Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1908 — A DISTINCTION IN CREDITORS. [ARTICLE]

A DISTINCTION IN CREDITORS.

The Republican devotes another column of space this week to abusing J. G. Tharp of Remington for his refusal to vote for Abe Halleck for state senator at the republican senatorial convention at Monticello recently, and charges that Mr. Tharp owes it—The Republican—for several years subscription to that paper. We know nothing of the truth of this whatever, but we have heard it intimated from a source that ought to be reliable, that a certain republican candidate for office owed the Republican SBS for subscription and job printing, and that the Republican couldn’t get a cent out of him, either. But of course the Republican will say nothing through its columns about this, and will enthusiastically support the said candidate, perhaps with the foolish idea that he will liquidate if he gets the office, and will jump onto John Tharp with both feet simply because he exercised his legal right as a delegate and showed his good sense in refusing to vote for the head of the Jasper county republican machine for senator ;