Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — To Oust the O. A. R’s. [ARTICLE]

To Oust the O. A. R’s.

Suit has been commenced in the Jasper circuit court to oust the G. A. R. Post from their quarters in the new court house. The title of the case is Fitz W. Bedford a taxpayer of Indiana, vs Abraham Halleck et al. It will be remembered that soon after the completion of the new court house the county commissioners dedicated certain rooms to the use of the G. A. R. and W omen’s Relief Corps, something which they had questionable power to do, as the supreme court Ims held in the 144 Indiana, page 107. The G. A. R. and W. R. C., and a part of the time the Milroy Circle, have occupied the rooms since the completion of the court house. The internal disturbances in the two latter orders finally resulted in the W. R. C., moving out, and it is probable the present suit is in some way connected with this fracas. The final result of all this pquabblo will no doubt be ths ousting 01 duu ! library, which well posted lawyers contend has no more legal rights there than the lodges. The case is set for hearing next Thursday.