Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1899 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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.