Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1899 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

»■ Beware of the men who ate always E trying to defend the scoundrels who # are fattening on public plunder. A I dose inspection will generally reveal I. the fact that they are sharing in the | booty.— Hebron Newr. | So far as heard from the new rets form laws are pleasing the taxi payers. |A few years of the county reI form law and Jasper county’s tax levy will be put down with that of I neighboring counties. The county commissioners of I Marion county will at once take | the necessary legal steps to collect | the moneys due the county from the officials involved as shown in the expert examination of the records of that county. Don’t fail to give The Democrat a little credit for the reductions made in the county tax levy ; by the County Council. The Democrat has been the only newspaper friend the new reform laws nave had in this county. The return of Senator Hanna will be celebrated by knocking in I the head of a barrel; but there are thousands of republicans who would rather have honest government by the people than the money of the trusts and combines. i No paper, be it Democrat or Republican, can afford to ignore the wrong doing of any of the county officials. In private business his actions and honor are subject to scrutiny and criticism, and he should not become a privileged character at the expense of his party. —Oxford Tribune (rep).

Prosperity comes from the people. The Republicans say that prices are rising. There are several ways to make rising prices. One way is form a trust and raise the price of something that farmers will buy without raising the price of something that he must sell, so that he is obliged to burn the candle at both ends.

One republican member of the County Council remarked the other day that he used to use cigars in “lectioneering,” but it now appeared to be the fashion to use lead pencils. The pencil estimates were given a good knifing, and it is not probab.le that so many pencils bearing the brand “BurtTerry Stationery C 0.,” will be carried by private individuals as formerly.

Whatever controversy there may be as to what Admiral Dewey has said recently, it can hardly be denied that after the smashing bf Montejo’s fleet the American officer looked upon the forces of AguinaU do as in co-operation with those of the United States, and certified to them as a better set of people than the Cubans. No valid reason has appeared for a change of this opinion. The tax-payers of Jasper county . owe a vote of thanks to the county council for the reductions made in proposed county expenditures and a resultant lower tax levy. While the council felt that even a greater reduction might be made in the levy, they did not want to make the mistake of cutting it down too much the coming year and then be compelled to raise it again the year following. Referring to our new township and county reform laws a few days ago, a Chicago paper said: “Indiana has had the worst local governments of any state in the union. The prisons ought to have been crowded with corrupt county and other officials. The . wealthiest men in the state are those who have served a few years in the county offices and on county boards. The abuses and evils of the svtem finally caused a popular revolt and this change is the result”