Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1908 — AND THERE WERE PICKPOCKETS THERE. [ARTICLE]

AND THERE WERE PICKPOCKETS THERE.

The republicans seem to have been raising some money at Hazelden Wednesday, but whether it was for campaign purposes or not we have not been advised, hot owing to the loud howls coming from national headquarters because of the scarcity of cash, we presume it was. It 90enjs that like the tariff, one’s willingness to pay had nothing to do with his Toughing up liberally.,, and In every instance we have beard of the victim was a democrat. The method employed was to deftly go Into the victim’s pocket and remove the contents “without his consent and .against his 'will,” as the legal phrase runs. Report has it that Ed Cradden lost his wad. S2O; Billy Johnson $25; Walter Ponsler, President of the Mt. Ayr bank, S2O, all of Newton county. The only consolation these gentlemen have is the fact that tl/ey have been treated to a concrete demonstration of the beautiful, invisible manner in which the tar iff-made rich have gotten their share of the wealth of ythis country, and the share that should have gone to the men who produced the wealth, and the share that should have stayed with the consumer. These men knew all about this matter before, but no doubt these pickpockets robbed a few republicans by mistake, and the lesson will apply to them with all the more force. However, we are not worrying about that $4, Walter.