Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1908 — Page 2

m HUT PEMCMI. f. i mbcm, mm in hhubi *1.90 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Official Democratic Paper of Jaaper County. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. Entered at the Postoffice at Rensselaer, Ind., as second class matter. Office on Van Rensaelaer Street. Long Distance Telephones: Office 315. Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1008.

STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor THOMAS R. MARSHALL. For Lieutenant-Governor FRANK J. HALL. For Secretary of State JAMES F. COX. For Auditor of State MARION HAILEY. For Treasurer of State JOHN ISENBARGER. For Attorney General WALTER J. LOTZ. For Reporter of Supreme Court BURT NEW. For Judge of Supreme Court M. B. LAIRY. For Judge of Appellate Court E. W. FELT. For Slate Statistician P. J. KELLEHER. For Supt Public Instruction ROBERT J. ALEY. DISTRICT TICKEf. For State Senator, Counties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, ALGIE J. LAW. of Newton County. For State Representative, Counties of Jasper and White, GUY T. GERBER, , of Jasper County. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Treasurer ALFRED PETERB of Marion tp. For Recorder CHARLES W. HARNEII of Carpenter tp. For Sheriff WILLIAM I. HOOVER of Marion tp. For Surveyor FRANK GARRIOTT of Union tp. For Coroner DR. A. J. MILLER of Rensselaer. For Commissioner, Ist Dlst. THOMAS F. MALONEY of Kankakee tp. For Commissioner 3rd Dlst. GEORGE B. FOX * of Carpenter tp.

The State Board of Tax Commissioners has reduced the assessment of the corporations, which means that the farmers and other taxpayers will have to make good the difference. “T— — ' ' . Before it went into the hands of a receiver appointed by a United States court, the Indianapolis Star was violently anti-Taft. But under the receivership it is friendly to Mr. Taft. What its course will be later on is a matter of speculation. Republican congresses have spent $34,000,000 more during the past four years than were spent by the government during the four years of the civil war from 1861 to 1865. The expenditures for the past four years amount to $3,428,809,371. For the four years of the civil war the total expenditures were $3,394,830,931. Attorney General Bingham makes a big splutter about somebody “tipping off" his raid on the gamblers at West Baden and French Lick. As the men who are charged with keeping the gambling establishments at v both places are Republicans and . are doubtless contributors to the campaign fund of their party, it is likely that they were warned by persons who were in on the scheme. The Republican party doesn’t go to extremes with friends —not when an election is coming on. During the six years from 1893 to 1898, including all of Cleveland's last administration and half of McKinley's first, 10,279 new offices of all kinds were created at a cost of $6,018,417. During the six years of 1903 to 1908, under Roosevelt,

99,319 new offices were created at a cost of $69,843,506. The figures are given in a statement prepared by Senator Culberson, which may be fofind In Vol. 42 Cong. Rec. p. 7619. So, therefore, when it comes to new offices Republican administrations at Washington are Just like those at Indianapolis. And the people pay the freight in the way of higher taxes.

Governor jflanly bias a hard time getting along with his friends. He “split” with his old partner, the Hon. Will Wood. Then he quarreled furiously with his old neighbor, Senator Fremont Goodwine. K’ow another old neighbor, Charles V. McAdams, has resigned from the sfate railroad commission, because, it is said, the governor used him unworthily. But the Hon. R. Harry Miller and the Hon. Union Banner Hunt are still true.

In a column and a half of plate matter sent out by the Republican state committee in an effort to explain away the extravagance of the state officials is this statement: “The last state levy made by Democrats was 32 cents. That was in 1893. The state levy for this year made by the Republicans is 33.35 cents. There is good reason for the advance of 1.35 cents.” The “good reason"-alleged is the need of the state schools. But the advance in the levy is 4.35 instead of 1.35. The Democratic levy of 32 cents included 3 cents for the state debt sinking fund, leaving the levy for other purposes at 29 cents. The Republican levy includes nothing for the sinking fund.

That the President of the United States would stoop to such methods as are being used at Chicago to secure the nomination of Bill Taft, or would permit any of his (Officeholders or henchmen to aid or abet in this disgraceful affair, is almost beyond belief. The same methods employed by this great civil service reformer in the past are being employed by his henchmen, every man jack of them an appointee who has left his job for the purpose of forcing the nomination of —Roosevelt —upon his party. So are these methods and so offensive to all' decent men has the presence of federal office holders on the committee hearing the contests from the southern states, where the colored gentleman is much in evidence. become that the chief offender. Frank H. Hitchcock, the President's campaign manager, after having refused to resign, has been forcibly removed from the committee. Even Ex-Gov. Bradley of Kentucky declared the whole arrangement a “brace game.” NO BOODLE PUBLICLY. Doubtless there has been a tremendous "awakening of the conscience of the nation” as has been so many times declared. But the awakening did not reach the Republican majority in congress. The acts of the session just adjourned is proof of this fact. For illustration, the Democrats, and honest people generally, demanded that a bill be passed requiring contributors to campaign funds to be made public. John Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader in the house, challenged the Republicans as follows: "I stand to challenge you that every dollar that goes into a campaign fund, shgll be published to the world the day after it is received so that the world may know the motive of the giver and may judge the means of corruption in the hands of the recipients.” But did the Republicans pass the bill? Not a bit of it. They propose to make the usual campaign contracts with the trusts —bartering legislation for campaign funds —and they do not intend to publish the evidence of their crime against the people. I have $300.00 to place at once, on real estate. Anyone wanting $300.00 call and get terms. h—: —~ F< FERGUSON.

“Drys" win in Cameron, Mo.

Cameron, Mo., June 9.—At a most exciting election this college town of 4,000 went “dry” Monday. Prominent women stood guard all day to prevent the removal of liquor which had been stored by the “wets."

THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF.

The Republican papers and orators have been fond of telling the farmers how the Republican party has “protected” his wool. In view of this fact the case of a Fulton county farmer, a Mr, Hendrickson, as related in the Rochester Sentinel, is interesting. Last year Mr. Hendrickson sold his wool clip for $58.70. This year from the same sheep he sheared wool that sold for $17.30 —aslump in wool prices under that dear Republican protective tariff of $41.40. The sheep were in practically thesame condition as last year, but Mr. Hendrickson sold his wool at 32 cents last year and 12 cents this year. And what do the Republican papers say about it? Well, here is what the staunch organ of “protection,” the Rockville Republican, Bays: "Wool is low, to be sure, but nobody in Ipdijtna depends on wool for his living—it is in reality a sort of by-product for the farmer who raises sheep for the market. If he gets a big price for the wool so much the better: if a low price it don't make much difference.” But it does “make much difference.” It shows that the Republicans have been lying to the farmers about the tariff keeping up the prices of what he has to sell.

GANDER BONE’S JUNE FORECAST.

It was the seventeenth of June, And great was the convention— The vote was coming pretty soon, And thrilling was the tension. “Alabama!” cried the clerk, And some there were went daft When a U. S. Marshall showed his head Out in the seething mass and said “Count 22 for Taft!”

The Cannon men turned pale as ghosts, And the Hughes men gasped for breath: The* men for Fairbanks clung to posts As colorless as death. “Arkansas!” the clerk exclaimed, And the hall shook fore and aft When a spry postmaster, white of hair, Hopped to the main deck of his chair, And cried “Eighteen for Taft!”

The Fairbanks men exuded groans, And the Cannon men shed tears — And the Hughes men uttered none but moans That once had uttered cheers. “California!” boomed the clerk, > And the whole convention laughed When a revenue collector rose And whisled shrilly through his nose, "Count 20 more for Taft!” The Hughes men looked at the Cannon men. And they crawled out of their chairs And the Fairbanks fellows joined them when They pulled their Teddy Bears. And they all rushed up on the center stage As men who had made ready— And when the din and the tumult died. And the dust had settled down inside * The candidate was Teddy.

And when Bill Taft discovers what a mean trick they have played him, he’ll shed his coat and go to find the man who has betrayed him. He’ll lumber up the White House steps, with each jump growing warmer, and Ted will hear him coming in and slip into his armor. They’ll spar around the room a bit, and Ted will cry, “See here Bill! 1 know the whole affair must look all-thunderation queer, ..Bill, but listen: You’ll be named for vice, and when we’re both elected, why, I’ll resign. You’ll get It, Bill—fact is, that 1 suspected Bryan would defeat you, Bill, which made it necessary for me to head the ticket, Bill, lest everything miscarry.” And Bill will sink into a chair, aware that he had messed It, and will exclaim, “I see it now! By Jove, I should have guessed it! O, most ungrateful wretch am I, to think that you who made me— my benefactor and pay friend, had shamelessly betrayed me!” Whereat they will embrace and hug As lovers reunited, And Ted will rest on William’s breast And softly say, “Dee-lighted!” June gets its name from Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage. Juno was supposed to see everybody happily married. She was highly qualified to do this, for she herself had married Jupiter who was a worse runabout that Bonl Gould. When the celestial chorus was playing Parnassus, Jupiter hung around the stage door like a Pittaburger. He stirred up more scan-

dal titan Tom Platt, and was as bold ak Gllmanalre Gorey. Juno finally avenged herself upon her rivals by turning them into cows, which made Jupiter a cattle king. The college graduate will hear “The Macedonian cry Of Kansas farmers who must get The wheat cut by July. They’ll rustle out while yet the lark Is chirruping his matin, And chase the binder round the field Exuding Greek and Latin. The dinner bell will bring the sage, the scholar and the cynic, and dinner will become a sort of scientific clinic. Astronomers will talk of Mars, of Saturn and of Venus, and Latinists recall a few romances of Silenus. The Junobug will be mentioned as the genus Lachnosterna, and other bugs will speak of land as being terra flrma. They’ll quarrel, shout and sometimes swear in Arabic and Greek, and now and then a dainty hand will clasp a damask cheek. And all the while the farmer, full of wondering and doubt, will deeply marvel what the hotel Bill it’s all about.

The Anti-Saloon League willing, the 21st will be the longest day of the year. Upon that date the sun will reach the Tropic of Cancer in the northerly declination, and will start south again. On the same day the month will pass out of the influence of Gemini the Twins, and persons born after the 21st need not be - afraid. They will not have any. Upon the contrary, the stork will fill only single orders under the zodiacal sign of Cancer the Crab. Children born under this sign will crawl backward and cry for crabapple jelly. The smiling heavens will inspire The skylark and the linnet, And the busy parsons will turn out A new bride every minute. A few friends will throw shoes and rice, And taste the wedding cake, And then make bets among themselves On whether it will take. —- Mr. Bryan will complete his wall around Denver about the 30th, and will set a deadfall at the gate for Governor Johnson. In the course of the month, all Democrats who have fought fist-fights on the floor of Congress, or in any other way distinguished themselves, will be honorably mentioned for vice-pres-ident.

The boys will seek the swimming hole In quite excited packs, And paddle in it till the sun blisters on their backs; And when the disobedients Come wet-haired back to town. They’ll get a few more blisters raised A little lower down. Commencements will come In again and knowing well this bore, the wily parent will take seat quite near the door, and when his own child has declaimed, and shown his skill and pluck, he’ll lead the plaudits for a time, and impolitely duck. The hungry boy will stow a few green apples in his turn, and his ma will lay him belly up out in the blazing sun; and after while the pain will cease, the agony and gripe, because, by virtue of the sun, the once-green fruit is ripe. And then the Fourth will come again. With dea f h and lockjaw from it, And Pike’s Peak in the public eye, With Bryan on the summit.

COMMENCEMENT AT ST. JOSEPH

The Commencement exercises which will be held in the College Auditorium, Wednesday morning, June 17, will be fittingly introduced the previous evening by the rendition of Shakespeare’s play Henry IV. The play has been adapted for College presentation, and we are modest la stating that an exceptional treat awaits our patrons and friends. The cast has been chosen with utmost care and severe discrimination from a large number of available material. The character of Falstaff especially, Shakespeare’s master creation of the comic, the embodiment of wit, wisdom and folly, is in the hands of the competent actor, Mr. Otto Muehlenbrlnk, who leaped into prominence on’ his very first appearance before the footlights.

Henry IV Is a play that appeals to - all classes of people, intellectually to the cultured and, perhaps in a higher degree, in its comic scenes to everybody. The opportunity to witness a Shakespearian play does not present itself often and Shakespeare, when rendered well, even by amateurs, never fails to be interesting and instructive. A cordial invitation, therefor#* is extended to all . The play opens at 8:00 p. m., Tuesday, June 16. Admission 25 cents.

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Notice of Ditch Sale. RASMUSSEN DITCH. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Superintendent of Construction, will, at the village of Tefft, in the County of Jasper, State of Indiana, at the hour of two o'clock p. m., on SATURDAY. JUNE 27. 1908, sell at public outcry in three separate sections to be designated at the sale, to the lowest and best bidder, the contract for construction of the Nicoli Rasmussen Ditch, Cause No. 90, of the Jas§er Circuit Court. The successful biders will be required to enter into contract to complete the work according to the specifications and profile and give bond with a penalty equal to the amount of their bid. The Superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all bids.* THOMAS F. MALONEY. Superintendent of Construction. Notice of Bridge Letting. No. 7013. Notice is hereby given that on Monday, July 6th, 1908. the Board or Commissioners of Jasper County, Indiana, until 12 o’clock noon, will receive sealed proposals for the • construction of a steel tube bridge in Milroy township, on section line between sections 28 and 29, one-fourth mile north of the southwest corner of section 28-28-5, across Howe ditch. Said bridge to be 40 feet long, and 16 foot roadway. All bids to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as provided by law. Said bridge to be built in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the bidder, to the approval of the Board of Commissioners. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all oids. By order of the Board of Commissioners or Jasper County. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor. Notice of Ditch Letting. State Of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: In the Commissioners' Court, October Term, 1907. In the matter of the petition of Thomas Reed, et al, for tile drain. Cause No. 6746. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Superintendent of Construction, to whom was assigned the construction of the ditch and drain described in the report of the drainage commissioners in the above entitled cause, will, on the 2nd DAY OF JULY, 1908, at 2 o’clock p. m., at the Surveyor’s office in said county, ofTer for sale at public outcry to the lowest and best bidder, the contract for the construction of said proposed ditch. Each bidder will be required to file bond with said superintendent in the sum of 3300 conditioned that he will enter into contract to construct said drain according to the plans and specifications now on file in the Auditors office, if awarded said contract. The person to whom the contract is awarded will be required to give bond payable to said superintendent for twice the amount of the contract, conditioned that he -will construct said ditch and drain in all things according to said plans and specifications. CHARLES E. SAGE, Superintendent of Construction. Moses Leopold, Atty. for Petitioners.

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE. State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 1908. No. 7324. The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Curtis J. Hand, Margaret M. Hand, wife of Curtis J. Hand, Daisy L. Erbes, Louis C. Erbes, husband of Daisy L. Erbes, Mrs. Delia Edwards. Notice • to non-resident defendants. The plaintiff In the above entitled

cause having filed its complaint therein together with an affidavit to the effect that the defendants are all non-residents of the State of Indiana and that the cause of action alleged in the complaint in the action is connected with a contract in relation to real estate In the State of Indiana, to-wit: The foreclosure of a mortgage and the appointment of a Receiver therefor. Now. therefore, the said defendants, Curtis J. Hand. Margaret M. Hand. Daisy L. Erbes, Louis C. Erbes. and Mrs. Della Edwards are each notified that unless they be present on the second day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be hoiden on the second Monday in September, 1908. at the Court House in Rensselaer in said countv and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In witness whereof. I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 6th day of June, A. D., 1908. C. C.WARNER, Clerk Jasper Circuit Court. Judson J. Hunt. Attv. for plaintiff. '

Ditch Notice. Notice of Filing and Docketing of Drain- > age Petition. To Jacob J. Keller Oliver M. Cofllin, et al.: You and each of you are hereby notified that I, Emil Besser, have filed in the office of the Auditor of Jasper county, Indiana, with tne Auditor thereof, my petition and the same is now pending In the Commissioners’ Court of said Jasper county, Indiana, for the drainage of my real estate, described as follows, to-wit: The übrtlieast quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter. all In Section Five, in Township twenty-seven north, range six west, in Jasper county, Indiana, to establish a tile drain as follow: Commencing at a point three hundred and fifty feet north of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section four (4), in township twentyseven (27) north, range six west. In Jasper county, Indiana, and running from thence west about ninety-five (96) rods; thence northwest to tne southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section five (6), in said township twenty-seven (27) north, range six (6) west, in said Jasper county; thence nortnwest to a point in the north marginal line of the highway along the north line of said section five (6) at a point about three hundred feet east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said' section five (6); thence west along the' north marginal line of said highway a distance of six hundred feet; thence north fifty feet; thence west about three hundred and fifty feet and terminating and ending in what is known as the Bartoo ditch now constructed. Also the following branch or lateral, commencing at the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section four (4), in township twenty-seven (27) north, range six west, in. Jasper county, Indiana, and running from thence north along the west section line of said section four (4) a distance of about three hundred and fifty feet and connecting with and terminating in said herein proposed drain at a point where said herein proposed drain crosses the west line of said section four (4). Said drain to be constructed of tile as set forth in said petition. That real estate owned by each of the above named persons and corporations will be affected by said proposed drain. That said petition and the required bond were filed with the Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana, on June 6th, 1908, and that said petition Is docketed for hearing on Tuesday, July 7th, 1908. Dated this sth day of June. 1908. p . EMEL B&88J&R. — ■—- - - ''""I ' n Scott Bros, have a fine line of single and double driving harness. Make your selection while the stock is full. '7 t ,tA . 1 , u t , j ■ l