Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1908 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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OUR LOCAL CANDIDATES

Names and Brief Mention of Men Who Grace Our County Ticket.

TIE TO GOOD MEN

Election Next Tuesday and the Verdict is Yours MAKE NO MISTAKE ELSE YOU RUE IT Office-Cleaning Is Frequently As Necessary As House-Cleaning and In This Case You Are the Masters.

The Democrat wants to say a few words about our local candidates —district, county and township. The district candidates names will appear on the county ballot, together with the county ticket proper, headed by the candidate for congress. The county ballot will be printed on white paper the township ballot is printed on yellow paper and the state ballot is printed on pink paper. The democratic ticket occpuies the first column to the left on each and eyery ballot. The democrats have not only good national and state tickets, but all along the line, down to township assessor, the candidates are ail right. Below we mention each and all of our local candidates briefly, that the reader may know their names and something of their standing in their home community:

CONGRESSMAN. The Democratic candidate for congress, William Darroch, is so well known to our people that it is not necessary to say a great deal about him. He has lived almost all of his 54 years of life in Newton county, first on a farm south of Morocco, next on a farm on the beach of what was Beaver Lake (12 miles long and three wide) 10 miles north of that town. When he grew to manhood he took up the practice of law, and established an office in Morocco. Later he went to Kentland where he has since resided. He is a graduate of DePauw, having been a student at that school with Lee E. Glazebrook of this county. Judge Darroch was appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Matthews and served out the unexpired term of U. Z. Wiley, who was at the time a candidate for the office of appelate judge and was subsequently elected. This was in 1896. He was a candidate for congress from this district two years ago and his popularity was attested in this and Newton county, by his running ahead of E. D. Crumpacker, the republican candidate, 326 votes as compared with the republican state ticket. Judge Darroch stands firmly on the democratic platform, and will represent this district in every way better than his opponent E. D. Crumpacker, the present incumbent.

STATE SENATOR. , Algie J. Law, the democratic candidate for Joint-Senator for the counties of Newton, Jasper, White and Starke, was born in Newton county, and has lived in Washington tp., op the same farm all of that time. In January, 1890, he was married to Miss Mamie Shafer of Morocco, and they havg one daughter, 17 years old. He looks after the diversified interests of his farm himself, and is capable of turning off as much work as any min he has to assist him. <He was elected trustee of his township some years ago by a good round majority, although the township was republican by some 20 votes. He gave the township

the very best administration it had had before or since. Since he has been a candidate for senator he had a try-out of his popularity in the special election held on the 17th of September last, in which he carried his home county by 162 and Jasper by 66. Two years ago Newton county went republican by 423, and Jasper county 436, adding to these majorities the majorities Mr. Law received at the special election, and there was a change of I.SOr votes in the two counties. In 1906 the four counties, Jasper, Newton, Starke and White gave Fred A. Sims, republican, a majority of 1,492. At the special election Mr. Law changed that vote into a majority of 55 the other way, a change of 1,547 votes! As compared with the vote of >1904 the change was a thousand more, or 2,547. It will be seen from the above that Senator Law is a race horse that can go some, and

his splendid record at the special session, together with his clean, upright,- gentlemanly deportment and his splendid standing in his home county will give him a long lead in the race for re-election in November. His opponent has brought up the< tail of the ticket—swinging on the long hairs at that —in every race he has made for any office he has ever sought. In the special election Abe Halleck lost hundreds of votes where he was best known, and won only by a paltry majority where he was not known at all! STATE REPRESENTATIVE. Guy T. Gerber, the candidate for joint-representative of Jasper and White counties, lives in Rensselaer and has lived here for some years. He is a Nebraskan by birth but has lived in this county for a number of years. He attended the Univerversity of Illinois at Champaign last year. He has also taught school in this county and is well known here. His record as a public official—and a school teacher is a public official—is clean and above reproach. He will make a good official if elected to the office to which he aspires. COUNTY TREASURER.

Alfred Peters, candidate for county treasurer, is a farmer and lives in southeast Marlon. He has lived there for a number of years, coming from Illinois here. He is a man of intelligence and a good business man who will take the office for which he is a candidate for the salary allowed by law. The public funds will be carefully looked after if Mr. Peters is elected and the accounts kept in good shape.

COUNTY RECORDER. Charles W. Harner of Remington is the candidate of the democratic party for county recorder. Mr. Harner is a furniture dealer, and in that capacity has become acquainted with all the people in the south end of the county. He is very popular where he is best known and will make “a splendid official if the people shall decide the election In his favor. The county will make no mistake if the voters conclude to elect C. W. Harner recorder.

COUNTY SHERIFF. William I. Hoover democracy’s candidate for sheriff, was born and raised in Marion township. He is a farmer as was his father and grandfather before him, and he is farming some of the same land that was entered by his grandfather long “before the war.” He alsp engages in the stock buying business at odd times. It appears that the voters have determined to select him for their next sheriff and that they are itching to get a chance to ratify their selection Nov. 3. Mr. Hoover will receive a big vote in his home township, where he is best known, and if elected he will make a good and popular official. COUNTY SURVEYOR. Frank Garriott is the candidate for county surveyor, and he is a teacher living in Union township. Mr. Garriott has lived in this one locality for more than twenty years and is so well known that it is not necessary to dwell on his qualifications for the office to which he aspires. He has a good education and this is backed up with a good business judgment. COUNTY CORONER.

Dr. Albion J. Miller is a Rensselaer boy, having been born and raised in this town. By dint of the hardest kind of work and self-denial he got through college and graduated as an M. D. He has practiced medicine here for a number of years and is well qualified to fill the coroner’s office. It is not very lucreative at the best unless there should be a considerable dumber of “cases” to sit on as a result of the election of Bryan and Marshall. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The office of commissioner of the county is one of the most important offices to fill that the voters will have to determine at the November election, and the democrats have selected two men to fill this office than whom there is not two better in Jasper county regardless of politics. Thomas F. Maloney, candidate in the first district, is a farmer living in Kankakee tp., and has had large experience in public affairs, especially in road and ditch matters, which includes bridges and public Improvements generally. He has served his township as trustee and his splendid administration of that office is all the proof necessary that he possesses the requisite business standing that would make our tax-ridden people sit up and take notice. Then, when Geo. B. Fox of Carpenter tp., is taken

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THE TWICfc - A - WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1008.

ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.

Frank Lewis, superintendent of the C. & W. V. Ry., was assaulted and robbed Friday night at Kersey. He was badly beaten and is in a precarious Rendition as a result. He was relieved of some |2OO collected from freight and express, of which more than half was money The theives made good their escape and no trace has been found of them. /

BETTER COME TO RENSSELAER.

The prosecuting attorney has notified the marshall to keep g look out for all cigarette smokers under twenty-one years of age and arrest them on sight. The marshal says that he will follow the law< This is a warning that the kids should heed before too late, for the prosecutor and marshal both mean what they say.—Brook Reporter. Well, if the marshal and prose r cutor should get busy in Rensselaer and arrest every young man under 21 years of age who smoked cigarettes, they would have about 98 per pent of those over 10 and under 21 to prosecute.

A LITTLE POSTOFFICE HISTORY.

The postoffice was moved into the K. of P. building Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning everybody went there to get their mail except William Washburn. He had; not heard of the change and endeavored to get in the old building, but upon the kindly advice of some of his friends he deposited his letters where they will do the most good. Rensselaer now has an up-to-date postoffice, one that we need not be ashamed of, even though the majority of its patrons do have to walk further than usual for their mail. The story of the wanderings of the Rensselaer postoffice from one end of town' to the other is one that covers the last half century, and with which the younger people of this city are not at all familiar. The earliest history of the office that we have been able to unearth is its location in a little building on the corner now occupied by the Nowels hotel. Then after a time it was up near the corner where Dr. J. W. Horton’s business block now stands. It also occupied a place in the old Dunlap building that stood on*, the ground at present occupied by the Chicago Department Store, for many years. Later it was kept in’ the opera house block, then occupied by Willey & Sigler as a general store. From there it went into a building that stood until recent years just east of the First National Bank, now occupied by the I. O. O. F. block.

Here Horace E. James kept it for twelve years, and turned it over to N. S. Bates during the first Cleveland administration, who also kept it in the same place for four years more. After Bates came E. D. Rhoads with four years more in the same place, but in 1892 with the change of administration E. P. Honan changed the postoffice to the building now occupied by Mrs. Purcupile where it remained through his administration and during the time George M. Robinson was postmaster, and on his death Frank B. Meyer was appointed to the position and it was changed to the location from whence it was moved Sunday, and where It is destined to stay for the next ten years if plans do not miscarry that have been already consumated. No little “cussing’’ was heard from the patrons as they wended their way to the new location to get their letters Monday morning, and to add to their inconvenience they could not get in until after 7 o’clock as the new boxes had not been assigned and the employes were not acquainted with the new arrangement, necessitating much delay from that source.

Vote for Farmer Algie J. Law for Stae Senator. NEW BOX BAUD ALLEY. P. L. Fuller & Son of Oxford have rented the Leopold room on South Van Renselaer street lately occupied as a piano store, and will put in a Box Ball Alley, and expect to have it ready for business right away after “Bill” is elected. Everything will be clean and up-to-date so that a child of six years to the old gray haired man can come and enjoy themselves. No gambling whatever will be allowed in the room and it will be kept in such a manner that any lady can attend at all, times, and they are especially invited to attend. , P. L. FULLER & SON. Vote for Honest “Tom” Marshall for governor. Vote for Farmer Algie J. Law for Stae Senator. Vote for Bryan and Kern, the champions. Vote for William Darroch for congress.

SAME OLD GAME

Republicans Resorting to “Scare” and Villification ANYTHING TO RETAIN THE OFFICES Voters Should Consider the Motives Behind These Tax-Eating, Machine Politicians, Who Would Rather Do Anything Than Give Up Their Jobs and Go to Work Like Other People.

Special to The Democrat. Indianapolis, Oct. 27, 1908. The old game of “bluff” and “brag” and “claim everything” is now being played by the Republlplayed by the Republicans, but it is so manifestly absurd in view of real conditions that all well-in-formed persons laugh, and certainly no one is deceived. The simple truth is that the political tide in both nation and state is Tunning overwhelmingly for the. Democrat. The Republican managers know this, but through party organs and machine workers they are putting on as bold a front as they can in the hope that wavering voters may be held in line. The Republican machine will have plenty of money and will use it, even at the risk of getting some of its party workers in the penitentiary, as has already been shown by the attempt to “fix” election boards in Sullivan county and elsewhere.

But in addition to using money, the Republican bosses have been carrying on against the Democratic candidates a campaign of personal slander and detraction. And it has been done in the most contemptible way. Disreputable persons—and even some who claim respectability—have been sent into all parts of the state to whisper vicious lies and to tell “in confidence” all sorts of weird and atrocious tales. It has been told that Mr. Marshall is a “drinking man” and that his wife has to

gravel with him “to keep him straight.” This is simply silly. The truth is that Mr. Marshall is a toJtal abstainer and has been such for many years. This fact and all others facts which go to show that he is a man of the most unblemished character, are not only familiar to all of his neighbors, townsmen and friends, but are also known to the jackals who are whispering the lie.

These things are only referred to here because it is understood to be the purpose of the republican managers during the last week of the campaign to put out a fresh assortment of canards as silly and false as the things that they have already told In ghastly “confidence.” It might as well be remembered that these fellows at the republican headquarters in the Claypool hotel see their grip on the state slipping from them and have become desperate. As the case stands, they have not an honest leg to stand on. The kind of campaign that they have carried on up to date has been about as bad as it could be, and if anything else along the same line is attempted during the last days before the election it will be in the hope that the truth cannot be found out before the votes are cast. The discovery of their “double cross” game, whereby they hoped to deceive both the temperance folk and the saloon people and have them all working solidly for the Republican ticket has thrown the Republican politicians into a panic. It was Hanly on the one side and the Republican chairman at Terre Haute on the other who let this big feline out of the bag. Hanly did it with his mouth and the chairman did it when he took his pen in hand and wrote letters to the saloon keepers. Hanly told his audience to elect Watson and get state-wide prohibition within three years, but the chairman at Terre Haute told the saloon keepers that they could “tie to” Watson and that if they helped to elect him they “would never regret it."

The particular reason why the exposure of this trick has caused such fright among the republicans is that it upsets their scheme to entice temperance democrats into supporting the republican ticket. A broad foundation of misrepresentation and falsehood had been carefully laid and onto this temperance democrats were asked to place) themselves in opposition to their own party. They were expected to forget all that their own party stands for in this campaign, and vote to continue in power that, as a matter of exact fact, stands for everything they do not want. The two-faced, double-dealing character of the Republican campaign is now so thoroughly known that no man is going to be fooled

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THE GRIM REAPER’S VISITS.

Three Answer the Call of the Death Angel. Franklin Chambers Moqre, son of William E. and Dianah Evans Moore, was born June 30, 1847, in Randolph county, Ind., and departed this life on Oct. 18, 1908, aged 60 years, 3 months and 18 days, at his home in Indianapolis. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis. In September, 1853, he came with his parents to Jasper county, where they settled in Hanging Grove tp. Here on the farm he grew up to manhood. He had all of the advantages of a common school education, which were very meager at that time. At the age of 20 he went to the university of Valparaiso two terms and then he engaged in teaching for a short time. On Oct. 5, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Cecelia Brown, daughter of Hon. George H. Brown of Barkley tp. Then he engaged in farming which he followed for several years, but finally abandoned it and engaged in life insurance which he followed to the close of his life. In 1878 he moved with his family to Kansas where he remained for two years, and not being satisfied with that country moved back to Indiana. To them were born nine children, four sons and five daughters, all of whom are living except the oldest daughter, who died in infancy. April 28, 1899, his wife proceeded him to the other shore. On Sept. 15, 1904, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Powers Harris. He was a dutiful son, a devoted and affectionate husband and a kind and indulgent father. Early in life he joined the M. E. church and was a faithful member and worker for several years.

Funeral at residence Ocf. 21, and attended by all of the immediate family, except one daughter, who was absent on account of sickness. His father, one brother and one sister also were present. He leaves a wife, eight children, four grand-children, two brothers, four sisters and a father and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Interment at Crownhill cemetery. xx

—oi— MRS. BARBARA MEYER. Barbara Scneckenberger was born in the village of Oberbalding, Province of Baden, Germany, In 1827, and died in Rensselaer, Oct. 24, 1908, at the age of eighty-one years. She came io this country, settling at Lafayette, Ind., In 1850; was married to William Meyer, in 1855. To this union was born four children—Frank 8., Theodore, Fanny and Mary Meyer. Theodore died in infancy, Mary died at the age of six years, Fannie died in Rensselaer, in Aug. 1875; the only surviving child being Frank B. Meyer. Mrs. Meyer, was baptised and reared in the Lutheran faith, and belonged to the Reform Lutheran church at the time of her death. She witnessed the stirring times in her native land, known as the German revolution of 1848. Insurrection, riot and bloodshed was around her home, and to escape the consequences of it and to avoid being forced into the German army, her brothers escaped from the country, bringing with them their sister, then, a young woman.. A great number of her neighbors and friends left Germany about the same time, and when Mrs. Meyer and her brothers reached Lafayette, they found many of them who had already arrived there, until a substantial colony of young Germans was formed. And many of Lafayette’s most substantial German citizens were Mrs. Meyer’s friends and acquaintances. She was essentially a home woman. All of her best energies were devoted to her home and children. That one thought and aim was uppermost in her mind always. The funeral was held at 3 p. m., Sunday, from the house, Rev. J. C. Parrett of the Presbyterian church conducting the services, and interment made in Weston cemetery.

GEORGE W. PAYNE George W,. Payne died at the home of his parents in the north part of town, Saturday night at 9 o’clock. He, was nearly 33 years of age and had been sick for several years with consumption. His parents had done everything that could be done for him, even to taking him to Colorado that he might have a change of climate, but all in vain. >The funeral was held at the M. E. church Monday afternoon at 2 p. I m., and interment was made in Weston cemetery.

Vote for ’William Darroch for congress. Vote for Farmer Algie J. Law for Stae Senator. Vote for Guy Gerber for JointRepresentative. , - Break up the republican machine by voting the democratic county ticket from top to bottom.

DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING. Demotte—Wednesday, Oc’t. 28, 7:30 p. m., Guy Gerber and Arthur Tuteur. Kniman—Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p. m., Gerber and Tuteur. Rensselaer, Friday, Oct. 30,. 7:30 p. m., Hon. M. E. Dunaway of Little Rock, Ark. At Ellis opera house. Shlde School House, Jordan Tp. Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p. m. Gerber and Tuteur. Alx School House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p. m., local speakers, accompanied by the Healy Orchestra and Marshall Glee Club of Rensselaer. Center School House, Milroy Tp., Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p. m. Local speakers and candidates.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up Adout the County Capitol. Vote for Farmer Algie J. Law’ for Stae Senator. —oThe various election inspectors will be in Saturday after their supplies for the election of Nov. 3. Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 24, Clarence Allen Chenoweth of Lafayette, aged 29, occupation house painter, to Mary Estelle Whitsel of Lafayette, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

MISS HAGINS OBJECTS.

Some woman in Chicago with an unpronouncible Italian name, has charged that the Chicago stenographer is a “love pirate” and puts in her time sparking her employer instead of attending to her duties. This may be the case with some of them, but the average stenographer is as lady-like in her deportment as is the married woman, and we are not surprised to find these slandered stenographers, women who earn their own living and who de it ia an honorable way, hotly resenting these unfounded aspersions on their good name. One of the young women who has resented this insult is Miss Clara Louise Hagins, daughter of Captain Hagins of this city, who has charge of the Morrison Photographic Studios, one of the largest of its kind in Chicago. A large picture of Miss Hagins appeared in a Chicago paper last Thursday, and she is a fine reproduction of the facial features of her father, one of the handsomest men in Rensselaer.

ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF P. C. PURSLEY.

Wednesday evening, Oct. 14, as Peter Pursley, who lived 9 miles west of Brjtton, was returning from a sale a couple of miles from his home, his team started to run away and threw him out, his foot caught in the brace of the tongue and he was dragged face downward for over two miles, when the team stopped and help came and he was released. Mr. Pursley was quite dead, his neck and jaw were broken and his clothes all torn from his body. Thursday evening Mrs. Pursley and her sister left with the body for Strawn, 111., his old home, where his remains were laid to rest. Mr. Pursley was 37 years, 8 months and 27 days old. He leaves a wife, mother, 6 sisters and 4 brothers to mourn his death. He was united in marriage to Miss Helen May in 1903, and they lived a happy married life. They lived four years on a farm of her father’s 3 miles east and 1 mile north of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Pursley came to Britton a year ago last spring. He was well educated and lived in Stena tp., but two months, when he was elected as town clerk for two years, and was well respected by all who knew him. It is a very sad blow as Mrs. Pursley is not a robust woman and came to this county for her health; she has not been well all summer. She also lost a little baby girl a short time ago. She certainly has had her share of trouble and has the sympathy of the entire community in this the dark hour of her adversity.—Britton (So. Dak.) Sentinel.

STATE GUARANTEE.

If the democrats are successful in electing their state ticket in Indiana we will have state guaranty of bank deposits, similar to the Oklahoma plan which has proved so successful there. Do you want this, Mr. Voter, or do you want to continue the old system that permits such failures as the McCoy bank, the Fred Gilman failure, the “Bob” Parker failure, the Baldwin A Hague failures, etc., etc.

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