Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1890 — Rensselaer Takes the Whole Cake! [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Takes the Whole Cake!

Ed. Sentinel: The following is a list of the Republican officeholders belonging to the Town of Rensselaer: State Senator: S. P. Thomson. Prosecutor: R. W. Marshall County fJerk: Jas- F. Irwin. Auditor: G. M. Robinson. Recorder: Jas. F. Antrim, Treasurer: I. B. Washburn. Sheriff: Philip Blue. Superintendent: J. F, Warren. Surveyor- J. C. Thrawla. Coroner: Rial P. Benjamin. Township Trustee: Wm. Greenfield. Assessor: Wils Portei. Justices of the Peace: J ames C. Morgan, R. H. Pnrcupile. Constable: William Wood. Department Clerks at Wash-ng ton: Johu W. Powell and W. W. Watson. Postal Clerks: Art Cole and Ras Peacock. AH these gentlemen are now, or were when Candida*:?? for these offices, residents of Rensselaer, except the Assessor, apd he, as soon as elected, hastened into town to join the happy band * We challenge any county-seat in the state to beat this record. , For pure, downright hoggishness, the Rensselaer republicans

(take the cake Sixteen of these nineteen offices could have just as well been filled with men outside of town. Of course, for conveis well for the Prosecutor, a justice, and a constable to be in town; and there really would be nothing improper or unfair in the town having a repr. s mtative or two in the court house, one of the principal township offices, and one or two of the g vernmi-nt appointments, bat when it comes to holding the whol nineteen, it is a piece of injustice and hoggish ness that should never have been tolerated, * PLUS. Chicago’ Bargain Stoie to the front again with a new and complete line of spring styles of Dress Goods in all the latest shades, in nil wool Henriettas, Alpacas, Ser^ 7 ges, Brocadns, <fcc. Come early and take first choice. Chicago Bargain Storo. What troubles senato • Edmunds is not the Samoan Treaty but his speeoh for Dudley And as the enormity of that offense against political decency continues to grow upou his conscience, he . ill want to resign a laiger place than membership of the committee on foreign relations.— Springfield Republican . A new and com plate line of spring overcoats ana dress suits in the latest styles aud superior quality at honest prices. A little winter clothing left to close out at cost. Chicago Bargain Store. ■ ——i Cotton cloths are taxed 30 to 68 per cent, or an average duty of about 45 per cent. Woolen shawls are taxed with both a specific and ad valorem duty, the tax amonot* ing to 78 per cent, and up +o $1.28 per cent. Steel circular saw plates, whe i worth one cent per pound, are taxed $1 45 per cent., but if above ten cents per pound, the tax is only 33 per cent.