Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

There is one thing we like about the nomination of Kilbourne and the Ohio democratic platform the republicans are so tickled over it that they are all going to vote the democratic ticket. Joseph Bartley, who embezzeled SOOO,OOO of state funds while ' treasurer of the state of Nebraska and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, has just been pardoned by tho republican governor of that state after serving four years and one month in prison Bartley’s parents resided at Goodland a few years ago. A woman living in Sullivan, Ind. declares she has received a divine command to secure a divorce from her husband. This is about the worst since our annex-I ationists claimed to have a call j from providence to develop the Philippine islands. Wonderful how close our intimacy with divine Earpose is getting to be.—Fowler ender. (rep.) Judge L. J. Kirkpatrick of Kokomo. who sat as special judge in the trail of George M. Ray of the ; Shottiyville Democrat, has declined to write a letter to Governor Durbin asking for the pardon of Ray. He also declined to sign a petition for the pardon of the convicted man. The letter from Mrs. Ray to the judge was a pathetic appeal for clemency in behalf of her husband. In the opinion of Judge Kirkpatrik the conviction of Ray wag just and should be allowed to stand. He declined positively to use his influence to secure pardon.

If the citizens and taxpayers of Jasper county desire to keep posted <o«/the'work of the tax-ferrets in ./the investigation of the taxpayers • of the county, they should by all means rend The Democrat. This , paper -will publish the name of and the amount paid by every perr son whom the investigation finds s remise in listing property for taxation, as shown from the records. ’;This investigation is being paid ;for by the people of Jasper county. and they have a right to know ■what is being done. If you read The Democrat you will know as much about it as the records disclose. In our opinion there are a couple of features of the law regarding •the voting of subsidies that should Ibe remedied. In most cases the 'Corporation for whose benefit the • election is held should be comspelled to advance the expenses of the election, and when an election is held and the proposition is iwrted down it should not be possible to vote again on the same proposition for two years. As the law cow stands the couuty pays fth* expenses of the election and, if the tax is levied and collected, is reimbursed out of said tax; if mot levied and collected, it holds the sack. The people in whose interest the eloction is held take mo chances nor are they at any whatever, and the public i might go ahead and vote a subsidy every 30 days for various corporations, none of which ever materialized, and wquld therefore be compelled to pay all the expeiiees of the said election. Also, if the Ass fails to carry, the promotors oan go ahead and have election election held on the same Kwopasition, the only requirement <bsl«g that they secure 25 freeholders to the petition calling for rtbsssne; while if it does oarry • the taxpayers cannot rescind their