Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1903 — Page 4

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A dispatch to the Indianapolis Journal from LaPorte aaya: "The announcement that Hon. Thomas McCoy, of Rensselaer, the present chairman of the republican central committee of the Tenth district, would be a candidate for reelection occasioned considerable surprise among the republican politicians of LaPorte, as it had been understood here that Mr. McCoy would not again seek the place, but would throw his support to Francis H. Doran, of this city, who is an acknowledged candidate for the chairmanship and who until this time, was believed to have no opposition.” To this the Journal adds: This dispatch indicates one of the several possible interesting developments in the Tenth district attendant upon the entrance of J. Frank Hanley into the gubernatorial race.

Referring to the "race riot” at Evansville, the Courier of that city says: “The cause of the present reign of terror in this city can be directly traced to the vitiation of the negro for political purposes. Before election time the advertisements tfTe sent up and down the river among the shiftless negroes stating that they can get money for their votes at Evansville. The idle, ignorant and vicious flock here; they are colonized in saloons, they are gathered in night before election, even in the custom house and the temple of justice, debauched with free beer and corrupted with free dollars, when they are properly ready to be used on election day.”

First Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has announced a policy which is likely to make improvement of the postal service ce if he is sustained in it by the Postmaster General, unfortunately a very doubtful condition. Mr. Bristow declares that the rural free delivery has been seriously hampered by the establishment of routesjjas favors to Congressmen, regardless of whether the conditions attending such routes warranted their establishment. Hereafter he is determined that members es Congress shall have no voice in this g matter, apart front the presentation of the petitions of their constitutents. He says the inspectors will be used to ascertain if the circumstances surrounding a proposed route are such as to give some ground for believing that it will eventually bring an adequate return to the government, and that unless such is found to be the case the route will be denied.

At the annual meeting of the State Bar Association at Indianapolis this week, Judge Truman F. Palmer of Monticello, president of the association, in his address advocated the election of judges^at separate elections. On this subject he said: “Because judges are chosen at regular elections when the party lines are closely drawn and political excitement run high, judges are often, chosen because of their political affiliations. In the excitement of a political campaign, party adherence is apt to be considered the primary, if not the sole test of fitness to wear the judical ermine. When chosen, circuit judges preside over courts to which the electors who are his friends, or enemies, his personal acquaintances, must come for that ' justice which i 6 guaranteed by the constitution. Being but a man, the jndge may be, and sometimes is influenced by his political and personal friendships, and to that extent may justice go amiss.’'

The city of Evansville has just had an experience that will some day fall to Indianapolis. Hundreds of negroes of the more viscious and depraved type have been imported into several eities of Indiana for political purposes, and Evansville .is one of those cities. The frequent criminal acts, murders, outrages, etc., com* mitted by these negroes reached a climax a few days ago, when a prominent policeman was shot down in cold blood by a notorious negro thug whom he attempted to arrest. A mob threatened the jail where the negro was supposed to be confined. The militia were ordered to the scene but Monday night they could not hold back the crowd by peaecable means. Then some one fired a shot and a riot was in progress. The militia fired two volleys into the mob aud six people were killed outright, six more were fatally wounded, while a score of others were wounded more or less seriously, many innocent pedestrians. There were 16 negro prisoners confined in the jail, and had the mob broken in it would certainly have lynched every one of them. For several years this work of colonization has been going on, to make Indiana safely republican, and of late Indianapolis has been the mecca of the good-for-nothing southern negro of the criminal class, until to-day a visitor to the capital city would imagine that they outnumber the whites. As a result of this, crime has run riot in Indianapolis and the "good” negroes have had to suffer in the prejudice that has been created against their race by the lawless acts of the “bad” negro. The balance of power in Indiana and in several of her principal cities is now held by the negro vMe, and as a consequence the politicians not only cater to to the baser element of the race but encourage their emigration to the state. Some day Indianapolis will have a race war on its hands that will not be a circumstance to the little brush had at Evansville last Monday night.

IS DOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP PRACTICABLE?

The opponents of government .ownership, which includes mainly those who are making vast fortunes oat of enterprises which properly should be under government control, have seized upon the postoffioe frauds as a crashing argument against the operation of railroads or other public utilities by the government— While it is disquieting to learn that some of the chosen representatives of the people have betrayed their trnst in the postoffice department, it no more indicates that the government is incompetent to handle the mail service and all other public utilities, than the fact that a clerk in a millionaire’s office stealing a fortune in money, indicates that the millionaire is incompetent to handle his business.

The biggest banks and the largest institutions of all kinds throughout the country are continually being victimized by dishonest employes, yet nobody has taken that fact as a pretext to discourage private ownership of property. Bome very intelligent people object to goverment ownership on the ground of expediency, and to them the greatest measure of consideration is due, others on the ground that it flavors of socialism, and that it is against their principles. These people belong to either of three classes: fools, apes, or scheming money-getters whose graft depends upon keeping the great public utilities in private hands. There can be no goverment whatever without socialism. The degree to which it shall be extended being the main point of discussion. In a community where all members are equally honest and industrious, perfect socialism, or the ownership of everything by the goverment, is the idem condition. This conditfbn is extant at present in a few communities of Shakers in different portions of the country. But here is where the Socialist makes his fatal error, advocating ideal conditions in the midst of what are well known to be far from ideal communities. So long as a community contains those that are underhanded in their dealings, that will take an unfair advantage, that will in any way profit by his brother’s error, that community

will not prosper under socialism, because socialism pre-suppoees absolute fairness oa the pert of each and every member of its sooiety. Any government, then, in order to be a government, partakes of socialism to that degree that the majority of its members think is best for it. Insofar as the postoffice department is concerned, we have perfect socialism, the same with the army and the navy, and with the life-saving service. The question is, should this socialism be extended to government control of railroads, telegraphs, coal mines or other specified industries, or, on the other hand, should the postal service, or the national defense, or the life-saving service, or all of them be sold out to private corporations? Although the post offioe department seems to conceal considerable dishonesty, (which, if not thoroughly rooted out by the party in power, will the sooner give their opponents an opportunity to do it for them) and although it costs at least as much to carry a letter to California as it does to carry a message, you pay two cents for the one, and a dollar and a half for the other. The government carries the one for the benefit of the sender, and a private corporation carries the other for the benefit of its stockholders.

If the telegraphs of the country were in the hands of the government, they would be run in the interest of the people, and being operated at cost, with no dividends to pay on watered stock, they would be incomparably cheaper and better than at present, and once instituted, would meet with the universal favor of the people. If the railroads were under government control, the service would be greatly improved, the passenger rate would be lowered to one cent per mile, and freight rates accordingly. A standard of wages would be fixed by the army of employes that would then be drawing their pay from the government. Government wages are generally good, and on the average a little higher than private parties pay for the same grade of labor. Where the government now pays the railroads over $36,000,000 per year for hauling the mail, rent of cars, etc., (thre times what it is worth) that money would be saved to the postoffice department, which would more nearly solve the problem of penny postage than any of the visionary schemes now extant. Government ownership of railroads is the only plan of breaking up the Standard Qii Trust, the Coal Trust and every other trust that has a natural monopoly of its product, since it is the connivance of the railroads that give them their power. If the poorest man could ship his little load of produce to the market as cheap in proportion as the rich man ships his train loads, just as now the former can buy one postage stamp just as cheap as the latter can buy a million, the day of “bad trusts” would be past, for their life depends upon sucking the life out of others; in levying a tribute on every one that has use for their product; and this is sanctioned and made possible by laws passed and* approved by the Congress of the United States. The one obstacle standing in the way of public ownership of public utilities is the wealth of the country. This is the more plausible when it is remembered that about nine-tenths of this wealth has been acquired directly or indirectly by the exploitation of these same public utilities. Since public ownership would deprive a great many rich men of their power, the means of making money hand over fist, and would tend to the dissemination of wealth among the masses instead of collecting it into their hands, they will do all they can tq influence public opinion and public legislation against it. When the demands for public ownership comes, and it is coming, the next requisite will be a congress of unpurchasable men; men that cannot be bought, bluffed or bamboozled, but who have the welfare of the country at heart, and who want to see the government administered in a businesslike way, just as if it were a private enterprise and they were stockholders. The great scramble for public office to-day is not so much from a desire to serve the people, nor for the salary attached, as it is from the desire to graft, loot and steal. These desires and this class of officials must be squelched by strong and forceful measures. Our lawmakers must be men who will serve the majority of' the people, with equal rights to all and special privileges to none, before public ownership #ill have become a successfully accomplish-

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THE SECOND CHAPTER

The Kansas City Bull that solfl last season tor SO,OOO. sold at a late sale for slo,Boo—just 80 per cent advance. The quality bronght the advance. meuter bids, line oi Fun ms, wooes ms, Driving ms, m noral Mail Delivery Wagona are equal to the qoaUty of the slo,Boo—the price haa not advanced two percent. PAGR BROTHERS BUGGY COMPANY’S CARRIAGES. DRIVING WAGONS, BIKES and STANHOPBS are fine aa silk at old priceaQuality first-class. The McCormick Celebrated Mowers, Madera, Cara Harvester* aad Shredders are far ahead of all opposition and prices lower. Blrdaell Clover Haller ia a winner—get* all tbe seed. I have tbe agency for tbe Kemp A Burpee original Manure Spreader*, for Osgood U. S. Standard Scale*, as good aa tbe best, and the price is right. I also have the agency tor Beam’s x Stock A Poultry Peed, tbe best in the land. Makes cows give more milk, put* fat on horses Where corn fails. The hens lay double yolk eggs every other day. m * pteose eon and see as an<! in quainv M stock ai goals. I am yoart sincerely, o

C. A. ROBERTS, On Frontdfyeet, Rensselaer, Indiana.

JL, Mil lit The Tie That Binds. It Sever Slips. Why make weak and Destructive Fences When the INDIANA ANCHOR FENCE COMPANY will Mil tbe Raw Material and do your nwn fencing or we will bnild your fence. Estimates made on application. Good fenoee makes good neighbors; Strong wire makes good fences; Boards and nails are too expensive; Merit alone can stand the test of time; Old barb or smooth wire fences can be re-made better by using the Anchor System. All stays are made of No. 8 galvanized steel wire and are strong enough to support the fence. With automatic ratchet it adjusts itself thus preventing the breaking or sagging of your fence. This feuoe will not hurt your horses or cattle, sheep will not lose their wool on it and cattle and hogs cannot lift it to get through it. The Anchor Fence Is the best lathe world—Just the fence for School Houses and Cemeteries. v. The Anchor Company mokes a farm wire bound gate, that is light and strong and cheap. Also ornamental gates and and fences made on the Anchor System by damping. Local township agents wanted in Jasper .and Newton counties. Write or address JOHN O'CONNOR, Agent, Jasper Co., Ind. Rensselaer and Knlmau.

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IBMI BMW dwn Ettltd I HE,Bit* 1 v" I I,* no .fev chicken* where Well*’ Booster Pnl Sold by A. F. Lon*. >» -■ ——— ; TO owns A OOLO IN ONS OAY Taka Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet*. All drugglata refund the money If it fail* to corf. K. W, Grove'* aiguature ia on each box. SSe. dtew*||L—JP sounem Finn and VegdaWo Growing. The fertile lands along the Louisville & Nashville R. R. in Alabama. West Florida and Mississippi are veritable bonanzas for the fruit grower and truck gardner. One man sold from one single acre, 100 barrels of radishes for $900.00, gross: another patch of 4 acres radishes yielded $1,463.00 net. In the Spring of 1902, another truck gardner sold 300 barrels of potatoes in Pittsburgh from 3 acres of ground for $1,548, and after paying all expenses, cleared $892.00, or $297.32* per acre. Within two weeks after selling his potatoes, corn was up and watermelon vines were running on the same land. He • harvested his corn, sold his melons, and afterwards cut two > crops of bay off of the same land; and on January 20, 1903, was planting it again in potatoes. .Strawberries yield from $300.00 to $550.00 per acre; as high as 12480 quarts of luscious berries have been grown on a single acre. Address O. A. PARK, aiHERAk (MBWITIMAL AN* IMMIGRATION AO I NT, Louisv LlSt A Nasmvillc r. r. LOUISVILLE, KY.

MEN WANTED ■w ■ ■ ■ not under 29 year*, to fall on old and new euatomera. Mo delivering. Poaition Permanent to the right party. Pay weekly. OLSNN BROTHERS ROCHtSTER, N. Y. OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice ia hereby given that the undersigned* ha* been appointed by the Clerk ofihe Circuit Court of Jasper County. State of Indiana, administratrix with will annexed, of the estate of Christian Nelson, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. KLL A B. NELSON. July 6, 1008. Administratrix. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the town of Wbeatfield and of Wheatfleld township, Jasper County, Indiana, that the undersigned. a male inhabitant of the state of Indiana. over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character an<J not in the habit of becoming intoxicated and has been a continuous resident of said town and township for ninety days last past, and who is and will be the actual owner and proprietor of said business and will be such if license be granted. will make application, to the Board of Commissioners of aattFJasper County at the August term 1009, of said Board *or a retail liquor license, empowering him to sell and barter, spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time and in leas quantities than five gallons at a time, witb.the jprivelege of allowing the tame to be drank on the premises where the aame are battered and sold. Tbe location of said premises is described as follows: Tbe lower or ground floor of a onestory frame building, located as follows: Commencing at a point on tbe sooth side of and fronting on ByrOn street, thirty' one (81) feet east, sod three (8) feet south of tbe north essteornerof lot one (1). in block sixifl). Bentley’s addition to the town of Wheatfleld in said Jasper County; thence due east twentytwo (88) feet and six (6) inches, thence south forty-three («&Mcet and eight (8) inches, thence west twenty-two (32) feet and six (6) inches, tbence north forty-three (43) feet and eight (8) inches to the place of beginning. The said room comprises tbe whole of said building and there are no partitions therein nor addition thereto. The front of said building it a glass front and tbe whole interior can be easily seen from tbe said Byron street; in the west aide of aald building there is one window and one door; in the sontb end there is one door; in the east side there is one sash door. The interior of said room can be easily seen from the outside through said sash door and window; all the doors and windows are ao arranged that they can be securely locked and closed and admission thereto prevented; said described premises being located on part of the neH' of of sec. 25. township 83, north range [6] six west in Jasper Connty, Indiana Said license will be asked for the period of aoe year from tbe expiration of his present license which will expire Sept. 7. 1003. and a permit will be asked at the same time to aarli cigars and tobaeco in connection with said business. Michael Übrmicken.

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