Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1906 — STATE TICKET, [ARTICLE]

STATE TICKET,

For Secretary of State. JAMES F. COX, Columbus. For Auditor of State, MARION BAILEY, Lizton. For Treasurer of State. JOHN ISENBARGER, North Manchester. For Attorney General, WALTER J. LOTZ, Muncie. For Cleric of the Supreme Court. BERT NEW. North Vernon. For Superintendent of Public Instruction. ROBERT J. HALEY, Monroe County. For State Geologist. EDWARD BARRETT. Hendricks County. For State Statistician, DAVID M. CURRY, Sullivan County. For Supreme Judge, First ,EUGENE E. ELY, Pike County. For Supreme Judtfe Fourth District, RICHARD K. ERWIN, Adams County. Judges bf Appellate Court. First District. MILTON B. HOTTEL, Washington County. EDWARUTT. Judges of Appellate Court, Second District. RfGHAJUHiM+A+CTFORD. Jay (’omUy. HENRY’ G. ZIMMERMAN, Noble County. HENRY A. STEIS, Pulaski County. We never did like beef or pork, anyhow. The democratic state convention was a very liar mon ions affair and it conceded that the ticket nominated ia~a strong one. — One or two of the Republican congressmen from this state are letting th’e word dribble out through their districts that they favor a revision of the tariff. They are scared, but they cannot be trusted. Has the honorable Charles W. Fairbanks any opinion of any sort upon any subject about which there is the slightest disagreemen t among the people? If so, no one knows what it is. When he shows enthusiasm it is usually upon « subject that bears a B. C. datemark. And yet he wants to be president! It is amusing to note that a Rensselaer paper that purports to give a verbatim report of the McCoy trial as copied from W. H. Blodgett’s articles in the Indianapolis News, is very careful to “blue pencil” every line of Blodgett’s report of the political banking of the McCoys. A true report might injure the chance of the Republican politicians in Jasper county. See? Congressman Landis of the ninth district admits that the trusts and other “infant” tariff beneficaries sell their manufactured goods in foreign countries cheaper than they sell them at home. He goes further and defends this robbery of American consumers, and says that it is one of the chief glories of the Dingley law. Evidently he rates the intelligence of the voters of his district away belou par. And the question is, will these same voters stand for that sort of thing?

“We are now in a period of the moral regeneration of American business," says Senator Beveridge. How far will the ship subsidy graft favored by the Inndiana senators go toward bringing about this “moral regeneration?’’ And how far will a continuance of the tariff steal for the benefit of the trusts go? There is talk among the better class of the Republicans in Elkhart county of nominating an independent county ticket in order to clean out the Republican machine. A recent discovery of a defalcation in one of the offices has led to the charge that corruption is rampant. If the Democrats and the independent Republicans work together understandingly there ought to be no trouble about a housecleaning. The scandalous revelatins concerning the Chicago packing house are not to be credited to the Roosevelt administration so much as to a private citizen, the author of a novel. If the meat trust is “busted’' in any material respect that righteous deed will not be due to the Republican activity, but to private investigation. But just listen for the voice of the Republican politician telling the people “what we done.”

In all parts of the state complaint is heard of the working of the law passed by the last legislature concerning the repair of ditches. Under the old law township trustees kept ditches repaired at reasonable cost, but the new law puts the work in the hands of the county surveyor, and the expense is several times as great as formerly. The Tipton Times voices the general sentiment in this way: “The present ditch law is the most extravagent ever enacted in Indiana. It makes the county surveyor a monarch and giveshim absolute power to make assessments, let contracts and collect the money to pay the bills, without giving the man man who is affected any voice In the matter whatever. In fact the ordinary man cannot even have a chance to clean out his own ditch. In other words he is a serf and must hold up his hands and be robbed, if necessary, to satisfy the greedy. Will the people tolerate a political part}’ that will pass such an unjust measure? Will they longer be deceived by a party that legislates directly interests? It is high time for the farmers to assert their independence and rfebuke those who are responsible for such un-. just and tyrannical laws.”

It is a very common thing to hear Republicans declare that the farmer does not want any change in parties or policies so long as be has good crops and gets good prices for what he has to sell. This is a favorite argument of the “stand-patters,” anti it is assumed that the farmer will give the Republican party credit for what Providence and his own industry have done for him in__the_jnatter of crops and that he will look up on the “protective” tariff as the cause of the good prices he gets for his wheat and corn. But the truth is, and the farmer knows it better than anybody, that he derives no benefit whatever from the protective tariff, but on the contrary is harmed by it. He has to pay a tariff tax on everything he buys, and he sells in a market that is regulated by the world’s supply and demand. There is no “protection” for him. He is just taxed on what he buys for the benefit of the trusts and combines which control the things he must have. The Republican party has given these gigantic concerns a monopoly of the American market and the farmer and all other consumers must pay whatever price they demand. All the new things in oxfords at the G. E. Murray Cd. Monsoon Hour 98 cents for 50 lbs. a few days only. Chicago Bargain Store, Have you seen our basket weave underwear? In unions and twopiece; they are as cool as can be at a very small cost.

DUVALL & LUNDY.