Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1902 — RE-ECHOES OF THE CARNIVAL. [ARTICLE]

RE-ECHOES OF THE CARNIVAL.

PAY FOR THAT EDITORIAL. T he Rensselaer Street Fair was run as an annex to the Republican machine, and no advertisements were inserted in any paper not supporting Hanley. The Republican came in by advising the Newton county papers to "support the ticket.”— Review. ITS MORAL FEATURES SETTLED. Immoral features were conspicious only by their absence, and all in all the Knights are to be congratulated upon fiaving provided one of the cleanest and most entertaining street carnivals ever held in the state.—Wheatfield Telephone. A SWEETER NAME. ETC. Rensselaer had a street fair last week. They called it a “carnival,” and that may be a better name for it. But it was liberally patronized by gamblers and prostitutes, as Knox’s street fair was last year, so they were probably very similar in character.—Starke County Democrat. THINKS TWAS MISMANAGED. From all reports it seems as though the Rensselaer Carnival was a bum affair. There is no excuse for anything of this kind, a carnival if properly managed can be made a great benefit to a town but if otherwise they are very much of a nuisance.—Brook9ton Gazette.

BUT WHEN A LODGE DOES IT? A town that will license gamblers and then e» to rob the people of the community out of their hard-earned money may be a little bit better than the gamblers and theives. but it will require a powerful magnifying glass to discover the difference.—Morocco Courier, NO BENEFITS DERIVEp. The Fowler papers are using considerable space about the moral benefits to be derived from a street fair. There isn't any,—Oxford Tribnne. LET THE PUBLIC JUDGE. The Jasper County Democrat says the carnivul held in R ensselaer last w eek was rotten to the core. The Republican and Journal say it was a clean affair. We presume the the two reports are about like most such affairs, you can pay your money and take your choice.—Kentland Knterpnce. OPINIONS VARY. Some say the Rensselaer street carnival waa good, others say it was a great big snide, and there you are.—Morocco Courier. JOHN CARR ON CARNIVALS, The idea must not prevail that 1 am a reformer. I am just a Republican. 1 atn opposed to the importation to a lot of gamblers to fleece the farmer boys of the.r money under the protection of a lot of special constables selected by the street fair committee and paid for by the town board. I expect to be opposed to this sort of business and with the help of others hope to win out.—Fowler Leader. SEES ITS FINISH. The carnival craze continues to sweep over the state. The smaller cities and towns are being affected. There are mighty few' merchants in any of the places where carnivals have been held who would welcome another. Ard even the people cannot look back with Sny degree of pleasure to the entertainment and feel that they got full value for the money expended. The carnival is a fake that is likely to be short lived, just as the street fair had its short day. By and by the otd fashioned fair will hold the boards.—Valparaiso Messenger,