Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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A CLEAN SWEEP BY REPUBLICANS

Eltct Entire City Ticket Yesterday hi Runsselatr. MEYERS FOR MAYOR OY 16 And Other Majorities Range From 41 for Councilman In Second Ward, to 130 for Councllman-at-Large—Result Not Unexpected, Although There Was Some Hope of Electing Beam Mayor—Results at Remington and Wheatfleld.

The city election in Rensselaer yesterday passed off quietly with a heavy vote cast. Four years ago there were but 417 votes cast for mayor, many votes staying away from the polls to cut down the vote in each ward in order to make It easier to remonstrate against the saloons- But yesterday there was none of this, and the vote was pretty nearly all out, 583 ballotts being cast in a 11—195 in the First, 181 inthe Second, and 207 in the Third. There was considerable scratching done, most of which was for mayor, as was conceded. The republicans swept the entire platter clean, carrying the city ticket proper by majorities of from 16 tor mayor to 139 for Catt for councilman-at-large. Following is the vote by wards: Mayor— Ist 2d 3d Maj Beam, D. .. .. 83 '7O 129 Meyers, R. . ..108 111 79 16 Clerk— Littlefield, D. . 68 63 99 MOTlan, R. .. .113 110 103 96 Treasurer— Duvall, D.... 74 63 86 Thompson, R. 109 110 114 110 Councilman-at-Large— Washburn, D. 70 69 78 Dean, R 114 114 115 106 Carmichael, D 65 57 79 Catt, R 117 107 116 139 First Ward— Crockett, D. . . 60 Hopkins, R... 123 63 Second Ward— Worland, D. . 67 E. Grow, R.. 108 41 Third Ward— H- Grow, D. . 72 Kresler, R. . . 128 56 The majorities four years ago were: Ellis, mayor, 69. Leopold, treasurer, 50. Morlan, clerk, 80. McColly, council, 68. Spitler, council, (no oppo.) Hildebrand, dem. Ist ward, 10. Irwin, rep. 2d ward, 41. Gerber, dem. 3d ward, 6.

Republicans Win All But Marshall • at Remington. At Remington the republicans elected their entire ticket except John Hollenbeck for marshal. Following is the vote there: W. Towns’d, clerk (no oppo).150 H. Hartman, treas- (no oppo).148 Trustee, Ist Ward— Walter Oillam, D 104 S. G. Hand, R 137 33 Trustee, 2d Ward— J. A. Washburn, D. ... .113 Frank Howard, R 118 5 Trustee, 3d Ward— Ezra Whitehead, D. . . . 94 Bert Spencer, R 135 41 Trustee, 4th Ward— Wm. Branier, D 87 F. L. Peck, R 142 65 Trustee, 6th Ward— D. O’Rielly, D 107 W. L. York, R 125 18 Marshal— Robert Shearer, R 106 John Hollenbeck, D.... 116 9 Only One Ticket at Wheatfleld. At Wheatfleld there was only the republican ticket in the field, the democrats not feeling strong enough to make any fight, consequently little interest was taken in the election. The republicane elected there are: Clerk—Dß. FYFE. Treasurer—A. JENSON. Councilmen—HENßY GULBRANSEN, GEORGE DANFORD, J. C. ANDERSON. Marshal—JAMES KEEN.

WIND DON’T BUILD RAILROADS.

But why this unseemly haste to rush through that proposed electric railroad franchise? Nobody believes for a moment that the road will be built in a month, if at all. No harm can come in any way to the promotors or to Rensselaer by let* ting it take its regular course before the council and allowing every member to vote os he feels is right and proper. It takes something more than mere wind to build railroads, and,

candidly, that is all we believe there is behind this move. We have personly looked up the financial rating of Eugene Purtelle, the Chicago "board of trade” man who Beems to be the main “push,” and do not even find his name mentioned at all by Bradstreets, one of the recognized authorities on financial ratings in this country. We are also told by others that he has no financial standing. He is the reputed proprietor of something like a dozen branch "boards of trade” commonly called "bucket-shops,” in this section of Indiana, a business that is outlawed by public opinion if not by statute. George W. Goff, the Rensselaer director of the proposed railroad company, is his local manager of the Rensselaer bucket-shop, and is not generally credited with having any great amount of money to invest in building and equipping railroads. This franchise ties up Washington and South Vanßcnsselaer streets for three years. If ar>y other company with' ample capital and influence wanted to come here it could not enter the city over either of these streets without first making terms with Purtelle’s company. If his company is successful in securing franchises in all the towns in northwestern Indiana it will undoubtedly have something to sell that has cost it absolutely nothing when some company comes along that really has means behind it, or the latter company must wait until the Purtelle franchises expire. In any event, it would seem to us, it would be better as a semblance of good faith, to take the public into its confidence to some extent and not try to steal a franchise, as was done in Rensselaer. Such tactics do not promote confidence, and we believe it would be advisable for everyone to he a little careful about what they sign in granting, rights-of-way to this or any other company, for we want a north and south railroad and do not want to be too closely tied up when some company with ample backing comes along that really means business.

BULLDOZING TACTICS USED

By Railroad Promoters to Force Franchise Through FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEAR TERM Action of Councilman Gerber In Opposing So Long a Period Brought Forth Insults and Threats of Bodily Harm From Bucket Shop Pur» telle's Henchmen—Efforts Fttiled, However, and Ordinance Must Take Its Regular Course.

The adjourned meeting of the city council Saturday night to further consider the franchise asked for by Eugene Purtelle, et al, under the name of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., was the scene of tactics on the part of the promotors and their friends that were the most disgraceful ever before seen in Rensselaer. At the regular meeting the Monday night previous, Councilman Ger-fjer-Tj-the only democratic member of the board and to whom the people of Rensselaer owe much for his stalwart stand at all times for their interests as against the schemes of private corporations and grafters—stated that he would not vote for the proposed franchise at that time, but would favor an adjourned meeting for Saturday evening, when, after the citizens had notice of the proposed franchise and had been given an opportunity to know something of its provisions, if there were no serious objections he would* vote for a suspenson of the rules and the passage of the proposed franchise. (The writer was present at this regular meeting, watched the proceedings carefully, and knows precisely what was said and what was not said at that meeting, regardless of any statements that emanates from Dr. Washburn’s paper down the street, none of the owners or editors of whom were present.) At this regular meeting, it will be remembered, Eugene Purtelle, of Chicago, a young man of perhaps 25 or 30 years, and who seems to be the main push behind this latest railroad scheme, was very persistent in trying to have the franchise granted, notwithstanding the fact that three members of the council refused to vote for it at that time because they had never heard of It before and thought the public should be given a chance to know somethlUg about it ere its rights

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1900.

were voted away for a period of 75 years. Councilman Irwin even went so far as to say, in addressing Purtelle: "Young man, you are too anxious; it looks suspicious to me.” Councilman Meyers said: “We are put here as servants of the people, and I do not think there is any necessity for rushing this thing through without their knowledge or consent. It is bad precedent; the citizens of Rensselaer are in their beds, asleep, and know nothing of what is proposed to be done here. (It was then nearly 11 o’clock at night.) I will not vote for the passage of this franchise without first letting the public know something about it.” Both the above councilmen are republicans. Councilman Spitler became most insulting to Mr. Meyers and made remarks that he ought to be ashamed of. Mr. Spitler admitted that he had drawn up the ordinance granting the franchise and had also drawn up the one passed at Monticello, thus virtually admitting that he was acting in the daul capacity as attorney for the company first and watchng out for the interests of the citizens of Rensselaer as a second consideration. What a spectacle! He was insistent that the rules be suspended and the ordinance passed that night, but it wouldn’t work, and Mr. Gerber's suggestion of an adjourned meeting was finally adopted. In the meantime, we suppose Mr. Gerber had discussed the franchise matter with his constituency and found that there was much opposition to the time period asked for, 73 years, and when the councl met Saturday evening he objected to its passage in that form, favoring a shorter period, or 25 years. Then Mr. Goff, who is the local manager of Purtelle’s Rensselaer “bucketshop” and also a director in the imposed road, charged Mr. Gerber with having said he would vote for the

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MANY INDIANANS WHO WON

In Land Drawing Last WeekFour Jasper County Men In List. Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 30. —More than 92 square miles of land in the standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations were won by residents of the Ohio Valley tn tbe drawing which ended here last night. Young and old, men and women, are among the lucky ones and next spring promises to see the establishment of Buckeye and Hoosier colonies all over the two reservations. Eagerness to obtain a tract of Government land has had a “flareback” In the case of William Engel, of Butte, Neb., who was awarded first choice in the drawing hereThree days before the opening of applications in Aberdeen, Engel filed on a quarter section in Tripp county, South Dakota, and under the Government’s regulations in such matters thereby made himself ineligible to take up land under the Aberdeen allotment. The disqualification of Engel puts Calvin Bowdry, of Bismark, N. D., a negro porter, as first man and advances all the numbers down the list one point. Thus a colored man wins the grand prize in the drawing of the 1,000 farms in the reservation, the first time such an outcome has ever been known. Engel has announced his intention to abandon the Tripp County land and press his claim here, but Judge James W. Witten, in charge of the drawing, says nothing will be gained by him in this course. Among the Ohio Valley winners Indiana leads the list with 302 successful applicants. Ohio is a poor second, with 128, while Kentucky has only 13 , residents who were lucky enough to be among the elect. Following is the complete list of winners in this locality: Remington—Thomas Shew, Frank Braner, J. W. Taylor. Demotte—Peter Kim. Delphi—Robert M. Neeley. Fowler—Earl Matthews. Hammond—L. J. Sargent, Charles Schrock, H. L- Ambere, L. C. Smith, Roy Lantz, John Dockery, W. F. Lynch. Knox—George Brown, F. W. Baker, W. F. Walters. Lafayette—F. P. Cockrell, Frank A. Ross, C. R. Fielding, George W. Wilcon, Harry Mandler, Martha Roseberg, William F. Perkins. Lowell—W. B. Goodes, Harry H. Johnson, Frank Maloy. Medaryville—E. Dragoo. Monon—H. G. Clark Oxford—C. H. Frankeberger, Wm. F. Crigler. West Lafayette—Simon Marquess. Winamac—Anthony Yeager. Several Jasper county men registered for this drawing, but only four seem to have been successful.

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GAYNOR IS JOHNSON

Bannard Second and Hearst Third. TIGER IS NOW A CRIPPLE Herman C. Baehr, Republican, Wins In Onin Metropolis. New York, Nov. 3.—William J. Gaynor has been elected mayor of New York by a plurality approximating 75,000. The indications are that he will be alone in his own particular kind of political glory in tne board of

WILLIAM J. GAYNOR.

estimate and apportionment which spends the city’s money. In the next four years New York city will spend, approximately, a billion dollars. That money will be spent, under the direction and by the votes of a hoard made up of a Tammany mayor, a Republican president of the board of aldermen, a Republican comptroller, possibly a Repnolican president of the borough of Manhattan, Re-

CHARLES S. WHITMAN.

publican presidents of the boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens and, possibly, a Republican president of the borough of Richmond. The vast sum to be spent will not, by any means, be under the control of Tammany hall. It was a bitter pill for Tammany to swallow —to lose the board of estimate ahd apportionment. Bui with that gone, there were visions of the fees in the sheriff's office, had Christie Sulilvan gotten votes enough. But Sullivan appears to have fallen outside the breastworks and the Republican candidate, Shea will administer the office of sheriff and apportion the fees. Tammany hoped to annex the district attorney’s office when it put up a high class man and an able lawyer in George Gordon Battle to run against former Judge Charles S. Whitman. But even the protection of the district attorney’s office seemed to have been deaied the Tammany aggregation. The returns seem to indicate that Whit naan has beaten Battle.

PITTSBURG TO ISSUE BONOS

Citizens Decide to Spend $6,776,000 tc Improve City. Pittsburg, Nov. S.—By a majority which will not be large, tne voters oi Pittsburg decided in favor of a bond Issue of $6,775,000 for improvements tc the city. One of the things to be accomplished with the money will be the cutting down of "the Hump,’’ a hill in I the heart of Pittsburg on which H. C.

NEW YORK BEATEN IN

Frick owns the greater part or the property. The issue of bonds calls for 1600,000 to be expended in this work. Among other items is the expenditure of 63,000,000 for improving the water system; 6500,000 for new play grounds; 6200,000 for popularizing the parks by placing ball grounds, lawn tennis courts, etc., in them, and a quarter million for a new tuberculosis hospital.

Cincinnati Elects G. O. P. Mayor.

Cincinnati, Nov. 3. —Owing to an unusual amount of scratching the returns of the municipal election werp very slow in coming in. Dr. Louis Schwab, Republican, is elected mayor by a plurality of about 10,000 and the rest of the Republican ticket is elected by pluralities of 8,000 to 15,000.

Kentuckian Killed at Polls.

Jackson, Ky„ Nov. 3.—Tilden Blanton and Ashford Joseph, Democrats, killed Demosthenes Noble, Republican, at the Spring Fork voting precinct in Breathitt county.

Columbus, O., Republicans Win.

Columbus, 0., Nov. 3.—Republican Candidate Marshall has neen elected mayor by about 3,000 votes. The entire Republican ticket was elected.

Buffalo Elects Democratic Mayor.

Buffalo, Nov, 3.—Democratic Candidate Fuhrman was elected mayor by 1,246 votes. The Republicans elect the remainder of the ticket.

TAFT GIVES HIS SUFFRAGE VIEWS

Says Women Will Gel Vote When All ol Them Want It. HIS IDEA OF TIME TO MARRY Declares That Her Circumstances Never Ought to Force a Girl to Take a Husband, That She Should Go to the Altar Only When She Chooses to Do So—Asserts All of His Money Will Go to Daughter. Birmingham, Ala., Nor. 3. —In a speech before 500 industrial scbool girls at Columbus, Miss., President Taft made this statement: “I shall be glad that I snail not have any property to leave to my boys, of whom I have two, but only a good character and a pride in themselves and a good education. For my daughter I am going to scrape together as much as I can give her and she will get as good an education as I can give her so that she may follow the lesson that'l have sought to teach her, that she may marry only when she chooses to marry and not because of circumstances. "The great trouble has been that we have not given the woman a fair show We have not opened all avenues to a livelihood that the woman is quite as well able to fill and in certain respects better able to fill than we are. "I am not a rabid suffiragist. The truth is I am not in favor of suffrage for women until I can be convinced that all the women desire it. and when they desire it I am in favor of giving it to them and when they desire it they will get it. too. I believe that one of the advantages or giving them that kind of influence will be more certainly to apen the avenues of selfsupport to them.”

MAY BE FINAL RULING IN CASE OF GOMPERS

Some Think Labor Men Can’t Reach Supreme Comt Washington, Nov. 3.—There is some doubt as to whether Samuel Gompers, John Mitcbell and Frank Morrison can take an appeal to the United States supreme court from the decision rendered against them in tbe approval by the District of Columbia court of appeals of the jail sentence imposed on them for contempt. Some attorneys here contend that tbe court of appeals is tbe final tribunal iq such a case, while others bold that the constitutional right of free speech and the freedom of the press is involved and that Gompers and his associates can prosecute a further appeal. Pending a settlement of this question, Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell will be at liberty on the bond given when tbe appeal was taken.

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MAYOR; CLEVELAND

Toledo Voters Again Elect Whitlock. FRANCIS J.HENEY LOSES Majority In San FranciscUre Against Graft Prosecutor. Cleveland, Nov. 3. —Mayor Tom L. Johnson in conceding bis defeat announced that he will be a candidate for the office In 1911. Early returns which indicated the result in dcubt were followed by re-

TOM L. JOHNSON.

turns from wards all over Cleveland which showed Herman C. Baehr, R* publican, to be gaining steadily. Baehr claims his election by 5,000 and the Democrats concede Johnson’s defeat by 2,500 votes. It was in Demo, cratic wards where the vote was very light that Baehr made his gains. The city council probably is Republican. Mrs. Baehr received returns with a party of women in an automobile. When Baehr was sure of his electron he hurried to her. He sprang into the machine and threw his arms around Mrs. Baehr. kissing her fervently. "Pass It around,” cried the other women. and Baehr did so with enthusiasm.

THIRD TERM FOR WHITLOCK

Corporation Affiliation Beats Republlcan Candidate In Toledo. Toledo, 0.. Nov. 3 —The re-election’ of Mayor Brand Whitlock, Independent, to a third term Is Indicated. His probable plurality is 5,000 votes. Dave Davies Republican, still refuses to admir but it is believed that it is impossible for him to win. The fight here centered about the street car franchise which expires during the next two years. Davies was openly assisted by the traction corporation in his fight and Whitlock’s victory is looked upon as a great triumph over special privilege. Two years ago Whitlock was reelected by 6,502 votes over his Republican opponent.

DRAPER’S PLURALITY IS CUT

Democrats Defeated, but Show Good Gains In Massachusetts. Boston, Nov. 3—The Republican state ticket was again successful at the polls, but it has been 6ome years since the head of the ticket has been elected by so small a plurality. Incomplete returns indicate that Governor Eben F. Draper’s plurality over James H. Vahey, Democrat, Is less than 9,000 and Lieutenant Governor Frothingham only beat out Eugene N. Foss, bis Democratic opponent by about 8,000 Last year Draper defeated Vahey by 60,000.

HENEY SUFFERS A SETBACK

Graft Prosecutor Loses In Fight For District Attorneyshfp. San Francisco. Nov. 3.—Francis J, Heney has been beaten for, the office of district attorney in tbe botteßt political election ever held in San Francisco. Tbe Labor party seems to have elected its candidate for mayor.

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