Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1889 — DUDLEYISM. [ARTICLE]

DUDLEYISM.

Gov. Larrabee, of lowa, complaius that the farmers of that state are selling oats at 10 to 12 cents a bushel and corn a* 16 to 18 cents. - ■ Congressman Cheadle, of th e Lafayette, Indiana, district, is the only member congress who is not on any committee. Reed f O2 got Cheadle entirely, — James J. West, ex-editor of the Chicago Times, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, and fined, for overissuing the stock of the Time Company. The editor of the White County Democrat, who is also County Superintendent, sails into our ..eigh* bor in the following tr ithful, vigorous and happy style: The Rensselaer Republican, under the caption “How the Books don’t St-11,” sums up the efforts to place cheap texi-books in the hands of the schonl children of Jasper county, as follows: “The total number of books of »J 1 kinds (of the new series) sold i i the county is 183 and the total amonnt received is 844.70.” The re ult thus given by the Republican was not brought abot t b any inferiority of the new books and can onT' be accounted tor upon tne grounds of hostility to the new law on the part of school officers of Jasper eounty and ti.eir desire to serve tne inter stsof Van Antwerp,Bragg & Co. instead of that of the school patrons thereof. In this countv the sales of texl-.books amounted to 83,123.50, or 8955,80 more than the total value of all the books ordered by Jasper county officials. It is very easy to understand the reason for the few sales of the new books made in Jasper county. That hot bed of mouopolyand republicanism i not the only county wherein the book trust has reliable and energetic friends. Ihe same m/.y be said of Benton county, where a one-horse attorney, by si me means elevated to the bench, decided the new law unconstdution.il, in the face of the opinions of Governor Hovey, Attorney Michener and Judge Frazier, at one time Supreme Judge of {the State. We do not begrudge the editor of the Rensselaer Republican any of the enjoyment he re* alizes from his efforts to deprive the school children of Jasper county of the benefits of cheap school-books, but we do pi tv the subservient ignorance of those schooLofficers, who, listening to the wily arguments of paid agents of a gigantic swindle, fail to do th«ii duty. Jasper county agents of Van Antwerp & Bragg may revel in the glory es high price textbooks for a time, but eventually the people will demaud their rights as citizens of Tndiana and then there will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth among those who have betraved the trust confided to their keeping. Last Sunday, near Fair Oaks, John, T2-year old son of Willis Mcdolly, was thrown from a ro'-se and broke a bone of lrs right arm, also dislocating the right elbow. The ho:se ran away, jumped a fence and broke its neck The New Years andiversary will be celebrated by the ,i\ issionary Baptist Sunday school as usual, on the evening of De mber 3Tst. The exercises will cor ist of songs, recitations, <fec., wit! distribution of presents. A col ciion will also be taken for the Aged Ministers’ Home. Al! are invited to attend. In another polumn will be f< und the price list of m ats at B. F. Thomas’. It will be seen the list is nearer in harmony with the prices paid our farmers for their stock than has been customary. —_— Jioover Kays, of Kansas, is i visitirg parents and friends in this ! vicnity.

The CathoFc Record is a church paper printed in Indianapolis which expresses its disgust with Dudleyism in the following lorcible languag : “The people of Indiana witneeselan exhil ition of partisanship which will tax the endurance of the people to the snapping point. Col. Dudley was in the city last week. Everybody knows th.it he is suspected o; having written a le'ter advising fraud and bribery at the last election. A warrant was issued at the time for his ar rest, should he be found in India ana. The warrant was not served. On learning of the pretence ot Col. Dudley here, John A. Lang, who had filed the first affidavit, swore to a becond one before Commissioner Vanßuren. In&tead of delivering it to au officer for service, the commissioner went in search of District Attorney bmiley N. Chambers, who directed him not to deliver the warrant to an officer, and so Col. Dudley was not arrested. And what is stdl worse Mr. Chambers in a newspaper interview becomes the eulogist of Col. Dudley. The conviction is forced upon the public mind that Dudley visited Indiana on the assurance that he would not be mo* iested. This is a dangerous farce. Ral id partisans may chuckle over it as a very sm„rt trick but earnest men who believe that political parties are instituted for the common weal may think otherwise. — This little performance will not iuirease th good Mill for the repa blicau party of men who place country over party. Sensible men cannot but be disgusted at such a demoralizing indecency. Whether they be democrats or republicans they will draw a useful ies* son from the nasty business, and open their eyes to the d ngersof extreme partisanship. There are men who will not sacrifice public interest to party interest, and it is . lucky thing that it is so. There are the men who retire parties from power when they become corrupt. The Dudley episode .vill have the effect to increase their numbers.”