Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

The monthly meeting of the county board of education will not be held next month until the, second Monday of the month, on account of the annual settlement of the township trustees with the advisory boards. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 18, Leroy S. Price qf Rensselaer, son of W. L. Price, aged 21, occupation laborer, to Lottie L. Goodner, also of Rensselaer, daughter of Perry Goodner, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. The Carr ditch evidence was alt got in Monday and the court thought it might get the matters summed up in shape to render a decision yesterday, although this seemed a little doubtful. Neither side seemed over confident of winning out, though expressing themselves as not at all discouraged. —° — The county commissioners will be In special aassion today to let the annual stationery contract and to finish up the business of the year. All those haying claims allowed them either today or previously during the present calendar year, shpuld take up the county warrants for same before Jan. 1, as all appropriations lapse on the first of the year and revert back to the county treasury. After taking 15 ballots at the meeting of the township trustees of Pulaski county on Monday of last week, to elect a successor to the late J. H. Reddick for county superintendent, without succeeding in electing, an adjournment was taken to Friday. There were four candidates: Mrs. J. H. Reddick, Miss Birgie Tobin, H. L. Rogers and E. O. Worley. Mrs. Reddick received 4 to 6 votes each ballot: Necessary to choice, 7. Squire Irwin officiated Friday afternoon at a marriage in the clerk’s office where the groom appeared somewhat unwilling, and tried to prevlal on his would-be mother-in-law tp postpone the marriage to some other time* but she wouldn’t hear to it, and it is said that if it had taken place several months ago it would have been better for all parties concerned. The groom was Leroy S. Price, and he came here from Arkansas last spring. The bride is but 16 and is a daughter of Perry Goodner, who left here some months ago. It is alleged, with the wife of another man, deserting his family. Squire Irwin doesn’t furnish a guarantee with such marriage certificates that they will stick.

The Lake County . Star, the republican organ of Lake county, says of the election contest now going on at Crown Point: "It seems time to make ney naturalization laws which will prohibit such men voting who have caused so much tumult,” and the Star is certainly right for once. But for this “Hunyak” vote, however, the big republican majority in Lake county would not have happened in the late election. The investigation, which is still in progress, shows that whole droves of these Ignorant foreigners were brought to the naturalization office under the lead of some party worker, and the blanks Were signed up in blank and filled in whenever it was convenient; that probably not one-half of these hastily and carelessly naturalized foreigners was entitled to vote, yet they did vote and their votes helped to make the g. o. p. victorious in Lake county. And such cattle as these rule the government of this country, as they hold the balance of power in many states. It is indeed time some change was made in our naturalization laws.