Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1902 — NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS. [ARTICLE]

NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS.

The Democratic voter* of Marion township will meet In mass convention at Rensselaer. In the east court room, TUESDAY, JULY 1, IUO2. at two o'clock p. in., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket to be voted fur at the coming November election, said ticket consisting of three members of the township Advisory Board, three Justices of the Peace, three Constables, three Road Supervisors. By order of committee. Lee K. Gi.a/.kiirook, Tp. Cbm. KO!< A H I’AK KE K. Sec M undo lms occasion to celebrate the return of Xeely. Ho is the most successful thief that has ever been produced by the city. He returns scot free anti in full possession of his loot. Xeely has the symptonsof true republican greatness.— Indianapolis Sentinel.

We never remember of having seen so many nice things said' of a candidate for congress as is being said by men and newspapers of all political creeds of (.'apt. W illiam ({'uthrie, the democratic candidate for congress in this district. Eveiybody who knows him has a pleasant word to offer in his praise, and every word is deserved, too.

If there is any American citizen remaining, who is opposed to the conquest of alien peoples who can not discover the animus prompting the “freeing” of Cubn, the acquisition of Porto Kico and the Philippines, in fact all the “island" possessions, he is a tit subject for the mad house. The outrages now being exposed by the Senate Cuban Committee perpetrated by “Gen.” Leonard Wood on the .Cuban people and this must have been done with the knowledge of President Roosevelt —would certainly convince a wooden man that this "great war for humanity” was in fact a war to enable the trust thieves of this country to broaden their field of usefulness, and for no other purpose.

The inquiry into the connection of the Sugar Trust with the agitation in favor of Cuban reciprocity, which was instituted by Senator Teller’s resolution, has produced extensive and, to the republicans, alarming results. Mr. F. B. Thurber, of New York, who had several times been called before the Committee on Relations with Cuba, finally made his appearance and from him was elided the statement that Mr. Havetneyer, president of the American Sugar Refining Company, had contributed $2,500 to a fund used by Mr. Thurber “to educate American sentiment in favor of reciprocity” and that General Wood, acting for the Cuban government, had contributed to the same fund $2,880. General Wood was obliged to admit the payment, saying that he had made it in accordance with the wishes of the Secretary of War, and Mr. Havemeyer has made no denial.

The close of the county seat contest leaves this paper an opportunity to devote a little more time to the rank usurper for judicial honors. It is not the intention of the Enterprise to forget the gentle man who robbed this county of its representation in a convention, and then tries to cram a spurious nomination down their throats. The Enterprise stands for regularity, and will support every legally nominated man on the republican ticket. We want every name from top to bottom to be there by a regular convention, participated in by all the republicans of either county or district. Hanley stole his alleged nomination. There is no longer any county seat in this, the county seat is gone, and Mr. Hanley and his cohorts are out of meddling timber. The county seat question never was in the case, but Mr. Hanley tried hard and did inject it in our politics, and now that the latter is settled, it is likely that he has sowed in order to reap a whirlwind later. — Kentland Enterprise (rep).

Starke County Republican (rep): The democrats of the 10th congressional district have done a handsome thing in their nomination of Captain William Guthrie for Congress. The nominee is a large-hearted, brainy man qualified in every respect to represent the best district in the nation in Congress. He is a man of broad ideas with whom principle and not party is ever the paramount issue. Captain Gruthrie will make a clean, honest campaign against one of the brainest men in Congress, Hon. E. D. Crumpacker, and in a district where the major- | ity against him is so large as to appall all only the lion-hearted. In these days when democracy is | floundering about in a hopeless, aimless manner, it is truly pleasing to note such a happy circumstance as the nomination of Capt. Guthrie ntfords. In all human probability Capt. Guthrie will not reach the goal, but he will close the campaign and abide the results, a true gentleman in every sense of the word. Congratulations, Cnptian! You are honest, capable and worthy if you are wrong as we nro given to see it.

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