Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1908 — Page 2

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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF INDIANA And All Others Who Desire to Cooperate With Thom:

By order of the Democratic State Central Committee, the Democrats of Indiana, and all who desire to co-operate with them, are invited to meet in delegate convention at Tomlinson Hall, in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26, 1908, for the purpose of adopting a platform, the selection of Presidential electors, contingent electors, delegates to the National Democratic Convention, and to nominate candidates for the following State offices, to-wit: Governor. Lieutenant Governor, Secretary ot State. Auditor of State. Treasurer of State. Attorney General. Reporter of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction. State Statistican. One fudge of the Supreme Court for Fifth District. One Judge of the Appellate Court for First District. The Convention will be Composed of 1,371 delegates—necessary to choice, 686, Jasper County will be entitled to 7 delegates in said convention. The convention will be called to order Wednesday, March 25, 1908, at 10 o’clock a. m. The delegates from the respective counties composing the several Congressional Districts will meet Wednesday, March 25, 1908, at 2:30 p. m , at the following places: First District —State House, Room 45, first floor. Second District —State House, Room it, first floor. Third District—State House, Room 12, first floor. Fourth District —State House, Room 83, second floor. Fifth District—State House, Room 91, third floor. Sixth District—State House, Room 93. third floor. Seventh District—Court House, Criminal Court Room. Eighth District—State House, Room 102, third floor. Ninth District—State House, Room 85. second floor. Tenth District—State House, Room 120, third floor. Eleventh District—State House, Room 29. first floor. Twelfth District —State House, Room 15. first floor. Thirteenth District—State House, Roon 112, third floor. At each nf such meetings the following officers and members of committee will be selected, viz: One Member of the Committee on Rules and Pennasent Organization. One Member of the Committee on Credentials. One Member of the Committee on Resolutions. One Vice President of the Convention. One Assistant Secretary of the Convention. One Presidential Elector and one Contingent Elector. Two Delegates to the National Conventon. Two Alternate Delegates to the National Convention. The Committee on Rules and Permanent Organization will meet in room 14V, Grand Hotel immediately after the adjournment of District meetings. The Committee on Credentials will meet in room 146, Grand Hotel, immediately after the adjournment of District meetings. The Committee on Resolutions will meet in ordinary, Grand Hotel. Wednesday, March 25, 1908, at 7 p.m. .

The Cpnvention will reassemble at Tomlinson Hall at 7:30p. m., to receive the report* of the Committees except Committee on Platform. The Convention will meet March 26,1908, at 10 a. m., for the adoption of a platform and the nomination of candidates. U. 8. Jackson, Joe Reiley, Chairman. Secretary.

CALL FOR COUNTY CONVENTION

Notice is hereby given to the Democratic voters of Jasper County, to meet at their usual voting precincts, on Saturday, March 14,1908, at 10 o’clock a. m , for the purpose of electing delegates to the County Convention to be held in the east court room at Rensselaer, on Saturday, March 21,1908, at 1:30 o’clock p. m., to nominate candidates for the following County offices towit: County Treasurer, County Recorder, County Surveyor, County Sheriff, Commissioner First District, Commissioner Third District. And to elect seven delegates to the State Convention to be held at Indianapolis on Wednesday and Thursday, March 25, and 26, 1908, as follows: Two delegates from Qaoh Commissioner’s district and one delegate at large. You are further notified that delegates will be selected at the County Convention for the various District Conventions, time and place of which will be designated in a later call. The basis of representation to said county convention is one delegates for each ten votes cast for Secretary of State in 1906, as follows: Barkley, East... 4 Delegates “ We5t.......... 5 “ Cai penter, East;... 7 " South 5 “ “ West 6 “ Gillam 4 “ Hanging Grove 2 " Jordan... 6 “ Kankakee 5 “ "Keener 5 _ Marion No 1 7 " " No 2 10 " “ No 3 8 '• No 4 6 " Milroy 3 “ Newton 4 “ Union, North 5 “ “ South 5 “ Walker 5 Wheatfield 7 " N. Littlefield, Chm. B. N. Fendig, Sec.

Up to the end of last week 472 delegates had been elected to the Republican state convention. Watson, the Fairbanks-Goodrich, candidate, claims more than 300 of those so far chosen. If the machine does not slip a cog or two Subsidy Jim will go through easily if the present gait is maintained.

Harriman will probably be one of the delegates from New York to the Republican national convention. He will vote," at first, for Hughes, of his own state. But be has a warm feeling—a sort of fellow feeling—for Fairbanks. Harriman four years ago was a national delegate and voted for Roosevelt.

The woeful plight of their party in the nation is vastly discouraging to the Indiana Republicans. And they have been getting exceedingly ugly about it. Whenever they hold a convention or a a primary election, or a meeting of any sort trouble grows out of it. Even such an ordinary harmless thing as the gathering of the State Lincoln League caused a terrible row that involved a vice president of the United States, two United States senators, four candidates for governor, and some dozens of smaller fry.

The Republicans of Indiana are “solid for Fairbanks.” But Jt is only on the surface. Ask any well-posted member of the party what be thinks about Fairbanks’ prospects, and he laughs. The truth is that the Indiana Republicans don’t expect the vice president to be nominated—and they don’t oare a hoot. If the unexpected should happen and lightning should strike him at Chicago they don’t expect him to be elected—and they don’t care a hoot about that either. As a matter ot fact, they really don’t oare a hoot about anything, The outlook for their party is so gloomy that many of them are ready to believe that the day of dissolution is at hand.

The New York Journal of Commerce, a leading financial publication, says that the Standard Oil company is backing the candidacy of Governor Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. 80 far as is known Hughes willbe as satisfactory to the theiviug “system” as any of the other Republican candidates.

The Democrats of Marion county have organized for the campaign. They propose to carry the county in the interest of good government —national, state and local. Mr. Fogarty the new chairman, is personally clean and able, and he will receive the undivided support of his party and draw heavily from other sources. In speaking of his election the Indianapolis Star (Rep.) says that it “will solidify a tendency recently in evidence among eligible Republicans to stay off the ticket thia year and save money.” All along the line it looks like poor picking for the Republicans this year.

Instead of trying to do something to relieve the country from the effects of its follies and crimes, each of the different factions of the Republican party is trying to fix the responsibility for present conditions upon some other faction of the party. Congress can hardly be expected to do anything until this momentous question is settled. Therefore congress will do nothing until after the election, when the people have settled the question by turning the whole party out and putting another party in that is confessedly free from blame—not only free from blame, but having real remedies for existing ills.

In his Indianapolis speech Mr, Bryan asserted that beginning with 1896 there had been “a marvelous increase in the production of gold.” A few days later W. D. Bynum, in a communication printed in the Indianapolis Star, attempted to discredit Mr. Byran’s statement. But as a matter of fact Mr. Bynum, whether he intended it or not, gave evidence that established the entire truth of Mr. Bryan’s assertion for he showed that in 1896 we had $500,000,000 in gold, while now (1908) we have $1,500,000,000. This is one billion dollar increase, which is “marvelous” enough for all ordinary purposes.

As indicating the interest that, is being taken in the Democratic state convention, attention may be called to the fact that more that} a dozen candidates for the various offices have already secured rooms at the Grand hotel for their headquarters during the convention. Besides the candidates themselves, quite a number of their friends have also engaged rooms in advance, so as to be early on the ground. Everything points to a great and earnest gathering of representative party men from every corner of the state. The utmost harmony is expected, and a ticket and platform that will meet the fullest approval of the party can be confidently predicted.

Further disclosures of official rottenness in the Marion county court house continues to be made. For thirteen years that county has been at the mercy of a gang of reckless Republican politicians who felt that, with 8,000 negro votes back of them, they were sure of their bold. But in 1906 a Democrat was elected auditor. He took his office the first of last January. And then things began to happen. Orime after crime has been'unearthed and the most disgraceful neglect of the public’s business imagine has been shown. The thieving is astounding. To bead off the rising indignation which seems certain to put the Democrats in power, the soared Republican managers say they will “dean their own house,” They didn’t think about it, however, until a Democrat official had told the people what had been going on.

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During the “hard times” period of 1893-94 the Indianapolis Charity Society had a total of 1,825 applications for relief. But from Dec. 21, 1907, to Feb. 22, 1908, a period of sixty days only, the same society according to the Indianapolis Star (Rep.) had 2,333 applications for help from unemployed. These figures prove that this Republican “stringency” is worse than an ordinary panic.

The anti-Roosevelt Republican papers are using a great deal of space talking about “the abuse of the federal patronage” in the interest of Taft. And Mr. Roosevelt “defends himself by showing that federal officeholders are mostly working for Foraker, Fairbanks, Knox and the other Republican candidates. The sum of the whole thing, from their viewpoints, seems to be as to whose ox is being gored, and not as to the palpable and disgraceful violation of the civil service laws> In every state United States officeholders are admittedly neglecting the public’s business, while they are putting in their time working in politics. Here in Indiana the different Republican factions have built their machines around the Fairbanks, Beveridge and Hemenway appointees in the state at large, and each Republican congressman is using his position as rallying points. Not in a generation has there been such a shameless misuse of pratronage as that which exists today.

With the big guns—or at least the alleged big gons—are fighting among themselves, it is no wonder that the innocent Republican bystander, is preparing to take to the woods. The race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination furnishes an illustration. Watson is charged by his three opponents with having the support of the Fairbanks-Goodrich state machine including the state committee, thus having an unfair advantage. Watson in turn assails the other candidates by charging them with setting the labor organizations on him. Q. W. Miller, through Senator Beveridge, his spokesman, insinuates that big sums of money are being used against him. Taylor through his sole friend on the state committee, asserts that the Beve-

ridge-Hemenway, federal officeholders are all neglectiug their official duties and working for Watson and Miller. Prof. Hugh Th. Miller, the fourth candidate, rests under the serious accusation of being supported by Governor Hanly.

IT HAPPENED IN KENTUCKY.

Cincinnati Enquirer. Democracy slipped its moorings yesterday in Kentucky. It struck a reef, as do all craft that venture upon turbulent seas without a firm guiding hand. The deadlock that ensued when certain members of the L gislature declined to vote for the candidate who had been declared the nominee of their party by a primary vote, was terminated by the election of the Republican nominee, former Governor William O. Bradley. The votes of four Democratio members of the Assembly, who had persistently opposed the candidacy of former Governor Beckham, accomplished the unforeseen result. For the second time in her history Kentucky will be represented in the Senate of the United States by a Republican. The only other representative of that party to achieve similar distinction was William T. Deboe. His election was accomplished under similar circumstances, and was the result of a break a prolonged deadlock. Defeat comes to Governor Beckham doubtless as a bitter potion. His political career, until yesterday, had been one record of unbroken and splendid successes. Youthful, brilliant, daring, be had captivated the hearts of Kentuckians, who delighted to honor him, and to put him forward as the exponent of their great state. Thrice had he been made Governor, and then by the suffrages of his own party be was designated as its choice for the Senatorship. It is not for the Enquirer to moralize upon the result of yesterday’s balloting at Frankfort. Disturbing, even apparently disrupting, forces have been at work in the Blue Grass state for a number of years, which meant revolution of some sort sooner or later. It was inevitable that the men who bad to deal with the perverse temperance question and the tobacco difficulties would encounter opposition and incur deep-seated and abiding enmities. The Beokkbam administration had to cope with these questions, and whether right or wrong in its course, no one can question that they were treated vigorously and firmly. That there should have been resentment and attempted reprisal was to have 1 been expected in the natural order I of human affairs.

It was not a victory for the Republicans. All they could muster fell far enough short to preclude , all possible hope of victory except through the aid of the disgruntled. It does not mean the end of Democratic supremacy in Kentucky. Regenerated and revified, probably with entirely new leadership, the party that has controlled the destinies of Kentucky during her existence as a state will reassert itself and again wield the scepter of power and authority. The hiatus may be good* both for the state and the Democratic party. The new Senator brings to the office a wealth knowledge and experience gained in actual and constant contact with public affairs. He knows the people of bis own state and their wants and needs. He has always been a broadminded partisan, and will undoubtedly represent all the people of the state in a manner fully worthy of the traditions and history of her many great men.

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BLACK LANGSMAN CHICKENS AND M. B. TURKEYS.

Eggs from my prize-winning breeding pens $2 per 15; |lO per 100. From birds that run at large, •1.25 per 15; *2 per 30; $5 per 100; Turkey eggs 50 cents each. Circulars free. Wn. Hershman, R-R-l Medaryville, Ind

BOGS FOR HATCHING.

8. L. Wyandatt and R. I. Reds, 15 for 50 cents at house, No. 1 laying strain. Mbs. J. B. Thompson, Remington, Ind., ’Phone 26.

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