Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

off. It will also recommend that the several funds of the clerk, auditor, recorder, treasurer and sheriff be abolished, and that all salaries and percentages be paid directly out of the county fund. The meeting at the national capitol last Sunday evening to express sympathy for the boers and condemnation for England was the greatest outpouring of Washingtonians that has occured in years. The big opera house was crowded to its fullest capacity and many members of congress, and senators were present and took part in the meeting, but it was a notable fact that no representative of the adminstration was present. Although invitations had been sent to officials high in authority, they staid away. Senator Mason of Illinois was one of the republican senators in attendance, and he prodded his party quite vigorously. When introduced by Chairman Sulzer * he said that he had no apology to make for coming to this meeting on Sunday night. “I hold,” he continued, “that there is no hour too sacred or place too dear to speak for the cause of liberty. I congragulate Washington, the capitol of the nation, on this sympathetic demonstration in behalf of a sister republic. “The conflict in the Transvaal is a struggle between liberty and slavery. When you hear these monarchists open their services with long prayers and tell of what they will do for downtrodden people in far-off lands you usually find them closing w ith a description of the resources and wealth of those countries. The boers are right, but unless we can aid them in some way their cause may not triumph. The bird of liberty has hitherto always found a resting place in this country. Lately the American eagle, it appears, has taken to eating carrion. We do not want for the boers the kind of liberty that England would give them. We want the boers to have the kind of liberty they want. If you have any influence lend your voice to the cause of the boers. If you have no influence, but have convictions, speak your sentiments.”

Shelby County Again.

The grand jury called in special session by Judge Morris in Shelby county to investigate the stealing of records and other violations of law by the county officers, returned indictments against ex-County Treasurer Wilson and Wm. McDougal, deputy sheriff, charging them with presenting false claims against the county. They gave bond in the sum of $2,000 each. This is said to be only a starter for the grand jury and it is expected other sensational developments will follow. The county council has appropriated $1,500 for the purpose of hiring experts to make an examination of the county offices immediately under direction of the court. All this is being done in the “reliably democratic” county of Shelby, and prominent democrats are behind the movement which is uncovering the rottenness of almost exclusive control by one party of county affairs for many years. Statistics show that Jasper county is much more rotten than Shelby in many ways, but we can get no investigation here. No, sir. Not to be thought of for a moment, notwithstanding nearly one thousand prominent voters and taxpayers of all political faiths petitioned for it.

Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere iu Jasper County. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates Funds always on hand’ W. B. Austin. It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every state in the Union and in many foreign countries’that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a certain preventive and cure for croup. It has become the universal remedy for that disease. M. V. Fisher of Liberty, W. Va.,. only repeats what has been said around the globe when he writes: “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in my family for several years and always with perfect success. We be.lieve that it is not only the best cough remedy, but that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved the lives of our childrttK Wlttber of timea” This remedy is for sale by Hunt Bros., Druggists.