Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 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 JI. BROWN, Jr.

Read the great speech of Senator Voorh es on another page of this Sentinel. Judge David S. Gooding is announced to address the Democracy of Jasper county, at the Court House, in Rensselaer, on Wednesday next, at 2 o’clock, p. m. Eve' body invit d. Hon. D. D. Dykeman, who a few years ago almost persuaded Uncle Tom Robinson to be a Christian and vote the Democratic ticket, will address the p ople at the Court House next Wednesday afternoon.

Hon. M. D. Fansler, of Logansport, will participate in the discussion of the political issues of the day at the Court House in the as. ternoon of Wednesday next. Read on first page the remarks of “Old Honesty,” Senator McDonald, on the so-called “gerry_ mander.”. It should crimson the cheeks of Republicans who seek to make capital out of it with shame. Mr. Thompson appeals persistpersistly and lustily for Democratic help. 1 1 this week’s Republican he insists: “Your (Democratic) convention meant that you should cast aside all political bias, and judge wholly by pers nal character and fitness in voting for State Senator.” This is a peculiar appeal to come fror§ one claiming to be an “aggressive Republican” and the nominee of a party ascendant in the District by 1000 majority. Mr. T. evidently fears that hundreds of his own party do not regard his “personal character and fitness” assuperior to those of his competitor; that he expects heavy loss in that direction, and in despair cries to Democrats to save him.

Dr. H. D. Hattery is against monopolies, and if lie should be elected to Congress in the Tenth District he will be found voting and fighting against them as he did in the city council of Logansport.— The Doct r had a hard tussle for the people while a memt er of the last named body. The Logansport gas company had had full swing in the city for twenty years, and was tryidg hard to get a new lease of power, when the Doctor bravely went to the relief of the people. For two full years he kept up the fight, finally carrying it to the polls, and being overwhelmingly triumphant. As a result of the Doctor’s fight, the gas monopoly was sent to the rear, and a contract made with an electric light company. This contract effected a saving of $4,000 a year to tax-payers, and at the same time gave the people a great deal better light. It extended over a greater area of the city than the gas, thus lighting up the streets near the poor man’s home, ds well as those occupied by the wealthy. For his success in this battle, Dr. Hattery won the hearty esteem of the people of his city, and all of them warmly commend his course except those interested in fostering the gas monopoly. Dr. Ilatterv is down on monopolies, and his whole public course has been against them and for the people. —Ex.

The injustice of the high protective tariff system finds a very apt illurtration in the action of the syndicate of coal barons who met in New York City a few days ago and entered into an agreement to raise the price of anthracite coal $1 5o per ton and to restrict its production. Here a vast monopoly that controls the coal fields of Pennsylvania and which is protected by a tariff duty of 75 cents per ton on coal take one dollar and fifty cents from every family in the United States that buys a ton of coal. Could such a monopoly exist if the tariff was reduced so low as to give foreign coal producers a chance to compete? Does such a monopoly benefit labor? This same syndicate that has raised the price of coal $1 5o per ton also agreed to restrict the production or coal, thus, at the beginning of wintar, throwing thousands of miners out of employment. So grievously wrong has been the conduct of the managers of this protected monopoly, that the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania has directed the Attorney-General of the State to bring suit to annul the charters of the corporations that thus se k to rob the people.

Bro. 5 ames occupies nearly seven columns in his “Message” this week in one grand, sweeping effort to convince the people of his liberality, his goodness of heart, his devotion and fidelity to principles and party, his enterprising nature, his brotherly love, his commanding intellect, and the distinctions tnat have been forced upon him in recognition thereof. He was given the post of Consul to Turk Island —(stolen go ds, the gift of an incumbent of a stolen office). Of course the position was one undesirable in point of distinction aud profit, but there was a gratification in its tender—it was a tribute to his worth and vanity. He is bitter in liis accusations against party associates, and charges the deviltry to “mendacious Democrats” and others. It is a family quarrel, and we can afford to lea. e them to settle the troubles among themselves.

Capt. Chilcote was heard to remark, after reading th» “Message’ of this week, that Bro. James re_ minded him of a story he heard of an old lady who died with a heavenly smile upon her countenance an«> a five dollar bill in her haWd. Ex-Congressman Belford, of Colorado, the other day announc ed his withdrawal from he Republiparty, and denounced its present policies in numeasured terms.

Peace, harmony and good will reigns among the gentlemen composing the Democratic ticket in this county. Every man is well qualified, and well worthy the support of the people. Yote for Strong. Vote for Hoover. Yote for Shields.

Vote for Brown, and you will have no cause for regrets. No heart-burnings exist among them.

The “Message” this week says of ‘Lute’ Strong, Democratic candidate for Auditor, that he “is an upright, moral man, and his (Mr. Robinson’s) peer in office qualifications.” Correct Truth is truth, come from whence it may. The same tribuie may be paid to each and every man on the Democratic ticket.

Judge Higginbotham and S. A. Cayner, Esq., of Frankfort, Ind., have withdrawn from the Republican ! party and entered the canvass for the Democratic ticket.

Among the hundr -ds of laboring men employed on the streets and public works of Logansport during the six years Dr. Hattery was a member of the city council, not one of them is to-day an enemy of that gentleman. No just claim of a workingman ever went by default if the Doctor could prevent it, and he usually could and did do so. He was not only their friend, but he went amongst them as an associate and stood by them. Further than that, he has always been most kind and liberal to the poor. It is said that in his whole practice of medicine, he has never made a charge for services for the dependent orphans or widows of deceased soldiers. Had he been less liberal in his treatment of the poor, Dr. Hattery wonld now be the rich man that the Republican papers at ' trying to make out e is.