Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — Page 9

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Although Gen. Butler and Admiral Sampson, two of our military Commissioners at Havana, have made strong representations of the danger of trouble in that city from riots by the unpaid mod discontented Spanish soldiers, and asked that (me or more warships be sent there, the Cabinet has decided that no warship can be sent there, because to do so would be a violation ifie protocol. ... , ■ Secretary Gage has been giving away administration secrets, by publicly admitting that while he hoped for the election of a republican majority of the next House, he would not go so far as to say that he looked for republican success. The only difference between Secretary Gage and the other members of the administration is that he has publicly said what they all think ana say privately. r * * • The country may expect the publication of a preliminary report from McKinley’s alleged investigation commission, during the present week, as Boss Hanna and the, other republican managers hayeordered that one be made and given to the public before the Congressional emotion. There is little probability that a whitewash report, such as will, he made, will influence the casting of a single vote. The people of the country are on to that Commission and its work. It is evident that somebody in authority thinks that Lieut. Hobson is getting too much glory out of his efforts to save those wrecked Spanish vessels. . Hobson is now in Washington, being catechised by a Board of Naval officers who are inclined to stop his work, on the ground that it will coat too much money. If Hobson is not allowed to proceed with hia plans for saving those vessels, the people will know very well that money had nothing to do with it it, bat that jealousy of Hobson and his reputation is at the bottom of the whole business. •a* Mr. McKinley’s Commission ought to give Capt Wm. Astor Chanler, who served in the Cohan campaign and won praise from Gen. Shafter in an official report, and who is now democratic candidate for Congress against Lemuel Eli Quigg, in one of the New York city districts, a chance to testify, if they really wish to get at some warm facta. Capt Chandler says that Abner McKinley made money ont of contracts for furnish- * ing .supplies to our troops in Cuba, . and moreover, that the staff furnished by the Abner McKifaley CQnoem- was ©f .infyjrior quality, and not np to the specifications in in - any particular. This matter Will be heard' from again as soon Ife'Ctagroes piqgts. v , , Instead of beings help to Quay, Mr. McKinley’emit to Philadelphia was a positive injury to Quay and Quayism. Mr. McKinley did not speak the good word for Quay i that it was hoped by the terrorstricken Qnayites that he would, speak. In fact,he spoke note single word that oould be construed into sympathy for Quay or a wish for his success, although some of Quay’s friends took especial pains to make openings for Mr. McKinley to say something of that sort The remit is that the Quayitee are saying that it would have been better for McKinley to have remained out of the state, because hia silence has been construed by the Anti-Quay republicans to mean lack of administration sympathy for Quay, and they are making due threats about what they will do in connection with the National Convention of 1900. e * • A leak in the Paris end of the administration has made it apparent why the republicans were so anxious that the treaty of peace should not be concluded before the Congressional election. We are to get the Philipine islands. But we are to buy them —a new wrinkle, . after captaring territory by force of arms, to pay money for it—either by paying a large sum in cash or j by assuming about $40,000,000 of I Spanish bonds, or by lx>th. It is not surprising that the republican managers should dread such infor- | mation as that going to the connMsry on the eve of an important [election, nor that they should now Ibe trying to discount it by saying [that nothing had yet been posi- [ tively determined upon, except | that we would demand all of the I Philipine islands. That demand I was today officially made by our ■Peace Commissioners, of the Spanish Peace Commissioners, but it ■was known in Paris several days scio k ;r n tb o .t &

ment had agreed to a proposition to bay the Philipines. A suspicious thing about this agreement is that a special issue of Spanish bonds, of $40,000,000, alleged to have, been issued for public improvements in the Philipines, which were floating around m the financial markets of Europe, from the time they were issued, all suddenly disappeared about the time the Peace Commission met, and today not one of these bonds can be bought. Where did they go? They were bought up by somebody, according to the testimony of European bond brokers. Did: that somebody have advance inside information that this particular issue of bonds was worth more than other Spanish bonds, because of this agreement of the U. S. government to buy tiie Philipines? If so, who gave that information, and who is going; to profit thereby? These are questions that will not down, and which may, if Mr. McKinley allows this agreement to be carried out, bring about a scandal that will make Algorism seem like a very small matter. The Jaspxr Cocntt Democrat is waging a bitter fight against the courthouse boodlers, which should have the endorsement of every honest tax payer in the county.— Francesville Tribune.

OUR INDEBTEDNESS Compared With Adjoining Counties.

- Amount Per Capita Jasper. $153,500.00 sp.aa Starke....... 76,361.44 6.61 White 67,819.64 2.06 Pulaski 56,000.37 3.07 Porter 13,939.11 .63 Lake 8,000.00 .21 Benton none. none. Newton none. none.

A PROSPERITY COMPARISON.

For the purpose of clinching the prosperity mortgage argument The Democrat submits for the consideration of the voters of Jasper county the following comparison of mortgages entered for record daring the months of October 1896 and October 1898. These months are selected because during October 1896 we were going to the dogß as fast as we could run, and during October 1898 we were enjoying so much prosperity, that it was almost impossible to move without getting straddle of some of it Hero is the evidence of our present prosperity: |8«0. is**During October, 1800 During October 1806 SO real estate mortga- 4& real estate mortgages aggregating git.- ges aggregating SOO.800.40; NO chattel nor- 067.07; W chattel mortgages agtocgatingf?.- Wto** aggregating 000.70; O mechanics’ MO.SW.OS: f mechan* l«laa aggregating sl,- tea’ leins aggregating 01S were filed for rec-1000.64 were filed for ted in Jasper county.' record io Jasper counTotel, s*lk«44*7* ty. M- t , - ' Total. sOs.aOj.oo It would seem, therefore that in 1896 we are enjoying nearly four times the prosperity we enjoyed in 1896. A great many people believed this until they were compelled to resort to the mortgage argument to secure money with which to pay taxes. A teas aggregate of mortgagee coupled with a large reduction in icounty expenditures will bring genuine prosperity to all people. Moral: —Vote the democratic ticket next Tuesday. If yon have for sale a farm, house and lot, or any other property of a salable nature, try advertising it in The Democrat.

TKIHMMUttKIMt THK ' HUMS H HitebllihW IIU ; \ . Bow, sundoy on THE INDIANAPOLIS if several editions, continues tffSifcupy the position it has so long held of <fi£fe£!feading Indiana Newspaper. It Jp>jghideat and most widel^^^djomn^^tilh^hed 1 THE e Assoc;!, ated Press are the fullest and mj*®t)«Mehensive of any l Indiana papenpflMpßMlb* reports are sup-‘ pleroented by Spldai Washington patches. coverH*y*efJr»tlly all matters of Indiana Mrik special seat in lndiarff. of TW j accurate. “77 “| ' THE SENTINfJfi* MWspiflili'ltttentton IndlanaNewrffl<?cSwWnfe'ifty»n l rii fully. Indiana readfcW littffWrt d tbb¥e b efr* ofin- *; terestto theiWiirt TiP SeriMWd thafc iw any Chicago, Lduifc-ort Louisville newspgpfCii \ua -jol lofeaoi oof! THE SENTIN«, fPfflMqrtfc in ( politics, publishes all the news fully and ■ JPMMSMMr j.,./ j •'UgUtfairehS weekly, one w-riffmftin&r

POLITICAL POINTERS. SEWARB OP THE MAN WHO 15 ALWAYS TRYING TO DEFEND THE SCOUNDRELS WHO AW FATTEN WO ON PUBLIC PLUNDER. A CLOSE INSPECTION WILL GENERALLY REVEAL THE FACT THAT THEY ARB SHARING IN THE BOOTY.-tfatMa N#w». Did you read Marshall’s “roorback,” Bro. Clark? ‘ 11 ■ : ■»! ".j '* We wonder if Mr. Halleck wants any more “hosts of friends” after reading Bro. Marshall’s write yp otT.gobHcm-eterk cMmtyf The Republican would even deny that those four pages were cut from Record 10 had not Mr. Murray come out in a statement and admitted that it was true. Wanted:—Two or three stalwart, active men (republicans preferred) , must wear a No. 10 or No. 12 boot with good thick soles. Apply.at Republican office. One of the editors of two of the ring organs has publicly acknowledged himself to be a liar and this week we positively prove the other to be such. In the meantime, not a solitary statement of The Democrat been disproved nor has our $2&.00 forfeit been taken. We would respectfully call Bro. Marshall’s attention to the new, court houses at Winamac and Monticello, in Indiana, at Eureka, Illinois, and at St. Joseph, Michigan, all built within the original estimate or very nearly so, the two former by democratic county officers and the two latter by republican boards. The auditor’s annual report for 1897 gives the “receipts of county revenue proper, $60,814.51.” That s4,oooloan was made during that fiscal year, yet no mention is made of it in any way. Was it included in the “receipts of county revenue proper?” Please explain what fond that $4,000 was included in, and what become of it?

In its frantic endeavor to retain its statistician (30 years in office) four years more at the court house, to carry “pap” and issue misleading statements to the taxpayers, the Journal makes a base attack upon George Stembel, the democratic candidate for the auditorship. It hoped to array Mr. Hustan’s/friendsagainst George by stating that the latter was offering; totrade votes-for sheriff forvdied for himself. This base slander wity react against the whole: repub-; lican ticket, as every sum ip the county who is acquainted with Mr. Stembel knows that he is the is the last man in Jasper county who would do anything of the kind. . ' • j s There is one thing at the close of this campaign which we wish to particularly impress upon the minds of every taxpayer in Jasper county, and that ia this; In' every statement made by Tbs about the coat and mismanagement of county affifciflt "w* ( have selves as our, a«tiwoty a»d Mt* shown veryfflainfyirlmtfffmfrtM taxpayer. Notanohtary statement Thensing: organa have howled Dbtft forg^thte yqnr hallpt next 11 T BTT * T:fii -ra pjTH? nr jtn? q ajj i referred loss j lltherJasper: .county speaking : of/ the affaioUu A whici If ff fftfl’fft Cfft h flfl JMI >•/ , <r,

Knotts tells the saloon men that Mr. Yeoman is a strict prohibitionist, while »he tells the temperance people that he is badly addicted to drink, or leaves that inference. This is amusing to people who know Mr. Yeoman. When that new house is paid for, not including the SIO,OOO to sls,ooothat has been paid above the money received from sale of bonds, Its cost to ibe people will be over $323,000, The state house ££ lndiaftapoli» cost only six times this sum. Some of Our bonds run 35 years. The published report of the county auditor for 1897 fails to mention that temporary loan of $4,000 in any way, either in county receipts or as outstanding indebtedness. Still “there was nothing secret nor underhanded about it.,’ Had the taxpayers looked the records through from stem to stern, interviewed the commissioners, auditor, treasurer and half a dozen others, they woul<i have found ont all about it Yet some people are foolish enough to think such matters should be given in the published statements of the county’s financial condition. The Democrat challenged the ring organs several weeks ago to to prove by affidavit of three of the ninety-two county auditors of Indiana that they usually correct errors of record by cutting out the pages on which the error occurred, or that they had ever, in a single instance, corrected an error in that way. Every one of the three republican organs here had positively stated that it was a very common occurrence, but it is noticeable that they have not shown np with a solitary affidavit or statement from any newspaper, office-holder or ex-office holder that such was the case, and have kept very quiet about the matter ever since. We still contend that the removal of those four pages from Commissioners’ Record No. 10, right from among records where the commissioners were contracting right and left for extras on the new court house, was a moat unheard of proceeding, and also a criminal one.

MORE ROORBACKS.

If the court house clock is so superior tothosooff eredbyother bidders, why did Commissioner Marjtiftdale refuse to ~ sign the contract, on the ground that it was costing to much? It is also reported on good authority that Mr. Martindale was offered a good, sum bfinofoet to sign ... ° gflj yT tTlqii^/ tins partipulM om^i^jiihj^h,^ o refused .r.laijinw 4! io nzq satisfaction ofany taxpayer orcomstatement of the stationery oenmdi kak fShkasitaother state- , .^hc.P^Ppt oftha putidingk|binchewwigti»e atrfhg/’ arid are indiuedto doubt onr statement., cofc(e juaandwe waitahftyoufcUieTecdfdkand|H^thdktbycM.>^Bave 4hisr .Sfqt'oolitj a ■Vturnm 70ft} U I fake assertion when he say# ing extra was pud for the testing prom by hißfoWn paper. He 1 has ! itathd timd!i ! thkt the conS woF xiii'tff aRTT": tract was let—and the so Bhow i7rr f<g (fi ecord 8 .also sboWv <4RocorddJo, pages-: '546 :il»»9^;;2s:§d at l dbW?%9toiWjlfe^ o )pSria this work loriginftlcontrafcfc called foftiiThoee figuM'ftfr WlfrMfe m tintedi.t paid Hirart?<©ay a fßr«ktra cement with A committee of ! thei<‘Oiihty,' v & the $• above to their satisfaction at ant, Marshall wf wi*»d:k> ton Jm/t . fSMtto «*; n f , !» J Gei“yotir ittb • * {prittiTir l doM Bt vtHete. fcP fljtinfim tion gtuLrinihhcl |n c gtock wurnaiansinp. * •».norifv a*<ntin .. ... avHiai

KNOTTS IN KNOTS.

What a gem Mr. Knotts’ typewriter would have been for Gen. Weyler when the latter was so busy sending out “war news.” A. F. has a mania, it seems for letter writing. We have not the space to publish all nor any great part of the many letters Mr. K. has been sending out, but we will give onr readers the following gem to a Lake county Saloon-keeper which we copy from the Hammond Daily News: ■ Hammond, Ind., Oct 22,1898. Dear Friend:—Yotf no doubt realize that it is impossible for me to see any large per cent of the people of Lake and Jasper counties during my short canvas. I am therefore going to ask you to take a personal interest in my behalf. I feel as though I could write to you as a friend, even though you are opposed to me in politics. If you will investigate you will find that my opponent is a strict prohibitionist, and I am going to ask yon to see all of your friends in that community, or any others that von may have time to see, and ask them as a special favor to yon to vote for me. If I can get you and another democrat or two to go to the polls on election day, and approach every democrat in that community in my behalf, 1 know it would be a Winner. You can say to them that lam a Lake county bov; they all know me to be a fighter, and I will assure yon, and you may assure your friends that I will endeavor to take care of Lake county as a whole and not any particular locality. Furthermore, that I would not tolerate any “blue law.” I am, as you know, one of the boys, and I am going to lose some cranky republican votes, on that ground, and if they can afford to split their ticket on that ground, it seems to me that my democratic friends can afford to do the same. Now, if you will undertake to see these boys, and especially the saloon-keepers, and have a private talk with them, without any special noise on the subject, I will appreciate it and return the compliment, if it is ever within my power to do so. I wish you would write me at an early date what yon can do for me. I did not get to talk long with (another saloonkeeper), and Ido not know whether I ought to writeiiim or not, and I am going to ask you to see him for me. Now, do not confine your efforts to our little locality there, but work for mess an old friend, and I will rememember yon kindly for it, and return the compliment, should it ever be in my power to do so. With kind regards I am, Youro Yerv Truly, A. F. Knotts. <

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OVESSTREET BILL AND M'CLEARY'S REPORT

By [?] J. Van V[?].

K antesy Sisuhl, fminrm nf fth* OwsteOSt MIL wtthoAorprovisioQO oquoßyOfi^oo-is-forr ha^fe^dT 41 ufc fifo(Ovogtogoot ans orottotoMteEklte! publiosn osadidsto for ouugsuuo Islsdi* aoa'MMMg fiteeaoMtßUdh toitotitor. 'After the obifimlttee dta tssklaf sad rflW!W7:ltoitofte(l tb? Hm-fy»wltektiL .jnTj.itfwinn. rhsirmsfi titri But uEUOQtive oummitteo ofthe IndiunspoHs usonctmry KcOteiy. tLloadtefi of the msjnvßy ihmt oodesod hhu bUI iim* ported, and who wrote the m*jos*ty r&> Itott, W»s brought Mr; Hanuh, W H him. -Ir tlWulMsh'hfeßsds bore duris« <Ut ufitw i WMk *4 said f (Jil He said:, “Tn» aut. to to, ACCOMPLISH THESE RUSULTS WITHOUT N#.i#9Ai ! itototo*rt'(linj»7.ifi !lh PONDS.” The ylnoenty, it noting * 25t A” *» ' »V‘ ~*s. f *' • -t ■' * t 1 _. ,

8. He said the treasury will be t»* tteved when the greenbacks one so to bo a burden for redemption in gold. Leaving out all consideration of Dm fact that the law doea not raqnire them to bo redeemed in gold, it cannot be pnastbhi that. **»<■ statement was Li sincerity. When the greenbacks are destroyed they will not, of coarse, require redemption in either gold or silver. What a disreputable humbug, however, is ao> covered when Section IS is tend, and it to found that greenbacks are to ho turned into recurve notes, and by law made payable in gold (ultimately) oat of the United States treasury. Then, when It is found in Section S Ant 500*. 000,000 silver dollars are to be given me power to extract gold from the United Statea treasury, and that, instead of 9848.000,000 of greenback! to da it contrary to law. there will be over 1800,000.000 of reserve notes juid silver to do it by authority or law, it to difficult to resist the conclusion that there to something worse than want of sincerity in the purpose of the toll Mid In the statement made by Mr. MeOlaaiy. 8. Hia report shows that under the bUI a hank would be able to invest 40 per oont of Its capital in interestbearing bonds, and in addition have 140 par oent in money to loan. With SIOO,OOO cash capital, a bank oould deposit $40,000 in greenbacks and get $40,000 in reserve notes. It oould boy $40,000 in bonds and on this get $40,000 in national bank notea This would give it SBO,OOO in notes, and leave it SBO,OOO of the cash capital. Tt could then receive $40,000 in national currency notes, without security, making the entire loanable . fund $140,000 exclusive of bonds. In other words, with 4100,000 capital, a bank will be able to draw interest oa 1180,000. If this is not class legislation, Ido not know what is. 4. National currency notes are said to be secured by bank assets. Take the example above. The $40,. 000 of reserve notes and the $40,000 of national bank notes, in oaae the bank failed, would be paid in full. This would leave $40,000 currency notes to be paid ont of the SBO,OOO of capital left and the stockholders’ liability. If the loss in the failure covered this, then the money of the depositors would be used to pay the currency notes. The depositors would not only have no security at nil, except the money they themselves furnished the bank, bat in addition to want of ascurity their deposits would be ultimately liable to pay the currency notes 6. From Mr. MeOleery’s report it to dear tint the inference he desired to have drawn ia that the necessity maintaining a gold rsasrve frotejvwb to redeem greenback* will be obviate* Section 4 pravjdeK iffnpgv raiHWgll treasuryTQWAlWTAiNa^iiiiism in r * noiwAT* REbkMFrtojr o#ALL NOTES and «»***» PRESENTER” .Wq*>9l» bnfc Ifi34fi.ooojooo mgrtoobdats hateiW wctwoctlaw, whal^rsforuewsU her** qmwed srhausy iLAWtbece U ©v** |BOO,. 000400 of wervs .notes- - sod alter ar IOaH psatientor attention to dm wording-of tMsuaflUdtot •• &snT .-ml • 1 ttawediute vedemption of all tttoksto hersihhftor provided,” It doss 1 n 3,<,-«MM*d w.htti riroeiMing, : notsg; o«,gny useh associations, assorted or naaasart■m thetro*suiyv*rao*ooh subureasatloN as may be flmrignnjtd BU*ii'«tdfeE ' b to dour ***** aoeordiag^o^f fl option 4 •t mA » kwi, ISTQhBWJRVR TBS TREASURY ITOG4ITHB toto»GWTgROO»WRANTR*4KrnOV mnm tP ’To onram eow. torn ItoOloary’itoaat 7 nor to his integstty : .cur*wkjy by*te* axTOitn toto or gowoncAL Aoeropm,” There is bat one msaatatoitetfate ateto* ment, In fact, be boldly declares in hie .soaorV ties to-pot oar whole dhswoial Byfttol* where “WO A»Mi*is--teAxaiiyA*i *<*"**. ' SSfe. ,rw!cw : aaehi-holding >1» yen vane gaingeut every'' four yearn; u»d nonremovable withont impeachment. bteiteiyas 4m kin stooadW-atote