Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1903 — EXCURSION RATES. [ARTICLE]

EXCURSION RATES.

The republican slogan, the last campaign was the full dinner pail, in the next campaign no doubt the full baby carriage will be th e cry.

On Saturday last, General Nelson A. Miles having reached the age limit, 64 years, retired from his position of general commanding the army, and General Samuel B. M. Young was appointed to succeed him. This appointment is regarded by General Miles’ friends as a marked evidence of the vindictiveness of Sec-, retary of War Root and the antipathy in which General Miles was held by the President. It was the intention of Congress to confer on Miles the honor of be--1 ing the last officer to fill this place, the new staff law, which goes into effect August 15, abolishing the position. General Young is absent from Washington and will not return until the 15th, and no harm would have been done by leaving General Miles’ former position vacant until the new law went into effect but the discrepancy of dates gave Secretary Root an opportunity to rob the retiring General of this slight honor and he promptly availed himself of it.

Ex-Representative Reser of Lafayette submits a few discursive remarks in tbe Lafayette Times that contribute immensely to the gayety of the republican campaign.?-[He declares that J. Frank Hanly has acted very badly toward D. Edward Storms by entering the gubernatorial race and thus lessening Mr. Storm’s chances for renomination for secretary of state. “By every courtesy and every right,” says Mr. Reser, “Mr. Storms was entitled to the consideration of his party hereabouts, and he would have been given this consideration absolutely had it not been for the selfishness of Mr. there is certain to be a division in the ranks of the republicans here. Some of them, many of them, will feel that Mr. Storms is entitled to their undivided support and naturally Mr. Hanly will have some following. Tippecanoe county will go into the convention with another divided delegation, and with the very likely result that it will lose both places. Do not be fooled about Tippecanoe county being a unit in support of J. Frank Hanly for governor. There may be no open opposition to him, but there are many leading republicans hereabouts, especially in the city, who will do but little to advance hie candidacy. Mr. Hanly has been very selfish in politics, he ; has thought of himself first upon [ all occasions, and then if there , was anything left or anything v that he did not want, he had no ! objection to his friends making a I fight for it”

j tow rate Homeeeekers' tickets on sale Ist | MiN Tuesday of each month. I ||4.#o for the round trip to Denver, Colorado j? Springe and Pueblo, Colo., June Ist to Sept, p tOth, final limit Oct. 81st.

W. H. BEAM. Agent.

Suppose that during the proposed K. of P. carnival here, some man was driving along the street, or attempting to drive through between the stands,, show tents, etc., with bis family, and his team should become frightened, run away and kill some member of the family. Who would have to settle the bill? Why, the city would be liable for damages and it could not get out of paying a big sum for such loss of life or any other damages sustained by any person by reason of allowing illegal obstructions on the Streets. The city could not plead ignorance of the presence of the obstructions, for the city council has—illegally or without any legal authority—granted permission for the obstructions to be so placed. This wonld be no Nowels cow deal if such a thing were to ocour, and it is a matter in which every citizen of Rensselaer is interested in.