Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1882 — PUBLIC MEETING. [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC MEETING.

All citizens of J SP r Owty, wmhave opinion utoo the subject <.f removing artificial obstructions to the flow cf water in the lioquois River n requested to meet nt the Court House in Rens‘elr.<r. on Saturday.- May 13th A D 1882, at IP. M- to take action. ‘MANY CITIZENS ’

'lhe grand jury at Columbus, indicU ed Representatives Bloch and Wright for accepting bribes, as also a lobbyist named Watson, and all are in jail. _

“George M. Rotinsonjis to have no opposition in the Republican party for nomination to the office of Audi tor of Jasper County ” said a member of the radical ring recently. How does he know? or is it dictatorial die turn. There is “many a slip ’twixt. the cup and the lip.”

James H. Rice, of Frnkfort, will be a candidate before the Democratic Stite Convention, for nomination to the office of Auditor of State. .He is worthy and capable, and we should like to see him the Democratic nominee for that, positon.

Some people t-ay the laboring people do not have to pay any taxes. They over-look the fact that ail the benefits derived are what they get from labor and in the end it is labor that pays al j that is ever paid on a National debt; and in the end the laboring classes pay all the bills of Nations and individual!-.

The German population of Cincinnati is so large that it supports three daily papers printed in GermanTwo of these have always been re liable Republican. They both now invite their patrons to follow them not only out of the Republican but into the Democratic camp. The effect upon the vote of Ohio may be imagined.

By the way, a few months ago sev. eral leading Republican newspapers announced at brief intervals that the Morey letter would be traced beyond doubt to a prominant National Democratic committeeman. The trail must have come too fresn to suit the political hounds who did the scenting. It is rumored that the author of the Morey letter is positively known in Washington and that he is not a Democrat. Now, honest Indian! Messieurs Republicans, who did write the Morey letter?

In the Louisiana election of 1872 a certifica'e was given to the repub'ican candidate for congress in the Shreveport district, and the democra'ic candidate entered notice contest. The Republican died before taking his seat, and Governor Kellogg ordered a new election, which went Republican by default, the Democrats relying upon their claim to the original election. Before the h ouse —a republican house —that democratic claimant was declared to have no status because the second election had supervened and was not contested. A precisely similar case comes up in the republican house of the present congress. A democrat received the ceritfieate of election iti South Carolina, and died. A special election was ordered by the governor, and, the seat being already claimed bv the republican candidate, the election went by default. Now a republican committee recommends to a republican house a reversal of the republican precedent of ten years ago, and tnat the South Carolina democrat be summarily bounced from his seat because the South Carolina republican claimant has a status which the house must respect. The case is the same; but, the political considera tions involved being different, precedent is not to govern the decision.

As the Republican denounced the I queries” put to Mr. Porter before the recent election, and the contrast made between his administration of the office o f trustee and that of Mr. Strong, Democrat, of Newton township, as “cowardly and mean,” we have dore nur utmost to have that organ examine the records and give the public the result, but have entirely failed. An examin ation shows a voucher received by Mr* Porter Jan. 3d, 1881, $650, for redding 11 school houses which amount to $59.09 per house. This voucher should have been put in Kt'.lement with the Commissioners at December term, 1881. The voucher filed in settlement by Mr. Strong, December, 1881, bears date Nov. 5,1880 $126.00, for rodding s.school houses, amount to $25,20 per house, Every “tax-payer” is interested in these matters, and if it is ‘ cowardly and mean’’ to inquire about them, then it was and mean.” The vote did not answer the “queries” it •imply showed that many Republicans did not investigate the matter, but ac-->nted the mouthings of certain aspir*at» and went in blind. We regret that Mt. Porter has not shown himself • BO successful in the practice of economy I m Mt. Strong. But then economy is •oi one of the virtues of the RepublifM party.