Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1886 — DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

For Clerk, For Sheriff, For Auditor, LUCIUS STRONG. I' or Treasurer, 'WILLIAM M. HOOVER. For Recorder, DAVID W. SHIELDS. For Coroner, For Surveyor. For Commissioner—Second District. GEORGE H. BROWN, Jr.

The Democracy of White county, have placed in the field a ticket of exceeding strength and well worthy the hearty support of the people of our neighboring county. Dr. H. D. Hattery, Democratic candidate for Congress, presided at Governor Gray’s opening speech at Logansport, last Saturday night and introduced the orator in a neat little speech. The xeliable and truthful Message man says: “Moved it is presumed by the lusty yells of Democrats for “retrenchment and economy in public expenditures,’’ the Board of County Commissioners have declined to allow Treasurer Hoovei’s bill for making delinquent tax list, amounting to $69. They allowed $3.50 on his bill of $12.54 for postagp. James W. McEwen filed a bill for $7 for printing which was allowed at $3. This shows a saving to the taxpayers of $82.04 on the bills of two Democratic citizens.” Heretofore bills “for making delinquent tax list” have always been allowed, and Mr. Hoover no doubt believes he is fairly and honestly entitled to it. The bill for $69, above referred to, has been continued to next term for consideration; the statement that “the Boarl of County Commissioners have declined to allow” it is simply a lie. It has been customary to allow bills for postage, and to the other ■offices is granted; why the Treasurer’s office should be ma ean exception we leave the Board to ex' plain. Of our bill for $7 the Board allowed $3 and considered the Treasurer responsible for the balanco. He paid it. This, too, was a bill heretofore customarilly allowed. The object of the exconsul to Turk Island fails of it s mark.

In a newspaper interview, Hon* John C. Odell, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, said that the Democrats were in good fighting trim, and were hopeful of defeating Congressman Owen, the monopolist. The news from Cass county is to the efiect that Dr. H. D. Hattery, Democratic candidate for Congress will poll a very heavy vote in his home county, tie is one of the best “hustlers” in the State, and will not let the grass grow under his feet between now and November.

Sherman (Texas) ' ourier: David W. Shields, formerly ajresident of this county, but who has made his home in Indiana for several years past, h*s been nominated by the Democracy of Jasper county, that State, for Recorder of Deeds. Mr. Shields will be remembered as a teacher in this county, having taught at Choctaw Grove and other points, and his friends will be glad to learn of his success in Indiana.

Pierre (Dakota) Signal: The Signal expects to see Chas. H. Price, of Highmore, one of the nominees of Democratic legislative convention. A brilliant orator; a sound lawyer, and a representative man; his election would surely follow. Charlie’s multitude of friends in Indiana, Mr. Signal, have been expecting something of the kind, assured that no better timber for such purpose has bsen transferred to your soil. The interests of his constituency will not suffer in his hands. Boom him in. j£The Democratic candidate for Congress, Dr. H. D. Hattery, of Logansport, stands squarely on the Democratic platform. He believes in reducing the tariff to a point where it will save millions to the poor and still not cut down the price of labor. He favors paying out the surplus in the treasury, thus making money more plenty and saving interest to the government. He believes in preventing the rich monopolist from importing pauper labor under contract to take the place of American jlabor. He believes in taking from the railroads the millions of lands which they still wrongfully hold and dividing them up into farms for settlers. In fact the doctor, being a gentleman of wide experience and practical good ss se, favors any measure that promises to benefit tae whole people.

It looks very much as though the late democratic congress comprehended the importance of having a new navy. The appropriations for this purpose will do more in this direction than all the millions of dollars expended under republican rule. Under the late congress power is given to the secretary of the navy to build eight war vessels and one dynamite gunboat, and to complete the monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Monadnock and Terror, hour of the new vessels were authorized by an act of March, 1885. Of the four two are to be cruisers, one of 4,000 and the other of 3,700 tons. One is to be a heavy gunboat of 1,700 tons, and the other a light gunboat of 1,000 tons. These vessels are to be armed with twenty-eight six inch and two ten meh guns. Of the five vessels authorized by the last act of congress two are to be double bottomed armored seagoing cruisers of 6,000 tons each, with a speed of sixteen miles an hour. A third is to be a 4,000 ton double bottomed cruiser having the highest practical speed, and the sou -th is to be a first-class torpedo boat. Each of the two cruising iron clads will be line of battle ships and will carry four ten inch guns in turret, with four or six inch guns on deck. The dynamite gunboat will have a speed of twenty-iour miles an hour, and will be armed with three pneumatic dynamite guns of ten and one-half inch caliber, guaranteed to throw shells containing 200 nounds of dynamite or explosives at least one mile. The dimeneions of these vessels

we have taken from the New York Star, and are given in the law authorizing their construction. The people w’ill be glad to see that under this administration we are making • a good start for the new navy, and one which will go very far to protect our interests in any country as well as upon the high seas.—Winamac Democratic Journal.