Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — DELEGATES TO DISTRICT CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

DELEGATES TO DISTRICT CONVENTION.

All emigration records were broken again last year, when nearly 700,000 foreigners came to this country. Of this number the Ital ians were in the majority," The Democrat and Commoner (Bryan’s paper) one year for $1.05; Democrat and Indiana State Sentinel, $1.55; Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer $1,05; all four papers for $2.05. A few years ago when Grover Cleveland vetoed several score ‘of private pension bills he was called an “assassin of character,” because he found it necesasry to tell some unpleasant truths concerning the parties who„ expected to get the pensions. James N. Tyner, an ex-union soldier and an employe in the postoffice department for 35 years, and now under three indictments for violation of the postal laws, has been branded guilty, before tried , by Theodore Roosevelt. Tyner says he is innocent and can prove it. No howls from the faithful have reached this office, but then, Tyner has no “pap” to distribute. Warder W. Stevens of Washington county finds a strong ad-, vocate of his nomination for Governor iu the New Albany Ledger. It closes a strong article for Stevens as follows:“The party had tried lawyers and politicians— good men and I true—for years as head of its Btate ticket with the result of defeat. When it changed its program and took up Farmer James Williams “Blue Jeans” — it gained its first victory after tho administration of Governor Thomas A. Hendricks. Put up Farmer Warder W. Stevens and t he Farmer Blue Jeans campaign and his victory will be repeated. The farmers of Indiana want a farmer ns chief executive of Indiana. Give them -uelvn man ns Warder W. Stevens and they will elect him. Let the Democratic party of Indiana learn wisdom by experience,”

i'i.v Yi<w Presidents of the United Stales have succeeded to the Ptv. hieticy by tlie death of the Chi- S' Executive. They were John Tyler, of Yirgiana, who succeeded \Yiu. Henry Tlarrison: Millard Fillmore, of New York, who oUCCi •ih d- Zachary' Taylor: : Andrew Johnsoii. w! >n. .a eddd Abraham ‘ I.,incola; ( hi- tm-v . A. ■ .Arthtif, .a !ia'*K-uccef*d- v d .denYs -A..' Gfli'ie id. a ■'! Thvfdi av i;; . who snceet drd Wm McKinley. l our c i these .-trove to dominate their party and faded. The fifth i- Dt>w i ■ tlfcpdb 01 the four who {-receded him all were .-ambitions to be eibded Prestdeubbui only tw > sueei ■ -> in getting their names ph. • 1 be '-fore the National • Convention, end they only to be defeated Tyler, F illmore and Johnson betrayed and divided their party. With the exception of Johnson, in turning the Government over to the opposition. Thus it is an historical truth that an “accidental President’’ has never been elected President of the United States.

The yeajr 1903 will go down in history as a year of the greatest loss of life in railroad and other disasters of modern times. The crowning disaster of the year, the burning of the new Iroquois theatre in Chicago, is nneqnaled perhaps in the history of the world, at least in land disasters. The nearest approach to this awful holocaust was the burning of a Brooklyn, N. Y., theatre some twentyeight years ago, in which 297 lives were lost.

The following gentleman were selected at the mass convention last Saturday to represent Jasper county in the district convention, which meets at Lafayette next Wednesday to select a successor to Dan Simms for district chairman: T. M. Callahan, Barkley; John Bill, Jordan; Kornh Parker, Marion; U. M. Baughman, Rensselaer; R. J. Yeoman, Newton; A. Beasley, Win. A, Locke, Carpenter; B. D. Clark, Wheatfield. In the event that any of the delegates selected are unable to attend, it is expected that they will select an alternate who will attend. Tire Jackson club of Lafayette will give a banquet in the evening at which prominent democrats from different parts of the state, and also Chicago will be present and speak, and our delegates should make their arrangements to attend this banquet.