Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — Page 4
« MH DEMOCRIT. Official Democratic Paper of Jaaper County. I.I.BIBCOCK, EDITOR HDPIIBUM. Entered at the Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEAR SI.OO SIX MONTHS 50c THREE MONTHS a 25c. Payable in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Ellie & Murray’s Store.
Notice To Advertisers. All notices of a business character, including wants, for sale, to rent, lost, etc., will be published in The Democrat at the rate of otre cent per word for each insertion. Nd advertising will be accepted for less than 10 cents. Cards of thanks will be published for 26 cents and resolutions of condolence for •1.00. For President in 1900, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET.
For City Mayor, JOHN EGER. For City Clerk, f EARL MANN, For City Treasurer, JERRY HEALY. For City Marsha], ABRAHAM SIMPSON. For Councilmen, Ist Ward, MOSgS TUTEUR, JOSEPH SHARP. For Councilman. 2d Ward, FRANK PARKER. For Councilmen, 3d Ward, JOHN F, CHILCOTE, CHARLES E, HERSHMAN
Call for Democratic County Nominating Convention.
The delegates selected by the precinct meetings throughout the county, will meet in Rensselaer. Ind., on SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 1900, 1:80 p. m„ to select delegates and alternates to the State Convention, the Congressional Convention, the Senatorial and Judicial Conventions, and to the Representative Convention, and nominate candidates for the following offices to be voted for at the general election in November, 1900: County Recorder, County Treasurer County Sheriff, County Coroner. County Surveyor, County Assessor, County Commissioner. Second District, County Commissioner, Third District, Three members of the County Council at large, also County Councilmen from the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Councilmanic Districts. N. S. Bates, Chairman. C. D. Nowels, Sect'y.
Township Conventions.
MILROY TOWNSHIP. The Democratic voters of Milroy Township and all other voters of said township who desire to affiliate with them in the coming campaign, will meet in mass convention at Center School House, on SATUR DAY. APRIL 28,1900, at 1:80 p. m., to nominate a full township ticket—Trustee, Assessor, Advisory Board, Justices. Constables and Road Supervisors. John Southard, Tp., Chm. BARKLEY TOWNSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the Democrats of Barkley Township will meet in Mass Convention at Cosy Palace schoolhouse, in said Township, on SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1000, at 2 o'clock p. m„ sharp, for the purpose of nominating the following Township Ticket: One Trustee, one Assessor, three members Of the Advisory Board, and three Road Supervisors. John Schroer, Chairman. John Marlatt, Secretary,
Announcement of Candidates. ASSESSOR. BARKLEY TP. HORAITO ROPP is a candidate for the nomination for Assessor for Barkley Township, subject to the decision of the democratic township convention. By the way, what has become of Buller? Has he crossed the Tugela again? The iniquitous Porto Rican tariff bill passed the House Wednesday by a vote of 161 to 153. and is now a lew. Nelson J. Bozarth of Valparaiso, will be candidate for the democratic nomination for congressman from this district, we understand. Senator Spooner announced in the senate that the country was not bound by the formal promises made bv General Miles to the Porto Ricans. This is just a little further in the direction of “national perfidity and dishonor’* than the people of the country care to go. Those administration republicans and their “democratic’’ gold bug allies who thought to kill off Bryan and stampede the country to Dewey have found out by this time that the country didn’t stam worth a cent. The supreme court of Kentucky has decided 6 to 1 against usurper Taylor, two of the six votes being east by republican judges. Yet Taylor holds on to the office and will probably continue to do so until he is arrested for complicity in the assassination of Goebel.
It would, be pretty tough if Great Britain had to raise another army to go to ihe relief of Roberts. u --, - . Mark Hanna’s corruption fund this campaign is to amount to the enormous sum of $6,250,000 at least that is to be a starter. Owing to the “alarming strength being shown by the democrats,s2,ooo, 000 more than was ever used before will be necessary to carry the country for the., trusts,” says the boss. At a meeting of the democratic leaders, held at the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis last Saturday night, which was largely attended by democrats from all sections of the state, John G. Shanklin was the first speaker, and he struck the popular chord when he affirmed that the proper thing to do in making the national platform is to readopt the Chicago platform and add planks against trusts, imperialism and militarism, and then nominate Bryan by acclamation. All other speakers endorsed Mr. Shanklin’s sentiments. Of a large number of democrats interviewed on Dewey’s announcement, not one expressed any favor toward him.
A message of greeting signed by 22,000 school boys of the city of Philadelphia is on its way to President Krueger of the South African Republic. The message is as follows: "We, the undersigned, students of the public schools of Philadelphia, the city where our own forefathers enlisted in. their splendid and successful struggle against English oppression, desire to express to you and to the fighting men of the South African republic their great admiration for the genius and courage that has checked English invasion of the Transvaal, and the undersigned extend their most earnest wishes that in the end the South African republic will triumph over England in a war in which the Boer cause is noble, the English cause unjust." The message is being carried in person by one of the number who was selected for the purpose. How humiliating must be the attitude of President McKinley’s administration in this cause to all liberty-loving people.
Indianapolis Sentinel: —Edwin J. Forrest, committeeman from the Tenth district, said yesterday the democrats of that district are opposed to the candidacy of Admiral Dewey and he would receive no support from that section of the state. “If be were nominated, I don’t believe the democrats there would support him. There can be no question as to who the democrats of the Tenth district want for the candidate for the presidency; neither is there any question as to the platform they will demand. They want the Chicago platform reaffirmed and planks added against trusts and imperialism and other republican policies. The democrats of the Tenth district are well organized and very enthusiastic in their belief that this will be a democratic year. Those who were opposed to Bryan in 1896 will be with us this year and already many of them have taken an active part in county and district conventions.”
County Investigation Matters.
Bluffton, Ind., April 6.—Judge J. 8. Dailey, as county attorney of Wells County, has filed his report, in which he states that officers owing the county money in any official capacity are liable on their official bonds, except in cases barred by the statute of limitation. W hen the books of the county were examined it was found that the shortages of various ex-county officers amounted to over $13,000, all of which, excepting those of ex Treasurers James P. Dean, J. E. Sturgis and William Cover, are within the six years’ statute of limitation. The county commissioners at Wednesdav’s session acted on the report of Judge Dailey concerning the investigation of the county books, by instructing the county attorney to notify all ex-county officials reported as short, except those barred by the statute of limitation, that if they did not pay back the amounts reported against them into the county treasury on or before May 1, suits will be brought against them. . . II II II Hartford City, Ind., April 7 The experts who examined the county officers’ books report deficits of $4,400, as follows: Ex-Coun-ty Clerk D. 0. Caldwell, $2,800; ex-Bheriff E. C. Covault, $800; exSheriff Jesse Bugh, $400; exCounty Auditor Painter, S2OO, and ex-County Treasurer John G. Wood, $lO7. The two former are Democrats and the three latter Republicans. The ex-officials all contend the deficit is due to their construction of the law in regard to fees. The Blackford County commissioners will take steps to recover the deficit. ’ II II II * Many will remember quite a
feeling that existed in court house circles here-in 1898 over the refusal of the commissioners.to allow Auditor Riggs some $240 claimed as due him for services as a member of the board of review, over ,and above his regular salary. The boacd expressed its willingness to allow the claim if it was just, and suggested that he bring suit to test that point, but he did not do so. Just lately, in some counties where there has been an overhauling and examination of the books, county officers who were allowed for service on the board of review are declared to have received such amounts unlawfully, and to be justly in debt to their respective counties in those sums, thus substantiating the position taken at that time by the commissioners of this county.—Pulaski County cratH II II The commissioners of Washington county have ordered fonder Treasurer T. B. Cauble, or his bondsmen, to pay into the county treasury $1,543, making a total of $2,503 toward the alleged deficit at the close of his term, which amounted to $3,291. —Indsapapolis Press.
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
- The Common Council met in regular session Monday evening, with Chas. G. Spitler as president, the mayor being absent. The following council men were present: Murray, Dean, Spitler, Eger, McColly and Gwin. The marshal was directed to have the streets of the city properly graded and leveled as soon as practicable. The committee on Light and Water was ordered to cause to be installed a “goose-neck” hydrant for the use of sprinkling wagons. Said hydrant to be located on Van Rensselaer street on west side of public square at some place to be designated by said com mi tee. The fire chief, E. R. Hopkins was ordered to open and oil the fire hydrants and put same in working order and to adjust all shut off boxes so as to be flush with surface of street. It was further ordered that said chief be allowed extra pay for the time spent by him in doing such work. Wm. J. Donnelly on behalf of St. Augustine’s church asks permission to tap the sewer on Main street near its intersection with Cherry for the purpose of providing adequate drainage for the basement of the church building. On motion such permission wa& granted; the work to be done under supervision of the City Civil Engineer, arid the committee on sewers to assess the amount to be paid by said church for said privilege. William N. Jones was given the contract for painting water tank for the sum of $75. The following claims were allowed: Fire Dep’t, salaries to April 1 S9O 00 H R Kurrie, salary city treasurer 16 00 G E Murray " council man., 37 00' C J Dean " •• 12 00 C G Spitler “ " 37 00 John Eger “ “ .'. 12 00 J F McColly " “ 12 00 J C Gwin . “ " 37 00 T McGowan, salary marshal , 45 00 J W Childers, salary night watch........ 20 00 S C Irwin, salary eity cleFk 39 10 C S Chamberlain, salary to April 1 30 00 Peter Giver, “ “ 9 40 Lem Huston, “ " 22 50 Chas Ball, “ “ 13 10 Osa Ritchey, unloading coal. 10 00 A McCoy A Co., freight and express.... 86 14 General Electric Co,, supplies 10 70 Parke Co. Coal Co., c0a1.... 53 99 Landy McGee, work on line 15 00 J C Gwin, electric light pole 3 78 S C Irwin, L and W dept stamps, etc..... 13 50 True Wood worth, work on line 6 15 D E Hollister, salary.. 22 50 Harry Swartsel, work on street 2 25 Joseph Rowen, work on street 3 18 Chas Freeland work on street 3 15 Geo Platt, work on street 1 06 J E Ennis, work on street 3 45 J H Hoover, work on street 2 10 J A Ramey, work on street 63 Wm Huffman, work on street 2 50 M P Warner, wagou seat 1 65 A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.' Warren & Irwin are making loans on Jarm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County.
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Dr. Jordan on Political Issues.
Logansport, Aprir 3—Dr .David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford university, California, was by far the most attractive personage on the program at the Teachers’ association convention l ist week. Every teacher of the 3,000 in attendance endeavored to see and hear this very distinguished educator who, although one of* the greatest of moden scholars, and in constant demand to address meetings of teachers, scientists end writers, is yet a decided man of the people. He regards that the purpose of a university and other public institutions is to serve the people and all the people. He is therefore greatly interested in all political affairs and speaks his mind without reserve. He has been our national representative in important foreign matters —notably our treaty with England concerning our seal fisheries and Alaskan boundaries. At the Barnett hotel Friday night after his lecture he was for two hours the center of a group of eager listeners and discussed current politics. “Politics is the business of all people and it is the duty of us all to know what our government is doing and to talk about it. War is always deplorable as it destroys not our inferior men, but our best. We, and not the Filipinos, are responsible parties for this war. If we had given to those people a definite statement of our intentions toward them and had our intentions been honorable the war would have died out. Our atttudj has held the Filipinos together. They have on assurance that they will ever have self-government again if they lost it now.”
“Have you any sympathy for the idea of territorial expansion?” asked a prominent city superintendent. “Indeed, I am really an expansionist in principle, but that has nothing to do with this question. I am not an imperialist. I would not hold lands as provinces or subjected territories, and that speaks for a great majority of the Americans.” “Do you think Bryan would or could proceed differently if he were president?” “Yes. He would have declared our intention at the ,very beginning to give them self-government and representation so soon as order is restored. And every man who would not give them representation in our government is an imperialist and not an expansionist. Bryan I think is a man of fair but not great intellect, of very strong convictions and is too honest and too brave te be corrupted or frightened from them. He is a good, safe, all around man. I did not vote for him in 1896 but I will now.” “What do you think of Beveridge’s speech?” The weakness of Beveridge’s speech is that he tries to make that the point that congress has control of onr possessions. Ships, forts, arms, stores, crops are possessions, but we dare not consider men as property and foist upon them a government they despise.” “Is it Bryan’s or McKinley’s view that is gaining among the people?” “After all this talk do you ask what I think?” Let me quote you Roosevelt on that. He said to me last week. ‘Jordan, I wish to God we were out of the Philippines and had them off our hands,’ and many republicans are thinking the same. lam free to quote Roosevelt because I consider him in many respects one of the greatest men in the republican party.” “How do you size up McKinley?” “Let me quote you Roosevelt again. He said: ‘McKinley has about as much backbone as a toy chocolate man that you see on the confectioner’s stand; he is a dreadful disappointment.’ ” “Whnt do you think of President Schurman’s report on the Phillippines?” “Shurman is a good man, but he is essentially an aristocrat and an aristocrat can not make a govment for the masses.”
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