Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 38, Hope, Bartholomew County, 12 January 1893 — Page 4

HOPE REPUBLICAN. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY• OAY O. SMITH, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription, 81.00 pur Year, in Advance. For Advertising Rates, Apply at Office. Entered at tlie post office at Hope, Indiana, as second class matter. THURSDAY, iAN!JARY 12, 1883. Offices which have hitherto boon given, not on account of their usefulness, but merely as a reward for party service, should be abolished by the legislature if it has auy disposition to reduce our already enormous state debt. The tax question in Indiana has become a serious one. Our debt is enormous. Our expenses are increasing with the growth of our state. An enormous sum is consumed annually in the payment of interest on the debt. Will our legislature do anything to remedy the condition of affairs? This is the one tiling that is earnestly demanding attention. The legislature cannot afford to put it off. It is to bo hoped that thecnew legislature will pass an apportionment act that will be free from any taint of gerrymandering. Time was when such a law could stand on our statute books unquestioned. But time is when any other than a fair law will bo questioned by the people and if brought to a trial will be thrown out as unconstitutional. It will be needless for the law-making body to waste time in the passage of anything but a just law.

Governor Chase, in his message to the legislature, expresses regret that the public institutions of our state are not under the control of non-partisan boards. The management of these, institutions would doubtless be much improved by such a change. There would be fewer opportunities for political jobbery. He also favors concentrating the control of state institutions under fewer boards. If this can be done without impairing the successful operation of these institutions, the legislature should act on it, since every possible economical measure should be put through to better the financial condition of our state. Edward Murphy, Jr., who will doubtless succeed Mr. Hiscock as senator from New York, is a representative of the machine politician. He owes his position entirely to his a’oility as a political manager of the not-too-scrupulous sort. Ho is the Tammany man and the machine has carried him through. The idea of statesmanship is not associated with this class of men; it is only the idea of shrewd political managers that is suggested. They seek office, not because they have any definite ideas on the great questions which yearly come before our legislative bodies, but because of a larger sense of power which a higher place carries with it. The more exalted their position the greater their power as dispensers of patronage and as controllers of political machinery. Their aims are purely selfish. Yet the American people allow themselves to be led about and controlled by this class of men. The railroad business of our country has developed in an amazing manner. This is shown by the statistics published by the Inter-state Commerce Commission recently. Without the figures to back up the statements one would scarcely believe that one in every eighty-two of; our populatiou is engagedin railroad I business. Of these 2,600 were killed j and 26,140 injured daring the past! year. Yet so widely scattered is the business, it covers so great a terrilory that these facts excite no particular interest. The total capitalization of the railways is $9,829,475,015, a sum entirely beyond our power cf comprehension. The total mile-1 age of single track is 16,840,274' miles. The gross earnings for the year mentioned by the report were 1

$1,090,761,393, leaving the net earnings $304,873,522, or $2,263 per mile. The number of passengers carried was 531,183,988 and the number of tons of freight 075,008,323. Such figures cannot carry any very definite ideas with them beyond the fact that an enormous volume of business is being done by the railroads of our country. They give a vague idea, too, of the great questions involved when an attempt is made to regulate this great business which binds together every part of our great nation. Cincinnati’)* New Paper* The Cincinnati Tribune made its appearance last Wednesday morning. The eagerness with which it was looked for is shown by the fact that before night the original edition was doubled to supply the demand. The best people of the Ohio valfey have long wanted a clean morning paper and the Tribune with its newsy pages promises to fill the want. It has the backing necessary to make it a model newspaper. There is a field for it to occupy and this it will doubtless fill without seriously conflicting with its contemporaries. It deserves a large following and this it will doubtless receive if it maintains the high standard which it has set for itself.

Good IloadN. The following is a circular letter sent out in the interest of the Indiana Highway Improvement Association. There is no subject which interests, the citizens of rural districts more than that of having good highways over which to market their produce. There is no question that better roads can be secured and we shall be glad to see any movement toward this end succeed. We publish the letter entire, believing it will prove of interest to our readers: Dear Sir: A Road Congress, composed of more than five hundred delegates, appointed bv boards of county commissioners, municipal governments, commercial organizations, agricultural societies and institutions, and of others interested in the betterment of our highways, was held under the auspices of the Commercial Club, of Indianapolis, at the state capitol on the 0th, 7th and 8th of December. It is believed that much was accomplished toward the establishment of a better system of road-making in our state. Those present organized the Indiana Highway Improvement Association, of which you are respectfully urged to become a member. You can do this by remitting to the undersigned one dollar in full payment of dues for 1893. The effectiveness of the association’s work will, of course, largely depend upon the size and quality of its membership. For this reason your co-operation is asked, and for the further reason that it is believed you will profit by participation in the distribution, by the association, of literature on good roads. You will greatly oblige and help the association by sending to its secretary the names of persons in your community who are likely to be interested in this work and by making any suggestions which may occur to you. Very truly, Evans Woolen, Sec’y. AMONG' THE EXCHANGES. The cold wave now upon us indicates the suspension of navigation for an indefinite period. This makes dull times where the river is the only mode of transportation.—Rising Sun Recorder. * * * Notice your barn ys.rd and see if there are any loose boards laying around with nails in them that your stock may step on. It will be money to you, besides saving the dumb animals a lot of needless suffering, to remove them.—Farmers' Advance. * * The general impression left by Governor Chase’s valedictory is that Indiana is a great state and greatly to be praised. Peace and prosperity are within her borders; her industries are manifold and flourishing; the development of her natural re-

sources goes forward at a prodigious rate, while the public work of the commonwealth is on the whole well and wisely done. —Indianapolis News. * * * The people have said to the Democratic party in effect, “Here! for thirty years you have been telling us how this work ought not to be done, now take hold and show us how it ought to be done!” Is it astonishing that the order comes like the crack of doom to the critic’s ear? Is it to be wondered at that there is hesitation all along the line to lay destructive hand on the magnificent creation that has grown up under the genius of a master?—Cincinnati Tribune. * » * The marriage of E. A. Eemy, well known in this city and county, and Miss Lucy M. Edwards, a former student of the college, will occur at Gretna, Neb., on Monday, Jan. 1G. Mr. and Mrs. Remy will return to Tipton, Ind., where Mr. Eemy is superintendent of the city schools, and will occupy the house of Congressman Waugh while congress is in session. Miss Edwards is a lady of rare worth and splendid accomplishments, and is a niece of Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Bradshaw, well known in this place. —Franklin Star. Headache is the direct result of indigestion and stomach disorders. Remedy these by -using De Witt’s Little Early Risers, and your headache disappears. The favorite little pills everywhere. S. Stapp & Son. *»♦»*■»** A CLUB! If you arc a subscriber for any of the following papers, or if you intend to become such, it will pay you to club with the Republican and have the benefit of the club rate. To secure these prices the subscriptions to both papers must be paid to Dec. 31, 1893, a full year in advance. Renew through this office and t your subscription will be forwarded at once. Regular Club PAPER. price of price of 1 rlc0 - both. both. Cincinnati W’kly Gazette $1 00 52 00 $1 50 Indiana Baptist.. 1 50 2 50 1 90 The Ladietv Home Journal 1 00 2 00 1 70 Cont’ry Magazine 4 00 5 00 4 40 Ind’pTs Journal. 1 00 2 00 1 00 Indiana Farmer... 1 00 2 00 1 80 Western H’rs’m’n 2 00 3 00 2 40 Y’th’s Compani’n New subs, only 1 75 2 75 2 25 Send us the club price and we will send you the Republican and the paper clubbed with it for one year. ♦ *#**»** 1,000 Shirts and Pants Just Received! GEO. L. CHANDLER

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