Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD BEARERS.

ALTON B. PARKER.

JRSPER COUNTY DMT. JJ. BIBCOCK. 181188 lIP WBUSHER. La.* DunNCiTiurHOMt 1 Omn, *’• ( Nmidmoi, an. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application Entered at the Poit-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. Office on Van Rensaeiaer Street, North of Murray's Store. SATURDAY, OCT. 29,1904.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 1904.

For President, ALTON B. PARKER, of New York. For Vice-President, HENRY G. DAVIS, of West Virginia. STATE TICKET. For Governor, JOHN W. KERN, of Indianapolis. For Lieutenant Governor, WARDER W. STEVENS, of Salem. For Secretary of State, EDWARD J. FOGARTY, of South Bend. For State Treasurer, D F. ALLEN, of Frankfort. For Auditor of State. JAMES R. RIGGS, of Sullivan. For Attorney-General, JOSEPH H. SHEA, of Seymour. For Reporter of Supreme Court, WALTER S. CHAMBERS, of Newcastle. For State Statistician, JESSE D. SMITH, of Indianapolis. For Supt. of Public Instruction, LI VI H. SCOTT, of New Albatiy. For Judge of Supreme Court,2d District. ' GEORGE K. DOWNEY, of Aurora. Forjudge of Supreme Court, 3d District. FRANK E. GAVIN, of Indinnupolis. DISTRICT TICKET. For Member of Congress WORTH W. PBPPLE, of Laporte County. For Stale Senator, JOHN WILDASIN, of Kentland. For Joint-Representative, S. E. S ( WAIM, of Hammond. For Prosecuting Attorney, COUNTY TICKET. For Treasurer, CAREY L. CARR, of Newton Tp. For Recorder, WILLIAM LOCKE, of Carpenter Tp. For Sheriff, J'IHV A. Mc FARLAND, of Marion Tp. For County Assessor, W. D. HRINGLE, of Jordan Tp. For Surveyor, THOMAS J. MALLATT, of Union Tp. For Coroner, Da. A. J. MILLER, of Marion Tp. For Commissioner, Ist District, W. S. DkARMONI), of Kankakee Tp. For Commissioner 2d District. JOHN RYAN, of Gillum Tp. For Commissioner 3d District, KARAH L. McKILLIP, of MilroyTp. TOWNSHIP TICKETS. Hanging Grove —W. R. WILLKT, Trustee; CHARLES LKFLKR, Assessor. GIIIam—THEODORE PHILLIPS, Trustee; JAMES CULP, Assessor. Walker—ALBERT BOUK, Trustee; CHAS. ARMSTRONG, Assessor. Barkley—GßANT DAVISSON, Trustee; JOSEPH PULLINS, Assessor. Marion-C. F. STACKHOUSE, Trustee; PETER HOUDKMAN, Jr.; Assessor. Jordan CHARLES K. SAGE, Trustee; BENJ. WELSH. Assessor. Newton-W. B. YEOMAN, Trustee; EDWARD LANE, Assessor. Kankakee- FRANK W. FISHER. Trustee: BERT VANDERCAR, Assessor. Wheatfleld—WM. C. SCHWIER. Trustee; HARMON CLARK. Assessor. Milrov W. C.IHUSTON, Trustee; WM, CITLP. Assessoi. Carpenter^-GEORGE B. FOX. Trustee; MOSKS SIGO, Assessor. Union—HARVEY DAVISSON, Trustee: EDWARD LAKIN, Assessor. Many republicans who saw Mr. Bryan for the first time last Wednesday were agreeably surprised to see that be did not have horns and the cloven foot, that has been attributed so long by republican newspapers, and that instead he was one of the best “lookers” that ever caoie down the pike.

HKNRY (i. DAVIS,

Remember that the election of Carey L. Carr as county treasurer means that the people of Jasper county will have a treasurer in fact as well as in name. He will not hold the office by proxy. The Democrat has always labored for what it has considered the best interests of the whole people of Jasper county, and in once more urging the election of democrats to office it does so with the consciousness that a change in the management of public affairs in this county will be very beneficial to the taxpayers thereof. Charles F. Stackhouse, the democratic candidate for trustee of Marion township, is a careful and conservative man in the conduct of business matters, is a successful farmer and in every way qualified to make the best and most popular trustee this township ever has had. You will make no mistake, voters, if you elect Charley Stackhouse. The election is only one week from next Tuesday. Have you made up your mind, Mr. Republican taxpayer, how you are going to vote the local ticket? Will you vote for Nichols for county treasurer again, knowing, as you must know at this time that he was a mere tool, elected by the McCoys that they might get their pay out of him for the thousands of dollars he owed them? If again elected he will be elected for a like purpose. Do you want Jasper county to act as collecting agent for any bank or individual? These are questions that you must decide at this election.

That W. J. Bryan has lost non 6 of the prestige he enjoyed in former camjjaigns, and that he is the best drawing card on the stump to-day, was again demonstrated last Wednesday when he spoke here to a crowd larger than all the people who have listened to republican spellbinders in the two last presidential campaigns in this town, and, while not as demonstrative as some enthusiasms might have desired, his every word was eagerly sought by thousands of willing ears. One who was not turned, or at least does not stop and think before further pursuing his phantom chase after martial glory, to the paths of peace and tranquility, is indeed lost to the voice of reason. We are even constiained to believe that John P. Carr of the Fowler Leader, hardened as he is in the pursuit of republican lusts, would have b en mightily moved to repentance, if indeed his complete conversion had not been fully consumated. Mr. Bryan’s wit, his straight-forward presentation of facts, his biting sarcasm, his convincing logic will not fail to convince the most skeptical that he is in earnest and means what he says when he urges every one who voted for him in the two last campaigns to vote the democratic electoral, state, congressional, legislative, and local tickets at the polls Nov Bth. The comments of friend >and political foe were alike complimentary, and in any future visit Mr. Bryan’s presence will attract the crowd of the season.

Taxpayers of Jasper county, it will soon be up to you once more to decide whether or not you want any change in the management of your local affairs. If you are satisfied with the enormous taxes you are paying and the extravagant and profligate waste of public money that is being made —a la Tom McCoy—vote for its continuance by again electing the entire republican ticket, most of which is the old ring ticket and will be subject to ring control. If, on the other hand, you have at last got your eyes opened to the truths The Democrat has been pounding into your ears for the past six years and desire a lower tax rate and a more rigid economy in the administration of your county affairs —without in any way jeopardizing the public good—vote to put a few democrats in .’the court house. This matter is for you to decide. Think it over seriously and then do as your conscience and better judgment tells you.

Taxpayers of Jasper county who read the figures of a few items of supplies bought and paid for during the past nine months for the county poor farm, published last week, should bear in mind the number of people who are supposed to have consumed this enormous amount of supplies. Taking the average number of inmates of the poor asylum at 13— which has, we believe, been the average during this time as shown from the quarterly reports, Supt. Blue and wife and hired girl (their daughter, ats3 per week) and two hired men—we don’t know that there were two men, but as we desire to be perfectly fair in this matter we will allow him two — and we have a total of 18 people. Now the supplies run practically the same right along, and this is what each one must have)consumed, dividing up the supplies evenly among these eighteen people: Granulated Sugar 95 lhs. Tea 3 “ Coffee n “ Beans 8 “ Rolled Oats 8 “ Crackers 7'A“ Raisins 2 •* Wheat flour (1 barrel) 196 “ But don’t think for a moment that this was all the groceries bought for this expensive institution during the past jiine months. In addition to this there has been 20 bushels of potatoes ;JlO pounds of pulverized sugar; 12 gals, molasses; 2 pounds of tapioca; 1 pound of nutmegs; 2 pounds of cinnamon; 1 pound of cloves; 4 pounds of mustard; 10 dozen cans of corn; 10 dozen cans of peas; 20 dozen lemons; 90 pounds of dried peaches; 85 pounds of prunes; 80 pounds of hominy; 30 pounds of cheese; 12 bottles Jof vanilla; 4 cakes bakers chocolate ;v 15 cans cocoa; 2 cans cocoanut; 50 pounds buckwheat flour; 22 pounds of soda; 16 pounds baking powder; 7 pounds comUstarch; 28 gals, cider vinegar; several cases of strawberries; 1 barrel and 10 sacks fine salt; bushel of onions; some two hundred dollars worth of fresh meat, etc., etc., bought and paid for out of the taxpayers’ money. The auditor’s report for the calender year 1903 shows that the expense of conductingjthe farm last year was $3,661.78! If you want this thing to continue, Mr. Taxpayer, vote to keep the ring politicians in power. But if you do so vote, don’t growl about your high taxes when you go to pay them.

Of Interest to Advertisers. oeAiwwvw An examination of the latest issue of the American Newspaper Directory, the recognized authority on circulation ratings of newspapers In the U. S. and Canada, reveals the fact that in Indiana THE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT has a higher circulation rating than Is accorded to any other paper published In Jasper County.

PARTY ORGANIZATION.

The Democrats of Indiana cannot do a more Important work In the closing days of the campaign than give earnest attention to organization. Of all phases of the campaign It is the one that should Invoke painstaking care and earnest thought to the end that nothing may be left undone that may contribute to success at the polls. What are the arrangements in this county for getting out the full Democratic vote? Are there any voters who may be regarded as doubtful for any cause, and if so can the causes of the doubt be removed? Are Democrats at work and are they working effectively? Can the vote of the party four years ago be greatly increased, and if so, what are the means to be employed? These are some of the questions that should be suggested and effort should be made to find answers that, wilh bring about the desired results. The Indications are all favorable to carrying Indiana by a decided plurality, for the campaign was opened and has been conducted under the most favorable auspices. From its inception the Republicans have been on the defensive and their defense has been notoriously impotent in the face of the record they have made in state anfi nation in the past ten years. Congress and the state legislature have been extravagant with the people’s money; corruption has entered in and received encouragement from high places; graft has been exalted and old-time economy abased; the-trusts, fostered by a prohibitive tariff, have epten up

ANOTHER REASON WHY TAXES ARE HIGH. Jasper County tax payers will no doubt relish the following. It shows that the corporations have the common people by the throat: Increase in assessments on lands and improvements on lands by the Republican State Board of Tax Commissioners in 1903 in Jasper County.... $ 839,069 Decrease in assessments of railroads of Indiana in nine years by the same board... 4 16,297,989 Decrease iu assessments of express, telegraph and transportation companies in Indiana in 1904 931,265

the people’s substance and have become more and more dictatorial with their long-continued lease of power; the Indiana board of tax commissioners has persistently and In defiance of right reduced the assessments of corporations and Increased the burdens of the people by increasing the assessments on lands from which our people draw their sustenance; every session of the legislature under a Republican majority shows an increasing expense, and extravagance and waste have been allowed to run unrestrained and with ever-increasing velocity. But, notwithstanding the favorable auspices tinder which the party opened its camapign, it must not be assumed that the opposition to Republican politics will find its fjTtl expression at the polls without effort oh the part of Democrats. Tliere is iibthing more pronounced than\the disposition to leave to others In politics the duty of righting the wrongs which all suffer alike and to shirk effort which might he put forth to good purpose. Every Democrat should be at work and should wdrk unceasingly till the polls close on November 8. The redemption of the state nation from Republican rule and Republican extravagance can be accomplished If all the forces of opposition are working unitedly to that end. The one fact alone that a Republican hoard of tax commissioners has increased the assessments of lands and Improvements on lands In excess of $27,000,000, while reducing the assessments of corporations more than $16,000,000, should excite the greatest alarm among the people and restore the Democratic party to power. Perfect the organization in every detail. Let every Democrat get to work and work earnestly for success and there will be no question about the result. State Statistician Johnson has given out some figures from his office that are distinctly suggestive of the kind of prosperity that is being felt over the country. He has recently investigated the question of mortgages and finds that the total mortgage Indebtedness in Indiana is about 15 per cent, of the total land valuation. There were 59,921 mortgages filed for record during the past year and they represented $68,902,762. which was an Increase both in number and amount over the preceding year. The average of each mortgage was about $1,149 and, taking this as a basis, the total mortgage indebtedness in the state is $105,410,000. Another suggestive fact brought out by the inquiry is that the number of mortgages filed lgst year exceeded the number canceled End represented an excess of $18,424,220. About one-half of the new Indebtedness is on farm property. Yet the Republican orators are telling the people that there were never times like these—and In one sense they are not mistaken.

Gvernor Wright of the Philippines has written a letter to President Roosevelt recounting some of the troubles that he encounters in the islands He says the continued discussion of the Filipino’s capacity for self-govern ment in this country is making his task as governor harder Then why don’t he resign and come home? Of course the task is hard, and will always continue to be hard. But the chief trouble Js that it will be harder

on America than on the Philippines, for despotic government away from home will undermine the love of libty at home as surely as it Is given approval by the people at the polls. The New York Sun, which Is supporting Roosevelt, declares that the party should take Sceretary Shaw off the stump. It says that the statement of the secretary that congress had no power to Investigate the postofflce department shows him to be Incompetent and dangerous to the party as a speaker.

MR. BRYAN’S WORK

Characterized by Earnestness of Purpose, Loftiness of Thought, Eloquence of Speech and Consek cration to High Ideals. The lion. William Jennings Bryan has accomplished a great work in Indiana. The result cannot, perhaps, ever be correctly measured by the number of votes that he has made for the Democratic ticket, but he has shown a patriotic zeal and a consecration to purpose that stand out in the campaign with distinctness all their own, and in this light he is seen in the true exaltation of his character and honored by men even though they may differ from him in respect to the

views so ably expressed. Though Mr. Bryan discussed political issues, there was naught of rancor in his utterances nor anything that the most fastidious could object to. There was a high moral tone pervading everything that he said, and its influence was feit everywhere he spoke. His appeals for right as against wrong, for constitutional government as against tyranny, for the people as against the aggressions of the trusts, showed him to be fearless, honest and sympathetic. No man has ever made a more courageous battle for what he considers right, and no man in Indiana was ever listened to with more interest. These things all speak well for Mr. Bryan and his auditors, and there is no doubt but his words have made' impressions that will outlive the campaign. Here are some of his utterances which show the man and his ideals of citizenship; “Nothing that we can say, or fail to say, will change the conviction In the hearts of the Filipinos that they have a right to govern themselves." “I believe In the Declaration of Independence, the doctrine of self-gov-ernment and in the constitution more than I ever believed in either gold or silver." “I want you to look at the history of the world, and you will find that there never has been a time when a people have welcomed an alien government." “The Republicans tell you that they want our flag to be feared. I want our flag to be loved by every Human being.” “How small and petty must seem differences on questions of finance, when principles of government, for which men die, are at stake!” “The great common people are the strength of this nation in time of peace; they are its bulwark in time of war.” “The greatness of a nation is measured by the greatness and happiness of its common people.” “What right has the laboring man in this country, to demand the constitution for himself, he will take it away from the Filipinos?” “Nothing makes a man so well known aa the fearless discharge of high duty In great position.” “I am opposed to dealing with the laboring man through the War Department. I want to deal with him through the Department of Justice.” “We have killed more Filipinos trying to prevent them from killing each other than they would have killed In a century, fighting among thens selves.” “I deny the right of this republic to buy subjects from a Spanish king, for if we can buy those subjects, we can sell Americans into subjection to a Spanish king, and I deny the right of our government to sell one human being to any king or potentate on earth. “Nothing good can come to our country by a change from our old Ideals of government.” “I believe in constitutional government, and I am not willing to suspend that constitution and hold despotic sway over alien people in another hemisphere.” “No man makes a greater mistake than to think that upon broad, fundamental principles, people differ much."

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