Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1900 — Page 4

JIM GOOUTT DM. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. F. E. BABCOCK, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Catered at the Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRII’TIONi ONE YEAR.......... .................. . H.OO SIX MONTHS a 50c THREE MONTHS .fSc. in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Ellis & 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 one cent per word for each insertion. No advertising will be accepted for less than 10 cents. Cards of thanks will be published for 25 cents and resolutions of condolence for #I.OO. For President in 14)00, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Democratic Conventions. National Convention, Kansas City, July 4.

COUNTY PLATFORM.

Whereas, Many counties of the state, by employing experts to examine the county records, have reclaimed thousands of dollars ot fees and bills which have been wrongfully and illegally collected and held by county officials, and Whf.reas, Jasper county having been for years one of the very highest taxed counties of Indiana, and is at present burdened with one, if not the heaviest debts of any county of the state in proportion to populotion and wealth, and Whereas, our county commissioners refuse to grant the peoples’ petition when they pray for an honest investigation of the county records; therefore be it Resolved, by this convention, that its candidates, today nominated pledge themselves, that if elected, to use all honorable, economical and reasonable means to have the county records examined that the people may know the true condition of our county affairs; and further, be it Resolved, that as a party and as candidates we promise to encourage and practice the most rigid economy in county and township affairs, consistent with public good, and we invite all lovers of fair dealing and good local government, to join us in trying to bring about the consumation of the pledges herein made. And further, in asking the support of all good citizens, we do it not for the sake of party triumph and party advantage but that a better order'd thir gs may be brought about in bur own county management. And be it further resolved, that we, beiieving as we do, in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitut'on of the United States that all men are created free and equal and that all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, we can but symyathlze with the struggling Boers of South Africa, who for their liberties are today battling against the very same foe, the same enemy of republican form of government our fathers met and so triumphantly vanquished on the Held of Yorktown one hundred and nineteen years ago. And further and final, in national affairs we firmly stand by the last national Democratic platform and we today declare William J. Bryan to be our choice for thfc Democratic Standard Bearer in the approaching presidential campaign.

Republican incompetency comt's high. Yes, when you see it in The Democrat, it's so. If the war is over, why don't our republican friends repeal the war taxes? Jasper county’s numerous lawsuits are fat picking for the legal fraternity but a little tough on the taxpayers. Bro. Marshall thinks Nelson Morris should be robbed on the Keener tp., gravel road swindle because he’s rich. That’s “anarchy,” George. Hon. B. F. Shively of Indiana, I is being pushed for the democratic : nomination for vice-president, and , the chances are that he will receive the nomination. It cannot’ be said that Nelson Morris brings suit in the Keener tp., gravel road matter simply for “political thunder,” for we under- ■ stand that he is a republican. Taxpayers of Jasper county, do' you want any more monkey-fud-' filing of public afTairssuch as that of the past few years? If not, knock out the old gang completely at the polls this fall. Governor Mount is a man after . Bro. Marshall's own heart. The l-.tt r would even kiss the hem of the cowardly murderers of Goebel. Happily, all republicans are not of the same mould as Marshall. Rend over the Democratic county platform again, and then, even i hough a republican, make up your mind to support the party that adopted it. 11 means exactly what It sa\s. remember that. Come, Bro. Marshall,Don’t you think it about time to apologize for all those- harsh things you said about THe De.m<x rat when we were turning a little light ou the management of county affairs?

Taylor, the Kentucky refugee from justice, still hovers under the protecting wing of Indiana’s chief executive, the latter having again refused to honor a. requisition for his return fortrial.' The'closing days of Mount’s reign are not adding any luster to his official career. Remember that the democratic candidates for county offices are pledged to have an overhauling of the books, if elected—a complete investigation so that the people may know exactly how county matters stand. Don’t you think something of the kind is needed in Jasper county? Even though the county council did cut in two the estimate of Truant Officer Hammond, the Wheatfield Banker, Joe evidently don’t propose to allow his banking duties to prevent his absorbing the whole of the appropriation that was made, and S3B of it went glimmering at the June term of commissioners’ COUlt.

The Democrat this.week contains the most information about the county poor asylum and farm that has ever appeared in any paper in Jasper county. The people for years have had little knowledge of this institution as conducted of late years, except knowing that it was a blamed expensive institution. The report filed by the present superintendent last week contained more genuine information than all the previous reports of years, and we publish it almost entire.

The supreme court has reversed the decision of the lower court in the contested election case in Pulaski county of Williams, (dem) vs Borders, (rep.) The returns gave Borders!) plurality, but Williams contested and several illegal ballots were thrown out, electing the latter. The former appealed but the lower court decided against hifa. He then appealed to the supreme court with the above result. The court held that the voting for two candidates for the same office only invalidated the ticket so far as those two candidates were concerned, and the balance of the ticket should be counted for the various other candidates.

The Indianapolis News, independent republican, says: Trusts have been forming with great rapidity ever since McKinley became President. His chief adviser, Mark Hanna, is an avowed advocate and defender of trusts. The Republicans of his State “turned down” Attorney-General Monnet, who made the most conspicuous attack, so far undertaken, to attack trusts. The AttorneyGeneral of the United States has not lifted his hand. Only at the very end of the session, just before the presidential campaign opens, has it occured to the Republicans to take up the question. It will be difficult for them to make thinking people believe that they are in earnest in this matter.

Editor Bowser of the Chesterton Tribune, one of the leading republican papers of Porter county, said in last week’s issue of his paper: “When we see our poor mother breaking her heart over the fate of her baby boy, helpless to aid him. we must cry out: To h— with the Philippines! They are not worth the blood and sufferings of our boys.” Editor Bowser refers to his brother, Bert, who joined the army at the breakout of the Spanish-American war and spent nearly a year in service in Cuba. He was then ordered to the Philippines and spent a year there. He was stricken with fever in the Philippines and sent to San Francisco, where he has been convalescing ina hospital. He weighs but 120 pounds and has not fully recovered, but has been ordered to the Philippines again, his friends say, to his grave. Judge George L. Reinhard, who received the nomination for Supreme Judge, Wednesday, was given a royal reception yesterday morning by the students of Indiana University. At the close of the chapel period about three hundred students formed in line, and headed by the University band, marched to the office of the Judge, and demanded a speech. The Judge came from his office to ■ the street where an improvised platl form was furnished him. After an introduction by Hon. Seymour ! RiddlJ the Judge responded in a , happy manner. He was not a can- | didate for the nomination and the fact that it was given him by acclamation made it an additional honor. The crowd that listened to the Judge was comjxjsed of hundreds of students and citizens i and the enthusiastic demonstration 'was another evidence of the fact , that those who know Judge Rhein- | hard best are those that love him most.- Bloomington Courier.'

Jasper county is indeed pretty well fixed for lawsuits. Let’s see, there is the Heinzman Bros. case, the Grindle & Weatherhogg case, the W. B. Burford case, the Nelson Morris Keener tp., gravel road case, the Jasper County Telephone Co., case, in which the county is defendant, and the Iroquois ditch case, the Wakarusa ditch case, in which the county is plaintiff, and the old moss-covered tax-ferret case in the Supreme court, a total of eight big cases that we now call to mind. And the “dear people” pay the expense. The Industrial Commission, socalled, has provided itself with a pleasant summer junket, all of the expenses which will be paid by the “dear people.” It has decided that the industrial conditions, principally flirtations and such, along the Northern Atlantic coast, must be investigated during the summer, and has arranged for meetings of the Commission during the next <hree months, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the New England states. One of the first duties of a democratic administration and Congress will be to abolish the Republican Government Commission humbug, which has become so rampant, and so expensive, under the McKinley administration’

A marked feature of the political situation, is the genuine scare of the republican leaders over three states which they have heretofore been claiming as certain to cast their electoral votes for McKinley. These states are New York, Indiana and Illinois. In New York with Croker to look after greater New York, and Hill to look after the other portions of the state, pulling loyally together, the republicans realize that the state will be doubtful. In Indiana, the state ticket nominated by the democrats, headed by Hon. John W. Kern, is so strong that Indiana Republicans have notified the leaders' of the party that the state is in danger. In Illinois, the tide has been running anti-republican for some ' time, and appeals for help are bering received in Washington. ' This scare is so bad that prominent republicans are saying that it is useless to consider candidates from other states for the second place on the McKinley ticket; that he must be taken from one of those three states, and must be a man who will add strength to the ticket. Mr. McKinley has gone out of his way to make friends with Senator Mason, of Illinois, who was anti-administration during the recent session of Congress, and* has succeeded in getting Mason to promise to take the stump for him. As Mason isn’t the sort of man who can be won over by jollying, it is likely that he has received some definite and iron-clad promises of future patronage.

County Investigation Matters.

Portland, June 9.—Ex-Treasur-er D. P. Bolds and his bondsmen have been made defendants in two auits brought by Noah Mangold, auditor of Adams county, to recover SB,OOO which, it is alleged, he collected and failed to turn over to the county.

The Feo and Salary Commission has done a public service by publishing an instructive tabulation, showing the total salaries allowed by law to the five principal officers of each county’ of the State, together with the total amounts paid to them, exclusive of delinquent tax fees and interest on county money paid to county treasurers. In rare instances the amounts paid do not exceed the legal salaries, but in most counties they do, while in some they are nearly double. When the Legislature passed the present fee and salary law, the people and the majority of that body believed that the language was so unequivocal as to strictly confine county officers to their salaries, but it appeals that the ways of abstracting money from the county’ treasury are still numerous. “Per diems” for attending court, for going home and back again and for all sorts of purposes, seem to be a fruitful source of profit for tax-eat-ers.—lndianapolis Press.

Mr. W. S. Whedon, Cashier of the First National Bank of Winterset. lowa, in a recent letter gives some experience with a carpenter in his employ, that will bo of value to other mechanics.-' Hesays: “I had a carpenter working for me who was obliged to stop work for several days on account of being troubled with diarrhoea. I mentioned to him that I had been similarly troubled and that Chamberlain's Colic,Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me. He bought a bottle of it from the druggist here and informed me that one dose cured him, and he is again at his work.” For eale by J. A. Larch, druggist.

Give Us Your Views.

The Democrat thinks the majority should rule—although it is not always conclusive evidence that those in the minority are wrong—therefore it would like to have the views of the people on the subject of Voting aid to the Gifford railroad scheme, either fortar against. The elections are to be held on July 17, and four more issues of The Democrat will appear before said election. We should like to hear from prominent taxpayers in each of the four townships interested, and will devote one or two columns each week to this subject. The writers are requested to use but one side of their manuscript when writing and to sign their name and address to the communication, but the name will not appear at the bottom ..of the same when published if the writer doesn’t desire it. It is but right and proper for the people to consider this matter, be thoroughly informed and know what they have to gain or lose before saddling a tax of over §70,000 upon themselves. Send in your communication as early in the week as possible and such as we can make space for will be published free gratis, regardless of what the views of the writer may be.

A Wealth of Beauty

Is often hidden by unsightly Pimples, Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, etc. Bucklin's Arnica Salve will glorify the face by curing all Skin Eruptions, also Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Ulcers, and worst forms of Piles. Only 25cts a box. Cure guaranteed. Sojkl by J. A. Larsh, druggist.

Business Now For 1900.

Buggies, surries. wagons, mowers and binders, threshing machine agency and a full line extras on hand, for mowers and binders. The deering Roller and Ball Bearing machine and the South Bend wagons. Also the Lafayette wagon, the Boss threshing machine, the Russel and the Gaar-Scott. Our line of surries can not be beat for the prices. We ask you to call and see our goods before buying elsewhere.. Remember we guarantee all goods. We also handle the John Deere goods, the Brown cultivator and harrows, and the Ohio Rake Co's goods; and best of all the Deering binder and mowers, and binder twine. Goods will be found at our wareroom near Monon depot. Wishing our friends a good, prosperous season, we are, Truly Yours, Renicker Bros. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. You may as well expect to run a steam engine without water as to find an active energetic man with a torpid liver, and you may know that his liver is torpid when he does not relish his food, or feels dull and languid after eating, often has headache and sometimes dizziness. A few doses of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets will restore his liver to its normal functions, renew his vitality, improve his digestion and make him feel like a new man. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Larsh's drug store.

NOTICE

We, the undersigned, do herpby 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 blood 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. Does It Pay To Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible for you. then in either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat ami lung troubles, “Boschee’s German Syrup ” It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but rfllays inflamation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many years by all druggists in the world. For sale by A. F. Long. ells’ Hoosier Poultry Powder Maks* n«n» Lay, curse Cholera, Gapes and Hoop, end keeps pool tryhealthy. Frlew. Me. psepa<Aafa Sold by A. F. Long.

Rensselaer Bargain Store. Bring your "Star/’J'J. T.” "Hone Shoe,” "Old Honesty,” "Good Luck." Cross-Bow, and Spear-Head” tags to me and get sOe per 100 for tjiem. Wire Screening, per sq. ft $ 024 Common Screen doors, complete 77777' 1 00 Fancy Screen doors, complete .. ... 135 No. 8 Galvanized Wash Boilers 7 7 7.7 ... 772 00 16-inch Lawn Mower (1 only) 2 50 No. “O” Barrel Churn 7777777 2 95 Nails per lb 7 7 7.. 77 7 034 Galvanized Barbed Wire 3 50 Adjustable Window Screens, each ..... 7.7 77. 25 Perfection Washing Machines from $2.25 to 3 75 Fishing tackle at the right price No. 8 copper, nickled tea kettles 1 00 Razors from 75c to. 1 SCK Mixed Paints, cclors, per gal.l 1 00 White Paint . 1 20 White Lead, per lb, 7.. 7 7.7. 05 Warranted Scythes, to close." *77 1 50 3 lb Can Tomatoes, 3 for... 25 No. 2 Galvanized Tubs f. 60 No. 3 Galvanized Tubs 65 Paris Green per lb 35 Near Monon Depot. C. E. HERSHHAN.

|HRMiMRS And all the boys that want a nice Buggy: Re- • member that I have the Rubber Tire jobs in stock. •) • Call and see them; you are welcome to inspect and •) • « get prices. Cash counts for anything I have for fA q sale. I will name some of the goods: Studebaker Farm Wagons, Weber Farm Wagons, ? Studebaker Buggies and Carriages, Page Bros. Bug- • gies, also other makes I have the agency for the • Weeks Weighing Scales, with patent combination •) • beam without extra charge; the Birdsell Clover • Huller, a world-beater, and the Huber Engines and Threshers' outfit. This engine won all four prizes tit the world’s fair at Chicago, and is better to-day ® than ever; and these two machines, viz: the McCor- • mick New 4 Mower and the Right-Hand Binder, •) • the world cannot beat. You are cordially invited to £) g call and see them and get a catalogue. A 'JWU'UVm’U'WUW • Thanking you for past favors, I am, yours truly, •) £ CHAS. A. ROBERTS. 2 Located at Glazebrook's Blacksmith Shop, Front St.. Rensselaer, Ind-

■agggggjjfr IDS. USS’ ■ HW Ms B® Men Pidoi. Fed regularly for a preventive it repays its cost three fold in extra flesh, saves grain, expels worms, stops cough. Prices $2.50, $1.25 and 50c per package; 25-lb cans $12.50, half cans $6.50. For sale by CHAS. A. ROBERTS, Rensselaer, Ind. < ► * I ~~ ’ RENICKER BROS. < , LOCAL AGENTS FOR " PURE MANILA, MANILA AND STANDARD TWINE, ETC. < !: Deeiino Goods LEAD, outers Follow. I office and V«xZBW non Depot ’:

2 Fw me season or' w. me irainno Bren Mien S | WILKES ABDALLAH NO. 4645.! (• Brown horse, 16-1 hands high, weighs 1300 pounds; bred by R. (0 0) P. Pepper, Frankfort, Ky., owned by T. M. Hlbler, Joliet, 111. (0 Sired by Onward, who has 144 in 2:30 and better and 100 pioducing sons and 60 jjA over 6<l producing daughters: he by thejplghty Geo. Wilkes, with over 200 direct descendants in the 2:30 li.<t. (0 Wilkes Abdallah’s Ist dam Is Jennette, sired by Woodford Abdallah, he by 60 —A' Woodford Mambtino. 2:21’..;. he by .Mambrino Chief; 2d dam is Japhet, sired by Rutlord's Cripple; 8d darn Doniphan, tdred by Davy Crockett. NOTICE TO BREEDERS. g Wilks’! Abdallah will make the season at my farm, known as “the old (® Cleveland Farm.” in Milroy Township, at sls to insure. He should be seen to be 60 appreciated. He lias size, legs, feet and disposition-all that goto make a firstclass individual. I purchased him to use on my own mares, having seen his (0 progeny and know him to be a number one breeder. He gets size, color and 60 actors-which brings the long prices just now, and that kind are going higher ev- * ery day. as good horses are very scarce. He willT>e found in charge of my agent, (0 D. Art Whitney, at the farm, who will give you all desired information. 60 •) T. M. HIBLER, Owner. 0) (0 P.O. Address. Sharon. Ind. D. ART WHITNEY, Manager, (0