Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

It is now Governor Durbin. Aguinaldo, it ie said, has acquired a new scrap book in which to paste his obituary notices during the coming year. The first issue of The Commoner, William J. Bryan’s new paper, will come out Jan. 23, it is said. Matthew S. Quay, of Pennsylvania. and W. A. Clark, of Montana. are shaking each other by the hand and congratulating the American public on the fact that it is to have a few years of their services at $5,000 per. The United States appoints the governor and a majority of the upper house of the Porto Rican legislature. thus absolutely controlling all the actions of that . body. Even Britain never ventured to do I that in this country, contenting herself with the appointment of the governors. I And now comes a prominent Republican senator and states on the floor of the Senate that the Philippine:; rebellion is stronger today than it has ever been"! Haven't the rebels yet learned that Bryan was beaten? Weren’t they to stop ns noon ns they heard it?'! So we have been told. The_cllniifes are that there will be no war tax reduction this see- ! sion The Senate Committee on Finance has had the bill passed by the House before it for over a month and has taken no action; whatever. In the clamorous and conflicting chorus for relief, .the; chances are t liat all will be impartially I urned down. There have been few things cheekier than the demands of the Asphalt Trust that American warships should be used at Venezuela to crush an American rival which fairly defeated the Trusts in the courts of that country. The allegation that the courts were bribed by the weaker and poorer party to the suit is too thin to wash. It is safe for a newspaper to publish all the news, to make its columns clean and pure and to be strictly honest and fearless in the advocacy of tin* right at all times. Such a news pa per ought to succeed, lin'd it will succeed in the long run. The people cannot be fooled in a newspaper any more than they fi;n in the purchase of merchant’; s. . and those who try to fool them w 1 discover that they are making a mistake sooner or later. U'evi land Leader.

.fames Mount wasan excellent gove nor an 1 his untimely death is mourned by the jieople of the whole state Probably the most unpopular t 1 in:; he ever di<! dur-, ino his term . office and the one great mistai •• oi his life was his refus il to . rent the requisition for the leturn o Pa - alleged Goebel murderer r. lugees to Kentucky for trim. However, we believe him to - Lave be’en an honest intentioiieo man. and lie brought about reb r.... ;n Indiana which "ill live ng after him, chief among v>: i h stands the county and town b p reform laws. It appears that the Filipinos are not easny influenced by the ballot. During the presidential campaign of last year it was solemnly promised that the re-election of William McKinley would have the effect of immediately bringing the war in the Philippine islands to a close; that the “rebels" were only holding out in the hope that the election of a naw Administration would result in the immediate withdrawal of the United States troops from the islands. Possibly not as many people were foolish enough to believe this theory ns the Administration managers supposed What the country needs is not fewer Presidential campaigns, biit more dignified ones. Camjmign lying ought to be made as reprehensible an cheating in business transactions.—Cincinnati Enquirer.