Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1882 — PROGRAMME OF FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. [ARTICLE]

PROGRAMME OF FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

Ringing of bells at sunrise. Firing of thirteen rounds. Assemble in Court House grounds at 1L a. m., undei direction of the marshal. Captain C. A. Edmonds. Called to order bv the president, Alfred Thompson. Musical overture, “Harlequin,’’Rensselaer cornet band. Invocation -by Rev. George Havens. Anthem, “Let the hills and vales re sound,” choral society. Reading or Declaration of Independence, by W. B. Austin. Music,“NationalMedley,” Rensselaer cornet band. Oration, by Hon. W. D. Owen. RECESS for dinner, Re-assemble at 2 p. m. Music?’Garfleld quicK step,” Rensselaer cornet band. First toast, “The day we celebra e,” response by M. L. Spitler. Music, ‘ O, hail us ye true,” choral society. Second toast, “The President of the United States,” response by H. E. James. Third toast, “The conti neural congress,"response by James W. Douthit, Music, “Freedom’s banner,” choral society. Fourth toast, “Our flag,” response by J. F. Burroughs. Fifth toast, “Indiana,” response by John G. Culp. Sixth toast, “Our country’s future,” response by W. W. Watson. Seventh, volunteer toasts and sentiments. “America,” choral socity. Fireworks at night. By Order of Committee. J - J. Waterbury the boss tailor lias removed his shop to the room recently vacated by Purcupile’s Resaurant, where he will be pleased to e e all of his old customers, as well as new ones.

Th Fourth will be enthusiastically observed in Rensselaer. Let every-, body come. *", r ” Z* VJ ’ zi ‘ h «»e been organized at Francesville, M. M. Gordon, commander. T. E. Donnelly, deputy warden of the Northern prison, was in town Saturday, greeting his many friendsOur old friends, Owen & Uhl, Monticello, have commenced the publication of the “White County Democrat.” We wish them success. On Saturday afternoon last, the front door of McCoy & Thompson’s bank slammed too, breaking to pieces the heavy plate glass contained therein. Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O. F., Tuesday evening elected Chas. F. Overacker, N. G.; Ezra C. Nowels, V. G.; Geo. Sigler, secretary; L. C. Grant, treasurer.

The Republican was obliged to republish the card of S. R. Nichols, its candidate for commissioner, showing that Air. N. only charged sll for his day’s work. The Republican is therefore mad about it. John T. Ford has been a resident of Jasper county for a longer period of time than the editors of the Republican, and we will take great pleasure in presenting him to them, after November n*xt, as the recorder of Jasper county. Rev. Samuel Campbell, on this circuit about thirty-five years ago, will preach at the M. E. church Sunday next, morning and evening. The reverend gentleman is father of our townsman Mr. Campbell, of the firm of Campbell & Farden. Kate Field wants men to wear knee breeches and Miss Swishelm wauts them to wear no breeches, Between the two, the masculine sex is beginning to get a little flabbergasted.— Courier-Journal.

“The tariff we have is a protective tariff. What the critics want is a revenue tariff, or free trade. But we all know the country dosen’t want that.” —New York Tribune.

You are assuming more than you can establish. The tariff that we have represents the rings that grow out of special interests, and is not constructed upon any principal what ever. It is heither for protection nor for revenue fairly, but for the aggrandizment of organizations of buisness men, who own members of congress, and use them as a pait of their stock in trade. Substantially, the tariff as it stands is unscientific and dishonest. It is full of swindles, flagrant, shameless and inexcusable discrimination against the many and in favoi of a few. The pretense that it isjfounded on any principle is thoroughly false.—-Cincinnati Commercial. Jake Eiglesbach, has moved into his new rooms, which are handsome and neat. He extends a cordial invitation to his many friends to call. ANY SUM FROM S3OO 00 to SIO,OOO on first mortgage real estate security on five to ten years’ time.

FRANK W. BABCOCK.

The Madison Courier (Republican) defines its position on the prohibitory. - amendment as follows: We happen to be among those republicans who are “against prohibi tion. but in favor of submission to the people,” etc. '

This is the same good Lord, good Devi! theory espoused by our neigh bor, and the writers of ihat sheet may {rest assured it will be submitted provided a majority of t e people are in favor of the amendment and so declare themselves at the next election by sending up a legislature that will pass it. Then the constitution will do the submission. The advocates of the idea expressed by the Courier exhibit a degree of cowardice and fear that if the question of adoption or rejection is to be determined in the election of members to the legislature they may be defeated They very much desire their followers to go it blind, trust to submission to determine the matter, and on submission divide up - Hon. John M. Butler, of Indianapolis, generally taken as authority, by radicals, says:

“The real question is, are we to elect a legislature thatj believes enough in these amendments to put them before the people—not whether they are to be submitted, but whether they are fit to be submitted. Ex<ludge Livingston Howland says: “It is clearly the theory of the constitution that before an amendment thereto can be submitted to t 1 e people it shall pass the ordeal of two legislatures and be by them discussed and acted upon on its merits.”