Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — Page 4

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Democratic State Ticket.

For Secretary of State. SAMVEL RALSTON, of Booue County. For Auditor of State, JOHN W. MINOR, of Boone County, For Treasurer 6f 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, of Bartholomew County. Third District, EDGAR A. BROWN, of Marion County. Fourth District, WILLIAM S. DI VEN, of Madison County. Fifth District, JOHANNES KOPELKE, of Lake County. For Congress, JOHN ROSS, of Tippecanoe County. For Representative. DAVID H. YEOMAN, of Jasper County. Prosecuting Attorney, :10th 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.

It oftimes makes a great difference whose ox is gored. Hey? • The bonded debt of Jasper county on account of the new court house is. $9.22 per capita. Don’t lose sight of the fact that the candidates on the democratic county ticket are pledged to reduce expenditures, and will do it. We would ask if it is customary for our county officers to cut out the pages from their records wherever a little error is made? In fact, was this ever done before? Will the people of Jasper county continue to vote against their own interests at the coining election or will they rise iii their might and sweep the ring politicians from the face of the earth? It is humiliating to note that Jasper county has no room in her new $165,000 court house large enough to hold an ordinary teachers’ institute, but must seek [quarters elsewhere. Our new cdurt 1 room seats but 120 people. The Rensselaer Democrat charges that four pages have been cut*out of the Jasper county Commissioners’ record right among where the commissioners were doing wholesale contracting for extras. This does look bad.—Benton Review. The present administration of public affairs in this county does not commend itself for economy or ability. Taxpayers of Jasper County, don’t you think it is about time you dropped “party” in local politics and voted a while for your n ' in

DEMOCRATIC TOWNSHIP CONVENTIONS.

The Democratic voters of the several Townships of Jasper County, Indiana, and all others who expect to affilliate with them, will meet in mass convention at places herin designated on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1898, At 2 o’clock p. m., and nominate township candidates to be voted for at the November election, as follows: Three justices of the peace and three constables in each township except Marion, which is , entitled to five each, and Carpenter ■ and Wheatfield four each. The places of meeting is as follows: Hanging Grove, McCuyaburg Gillam Center school house Milroy Center school house Union Wild Lily school house Walker ~ Hershman school house Keener DeMotte school house Marion City Hall Jordan Egypt school house Carpenter Remington Town Hall Newton Sayler school house Kankakee Dunnville school house Wheatfield Wheatfield school house Barkley Cozy Palace school house D. W. Shields, Chairman. J. P. Walters, Sec. People are sometimes forced to believe a man is either a fool or a knave, when, in fact, they dislike to believe either. The Journal figures out such an excellent showing for the county farm for the year ending May 31, 1898—after selling off a lot of stock and produce that wasn’t sold —we should like to have its statistical! (10 years in office) try his hand on he receipts and expenditures for the year previous, ending May 31, 1897.

The middle-of-the-road populists met in Cincinnati this week and reorganized the people’s party, renewed its former declaration of principles and nominated a national ticket two years and two months in advance of the date of the election. Wharton Barker of Philadelphia, was nominated for president, and Ignatius Donnelly of St. Paul, for vice-president.

The auditor’s annual report for the year ending May 31, 1897, gives the total expenditures for maintenence of poor farm in Jasper county at $3,367.95. The report shows no receipts, but in the report to the State Bureau of Statistics the total receipts for the year are given at $911.75. Thus we find that the expenditures for that year exceeded the receipts by $2,456.20. Will the Journal please tell us whether or not there were any unsold products from the farm which should be included (?) as receipts for 1897?

The Democrat does not believe that it is a duty it owes any officer or individual, when finding that an unlawful act has been committed, to seek out that party, get his explanation, accept it as gospel truth and say nothing about it. Personally we have nothing whatever against Auditor Murray or any other county officer, but we submitthat to blindly accept his explanation of the mutilation of Record No. 10 requires lots of. faith in the honor and integrity of the auditor and the county commissioners, the only parties who really know whether the pages destroyed contained anything of importance or not. If there is a 16-year-old school boy in Jasper County who doesn’t know better than to recklessly slash four pages from a public record, without reference to what those pages contained, or even if they were blank, we should like very much to see him. With all due respect to Mr. Murray we wish to add that had I this record been so 1 mutilated by a democratic official —no matter what explanation was given—every republican paper and every republican in the county would have put up a tremendous howl and demanded that the matter be placed before the grand jury at once. We don’t KNOW that any intentional wrong was committed, but wb do know that the pages have been cut from the record, that the only parties who know anything about what, if anything the pages contained, are the auditor and commissioners, all interested parties. We also, know according to ourunderstanding of the law, tha* (he removal of those pages war lawful act.

Under the head of “A Most Unjustifiable Attack,” the Republican devotes nearly two columns in palliation of the mutilation of Commissioners’ Record No. 10. For the benefit of th 4 Republican we copy the following sections from the Revised Statutes of 1894 in regard to the sacredness of county records, etc: Section 3014. Whoever steals, takes, and carries away the whole or ANY part of any record, record-book, or order-book authorized to be made by any law of this state, or belonging or pertaining to any court of record, justice of the peace, or any state, county, township, or municipal office or officer, or any other public record, document; or proceeding of any court of record, justice of the peace, state, county, township, or municipal office or officer; or any paper, pleading, exhibit, or other writing filed within or by any such court of record, justice of the peace, office or officer, is guilty of felony, without reference to the value of the same, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than fourteen years nor less than six manths, fined not exceeding one thousand dollars and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit far any determinate period. Section 3013. Whoever, being an officer or his deputy, having the custody of any record, book, document, paper, or proceeding specified in the foregoing station, steals, or fraudulently takes away, secretes, withdraws, or destroys any such record, BOOK, document, paper, or proceeding filed or deposited with him, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than fourteen years nor less than two years, fined not exceeding one thousand dollars and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for any determinate period. Section aoi6. Whoever maliciously, mischievously, or fraudulently alters, defaces, injures, mutilates, or destroys the whole or any part of any record authorized to be made by any law of this state, belonging or pertaining to any court of record, justice of the peace, or any state, county, township, or municipal office or officer; or any other public record so authorized; or any paper, pleading, exhibit, or other writing filed with, in, or by any such court, office, or officer, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than fourteen years nor less than six months, fined not exceeding one thousand dollars and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or ptjyfit for any determinate period,

JASPER’S COUNTY EXPENSES.

It will be of interest to our readers to know how Jasper county compares with others over the state in the matter of the expenses of carrying on the affairs of the county. There are reasons why our county would be expected to make a rather unfavorable showing by such comparison. First. We have the largest county in the state excepting Allen and expenses incidental to many things are necessarily in proportion to the extent of territory embraced. Second. Our county is now just developing in regard to improvements, new highways are being located and new bridges built, which older counties are practically now relieved from. Third. The vast amount of ditching done in the county requires a very heavy expense on the county incidental to constructing but more especially incidental to keeping the ditches cleaned out. Fourth. During the past year the matters pertaining to new court house and pew gravel roads have very largely increased the costs of commissioners' courts by requiring so much more than ordinary time spent in session by the board. Yet notwithstaning all these facts, tending to make our expenses heavy, the showing outside of the direct expenditures for new court house is a very gratifying one to all fair people. We have succeeded in procuring the annual reports of receipts and expenditures for the past year from twelve counties in tue state—which are all we have been able thus far to procure—besides our own, which twelve do not include any of the very populous counties, and not to exceed three of these undergoing present development to any extent approaching that of our own with the consequent expense. Considering the circumstances it would certainly not be unr asonable should the county expenses of Jasper be in excess of the average of these twelve counties, [ no one ot which has had the burden of public j building upon it during the time covered. ■ There has been expended by these several I com tn- forOKDlNAßYcounty expenses, durI ing t.l:< last fiscal year as follows: Adamscdunty.. $ Henry county . 51.89137 Jay county 49.050 32 Lake county 70.081 51 Madison county.... —.... 120,390 32 Montgomery county 88,971 50 Newton county 21,925 14 Putnam county, 33,766 95 Randolph county 34,234 29 Sullivan county 57,396 93 White county 32.780 55 Wellscounty ' 49,781 85 Jasper rtmnty 31.195 64

It will be seen that every county in thia list expended more than ours, with the single exceptionzof Newton which probably shows the least expenditures of any in the state. It will also be seen that the average of these twelve counties is $55,766.09. about 80 per cent more than Jasper, and if we deduct from ! Jasper county's expenditures the extraordinary expenses which have been placed upon our county by the causes above enumerated, we will then have expended less than half the average expended by these twelve countiej. Such a showing is certainly something to be proud of.-“-Journal. How true that old saying about "figures won’t lie, but liars will figure.” Any man of average intelligence knows that the ordinary expenses of a county should be something in proportion to its population, improvements or valuation, etc., without regard to whatever amount of unimproved territory it, may embrace. Noone for a moment would say that Jasper county’s ordinary expenses should be anything like those of Marion county. But one county in the Journal statisticians’list (Newton) but has a greater valuation, more population, etc., than Jasper, and taking this fact into consideration our taxes are greater than any of the counties enumerated, as will

be seen by the following table taken from the latest and most reliable source in existence: County. Pop. Vai. Adams 20,181 9,691340 Henry... 23.879 15,906,120 Jay................... 23,478 11,406,188 Lake 28,i886 24,868,305 Madison 36,487 27,374,315 Newton . 8,802 7,731,956 Putnam.... 22,835 14,745,500 Randolph 28,086 15,976 190 Sullivan 15,671 11,481332 White 15,671 11,418,675 Wells ~.A 21,514 12.114,805 Jasper t.;,. 11.185 8,331.287 Will the Journal have, the audacity to say anything more about low (?) expenses in Jasper county?

Respectfully Referred to the Newspapers of Rensselaer.

Beware of the man who is always trying to excuse the scoundrels who are fattening on public plunder. A close inspaction will generally reveal the fact that he is sharing in the booty.—Hebron News.

These are republican times. — Journal. With oats at 16 cents per bushel, wheat at 50 cents and No. 1 timothy hay selling on the farm at $3.50 per ton we are willing to admit that these are republican times. For several years past the republican candidate for county auditor, who is in the hay and grain business ih Rensselaer, has purchased, baled and shipped hundreds of tons of hay during the months of July and August, but this year he has not handled a single car on his own account. Never within the memory of the oldest citizen has the prices of their product been so low. Yes, we are quite willing to admit that republican times. -

SOME MORE FIGURES.

Editor Democrat:

The Journal of last week gave us some figures it claims to have obtained in advance of their official publication. These figures, if correct, only prove that counties having twice, thrice and even nearly four times the taxable property of ours are likely to pay a little more tax than we do, at least sensible people would think so. The figures I give for the same counties the Journal cited last week, are official. I did not write for them fir- manufacture them. They can be found in the last report of the Auditor of State for the year 1897. If the Journal is getting any advance sheets of the State Auditor’s coming report, we I would like to see them. Now, i there is but one correct way of comparing the taxes of one county with those of another, and that is to take the amount of tax paid on the SIOO valuation. By the last report of the Auditor of State, these counties paid for county purposes on the SIOO valuation: Adams 8 .41 Henry 21 Jay 218 Lake... 26 Madison 35 Montgomery .30 Newton .... >3O Putnam 21 Randolph.... 17 Sullivan.... .34 White 28 Wells 39 Jasper 50

These are the twelve counties which the Journal claims are paying 80 per cent more tax than Jasper! Some or the counties of the state may be trying to catch up with Jasper in high taxing since the last report of the Auditor of State, and the Journal man may be on the inside, getting figures that common people are not yet permitted to see, but confining ourselves to the reports that bear the official stamp of the state we find Jasper still right -up to the front in high taxes. Journal man, you know the auditor’s report for 1897 puts Jasper right up among the highest taxed counties of Indiana. If the figures have changed so much since the 31st day of October 1897, is it because so many counties have raised their tax or is it because Jasper has so greatly reduced her’s? If you can not find answer to these questions in state reports, please write to somebody. The taxes we are npw paying, the tax rate rate levied the first Monday in September, 1897, is among the very highest in the state. We care not who makes the figures, nor where they come from; we care not what excuses are offered,. the painful fact still remains that the people of Jasper county are unjustly and unreason-* ably taxed. X X ‘ Good correspondence stationery, cheap at The Democrat office. Judy and The Lief Buggy Co., will sell anything in their line to you individually, independently of any one else aa security.

SPANISH AIR CASTLES.

Twa Noblemen That Figured on Theit Division of the Spoils of War. Counts de Dos Toros and Hijo Grande sat together in the latter gentleman’s ancient hall sipping Spanish claret and building castles in America, Said De Dos Toros: “I have already petitioned his majesty to grant me an estate in America. I will fight for his majesty and help him whip that pig country.” He blew a thin thread of smoke from his lips and watched it curl upward toward the armorial bearings over the fireplace. Count Hijo Grande sighed, holding his claret glass to the light. “I, too, have asked a like favor of his majasty,” he murmured. For awhile they sat silent, heavy with meditation. • Then spoke De Dos Toros: “These, our estates near Valencia border on one another —let it be so in America. I will ask his majesty to give up to me Chicago. Count de Dos Toros de Chicago. How is that?” The other aristocratic face brightened with the glow of a beautiful idea. “Then I will have New York. I will be Count Hijo Grande de New York, and we will continue to be neighbors.” They lifted their glasses and gulped the claret, smiling in spite of it. “There is a divine beverage to that pig country,” said De Dos Toros. “It is called club cocktails; we will presently be drinking that.” Hijo Grande relit his cigar, though it was burned to the butt. “Good,” said he; “and we will sail about the Mississippi in a yacht now owned by that pig Vanderbilt. I think the Mississippi is in your land.” “Verily,” replied his friend, “and those dogs of Cubans must return to their business of growing tobacco for us.” The serene faces of 27 ancestors gazed down at De Dos Toros with a smile of approbation on their haughty lips. “The king,” said Hijo Grande, “will make the capitol his summer resort. I myself would fain put up for awhile at the treasury.” He spread his slim hands on the table beside the decanter of sour claret. “My brother, pray advance me 30 peseta pieces,” he murmured. Count de Dos Toror de Chicago smote his pocket. “I cannot,” he cried in consternation, “I have but seven.” —Criterion.

A PICTURESQUE COSTUME.

Dresses Worn by New Haven Fishwives That Are Very Becoming. The ordinary dress of the fishwife consists of from three to nine woolen petticoats, reaching about half-way from the knee to the ankle and measuring at least three yards in width. All the under ones have a tuck an inah and a half deep run all the way round the top about an eighth of a yard below the waistband. This'is done for the purpose of making a more solid support for the basket upon which the creel rests. Each fishwife, rich or poor, is the possessor of three gay petticoats, which are worn over the dark flannel ones; the foundation is white and all are marked with broad vertical stripes of a solid, vivid coloring, red, yellow, or blue. Each one has a wide tuck about six inches from the bottom. The bodices are loose jackets, “shuguns,” orshort gowns, made of bright-figured cambric or calico, and confined at the waist by the apron strings; the sleeves are made of a square of the cambric reaching nearly to the wrists, but they are nearly always rolled over two or three times until they come only to the elbow. A bright ribbon confines the garment at the neck and finishes it with a bow and ends. . The apron is long and full; the lower edge and the outer skirt are pinned together at the bottom and caught up to the hips on either side, which adds to the width, making the woman look broader than ever. A separate pocket fastened with a draw-string is wornunderneath the apron; this is the fishwife’s bank, where she carries the money of the family, which is always given into her keeping. Thick worsted stockings and heavy, high boots complete, with the exception of the headgear, a picturesque and very becoming costume.—Laura B. Starr, in Chautauquan.

Highest Bridge in Europe.

The bridge over the Wupper tfial at Mungsten, Germany, which was opened to railway traffic on July 1, 1897, is 360 feet high, 1,630 feet long, and has a central span of 530 feet, it being the highest European bridge, with the exception of the Garabit viaduct in southern France, which is 405 feet in height.

What She Calls Him.

“All wives have pet names fortheir husbands,” remarked Mr. Dinwiddle to Mr. Beechwood. “My wife calls me *Baby.’ What does your wife dall youF* ’ “My wife calls medown, generally,” replied Mr. Beechwood. —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

SOLDIER TOMMY’S COMIN’. Change th’ sheets an’ cool th’ pillar Go an’ buy a hunk o’ ice, Squeeze th’ lemons’on th” sugar, Fix it up all cold and nice.' Fryin' doughnuts, settin’ biscuits Ginger bjread an’ pancakes, too, Pies of apples, raisin cookies, Light as drips of drops of dew. Hurry up, th'time is speedin’. Work tain’t more’n a quarter done, Stove’s a-sizzlin’, pots a-bilin' Hustle,'iane, why don’t you run. Rinse th’ berries, peel potatoes, Grind th’ coffee sweet an' brown,. We ain’t workin’ harder’n others „ fe Everywhere about the town. Shut tb' door an’ keep th’ files out. Wipe away that tear! Begay, Fer our Tom, our soldier Tommy, He’s a-comfn'home tjday. —Detroit Free Press.

Real Estate Transfers,

Writ. H. Owens to Ira Gay et ux, July 18, it 3, nw 19-29-b, 5 acres. $450. John M.’Gwinn to Calvin T, Faris, Aug. 20, sw nw, 25-29-6, $2,000. Henry A. Knott to Claudeß. Garret? Aug, 18, se, 33-32-7, se nw, 33-32-7, ne 33-82-7 360 acres, sl. q. C. <l. William L. Wood to Isaac J. Porter and Dallas Yeoman, Aug. 27, It. 20,'.bl 1, Sunnyside add. Rensselaer, s4o. Mary E. Harmon et al to Isaac J. Porter, Aug. 28, pt. se. 34-29-6, 4o acres, $1,066.66. John Wolff to Charles Schwass, Aug. 8. w nw, 8-31-6, 80 acres, $3,000. Malinda J, Cherry tc G. W. Elliott, Aug. 21, pt. ne, 19-29-6, 1 acre. $125. Elsworth Iliff to William Collins. April 9, Its 23, 24, 25, bl 1, Sunnyside ad. Rensselaer, $l5O. Clara May Huggins to Richard Pittman, Sept. 2, It 15, bl 6. Sunnyside add. Rensselaer, SSO. Mary E. Troxell to Lewis N. Wells, Aug. 9, It. 5, bl 2. McDonald's add. DeMotte, S4O. Peter W. Nelson to Isaac Kight, Aug. 29,’ its, 1 9, 10, bl 2, Fair Oaks. $350. Emil Walter to Mary E. Dewees, Dec. 18, 1897, It 5. bl 10. Sunnyside add. Rensselaer. $l5O. Flora V. Bailey to Edward M. Dewees, Sept. 5, Its 17, 18, bl 12, Sunnyside add. Rensselaer. S2OO. Elias Paulson to William H. Romey, June 21. ne. 2-30-5, nw se. 2-30-5. nS nw, 2-30-5, 185 acres, $9,250. Charles A. Gundy to Reason M. Dunn, Sept. 6, outlot 20, DeMotte, SSOO. W. C. Martimeto Edwin E. Faris, June 20, Its. 7, 8,9,10, bl. 12, Sunnyside add. Rensselaer, S2OO. James Lane to Joseph E. Thomas. Aug. 29, . wtf se nw 31-30-7, w‘4 ne sw. 31-30-7. w!4 se sw, 31-30-7, sw sw 31-30-7, 98 acres. $2,500, Samuel M. Laßue et al to John Flinn. Aug. 9, e l i sw. 26-29-6. nw. 35-29-6, pt n end w l , sw sw. 35-29-6. 243 acres. $12,000. Joseph E. Thomas to James Lane, Aug. 29, c l -! se, 6-29-7, 80 acres, $2,500. Sanford Peck to Hiram A. Draper. June 28. sw' 1-31-7. w<4 se, 1-31-7, $4,000. Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the best work and charg moderate prices.

KILLED ON THE MONON.

Charles Van Pelt, an employe of the Monon railway company, was killed near St. John, north of Cedar Lake, last Saturday night by being run over by a freight.train. Van Pelt was on duty as flagman at a point near St, John, where the company has been making some improvements on their roadway. and sat down upon the track and fell asleep. The engineer of the train saw him and blew the whistle, awakening him and he arose to his feet but did not get off the track in time to avoid being killed. He was badly cut to pieces and lived but a few minutes. Deceased boarded at the Foster restaurant, near the depot in this city, and is reported to have been engaged to be married to Mr. Foster's daughter. He is said to have been a fine young fellow and his tragic death is deeply deplored by his many friends. The young man’s parents reside at Monticello, and he was once before struck by a train while on duty at a point north of Monticello, having sat down on the end of a tie while watching a fire in a field near by. At that time he was struck by the engine and thrown over against a wire fence, miraculously escaping death. The remains were taken to Monticello where the funeral was held Monday forenoon.

DEATHS. Mrs. Rebecca Stoner died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Swisher, of Gillam tp., last Sunday, aged about 78 years. A little daughter of Mr and Mrs. Robt. Yeoman of west of town, died Monday night and was buried Wednesday forenoon. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shigley, residing in the east part of the city, died Tuesday night from summer complaint. Lem Powell of Foresman, died Sunday morning at his home in that place after a short illness, aged 38 years. The funeral was held Monday, the I. O. O. F. of which order deceased was a member, having charge. Mrs. F. W. Bedford died at her home near the Stock Farm, Sept. 5, aged 82 years. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Austin of the Church of God, and interment made in Weston cemetery.