Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1899 — Page 4

m eoMiY mi. Official Democratic Paper of Jaaper , County. __ f. E. BIBCOCK, EDITOR UD PBBUBIER. mt at the Port-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONt ONE YEAR ffi.oo SIX MONTHS 50c THREE MONTHS 25c. Payable in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Van Renaaelaer Street, North of Ellie & Murray’s Store. For President in 1900, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

Beware of the men who are always trying to defend the scoundrels who are fattening on public plunder. A close inspection will generally reveal the fact that they are sharing in the booty.—Hebron News. Pare down those estimates. The county' council and the various township advisory boards meet next Monday for the purpose of passing upon the estimates and tax levies. When the republican press talks of the prosperity caused by bountiful harvests, as if it was a result of republican rule, they intimate plainly that their readers are fools.

The absurdity of the administration organs in trying to brand as traitors the millions of loyal Americans who do not believe it right to do wrong, is too obvious to need demonstration.

Every indication points to the fact that the eastern democrats who left the party in 1896 are coming to feel that duty demands that they reunite with the party in consideration of newer issues that they consider of greater importance.

“Tom” Taggert will lead the democratic ticket again in the Indianapolis city election. Mr. Taggart has made the best mayor that city ever had and, the people recognizing that fact, he will be re-elect-ed by a larger majority than he has ever received.

As the rottenness is brought to light in Hancock, Marion and other counties, we are wondering what the people of our own county are thinking of their officers who refused to let their records be seen, when proofs of wrong-doing were already found.—Brookville Democrat.

Benton county’s 150 miles of gravel roads are estimated to cost, next year, for repairs $10,980; White county’s 100 miles, $7,869; Carroll county’s 112 miles, $4,474: but in Jasper, with 28 miles, it is expected to take $4,500 for repairs, and the latter is practically all new road, too!

If the Cubans, as stated in the resolutions passed by Congress, “are and ought to be free,” the same can be said of the Filipinos, and this nation would suffer no humiliation in acknowledging its adherence to the doctrine that governments derivetheir just powers from the consent of the governed.

Three years ago if anybody had proposed that the United States acquire the Philippines, even as a gift and with their full consent, he - would have been regarded as fit for a lunatic asylum. In what wayis it more desirable for us to expend our blood and treasure in conquering these islands, than it was under President Cleveland? ! The Mutual Savings and Loan' association of Indianapolis, organized during th * Cleveland hard times—as our prosperity boomers would say—has been unable to stand the prosperous times of the subsequent administration, and has gone to the wall. It is thought it will pay fifty cents on the dollar. Depreciation in securities is | given as the cause of its downfall. The Administration in its great anxiety to avoid the issue of more bonds to pay for the largely increased army, is seeking devious ways to raise revenue. Recently, the Patent office required the seals of Notaries Public to be certified to by the clerk of the County Court in patent applications. As this means an additional revenue stamp of ten cents on the certificate, the reason for this new requirement is apparent. It is the poor inventors of the country who are being bled by the Administration to help pay for subduing the Philippines.

In the official publication of commissioner*’ allowance*, as made last week, why was the $95.75 to W. B. Burford for his 1608.25 book and stationery bill omitted from the list? The cost of county superintendent and county institutes in Jasper county for the past few years, as shown by official reports is as follows: 1886 ( 1,212 00 1896 1,255 00 1897 1.281 00 1808 1,680 96 We have not the figures for 1899, but the estimate for 1900 is 11,683,35. Of course President McKinley cannot afford to appear otherwise than optimistic. This is his war, in which he embarked without consulting Congress or the people. He insisted through his agents at Paris upon acquiring this territory regardless of any desires of the inhabitants, and refused to conclude peace with Spain unless these people were handed over to him as chattels.

Hon. John R. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, will lead the democratic hosts to victory in the gubernatorial campaign in Ohio. Mr. McLean was nominated on the first ballot. The platform adopted by the convention reaffirms allegiance to the entire Chicago platform, and especially the financial plank, condemns trusts and imperialism, etc. Keep your eye on Ohio in the present campaign.

For the fiscal year ending May 31, 1890, only nine years ago, as shown by the auditor’s report, the ordinary county expenditures, that is expenditures from county revenue, wereonly $21,338.38. Since that time Jasper county has gained no more territory and only some 4,000 to 5,000 in population, yet so “blooded” have her county officers become that they estimate the ordinary expenses for next year at over $61,600.00, almost three times the amount required in 1890!

It is often asked what the democrats would do with the trusts if they had the power. In the words of the Nebraska platform “We demand the enforcement of the present Federal law, the enactment of such new legislation as may be necessary, and a constitutional amendment, if the present constitution is construed to protect trusts, to the end that the monopoly of industry by private corporations may be prevented.” This clear-cut declaration is in refreshing contrast to the Republican meaningless platitudes.

The Goodland Journal (republican) referring to the county expenditures estimate in Newton county, says $31,605.50 is a good deal of money to run a county the size of Newton. Great Jehosephat! the Journal should scan tlie estimates of Jasper county’s blooded court house aristocracy! With a county only about one-fourth larger in area and population than Newton, our fellows want $61,600.00, or twice as much as Newton county. Send your county officers over here, Bro. Kitt, and our “boys,” will teach them a few tricks on spending money for the taxpayers that they never dreamed of.

How careless they are up in Marion county! They lose the books from the county offices. Two officials, one a gold bug, the other a republican, were found to be several dollars short in fees collected for the county. Stirling R. Holt, the gold bug, owes Marion county, according to the experts, $4,632.01, and Mr. Schmidt, the republican, according to the same authority, has allowed $13,280.29 to stick to his fingers, when that sum should have been safely landed in the general fund of the county treasury. The worst feature of the whole business is, that several of the books are missing and there may be many thousands more covered up in this way.— Greensburg New Era.

Judge Beeman received a number of photographs Tuesday from John W. Fish, construction commissioner of the big Monon' ditch, showing the progress of the work in making the excavation for a mile and a quarter in solid stone. The channel through the rock is some thirty feet wide and varies from ten to twenty feet in depth. It is an enormous undertaking aiid it was freely predicted that it would never be accomplished. Several years were spent in trying to establish the ditch before it was finally done by Judge Beeman, and he appears to have selected exactly the right man to Sush it to completion. The work i necessarily slow, however.— Starke County Democrat.

, Carroll county ha* a population of 23,787, and ha* 13 township*. The estimated expense for assessing next year is 31,894. Jasper county has a population of 16,492, and 13 townships. The estimate for assessing here is $3,164.85, or $1,177.85 more than in Carroll county. In Deer Creek tp., (which includes Delphi, a city nearly twice as large as Rensselaer), the estimate is $281.50. Our own township of Marion is $375.05!

Benton county’s tax levy last year for county purposes was 22 cents on the SIOO, while Jasper county’s was 45|. Benton is almost as large in area as Jasper county and has a larger population than the latter, yet in the exSmditure estimates for next year enton is a great many thousand dollars below Jasper, notwithstanding she has 150 miles of gravel roads and the estimates include $5,000 for new buildings at the poor farm, and she pays more to state and benevolent institutions, etc., than Jasper county.

The first thing needed in Jasper county is the compelling of aIF officials, township and county to comply with the statutes as laid down for their guidance. Public matters have been run here so long without regard to law or anything else that it will no doubt be a little hard “breaking in” frisky officials, but it must come. The poor devil of a taxpayer who harbors a worthless dog is hounded dow'n and made to “cough up” that the dignity of the laws of the state of Indiana may be maintained, but the public official—who is presumed to know the law as well as the ordinary- taxpayer at least — goes right ahead openly defying the spirit and letter of the law concerning the management of his office every day, and not even a word of caution is meted out to him. Let all law-breakers be treated alike, and especially should public officials who handle the people’s money be made to feel the strong arm of the law whenever they so brazenly defy it.

COMMUNICATED.

The County Estimates. The estimates published last week by the county officers are put before the people that they may know what the probable cost of county administration is to be the coming year. It is the humble opinion of the writer that most all the estimates are high, very high. Take the office of county superintendent, as an example, and we find that the estimates for this office are higher than what the largest counties of the state paid their superintendents last year. Allan county has over 9,000 district school children, Marion over 6,000, Tippecanoe over 5,000, and Laporte over 5,000, yet Jasper with a little over 3,000 asks more pay for her superintendent than any of the above pay theirs. Allan county has 176 district schoolteachers employed, “Marion 159, Tippecanoe 152, Laporte 137, Jasper 108, yet Jasper is asking much more pay for her superintendent than any of these populous counties paid theirs last year. The superintendent of Jasper county does not have anything like the work to do that the above superintendents have, yet it is claimed that every working day of the year (holidays not excepted) he is constantly and laboriously employed in the duties of his office. Personally, we have nothing against Mr. Hamilton. We are just merely complaining of an unreasonable amount being paid to the Jasper county school superintendent, whoever he may be. Excepting the commissioners, the law places the principal county officers on a salary, for these officers are employed all the time, or at least are expected to keep open * office every day, but the county assessor, surveyor, superintendent, etc., not being employed all the time, are paid by the day. » Why Jasper county should pay her superintendent more than counties with three times the school population pay theirs, we would like the county board to learn before it accepts the estimates made for this office the coming year. xx

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WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From our regular correspondent.) Have we, as a people, anything to gain by joining hands with Great Britain in a Napoleonic policy of world-conquest? Although the administration is at present carefully concealing any disposition it may have to enter upon such a policy, the disposition is believed to exist, and that question may become a leading one in next year’s Presidential compaign. In diplomatic circles it is believed that the first steps towards such a policy have already been taken, and that the suspension of Dr. Bedloe, as U. S. Consul at Canton, China, at the request of the government of China, is one of them, although it is stated at the State Department that the suspension of Dr. Beloe was brought about by some irregularity in connection with his issuing papers to an American vessel engaged in supplying arms and ammunition to the Filipinos and in issuing certificates to Chinese merchants trading with the Philippines. The present attitude of greatness occupied by the U. S. was attained by following from the days of Washington a policy of strictly attending to our own affairs and leaving the people of other nations to do the same. The glamour of foreign conquest has turned the head of the people of other nations many times in the past, and a few months ago there appeared to be danger that Americans would be blinded by the same glamour, but the common sense for which Americans are renowned, has come to the rescue, and our people are realizing not only the meaning, but the danger of adoption of an imperialistic policy by the U. S., and present indications are that that realization will result in a restoration of the democratic party to power, and a resumption for the only safe foreign policy of this government to follow. Men who at the beginning supported the expansion policy of the administration, are now severely criticising the results obtained by following that policy. For instance, the Washington Post, which has to all intents and purposes been an expansion sheet, says editorially: “Either we have not the genius and the temperament for successful colonization, or we have been grotesquely unfortunate in the selection of our agents. It is impossible to see at I this moment where and in what respect we have accomplished anything important either in Cuba or in the Philippines In the latter we have undertaken to set up the regime of law and order and civilization, and we have failed utterly. In the case of Cuba we have undertaken to give the people selfgovernment, or at least to test their capacity in that line, and we have done neither. In the Philippines we have for six months or more been engaged in a petty and perfectly fruitless war with the natives. In Cuba the government consists of a military autocracy, little if any more beneficent than that conducted by the Spanish Governor Generals in times of peace. In Luzon it is actual war we have upon our hands. In Cuba, it is smouldering discontent, turbulence in various parts of the island, and a fatuous and feeble tyranny at Havana.” Two designs for the new $5 silver certificate, one having upon its face a vignette of Washington, and the other one of Jefferson have been submitted to Secretary Gage It is said that a republican Senator heard about this and at once hurried to see Secretary Gage to tell him not to adopt the Jefferson design, because, if he did, it might become known as a democratic note. Be that it may, Treasury officials say that the Jefferson design is not likely to be adopted. The prediction that all of the 35,000 volunteers, authorized by Congress would be enlisted, has been almost verified. An order for the enlistment of one more additional regiment which will bring the number of volunteers nearly up to the limit, has been issued by Secretary Root, and the new regiment will be composed of negroes. The officers will, of course, be white men.

Notwithstanding the statement of Secretary Gage that the Treasury would be able to meet all of the expenses incidental to the large army we are preparing to send to the Philippines, in addition to other governmental expenses, without asking congress to impose new war taxes or issuing more bonds, expert financiers who have carefully studied the matter, and whose opinions are not influenced by political exigences, still predict that more bonds or more taxes will be necessary, and when it is remembered that there was a deficit of $90,000,000 in round figures, at the close of the last fiscal year, the prediction seems reasonable. It

may also be mentioned that special agent* of the Internal Revenue Bureau are known to have been engaged for month* in investigating the working of the various stamp taxes, presumbly with an eye to more Congressional legislation in that direction.

WE MEAN YOU.

Let every reader of The Democrat make an effort to get at least one new subscriber for The Democrat and Sentinel during this month. We now have almost nine hundred regular subscribers in Jasper county, and we want to increase this 600 during the next few months. Take hold and help us and we can easily accomplish this.

TEMPERANCE MEETING.

Program fur all day temperance picnic at Mt. Ayr, Sept. 6, 1899: 9:00 a. m. Mu5ic....... ..Mt. Ayr Cornet Band Song Choir Invocation Rev. T, M. Sanderson Song Primary Sunday school scholars Recitation Virgie Crowe Recitation Josie Miller Song. Choir Address Rev. P. H. Faulk DINNBB. 1:30 p. m. Music Band Song.... Choir Recitation.... Anson Chupp Song Primary Sunday school scholars Address Hon. I. S. Wade Song Male Quartette Address ...H. S. Bonsib Song Choir 8:00 p, m Contest for silver medal

Cost of Assessing, 1899.

As all bills for assessing are no doubt now in, The Democrat gives below the cost of assessing each township, together with the amounts paid the auditor for making plat books, county assessor, board of review, etc., as compiled from the various allowances of the county commissioners since June I, 1899: Hanging Grove $ 108 00 Gillam IM 00 Walker 170 00 Barkley 193 00 Marion 184 00 Rensselaer (city) 204 00 Jordan 138 00 Newton , 126 00 Keener 155 00 Kankakee 124 00 Wheatfield (township and town) 170 00 Carpenter and Remington 268 00 Mi1r0y.................................... 118 00 Union .' 228 00 H. B. Murray, making plat books 185 42 Total $2535 42 J. R. Phillips, sal'y Co Ass'or &of exp. 199 70 J. R. Phillips, serving Bd. Review.... 75 00 S. D. Clark, same 72 00 W. O. Roadifer, same 75 00 J. C. Gwin, same 75 00 H. B, Murray 75 00 G. E. Marshall, print for Co. Assessor.. 12 95 Grand Total $3119 87

Notice. I have an ad elsewhere in this paper offering some bargains in Jennings county land. Do not be deceived and misled by statements that the soil around North Vernon is the best in the county. Butlerville is in the center of some of the best agricultural lands in southern Indiana, and is the very best soil in Jennings county. If you want fair treatment come to Butlerville. E. C. Davis, Real Estate Broker. Butlerville, Ind. For Sale:—Lots 5 .& 6, Newton’s addition, 134 feet front, good location. Easy terms. Enquire at this office. NOTICE. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, biliousness, sickheadache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a spring tonic and. blodd purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. A. F. Long. B. F. Fendig.

Notice of Appointment. State of Indiana, ) County of Jasper.) BS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of James O'Ragan, late of Jasper county, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Lvcius Strong, Administrator. Chilcote & Jfarkinson, Atty's for Adm’r.

Nonce oi w seinieMijii Esne. In the matter of the estate cf John C. F. Dutton, deceased. In the .Jasper Circuit'Court, September term. 1899, Notice is hereby given. That the undersigned, as administrator of the estate of JohnC. F. Dutton, deceased, has presented and filed his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for the examination and action of said Circuit Court, on the 29th day of September, 1899, at which time all persons interested in said estate are required to appear in said Court and and show cause, if any there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. • Ana the heirs of said estate, and all others interested therein, are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of theit heirship or claim to any part of said estate. Wm. Washburn, ~, „ . Administrator. W. H. Copver. Clerk. Veda* Hoosier Poultry Powder VHMs UMta«ok Bold by A. F. Lon«.

Professional Cards. ATTORNEYS Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate. Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office first stairs east of Poetoffice. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, L*w, Abstracts, Loan* and Real Estate. Office in Hollingsworth Building, Ist floor, rear of McCoy’s Bank. Geo. X. Hollingsworth Arthur H. Hopkins Hollingsworth & Hopkins, * Attorneys at Law. EWOffice second floor of Leopold’s Block, Corner Washington and Vanßensselaer sta. Practice in all the courts, purchase, sell and lease real estate. Attorneys for Rensselaer B. L. & S. Association. Jas. W. Douthit, LAWYER, Rensselaer, Indiana. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L. N. A. AC.Ry. and Rensselaer W.L. AP. Co. over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana. FRANK FOLTZ. C. Q. SPITLSR. MARRY R. KUKRI* Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) Atto rn ey s-«t- Law. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Abstracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the courts. Office over Farmers’ Bank, on Washington St., RENSSELAER. IND.

J. F. Warren J. F. Irwin Warren & Irwin, z Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellow's Block. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. R. S. Dwiggins, COUNCELOR AT LAW, Office in Room 7. Forsythe block, Rensselaer, Ind. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, - - - Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. BANKING. Addisoh Parkinson. John M. 'Wasson. President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Casjiier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. The Only State Bank in Jasper Co DIRECTORS. Addison Parkison, G. E. Murray, Jas.T. Randle, John M. Wasson and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This btmk is prepared to transact a general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rates of interest. A share of your patrouage is solicited.

PHYSICIANS. _ _ E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Postoffice, Rensselaer, Indiana. Orrics Phohi. 177. Risiobnck Fhors, lIS. 1. B. Washburn, Physician & Surgeon. Dr. Washburn will give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eyes for glasses. Ornes T«l«phOh« No. 48. R.sioknc. Phoni No. 87. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. DENTIST. H. L. brown; Dentist Office over F. B. Meyer’s drug store. JOHN H. JESSEN, CIVIL ENGINEER. < I make a specialty of all kinds of ditch work. Estimates of cost of construction furnished. Orders left at The Democrat office will receive prompt attention. T RHEUMATIC, the new and Neverfailing Cure for Rheumatism. Will a cure in all stages and conditions. Try it and be convinced. Greatest Blood Purifier known. Ask your druggist about it. For sale by all druggists. street fair, Sept. 1