Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Bid. Sohanlanb, of the Morocco Courier, ohairniau of the Newton county Democratic oommittee, has a level head. No ‘hobo’ in his make up. Thauks. ———— - Bast fall tho Bamo fellows who now demand a paper to suit their views, demanded the retirement of Jud /. Hunt from tbe Democrat ic ticket. Failing in that, they knifed him at the polls. We raid to a Populißt the other uay that we diii not think we had a democratic county committee, we had nevor been ab e to learn who composed it. “Oh, yes,” he replied, “1 think you have, for I know Shields wanted me to serve for my township.”—a populist on a democratic, committee! What the democra ic party of Jasper county most needs is a thoroughly democratic chairman and commit* tee to look after its affairs. Lute Strong, a populist of many years standing, the other day exs tended his hand to a well known republican and remarked that he ought to “call o i Me. and give him a dollar, as republicans were keeping irn here.” On our list are a large number of gallant Democrats—true and tried—and we are pleased to a Id, a number of republicans and populists, but the nam sos Messrs. Washburn, Par; ker, Strong and Jessen are not of the number. Come to think of it, Jessen once as ired to the editorial management of the Pilot. i .A.., mm-.—* Our Populißt friend from whom we received the valuable information given to our readers last week concerning the status of the pros posed new paper and its projectors, seems to think we him away. We do not think so, we gave no name, and if he does not bis friends will be none the wiser. The information was important to us and to Democrats. It seems that the principal movers in tho matter have their duties allotted as follows: Solicitors —Bates, Shields and Jessen, who are to pose as democrats’ Custodians of funds procured, and who are io direct payments therefrom, Wm. Washburn, F. M. Parker and Lute Strong, leading populists and opponents of the democratic parly for many years. The make-up of these committees is, to say the least, not very da mocratic.

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