Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Capt. Quthrie to-night. Yesterday was Arbor day. One week from next Tuesday is the election. Come out to the opera house tonight and hear Capt. Guthrie. Two deaths have occurred at Logansport from vaccination. Born, Oct. 23, to Mrs. and Mr. Clyde Reeves, in town, an 8 pound boy. Twenty pounds of white A sugar for SI .(X) at the Chicago Bargain Store. Clerk Major was in Indianapolis Tuesday to get the state ballots. Fred Clarke of Monticello, is assisting in The Demorcat office this week. The Delphi schools have been closed for some days on account ■of diphtheria. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dart of Chicago, visited Rensselaer friends a few days last week. R. C. Houser of Michigan City, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook, Wednesday.

Do not fail to come in and see our fine line of clothing, Rally Day. Chicago Bargain Store. The Halleck telephone exchange was moved into the rear rooms over the postoffice last Saturday. Robert Johnston, a former telegrapher and townsman, has secured a position in Ashtabula, Ohio. Perfect fitting, natural appearing, artificial teeth. Dr. Horton, first door west of the Makeever hotel. On Oct. 28th, another cheap excursion to Chicago, 75 cents for the round trip. W. H. Beam, Agt.

New pensions: John W. Don. Morocco, increase $8; Allen McDannel, Pleasant Grove, additional, sl2. A big delegation from Rensselaer will go over to Remington, next Tuesday night to the big democratic rally. A competent lady to assist in the cloak department, second floor, on Rally Dav. November Ist, at the Chicago Bargain Store. A torch light parade will probably be one of the features of tonight’s democratic meeting Come out and join the procession. Judson and Frank Hunt received news Monday evening of the sudden death of their brother Oscar, who was in the drug business at Knox. Mort Crockett, who has been at Batteneau, North Dakota, for the past four years, writes his father T. A. Crockett, southeast of town, that he has moved to Kalispell, Montana, where he is now running a hotel. Our high school foot ball team lost their first game of the season, last Saturday afternoon, being defeated by a score 6 to 0 won by Lafayette. A broken collar-bone for Jay Sayler was the nearest fatality that occurred. Duvall Bros., of near Sharon, have leased their 320 acre farm to Joseph Pollock of McCoysburg, who will take possession March Ist. The Duvall boys will return to their old home in Tazwell county, 111. Wo are sorry to have the Duvalls leave Jasper.

The Levey Sisters Comedy and Specialty company opened a threenight’s engagement at the opera house Wednesday night. The bill presented is very meritorius. The moving pictures and phonograph selections are entertaining, and the little Levey sisters present some clever specialties. Attorney E. P. Honan made his maiden political speech before a Rensselaer audience at the court house last Wednesday night. A goodly number turned out to hear him and all were well pleased with his speech. The Democratic Glee club furnished excellent music and singing for the occasion.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, •/feSl.J’&woo,. , First Stairs West of Post Office. Phone 351. RENSSELAER, IND.

Capt. Guthrie at the opera house to-night. Fred Tharp of Monticello, spent Sunday in Rensselaer. The perfect crown system. Dr. Horton opposite court house. J. W. Powell of Washington, is here until after the election. The Chicago Bargain Store has eighteen competent clerks engaged for Rally Day, November Ist. The greatest line of overcoats ever known in Jasper count}' at the Chicago Department Store, opposite court house. Mr. and Mrs. William McNeilly of Fowler, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Walter, southeast of town. Bring in your feet and have them fit with the best shoes made at money-saving prices, November Ist, Rally Day at the Chicago Bargain Store. For Sale: 120 acres of good land, 1| miles southeast of town, that which has been known as the O’Meara farm. For information address D. N. Dalton, Gilman, 111.

White county has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Wm. Luce, the Monon man recently found dead in the Toad between Monon and Monticello, and whom the coroner found had been murdered. Herbert Barney, who claims his home at Danville, Hl., was arrested here Thursday evening, charged with stealing a horse, buggy, harness and several other articles all valued at about 895. He is now in in jail awaiting trial in the next term of circuit court. John Medicos, who has been in the employ of Hiram Day,.was quite severely hurt last Friday morning, I eing thrown from a wagon. during a runaway near Remington, receiving an ugly gash just below the left eye necessitating several stitches to be taken.

I. A. Leavel has sold his 80-acre farm northeast of town to B. J.Gifford, consideration §55 per acre, the same Mr. Leavel paid for the farm two years ago. Gifford’s grape-vine railroad is to run diagonally through the farm, hence Mr. Leavel’s desire to sell it. He has rented the farm of Gifford and will remain nnon it another year nt least.

The Prohibitionists will have speaking here to-day, afternoon and evening. Their candidate for governor, Hon. Chas. Eckhart, their candidate for congres from this district. Hon. C. W. Bone, and Rev. Faulk of Morocco, will speak. The Archibald Bros, quartette will also be present and enliven the meeting with singing. Everybody cordially invited.

The Barkley tp., taxpayers decided at their meeting last Friday to drop the matter of contesting the Gifford railroad election. While they were confident of proving that numerous illegal votes were cast, they reasoned that a man who would knowingly vote when he had no right to do so would swear to anything, and if all swore they voted against the tax it would of course not change the result. Besides, Gifford had said to them that if the tax failed he would nt once proceed to call another election and keep on calling elections until the tax carried.

Owing to reasons stated elsewhere Capt. Guthrie’s date for speaking at Wheatfield.this afternoon has been canceled and Hon. Mortimer Nye, of Laporte, and Hon. J. H. Smith of Logansport, will speak there instead. Both are excellent speakers and a grand How of oratory and wisdom may be expected. Owing to a misunderstanding regarding dates between Mr. Nye and the committee, the former did not speak at Wheatfield on Friday night of last week. His understanding was that he was to speak there to-day t the 27, instead of the 19th, and it has now been arranged for Messrs. Nye and Smith to speak to-day at 1:30 p.m. The muddle in the former date was disappointing to many people, and is deeply regretted.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, October 27, 1900.

Will the man at the windlass again respond to the political whip and grind out offices for the ringsters who rob him on all sides?

Come to the greatest rally of the season and make your headquarters at the Chicago Bargain Store, November Ist. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 34: oats 20: rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 29; oats 22; rye 50. Wanted, Reliable men and women to introduce popular goods. Steady employment, S 3 to 85 per day easy made. Call on or address Robert Randle, Rensselaer, Ind.

The Carpenter tp., republican managers have cut Sylvester Gray off their ticket as a member of the advisory board, and put another in his place. Mr. Gray was the best man they had on their ticket, a life-long republicai® and this action in removing him from the ticket without his request or knowledgeisarbitrary and uncalled for. It is supposed Mr. Gray was considered too honest a man for the place, hence they wanted him off.

Captain Guthrie, who is troubled with hay fever, has been forced to cancel his dates for speaking which were fixed by the state committee. Quite a good deal of his speaking was done in the open air and it was more than he could stand, hence his dates were canceled at his request. As a special favor he has consented to speak at Rensselaer to-night, and this will probably be his only speech in Jasper county this campaign, therefore all who desire to hear this eloquent young man should avail themselves of the opportunity to-night.

The Indiana legislature in changing the time for election of township trustees and making their term of office four years instead of two, and then making them ineligible for re-election, plainly intended that no trustee should serve longer than four years. But, it seems, no particular reference was made to trustees serving under appointment, and the appointees took advantage of this to keep themselves in office, which is a plain violation of the intent of the law if not of the let' ter. In Jasper county the republicans have two candidates who have served already the allotted time, but by appointment. B. D. Comer of Union, has served about 4 years, we believe, and M. W. Reed of Jordan, 6 years. Neither should have asked for re-election, and we believe the better class of

“The Party Whip.”

voters of’those townships will put the stamp of disapproval on such evasion of the plain meaning of law by snowing each of these gentlemen under with an overwhelming majority at the polls in November.

That “Dirty Fight.”

Now honor bright, republican taxpayers of Jasper county, did you ever see in any county, state lor clinje, an alleged newspaper that could hold a candle to the Rensselaer Republican in apologizing for and defending republican law-breakers? Did you ever, see one word of criticism in that sheet directed against a republican office-holding law-breaker in Jasper county? The Democ rat has not mixed’ up in the Union tp., Trustee’s school house letting controversy, but that the said contract was let in utter defiance of the law regarding such contracts, everyone at all acquainted with the facts must know, we care not what any attorney says or how many advisory boards attended the letting. The law is plain and cannot be misinterpreted. Any public officer who knowingly violates the laws placed upon the statute books for his guidance, be he republican or democrat, isopen to JUST CRITICISM, and we have very little regard for those who seek to apologize for his misdeeds. If such honest criticism is “a dirty fight” against the law-breaker, well and good, but we believe it be a hard matter to convince any great number of people that such is the case. Mr. Comer has done a great many things during his term of trustee, it is alleged, that lay him open to just criticism. He has apparently worked the office for all he could get out of it In 1898, according tohis published report, he received direct about 8300; in 1899 about $350, and 1900 nothing is apparently known as to how much he did get, as it is omitted from the published report. Why this Omission? Another charge that is made against him by as honorable men as there are in Union tp., is the moving of a small house from a neighboring township in which a woman lay sick, from confinement the day previous, in order to secure a vote for himself at the coming election. It was the last day for importing voters and the family had to be moved regardless of consequences. It is alleged that a table was placed over the bed upon which lay the sick woman, to keep the plaster from failing upon her from the ceiling while

AT LAST!

The Old Tax-Ferret Injunction Case Is Decided by the Supreme Court Lower Court Reversed. The supreme court on Thursday reversed the lower court on the old moss-covered Fellener & Perkins tax-ferret case from this county, holding that the county commissioners have the right to make contracts with tax ferrets to discover property concealed from taxation and to pay a per cent, of such discoveries to the ferrets This decision, taxpayers of Jasper. comes just on the eve of an election wherein the people of the county are demanding an investigation of the county records and the republican ringsters will attempt to make much capital out of it. Don't be deceived by anything they may say Even were the present board of commissioners to order an investigation is their record such that you ns honest taxpayers who desire an honest, reliable and non-partisan investigation can rely upon anything that is ’done. Besides don’t lose sight of the fact that their investigation by the tax-ferrets was intended for the taxpayer. What we want in this county is an investigation of the county officers.

i the house was being moved. It is also alleged that the excitement incidental to yanking the house across the border into Union tp.. proved almost 100 much for her. ; and for several days her life was despaired of. These charges have i not been denied to our knowledge, and it would seem to us and all fair-minded men that instead of a , “dirty fight” having been made upon Mr. Comer in criticising his official acts, that gentleman himself has indulged in some very “dirty” polities in order to retain an office which the law-making power of Indiana clearly intended no man should hold seven or eight years.

Methodist Church.

Sunday, October 28: Morning subject, “What we read;” by the pastor. In the evening the Presiding Elder, Dr. Samuel Beck of Valparaiso, will preach and administer the sacrament of the Lord’s supper. Everybody invited. A new remedy for biliousness is now on sale at Larsh's drug store. It is called Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets It gives quick relief and will prevent the attack if given as soon as the first indication of the disease appears. Price, 25 cents per box. Samples free.

Vol. 111. No. 29

ATTORNEY A. D. BABCOCK.

Honest Candidate For Prosecutor 30th Judicial Circuit. Under the above caption the Fowler Review of last week gives the following complimentary writeup of the democratic candidate for prosecutor of this judicial district: The Review takes pleasure in calling attention to a few brief facts concerning Attorney A. D. Babcock of Goodland, Ind., who is now a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of prosecuting attorney of the 30th judicial circuit comprising the counties of Newton and Jasper. Mr. Babcock has very frequently appeared in the Benton Circuit Court for quite a number of years, has worked insurance and law business all over this county, and is known as a tireless worker and in every way faithful to the client who employs him. “Bab,” as he is familiarly known, always has a pleasant smile and as he is a good conversationalist, he is always welcome here. Attorney Babcock’s habits of industry were acquired by years of hard experience. He was born in Jasper county on September 28, 1852 and as a large part of his family were stricken down with typhoid fever when he was very young, he was forced to take a position as the head of his family when only 15 years old, and supported his mother, two sisters and a brother by hard work at cutting, sawing and hauling wcod in and about the old town or Rensselaer. He sent his oldest sister to Torre Haute, where she acquired an education ami afterwards taught several successful terms of school. The experience he had when a boy schooled him for the success of later years and at the age of twenty two. Dr. Patton and wife of Remington took an interest in “Bab's" erne and for two years he remained with them during the winter and attended the Remington high school. At the close of his second school year he promptly secured a two year’s license and afterwards taught ten successful terms of school, working in the summer time on a farm. He started in business in Goodland in ]SBS with thirty-five cents in his pocket, having in the meantime expt nded his money for the support of the family, and opened up a law. real estate, insurance and collections I office. ■ Ho spent the thirty-five ■ cents for signs and sailed in. By i dint of great industry Im h acquired a very comfortab 1 little fortune, is identified . h the i business interests in ii. homo town of Gotxlland and is now local I attorney for the ('. A E I. R. R., I and city attorney. We will say that Atton v BaK- ■ cock has transacted business with • farmers and merchants allow, r this ■country, has the reputation of beI ing an honest, respectable citizen and is a man of thorough business . habits. He served four years as deputy prosecutor of Newton j county under John T Brown of 1 this place, and made an efficient officer. If elected to tin* position, 'of trust for which he is now a candidate the Review predicts that the people of the 30tli judicial I circuit will not iegret their choice-

Congressman Landis' Opinion of Roosevelt.

In his paper, the Delphi Journal of November 18,1880. in speaking (>f the members of theyivi] service commission, Congressman CB. Landis expressed his views in the following forcible manner: “Theodore Roosevelt is the moving spirit in this commission. Ha is a young dude. He is by nature a mugwump, and consequently a democrat. There is not a pure drop of republican blood in hia body. By what right is he elevated to the dictaorship of ‘he republican party no one pretends to explain. His chief claim to prominence is his close affiliation with George William Curtis and toe other pure and unsjxitted cusses who defeated Blaine, and worked, with the energy of desperation against Harrison.” The pupils of Brushwood School, I nion tp., will give a literary entertainment and box social on Saturday evening. Oct. Tl, for the benefit of the library. Everybody welcome. Frank Osborne, Teacher.