Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1910 — COPE WITH TRAMP NUISANCE [ARTICLE]

COPE WITH TRAMP NUISANCE

The general opinion among The Democrat’s exchanges is that the supreme court will find some technical errors in the iidictment against C. L. Bader of the Winamac Bridge Co., whereby he will escape punishment altogether for his bridge grafting in this county.

i lie petition to Governor Marshall to parole Mr. Bader pending his appeal to the supreme court was published in the Winamac Republican last week, and contained the names of 57 citizens of that county, including the republican county chairman —but not' the democratic county chairman—-the editor of the \\ inamac Republican, former secretary of the republican state committee, and the editor of one of the two democratic papers published there. Some of the signers are members of the Winamac Bridge Co., but whether h af l W. Riddick, , editor of the W inamac Republican, owns any stock in the concern we are not advised. However, Mr. Riddick’s paper seems to have taken an undue amount of interest in the case, and would have Mr. Bader innocent regardless of the overevidence To the contrary. The democratic papers there, however, have been more conservative in their remarks, and evidently don’t care to take

an active part in defending or excusing grafting, even, though the grafter happens to be a democrat. Riddick’s associations with the state machine has evidently fitted him to look upon such things as of small moment, and the only regret he has is that the grafter was caught with the goods and couldn’t get awajr from it. As for The Jasper County Democrat, Carl, whom you have assailed along with others in connection with the “Bader Case,” this papei* never has, nor never will under our management, defend a grafter no matter what his politics may be. If you want to take the opposite side, you can do so, but those who defend grafting will bear watching as well as the grafter, a fact which the people of Pulaski will perhaps do well to remember.

Wabaah Officials Contemplate Installation of Btone Pile. Wabash, Ind., March 18. —Police as-, aerted that it will be necessary to eatablish a stone pile to reduce the tramp nuisance. Twenty-four hoboes, the largest number in years, asked for shelter in this city one night recently. The tramp nuisance has become serious all through northern Indiana. Huntington and several other cities report large numbers of visitors. ... .