Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up Adout the County Capitol. M. C. Ulrey of Brook, who furnished the furniture for Newton county’s new court house, has at last got his pay. There was some irregularity over the letting of the contract and the matter has been in the courts for the past two years or more. jkClerk Warner and wife went to Chicago Thursday. The former expected to return yesterday, but Mrs. Warner will remain over Sunday. Mrs. A. F. Long and Mrs. Bert Brenner and son accompanied them to the city. _ Marriage licenses issued: Oct. jrl,' James Nathan Keen of Wheatfield, aged 34, occupation harnessmaker, to Edna Dee Jessup, of Hanna, Laporte county, aged 25, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. And now it is said the new acts of the late special session of the legislature will not be ready for distribution for three weeks yet, and if this is true the local option law cannot go into effect for over a month. It is being staved off so nothing can be done until after the general election. . —o — Hon. Frank Davis of Brook addressed a good audience at the east court room Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Preceedlng the speech the Marshall glee club rendered three selections that received generous applause. Mr. Davis did not attempt to put any frills on his speech, coming here to talk to the voters as a plain man talking to plain men and women. He expounded the democratic tenets of tariff reform downward and not upward, as advocated by candidate Taft, of guaranteed bank deposits, making every depositor safe, and forestalling forever another A. McCoy & Co., or “Bob” Parker bank robbery in this community. The speech was well received by the listeners.

The Hearst Independence Party has filed a petition signed by 208 alleged voters, .mostly of Gary, to have the name of Everett G. Ballard of Gary, Lake county, placed on the county ticket here as a candidate of said party for the office of congressman. The scales of justice is the emblem adopted by said party, which will occupy the extreme right hand column on the county ballot. If there is an adherent of this party in Jasper county we do not know it. Our county ballot will be in four columns, each headed by the candidate for congress, followed by senator, representative, judge, prosecuting attorney, county treasurer, etc. The Democratic ticket will occupy the first column, Republican ticket the second column, Prohibition ticket the third column, and Independence ticket the fourth coluipn.