Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1900 — COUNTY PLATFORM. [ARTICLE]

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.