Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1898 — Page 4

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Democratic State Ticket.

For Secretary of State. SAMUEL RALSTON, of Boone County. For Auditor of State, JOHN W. MINOR, of Boone County, For Treasurer of State, HUGH DOUGHERTY, of Wells County, For Attorney General, JOHN G. M'NUTT, of Vigo County. For Clerk of Supreme Court, HENRY WARRUM, of Marion County. For Superintendent Public Instruction, W. B. SINCLAIR, of Starke County. For State Statistician, JAMES S. GUTHRIE, of Brown County. For State Geologist. EDWARD BARRETT, of Hendricks County. For Judges Supreme Court. 2d District, LEONARD J. HACKNEY, of Shelby County. Third District. JAMES M'CABE, of Warren County. Fifth District, TIMOTHY E. HOWARD, of St. Joseph County. For Judges of Appellate Court. First District, EDWIN TAYLOR, of Vanderburgh County. Second District, C. J. KOLLMEYER, <>f Third District, EDGAR A. BROWN, of Marion County. Fourth District, WILLIAM S. DIVEN, of Madison County. Fifth District, JOHANNES KOPELKE. of Lake County. For Congress. JOHN ROSS, ot Tippecanoe County. For Representative. DAVID H. YEOMAN, of Jasper County. Prosecuting Attorney, HOtli Judicial District, IRA W. YEOMAN. The County Ticket. For County Clerk, JOHN F. MAJOR, of Carpenter Tp. For County Auditor. GEORGE O. STEMBEL, of Wheatfield Tp. For County Treasurer, MARION I. ADAMS, of Marion Tp, For County Sheriff, WILLIAM C. HUSTON, of Milroy Tp. For County Surveyor. DAVID E. GARRIOT, of Union Tp. For County Coroner. DR. P. J. POTHUISJE. of Carpenter Tp. Commissioner Ist District, FRANK M. HERSHMAN, of Walker Tp. Commissioner 2nd District, LUCIUS STRONG, of Rensselaer.

The cost of wiring, and putting electric light fixtures in the new court house was over S3,(XX). Hon. F. M. Griffith was renominated for congress by the democrats of the Fourth district at Columbus, Thursday, by acclamation. If the republicans wish to be honest with the people of the county, why don’t they give out an honest statement of the cost of the new court house? When an attorney wishes to have a case come to trial in which he is interested, he pushes the thing along. When he dosen’t intend it shall ever be tried he has it continued for a few times and it is finally dropped. Isn’t it so, Mr. Chizum? Mr. Crumpacker, on his return from Washington—“ Hooray!” Hawaii is oure! Constituent—“ But you were wholly opposed to that measure,” Mr. C. —“No sir, I decline to be misrepresented. I decline to have my sentiments misunderstood by posterity. Why, you’ve no idea of the will power it required to keep me from coming over long ago.” Friend Abe we fear you are too late to discern any defects in that •curt house yard coping. The rough and broken ends and joints toerw fitted up with cement and Smoothed over the first of the week, and now such an innocent as yourself would never know but what it was the real stone. Of •nurse this cement will soon become loose and work out, but not until the work has been accepted and paid for.

Our republican friends tell us that the farmers of Jasper county are prosperous, and will not feel the tax on that $175,000 court house. This hardly confirms the record in the sheriff's office, which shows that from Aug. 20. ’97 to date there have been 46 sheriff’s sales in the county.

At the March special session of the board of commissioners, as published in the Republican, §745.33 was allowed for work on court house, in addition to §2,211 on electric light fixtures. Of this amount §80.25 is stated to be for “cleaning court house,” and §4OO to the Conant Furnittire Co., for “labor etc.” At the April session §328.35 was allo wed on court house, and at the June session §148.50 was allowed for same. Of this amount nearly every dollar is in the nature of extras. We believe it is safe to say that the entire cost of the buildihg as it now stands, including grading, walks and coping for yard, will exceed §175,000, notwithstanding an “official statement” lately published that the entire cost would not exceed §154,000. Thousands of dollars have been paid out which were not included in the aforesaid statement.

The “official statement” of the cost of the new court house was given out about June 22. and purported to contain every item of cost except clock and bell, per diem of Commissioners, etc., and cement walks, etc., for the yard, yet in the face of this statement, at the March session, §4OO was allowed the Conant Furniture Co., for "labor, etc.,” §l4O to A. T. Perkins for “work on court house,” and §80.25'" for “cleaning court house.” Not one dollar of the above is included in the “official statement” of June 22, although it all belongs to the item of cost of the building. At the April, May and June sessions several hundred dollars more was allowed for extras and work upon the building, but never a dollar of it appears in the “official statement.” The peoof Jasper county will do well to pay no attention to “official statements” of county matters emanating from republican sources.

We were informed that the county commissioners had instructed the county attorney to begin suit against the petitioners in the Waukarusha and Iroquois ditches to recover costs made therein, alleged to be due the county, and so stated in our issue of last week. An examination of the commissioners’ record, however, reveals the fact that last November the Board contracted with a firm of attorneys in Rensselaer to pay them S7OO commission for the collection of this money, $350 in each case. This is but another illustration of the incompetency of the Board. Either the county is entitled to recover from the petitioners or it is not. If not a claim in which the county is entitled to recover, why—unless for political thunder—make the attempt? If the petitioners are liable, why was not a fee bill issued and the full amount collected at once, instead of waiting several years and then donating S7OO of the amount to the lawyers to collect it? If Jasper county is entitled to any part of this money she is entitled to every dollar of it, and the proper way to have gone about its collection was to have issued a fee bill.

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The State Press.

The republican press goes on killing the cause of silver in the same old way, notwithstanding the fact that every democratic convention held so far has declared for it. —Mt. Vernon Democrat. Another bank has gone republican. The Northern bank of Kentucky, the oldest financial institution in the state, closed its doors at Lexington on Thursday. It had the confidence, but couldn't get the prosperity.—Mt. Vernon Democrat. The great republican promises to the farmers so far amount to this: For the speculator who sife in his office four hours out of the twenty-four, |1.85 for wheat. For the farmer who toils fifteen hours out of the twenty-four, 70 cents for his wheat. —Bluffton Banner. Indiana has an anti-trust law. A Chicago man representing a gigantic trust has been in Anderson flaunting the power ot the trust in the faces of the working men and business men. He even went so far as to threaten the city. What are you goingto do about it? Aside from their power to increase prices and lower wages, these combines threaten the interests of the people. They corrupt courts and legislatures; they coerce their em-

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ployes into voting for the candidates who will make laws favoring the combines and thus they perpetuate their power. It is wise and patriotic on the part of the democracy to oppose these .institutions as un-American and against the best interests of the people.— Anderson News. Prosperity of the McKinley brand has struck the men who work in the Vincennes coal mine. The management has reduced the pay for mining to 40 cents per ton and the men must at their own expense furnish oil, powder and squibs. The men have quit work. —Vincennes Star. Now that the farmers have some wheat to sell, will some of those republican papers tell them where that dollar market is? It makes no difference how big the price of an article when there is none of it in the country. To be of benefit to the farmer the price must exist when he has the stuff to sell. — Fountain-Warren Democrat. The silly flings at Col. William J. Bryan are the products of little minds. Bryan is voluntarily serving his country while his critics are thanking God that there was no draft. It is noticeable that none of the criticism comes from men who have ever done anything, in peace or in war, to win the commendation of their fellows. —Ft. Wayne Journal.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From oar regular correspondent.) No visitor to Washington since the war opened has received a more cordial welcome from everybody, that Lt. Hobson, the Merrimac hero, who came to hurry up the work at this end of the line of saving some of the wrecked ships of Cervera’s fleet He thinks three of them can be saved if no time is lost unless there comes a severe storm before the ships can be got afloat. * Nearly a week ago it was officially announced that Gen. Shafter had been ordered to forward to Washington a complete list of the soldiers who had yellow fever and of those who had died with it, but as yet he has only partially complied with the order. Adjutant General Corbin says there is yellow fever in every regiment of Shafter’s army, and that’s why none of them were allowed to go with Miles to Porto Rico.

The administration is showing a disposition to make Gen. Shafter bear all the blame for the break with Gen. Garcia and his army of Cuban insurgents, although it is not denied that, as a whole, what J&arcia complained of was the restyt.okShafter’s carrying out orders given in Washington. It is claimed that he should have jollied Garcia sufficiently to have made him believe that he was at least being consulted about what was being done. The plain truth is, that the administration doesn’t want to quarrel with the insurgents, although it has been fully determined that the government of Cuba shall not be turned over to them at the close of the war, unless they can get a majority of the residents of Cuba, to declare by their votes in their favor. It is willing to feed and clothe the insurgents and keep them supplied with arms and ammunition without being to exacting as to the military duties they shall perform, but to go no further. ♦ ft *

There is no other officer in our army who has profited to So great an extent personally as Gen. Leonard Wood, now military Governor of Santiago. When the Maine was blown up he was a Surgeon in the regular army, with the rank of Captain, stationed in Washington, performing among other duties those of family physician to Mr. McKinley. When “Teddy” Roosevelt conceived the idea of enlisting the regiment of Rough Riders, ana had it approved by Mr. McKinley, he asked that Dr. Wood be made Col. of the regiment. It was done He was made a Brigadier General for gallantry in the field, being strongly recommended for the promotion by his immediate superior, Gen. Wheeler, “fighting Joe.” trust why he succeeded McKibbin, who was first named as military Governor of Santiago, by Gen. Shafter, is not so dear, but it was probably because he was the President’s friend and doctor, and wanted the dace. A jump from Captain to Brigadier General is certainly extraordinary, even when one is as brave as Gen. Wood has proved himself to be and is the President’s doctor and friend. If the recently officially announced intention to send Commodore Watson’s fleet to Spain was not a bluff, why in the name of common sense is the official announcement no# made that the sending of the fleet to Spain has

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been indefinitely postponed? Only a small portion of the powerful fleet we now have in Cuban waters will be needed in the campaign against Porto Rico, which was opened by the landing of Gen. Miles and the troops with him on Porto Rican soil, news of which has just reached Washington. At no time since the war started, could so many of our strongest fighting ships be spared to go to Spain as right now, This was acknowledged by Secretary Long in conversation with a friend who was trying to find out why the fleet had not gone to Spain. A Senator who is very friendly with Mr. McKinley said on the subject; “The official announcement of the orders to Commodore Watson, several weeks ago was unquestionably made to bluff Spain into begging for peace, and now that Mr. McKinley has information that the bluff had served its purpose, he has caused it to be publicly announced that the sailing of the fleet had been postponed, in order that Spain may act.” “But,” said another Senator, “suppose that Spain doesn’t ask for peace, what then?” “Then,” said the first Senator laughingly, “I suppose the bluff will be repeated.” “ Well,” answered Senator No. 2 “that sort of thing is a little too Spanish to suit me; I believe that it is the duty of the administration to fight this war to a close at the earhest possible moment. In trickery, we can never hope to equal the Spaniards, and I should be ashamed to be an American, if we could. We can lick them every day in the week, when it comes to fighting, and the sooner we send the fleet over there to fight them at home, the sooner we shall have peace.”

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The Old Settlers’ Meeting.

The directors of the Old Settler’s Association of Jasper County will hold a meeting on Saturday, August 6, 1898, at 2 p. m. in east court room of court house, for the purpose of perfecting the arrangements for the forthcoming annual meeting. All members of committies will be expected to report. And all old settlers or others interested are invited to be present and offer such suggestions as will assist in making the annual meeting a success, y C. E. Mills. Secretary.