Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1910 — Page 2

ire Jim Gounrr democrit. J. E.BIBCOCK.EDITOHIIIDPaBIISHfU. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second-Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer. Indiana, under the Act' of March 3, 1879. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311. Published Wednesdays and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1910.

STATE TICKET.

Secretary of State. LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Deeatur. ... Auditor of State WM. H. O’BRIEN, Lawrenceburg. Treasurer of State W. H. VOLLMER, Vincennes. Attorney-General THOMAS M. HONAN, Seymour. Clerk of the Supreme Court J. FRED FRANCE, Huntington. Superintendent of Public Instruction ROBERT J. ALEY, Indianapolis. State Geologist EDWARD BARRETT, Plainfield. State Statistician THOMAS W. BROLLEY, North Vernon Judge of Supreme Court, ___ Second District DOUGLAS MORRIS, Rushville. Judge of Supreme Court, Third District CHARLES E. COX, Indianapolis. Judges of Appellate Court, Northern District JOSEPH G. IBACH, Hammond. ANDREW A ADAMS, Columbia City M. B. LAIRY, Logansport Judges of Appelate Court, Southern District EDWARD W. FELT, Greenfield. M. B. HOTTEL, Salem. DISTRICT TICKET. For Member Congress, Tenth District JOHN B. PETERSON, of Crown Point COUNTY TICKET. Clerk FELIX R. ERWIN, Union Tp. Auditor A. BEASLEY, Carpenter Tp. Treasurer Sheriff WM. I. HOOVER, Marion Tp. Surveyor Assessor BERT VANERCAR,Kankakee Tp. Coroner _>R. M. B. FYFE, Wheatfield Tp. , Commissioner Ist District WILLIAM HERSHMAN, Walker Tp. Commissioner 2d District C. F. STACKHOUSE, Marion Tp. County Councilmen-—lst District. GEO. O. STEMBEL, Wheatfield Tp. 2d District ’A. O. MOORE, Barkley Tp. 3d District L. STRONG, Marion Tp. 4th District GEORGE FOX, Carpenter Tp. At Large GEO BESSE, Carpenter Tp. JOSEPH NAGLE, Marion Tp. J. F. SPRIGGS, Walker Tp.

The Republican candidates for congress in this state for a few days labored umiffln the hallucination that the farm commission raft would float them all into office. But they are now finding out that the raft is rotten and that it is rapidly going to pieces.

Now that son-in-law Longworth has “come out" against Cannon, the latter will not only admit that Senator Burton was right in calling Longworth a “snob but he will add empha; sizing adjectives. Air. Cannon also declares that Longworth is a mere “windmill’’ who moves and speaks when sopie one else blows. ' .

The Beveridge organization and the anti-saloon league have been trying to make it appear for several weeks that if Mr. Bryan speaks in Indiana during the campaign he must, perforce, support the Republican county . option law. But this was absurd. Mr. Bryan declares that the, liquor question presents itself in different ways in different states. When he speaks in Indiana he will advise Democrats to support their platform plank on this sub-

ject on the ground that it is the best temperance proposition before the people of Indiana. And it is.

Senator Smoot of Utah (Mormon A|x)stle> made a speech in the senate in the interest of the "American Protective Tariff League." which is made up of the principal beneficiaries of the Payne-Aldrich law. This speech, at the' request of the league, is being sent out through the mails free of charge under Smoot’s frank. Just another dip into the people’s pockets.

It will be remembered that when Senator Beveridge made the assertion that the, tariff commission idea was his child, Senator Aldrich (of Payne-Aldrich tariff bill fame) rose up and declared that he himself was the father of the commission; plan. In cases of doubt about parentage it is not difficult to characterize the offspring. And this commission proposition is at least all of that. It is also what Mr. Bryan calls it—-a fraud, a delusion and a snare. It can do nothing to promote genuine tariff reform, but it can spend a lot of public money and delay a proper and sensible settlement of the question. ,

INSINCERITY AS AN ASSET

The attempt of Editor Sefrit of the Washington (Ind.) Herald to gain support for Beveridge from the regulars by the plea that if his vote had been needed to pass the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill it would have been forthcoming, has acted as a boomerang. Even Editor Sefrit has been made to dodge. The assertion that Beveridge’s vote against the bill was a play to the gallery and that his vivid denunciation of the bill in the state convention was a mere bait for the insurgent gudgeons, did not help him with the reguJars. and will weaken him with the honest and intelligent insurgents. So far as the regulars are concerned their chief grievance against Beveridge is based on his insincerity. A dispatch puts it this way: “The conservative element of the Republican party which is opposing Beveridge, is said to have entertained this view of his “insurgent 7 activities for some time. In a degree, it is explained, this is one of the secrets of their dislike for him as a political figure. They believe he is not sincere in his acts and speeches, and that he is “playing to the gallery.” Feeling thus, the regulars were not elated over Ed-, itor Sefrit’s “discovery." nor persuaded to change their attitude. On the other hand the faith of hitherto staunch insurgents has been undulv shaken.

THE EMBARRASSING LIOUOR QUESTION.

The Washington Star seems to be a good deal concerned as to the Bryan speeches in Indiana. The gist of its argument is found in these words: If Mr. Bryan decides to say nothing about the temperance question he will lay himself open to criticism for cat foot ednesg. Does he not know that the temperance question is very much alive in Indiana? Does he not know that the saloons and brewers and distillers are the friends and supporters of his friend. Mr. Kern? Mr. Kern's hope k- truly in them. Not all of Mr. Bryan’s eloquence would avail if the men who,, eighteen months ago. sent Mr. Shively to the senate, were now to oppose, or even become indifferent to Mr. Kern. The situation bristles with embarrassments. If Mr. Bryan, keeps mum on temperance he will be accused not only of cowardice, but of accepting in Indiana the company he declines and scorns at home. Why should the brewers and distillers’ and their retail agents be driven out of politics in Nebraska, and in Indiana receive Mr. Bryan’s* countenance and co-operation? If ne speaks out, man and Bryan fashion, on this subject sp near his heart, how will Mr. Kern and other Democratic candidates be helped? This is all very sac} —and yet there does seem to be a ray of light penetrating the gloom. Our contemporary says that Mr. Bryan can not be silent on the temperance question without laying “himself open to criticism for catfootedness/' without being accused of “cowardice.” And yet last April the Republicah state convention adopted a platform in which nothing whatever was said Of the temperance question. The convention rehearsed the party’s legislative record in great detail, specifying the various wise laws enacted, but it said pot one word in regard to the county option

law passed by a Republican legislature on the demand of a Republican Governor. and signed bv that Governor. Is there no “embarrassment. " no “catfoodedness." no "cowardice" here-? If it is cowardly for one man to main tain silence on a given subject what shall be said of the silence of a great party, a silence which leads to a practical repudiation of its own legislation on that ‘subject?

The Democrats at least have a well defined plan for solving the liquor problem, that is city and township option. This is not, to be sure, the Bryan plan, for Mr. Byran favors cotinty option, which the state now has. But that is not the point. The Democrats have a plan, the Republicans seem to have none which their state convention was willing to indorse. Who was it that was pleased by this very marked and strange silence—the tempefanefe people, or the brewers, distillers and saloon keepers? We no motives, but we do insist that the temperance men did not ask that the county option law be ignored if not repudiated. We quite agree with the Washington Star that “the situation bristles with embarras.--ments.” but they are not all on one side. Mr. Bryan will not be the only speaker in the approaching campaign to meet with them. If the Star will make but the briefest study of the Indiana Republican platform it will find that a whole convention, representing the Republican party of this state.' managed to “keep mum on temperance.” We can think of no better temperance text for Mr. Bryan than the editorial of the Washington Star in connection with the official declaration of the Republican partv. Doubtless he will make the most of it. It is well to be fair in such matters as this. " Silence i< not cowardice when maintained by one side and courage when maintained by the other. We are not in Mr. Bryan’s confidence. and of course, do not know what sort of speeches he will make. But it does not seem like ly that he will “keep mum on temperance.” The truth is, as we said la>t April, that the Republican party, a: far as it was represented by ts state convention, ran away from the liquor question, and repudiated its own legislation by mentioning other legislation of which it was' proud, and by ignoring utterly the county option law. its most recent legislation. Doubtless the convention made what seemed to it to be the wise choice politicallv. But the attir tude assumed is certain to involve the party in some slight degree of “embarrassment." The liquor question usually cuts both ways, and there are always men on both sides who are willing to deal with it on the basis of votes. The question with party managers. whether they be Republicans or Democrats generally is not whether a certain declaration on the liquor question is right, but whether it will have a good or bad effect on the political fortunes of the party. And this is as true of Indiana as of any other state. Certainly there are “embarrassmeius.’’ but the Democratic party and Mr. Bryan have no monopoly of them, as our \\ ashington contemporary will discover before the end of the campaign.—lndianapolis News.

A Wise Precaution.

The day before she was, to be married the <>l<l negro servant came to her mistress and intrusted her savings in her keeping. "Why should I keep it? I thought you were going to get married." said hermistress.

“So I is. missus, but do you s'pose. I'd keep al! dis money in the house Wai that strange nigger?'* Success Magazine.

Another.

[With the conventional obeisances:] She cannot sprint, she cannot spurt, . The woman With the hobble skirt, A style concocted in a rage By ore who pied the fashion page, A style that surely should be canned. That spoils the fairest in the land; A style that hath nor grace nor use. Looks like the mischief and the deuce. At crimes like that who’d be inert, O woman with the hobble skirt? —New York Mail.

Pyrotechnics.

Who rambles home at four a. m: And tells his wife, “My dear, I tried to see the comet, but It failed, love, to appear,” If that she raps him o’er the head Because ne smells of bars May, after all. be treated to The sight of many stars. —Toledo Blada

Another Good Reason.

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CLOW & HENDRICKS.

A partial list of our lands that we are offering for sale in Ransom county. We only give a few of the many bargains we have in first class lands, and with our wide experience and acquaintance throughout the county we can always help you find a snap. Come and see us. No. 1. 320 acres, 3% miles from good town; 70 acres under plow, balance prairie. A fine hay tract and very good soil. If broke up and sown to flax would half pay for the farm first year above expense. Price S3O per acre. No. 2. 160 acres. All under cultivation, very best of soil. 7% miles from town. No buildings (except granary.) Price S3B per acre. No. 3. 160 acres 5 miles from town. Lays gently rolling; black loam with clay sub-soil. Price S4O per acre. No. 4. 160 acres all under plow. 4 miles from Elliott. Very best of soil. No buildings. Price $41.50 per acre. No. 5. 320 acres. Lays very fine and the very best of soil. 140 acres under plow; balance prairie. 4 miles from town. Price $37.50 per acre. : . > No. 6. 3‘ 0 acres well improved; good set ouildings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from town. Price $47.50 per acre. No. 7. 320 acres w r ell improved. Good buildings and practically all under plow. 4 miles from good town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 8. 320 acres 5% miles from town. Lays very fine. 135 acres under plow; 160 acres fenced. No buildings. Here is a snap. S3O per acre. No. 9. 800 acres well improved. Fine set of buildings, good soil. 450 acres under plow; balance can be broke; one-half section fenced with 3 wires and cedar posts. 6% miles from town. This is a seap. $32.50 per acre. No. 10. 480 acres. This is one of the finest farms in the county. 6 miles from town, good 10-room house with furnace heat; fine large barn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under .cultivation. Price for quick sale $47.50 per acre.

- No. 11. 160 acres. All prairie; lays fine and good soil. Price s3l per acre. No. 12. 320 acres, 4 miles from Lisbon; lays gently rolling. All prairie and it’s a snap. S4O per acre. No. 13. 160 acre, all prairie. 8 miles from Lisbon. Very best of soil; lays gently rolling. Price $32.50 per acre. No. 14. 160 acres, all under plow; lays gently rolling; very best of soil. This is a snap. $37.50 per acre. ■ No. 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently rolling. Very best of soil. Good buildings. Price for quick sale $36.50 per acre. All the above lands are subject to sale, withdrawal, or change in price without notice. We have cheaper land where the eoil is not quite so heavy that has always raised good crops. Nearly - all the above list have possible connection with R. F. D. and Telephone. School houses and churches are many throughtout the county, as the map will show. If interested, do not fall to write us for particulars. CLOW & HENDRICKS, Lteboa, No. Dak.

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Notice of Filing Estimates for 1911. Notice is hereby given that the Estimates of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, and the various County and Township officers of the expenditures for the year 1911 are now on file in the Auditor’s office of Jasper County, Indiana. The amounts of said estimates being as follows: Total estimates of Countty Commissioners for the various expenditures of the county-..52?,843. 25 Payment interest Court House Bonds .*. 5*737.50 Expense Circuit Court. . .’ 7*915.20 Insanity Inquests 510 00 Epilepsy Inquests 140.00 Salary Clerk and office expenses. 1.881.50 Salary Auditor and office expenses. . . . ; 2,876.40 Salary Treasurer and office expenses ... 2.778.27 Salary Recorder and office expenses 2,090.45 Salaty Sheriff and office expenses.. .. 1.906.75 Salary County Assessor and office expenses . 640.75 Per diem County Surveyor and office expenses.... 1,923.36 Per diem County Superintendent and office expenses..., 1.742.50 Per diem Coroner and office expenses 321.00 Expense County Poor Asylum and Farm 3.025.00 Supplies Township Assessors. ..... . ... .. ... .. . . 200.79 Per diem Township Assessors and deputies 3,452.00 Salary and expense Secretary Board of Health 412.00 70141 --$60,396.63 JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Auditor Jasper

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NOTICE OF ADMISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of Rachael E. Knox, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent

THE TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, of Rensselaer, Administrator. August 23, 1910. NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES In the matter of the estate of Cyrus P. Luse, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 1910. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees and devisees of Cyrus P. Luse, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Monday, the 12th day of September, 1910, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Walter C, Luse, administrator of said decedent with the will annexed, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship or claim to any part of said estate. WALTER C. LUCE. Administrator, with the will annexed Judson J. Hunt, Atty, for estate.