Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — Convention Call. [ARTICLE]

Convention Call.

The Democrats of Kankakee Township will meet in mass convention at the Dunnville schoolhouse on SATURDAY, JULY 14, at 8 p. m.. for the purpose of nominating a township ticket John Finn. Chm. Bert Vandercarr, Sec. Hurrah for Bryan! The democratic platform is the platform of the people. The Morgan county court has decided that the fee and salary law means what il says and county officials are entitled to no compensation except that provided by law. Ex-Treasurer J. M. Wilson us Shelby county, has been fined SIOO and sentenced to serve from two to fourteen years imprisonment for presenting a false claim against that country. A dispatch from Shelby county, says: The investigation of county affairs by the Shelby county grand jury still continues. Every day adds new interest and brings glaring frauds to light. The petitions for the pardon of J. Marsh Wilson have been killed. According to an official report of Gen. Davis, a large number of Porto Ricans will not do any work as long as they can draw free rations from the government. Gen. Davis has been ordered to give notice to the Porto Ricans that the issne of free rations will be discontinued July 15th.

Our republican friends are trying to boom prosperity by showing that Kansas has such a big wheat crop that she needs 20,000 harvest hands to help her gather the crop. Well, Indiana has no wheat, and could easily furnish the 20,000 harvest bands to. the more fortunate Kansans. At a late meeting of the Boone county council money was appropriated for the purpose of investigating the records of the county offices. The commissioners have contracted with Hedges & Johnson, experts, to investigate the records of the sheriff, auditor, treasurer and clerk for 81,200. That there has been extravagance as well as stealing in the Cuban Postal Service was practically acknowledged by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, who has just returned from Cuba, when he said that he had made reductions in postal salaries while there that aggregated SIOO.000 a year, and he clinched that acknowledgement when he added: “No clerks have resigned since the reduction, because of being illpaid, and I am satisfied that they are how paid all the work is worth. If any of them should resign, there would be no difficulty in filling their places at the same salaries.” Republican gall is no new thing, but a striking exhibition of it is the attempt of some republicans to blow about the §80,000,000 Treasury surplus for the fiscal year that ended Saturday. If it had not been for the $100,000,(XX) produced by the war taxes,-which the Republican Congress refused to reduce. there .would have been a $20,(XX),000 deficit instead of a surplus, and even with the war taxes unrepealed, there will be no surplus next year, if the republican Congress keeps up its extravagant appropriations at the next session. There is more for the republicans to be ashamed of than to blow about in that surplus. J. M. Lautmann has, at the solicitation of friends, consented to become a candidate for Representative. Mr. Lautman is one of Hammond’s representative and pioneer business men. He came to the city when it was of little importance from a mercantile standpoint and has conducted a successful business here ever since. He is the only pioneer merchant still in business. Conservative, he is yet progressive. Enterprising, he regpeje man and as a citizen. If nominated he will make a vigorous campaign and will certainly make a good showing on the evening of election day when the votes are counted—Lake County News.