Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notice To Advertisers. All notices »f a business character, Including wants, for sale, to rent, lost, etc., will be gwblished in The Democrat at the rate of •nr cent perword for each insertion No advertising will be accepted for less than 10 cents. Cards of thanks will tie published for ABcents and resolutions of condolence for 91.00.

It won’t hurt the country very much, even though the Wall street men have robbed each other to a standstill. Why was the Hanna boom started in London? Can it be that Perry Heath went over to consult the Britishers on the subject before speaking? As a matter of protection to peaceable, law-abiding citizens we would suggest that the Rensselaer Republican office be placed undor bonds to keep the peace.

If William doesn’t lookout, he will find himself read out of the I )nrt y The trusts "that put up the money to elect ’“ ln j wi U not stand much of his ' tariff, reform foolishness. * McKinley is n good deal worried by Kruger’s proposed visit to the l nited States. He hasn’t yet had time to find out whether j his great and good friend, Eddie, VII, will stand -for it or not Durbin has issued his ✓proclamation declaring the laws (passed by the late legislnture in effect. According to the proclamation the laws went into i fleet May b>, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Tlie total appropriations by the Fifty-sixth Congress have been finally fixed at $1,440,489,438 more than the entire national debt of the United States and even more than the capitalization of the billion dollar trust. Somebody has been indulging in the old sport of ciphering out •when'the pension roll will be extinguished by the deaths of the i pensioners. As the roll still shows '« net increase every year, although >it has been some 35 years since * the war closed, it seems rather tpretnaftnre to figure on a possible '-decrease.

in auother column The Demo «rat publishes Attorney-General "Taylor’s interpretation of the new fish law. If any further evidence were needed to convince the peoEleof Indiana that the late legisiture was the “jackassedst” body over assembled in the state, the fish law of its creation furnishes ffibmidant testimony. A largely attended railroad meeting was held at the east court room last Friday night. Two propositions were submitted to our people: one a 1 percent, subsidy and no right of way and the other } of 1 per cent, and free right of way. Attorneys who hnd been employed to look into the matter stated that the Gifford subsidy was not in the way, ns the law only prophibited the voting of more than 2 per cent, to aid any one road, and which tax was to be levied in any one yenr. If this diagnosis of the law is correct a town or township might vote 2 per •cent, for new railroads every year «ven before the first tax voted is leried or collected; however, the farmer proposition—l per cent mad no right of way—was decided fa ke the best and it was the sense ml die meeting that it be accepted. Accordingly a petition has been circulated and almost unanimously signed, asking the county commissioners to cal fa special election to wote the aid asked. There is practically no opposition whatever to jgxanfing the aid, but every one is saanimous in favor of securing the road if possible, therefore the election will be a mere form.