Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1900 — Page 4

JIM COUHTY Mil f. f. BIBCOCK, WITOBIKD PUBIISHER. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. ■ntered at the Post-office at Rensselaer. Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEARS!.<» SIX MONTHSSOc THREE MONTHS2Sc. Payable in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Ellis & Murray's Store.

Public officers should obey the law. a Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas, died Wednesday. “I would not trade the life of one American boy for all the trade of the Orient.’' —William J. Bryan. The Anti-Imperian.-tls have endorsed. Bryan for president and will devote their energy to his election, Latest reports from the seat of war in China is to the effect- that Peking has been captured by the a Hied forces. In this general prosperity scheme President McKinley forgot to give the Indiana farmers a good wheat crop. What have they done to merit that kind of neglect?

The Democrat begins publication with this issue of a series of cartoons entitled ‘‘Willie and his Papa. - ’ They are “true to life” and both entertaining and instructive. Every odious,.man-enslaving trust in-the country is supporting McKinley. “Trusts are a good thing. - ’says Mark Hanna. “They are not an issue,” says Senator Fairbanks. President McKinley’s campaign cry, “keep the mills open," is understood not to apply to the mills closed by the trusts This explanation is given for the benefit of republican orators who may not have received their instructions. Most of the spilling of blood that is going on in the world today from the Ashanti, the Congo and the Transvaal to Luzon, China and Jambi. is the direct result of the greed that calls itself “business enterprise.” Philadelphia North American. The Indianajxdis Press, independent (?) seems to have thrown oil the “independent" mask entirely and can say nothing 100 bad about democrats and the cause they stand for. This, however, is no surprise to those who were acquainted with the Press’ founders.

Pre- ulelit Mc K i 1111 -y liast■ ■ns 1.. haul down the AnyricHii Hag in Alaska and to surrender American territory to Great Britain, thus putting thousands of American citizens at the mercy of John Bull. But perish the thought that its protection should lie removed from the harem of the Sultan of Sulu! henever a Republican stands before an audience and tells that audience that a war of conquest will pay, that we can afford to purchase trade with blood, you tell him to buy it w ith his own blood and not send other people’s sons there.”—(From William J. Bryans Tomlinson Hall Speech at Indianapolis.) The county commissioners have advertised that they will hold a special meeting on Saturday, Sept. 8, to let the contract for completing the notorious Keener tp., gravel roads. We would suggest that the taxpayers of that township see that the contractor's bond don't get “lost” this time and that a special guaid be placed around the construction fund, else they may have to pay for the road yet a third time.

The Democrat’s question of several weeks ago as to who ordered the metallic furniture which has been stored in the court house basement for many months and for which the Art Metallic Furniture Co., has had a hill of $375 on the commissioners’ docket for months, remains unanswered. If the matter was “straight” and legitimate, why don't someone in a position to know the facts answer this question? Also, why haven’t the commissioners paid the bill instead of continuing it for the past six or eight months? It is probably the intention to continue this $375 bill for metallic furniture until after the full election,'along with eight lawsuits now pending against the county.

I “If you want to extinguish the trusts you have got to take the extinguisher out of the hands of the trusts.”—William J. Bryan. James K Reed and Robert L. Mason, who have been engaged in examining the recbrds and fee book in the Hancock county clerk’s office, prepared their report for the commissioners today. The contents of the report in detail will not be made public until it has been spread of record but it is known that it discloses a shortage in the clerk’s office during the term of office of A. V. B. Sample of $4,999.95. The report also shows a small .shortage against the present clerk William A. Wood. The experts were much delayed in their work by the theft of a number of papers and notes from a drawer in a desk in the clerk’s office, which was broken open.— Indianapolis Sentinel. Our republican friends are making a great deal of noise about the “disfranchisement oFthe negro vote” in North Carolina, yet if any one will take the trouble to look up the qualifications of suffrage in the different states he will find that the reliably republican state of Massachusetts disfranchises all citizens who cannot read and write and who do not pay taxes on a specified amount of property. In the great republican state of Pennsylvania non-taxpayers are disfranchised. Why should such a law be considered proper and right in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and improper and wrong in any southern Mate? Has the fact that the politics of the two sections are different anything to do with it?

The Jasper county democratic convention was composed of about one hundred representative democrats from all sections of the county. This convention unanimously endorsed the candidacy of Lucius Strong for state senator and directed the delegates to said convention to east the solid vote of ■Jasper county for Mr. "Strong. The cow-puncher of the Barnacle went to Monon on the day of the senatorial convention anil tried to defeat the nomination of Mr. Strong by working on the delegations of the other counties, but, like the democrats of Jasper county, they paid no a'tention whatever to him. And this antiquated relic of a prehistoric age the ring insists in foisting on the democracy of Jasper county as a democrat! Ye Gods! but they have gall.

Township Trustee S. R. Nichols advertises in the Apologist that he will let the contract for building a new school house in District No. 8, Barkley tp , on Sept. 8, and M. W.Recd. ditto, in the Journal, in District No. 5. Jordan tp., on Sept. 8. The law requires that these advertisements be placed in “two leading papers published in the county representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes at the last proceeding election,” but neither of these gentlemen, evidently care anything about observing the law, so we presume one publication will be given to the Barnacle, which is under the fostering care of the republican ring. The democrats of Jasper county do not recognize the sheet in any way, and The Democrat sends about 75 papers into Jordan tp., while the Barnacle semis but 2. The same ratio exists in Barkley. The reign of both these trustees, however, will soon be ended and men elected in their steads who have some regard for the statutes and the rights of others.

Worse Than Waste.

New York World: With vast areas of land in the West that by the expenditure of a few million dollars for irrigation would sustain millions of white men in comfort and happiness; With the slums of our cities crowded with men and women and children who clamor for the education that will tit them for citizenship in the republic; With public improvements, roads, bridges, etc., imperatively needed even in the oldest and most thickly settled parts of the country; With taxes pressing heavily upon those least able to bear; With opportunities for the expenditure of every dollar of surplus money in advancing the enlightenment, the comfort and the civilization of the masses of the people who live in these 45 states We are spending $713,000 h • lay. according to the official figures, upon war. Is this good sense? Is this patriotism? Is this glory? Is this duty? Is this destiny? Subscribe for The Democrat.

Endorse “The Democrat.”

To “The Democrat,” the Banner op Truth: for publishing the merits of the railroad tax decision by the legal voice of the taxpayers of Barkley tp., and by holding forth the truth, fearless of the straining power so prominently shown by the reverse, many of the solid citizens of Barkley township whose basis is truth and equity, feel grateful to the Democrat editor in h iscourse of truth and uprightness shown them and the world at large, and the regard he has for that sacred jewel, Truth, and we wish him a continuance of support and prosperity while striving against that restless power of the adverse. Signed, Barkley Township.

About Illegal Allowances.

The Democrat is not making war on women, but whenever it becomes necessary in referring to any allowances made from the county treasury which we consider illegal we shall in the future as in the past give the name of the party to whom such allowance is made, be it man or woman. For years Jasper county has been bled in every conceivable way. The county treasury has been drawn bn for “soap for court house” in order to help out some favored woman in getting brasstrimmed bedsteads and fine center tables as premiums. It has been drawn on for laundry bills, barber bills, bills for services never rendered, also bills for copist work in order to help out some favored one who was out of a job. It has paid “padded” printing bills and in fact bills without number that never ought to have been paid, and Godonly knows what all it has not been pulled for. No doubt the contents of the large number of beer and whiskey bottles cleared out from the court house basement about the time the new janitor took charge was in part at least charged up directly or indirectly as “Mdse, for court house” and paid for out of the county treasury. If thfe taxpayeis could only see the many schemes that have been resorted to for extracting money from their pockets as we see them in looking over the records, it would make their blood boil with indignation. The Democrat believes that every county officer and employe of the county should have every penny that he is entitled to under the law, and we feel sure that every taxpayer in the county thinks the same. But it is the ' special and unauthorized allowI ances made to various officers and 1 others which we object to, and the number of such allowances foot up to a great big sum in the course of a year. When we get an investigation of the county records— and it is bound to come, regardless of the strenuous efforts of guilty ones to prevent it— the amount of money that has been taken illegally from the county treasury of Jasper county will almost exceed belief. While the Barnacle “editor” lias existed here for years by republican support, to keep out a decent democratic paper, and at every opportunity the county treasury has been raided to accomplish this result the gang don't like to spend its own money when it can get at the public crib —and many questionable bills have been paid him, and that some member of his family has almost continuously for years, either directly or indirectly, drawn pay for “services’’ at the court house, it was not our intention to speak of all this when referring to a bill for §l2 “election expense”, allowed by the commissioners last week to a daughter of the Barnacle “editor,” but rather for information from the count}’ officers. The claim as entered on the records reads for “election expense.” As we have officers elected and drawing good salaries—with no extra deputy hire allowance—to perform all the functions of their respective offices, not see wherein Jasper county was under any obligations to pay this bill—one of many in years pastas we presumed it was for some copying work. If it was for such work then the officer having the work done should have paid it out of his own pocket, and not Jasper county. Therefore we asked for the. name of the party who employed her, and wo repeat the J question again: ‘Who employed) Mrs. Bostwick to do this work,! and what was the nature of the I services rendered? Will the county commissioners kindly answer this question?

Hitch anil feed Barn.

Having purchased the Masker hitch and feed barn, 011 North Cullen street, one block north of Makeover hotel, I wish to state to the public that horses and rigs left nt my barn will have the best of care and attention. Same old prices.

FRANK KING.

“My baby was terribly sick with the diarrhoea,” says J. H. Doak, of Williams, Oregon. ‘.‘We were unable to cure him with the doctor's assistance, and as a last resort we tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. lam happy to say it gave immediate relief and a complete oure.” For sale by J. A. Larsh

Prevented A Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs. George Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, saved two lives. A frightful cough had long kept her awake every night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but steadily grew worse until urged to try Dr. King’s New Discovery. One bottle wholly cured her; and she writes, this marvelous medicine also cured Mr Long of a severe attack of Pneumonia. Such cures are positive proof of its power to cure all throat, chest and lung troubles. Only 50c and SIOO. Guaranteed. Trial bottles free at J. A. Larsh’s drug store.

Big Bargain.

For snle:—Nice 4-room cottage with good barn, well of water, corner lot, high and dry, in select neighborhood. Price and terms to suit buyer. Call on E. P. Honan. /

HONEY TO LOAN.

A special fund to loan on City property for a term of 5 years or less at a low rate of interest. Also have private funds to loan - on personal or chattel security at currentrates of interest, a complete SET OF ABSTRACT BOOKS.

JAMES H. CHAPMAN.

OAK LUMBER.

My sawmill is now running, 5 miles north of Rensselaer, and I am prepared to furnish all kinds of oak lumber and sawed to order, if required. Phone 176. D. H. Yeoman, Rensselaer, Ind.

5 PER CENT. MONEY.

Money to burn. We know you hate to smell the smoke. Stock up your farms while there is money in live stock and save taxes on $700.00 every year. Takes 36 hours at the longest to make the most difficult loans. Don’t have to know the language of your great grandmother. Abstracts always on hand. No red tape. Chilcote & Parkison.

. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters Tablets are

EASY TO TAKE. SURE IN EFFFCT. They act gently on the Bowels, Liver and Kidneys, effectually cleanse the system from all impurities, beautify the complexion, prevent Headaches and Fevers,cure indigestion and dizziness, overcome habitual constipation, and restore the bloom and vigor of youth. Sold by all druggists, iu tablets or liquid at 25 cts. per box or bottle. Warranted to cure constipation. Money On Farms AT 5 PER CENT A special fund to loan on Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, wi|h privilege to make partial payments any interest paying time, and Commissions as low as can be had in the county. Call at Commercial State Bank, No. Side Pub. Square, Rensselaer, Ind. $25,000.00 Will be paid by the Cincinnati Enquirer for nearest correct answers on the Population of the United States for 1900. Each ten years the Census report shows as follows: Year. Population. Year. Population. 18101,239,881 1860....31.443 32i 1820.. 9,633,822 1870... 38.558,371 1830.. . 12,866.020 1880.. .50,155,783 1840.. . 17,069,453 1890... 62,622,250 1850.. .23.191.876 1900 Gums What will be the population of the United States, excluding recent acquisitions, but the total of States, Territories and the District of Columbia? To the nearest correct jneso received ... 83,000.00 To the lecond 1.500.00 Te the third 750.00 To the fourth 500.00 To the fifth?. 250.00 To the sixth 200.00 To the seventh 150.00 To the next 10, each >'loo, amounting to 1,000.00 To the Beat 50, each §SO, amounting to 2,500.00 To the text 100, each $25, amounting to 2,500 00 To the next 500, each $lO, amounting to 5,000.00 To the aext 1,530, each §5, amounting to 7,650.00 Total Mabir of pnmiuu, 2137. ammting to $25,000.00 st.oo for a year’s subscription to the Weekly Enquirer must accompany each guess. Eleven yearly subscriptions and eleven guesses for SIO.OO. In case of a tie, money equally divided. This Contest will close October 31, 1900. See Weekly Enquirer for full particulars. Enquirer Company, Cincinnati, O. Subscribe for The Democrat.

Rensselaer Bargain Store. Bring your “Star,” “J. T.” “Horae Shoe,'* “Old Honesty,” “Good Luck,” “Cross-Bow,” and "Spear-Head” tags to me and get sOc per 100 for them.

No. 2 Road Scrapers ..$6.50 EACH.

Near Monon Depot. C. E. HERSH ft AN.

Ml MS (111 MBS 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, 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 Engihes 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 cal] and see them and get a catalogue. Thanking you for past favors, I am, yours truly, CHAS. A. ROBERTS. Located at Glazebrook’s Blacksmith Shop, Front St,. Rensselaer, Ind

JOS. HMS’ HOG REMEDY MS HW Mtra 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-tb cans $12.50,. half cans $6.50. For sale by CH AS. A. ROBERTS Rensselaer, Ind.

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Veils’ Hoosier Poultry Powder Makne Bene Lay, eurei Cholera, (la pee and Soup, and keepe poultry healthy. Prtee, SSr. per packar* Sold by A. F. Long.

JUST RECEIVED, A New Stock of ..GUNS Call and see them.

Morris’ English Worm Powder Sir'll"' 1 ckeeofWonnoln Hnraea, • battle, Sheep or Dopa, aho Pin Worme In Coital I’rice. Wo. per box. Sold by A. F. Long.