Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1905 — BIG REMONSTRANCE FILED. [ARTICLE]

BIG REMONSTRANCE FILED.

Nearly a Thousand Taxpayers Protest Against Nichols Relief Bill. The remonstrances against the passage by the legislature of the bill to relieve the bondsmen of the county treasurer from liability for loss of county funds in the McCoy bank failure were sent to Indianapolis Tuesday morning and contained the names of almost one thousand taxpayers, among whom were the heaviest taxpayers of Rensselaer and other sections of the county. The remonstrances were circulated but a very few days and only a small number of the citizens of the county could be seen, yet about nine out of every ten men, to whom they were presented, signed and also verbally expressed themselves as unequivocally against the passage of the measure. The experience met with by those having the remonstrances in hand would indicate that fully 90 per cent of the taxpayers of the county are against the scheme. A remonstrance was also circulated here somewhat against the passage of the act to relieve the bondsmen of ex-trustee Blue of Marion township, and it, too, was quite generally signed, two of those signing being on the bond and knowing that they would have their share to pay should the measure not go through. They said, however, that they did not think the relief measure was right and they were willing to pay their share of the lobs. Developments have shown that the taxpayers have nothing more to hope for from Senator McCain in this proposed legislation than from Representative Wilson. McCain was telegraphed Monday to use bis influence to hold off action on the Nichols measure until the next day, when a big remonstrance against its passage would be filed. This dispatch was signed “Five Hundred Taxpayers of Jasper County,” by the gentleman whose name headed the list. Senator McCain was asked in this

dispatch to wire receipt of the telegram, and, although it would not have cost him a penny and only about two seconds of his “valuable time,” he ignored it altogether. He also made no reply to the petition sent him last week to hold up action on the bill a few days, which was signed by twenty of the heaviest taxpayers in Rensselaer.