Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1915 — Page 1

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MUST REDUCE EXPENSE OR INCREASE TAXES

President Calls Attention of Leaders to Treasury—May Cut Cost of Rural Routes. The administration is again fronted with the problem of making ends meet With an Income tax and a special stamp tax the revenues are not apt to be equal to the expenses. President Wilson is to confer with the leaders and the plan will be to reduce all appropriation Ibills as much as possible. It is probalble that the $35,000,000 river and harbor bill will be abandoned and it is said President Wilson is seriously considering the adoption of Postmaster-General Burleson’s recommendation to place the rural route mail carrying on a contract basis. Mr. Burleson said that to let the rural routes out by contract would save $17,000,000. Yes, it would save it at the expense of efficiency and would be a means of getting away from the generally approved plan of civil service. It would save it by putting in a “Tom, Dick or Harry” class of carriers at salaries so ridiculously small that they could not pay their bills and turn out a class of educated citizens who render excellent service and who stand up as men in their community. dt is possible that as another expediency to raise more money the income tax may toe changed so |s to include persons whose income is $3,000. The minimum income taxed now is $3,500 for bachelors and $4,000 for married men. It may. never dawn on a democratic ©eOgress to increase the tariff but it will dawn on the voters of the nation who will assert themselves at the next election.

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The Evening Republican.

The United States Proposes To Find Jobs for Unempioyed.

The U. S. will start, a great federal employment bureau to find jobs for the unemployed, The poetoffiees are required to help. If jou are out of a Job and the chances are that you either are or will be before the next general election, you can file an application with the postmaster, stating the color of your hair and eyes, married or about to be, able bodied or sickly, what experience you ha-e had, where you want to work, what hours you are willing to work and what wages you want, The postmaster will send the application to the bureau, where a lot of high priced chaps who have secured their jobs by political pull will keep It for a few weeks and then write back to inform you that there is nothing doing right away but that your application has been placed on file arid ,that in due course of official buisness after the Wilson psychology is thoroughly entrenched all over the country, you will doubtless get a more favorable answer. About the only persons to get Jobs through the bureau will be the commissioners who will run it and the elerks who do the work for the commissioners.

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RENBSXLAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916.

REPRESENTATIVE WOOD FAVORS GOOD MEASURE

Favored Election of Superintendent —Bills, However, Reported Unfavorably by Committee.

(Representative W. L. Wood has sent to The Republican a copy of House Bill No. 9, which proposes the election of county school superintendents Iby the direct vote of the people. The bill was reported unfavorably 'by the committee on education. Nine members of the committee signed the majority report. Two members brought in a minority report and when the action of the committee was brought before the house Representative Wood very properly voted for the minority repoit. The bill provided that at the November election, 1916, county superintendents of instruction be elected to serve four years and that an election be held every four years thereafter and that the superintendents take their office the first of August following their election. The Republican believes the measure to be entirely right and commends Representative Wood for supporting it. We believe that the present plan of having the trustees elect the county superintendent is wrong, for it gives every opportunity for corruption in the eelction and frequently poorly qualified trustees rely on the superintendents doing much of their 'book and paper work, taking the time of the superintendents and placing the trustees virtually in the hands of the superintendents. Then, if the superintendent is inclined to be dishonest, Me can load the trustees up with a lot of purchasing agents and get in on the rake-off. There seems no good reason why superintendents should not be elected by direct vote of the people. The present law allows seven men in Jasper county to name the man who bolds the destiny of the district schools in his power. If an election is close it is an easy matter to undertake bribing a trustee. It is wrong and not in keeping with the progress that has resulted in the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. We believe that practically every voter, irrespective of politics, will commend Mr. Wood for supporting the measure and for making a speech in favor of it on the floor of the house.

Rates of Roads Should Be Adjusted by Commissions.

To bfe fair with the railroads in the matter of rates should be the desire of every person. It has for a long time seemed to the writer that a rate fixed as, a basis for all roads within the state was not altogether fair. Some roads may run through thinly settled country and thus deserve a higher rate, while roads that operate thorugh densely populated localities should receive less fare It seems that this is a matter that the legislature might well confer upon the Public Utilities Commission. The same might apply to a single railroad corporation. The main line might have enough business to justify a 2-cent rate and some of its branches might justify a much higher rate. Telephones and light? plants and water plants are operated at much the same expense in various towns, but there is a great variation of rates and the commission has undertaken no plan of equalization. But railroads are very different. It is understood that the Monon operates trainfe over some branches at a decided |oss. Then, the business of the roads vary doubtless during prosperous times and times of financial depression. A commission could regulate the rate to meet the requirements. To do so intelligently would necessitate an open book policy between the railroads and the commissions, but is the roads are to be regulated, no fair result between the roads and the public can be expected until there is frank understanding between the road owners and the commissions. It seems certain that a fixed rate for all roads, ignoring their business is a policy that is unfair. In Some cases to the public; in others to the railroads. Regulation that iS not founded on understanding is not regulation, it is guess work. Surely there should be some person in the state legislature able to draft a law that would be fair to all concerned and this is a matter that concerns all.

Baptist Church. Services will be held Ifcroth morning and evening, conducted by Rev. N. M. McGuire, whto was pastor of the church for five years prior to 22 years ago. All are invited to attend these services.

REPUBLICAN DRIFT SHOWN IN FIGURES

New York Times Shows Compilation From All States—Republican Gain Was 2,528,418. New York Times. Between November, 1912, and November, 1914, the republican party was born again. The official figures of the November vote In all the states, for the first time assembled and made public in the Times today, tell the story. The total vote cast for republican candidates last year was almost double the presidential total for two years before. In 1912 the vote for Mr. Taft was 3,484,956. In 1914 the republican vote reached a total of 6,013,374. This is a republican gain of 2,528,418.

Only once before in our political history has such a marvel of party regeneration and upbuilding been achieved. In 1872 the, democratic party was in sore straits. It had seven candidates for the presidency. The vote cast by the minor fractions of the party was insignificant —it represented only discontent, with the nomination of Mr. Greeley, a lifelong republican, as the candidate of the party. The Gree ley vote was 2,834,079. General Grant had a plurality of 762,991. Two years later, in 1874, the democrats secured a majority in the house- of representatives. That was a remarkably quick recovery, but in 1876 Mr. Tilden, with 4,284,885, actually carried the county on the popular vote. His plurality over Hayes was 260.935, 'a1th0ugh after thjj electoral commission had rendered its decision the electoral vote stood 184 for Tilden to 185 for Hayes. The subsidence of the progressive upheaval, of course, accounts for this enormous gain made by the republicans in two years. The Roosevelt vote in 1912 was 4,119,507, while the vote for progressive candidates last November was 1,906,417. There were only five states, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas and Pennsylvania, in which the progressive vote exceeded 100,000. Almost half the vote of that party was cast in three state, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, where the total progressive vote was 932,679. Nevertheless, in Illinois and Pennsylvania, the progressives were outvoted.

The progressives lost 2,213,000, but the republicans gained 2,528,418. These additional recruits came evidently from the number of those republicans who in 1912 took refuge in the democratic camp, or perhaps with the socialists, for it is to be noted that the socialist loss in the two years is 214,378. The democrats gained 31,943 votes, which represented the return of the Roosevelt democrats to their own party. The democrats retain their control of the house in the next congress not through the success of their own appeal to the country but by the~obliging conduct of the progressivesdn'a good many districts, where they insisted on running their own candidates. Thirty'nine such districts are specified by the republican national committee, where the candidates of the party were defeated through the presence in the field of progressives. That is moer than sufficient to account for the small democratic majority in the house. The loss by the progressives of a good deal more than half their vote, which went bodily to swell the republican vote, is the great significant fact. The republicans have come into their old estate as a great party. That they are again a dangerou sparty for the democrats is manifested from the fact that their total vote is only 311,588 behind that of the party in power. The democratic leaders will find matter for serious thought in these official returns of the vote.

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WEATHER Fair tohlght and colder east portion; Friday fair and wanner.

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NAVAL LECTURE WAS VERY MUCH ENJOYED

William M. Lewis Delighted Large Audience With Exposition of Work of Navy League. The opera house was packed Wednesday evening to hear William iM. Lewis, field secretary of the Naval League of the United States, discuss the important question of the needs of our national defense and to see about one hundred stereopticon views of battleships and othee naval scenes.

The lecture proved a real treat, both in the way of entertainment and instruction and it is safe to say there never was a more attentive audience in the Ellis theatre than the one that followed . every word of the speaker from start to finish of the lecture. As a patriotic diversion the event was creditable, for every person in the large audience stood at marked attention while the ‘Star Spangled Banner” was played and indulged in liberal applause when the speaker paid tribute to its heroes or spoke in praise of our country John O’Connor, who brought the speaker to Rensselaer, had general charge of the meeting and introduced (Mr. Lewis to the audience.

(Mr. Lewis explained that the purpose of the Naval League was to secure for the United States the best defense at the minimum of cost. He stated that its object was not to promote -war but to promote peace by having adequate defense and proved quite conclusively that it was necessary for the peace of our country and the success of its manufacturing, commercial and farming enterprises that our navy at all times be equal to furnishing protection. He said that the civil war would have been over in six months if the United States had possessed a navy large enough to have controlled the Atlantic coast, thus keeping England and other European countries from supplying the south with supplies. The speaker stated that this was the only country in the world that had no means of oral communication (between the legislative and executive branches of the government and he charged that the fact that the naval and military laws of the country are framed by men who are sent to congress for only short terms and who are unable to secure Information from men who have made these departments of government their life, study was responsible for a vast amount of t waste. He said that he did not come to advocate an increase in the naval appropriation but to advocate the selection of a board of national defense composed of experts who would be afble to make the annual appropriation of $140,000,000 do much more effective work than it now does. He stated that many of our battleships are unable to compete with the great war vessels now in use in the navies of England and Germany and that with the large guns that man their ships they could anchor 3,000 yards beyond the range of our most powerful coast defenses and destroy them all. He said that experts figured that we needed 48 battleships and the necessary auxiliary craft to guard our coasts from attack and invasion. He said that the panama Canal had added new responsibilities and urged that for independeht and patriotic reasons this country should adopt a liberal policy in providing for its defense. The pictures of vessels were interesting, covering the time from 1799 up to the latest ' pattern superdreadnaughts. The method of manning the vessels, the speed of the vessels, the effect of the fire upon targets, the size and weight of projectiles and the cost of firing single shots were told as the various pictures were shown and to persons who have never seen fleets of war vessels or been on any of the ships the lecture and views approached as nearly as possible a visit to thegreat ships of our navy. It seems quite certain that the spirit of patriotism, of love of country and of admiration for our navy and the men who have made and are making It famous was promoted by the visit of -Mr. Lewis and it is probable that Mr. O’Connor will find it quite easy to form a section of the Naval League in this city, several having signified their Intention Wednesday evening of being identified with it. iMr- Lewis- left this Thursday morning for Chicago and will go from there to Milwoukee. He will have chaige of the work of the Naval League at the Panama exposition in San Francisco this year.

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YOU CAN’T LOBBY NOW IN INDIANA

That is, If You Do You Must Register and State tho Name of th« Corporation Paying Yon.

The Davis anti-lobby ibill passed The senate Wednesday, after some minor changes had been made, and will become a law at onee. Governor Ralston, certain that corrupt lobbyists were infesting the legislature and aware of the influences wrought for the bad two years ago, put his shoulder to the wheel and forced the measure through. The opposition which at first seemed quiie pronounced faded away before the governor’s demand and the measure met almost unanimous support. Similar laws are being adopted in many states and this method of ridding the state of the corrupt influence of the paid lobbyist seems highly necessary. The sensation of Wednesday waff the resignation of Senator Stephen D. Fleirimiiig, of Ft. Wayne. He refused to state why he had resigned. Fleming was one of the chief boosters for the return of the saloon and there being nothing that could be done in his line at the legislature this year, he proibably determined to devote his time to his own business, that of a brewer. An association to be known as the Kankakee Drainage and Sanitation association will be created •by a bill introduced by Senator McCormick, which would undertake l a project for the reclamation of, it s said, 400,000 acres of submerged farm land in the Kankakee river ▼alley. Certain school township debts for improvements are legalized in Senator Faulkner’s bill and the actions of the advisory board and trustees thereof mhde lawful. The bill also authorizes the issuance of township warrants and bonds for the improvements. Senator Norman’s bill changes the salaries, of city councilmen in cities of the fifth class from SIOO to SIBO per annum. Another bill offered by Senator Norman would provide better sanitation and ventilation in traction and railroad stations, day cars and sleeping coaches.

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