Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1900 — Page 4

im COUNTY ■!. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. F. E BIBCOCK, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. ■stored at the Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONt ONE YEAR tl-00 SIX MONTHS 50c THREE MONTHS 25c. Payable in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application et. a ; « Office on Van Renaselaer Street, North of Ellis <fc Murray’s Store. For President in 1900, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Democratic Conventions. National Convention, Kansas City, July 4.

“McKinley and Roosevelt!” will be theslogan of the trust magnates this campaign, w hile that of the people will be “Bryan and ——l” Uncle Sam seems to be up against it in China. He will now proceed to protect British interests and carry out other tasks imposed upon him by his new departure. Not so long ago, a landslide swept from power a Congress and President who had spent a billion dollars in two years. What will happen to one which has spent three quarters of a billion in one year? . ■ --—/*—■ First the President landed marines in China; now he is sending soldiers; pretty s<«»n lit* will won-' der whether it wouldn't be just as well to take a slice of Chinese territory as indemnity for something or other. Imperialism and lust of territory grow by what they feed on. The Rensselaer Republican gives notice that hereafter all announcements of Zionist or Dowiete meetings will be refused space in that paper.-Morocco Courier. We note, however, that the Republican makes no promises to refrain from prevaricating, and its readers may expect the usual compliment of false statements about county affairs this fall, a feature that has heretofore made that sheet prominent as a ring defender. Tire democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is sending out a list of trust-controlled goods, which have been, as a result raised in price; also a table showing that the farmers of the country are paying one-third more for every-j thing they consume, than they) were paying when the republican ; administration assumed power, I while they have lost since March j 4, 1897, by the decline of prices in , farm products, the enormous sum ' of $2,000,000,000.

Senor Nicholas Rivero, editor of one of one of the leading Havana papers, who has been in Washington, a few days, thinks thereJias been wrong-doing in other branches of the Cuban Government as well as in the Post Office branch. He gave the Senate Committee a pointer that should not be overlooked, when he said: “I wish we could have a thorough investigation of the expenditures of money on sanitary and engineering works. Such an investigation might reveal some interesting facts. The reports of fraud in connection with those works are very persistent in Havana, and investigation might show that a great deal of Cuban money has been improperly expended.” The opinion has been expressed by some that the 20 per cent, required to be kept back on the Keener tp., gravel road contract, but which was all or nearly all paid out, can be collected from the ex-auditor and treasurer who drew the warrants and paid out the money. The contract price was $31,8 58, mid 20 per cent, of this would amount to $6,371.60, while according to the financial report issued January 1. 1900, there was only $566.11 in the Keener gravel road fund. Those expressing this opinion think that it was the duty or both the auditor and treasurer to take cognizance of the fact that the law expressly says that “no payment shall be made by the commissioners for more than eighty (80) per cent, of the engineer's estimate of work by the contractors, nor shall the whole amount of the contract be paid until the road shall have been received as completed by the Board of County Commissioners,” and should have refused to draw warrants or paid them, even though so ordered by the commissioners; and that they are liable on their official bonds foi . having done bo. The commission' ers give no bond, the auditor and treasurer do.

Dowlesim is gaining ground at Rensselaer. —Oxford Tribune. This is easily accounted for, if true —the Official Apologist is fighting it. If we haven’t a sufficient number of troops in the Philippines to keep the Filipinos in subjection, how are we going ‘to be able to send a lot of them to China to help the Europeans whip the Chinese “boxers” into subjection? That is the problem which now confronts Mr. McKinley and his Cabinet. And after this government helps the European government knock out the boxers and set up a new Chinese government, what will come next? That is the problem which may, in the very near future confront the American people. Are we ready to assume any new’ responsibilities for the government of more Asiatics? Have we not already more of that sort of thing than is desirable? The administration was greatly ch agri lined by the indifference of the people of Washington towards Gen. E. 8. Otis, aud took special pains to add attractions to the reception given him by the people of Rochester, N. ¥., his home city. Secretary Long sent the full marine band, at public expense, and Secretary Root, virtually ordered Gen Joe Wheeler, now’ an unassigned brigadier General in the regular army, to go to Rochester to help add enthusiasm to the occasion. Mr. McKinley has been made to realize, by the indifference of the public tow’ard Gen. Otis, bow unpopular His Philippine policy is with the people, and with the realization has come alarm. He knows that the responsibility for putting Otis in i command in the Philippines, and ; keeping him in command after I his unfitness for the position had been shown up, belongs to Wm. 'McKinley, and he fears that the I people will be as indifferent {towards him on election day as I they hare shown themselves to be towards Otis now. The spectre of j doubt has become Mr. McKinley’s I co 11 st an t co mpa 11 ion?

Who Pays the “Freight?”

! "Should the injunction be granted and susi tained by the supreme court the loss would j fall upon the bond holders, who are innocent ( parties to the transaction.”—Rensselaer journal's comment oh the Nelson Morris injunction case. We hardly think the above opinion is worth a pewter damn, and doubt very much if it even succeeds in pulling the wool over the taxpayers’ eyes long enough to get another vote for the old ring ticket. Let's dissect this opinion a little. These bonds were issued and Isold by Jasper county and the money was paid over toeaid Jas- : per county’s treasurer. . j Jasper county levies and collects the tax to pay off said bonds and the bondholders know no other party to the transaction but Jasper I county. If the commissioners, auditor and treasurer are enjoined from levying or collecting any further gravel road tax in Keener tp., who will the bondholders look to for' the §23,500 still back, together together with interest? Must the bond buyer keep watch ,of the money he pays for his bonds and see that it is not squandered or illegally paid out by the county’s “trusted servants,” in order to make his bond good? It is his business to see that the bonds have been regularly and legally issued before he invests his money in them, but here bis supervision I ceases. The money might be all | spent for lager beer and pretzels or be divided up among the politi-j clans of the inner circle for all he - cares or knows, and we are of the I opinion that the courts would hold j his bonds good. With all due regard for the learned opinion of our neighbor! over north, we beg L> differ with { him in this case, anil the taxj>ay- I ers of Jasper county may just as well make up their minds first as last that there is another big lawsuit on hands and that they will have the costs to pay, with a good prospect of also having to pay the $23,500 still back on unredeemed bonds. Republican incompetency, reck lessness, criminal carelessness or rascality—call it what you please —comes high, but it takes some I people a lung time to see it.

A Life end Death Fight

Mr. W.A. Hines of Manchester, la., writing of his almost miraculous escape from death.says: “Exposure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery which wholly cured me. Hundreds have used it on my advice and all say it never fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles.” Regular sizesoc and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Larsh’s Drug Store. -

Tells Seme Unpleasant Facts.

The Fowler Leader, the leading republican paper of Benton county, sometimes “speaks out in meeting,” much to the consternation of the administration shouters of that bailiwick. Here are a few of its jabs on the Cuban scandal: “It seems a little bit unfair that" the department of posts in Cuba should be made the scapegoat for all the corruption on the island’s administration, when it is well known in Havana that the postal irregularities and defalcations are but a bagatelle in comparison with the stupendous frauds that have been perpetrated and judiciously covered up in this city alone, to say nothing of suburban military railroads, etc. Havanna has always had the reputation of being a warm place, but if the political pot continues to boil over much more it will soon be pronounced too hot for comfort. “The military muddle is getting thicker than ever. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, late chief of staff, got away just in time. Before leaving he remarked to a friend: - ‘We all knew it would have to come, and I thought the sooner the better, but those tender toes up there in Washington wanted the cyclone staved off till after election. ‘Keep quiet down there or the Democrats will catch on, and then the devil will be to pay.’ So we kept quiet until some jay squealed to Congress, and then —well, now the fat is in the fire, and nobody knows who stole the fish.’ For many months, in fact, since January, the military authorities in Cuba knew of the gross extravagance, the criminal carelessness and the glaring inaccuracies, not to use stronger terms, that existed in the department of posts; but they also knew of the amazing rottenness of the city government, which was under military jurisdiction, and for which army officials in Cuba were responsible, and they hesitated to stir up such a cesspool of corruption, realizing that all the virtues of the §125,000 electrozone plant and other disinfecting fakes would not be sufficient to deodorize Davis’ doings, let alone purify the city expense account. “Besides, the constant admonitions from the White House—‘Keep Cuba Out of Politics’— could not be ignored, so the military authorities in control followed as long as possible the advice of the late Colonel Ingersoll: ’Never look for wha! you don’t want to find,’ and were happy. “Finally, when a discharged employe of the auditing department, who happened to know something of the peculiarly loose system by I which the postal service was regulated, found himself in Washington and out of a job he straightway opened the bag and let out a kitten, not realizing that behind it was a whole batch of cats. The newspapers started the ball to rolling and forced the administration to wire to Wood that delay was no longer possible, and that an investigation of the postoffice must begin at once. “So Colonel Burton began where he had been called off some time before, and the announcement of a serious shortage was followed by C. F. W. Neely’s arrest. The postal scandal once made public there was nothing to do but to assume a surprised, injured and indignant air of righteousness, and to insist upon more arrests, examinations, suspensions and investigations galore. Imperative and peremptory orders have been issued to investigate the custom-house, the Cuban treasury, the North American Trust Company at once —because the accounts of these departments are known to be absolutely correct and above reproach. The most marvelous efforts in the direction of reform are being made on all sides. Investigation is the order of the day—search warrants are as common qs hand bills, and every man is supposed to be ready to turn his pockets wrong side out at a moment’s notice. “The activity of the War department irt looking up ‘safe things’ is really inspiring, and much credit will be ascribed to General Wood and the military authorities for their astuteness in discovering the postal frauds and their zeal in bringing the guilty parties to justice. A stupenduous attempt will Ibe made to make* a miserable failI ure redound to the credit of Re- ! publican military rule in Cuba. “The real facts are that the' present administration lacks the 1 fore-sight to discover, the courage Ito denounce and the ability to bring to justice the real thieves and political parasites, Ixitli civil and military, that lune disgraced pur occupation of the island. I Neither Genend Wood, Colonel j Burton, nor any member of the I army first discovered irregularities jin the Havana postoffice. The information came from an entirely different source, and when the probable state of affairs was reported at Washington, Col., Bur-

ton was instructed to look the matter up. His investigation last January showed a shortage of some $12,000. When this result was announced at headquarters, the powers that be immediately inquired if further search would tend to incriminate Mr. Rathbone or First .Assistant Postmaster General Perry 8. Heath, and when told that, as indorsers and supporters, if not actual partners of C. F. W. Neely, they would certainly have to bear a share of the blame, the investigation was called off with a capital C. and p. d. q at that. “Of course, when the true state of affairs began to leak out and to get into public print, there was a grand hustle for shelter and a loud cry for the apprehension of all guilty parties. But it is a conspicuous fact that, although Mr. Rathbone has been suspended, no steps have been taken to prosecute the man who, as director-general, the founder and absolute master of the whole system, was directly responsible for the irregularities and iniquities which he permitted. The pace he set—and it was a good one —was the cue and creed for the whole postal push. “Neely is really the only consistent party to the conspiracy, and now no one seems to have ever more than heard of him. Mr. Heath’s denial before the cock found a chance to crow the second time is amusing. As Neely remarked: ‘Perry Heath can’t go back on me. The idea is absurd.’ “It seems particularly so in the face of the fact that at intervals of about ninety days Mr. Heath wrote to the director-geneTal of posts, dwelling at length on Mr. Neely’s fitness for the office ho held, his rare capacity as a financier, and each time suggesting that his salary be raised from two to five hundred at a clip. The suggestion from such an authority on integrity and business ability was of course acted upon, and the chief of the bureau of finance had his salary increased froin §I,BOO to §2,000, to §2,500, and finally to §3,000, ! in appreciation of his rare abilities I and as a mark of respect to his I champion sponsor, Perry 8. Heath, j First Assistant Postmaster-Gen- | eral. “Mr. Neely did not come to j Cuba for his health or for the good lof the postal service. He came {because, in the language of the I professional politician, ‘God’s in i it, we’re in it and there’s money in j it.’ Before he had been there thirty days he set himself to ascertain how much of the country he could acquire, and soon began to corner good things at both ends of the island. His success was phenomenal, and petitions to ‘come into the game’ were plentiful on all sides. But Neely was particular about his partners, and none of the small fry of the postal service was permitted entrance to the inner circle; only moneyed men and high officials of Washington or Havana were considered eligible. Perry Heath’s ante, of course, was always up, and officers in army circles w’ere sometimes allowed to stand in.V

A Good Cough Medicine. It speaks well for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy when druggists use it in their own families in preference to any other. “I have sold ’ Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy for the past five years with complete satisfaction to myself and custom- ! ers, ” says Druggist J. Goldsmith, | Van Etten, N. Y. “1 have always! used it in my own family both for ordinary coughs and colds and for the cough following la grippe, and find it very efficacious.” For sale by J. A. Larsh, druggist. 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 hereby agree to refund the money on two 2u 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 ns 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 monej’ refunded. "A. F. Long. B. F. Fendig. , cite* Hoosier Poultry Powder Makea Hem Lay, cure* Cholera, dapee and Koup, and keepe poultry healthy. Price. Me. per packer* Sold by A. F. Lons.

Rensselaer Bargain Store. Brlnfl your “Star" "J. T." “Horse Shoe,” “Old Honesty." “Good Luck.” Cross-Bow,” and Spear-Head” tags to me and get 50c per 100 for them. Wire Screening, per sq. ft $ 021 Common Screen doors, complete .\ 1 00 Fancy Screen doors, complete 1 35 No. 8 Galvanized Wash Boilers 2 00 16-inch Lawn Mower (1 only) 2 50 No. “O” Barrel Churn 2 95 Nails per lb 034 Galvanized Barbed Wire. 350 Adjustable Window Screens, each 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 50 Mixed Paints, cclors, per gal , •••••• White Paint 1 20White Lead, per lb 05 Warranted Scythes, to close *’ ’ * ’ 1 50 3 & Can Tomatoes, 3 for , 25 No. 2 Galvanized Tubs 60 No. 3 Galvanized Tubs 65 Paris Green per ft) . . 35 ' Near Monon Depot. C. E. HERSHHAN.

Ml MS lid HE And all the boys that want a nice Buggy: Remember 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 sale. I will name some of the goods: - Studebaker Farm Wagons, Weber Farm Wagons, x Studebaker Buggies and Carriages, Page Bros. Buggies, 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 at the world’s fair at Chicago, and is better to-day than ever; and these two machines, viz: the McCormick New 4 Mower and the Right-Hand Binder, the world cannot beat. You are cordially invited to call and see them and get a catalogue. ,^'t»'U, W'U'W'WU*WV , 4 Thanking you for past favors, I am, yours truly, CHAS. A. ROBERTS. Located at Giazebrook’s Blacksmith Shop, Front St,, Rensselaer, Ind.

" OS. JOS. HAAS' HOG REMEDY -SSL Nite Hoos Bffl M. 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; 25-85 cans $12.50, half cans $6.50. For sale by CHAS. A. ROBERTS, Rensselaer, Ind.

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foi me seow or M. me ironing Bred siomon WILKES ABDALLAH NO. 4645. Brown horse, 16-1 hands high, weighs 1300 pounds; bred by R. P. Pepper, Frankfort, Ky., owned by T. M. Hibler, Joliet, 111. Sired by Onward, who has 144 in 8:30 and better and, 100 pioduclng sons xnd over 60 producing daiiKhters; he by the tnlghty Geo. Wilkes, with over 200 direct descendants in the 2:0 list, Wilkes Abdallah's Ist dam is Jeannette, sired by Wotxlford Atnlallah, he by Woodford Mainbrlno, 2:21H. he by Manibriuo Chief; 2d darn is Japbet, sited by Buflord's Cripple; 8d darn Doniphan, aired by Davy Crockett. NOTICE TO BREEDERS. Wilkes Abdallah will make the season at my farm, known as "the old i Cleveland Farm,” in Milroy Township, at sls te insure. He should be seen to be appreciated. He has size, legs, feet and disposition—ell that go to make a Hrstclass individual. 1 purchased hint to use on ray own mares. liavipg seen his I progeny and know him to be a number one breeder. He gets size, color and I actore-which brintfa the long prices just now. and that kind are going higher every day, as good horses are very scarce. He will be found In charge of my agent. I D. Art Whitney, at the farm, who will give you all desired information. 1 , _ T. M. HIBLER, Owner. I - Address. Sharon, Ind. D. ART WHITNEY, Manager.