Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1888 — Page 1

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*“»*» “i Vi. eol,—m 1 *' M “ C " A- MH3OY & COo, BANKERS, (Sacceßaois to A. McCoy AT. Thompson,) RBNBBBI.AKB, ISO. yvn a flei eral banking business. Exchange 1) bought and sold.. W«c*t« hearing invest iiaued Collection, made •' i al. u wla > e oints Office same place as old firm of McC y V, Thompson April«, moo W ftfORDECAI rTcHaebx®. AttorE.ey-nt-i.il xv HENBSKI.AKS. - - • ISDUNA Practices |ln tho Courts of Jasper and ad„©;rss“«.o M rS”atsf»w«» Sueet. opposite Court House BIMOHr. THOMPSON, DiVtD J. • nOMPKON Attorney -at-Law. Kotary Public. THOMPSON St BROTHER, HHNsLniSB, - - Praotloeln all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and AhstractorWe pay particular attention to paying tax.selling and leasing lands. '.itun Tir?. H. H. GRAHAM, ” * ATTOIiNEY-AT-LAW,-REJ!Bni:LATR, INDIANA. Money to loan on long lime at low interest. Sept. i'>, 00. JAMES W. POETHIT, ATXORNFY'-AT-LaW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, JST office in rear room over Hemphill & Honan’s store, Rensselaer, Ind. So win P. Hammond. William B. Austin HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselaer,lnd. Office on second floor of Leopold’s Block, co uer of Washington and Vanßensselaer streets. William B. Avstin purchases, sells and leases iMI estate, pays taxes and deals In negotiable Instruments. iriaygv. 87 . W WATSON, ATTOKNHIT-AT-LAW Office np Stairs, in Leopold’s B jgj? RENSSELAER -)STV YY W. HARTSELL, M D HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & BURGEON. RFN3KELARR, - - INDIANA. VChronio Diseases i Specialty. OFFICE, In Mske, ver’s New Block. Reside'/ s at. Mai,-evi l House. July 11,1884. _______ j. h. lough ridge. virron r. louohrtdge Jfi H LOUGHRIDGE & SON, Physicians 'vnd Surgeons. Office in the new Leopold B ock, seeo d Hoar, second door rlghthaud side of ball: Ten per cent, interest '.vnibo milled to all Accounts running uusettled longer than scree months. vlnl Hit. I. C. WASHEJRN Physician & Surgeon, Rengselaer. ind. Calls promptly attended. Will give swr.ial atten Hon to the treatment, n) Chronic Diseases, E. JACKSON, M. D , PHYSICIAN ft St. RGEON. Special attention given t di»ee;'?.of women and children. Office on Front street, corner of Angelica. 12, .24. Zimri Dwtog'vs, F, ,T. Shahs. Vac, Seib, President. Vic„-Prcf Mint. Cashier CIT IZENS’STATEEi NEb RENSSELAER. INI)., now A GENERAL BANKING ft; yfNESS: « " Certificates (tearing 1 .! crest >aned; Z%. hon htandsrifl: M, •< ■' r- <i n 'arms at low-st r;hc-: and oa-!3‘_ • Jan. 8, SA

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY JULY 27. 188 R \

B -NH -NACCEPTS.

Free Whisky and Boodj.e the Republican Watchwords. The Hon * * * Bute., 'ind the Committees: Gentlemen- Mv breast swells with pride to know that I have been chosen to carry the banner of the g. o. p., and reform the broken lines made in it by Grover Cleveland in 1884. I beg to say— as grandpa said in 1840 —that 1 am fully sensible of the high honor conferred upon me. In accepting the nomination, be - fore I discuss the issues made, I feel it my duty to publicly express my gratitude to the gentlemen who formed the admirable combination in the convention to defeat the upstart and pretender whe sought the nomination as the friend of the laborer. The similarity of grandpa’s campaign in 1840 and that of mine in 1888 will be very striking. In 1840 hard cider was the motto. In 1888, free whisky. Now, like then, the barrel will be the device on oar shi Ids. My barrel will stimulate the brain and Mor - ton’s the body As I have said iu nearly all my speeches, “1 do not intend to discuss the tariff at this time,” though I will ask the question of the country: How can the poor laborer pay such enormous prices for the necessities of this life when whisky is 15 cents a drink? There are a good many •hings 1 admire. Borne I admire more than others —but now I am forcibly reminded, liow deserving are the laborers of our land, and how much thsy are in need of your admiration and mine too. - The high elevation to which ihave been raised permits me for the first time to give publicity to my views on this sub ject. Likewise on the subject of foreign contract labor, I hasten to give my unqualified approval to iis'Lgid restriction. If I could have conceived that the g. o. p. would nave selected me as their Btandard-bearer in 1888, I would have then taken this unqualified stand for home labor and voted against Chinese immigration. The moral plank in the platform is in keeping with my ideas; sobriety, temperance and good morals are necessary for the stability of any government. 1 would deal more at length with, this subject, and sav a word to the frier ds of temperance, but my letter must necessarily be i rief on account of my hand being weary with shaking it with the visiting patriots who were so outrageously turned nut of office four years ago by the rebels. 1 cannot refrain from saying I am in favor of civii service reform .

No man should be allowed to hold an office of profit unless he was a friend of the government when our party was running it. I am in favor of a free ballot and a fair count. The colored man’s vote in ike southern states should be counted repu! lie in. Gur party wade him a f i ee man. He lias no moral rignt to ce rt it for any other ters n than the nominee our party; therefore I most emphatically declare that the abolishment of the returning board system was a blow at the vital parts of the governmen., as conceived by the eminent leaders of our party. Inasmuch as I am your standard bearer, I must say, aud say it with as much emphasis as 1 can, 1 am opp ed to -ll trusts—l do not mean public office—but I do mean those wicked combinations that threaten our freedom and oppress lubcr. <4/>titJome'j of the conwni ton, you have done your work well.— .You l; v. denominated the mug - wumps deserters. A more apt term could not have been chosen to %eep them out of our party, thereby r r.£ to il purity, good cqr .e'' 1 ?nd morals. in conclusion, I congrat .'bite the! r : n t > 1 its high aim, :.;idsinc> ly hope the tidal wave will return

us to the places from ■whence we were swept by it in 1884. Sincerely hoping that graudua’s spirit will be with us in the coming conflict, I am yours, magnetically. B * * N H ****** N.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(travel Ronds. In Benton county a system of free turnpikes ere being constructed under the act of March 3d, 1877. Rensselaer and neighborhood need good macadamized or gravel roads extending toward eaJi cardinal point o£ the compass at least five miles. Will not five land owners on each of these direct lines sign the proper petitions and obligations to start these projects at the September term of the Board of Commissioners. Senator 8 P. Thompson or Jndge Hammond v ill no doubt draft the proper petitions and bonds for the asking. All should favor local improvements with a liberal spirit. Lot the work 1 egin at once. It takes time to select viewers, secure their report, and let contracts. The preliminary work on those much needed projects cannot oomvnauco too soon. The crying want of our town is good roads. X.

Thin is the lawyers’ vacation season, Rnd the necessary documents to start gravel roads and ditches so much needed in our county will be gladly and cheaply drafted by them. Mr. 8. P. Thompson was out two days last week in company with Mr. Knott, proprietor of a steam dredge, examining and estimating the cost oI straightening and deepening the channel of the Iroquois river from Jacob Bierly’s to Bebssrdaer. Mr. Knott proposes to cut a channel from 18 to 35 f )fit wided And from 5 to 14*feei deep, depositing the e*rth 40 feet from the thread of tho ditch for less than ten cents a yard. Mr. T. says he would be Assessed at least one tenth of tho cost on the proposed Iroquois ditch, but favors the project. The mill-dams are all removed. The railroads are built. Good roads and drained lands are a present need. The soil tributary to the Iroquois is fat, and would, if relieved of stagnant water, yield bountiful harvests of grain and grass. Lot this matter be considered in all its phases, and if regarded proper and feasible by those most directly interested, take steps at once to open a deep, wide, and dire ct channel for the Iroquois, Pinkamink, and Big Slough. And let grav d roads be built from the outlet points from Rensselaer. The ma - terial, I understand, can be had for the asking from the Iroquois Draining Company. Who will move in these mutters? Z.

NEWTON TOWNSHIP ITEMS.

Chris. Flock is on the sick list Samuel Flock, of Sumner, Til., is visiting at W. L. Bringle’s. Miss Gertie Baker has returned to On'nrga, Tl!. Christian Flack and family are calculating on returning to W. T. in a very short time. Morris L. Thomas has just recently been made one of the happiest men in the land by a big boy at his house. Hen, y :. wson made a short call at M. L. fhomao’ recently, looking after biz. Bringle and firm are doing n large business in the hay line.— They -ay they*can mow more grass with those Deering mowers, eMd by B. F. Ferguson, than any other class of mowers made. B. F. can rejoice that he hap the privilege f sailing such a machine. Epw men are changing iln-ir minds as to what political party should be in possession of the White House. One of the most influential citizens of Newton county the other d»y said that the Heps V. lean party desen ed to be beaten ; aud, by tlii a way, this man is, or baa been a IL publican nil his life.

WHEATFIELD ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. John Beechler arrived here this morning from Michigan, and will make this their future home. The rain Sunduy evening was e benefit to corn, but will put haying back a few days. Preparations are being made to build a Lutheran church in Whe ittield. The Christians, too, expect soon to erect a house of worship in town. The more churches the b *tter. The next thing needed here is a good attorney, us some people fairly hanker arter it. Law suits by the wholesale, and no one to look after them but Proseoutor Marshall, and he makes it |too much a one-sided game.

Wheatfield, July 24,1888,

What Free Wool Means.

Mr. Mills, in his great tariff speech in the House, declared that free wool would enable the woolen manufacturers to oonquer foreign markets. There is no doubt of It. The di ports of manufactured woolens during the last fiscal year were only 8539,342. The exports of ootton goods, same period, were 814,929,342. The exports of leather products were $10,436,138. There is no tax on cotton, and we export nearly $15,000,000 of cotton goods. The: 2 is no tax on hides and'axports nearly 810,500,000 of leather products. There is a taxon vool, and our exports of woolen goods amount only to a beggarly half a million dollars. What free hides does for the leather industry, what free cotton has done for the cotton goods industry, free wool will do for the great woolen manufacturing industry. And it will give cheaper and bettor clothing to the masses of the people, too. Free raw materials means a larger demand for labor, with better wages and cheaper cost of living. Down with monopoly taxes.

Trdthful for Once.— The editor of the Kinsley Mercury is a republican, while his wife, who seems to be the beet man of the two, is a democrat Wednesday the editor went to the ball game, leaving his wife in charge of the office, and that day the following was the first item under the local news; ‘ Cleveland will be electe 1 President in November by an overwhelming majority. The democratic party will win because it is right. Cleveland has made the best president this country has ever Had, and if every state in the union would elect none but demo crate there would be le-a stealing and n eanness going on. The editor has gone out to the ball game an I left his wife in charge, and she gladly embraces the opportunity of injecting a little truth the Mercury just for a change.

The Philadelphia Press remarks that “California hap now, by treaty and statute, all the protection from Clunose immigration which it asked for andjean wish;” whereupon the Alta reminds the Press that California got the treaty aud statute from President Cleveland and the Democratic party against the opposition of Harrison and his party—a fact which the Califor - nians are not likely to £or e ct when they go to the polls next Novem ber. Gen Harrison voted in the senate, in all stages of its passage, against the bill to restrict Chinese immigration. In the house of representatives Le?i P. Morton voted in all the stages of its passage, against tne Bland bill to remonetize ttih sf. How is that for a Pacific coast ticket? Against silver, and in favor of Chinese.—Alta California.

SHORTY.

BIRD'S I BILL.

MRS. H.

NUMRER 27

CHEAPER WHISKY AND DEAR'R CLOTHES

‘ keeper whDjty and ilnartr clothes! That'a the way the platform goon Of the uew-lknglod republican party! Dearer blanket,, eblrt) aud tape, Dearer droeeea, coata and', rape, Bearer Blocking, yarn aud aocka. Dearer hinges, naila and lock*, Dearer leather, boot* aud aboea, Dearer coffins and datrar acrewa, Hut cheaper whisky, cigar, and beer, rbat'a tbe piatform can't It qaeerf) Of the new-fangled republican party! Leave unprotected hay and corn, But tax the plow and the dtuner-hors I Let tbe farmer! aell aa beat they can. But when they bny tax evary man - Except on wblaky, cigar* and wine; For that’* tha platform (lan't It liner | Of the aew-faugled republican party! ‘•rrotoct” the aufTerlag capltallat. But tbe wage-earner uever once assist l "Trotect" the wealthy [that'a the plan,] But let the poor do the beat, they can With choapor wblaky aud doarer clothe) t Fer that’a tbe way the platform goca Of tha new-laagled republican party!

The Labor Signal correctly says: “The News pleads that the Chinese sin has been atoned for by Mr. Cleveland having since settled the question a treaty which hereafter will exclude the immigration of coolies, and thinks the workingmen are vety wicked to want to punish its candidate for a fault of which he was cleansed by the vicarious atonemont of Cleveland. No doubt the News will be astonished to learn that the workingmen accept its plea as an argument in favor of the gentle men whoso troaty relieves them of a pestilence rather than an induce ment to support tha man whose votes fastened that peetlance upon them.”

THE BED BANDANNEB. The red bandanner For our democratic banner Let her wave! Lot us, likewise, have a tariff That our firesides from the sheriff Helps to Bftve! The red bandanner For our democratic baa nor Hip, hurrah! Now we’ll meet and quell our foemen W ith our Grover and our Homan Hip, hurrah! C. A. BnsKiHK. □Princeton, Ind. The Chinese have driven out all the white oigarmakurs from Ban Francisco except a few hundred, mostly women and children who do tenement-house work. The cigarmakers and other workingmen of California know and appreciate the services of the distinguished Indiana senator whose votes assisted to fasten the Mongolian curse upon them. California will give a very decided majority against Harrison and monopoly, cheap foreign pauper labor and free whisky. - Labor Signal. Cubs fob Neuralqia.—“Say, Times-Star, I have good nows for the thousands who are suffering with neuralgia.” “And what is it, pray?” “I have struck t surelcure for that painful ailment. Just mi* coal oil, turpentine and spirits es camphor in equal parts, and nee if it doesn’t knock neuralgia every time.” “How do you apply il ?” “Just rub it on I lie affected , part.”—Cincinnati Times-iiiar. “Evfen Tennessee wabbles,” exclaims a Republican newspaper.— So it does, so it does, neighbor. It has been astraddle of war taxes so long that it car.’t walk ary other way, but it will wabble to tlie j oils , with 10,000 majority for Clo eland, Thurman and reform, h November. * I The Labor S gnal: Itnowtrans pites that General Harrison, while in the Senate, opposed the pay ment of extra compensation to Govornment employes who were compelled to work over time in violation of the eight hour law.j The charge has been publicly i made and not denied. In telling of the military achievements of therolativ s of Ben Harrison, the Republicanpajiers have j strangely forgotten to mention tie services of Colonel John S. Mosby. [cousin of their candidate.—Fort Worth (Texas) Gazette.