Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1905 — “REFORM” METHODS [ARTICLE]

“REFORM” METHODS

In Colorado: Governors born of women are of but “few days” and full of ballots. * ' Mrs. Chadwick may be expected to blossom forth as a magazine contributor in a little while. Hereafter when we discuss the war we intend to talk familiarly about Tie Pass. It is the first name we have been able to pronounce. • There is little satisfaction in being elected governor of Massachusetts. They have an election every year and Gov. Douglas, who has hardly secured a grip on his seat, is already a candidate for re-election. The Chicago city election will be held next Tuesday. Judge Dunne is the democratic candidate for the mayoralty and Judge Harlan the republican candidate. The former is not a believer in race suicide, but on the contrary has an interesting family of ten children. The general opinion seems to be that Dunne will be an easy winner. s John L. Moorman, who is editor of the Stark County Republican and also chairman of the Thirteenth district republican committee, came out in his paper last week in a column editorial headed, “Too Much Roosevelt,” iu which he takes the president to task for his civil service ideas and the report that was recently sent out from Washington that no postmaster would be removed except for cause, without regard to length of time he may have served. Moorman deplores the fact that party workers are to go unrewarded, and ends by saying:» “From present indications the rank and tile of the republican party will look forward as longingly to the 4th of March, 1909, as the democrats did to the same day and month of 1897 —too much Cleveland, too much Roosevelt.” The fact that Bro Moorman is the republican chairman of his congressional district has caused a his remarks to be widely quoted and has caused a sensation in the republican camp.

To Mr. Blodgett’s article ou the nerve of bankers, might be added the nerve displayed by the McCoys of this place; how the elder McCoy for years has gone up and down the county bellowing about fifty-cent dollars, wild-cat currency and wild-cat banks, when the only kind of a fifty cent dollar he or anyone else ever saw or expects to 6ee is perhaps the one hundred cent dollar depositors placed in his rotten bank and now hope to get fifty cents back for it, minus about thirty cents. And, as to wild-cat currency aud the wildcat banks we have heard so much about in the early days of Northern Indiana, more money was lost in McCoy’s sheepskin bank —twice over, probably—than was ever lost in the entire northern section of the state in the days of so-called wild-cat currency. 1 The McCoys must have known for years that their bank was hopelessly insolvent, and yet they kept a stiff upper lip and went on raking in the shekels with offers of big interest rates; gave swell receptions to people who might have a few hundred dollars to place in bank; bought stylish equipage-, gasoline launches and fast horses. Talk about nerve, if the McCoys have cot displayed an amazing amount of it we have never seen anything of the eort.

Temperance Advocates Seem To Be a Little Too Zealous in This Town. “CHRISTIAN” ADVICE TO A WIFE Aiked to Poison Her Hnsband Because He Doesn’t Agree with Nicholson’s Liiw. Ladoga, Ind., March 30.—An anonymous postal card was received a lew days ago by a well-known woman in regard to her husband, who is one of the most prominent professional men in tills community, but who believes that saloons would be better than present conditions in Ladoga. The postal card reads: “I>ear Madam —If you knew with what contempt your fisty husband was held in your town, you would move out or give him a dose of ‘rough on rats.’ All decent people have dropped him. Now notice it. Scat you puppy!” The was mailed in Crawfordsville find the only signature was three crosses. Lawless Methods of "Reform.” As some of the women are taking a very active part in the remonstrance work at this place, and as the card bears evidence of having been written by a feminine hand, there is no doubt In the minds of those most interested that it comes from a woman remonstrant. In fact, the recipient of the anonymous card thinks she has established the identity of the writer. Some More of the Same. The anonymous postal card, however, is only one example of the way in which business men have been attacked iu a cowardly, threatening manner. A few days ago a landlady at this place turned away from her home one of the town’s most respected citizens and his wife because the man withdrew his name from a remonstrance and refused to sign it again. Merchants have been threatened with boycott, and all kinds of ill treatment has been endured by them. Some of the most prominent remonstrants are those who have caused others to violate the law by selling whisky illegally. Saloonlst Appeals HU Case. John V. Merchant, who was refused a liquor license last month, has appealed Ills case to the circuit court and may carry It to the appellate court. It is not the saloon element, but the leading men of the tow n w ho believe business has been seriously damaged and moral conditions made worse than In former years by the illegal sale of liquor, and that saloons would be better than present conditions. MUST “FISH OK CUT It AIT" So an Oil Company Is Told That Has Slept on Its Rights Too Long. Indianapolls, March 30. —ln deciding that the Ohio Oil company Lad forfeited its rights under a gas lease on lands In Huntington county by falling either to drill for oil or to pay the stipulated half-yearly rent. Judge Hadley, of the supreme court, said: “Whether It proceeds from design of crafty speculators in oil and gas leases to enshroud their contracts with doubtful, surd provisions ns a means of promoting their interests, or whether it conies irom a custom in the rural districts of employing unskilled draftsmen, it is a notable fact that few subjects of contract contribute to the courts an equal proportion of written agreements for Interpretation. “We think the suit was well brought. Under the contract it had made, appellant could blow hot and cold and postpone development of the land to suit its own pleasure. It was a case of fish or cut bait. Having paid no money, completed no successful possession for more than seven months it must be held that appellants’ rights in the premises had come to an end."

Lost Son Ha* Been Found. Waimsh, Ind.. March 30. W. G. Gardiner lias left for Cairo, HI., upon receipt of a message stating that his son, Guy. is there. Guy Gardiner, the son. was agent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad company at Winfield; Km., and last Octohet disappeared. It has been feared that he was killed. An extended search has been made for young Gardiner since his disappearanee. JhII nird* Break for Liberty. Brazil, Ind., March 30.—An exciting jail delivery occurred here as Jailer .Tames Savage opened the inner jail door to serve .James Gross, Robert Tilley and George Anderson with supper. Tilley knocked Savage down and the other two kicked and stamped him and then the trio escaped. All the officers of the city and several armed citizens gave pursuit and soon captured Tilley and Gross, but Anderson is still at large. Governor Fixe* Election Day. Indianapolis, March 30. Governor Hanley has fixed May 16 as the date for the special election to fill the vacancy in the First congressional district caused by the election of Hemenway to the United States senate. Re-Elected -Prexy” at Vlnoenne*. Vincennes, Ind., March 30.—Professor Horace J. Ellis has been re-elected president of Vincenne* university.