Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1888 — Deinocratic County Convention. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Deinocratic County Convention.

The Democrats of Jasper county will meet in delegate Convention in the Court House, at Rensselaer, Ind., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1888, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following county offices: County Treasurer, Sheriff, three Commissioners, Surveyor aad Coroner. The basis of township representation will be one delegate for every ten votes cast for the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State in 1886. By order of Democratic Central Committee. L. E. GLAZEBROOK, Chairman. V. E. Loughridge, Sec’y. Oar Democratic State and Congressional tickets are now befoje the people. On Saturday of next ■week, it is to be hoped a County ticket will be placed in nomination composed of men of ability, honesty, and well qualified to discharge the duties of the respective offices for which they may be selected. The odds, in this county, is generally conceded to be against us. But we are one of +hose who b dieve that harmony, good, faith fal a strong pull all to. gather may acLie<e success.— Inorder th it our candidates may go out among the people to get acquainted and solicit their suff rage, a fund should be placed at their disposal to enable them to do so It should not be expected th?m to give their time and money where the chances are against them. Five hundred dollars devoted t( that object, together with earnest, energetic work at every poll on the day of election, will do far mo.e to yard insuring victory than all the first-clsss, high-pressure papers in the country can do. It will reach ‘floaters’ who take no stock in the teachings of the papers —a class generally captured by earnest workers. Assured that this wiil be the policy a full ticket of good men and true, will no doubt be secured. Raidall’s speech against the Mills Tariff bill, is to be circulated by the Republicans as a campaign document.

“A big scheme is, or at least has been, on foot among some of the leaders of the local democracy. — Republican. Our neighbor seems inclined to be sarcastic. The idea that Parm. Wright, a confessed and acknowledged republican, aad who seems to have had charge of the deal, is one “of the leaders of the local democracy,” will be accepted as a ridiculous absurdity. ■■ —, c »« <1 » - On Saturday last a Mr. John W. Sickles, of Chicago, said to have been connected with the prominent dailies of tkat city for m.my years, located himself in the “Excursion Depot, Land Agency *rnd General Trade Dickering Office” of Parm. Wright, one “of the leaders of the local republicans,” who invited in a number of our citizens and introduced them to the gentleman, stating the object of his visit o be the establishment of “a large all home-print democratic newspaper in consideration of a donation of SSOO and a guaranteed list of 800 paying subscribers.” Of cot rse the prospect of a paper superior te any outside of Indianapolis under th® management of a Chicago newspaper man was dazzling to some. If the gentleman has been all his time engaged on city papers he has been employed, and paid, a stipulated salary, and is ignorant of the difficulties connected with the management of a country newspaper. According +o the vote this county shows 800 or 900 dem - ocrats; in numerous instances fam dies contain two, three or foui voting members; in other instances some are without established abode and will support no paper; i and still others, perfectly honest ' fmd themselves unat le tn pay, which ex plans to some extent the difficulty in th® way of a “guaranteed paying list of 800.” Some surmise that Parm. Wright is interested to the extent of a fee for any assistance he might give in the deal, which would be perfectly legitimate and proper; it is currently believed, too, that Mr. James would be afforded an opportunity to dispose of his material, which would be legitimate so far as he is concerned. But there is no excuse for any democrat taking stock in any deal of that kind. We have offered a way out of the difficulty —to dispose of the Sentinel and the subscription list wo’d give a boost to the 800. This offer is made for the sole reason that we desire to arrange our affairs, and not because we think the party demandsit. A few (a majority of them influenced by personal motives) are not the party. Having been in constant service since January, 1856, we would cheerfully take a rest so far as journalistic work is concerned, if we can do so without too much loss. Otherwise we do not think we will required to take the “side-track” or “let the procession run over” us. W® have never asked a donation nor have we been offered one, but have endeavord faithfully | and horestly to discharge our duties under the most adverse tircumstances, and are willing to submit to the honest, unbiased judgm?nt of the democracy of Jasper county-