Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1901 — Page 2

JIM MH DM. f. I. BIBCOCK, EDHOB lIP MH. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. Entered at the Poet-office at Rensselaer, Ind. a* second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEAR « •IX MONTHS 50c THREE MONTHS 25c. Payable In Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Von Reneeeloer Street, North of Murray'e Store.

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CALL TO DEMOCRATS.

The democrats of the Tenth Congressional District will meet in delegate convention in the Jackson Club Rooms in LaFayette, at 11 o’clock a. m., on THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1902, for the purpose of selecting a member of the Democratic State Central Committee to represent said district for the ensuing two years. The basis of representation, fixed by the State Committee, will lie one delegate for each 200, or fraction over 100, of the vote cast for the Hon. John W. Kern for Governor in 1900, which will entitle the several counties in said district to the following number of votes in said convention: Benton, 8; Jasper, 8; Lake, 19: LaPorte, 28; Newton, 6; Portej, 9; Tippecanoe, 23; Warren, 5; White, 12. Total number of votes 118. Necessary to a choice 60 or any fractional vote in excess of 59. The delegates from the several counties shall be selected at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Chairman for each coun-

EEWIN J. FORREST,

ty.

District Chairman

Call for Meeting of the Democratic Central Committee. The Democratic County Central Committee for Jasper county, is hereby requested to meet at Honan’s law office, in Rensselaer, Ind., on MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1901, at one o’clock p. m., for the purpose of naming eight delegates to the District Convention to beheld at Lafayette, Ind., on Jan. 2, 1902. A full attendance is desired, as the matter of reorganizing the Central Committee will be considered at that time. Respectfully, N. S. Bates, Chairman C. D. Now elk, Sec.

O. A. Marsh has been appointed U. S. pension agent at Indianapolis, by President Roosevelt. Civil action against Daniel P. Bolds. ex-Treasurer of Adamd Co., to collect ?4,(XX) alleged to be due the»couuty, has begun. The tctal vote of Ohio, Massachusetts and lowa, on which the Press Publishing Bureau of Detroit conducted through the newspapers a “guessing contest.” is 1,554,114. Among the number being talked ’of for the supreme judgeship to take Judge Baker’s place, are Judge Gillett of Porter county, and Judge Palmer of Monticello. Appellate Judge U. Z. Wiley is also after the position, it is understood, but it is hoped that an abler man will be selected for the place. It is rumored that Editor Dunghill of the ~B rook Ripper” will be obliged to face a suit fpr damages for a recent idiotic attack upon a reputable citizen of Morocco through the columns of the “Ripper.” We guess that Dunghill wins out, as it will take but a few moments for both the court and iury to arrive at the conclusion long held by the public, that Dunghill is non compos mentis, and therefore not responsible for his idiotic utterances.

In these “strenuous” times over the republican nomination for the circuit judgeship we are astonished that no one seems to have thought of “Honest Abe” for the {dace! Now Abe is a lawyer— at east his name is published in the bar docket as such—and think of what an opportunity the judgeship would give him for knocking the stuffing out of the Jasper County Telephone Co., and Tom Sayler, besides “clearing” the judgement docket of the Jasper circuit court of some score or more of judgements now standing there unsatisfied against Abraham Halleck!

WHAT PROSPERITY COSTS.

President Roosevelt, commenting on the prosperity of the country in his first annual message to Congress, says: “During the last five years business confidence has been restored, and the nation is to be congratulated because of its present abounding prosperity. Such prosperity can never be created by law alone, although it is easy enough to destroy it by mischievous laws. If the hand of the Lord is heavy upon any country, if flood or drought comes, human wisdom is powerless to avert the calamity. Moreover, no law can guard us against the consequences of our own folly. The men who are idle or credulous, the men who seek gains not by genuine work with head or hand, but by gambling in any form, are always a source of menace not only to themselves, but to others. If the business world loses its head, it loses what legislation cannot supply,’’ etc. Dunn’s index number for December, says: “If a man purchased bis supplies for one year on Dec. Ist, they would have cost $101.37, while the same quantity of the same articles would have aggregated only $72.45 on .July Ist, 1897, the lowest point on record, and $121.75 on Jan. Ist, 1860. ♦* * * ♦ Prices are now at the highest point in many years, and in fact, surpass all records since present improved methods of manufacture and distribution came into use.’’ Now, what’s wrong here, anyway? The President of the United States comes up with his lenghty message and says that the country is abounding with prosperity; while Dunn’s, the leading commercial reference house in the country, submits facts and figures which prove that it costs more per capita to live, than at any other time since the war of the rebellion! The sum total of all prosperity amounts to only the difference between the amount a man can earn and the amount it takes to keep him. There is not a laboring man in the United States that will not tell you that it is harder for him to make a living today than it was in 1897, the first year of McKinley's first term The reason is simply that the increase in the price of the workingman’s necessities is greater than the increase of his wages. Yes, yes, let us congratulate ourselves on account of the return of prosperity.

This condition of things can have but one ending, as it has always had in all civilized countries whenever it became necessary, and i that is, the formation of a strong labor party in antagonism to capital. Many attempts in this line have already been made, bu t they ■ have all fallen short, principally on account of the fact that the I conditions now prevailing have not, at any previous time, been severe enough and wide-spread enough to attract the united attention of the whole body of labor-ing-men together. The President, however, says in his message: “The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.” , Labor and Capital go hand in hand, one cannot exist without the other. Hard times and prosperity alternate with each other, and when labor enjoys the one, Capital suffers the other. When Capital enjoys the one, labor is struggling with adversity. It is but natural that each should combine its strength in its own behalf, to take care that valuable rights be not trampled under foot. Labor is strong, clumsy, unweildy, Capital is alert, cunning, grasping. Unseparably united, their interests are diametrically opposed. Like two boys on a “teeter board,” when one is up, the other is down. When one stays up and the other down, the fun stops. The boy that is down shows an inclination to quit. If he doos and leaves his end of the board suddenly, there is a great crash, and the fellow at the other end is the worst off. But if both stay on the board, and have another boy in the middle, whom we may call Congress, to favor the one who is down, the “teetering” may be kept up indefinitely. But the boy in the middle must do his part, and do it right. Thus in our political teetering, the republicans put a boy in the middle who is always trying to keep Labor down, while the democrats want a boy that will put Labor up. In either case it is bad for all concerned, and there are several cases on record where both boys and the whole caboodle were badly wrecked. The fault lies in the fact that the boy in the middle wants to do to much teetering himself. There areNery few, if any, Congressmen or Senators who are not directly or indirectly interested in financial undertakings, which appeal more to them than does the trust that the people have

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reposed in them. So, I say, they want to “teeter,” and they throw’ their influence on the side that will most benefit them, not caring whether school keeps or not. So, when the President speaks of the abounding prosperity of the country, he speaks only for that part of it which may be known as Capital, and- a few years ago during the great stress of “hard times” Capital was also doing the talking, while Labor was doing as well as could be expected, which was a great deal better than at present. New principles will be presented to our political parties in the future, a great many old ones will still find place, we may have another political party, but what we must have to keep our nation going onward and upward is honest men to make our laws’; men who are above the influence of money and greed, men who fear God more than they do their fellow man. and who will stand for the right against nil who would assail it. There are many such men in both the old parties, but have they the courage to stand by their views? And is their number sufficient to overcome the evil influences which are everywhere noticable? Have the laboring men been at the bottom long enough,and have they been trampled on enough, to cause them to rise up in a body and demand a betterment of conditions? I think not, for their number is so great; and their united influence would be so powerful, that their demands, expressed collectively at the ballot box, could not be denied. Yet when millions of men unite their prayers in our houses of worship for the poor and down-trod-den, and then go to the polls apd vote for something else, how can they expect their prayers to be answered, and how can they expect a betterment of conditions? Every man is criminally negligent who does not carefully study these questions for himself, and try to ascertain from bis own experience and observance whether the country is prospering or not, and whether he is voting for the interest of his own family and his own class, or for the interests of another class. Capital could not live if Labor was to mass its forces against it. And Labor could do more foolish thing than, Sampson-like, destroy the temple that would cost its own life. For. as stall'd above, one cannot exist without the other. Labor should, however, guard itself against the cunning and greed of Capital. Labor should see that it is favored equally with Capital in the matter of legislation. For the * reason that Labor has no money to buy favorable legislation, they must have honest man in Congress who will not take bribes from anyone. If we were all rich, we might all be thieves and rogues, in fact, anything and everything that we ought not be. Bpt the poor man has to be honest,

probably the very reason he is poor. And if he does not have honest men to make laws for him, he will become poorer and poorer. We only hope that he will rise up and fight for his rights before he gets so poor he can’t. Truly if the country abounds in prosperity, IT IS COSTING AN AWFUL PRICE OF COMFORT AND HAPPINESS TO MAINTAIN IT. The finding of the court of inquiry in the Schley matter was no more than was to have been expected. The majority decision could just as well have been delivered before any evidence was introduced. The supreme court has again held the fee and salary law of 1891 constitutional, this time as regards the salary of county recorders. Wm. E. Schilling, recorder of Marion county, collected vlO,451.15 in feesand kept it all. while his salary for the period covered was but $6,813.89. The county commissioners sued in the name of the state to recover the amount illegally witheld and were given judgement The supreme court affirmed the judgement and now Schilling or his bondsmen must fork over. The Wheatfield Telephone man in discussing Jasper county’s candidates for Judge Thompson’s toga, mentions the names of M. F. Chilcote, Charles W. Hanley, Jesse E. Wilson and Ralph W. Marshall, and then says: “The candidacy of Mr. Marshall is not to be considered for an instant.” And why not Mr. Marshall? He fought, bled and draws a pension for saving the country, has a good record for “strenuousness” and is a brtoher of the illustrous editor of the Apologist. Why not Mr. Marshall, Robertson?

Spreads Like Wildfire.

When things are "the best” they become "the best selling." Abraham Hare, a leading druggist, of Bellville. 0., writes: “Electric Bitters are the best selling bit: lers I have handled in 20 years.” You know why? Most diseases begins in disorders of the stomach, liver, kidney, bowels, blood and nerves, Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulatesliver, kidneys and bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of maladies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run-down man or woman. P-ice 50 cents. Sold by Long. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan iponey for short times at current bank rates Funds always on hand.

W. B. AUSTIN.

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CALL FOR THE PACKACE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS BEST lIH llbroncure |H 9 A TONIC REMEDY Q ■ fol * B 9 ■ ALL BRONCHIAL EM 9 IRRITATION KJ m *' lo ytt ■ INFLAMMATION. jK H SYMPTOMS: gB H COUGHING. H ■ CONGESTION. Hfl ■ hoarseness. PM fl TIGHTNESS 4 R*v. NCSS M ■ IN THE CHEST. (fl ■ HEAVINESS. B OPPRESSION. SB B ACHES A PAINS IN THE ■■ ’ B BODY A BONES. ■ PUI- FING 4 BLOWING. B "01l Man-s Wintea Ccjoh,” B who oping co ugh. re B USED WITH a»IAT M SUCCESS AS a rxvtNTivt B in colds. HEj ■ PNEUMONIA HI ■ *’* D Mali ■ LA GRIPPE. M RelPA*to ONLY BY TWt 9 RATIONAL REMEDIES CO. H HtNSStLAIR, INDIANA. AND BEST IS CHEAPEST Price, 000. - - 12 For ®5.00. SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY ALL ENTERPRISING DRUGGISTS ADMINISTRATOR'S PUBLIC SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of W illiam W. Watt, under the provisions of law, will sell at public outcry, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1001. at the residence of said William W. Watt, in Carpenter Township. Jasper County, Indiana, the same being two and one-half (3U) miles east of Goodland and five (5) miles west of Remington, a large amount of personal property consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, farming Implements, household effects, hay and grain. 1 erms of Sale: -a credit of eight months will be given where the amount of purchase exceeds $6.00, to be secured by notes paysble In bank, bearing six per cent, interest after maturity, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, with good freehold security thereon. Charles F Stath, Administrator. Dated this 36th day of November. 1001. A. D. Babcocx. Foltz. Spitler & Kurrie. Attys. The Democrat carries the largest and most varied stock of print papers, flat, bond, colored, plain and ruled papers, card and mounting boards, straw boards, envelopes, cards, wedding note, invitation, funeral cards, plain and linen commercial headings, etc., etc., of any print shop in Jasper county, and can supply wants promptly and satisfactorily on notice. Clome to The Democrat office for yoor job printing—everything necessary to turn out good work and the skill to do so. Craft** Distemper and Cough Cure Sold by A. F. Lon*.

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