Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1908 — Page 4

UM MY DMII. f l UNM. bim m imun SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1908.

HIS CRITICS ROASTED

Oompers Declares That Some* body Is Lying with Reference to His Purposes. HAS HO ONE'S VOTE TO DELIVER Those Denouncing Him Are Characterized as “Renegades." < r . . JWft, Tired, la Beating at Hot Springs Bryan’s Comments on the Hearst Platform Accepts a Mule as a Mascot.

! Washington, July 31. —“The report that I have ever said that I would or would cot deliver the labor vote to any political party Is an Infamous lie,” said Samuel Gompera, president of the American Federation of Labor. “Organized labor is not only honest, but Intelligent enough to choose the party for Its support which will best represent its interests. It Is possible that by lies and misrepresentations the enemies of organized labor may Injure me personally, and even be successful In accomplishing my removal as president of the American Federation of Labor, but that will never change my course in battling for the principles for which I h ton'd. Not a Question of Politics. “It is not a question of politics with me. I have no politics; or if I have, they are the politics of the people. I fully expected when I took the stand which I have that some would disagree with me. I don’t expect the labor world to accept my conclusions in every instance. I expected to be criticised, too, in some quarters, but I did not think that the criticism would be so unjust as to be contemptible. I stand for the right of Individual opinion.

Wants No Political Office.

“I regard my position as president of the American Federation of Labor as the most exalted and honorable In this world to which I could ever wish to aspire. ♦ * * I want no political office or honor. I have nothing for sale and don’t propose to begin at this tote day by selling my honor. What I think and what I, say is from conscientious conviction —that is truth. No one can malto me sacrifice my honest conviction.

His Denouncers “Renegades.”

“My editorial in the American Federationist plainly and forcefully sets forth my position. He who runs may read and understand. Those who have taken issue with the position therein «et forth—not, understand me. with the position I am alleged tojiave assumed—are political renegades and discredited outcasts of labor. Ido not mean that those who differ witli my opinion are such, but those who have denounced me and claim that I have not set forth the facts as they are."

Disavowed by Hitchcock.

Frank H. Hitchcock. Republican national chairman, when asked as to the truth of the report that a personal campaign wns to be waged against Gompers, replied: “Nothing of the kind lias been arranged.”

TAFT IS SOMEWHAT TIRED Bettles Down at Hot Springs for Goll and Rest. Hot Springs, Va„ July 31.—Candidate Taft admits that he feels somewhat tired from the rapid evolutions he has been going through during the past eight days. After he reachtM the Homestead hotel from his trip to Cincinnati. be passed on an accumulation of correspondence, and then went over the fonr-inile golf coarse with Senator Bourne, of Oregon, as an opponent. Taft's engagements during August are to be very limited If the wishes of the candidate can be realized. For next Wednesday be has accepted an Invitation to address the annual meeting of the Viriginia Bar association, to be held here. His speech will be nonpolltical.

A horse show to be held at White Sulphur Springs Friday and Saturday of next week, to which Representative Gaines, of West Virginia, has extended an urgent invitation to the Taft party. 1s admittedly somewhat tempting to Taft. He says he would like to go, especially as the trip would be made over mountain roads In a coach, she proposed rally of Virginia Republicans which Is being arranged to take place here at a date In August yet to he fixed, will afford opportunity for what Taft expects to be his only political speech that month. ASSISTANT REPUBLICANS Hearst Party So Characterized by Bryan—Will Ignore Rosewater. Lincoln, Neb., July 31.—The moat interesting piece of news to emanate from Fairview is a formal statement by Bryan in which he discusses the >latform of the Independence party adopted at the convention at Chicago and points out that it contains a num* ber of planks Identical with or substantially similar ~teethe planks' of the

Democratic platform. He declares that the voter preferring the Democratic platform to the Republican platform, and yet who joins with the Independence party, merely assists the Republican party and thus defeats the reforms In which he Is interested. Bryan argues that “the question to not whether one can get all the reform that he wants, but how he can get the meet reform,” and he asserts that the Democratic party offers the best opportunity to secure that which to obtainable at this time. No attempt will be made by Bryan to reply to the open letter of Victor Rosewater, of Omaha, charging a conspiracy between Bryan and his broth-er-in-law, State Chairman Allen, to “purloin votes in Nebraska.” He simply addressed that to me to attract attention,” said Bryan. “He Is hardly the man to go to the populace as guardian.” The actual preparation of the speech of acceptance has been begun by Bryan. Among the notable visitors who will be present on the day of notification will be John W. Kern. Unlike his distinguished opponent, who refused to accept an elephant as a mnscot, Bryan In response to a letter from the Agricultural Society of Minnesota, has telegraphed that he will be delighted to avail himself of their offer to send him an “educated mule” as a mascot. “He is said to understand the habits of the elephant,” declared Bryan with a twinkle of the eye, “and for that reason among others I shall accept him.” WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS They Are for Negro Disfranchisement’ and “Jim Crow” Cars. Charlestown, W. Va., July 31.—After an all night session the Democrats o| West Virginia in convention here nominated Louis Bennett, of Louis county, Yor governor at 4a. m. After the convention had struggled for hours over the only two planks in the platform that were not unanimously approved. These two planks were the negro disfranchisement and “Jim Crow” plank, which after the resolutions committee had reported them favorably, were made a part of the platform amid scenes of the wildest excitement. The text of the negro disfranchisement plank Is as follows: “Believing that the extension of the elective franchise to a race inferior in intelligence, and without preparation for the wise and prudent exercise of a privilege so vital,to the maintenance of good government, was a mistake. If not a crime, committed by the Republican party during the reign of passion and prejudice followingthe civil war, for political ends and purposes, we declare that tlie Democratic party is in favor of so amending the constitution so as to preserve the purity of the ballot and the electorate of the state from the evil results of conferring such [lower and privilege upon those who are unfitter to appreciate its importance as It affects the stability and preservation of good government.

“We favor the enactment of a law requiring common carriers engaged in passenger traffic to furnish separate coaches or compartments for white and colored passengers.”

Hull Gets the Certificate.

Des Moines, la., July 31.—The executive council of the state has issued a certificate of nomination for congress to J. A. T. Hull. This makes him the Republican nominee, and is the last official step In his nomination. His name will now appear in the regular Republican column on the official ballot 4n the fall election.

Suit Against the Lumber Pool.

Emporia. Kan., July 31.—Attorney General Jackson has filed in the district court of Lyon county ouster, quo warranto and Injunction suits against the Yellow Pine association, of St. Louis. At the same hour, it is stated, the attorneys general of Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma filed similar suits In their states. In a concerted effort to break up what is alleged to be an illegal combine to raise the price of lumber.

To Impeach Franco’s Cabinet.

Lisbon, July 31. —In the chamber of deputies the bill introduced two days ago by Deputy Costa, one of the Republican leaders, demanding the arrest and impeachment of the members of the Franco cabinet, passed its second reading. Senhor Costa charged these ministers with being responsible for the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince.

Rockefeller’s Little Joke.

John D. Rockefeller has one virtue which even his greatest critics won't deny him. He doesn’t affect public dinners. The secret of this abstinence he recently confided to bis family physician. , “In the first place,’’ he said, “I can’t eat much, as you know." “But you don’t have to eat at such feasts,” protested the doctor. "I’m aware of that,” replied J. D., “but you do have to sit through the speeches, and if there’s anything I dread it’s that sort of thing. To my mind an after dinner speech is like a bicycle wheel; the longer the spoke the greater the tire.” ' Art Fakes. Sir Casper Purdon Clarke, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, said at a dinner apropos of forged paintings: "It Isn’t strange. I have seen myself, In Paris, rare old books—incunabula—whose dates showed that they were Issued before the invention of printing.’*

An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

PROBLEMS THAT VEX

They Are Thick on the Border That Separatee Us from Mexican Territory. NEUTRALITY 18 ONE OF THEM Also Difficult to Convince Mexico of Our Sincerity.. What Are “Political” Offbnaea? Is a Burning Question Which Officials Decide in Favor of President Diaz.

Washington, July 31.—Inability to extradite offenders for so-called political offenses, but which, in the opinion of the administration, are really crimes that should be extraditable, to proving a source of great irritation in the effort which the government of the United States is making to break revolutionary activity along the MexicanTexas boundary. Thto, coupled with the difficulty of detecting and proving violations of the neutrality laws, makes it difficult to convince the Mexicans of the sincerity of this government in its expressed determination to punish the guilty, and this notwithstanding every possible bit of machinery at the disposal of the government to working to a common end. President Is Much Interested. On his recept trip to Oyster Bay Ambassador Creel talked over the whole subject of the border trouble with President Roosevelt who manifested a lively Interest, and who to determined to put an end to the mischiefmaking as far as Mes in the government’s power. The president, it is understood, favors, if necessary, the employment of special counsel who may apply themselves to/the question of neutrality violations ' and extradition, so that the law may be fully enforced. Raiders Are Considered Felons. Officials contend that there is no reason why persons on this side of the border who foment revolutionary movements and cross Into Mexico to engage in raids and other operations of a criminal character, arid then seek safety from arrest in this country, should have any exemption from extradition on the alleged ground that their acts were political. On the contrary the official view Is that they should be extradited as felons. Both the United States and the Mexican governments, -it is officially said, are fully aroused in this matter, and that the former will take drastic steps to end this species of pernicious activility so far ns it is incident to United States soil.

LATEST OF THE DEVIL WAGON

Kills an Aged Laborer, Retires Its Owner from Politics and Gets a Warrant After Him. Dayton, 0.. July 31.—A warrant charging manslaughter has been issued for the arrest of Colonel Herbert G. Catrow. Colonel Catrow recently struck Eugene Sullivan, an aged laborer, while running his automobile at a high rate of speed, as charged by the coroner's verdict. He is a millionaire resident of Miamisburg and was Republican candidate for congress until about a week after the accident, when he withdrew from the race on account of the notoriety in which the incident involved him.

May Explain the Shot at Taft.

Cincinnati, July 31.—Charles Hawks, sixteen years old was shot with small shot by an-unidentified person as the steamer Island Queen was going up the river near the same place from which shots were fired that struck Mrs. Russell on the steamer on Taft notification night. The police believe that an irresponsible person along the river is doing the shooting. The boy was not severely hurt

Sievier Found Not Guilty.

London, July 31.—Robert Sievlei* editor of the Winning Post, was found not guilty at Old Bailey of the charge that be had attempted to blackmail Jack Joel, a nephew of Barney Barnato, by threatening to publish a defamatory article about Joel unless the latter paid him $25,000. The verdict was greeted with loud •cheering.

Ohio Has Fewer Saloons.

Columbus, 0., July 3L —According to the sta>e auditor’s report just submitted, there are 458 fewer saloons in Ohio than there were Jan. 1. This makes a decrease In the state’s revenue of $397,207. It is believed, however, that the revenue this year and the SI,OOO Aiken tax will amount to about $5,000,000.

Jap Weds a Wisconsin Girl.

LaCrosse, Wls., July 31.—An international romance was consummated hero when Shegetaro Norikubo, member of a noble Japanese family, married Miss ‘‘Marie Louise Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harrison, of this city. Norikubb’s brother is one of the leaders of the Japanese parliament

Twenty Saloons Driven Out.

Burlington, la., July 31.—More than twenty saloons in Burlington will have to go out of business as a result of the mulct regulation regarding the consent of adjoining property owners. Proprietors of resorts all over the dty are actively engaged in preparing to come strictly under the law* u ?

IMa A* Me My Assertions | Ma{e Me Shotel you I It is only by comparison that differences are established = ' \ Measure point for point and grade for grade, the ' Furniture/I sell with that offered elsewhere. The superior E cnl || Mill IM| Q ualit y, construction and finish of my Furniture will at i ll' l 'll ■ r once.establish in every discerning person’s mind the fact /Il jiff iIpBbI . that I handle BEST Furniture that brains and inI] I I [ Mlv. genuity can construct, the best that money can buy; Furk! niture that is faultless in design and is put together to | ~ stay and will last a lifetime. I am also sole agent for the “Free” Sewing Machine, = positively the highest grade machine on the market, at about two-thifds the cost of other makes. . Dro P in an d inspect my goods. This is your onporI iRj tunity to buy direct and save money. Remember lam nOt kere to ’d a y an£ i gone to-morrow, but here to stay. »M L ook for the bi & Furniture sign on my Furniture house ■ block south of court house on Van Rensselaer street. I D - *• WORLAND Th|e Furniture Man. Rensselaer, Ind. ) ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiH.inm.....................----,-

SPECIAL BARGAINS. 20 acres on main road, S3OO. 40 acres on mjln road, S6OO. 65 acres on main road, free mall, school across the road, three miles of good town, with all kinds of business, bank, churches, high school, etc., has five room house, good barn, chicken houseifruit, good well, fencing good, buildings in good condition. Price $22.50. 86 acres, good buildings, free mail and school on main road, three miles of good town. Price $22.50. 127 acres, 75 cultivated, remainder pasture, fencing good, buildings in good condition, near good town. Price $22.50. 80 acres well located, near ditch arid gravel road, free mail, telephone, on main road, 65 acres black land, in cultivation 15 acres pasture, good four room house, barn for four horses, seven cows, feed way, mow and crib, granery, chicken house, young orchard, and good well, fencing good. Price $35. We can sell any of the above tracts on easy terms or accept live stock as part payment. Also 5 room house, good barn, well, cistern, cement walks on two large corner lots, two blocks from court house, with plenty of fruit and shade. Only $1,250. Also 6 room house, porch, well, cheap barn, 1% lot, cement walks, street improved with curb, two blocks from churches. Only S6OO. The above are bargains and a chance for any one with limited means to get a home. Also have mortgage notes secured by good real estate and cash to offer for small farms or good town property. We will be pleased to have you call at any time and inspect what we have. G. F. MEYERS, Office in Leopold Block, opposite the State Bank.

FOR SALE. A brick livery barn with good basement. Three good office rooms above, all occupied. Two good business rooms on ground floor, one with good basement, all occupied. The price is right. LAWRENCE OR CONRAD HILDEBRAND, Rensselaer, Ind. The Ohio Farmers Insurance Company has been doing business 60 years, writing fire, lightning and cyclone Insurance, on both city town and farm property, also on live stock, and hay in barn or In stack. It will be to your interest to see me before placing your insurance. J. C. PORTER, Agent

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A GENTLEMAN’S GAME. Football is to be restored at Northwestern University, the faculty having decided tqpt it is a gentleman’s game. They’ve made football a harmless game; let joy be unconflned! Poor Willie’s nose, once beautiful, is wrecked, but never mind; Heaped on the field the players writhe and jab and claw and tear Ank knock the breath from those beneath and gouge without a care; They buck the line and nobly strive to pull joints out of place And here and there is one who gets his teeth kicked from his face. The freshman and the sophomore, all smeared with grime and mud, Go gallantly to get the ball and faint through loss of blood; The senior knocks the junior down and kicks him In the chest, The high school boy Is carried home and gently laid to rest. While now and then a crowded stand collapses ’neath Its weight And 40 people get more than they paid for at the gate. Oh, brave, oh, splendid, manly game! Think of the mother’s joy Who picks thq, paper up and sees a picture of her boy; How thrilled she is to read about the courage he displayed, How gleefully she tells us of the record that he made! With honest pride she lays away his amputated ear And puts his eye in alcohol to be a souvenir. —Chicago Record-Herald.

STORE NEWS i »nd bring to you that InercaM of buaineas you are looking for if you give u your store news to paint. There is not a firm in the state that can give you the prices and quality that we do and we can back up everything we say. Call and see if we are not right. DUVALL & LUNDY. Subscribe for The Democrat I Notice of Collection of Ditch Assessments. Notice la hereby given to Jeremiah J. Shea; Michael Robinson; Mary E. Long; John Mitchell; John Mitchell Heirs; James Long as administrator of the estate of John Mitchell, deceased; James Long and Mrs. James Long and all other persons Interested In the Jeremiah J. Shea Ditch, that the construction of said ditch was ordered established on July 7, 1908 and that under the statute I will expect all of the foregoing named persons to pay their respective assessments at the rate of ten per cent of their respective assessments eaob month, beginning on Monday August 24, 1908, and ten per cent each month thereafter until enough has been collected pro rata ,to pay the full expense connected with said improvement. Parties may pay their entire assessments at any time ft they so desire. Dated this 24th day of July, 1908. JOHN P. RYAN, Superintendent. Foltz & Spitler, Attys, for Supt.

Notice of Ditch Assessmeets. Indii } na .’ County of Jasper, ss: In the Commissioners’ Court. ~ In th® matter of the petition of William J. Reed et al for Tile Drain. Cause No. 5745. Notice is hereby given to the owners of land assessed for the construction of the tile drain in the above entitled cause that ten (10) per cerit of the assessments for benefits on each separate tract of land assessed for the construction of said drain will be due and payablajm the first day of September, 1908, and ten (10) per cent thereof each month thereafter at my office in Jordan Township, in said County and State aforesaid. c. E. SAGE, Superintendent of Construction. NOTICE OFJITCH SALE. Notice is hereby given that the sale of the construction of the Jeremiah J. Shea, et al Ditch, Cause 6535, wherein the court established said tile drain, which consists of nineteen (19) stations and twenty (20) feet of an average depth of the cut about three and one third (3 1-3) feet to be constructed of tile from stake 0 to stake 5 of six inch tile, from stake 5 to stake 10 of seven inch tile and from thence to the outlet of eight inch tile. This ditch begins at a point 104 rods east and 40 rods north of the south west corner of the south east quarter of the north west quarter of section 36. township 31 north, range 5 west in Jasper County, Indiana, thence north west to stake 8 and thence north and north easterly to an old open ditch at stake 19 plus 20, where it enters the Robinson Ditch. Bidders desiring to bld on this Improvement will find the specifications on file at the Auditor’s office in Jasper County or at my residence in Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana. Said sale will take place at my residence in Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana on Monday, August 24, 1908, at ten o’clock A. M. r \ Bidders will be required to file sealed bids. I reserve the right to reject any and all bids. The person receiving the contract will have to give bond and complj' with the law in such cases made and provided. Dated this 24th day of July. 1908. JOHN P. RYAN, „ Superintendent. Foltz & Spitler, Attys, for Supt. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana, Jasper County, ss: Charles Miller vs. William B. Moprehead et al. Complaint No. 7341. Now comes the plaintiff, by Jasper Guy, his attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the 'defendants William B. Moorehead, Mrs. Moorehead, unknown wife or widow of the said William B. Moorehead; Wilson W. Kilgore, Mrs. Kilgore, unknown wife or widow of the said Wilson W. Kilgore; John H. Slagle. Mrs. Slagle, unknown wife or widow of the said John H. Slagle. All the unknown minor and adult heirs, legatees and devisees of each and every of the above named defendants are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the 9th day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D., 1908, at the Court House In Rensselaer, in said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined In their absence. In witness thereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Rensselaer, this 28th day of July, A. D., 1908- T c - c - WARNER, [SEAL] Clerk.