Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1898 — INTRODUCTORY. [ARTICLE]

INTRODUCTORY.

I In assuming charge of The Democrat we wish to say a few irords as to its future policy and so the people of Renseelaer and j Jasper county in general. We liave located here to make a living [lor ourselves and to undertake to [Live the democrats an up-to-date ■county paper. We ask and exfpect the hearty support of all who I are opposed to ring rule, extrava- 1 gance in the administration of public affairs and to exborbitant taxation. It will be our earnest endeavor in return to give the people a good paper and to tell the truth about all matters of public importance, and to always stand up for right and justice. We shall work earnestly for the upbuilding of Jasper county and of Rensselaer, its county seat, but will always oppose the upbuilding of the latter at county expense. We have come here with the intention of making Rensselaer our] permanent abiding place, and] hope to so conduct ourselves and] our paper as to merit the respect ] and support of its people. While a stranger to a greater part of the people of and northern Jasper we are not unknown to those of the southern part of the cdbnty, having been in charge of the Remington for several years, and we have no hesitancy in referring to them if you wish to j know more of our past history.

The Democrat had secured a very neat subscription list under the able management of Mr. D. W. Shields, but we hope ere another year rolls around to more than double the number of its subscribers. We ask the help of every reader in our endeavor to spread the gospel of democracy and wise and economical government in Jasper county. Politically the paper will be as heretofore thoroughly democratic, and we shall endeavor to keep in harmony with masses in the great principles, of the democratic party in all local and national matters.

F. E. BABCOCK.

Hawaiia now belongs to the United States, niggers, illiteracy, sugar kings and all. -

The people are fast learning that the new war revenue law implys a tax and that the consumer pays it

The Democrat is for a wise and economical administration in all public affairs, both local and national.

No, you republicans of the “inner circle” can’t fool the people of Jasper county again. They want a change and will get it.

The supreme court has declared copstitutional the law extending the terms of township trustees to the general election of 1900.

The Hon. E. D. Crumpacker will retire to private life after the November election. Almost his entire party is arrayed against him.

Mr. Crumpacker thinks Tom Reed is a greater man than McKinley. This belief seems to be shared only by Ed and Tom themselves. *■

Let the democrats nominate a good man for prosecuting attorney aud he will go in with a whoop. The people have had enough of Chizum.

Rensselaer laid it all over her neighboring towns on one thing the 4th. Old Glory floated from a three hundred and fifty dollar flag pole.

Let’s see, the contract price for that new court house was $89,180, and now our republican friends say it will cost complete $154,000. Weren’t those commissioners great financiers? And now comes the Indianapolis News and asserts that the Dingley tariff law was not enacted to provide revenue, only as a sec-

landary consideration. Ye Gods! j Hut our., republican friends can Icfawl out of an, awful small bole. ' r. -'v=,"r,as.; 1 .,. i..' \ _ lOf all the blamefool notions of hat notorious and odoriferous ward of commissioners the chop)ing down of the handsome shade rees in the court house yard will itand well up to the head. 1 It is very evident to a majority lof the voters of jasper county [that we need a change in the ad[ministration of county affairs. It [is not good to giye any party too pong a lease of office.

While the editor of The Demorat is not now nor never has been dentified in any way whatever rith the populists, we will say to ur brethren of the press in Renei elaer that there are some worse flings than being a populist. ■m' 555 I ■* * • I The county commissioners are fmaking a grand stand play for a [little popularity in the cement [walk and coping matter about the inew court house, in fact seem a little overzealous in trying to conE’ nce the people that they are lookg carefully after their interests.

We’ve an idea the people who tood about in the sun here the Ith would have gladly welcomed >ack the cool shade of the court louse yard; in fact would have oregone the pleasure of an “unobitructed view” of the expensive tew court house to have sat under the shady maples destroyed by the kithless hand of an unscrupulous Republican board of county comhissioners.

The Democrat of last week ita ted that the comer stone for the lew court house could be bought, quarried out and rough dressed, at |1.35 per cubic foot. This was |n error. The writer has bought pousands of feet of this stone, [nd the price is 35 cents per ctibic loot. We have also finished up

housands of feet of it, and we will enture to say that any stone cuter in Indiana would have gladly

furnished the same stone to the county for SIOO. It cost the taxpayers $486.

Rensselaer’s republican editors are trying to popularize the; acts of that extravagant board of commissioners in various ways, and never let an opportunity pass of stating that “some one was here from somewhere” and “went through the new court house, admired it very much and thought it was well worth every dollar of its cost,” etc. People often admire things, gentlemen, which common sense and reason tell them are beyond their means, and in ninety-nine cases

out of a hundred the people who say it is worth all it cost know no more about what a building of the kind should cost than a republican does about the tariff question.