Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1903 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

WHOLESALE DISREGARD FOR LAW AND RKHIT.

A bubch of gentlemen over in Pennsylvania have been violating their state constitution and the Sherman anti-trust law of the United States for yean. They are "the Christain men to whom God in his divine wisdom has intrusted the property interests of the country.” Last winter it cost the people of the United States ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS(SIOO,000,000) more for fuel than it would have cost them if the law had been enforced. The law was not enforced because the Government is in the hands of a political party that believes in robbery. This party believes that robbery is business; that robbery promotes prosperity; that robbery is good for the people, and that the people don’t know any better. Any newspaper that is so foolish as to combat tots idea of theirs is -a “yellow journal," and individuals pursuing the same lines are refen ed to as demagogues. The champion demagogue (so-called) and the publisher of the three greatest newspapers (yellow journals, so-called) in America, Mr. W. R. Hearst, in behalf of the people of the United States, has undertaken the task of smashing this coal trust. This is what he says: “The Hearst newspapers' war upon the coal trust in the interests of the people did not end with the miners’ strike. Either it will be demonstrated that the law's arm is not long enough to reach the coal trust or the coal trust will be smashed. Mr, Baer and the other monopolists conspiring with him are lawbreakers and criminals. For six months the Hearst newspapers have been endeavoring to reach them with the law. Though it should take six years, THESE NEWSPAPERS WILL REACH them. The pillagers of the community, criminals in the eye of the law, need not hope to escape. This newspaper does not enter lightly upon its battles, nor does it grow tired and abandon them when once begun. They may as well make up their minds that the Hearst newspapers are not to be shaken off.” A great majority of the voters of this county vote the way this coal trust wants them to vote, and a great many of them revile, persecute and say harsh things about Hearst. , The time will probably come, however, when the common people will realize that Hearst is the friend of the common people, yet there are lots of people in this country that are so politically hidebound and so microscopically narrowminded that they would kick a man for pulling them out of the river. Mr. Hearst is not an anarchist, nor does he advocate anarchy, and those that say he does are of the above described species. The anarchy and disrespect for law is on the other side, A bunch of gentlemen over in Illinois thought they would pass a certain bill through the house of representatives the other day. These gentlemen wanted some amendments added to the bill, and one of them moved that amendment number one be adopted. He was seconded by another gentleman; the motion was put, a few members voting “aye” while an overwhelming majority voted “no.” in spite of the defeat, the speaker of the house arbitrarily declared the motion carried. Then the opposite side, numbering about ninety members, demanded a roll-call. The constitution of Illinois explicitly provides that a roll-call shall be granted on request of five members. The speaker denied this request a half dozen times and a not resulted in which the speaker had to flee for safety, and another man was chosen in his place. Business was then resumed, and the obnoxious law and its amendments was knocked out. This speaker and his coterie of puppets whose politics, by the way, are well known, attempted to insult the sovereign law of their state once too often, and the opposition, which included a great many men of his own political faith, smashed them. This insult was not anarchy, however, being the work a Republican machine." Disregard for law and right is chronic over at St. Louis, Missouri, and at other prominent places, including Jasper county, Indiana. But this condition rarely exists without some relieving feature. Generally speaking, wherever wrong prevails there is some one ready to make a fight for the right. Over in Jasper county a bunch gentlemen, consisting mostly of one gentleman, thought they would cut a bill for printing because the printer was a democrat. This was the sole reason, because if he hadn't been a democrat, the gentleman would probably have doubled the bill and thought he got ’em cheap. He hasn't cut the bill yet, but he has done worse; he has sued this man for libel, a very grave offense, since the man told the exact truth and can prove every word of it. The democrats of Jasper'didn’t elect this gentleman, but they feel the effect of his elephantine blunders when they settle witn the tax collector just the same as if they had. We should not like to see this gentleman get much more rope, for he is liable to banghimself and then sue the county for damages.

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That’s all.

GROUCH.

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