Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — MONON ROUTE EXCURSIONS. [ARTICLE]

MONON ROUTE EXCURSIONS.

The Democrat’s first choice for the democratic nomination for President in 1908 is Joseph W. Folk of Missouri.

Morocco is still getting new railroads—on paper. The latest is an east and west road which is to run straight through from New York to San Francisco, missing Chicago but striking Morroco and Rensselaer. Well, we are from' “Mizzoo.”

The need of a “taxpayers league” in Rensselaer and Jasper county ought to be apparant to every one who has followed the trend of affairs here. It could save thousands of dollars every year of the public money by seeing to it that public officials obeyed the law and in watching that the numerous “grafts” are cut off.

In these days of our higher courts decisions generally favoring the corporations and trust magnates, it is refreshing to note that the Supreme Court of Arkansas has just held the anti-trust law of that state, a very stringent measure, constitutional. But of course Arkansas is a democratic state and it is inferred that her Supreme judges are nearly all democrats and believe in that good old democratic principle of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none.”

A novel situation has arisen at Lafayette, Governor Hanly’s home, over the determination of the Tippecanoe County Fair Association to hold the 1 fair along Governor Hanly’s linesof law enforcement. It has served notice that gambling, pool selling and sale of liquor will be prohibited on the grounds, and as a result the liquor and brewery interests have determined to boycott the meeting. They have refused to make any donations toward it, but the members of the Association are sending representatives among the farmers urging them to attend the fair and co-op-erate in making it a success. The association is confident of having the greatest fair in its history in spite of the opposition of the saloon interests. "V

There is said to be some 24 private banks in the State that have failed to comply with the new banking law, and that the prosecuting attorneys of the counties, in which these banks are located have been instructed by the State Auditor to begin prosecutions against the offending bankers for failure to comply with the law. The penalty for failure to comply with the law is a fine not exceeding 11,000 to which may be added for the second offense imprisonment not exceeding two years. It is reported that some of the banks that have failed to comply with the law are located in Benton, Fulton, Kosciusko, Laporte, Newton, Pulaski, Shelby, Starke and Steuben counties. The first statement to the State Auditor under the law was to be made July I. An Indianapolis Judge, in a test case brought in the Marion circuit court, held the law unconstitutional, but this will not prevent prosecutions pending a decision by the Supreme Court.

•MJO round trip to Denver, Col., Aug. 11, Hand IS; good returning to Sent 35. SOB.BO round trip to Portland. Ore., June 1 to Oct. 18, going via any direct route, returning via Fan Francisco or Loa Angeles or vice versa; >s7.Bogoing via any direct route, returning via same or any other direct route.

W. H. BEAM,

Agent.