Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1907 — A SMALL BUSINESS. [ARTICLE]

A SMALL BUSINESS.

Let us see! All these stock panics and such like are taking place under a Republican administration; are they not? What’s the trouble?

We have a little bill of $2,500,000 against Cuba for our latest services in “pacifying’’ the island. As we are still sitting on the lid another bill is incubating. Cuba can’t stand many pacifications at that price

Oliver P. Morton, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin Harrison and Joseph E. McDonald modestly aspired to the presidency and nobody laughed. Charles W. Fairbanks aspires to the presidency, and—well, he, at all events, is serious.

Harriraan is a true blue Republican. There is no doubt about that fact. He says the railroads are not overcapitalized because it must bo remembered that “this is a wonderful country.” That is the excuse given for every Republican extravagance under which the taxpayers groan.

The Hou. Will Wood, chiefly kuowu to fame ae a former partner and now a bitter enemy of Governor Hanly, gives itoutthat “Billy” Taylor, “Charlie” Miller, “Jimmy” Goodrich aud “Hugbthy” Miller are after the next Republican nomination for governor. Just why they should want the nomination no one knows. The next governor of Indiana is going to be a Democrat.

The IndiauapolisNews “wondors how it is that Mr. Bryan can keep up his interest in politics.” But there is no cause for wonder stall. Mr. Bryan has convictions, ho believes that certain Democratic policies will materially advance the welfare of the American people. So believing, he has the courage, and the patriotism to stay in the fight until those policies through the success of the Democratic party, are put in operation. He himself has declared that he entered politics by accident, buttlin'; he stayed in by design. In other words he found that there was something in politics for him to do, and be stayed in to do it.

An artiole in Popular Mechanicss gives the following figures as to the relative safety of railroat travel in 1895 and 1905: In 1905 one trainman was killec out of every 133 men employed. In 1905 one trainman was injured out of every 9 employed. In 1905 one passenger killed to eaoh 1,375,856 carried. In 1895 one passenger was killed to each 2,984,832 carried.

In 1905 one passenger injured to each 70,655 carried, In 1895 one passenger injured to each 213,651 carried. The raito of fatalities to passengers carried more than doubled, and that of passengers injured more than trebled. During this eutire ten-year period the railroads of the country have been jackpotted in Wall street by stock gamblers and manipulators, The p iblic has paid the price iu both money and blood.

“Subsidy Jim” Watson, Republican congressman from the Sixth district, is, according to reports, coming from himself, almost “over* wl Gmed” with appeals from the pi < iple to become a candidate for governor. Really, Jim ought to run. He ought to be nominated, for then the people, the real people, would overwhelm him some more. He would be the worst beaten man that ever made the mistake of thinking himself a statesman. The fact that he with six other Republican congressmen from Indiana, voted for the ship subsidy graft, the salary grab and similar iniquities, and that he is a mere tool of the special interests in congress would do the business for him.

It is said that Governor Hanly would have vetoed the general appropriation bill and thus made a special session of the legislature necessary if he had not secured “concessions” from the state auditor and others that no attempt would be made to draw the $25,000 appropriated to give the state representation at the Jamestown exposition, As a result Indiana will not be represented. The space allotted to this state will have a “For Rent” sign on it. Indiana will enjoy the unflattering distinction of being the only daughter of the old dominion to show an unfilial disposition toward its territorical mother. Says the Rockville Tribune: “State officials would see no barrier in anything crooked by which their own salaries are paid have gone to splitting hairs over the legality of the appropriation for the Jamestown exposition. The auditor of state has declared that he will issue no warrant for the payment of anything connected with the commission. Indiana owes more to Virginia than to any other state. Virginia fitted out the expedition of George Gogers Clark; Virginians captured Vincennes in 1778 and made this territory a part of that oeded by Great Britain in the treaty of 1783. Then she generously ceded this territory, which was a part of her dominion, to the United States, and it was erected into the Territory of Indiana. The State of Indiana, and especially this part of it, is indebted to Virginia for the largest part of the best citizenship of our pioneer period. It is therefore a shame that our state shall take no part in an exposition of national scope, and of particular interest to the state, which of all others, we should honor.”