Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — OUR CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

OUR CANDIDATES.

The democrats of Jasper county have such exceptionally good men on both their county and township tickets this year that we wish to refer briefly to each one in this issue. Each and every one, we believe, is a property owner (land owner) in the county and township in which he resides, and is therefore financially interested in the conduct of public affairs in his township. Commencing with Carey L. Carr of Newtou township, our candidate for county treasurer, we have an honest, successful and well-to-do farmer, a careful and conscientious man in the conduct of hisown business affairs and one who is in every way qualified to conduct the office with credit to himself and to his constituency, which will be all the people of Jasper county. He is a man whom the only thiug the opposition can say against him is that he is a democrat. John A. McFarland of Rensselaer, our candidate for sheriff, is too well known to most of the people of Jasper county to need any introduction by us. “Mac” is in every way qualified to fill this office and will make a careful, economical and pains-taking official. William A. Locke of Remington, our candidate for recorder, is a young man exceptionably well qualified to fill this position. He is well educated, a fine penman and a genial and obliging young man, who will conduct this office in a business-like manner, and the tax-payers need not fear that he will be importuning the legislature as soon as he gets the office olinched for an increase of salary. He knows what the salary is and will aocept the offioe with the salary now fixed by law, and the same may be-said of all the other candidates on our ticket. Thomas J. Mallat of Fair Oaks, the candidate for county surveyor, is a pleasant and agreeable man, honest as the day is long and has a good knowledge of civil engineering, making him well qualified for the position. Dr. Albion J. Miller of Rensselaer, the oandiate for county coroner, is a young man well qualified for the place. A doctor should always be elected coroner, as it is a great saving in expense of conducting examinations, a fact that every intelligent taxpayer ought to know and heed. William D. Bringle of Jordan township, the candidate for county assessor, is a well educated and successful farmer, who owns and personally manages a good farm, and who would conduct the office of county assessor in a careful and business-like manner and much more economically than it has been conducted in the past. For the important office of county commissioners we present to you John Ryan of Gillam township, for the Second district, and 'Karah L. McKillip of Miliroy township, for the Third district. Both these men are well-to-do farmers, of £wide business experience aside from managing their farms, and Jasper county might be searched from one end to the other and no better qualified men could be found for this very important .office. Mr. Ryan is the present trustee of Gillam township, and the high regard in which the people of his township regard him is evidenced by the fact that the township is overwhelmingly yet he was elected trustee by a good majority. Everyone who knows John Ryan will tell you that he will make one of the best commissioners Jaaper county has ever had. While Mr. McKillip is not so well known in public life, he is aleo well qualified and will make an intelligent and trustworthy commissioner. These men, bear in mind, have muoh to

do with making yonr tax burdens reasonable or unreasonable, having aa they do the contracting and expenditure of all the county funds aside from the salaries of officers, etc., which are filed by law. Passing down to the, township candidates, nearly every one of whom is known personally to each voter in his township, we will refer more briefly still to them. The Democrat believes that every township trustee and assessor should be personally interested in his township, and, like the candidate for any public office, a man who pays his debts, has a financial standing in the community in which he lives —not necessarily a “rich man.” but one whose honor and integrity is such as to commend him to the people of his neighborhood and county. In fact, solid, substantial men who have the best interests of their township at heart. In Hanging Grove township William R. Willet and Chas. A. Lefler are the candidates for trustee and assessor, respectively. Both are straight and honorable farmers who own the farms they occupy and will make excellent officials. Gillam —Theodore Phillips and James Culp are the candidates there for trustee and assessor, respectively. These men each have an enviable standing in their township, are deeply interested in its future well being, and no mistake will be made in electing them to these offices. Walker —Albert Bouk for trustee and Charles Armstrong for assessor makes an excellent selection for township officials. Both are exceptionably well qualified, Mr. Bonk being an old school teacher, and both have the well-" fare ofWalker township at heart. Barkley —Grant Davisson and Joseph Pullins, the nominees for trustee and assessor, respectively, in Barkley, have an interest in the township that, together with their well known ability and integrity means mnoh to the taxpayers of that township. They have no masters to serve other than their resident constituency. Marion —Charles F. Stackhouse and Peter Hordeman, Jr., the nominees in this, the central township of the county, are both well-to-do farmers who have acquired the farms and property they own through their own individual efforts. Both are carefnl, safe and oonscientions men, and if eleoted will be a credit and a blessing to the whole people of the township, irrespective of party. Jordan— Charles E. Sage and Benjamin Welsh are among the solid men of this, one of the best farming townships in Jaaper oonnty. They take pride in their township and will make oareful, economical and honest officials. Newton— ln Newton township the Yeomans and the Lanes are known as among the best farmers and most honorable men in that township. William B. Yeoman

tor trustee and Edward Lane for assessor, makes a pair of officials of whom the people of the whole township may well feel a just pride, for they will make careful and conscientious officers. Keener —In Keener the democrats made no nomination for trustee, but will make a determined effort to elect Ohas. Harrington, Jr., assessor. Mr. Harrington is well qualified for this offioe and should be elected. We hope the taxpayers of that township will so view the matter and vote for their own intereets. Kankakee— Frank W. Fisher and Bert Vandercar, the candidates for trustee and assessor, respectively, are well known, honorable and popnlar citizens of that township. They have alkali times

the best interests of their township, at heart and their good judgement and qualifications will make most excellent officials. Mr. Fisher is a former assessor of that township and as such reduced the unreasonably high land assessment 25 per cent and succeeded in keeping said assessment from being raised to the old figure by j the county Board of Review, ap-d pearing in person at his own ex-j pense and remaining two days ina fighting said proposed raise. Huft action in this matter has sinoet saved the taxpayers of Kankakee many thousands of dollars. . Ilf fact the raise since that time ini land assessment has been bat ltt per cent by the board of review (no raise having been made bn Mr. Vandercar during his term a$ successor to Mr. Fisher). Had the land assesstuenl been placed back to the oMI valuation by the board —and it would have been but for Ms. Fisher —it is easy to see how mnoh more taxes the land-owners of that township would have bean called upon to pay, and that tide assessment is even now below whot the board proposed to make it at that time, and also below what |t was when Mr. Fisher was elected assessor, eight years ago. Mr. Vandercar is the present assessor of Kankakee and made a very efficient, popular and obliging official. Wheatfield— ln William & Schwier and Harmon Clark the democrats have two excellent men for the position of trustee and assessor, respectively, and the taxpayers of that township will do well in electing them and continuing the excellent financial condition of the townahip brought about by the able administration -of D. Clark, who took up the reins under discouraging conditions.

Carpenter —Here the democrats might have searched the township over and found no better men for these offices than George B. Fox and Moses Sigo. Both are prominent and successful f armers. Mr. Fox is a highly educated gentleman and if we mistake not is a graduate of Purdue University. He will make one of the best trustees that township has ever had, and the same may be said for Mr. Sigo for assessor. Milroy —W. C. Huston and William Culp, the nominees for trustee and assessor in Milroy are excellent men for the place. Both own farms in that township and are interested in its future growth and welfare. They are well qualified for the offices and will make ideal officials. Union —The name of Davisson in Barkley and Union townships is associated with that of men of upright character and good, sound business ability. When the democrats nominated Harvey Davisson for trustee they nominated one of the very beet men in that township or in Jasper county. He is a man who will well and truly be the trustee for the entire township, for republicans as well as democrats, and he should be elected regardless of politics. Edward Lakin, the candidate for assessor, is also well qualified for the office and will make an able "and populy officer.