Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XIII

THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL democratic newspaper. —, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, BY Jas. W. McEwen aATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. ' .75 . J . ' 8 Avertising Rates. .■ar SBO 00 C'.e vIUHKI var « 4 0 O’ CUlulAu. u 30 t)0 rtti . . io o° added to foregoing price if ; /mtfsßinents are set to occupy more than jie column ■width t ble ratcs Ationalparts of a year at eq j 6 %Tfor six months A for three « s M“ a inoK and adi ertisements at estaWshed statute Price. blleation 10 cents a X’t&ealwr . amt. a Svertisements for persons d f<jr d _ of Jasper e°nnty. must he pa legs th “ 4 ’"” 1 ’ n advance when larger ■

L-* 1 - T. J, McCoy Alfred McCoy, Holusq9<obt h. A. MMS9Y & <s®»» > > .„ a McCoy * T. Thompson,) Successors to A. aevoy Rensselaer. Ind. .AO a fieieral banWng bought and soW- C aval i a ble trust issued Collections mad of Mcooy (Mts Office same place as oiu 2 , 18g6 d Thompson & Sordecai f. . Indiana itBNSSELAEB. . - • Practices tin th* B s o c f o sneTHOMPSON & Rensselaer. ■ Practice in all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstractor' S' We Diw r trbcular attention to and leasiag xands. ■UTr- w H. H. GRAHAM, ’ ’ • xTTOkNEY-AT-LAW, Reesdelatb, Indiana. Money to loan on loD g time s ®p t^o,’B6. ereet

JAMES W. DOUTHIT, attdrneysat-law and notary public. ' Office in war room over Hemphill & Bern’s ttok Reneselaerjind^ ___ *^^ s;;,;^^ w moTm AVBTra ‘ HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTOBNF.Y" at<law, ■Rensselaer, Ind Office on second floor Leopold of Washington .and Vannons i le< gpß William B. Av ßtl JLPur deals in negotiable real estate, pays taxes ana aem ma j%7,’B7. instruments. yy M. W WATSON, ATTORNEY- AT-T> A.W ’ Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, RENSSELAER vxr W. HARTSELL, M D HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - " INDIANA, sf”Ohronic Diseases a Specialty. OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11.1884J H LOOT BRIDGE. VICTOR E. LOUGHRIDGE j, H- LOUGHRIDGE & SON, Phygiciana and Surgeons. Office in the new Leopold Biock, second floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than three months. vinl DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer, Ind. □alls promptly attended. Will give special atteu tlon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases.

tyfARY 3. JACKSON, M. D., PHYSICIAN A SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office on Front street, corner of Acgelica. 12..24! ZntßJ Dwiggiks, F. J. f bars, Val. Seeb, President. Viewresident. Cashier CITIZKNSSTATEBANK RENSBELA&V TO Does a general banking business; Certificates bearing Interest issued; Exchange bought and sold; Money loaned on farm at lowestTatfissnd onmoafavorable terma rjap. B.fi6. r ~

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 1889

AMERICAN SHIPPING.

National Legislation Responsible For the Ruin of the Great Interest. Boston Herald: At the close of the war, if the conditions had been suitable, there was nothing to prevent the American ship merchants from regaining in a very short time the ground they had lost. This was what their predecessors did after the close of the war of 1812, and there is every reason for believing that American enterprises and genius would have attempted to regain, and would have succeeded in regaining, American commercial supremacy upon the ocean, but for the unfortunate circumstance that congressional leg" islation, which had been one of the fruits of the war, made such attempts unattractive and success by means of them altogether improbable .

That the last five years of the decade between 860 and 1870 did not witness a revival of the American merchant marine, corresponding to the decline that took place during the first five years of the decade, was in no way due to the poverty, inability er unwillingness of American ship builders and ship owners. This is proved by the experience of those who made the attempt to re-establish their busmess upon its old footing. A number of merchant ships| were built shortly after tie war at various points upon the New England coast; but when these were sent out upon the high seas, it was found that they could no longer compete with English merchant vessels as in the days before the war. Prior to 1860 we could build better and cheaper ships than any that were constructed in Great Britain; and, in order to obtain the best type of vessels the English ship merchant was compelled to purchase hi craft in the American market. But after 1865 these conditions were reversed. Our ships not only cost more than English vessels, but by the substitution of iron for wood, the English were able to build a better ship and one which had greater lasting qualities. The cost of maintenance, including the wages k and keep of the crew, may have been somewhat higher for the American than for the English ship, but the disparity was more than offset by the greater intelligence of the American officers, and the greater amount of work obtained from the American crew. The ship merchants who

took up their old line of business, under the assumption that the war and war legislation had made no particular change in th ir conditions, found to their sorrow, that they had embarked in a losing undertaking. If at that time they had been permitted t» purchase iron vessels of foreign construction, they could easily have held their own, and in all probability, could have made notable advances;

out as this privilege was not at corded them, as they could not afford to build iron ships in the United States, and as wooden hulls began by degrees to become obsolete, there was nothing for them to do but to sell the ships that they owned for whatever they would bring and quit the unsatisfactory task of competition. There were thirty or more firms, of shipowners in the city of Boston alone who made the effort after close of the war to regain their lost ground, and made it under entirely favorable conditions; but in not a single instance was the attempt attended with success, and several of those who persisted in the struggle were forced into bankruptcy. But in one case, as in the other, the failure to succeed was due to the existence of national laws which made it impossible for American ship merchants to build ships in this country at a low cost, and which prevented them from purchasing low cost ships of foreign construction. Some of our fODgressmen, notably, Col. Cand-

ler, are well aware of the circumstances s»e have |referred to; but whether they will consider it expedient to admit them, and thus allow an inevitable conclusion to be drawn, is an entirely different matter.

Just purchased 700 pairs slippers and children’s fine shoes at 50 per cent, discount and 1300 pairs of boots and shoes at per cent discount. These dis* counts were taken < ff the regular wholesale prices, and means some rare bargains in the best brands ever offered in J asper county.

CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE.

THE WAY IT IS DONE.

How Corporal Tanner Bestows the People’s Money On Those Not Entitled To It. Louisville Njws: Corporal Tanner’s extreme libe?al?y with the public money is well illustrated by a case cited at the Bourbon stock yards. The foreman for Mr. Chatham, the we 1-known cattle dealer, Capt. Dalton, has a son-in-law living at Frankfort, file captain one day conversing about the pension system at present in vogue, suggested to his daughter that she write and obtain a pension for her h .sband. “Why, he was only ac* cidentally scratched by a saber during dress parade,” said she “I‘hat don’t make any difference; you had better try,” the captain replied. Therefore she sat down and wrote to Mr. Tanner, stating thather husband had been scratched duiing the war, and asking for a pension. She expected no favorable answer as sha herself did not consider that there was sufficient ground, nor had she employed an attorney, and, therefore, she was greatly surprised on receiving one morning a d eck for twelve hundred dollars. Tanner had sen 1 this Sum on no other proof than her letter, and the captain’s friends regard this a typical case of Tanner’s looseness with the people’s money.

THE NEW ELECTION LAW.

The next general election in this state will be held under the new law, embodying what is known as the Australian ballot system As it will introduce many new features, some of them wide departures from our present election methods, the Indianapolis Journal well says, it behooves the people to begin to familiarize themselves with its provisions. Some of them may be stated.

The new law will reduce the size and increase the number of voting precincts. At present no precinct may contain more than 350 voters; the new law makes the limit 250. This will increase the number of precincts and. election officers by about one-third. At every geners al election there shall be two bal lot boxes, one painted red for state tickets, and one painted white for county tickets. All tickets

are to be printed and furnished at the public expense, state tickets by a state board of election commissioners, consisting of the governor and two other m mbers to be appointed by him, one Republican and one Democrat. County tick ets wixl be furnished by the county board of election commissioners, consisting of the county clerk and one Republican and one Democrat to be appointed by him. State tickets will be printed on redtinted paper and county tickets on white paper. The law provides the methods of their distribution and tells what kind of distinguishing marks or devices they may havS. Every ticket printed is carefullv guarded and receipted for by the officials into whose hands they go. They are distributed in sealed packages and each precinct gets ten tickets for everv five-voters. All state tickets will be printed and distributed from Indianapolis, and county tickets in the respective counties. 1 Each state ticket will contain the names of all candidates of both parties

for state offices and eaeh county ticket the names of all candidates for county offices. The names of Republican and Democratic cand dates will be prirtedin separate rows. No ticket can be voted unless it has the initials of the poll clerk Wiitten in ink on the lower left-hand corner of the back. Each voting precinct must have a suitable room in which to hold the eh ction, embracing three separate booths or comp rtments containing a counter or writing-shelf, and in which a person may be screened from observation. These booths

must communicate directly with the room where the election board sits, and only one voter may enter a booth at one time. At every vsting precinct there shall be a chute, or passage with a ra-ling, rope or wire on each side, commencing fifty feet away from, and leading to, the rolling place. Ope challenger and one poll-book holder for each party may stand by the chute near the shailenge window, but no other person within fifty feet. No tickets are allowed to go outside of the election room. When a voter enters the room through the chute he fL st announces his namt> to the poll-clerks, who record it. He tnen receives one state and one county ticket, together with an official stamp, and goes alone into one of the sooths, where he prepares his balct. If he wishes to vote a straight Republican or straight Democra - ic ticket he will place the stamp at :he head of the lists of either party’s candida+es. If he wishes to vote a mixed ticket, he will stamp the names of the individual candidates for whom he wishes to vote. Before leaving the booth or compartment, the voter must fold his state and county ballots separately so that no part of the face of either shall be exposed, and so that he initials of the poll-elerk in ;he lower left-hand corner of the back shall be visible. He must not sh w his ballot to any person after stamping it, nor leave the room with it. Only one person shall be in a booth at the same ime, and, in no event longer than five minutes. Not more than three persons besides the election officers shall be allowed in the elecion room at any one time, and no conversation shall be permitted. Any person who is unable to prepare his ticket by reason of physical disability or inability to read may have it prepared for him by the poll clerk on stating how he wishes to vote. Any person who s'.ows his ballot to another after it has been marked forfeits his vote. If a person, by accident or mistake, defaces or spoils a ticket while preparing it, he may, on returning it to the poll clerk, receive another. The provisions for the protection, custody and final accounting for the tickets, those not voted as well as those voted, are very strict. These are the main provisions of the new law, though many of its details will require careful study by officials as welTas jy the public to insure intelligent compliance.

Slippers 10 cents per pair, up; children’s shoes 25 cents per pair, up; women’s kid shoes, silk-work d button holes, 75 cents per pair up; men’s congress sh< es $1 ner pair, up; boots $1.50 per pair up. Chicago Bargain Store. Senator Frye, of Maine, is authority for tie statement that “the Democrats of the House can prevent any change in the rules if they please.” It is certain that if the Democratic members are true to their duty they will please to defeat any Republican attempt to alter the rules. The only motive for an effort to change the rules is tt e desire to create a Republican working majority by turning out a number of Democrats who were elected and giving their seats to their defeated Republican competitors. Any Democrat who does not resist an attack on the rules will be guilty of participation in this conspiracy of the enemies of his party.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Office of the Town Board of Health, Rensselaer, lud. It has become of prime import* ance to the health of the people of the town of Rensselaer that all garbage, slops and refuse of all kinds, should be removed from the back yards, stables, streets and alleys. Hog pens, privy vaults and cesspools she uld for the same reason be kept clean and sweet . This is a necessity. For ‘he good of those persons who have foulsmelling and filthy hog pens, privy vaults, etc. They—the smells—are breeders of almost all of our contageous fevers. I must again ask you to clean up, and take this opportunity to inform you that Wednesday next the Marshal will make the rounds and clean up for you. The cheapest for you is to clean these places yourselves. Yours, Very Truly, Victor E. Loughridge, M. D., Sec’k Town Boaid of Health. August 30,1889.

The school book combination dies hard, •'nd the dying monopoly is making its last desperate attempt :o break down the law Afewdiys ago, Ivison, Blakeman & Co., of Chicago, fih d a suit in the United States court at Indianapolis to enoin the Indianapo’is Sclcol Board ! rom introducing in the city schools ;he geographies to be furnished under the contract with the Indiana School Book company. The complainants are undoubtedly backed by Van Antwerp & Co., and A. 8. Barnes & Co. Women’s hand-turned shoes; men’s kangaroo, dopgola and calf shoes, all standard brands, a specialty at the Chicago Bargain Spore.

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Th n Chicago Bargain Store p. ople have decided to remain here permanently, so look out for a fine stock of Clothing and a complete line of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes a l 'out September 15th. -■■■• • ♦ • - ■■■ Oaush and effect are not well balanced. A man with a good cause often make little or no effect. The action of the Kwn Board in rising the saloon license to $l5O is correct. We give the finest prizes that has ever been given, with Baking Powder, at Priest & Paxton’s. My son, deal vith men who advertise. You will never lose by it. Benjamin Franklin.

Home. Sweet Home! Lots in Leopold’s k ddition ar selling very fast now. LeonoP , terms are such that any pei .m wishing to procure a home or asy payments should call at rnjeon Mr. Leopold and ascertain what they are. - ■■■■'—■ ■ New backgrounds, new camera, new balustrade, new burnisher and new ideas! Now is the time to " those photos taken you were . « . bout. espectfully, J. A. Sharp ■ A good suit of clothes may now be had at R. Fendig’s for $4, never before sold for less thans6 50. Autograph albums, etc., lower thanevei, at the foet office.

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