Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — ONLY GET THE CLERK [ARTICLE]

ONLY GET THE CLERK

Rest of County Ticket Lost by Small Majorities. DEMOCRATIC GRIBS IN MOST STATES. Indiana Republican by A Plurality of About 14,500, andthe Republicans Have a Majority of 22 on Joint Ballot. The official count gives Major, democrat, 2 majority over Pierson for clerk of the Jasper circuit court, and elects Dowell, republican for commissioner in the 2d district by only 3. The balance of the republican county ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 44 for Halleck to 235 for Reed. Chizum was elected prosecutor we understand, was by a reduced majority. A. F. Knotts was elected over D. H. Yeoman for representative by a majority of a few hundred. Crumpacker was elected by a greatly reduced majority. The state went republican by a reduced majority. Democratic gains are recorded in most of states, while in New York the republican majority of two years ago was cut down to less than 20,000. Taken altogether the result of Tuesday's election is very gratifying to democrats, although not as much so as we could wish. Strong influences of a character not usually present in an off-year campaign have temporarily kept in thvliackground the true issues of both parties, otherwise the result would have been much different. Wiih two years more of prosperity of the Hanna-McKinley brand and the formation of trusts, combines, freeze-outs and lock-outs, more arrogance on the part of the money pow’er now controlling legislation, and the great democratic party, the party of the people, will win hands down in 1900.

Mrs. Charlet Cook, of Remington, has been granted a widow’s pension of $8 per month. Laßue Bros, are contemplating establishing of a department store in the three rooms east of the Rensselaer Bank. Mrs. E. P. Honan accompanied her husband back to Indianapolis and will remain there during Mr. Honan’s stay. Election results in the different states and full returns to date will be found on an inside page of The Democrat. The Jasper County Teachers’ Association will be held in the Presbyterian church in Rensselaer on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26. * Hunters returning from Water Valley report an abundance of wild ducks on the Kankakee. The water of the stream has risen sufficiently to give the fowl splendid feeding places and it is expected that the late fall shooting will be better than ever.—Lowell Record. The official count gives Major a majority of two and Dowell only three. These are narrow margins, but Mr. McFarland will sell you groceries on a narrower margin than that.. An official test will show that a pound of good butter or a dozen eggs will buy more at McFarland’s grocery than anywhere else.