid, and when the faithful have been working, it i* poor, thin and impure you must c annot make sensible men believe either suffer from some distressing distheir foolish assertions, neither of 1 ea<t ‘ or vo " vvi11 easilv a victim to ... , , , , , ■ sudden changes exposure, or overwork,

which was backed up by a lilt of

only would suffer on account ol such indebtedness who owned lands along the lines of the roads constructed. or pioperty in the township.* which were taxed for the purchase of the toll roads. This ex- : i planatiou does not relieve the peo- - pie of the county, from the burden of these debts, though it might, if true, transier that burden to a part only o! the taxpayers. If the fact be as Mr. Ader claims these tax payers are being doubly wronged that others may not suffer. But the debts remain. Some body must pay them. The trouble about the whole business and the thing which gives the people great concern is tiie false representations that have been given out in regard to this indebtedness. It now being admitted that tiie representations made upon democratic authority were in fact false, and that this indebtedness of over$2 J,000.00. which is long past due, (in addition to $7000.00 bonds which are not yet matured,) is in fact outstanding, causes the people of Putnam county to believe that the whole truth has not yet been brought to light in regard to this matter. They demand that the books be opened—and the whole truth be given up. One ex plauation attempted by Mr. Ader was that the county had been compelled to assume the payment of a portion of the costs of the eon struetion of the Greeneastle and ( loverdale road. He did not explain why the county wasthnsburdened with this debt; that it was tiie mismanagement and unauthorized acts of the county authorities that caused this burden to fall upon the county, and that after this amount of said indebtedness had been cast upon the county, the property owners along the line of that road suffered an additional assessment of nearly 97 per cent, over the original assessment levied upon their property for the construction of the road; or that after the property owners along the line of that road were compelled to pay more than double the amount the road should have cost, the county was then also compelled to assume an additional burden of the indebtedness illegally thus contracted

build those roads, and which are yet unpaid, are to be wiped out, if the county is not 1 in hie for them? In any event, the fact remains that the taxes collected to pay these bonds were not applied in that way. One good result has already come from the meeting and exr-osure at tiie court house on the night of the

that Hii honest man would give in hi* | of course would not show the dfl/. hidden gold for taxation and added tiuit ■ of the payment Kvery tox pavr I »eie Billy Broad*,reet. the assessor. • w|to *, t . B FrMav’* entry OH tb wonlfl thus not haw »»► ijo aronn.l anti I , i • , , \

true, ami it is not denied, where wea|lk u „ wol||l| )ik( . :1>k ||l( , lilies, bonds were paid off. The, has the money come from to pay j ohnirinan ii in- wa* ihu* himiiig ,-ii I were paid three d»-\ * after tli< r* the interest on-the other $8900 for i iSuwkwtdl. whi.in the demm-raiL-pap.-i- pul,Means exposed Putnam's rit rall these Vi'.i-rs and where is I he ! , ' illl, '*e - ih wui.laddin:; ecut.-i* fn.m ,,,,,,,, i: .|, t I.ook* like 1 hat lent $8(100 to come from .0 pay .he I/;" 1 " t>nbl JimMi hasdone neanv $ d

I 11.11:110 '-om,:y Ie 11 mcl Ue (-0.1111111 lec ] Mr. r«l!iv.-,-ha* nm rd-.-d hi- vchv afl I'v 01 ' 1 h t>1 ' ' , "“ 1 li ' 1 ' >HSI - ‘M'*' 11 _

eampidan in Greeneastle for the ticket j books P

until the hist week. It looks Ilk.-the ... . , ,, , . .I. lx s >-ejr»tem»>er the county due;-

ciiu t house gang had smoked Imn out ol

silence. W hen he voneluded ihe disap- i,avf ’ "io»ey enough to pay intci* pointed crowd broke out like sheep, on ils dki-b,. Now it pays $4 , *» Mr. Ader Isiviug happened in “opp»>r-j worth of bonds. Where did tht

timely’’ abont Uve minutes laefore. Mr. Ader was called out and with a blow ami Muster told how this was the

i ln*e ol the caizi|>aign a id that hebadn t . H\-('liairnmn Ader 'aid la.*t ii'itti f been in the harness for “personal ml-; thl ,| hn,,Id-h«ith Matson that Tut,.am .'On* but he wanted to declare that, lip j county would go democratic and In a.I-, would vote a straight democratic ticket I vised Mniih tso.“s'ick a diayi>in” Mn-r. ft from top to hottoni. Then tlieconnry SVe advise a tidegreph pole. A dr,:, atioi ney 'tatted in on county matter- pin will never hold down an assert ion hut got sidetracked at once and other )j k ,. ,| m , j,, ,| l4 . ycur of I8!»ti. That is a th.ui sat iug ihivt there was no rotten- mere matter of opinion 011 the part uf

money cotju fromV What f , ftirnislied it' I

proof or a figure.

Keep your blood pure with Hood’s Sar-

saparilla and be well.

r,, , ~ ‘ ,, I Hood’s Fills are the best after-dinner 4he handbill says the repubil .,:n. , , , * pill; as.iist digestion, cure headache. cans put off until the close of the j 25 cents.

2oth. The bond of $1823.75 given !'"‘ittors, because he failed t«> prove hi

in -- in the court lino-e ::nd that t!ie re- j ip. vi.linty alto'nev. wlio.-e opiniim

publicans iiudu'S exploded a bomb shell le. said notliiiig. Ih* said the republican.* had misrepresented, hut he did not offer a figure to show wherein thev had or to show that he was right. He

failed utterly t" convince any or e tliat j ‘ * 00 l ,,,r , * ie " ll<,!,,|, i-d the ( hi . he was -tilling the truth on county , l’ ,:,! ‘'"’ut a*id tin 8t. I.owi* popiili t

[dalform a* a .■otii'nnation I- eoidu

the wsv isn't »i wavs altoget 111 r con'T . iix-t ongri ■ *11. 111 f 110per said in u| - • ig m. -p.ech I have always hi-. . demoerat and ! am a .lemoerat mi."

for tiie purchase of the Greeneastle A, Crawiordsville roao. and which fell due Aug. 19, 1894, has been paid and a similar bond given at the same time for tiie same purpose which fell doe Aug. 10, 1895, has also been paid since that meeting. The Records of the county commissioners, No. 14, page 530, show that the county borrowed of the Centra] National bank of Greeneastle, $1350 to anticipate the November installment of taxes for 1894 to pay tlu* bond which fell due Aug. 10, 1894. anti yet. not withst? nding that fact, and notwithstanding the tax payers of Greeneastle and Monroe townships bad also paid into the treasury money for the payment of this bond, on (Jctober 20. 1896, the bond was yet unpaid, but an examination of tiie records of the auditors office at this time will disclose the fact that on tiie Pt.lrd da)/ <>/' October, Ib'tt'i, (three days after the meeting at the court house) $3950.20 were paid to tiie Central National bank of Greeneastle in payment of the two bonds given for the purchase of the Greeneastle A Crawfordaville gravel road, which matured on the 10th of August. 1891 and 1895 respectfully. A singular part of this transaction is that the money which was paid in satisfaction of the bond due August 10, 1894, was paid to the same bank on the 23rd of October, 1896, from which the money was borrowed with which to pay the same in August 1894. The ques turn the tax payers would like to ha”e answered is “who has been paying the interest on these bonds since maturity, and why were they not paid when they fell due, a.ul why were they paid so quickly al ter the exposure of the 20lh of Octolier, if there was nothing crooked in tiie transaction?” The tax payers of Greeneastle and Monroe

through the mismanagement of t he : f'^ ’E^npa were astounded when county authorities in the building 1 they learned that tiie money which of said road. Neither did Mr. they paid to tiie treasury in 1891

tvll how on There are many licmocnii•

I’otiium who will think the -ante \v. 1 he‘vrlme of’73” w*»n’f a circui'J-

| assertions. Why didn’t In

Friday his court house gang h,ni slipped in and paid oft’ nearly $4000

worth of bond* and where they got the j statu c in surreptioii compared with ;:t money : The meeting was the eliibiest j qnipt manner in which t.bose coni',' ot the campaign. j p , n( j s were paid off Oct. J3. 1S00. Wm hasn't the Democrat, made A18 *"’ #C ‘ '' ,,r ” ' ' , ..1 ,, . . ; to parMen wanting»elioici* garment a parade 0! the fact t hat the roun-: r pri „.. M’.-dnesdav ty nas paid off nearly $4099 worth I oYiock to Thursdav noon.

ot' bonds. Does it propose giving the news or will it remain silent? For its benefit we will state that the court ho use crowd has bustled around and secured money enough somewhere to patch up a ve small part ot the debt. Will the

SOUND MONtY DEMOCRATS- |' Two Mediug* Ar:-MiiKe<l for Hon. .loir.

T. I*ye. BHiitbrklire ami Koik-IkIhIi-There are a large number of | sound money democrats in tliis county and they gre to have smiml

h ^ e * 8e j , 8ta iL where * h !I meetings this week. At Baini,- .-

Thursday night. Oct. 29, Hon. John i'. Dye, of Indianapolis, one of the leading sound money democrats ;n

mouey was found? Who supplied it? What fund it was taken from? And why the Democrat lias waited

until the Banner Times mentioned | the 8ttt ' te will H(i(1 ress 't'he people it. The people of Putnam are fast an( j on Kn , lay 0ct . 2! , M getting on to the gang and will not will Bpeak at K( , at . hdale ,,, be deceived by such a puny and Dve wjll raake R gpeecl) that dark lantern deal as the «ne by, be in ]jn(1 wjtb thuf (ifJi](|eR _ wh.el. tins small payment of deht! son an(1 lhat ig my ^ u greatl ,„ a [ was made. Insist on seeing all the - Don’t forget Hie dates. books when you pay your taxes — this week, gentlemen. You will COUNTRY LOCAL NEWF / then not in lieve the bare assertions [ ' Of a county attorney, win. will give Interesting Items from PriLipJ yo„ ,,o lt s ur,, o, f,,t« ... h., K hi, p oin , s p ulnilm ^

worilB. Mere assertion in this

MT. I*LEAsANT.

campaign goes for naught. Facts M r9 . HaUie Peck, of Fleming, ,u\ arc what arc wanted, and the court Ky.. visited relatives hen* this wh-K. house crowd and their atto, ney fail, Jim CaWaway has eomtnen |

to give them. build a new house.

The democratic leaders of Put- I he "'h<«>l is progressing iii('c|\ it

, , l Mr. Win*,-law ns teacher The T

nam couuty are truly desperate . , , ,, ’

” ,ilnit\ seholar* enroll,*>1 iimloiHii- ! '

I hey slipped in on last Friday and 1 number there hut two hoy* for Brym paid off, as will !„• seen elsewhere The La,be7 Atd^^y an.l-tW in tins issue, $3956.20 wort h of Listers of the Christian church of b'

bonds to the Central National bank. These bonds were due m 1894 and 1895, and much interest lias been P»id on them. The exposure made

mo- will serve dinner and *11,ii* election day. Tuesday, Nov. 3 residence of Mr*. I. IV. Bridgi- " extend a cordial invitation to all. I’j coeds for the benefit of the ,*lnd li.

rjruruiruv ro-js .irirmrLrirLarmrirvixnrLrLaArTLr,nr!j ;1 WHILE OTHCt? BRANDS Ot CIOaRS «RC DCTCRIORATiNCi

Ader. nor have the democratic papers of the county, denied or attempted to explain the fact that

and 1895 to take up the bonds due Aug. 19, ’9!, and Aug. 10, ’95, had not been used for that purpose ami .that the bonds were yet outstandout of the proceeds of the bonds ing and drawing interest. No wonsold while the gravel roads were , der there was a rushing and Intrrvbeing constructed for the purpose ji»g about last Wednesday and of raising funds to pay for the eon- Thursday, and that on Friday struetion of such roads $14.396.84 two ^nds were taken up as .... , ... .. above stated. But the bonds due were unlawfully and illegally up- Aug. 10,’96, over $4,727. are yot propriated and used for county pur- unpaid. How much is the county poses. Were tiie land owners along | indebtedness? Can any one tell?

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