Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1884 — Page 1

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2HORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-Law BENSSELAEK, - - INDIANA - Practices fin the Courts of Jasper and adorning counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vlul B. 6. DWIGGINS ZIMBI DWIUGIN* R. a. & Z. DWIGGINS. -Attorneys -a.t-l.ia. w, Rensselaer - j - Indiana Practice in the Courts of Jasper and hd •oming counties, make collections, etc. f,« Office west coruer Newels’ Block. v rt nl BIMONP. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaer, Practice in all the Courts. UARION L,. SFITLER, Collector and Abstracter. Wo pay , irticular attention to paying tax- •> selling and leasing lands. v2n4B FRANK n. ju COCK. Attorney *r£ And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtor and Benton counties. Lauds examined Abstracts of Title prepared; Taxes paid. Collection.* a. Specialty. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORNEY'-AT-LAW and notary public, . Isjr*Office upstairs, in Maieever’s new building, Reiuselaer. Ind. H, W, SN fDER, at Law Remington, Indiana. jolLections a specialty. W w. HARTSELL, M D, HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty..#! OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeover House. July 11,1884. DD. DALE, « ATTOKNEY-AT LAW MONTICEI.I.O, - INDIANA. Bank tuilding. np stairs. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE. F. P, BITTERS LOUGHRIDGE & BITTERS, Physicians and Snrgeons. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than three months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer Ind. Calls promptly attended. Will give special atter tion to the treatment of Chronic Jiscsises. R. S. Dwiggins. Zixnri Dwiggins, President. Cashier Citizens 9 Bank, RENSSELAER. IND., Does a general Banking business; gives special attention to. collections : remittances made on day of payment at current rate of exchange: inU .si ;> n t-alanc-s : certificates btntirg int, iest issued; .x----change bought and sold. This Bank owns the Bu-glar Safe, which took the premium at the Chicago Exposition in 1878. This Safe is protected by one of Sargent’s Time Locks. The bunk vault used Is as good as can be bv.llt. It will be s«en from thn foregoing that this Bank furnishes as good sacurity to depositors as can be. ALFRED M COY, THOMAS THOMPSON. Banking House OF A. McCOY &T. THOMPSON, successors to A, McCoy & A. Thompson. Bankers, Rensselaer, Ind. Does general Banking business Buy and sell exchaoge. Collections made sn all available points. Money loaned Interest paid on specified time deposits, &c. Office same place as old Arm of A. McCoy ft Thompson, • aprU.’sl ,

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THOMAS J. FAROES. Boots, Shoes, Hals, Caps,

WEVERY PAIRWARRANT'D m FOR SALE BY THOMAS J.FARDEN, 3 Doors East of P. O. Rensselaer, Ind. A complete line ot light and heavy shoes for men and boys, women and misses, always in stock at bottom prices. Increase of trade more an object than large profits. See our goods before buying.

Gems’ Furnishing Goods! N WARNER & SONS . DEALERS IN Hardware, Tinware,. Stoves South Side Washington Street. RENSSELAER, - - INDIArr..

IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate and Collecting Agent. »Vill practice in all the Courts t>f Newton Beaton and Jasper counties. Office:— Up-stairs,, over Murray’s Cit; Orug Store, Goodland, Indiana. THE MEW MllgMv|ENXl»ffWi RENSSELAER, IND, JU S . OPENED. New and finely furnished.— Cool and pleasant roomß.. Table furnished *'ith the best the market affords. Good Sample Rooms on first floor. Free Bus to and from Depot. PHILIP BLUE, Proprietor. Rensselaer, May 11.1883 ts. LEAR HOUSE, J. H. LEAR, Proprietor, Opposite Court House , Monticello, Ind Has recently been new furnished throngb out. The rooms arelarge and airy.tho loca tiou central, making it the most conve .ion and desirable house in town. Try it A WIDE AWAKE DRUGGIST Mr. F. B. Learning is always widawake in his business and spares ne pains to secure the best of every are tide in his line. He has secured tho agency for the celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption,— The only certain cure known for Consumption, Coughs, Co ds, Hoarseness. Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis, or any affection or the Throat and Lungs. Sold on a positive guarantee. Will give you a trial bottle free. Regular size $1 00 ■ ... ■«»». THOUSANDS SAY SO. Mx. T. fa. Atkins, Girard, Kansas writes: “I never hesitate to recommend your Electrio Bitters to my customers, they give entire satisfaction and are rapid sellers.” Electric Bitters are the purest and best medicine known and will positively cure Kidney and Liver complaiDts. Purify the blood and regulate the bowels.— No family can afford to be without them. They will save hundreds of dollars in bills every year.— gold at fifty cents a bottle by F. B F earning.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 1884.

CALKINS ON “SOAP.”

How the Republican Candidate for Governor Assessed Postmasters. GOOD READING FOR CIVIL SERVICE REFORMERS. A WIDOW’S MITE. The practice of assessing Federal office-holders for the purpose of raising a campaign fund to corrupt the voters of the country has gone so far that the patriotic sentiment of citizens who are not hopelessly given over to party idolatry revolts at the process of paying men big salaries, drawn from the taxpayers at large, for the purpose of enabling party managers to assess them liberally for “soap,” to he used for keeping one oarty in power by enabling it ;o corrupt the ballot and thwart the real wishes of the people. The extreme to which this practice has been carried is illustrated by the exposures of Dorsey and his star route methods in the campaign of 1880. As a further illustration of these methods, and one which is especially worthy of consideration at this time, is the assessment made by Major Calkins on the federal officials of the 13th congress! on •»! district when he was a candidate for congress two years ago. The Argus gave the substances of one of these assessment letters at that time and stated that they weie being sent to all the office-holders of the district. We now have one of the original letters. It was writlen to Mrs. M. M. Duncan, who was then the postmistress at Westville, and who is a christain lady of spotless character. Her word

r From the LaPorte Argus.]

will not be questioned by anybody who knows her, and it will be vouched for freely by hundreds of people in LaPorte county. The letter is written on House of Representatives printed letterheads. Washington, D. C., is scratched and LaPorte written over it. The subjoined is Mrs. Duncan’s statement, as furnished to us direct and over her full signature. No further explanation is necessary, unless it be to say the “Esq.” and the “Dear Sir” of the letter were evidently the work of a clerk in his routine duty of sending out the assessment letters after a general copy furnished by Calkins, but the signature is plainly genuine and will not be denied. mrs duncan’s statement. To the Voters of Indiana, and all others interested: I wish to make this statement, to the honest chiistain men and women of Indiana for their consideration before the election that is now pending: I am a widow, now 63 years old. In 1882 I was postmistress at Westville, LaPorte county, Indiana. I received the appointment through Gen. Packard, who was then our congressman, and in the effort to get it was actively assisted by my many Christian friends. During the campaign of 1882 I received the following letter from Major Wm. Calkins: THE ASSESSMENT LETTER. LaPorte, Ind., Sept. 26,1882. M. M. Duncan, Esq., P. M., Westville, Ind.: SiR:-Inasmuch as the expenses of the. congressional campaign will be very great, and my opponent will exp md a great deal of money, I shall be glad if you will contribute to Mr. Aaron Jones, Chairman of the (’ongressional Committee, at South Bend, the sum of $12.00 to be used for legitimate campaign expenses only. In order to be of any use, the money should be sent immediately. Yours Respectfully.

W. H. CALKINS

When this letter came to me I was very much surprised, for I had never been assessed by a congressman before. I was especially surprised because Major Calkins knew my circumstances. He knew that I had no male relative living, and that I had an aged mother then past eignty years old to support and also had to siippoit a grown daughter, who was an invalid, and two small grand children. This was no easy task for a woman of my age, with no property in the world but a little home, and that under a mortgage. Under these well-known circumstances I think I had cause to be very much astonished when I received such a letter from a man that was getting five thousand dollars a year from a generous government. To ask me to divide my little salary of three hundred dollars a year with him for use in politics was more than I could understand to be right. It was impossible for me to pay the amount asked at that time, and he said “it must he paid immediately” to do any good, I did not send the $12.00 In March, 1883, I heard that I was likely to lose my postoffice because I had not paid my assessment. This news came through two or three of Major Calk in s’ (especial friends, and I feared it might beitrae. As soon as this was known my friends circulated a paper remonstrating against any change in the post office. The paper was signed by 206 patrons of the office, although only one day was given to the work of circulating it. It was sent to W ashington by the first mail, but it seemed to avail nothing, and a new postmaster was appointed without the knowledge of the general pub-

lie. Myself and unfortunate family were turned out almost on the charity of the world. I then had no way to save our little home, and to save further cost and trouble I deeded the property back to the man who held the mortgage. I paid in principal and interest about $1,400 on our home, and lost every cent of it. lam now livina in Chicago, working very Hard, and keeping boarders to support my family, my aged mother and invalid daughter still being with me. I write this letter to let the people of Indiana know the kind of a man the Republicans have nominated for Governor. 1 have always been a Rebubliean and am still in sympathy with that party, hut I do not feel that the people of Indiana would vote for Major Calkins if they understood how he has acted. 1 have always been aided in various ways by my Methodist friends, and I especially ask all cliristain people to read and believe my statement in regard to this whole matter. If anybody doubts the truthfulness of what l have said I refer them to Dr. T. Fravel, David Herald and James Sanders all residents of Westville, LaPorte county, Indiana. I have sent the original letter that I received from Major Calkins to H. E. Wadsworth, editor of The Argus, at LaPorte, Indiana, and requested him to keep it where anybody who wants to can see it. I hope if there is anybody who doubts that Major ■ alkins assesses office-holders, even if they are poor widows with large families to support, they will go and see the letter over his plain signature and written on government paper.

M RS. M. M. DUNCAN.

Chicago, August 1, 1884.

[From the LiiPorte Argu of TliursCay. Auguoi 7, 1884]

A SCHOOL FUND SWINDLE

How the Republican Candidate for Governor Absorbed Common School Funds. A Full History of the Transaction Presented to the Voters of Indiana. WHAT THE RECORDS SAY. The following history of a common school fund loan made by Major v m. H. Calkins, the Republican candi-. date for Governor of Indiana, is presented to the voters of the State for their personal consideration, believing it to be a matter of great importance to them at this time. The accuracy of the statement made will not be seriously questioned, and they can not be set aside by special pleading or by the common remark that “the history is a campaign lie.” To prevent all cavil, the dates and pages of the records are given so that the complete official history of this transaction may be easily verified. Those who doubt may Investigate for themselves, and they will find that we “set down naught in malice” but that the official records are stronger than we make them appear: In the fall of 1874 Wm. H. Calkins made application to the Auditor of LaPorte county for |a loan of S3OO from the the common school fund of State, offering as securty a mortgage ou a piece of land located in Johnson township, some eighteen miles from the city of LaPorte. The record shows that H. o. Brown, D. L. Brown and I. D. Phelps, all residents of the city of LaPorte and close personal and political friends of Calkins, were appointed appraisers. It also shows that these appraisers reported under oath that the land was “worth S7OO, in specie, at the common

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selling rate in the county.” On this report the monev was loaned to Calkins, he giving his note due in five years, with interest payable at the rate of eight per cent per annum m advance, and executing a mortgage on the land as security. The full record of this transaction will be found on page 480, Vol. 2, School Fund Mortgage Record in the Recorder’s office of LaPorte county. The interest that was due for the next year was paid, but on the following year it was defaulted, and Calkins was notified that he was in default to the school fund and a speedy settlement was requested. No settlement was made, although it was repeatedly urged by the authorities. Under the terms of the mortgage, the entire amount became due on failure to pay the interest on the 28th day of October. The interest not being paid according to the contract, and no satisfaction being given to the officials, on * the following March the Auditor offered the land for sale. It was duly advertised in the papers and notices of the sale losted in the township, but /here were no buyers and the auditor took the property fir the State, as the law directsUnder the statute the Audi tor then had the land reappraised to enable him to reimburse the loss to the school fund by a private sale of the property. Three well-known and disinterested freeholders of the township where the land is situated, Messrs. B. F. Place, George Henry and Patrick Flaherty, were appointed to appraise the property. Their report made under oath says: f ‘Having made a personal examination of the premises, do upon our oath say that the same is of the value of two hundred dollars, at the common selling rate in .this county.” The complete record of this reappraisement and offer of sale -may be found on Commissioners’ Record “I,” pages 41 and 96. The report of the second appraisers opened the eyes ot the authorities to the fact that the < ommon School Fund, instead of having a piece of land worth, as they supposed, seven hundred dollars, in reality, had some comparatively worthless Kankakee swamp. On the 18tli day of June, 1877, the land was offered for sale for S2OO, the appraised value, on five years’ time for the whole amount; but there were no takers, it has since remained continuously in the market but no purchaser can be found at that price, and the land still remains the property of the State, it represents all that i he State has for the originel r3OO school fund loan and the interest accumulated thereon for nearly eight years. Time and again during the proceedings noted above the county officials urged upon Calkins the necessity for the settlement of this matter, but they were always put off with various excuses and liberal - promises, and it still stands unsettled. Under the law, the Commissioners have been obliged from year to year to appropriate money collected from the people by taxat.Sn to make good to the school fund the interest due on vvm. H. Calkins’ note and mortgage. See Commissioners’ Record “J,” page 544, in the County Auditor s office. The defaulted interest, as will be seen by the reader, amounts to nearly two hundred dollars, and the cost of the proceedings up to this time makes the total amount due ov«r SSOO. To summarize the above facts, so that they maj be easily understood by the people of Jndiana, we will say: Ten years ago next fall wm. H. Calk ins secured a loan from the Common School Fund on land that is practically a worthless swamp. With the assistance of inti-

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