Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1910 — Page 2

i jisper coumy democrit. f. [ MBCOCtJDHORHDPUBIISgfI!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 lasue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 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, 4 - 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. For Joint Reprenentative. Jasper an I White Counties. WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Monticello.

COUNTY TICKET.

Clerk FELIX R. ERWIN, Union Tp. Auditor A. BEASLEY, Carpenter Tp. Treasurer CAREY L. CARR, Newton Tp. Sheriff WM. I. HOOVER, Marion Tp. Surveyor DEVERE YEOMAN, Marion Tp. Assessor CHAS. U. GARRIOTT. Union Tp. Coroner jR. 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.

Gold Coins.

Gold pieces are the only coins of the United States which-are worth their face value intrinsically. A double eagle contains s2ii worth of gold with out counting the one-tetjth part of cop per. ’

Children In China.

In Chili;: liLdren sire brought up almost as if.they were deaf and dumb. A Chinese boy or girl will sit In the presence of father or mother for hours and never say a word unless spoken to. The Chinese boy who would speak tc a caller at the house unless he had permission would be considered a most impudent rascal.

Tea Smoking.

Tea smoking is extremely poisonous and unpleasant in its effects. In a very short time it produces nausea, palpitation of the heart and acute trembling in the limbs.

Stone Garments.

The Russians manufacture a fabric from the fiber of a filamentous stone from the Siberian mines which is said to be of so durable a nature that it is practically indestructible. The material is soft to the touch and pliable in the extreme and when soiled has only to be placed in a fire to be made absolutely clean. . An armload of old papers for ' a nickel at The Democrat office

STANDS FIRM ON PARTY PLATFORM

Governor Marshall In First Speech Urges Election of Democratic Ticket.

INDORSES LIQUOR PLANK.

Shows That Republican Party Is “Party Of Pillage” By Its - Own Admissions.

Indianapolis.—An appeal to the people to follow principles, not men; a stirring defense of the rights of the individual citizen; an eloquent cry against state and national extravagance; a convincing exposition of Republican tariff and tariff commission follies and an indorsement local selfgovernment and of the Democratic state platform on the liquor question are the features of a message to the people of Indiana delivered by Governor Thomas R. Marshall at Tomlinson Hall here. The speech was the Governor’s first utterance of the campaign and his views on the issues of the day being eagerly anticipated, there was present an audience that filled the hall to its capacity. Cheers of approval marked the progress of the speech and great enthusiasm prevailed. Governor Marshall’s definitions of the standpatter and the insurgent struck home and his declaration that the whole economic theory of government is at stake instead of a certain degree of such a theory was convincing, “This is said to be a fight between the people and the powers of pillage,” said Governor Marshall. “Well, we Democrats of Indiana have been warning our Democratic brethren who have been voting the Republican ticket for more than twenty years that this was so. May I be permitted to inquire who are the powers of pillage? Are they the men who make a schedule, or are they the men who formulate a principle that permits that kind of a schedule?

“I am not ready to charge the Republican party with being the powers of pillage In this country. I am, however, ready to charge that its doctrine of protection has been the germinating power of pillage. It is a party which is wrong in its economic theory and it is the principle which constitutes, to my mind, the powers of pillage and not the men. All Republican leaders are agreed upon the principle. They simply differ upon the extent of its application. It is the principle which has brought into being the evil and while the principle remains, the evil will remain. Own Members Make Charge. “I shall not make against the party as a party, the charge which its own members have made against it. It is a party of pillage by the statement of its own members and its own representatives in the greatest deliberate body in the world. It is a party of pillage according to their charge, not jecause it stands for the protective theory, but because Certain gentlemen Were unable to accomplish their purposes in regard to certain schedules which went into the Payne-Ald-rich bill. The gentlemen who make these charges are on a par with the man who told William Jennings Bryan that he believed in teetotallsm if it was not carried too far. Upon the great economic question men may be misled and yet all be honest, but upon mere schedules, it semes to be a case cf whose ox is gored.” Governor Marshall reiterated the belief of the Democratic party in local self-government-“Therefore.’ he said. “because I believe in the doctrine of local self-gov-ernment and because I believe that ’.he modes and customs of life of various communities should be settled by the people of these communities, and that a law which arises above the moral sentiment of a community and which has been forced upon that eommunity by outside influences, cannot be enforced, I advocate the adoption of the Democratic declaration upon the question of the regulation and sale of intoxicating liquors. I am not for this declaration because I am in favor of saloons, nor am I in favor of it because I am directly or indirectly under obligations to any one engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors. I shall resent any effort of any interest in Indiana at any time to attempt to control the Democratic party of Indiana. “It is sufficient for me to satisfy myself as to a principle of government. I stand, therefore, for the Democratic platform for the reason that until some way shall be devised among men other than the preaching of regeneration by the gospel of the Nazarene, I do not believe it is possible to enforce a law which is opposed to the sentiment of a community and ,1 do believe it is far better to submit this question to the units of government and to regulate the sale of liquor where they will have liquor, than it is to prohibit and make of our citizens law breakers, and what is worse than lawbreakers, citizens who have, no interest and refuse to take any interest in the enforcement of the law. If men could be made wise and good and sober and industrious by law, then, I should be for that kind of a law. But as a people settle together to satisfy their own likes and dislikes, ss have" they a right to determine themselves how their personal habits shall be regulated. • • y Liquor Plank Absent. “From time to time, I hear that the Republican party is congratulating itself that it is the temperance party of the state of Indiana, and that it stands for county option. Well, I have never objected to the Republican party ■ V ,i«. . ■■ ■ ' ; ■

standing for anything for which It wished to stand, but I shall most assuredly object to tefe pretending to stand for things for which it doss not stand. In its recent state convention it pointed with pride to a large number of things which it claimed to have done and which it said were worthy of the admiration of the people of Indiana. County option is conspicuous, by its absence. It was omitted because it was thought to be a dangerous question and because the omission was to be used as trading stock so that the party could declare itself to be wet in wet neighborhoods and dry in dry neighborhoods, and thus fulfill the requirements that the real issue of this campaign is the Republican party.

“I think I am not unfair when I say to the voters of Indiana that they may well be careful on this question and see that they are not deprived of every option whatever by mere political trickery. The history of the Republican party in Indiana is not so unblemished as to warrant it in saying that upon divers and sundry oc casions it has not winked the other eye at the so-called liquor interests., I know that under that platform the option law can be repealed, I know that it has one judge on the supreme bench who declared the law- to be un- j constitutional, and another judge, a candidate for re-election, who also deciares the law to be unconstitutional. How its second ’ candidate, who, if elected, will make a third Republican judge, may stand upon this ' question, I do not know. I do know that the Democratic platform proposes to give to the people of this state an option law which will be so clearly constitutional that no court will ever attempt to interfere with it. Gives Warning On Option. “The time for a party to make its pledges is when it makes its platform, and when a party omits from its platform anything of interest to the voters of the state, it is well known that it is simply to gain trading stodk. Therefore, the people of this state ought not to be beguiled by any statements from the Republicans upon this question. They stand a chance under the Republican platform, of being totally deprived of option. Under the Democratic platform, the right to. local self-government will be preserved and the solution of the liquor question will be found. Liquor will be abolished from every neighborhood in which the people want it abolished, the law will there be enforced, and we will not find ourselves the owners and possessors of two hundred and fifty literary, and social clubs which discuss nothing ex cept the brand of beer and whiskyfound in their libraries.” “A Senatorship being at stake in this campaign,” said the Governor, “it is necessary to refer to national affairs. ' Hitherto, in Indiana, we Demo crats have been confronted by a party whose leaders were united and were battling for the attainment of definite ends about which they were all agreed. It is not now so. One faction of leaders declares that all Is well with the world; another cries that the powers of pillage are raging among the people like a mad dog,.but that unlike the ordinary mad dog, the danger is not in the head which barks protection, but in the length of the woolen schedule tail; and that all would be well If only a half an inch or so of the tail were cut off. The Democratic party of Indiana has for many years been contending that the powers of pillage were beguiling good Democrats into voting the Republican ticket and it also wants to amputate this tail, but it recommends amputation just behind the ears. Hydrophobia comes from a head bite, not from a tail wag.” Attention was called to the profusion and confusion of Republican platforms in Indiana with reference to the state and district platforms “Placed side by side,” said the Governor, “they produce such utter confusion that the voter has only one chance in fourteen to guess right.

Will Fight Protection. “In this«condition of affairs, the Democratic party cannot assault the tariff plank of its opponents. It does not know whether it is to fight the platform of the state convention or the platforms of the Congressional conventions. it cannot tell whether their battle is to be waged for Senator Beveridge and the eleven Democratic Congressmen who voted against the Payne-Aldrich bill before he did. or whether it is to be waged for Representatives Crumpacker and Barnard and against Senator Beveridge. But this matters not. as Democracy will now, as always, fight the old principle cf protection.” - The tariff commission idea, said Governor Marshall, is a “sorry admis sion of the incompetency of a great party to handle public questions.” That the Republican party knows so little about its own bill that it must appoint a Customs Court to interpret it. is another of his tariff conclusions. Ship subsidy and opposition to an income tax were pointed out as further indications of the Republican party’s inclination to favor a few at the expense of the many. Governor Marshall called attention to national extravagance and spoke of conditions hi Indiana. “I believe that the people of this state are willing to pay taxes to’economically administer the affairs of government. * * * But I do not think that the want to run in debt unless it is a matter , of imperative necessity and I am quite sure that they do not want their taxes increased. In concluding, the Governor said: “I dp not know that my conduct of the office which the people of this state cetafierred upon me two years ago has been so satisfactory as to meet with the approval bf a majority of the people. I do know that even if it has, that fact does not warrant me in asking anything for myself. If my administration has been satisfactory, then, with the knowledge which I_possess of the character, ability, and integrity of the candidates upon the Democratic state ticket, I am warranted in assuring the voters of this state that their election to the several offices for which they are candidates will result in gividg to the people as good if not bettor strvj-ie thsm- I have rendered.”

A FTER an ttncster.taticus citizenship of more than a third of a century scent in the beautiful little cir, of Crown Point, the county seat cf Lake c.'inty, John B. Peterson has be- n summoned from his ordinary pursuits to accept the nomination for congressman from the Tenth Indiana congressional district and contest the election with Edgar D. Crumpacker. This honor came to him unsolicited and in the nature of an appreciation of esr’ teem. . . “*•, ■/. .. { This ten t a political story U is lust » little narrative concerning a country lawyer. John B Peterson, and hip family in whom the prupie of this •congressiona' district have an Interest at the present time. It isn’t -ti-ry <fl adventure, nor Intrigue. nor power., not wealth, nor pomp. no< place. By this process of e’iminatiott fruitful sources of the success of any of the "si* best sellers” te placed beyond the reach of the narrator, but perhaps the recital of some of the f- j cts concerning this plaiu i'’cosier citizen may be made sufficient Iv interesting to merit yout attention. Surrounded by the miasma of pinch Ing poverty ntid pioneer privations love rears its altars and ciiiidien are

I rn Amid .primitive suriouiidings where stiifdv men and iuui ageous woir.en were blazing the trail for a resplendent civilization which was marching slowly half a century in the rear. John B Peterson first saw the light ol day on a farm in the southern part of La' e County. Indiana His boyhood days were occupied in the performance of a goodly stint of work —that master mason of character building. He displayed the usual boyish interest in the thing.- that-make up the boy’s world--which is a thing apart from the world of gi<>«u people It is a land « hi<-h ou< e traversed can never be >eentered (liny memory may scale tile heights of the barrier that -bars the backward toad to boy land and bung away as trophy the song of a bud, the boisteious chase after a beady eyed chipmunk through woods fragrant with nature’s incense, the pleasure? ot the old swimmiu' hole or the delirious joy ot tiiat ru st moonlight’stroll «tth ‘her’

Young Peerson «as <>t n studious nature and • i the age ot eighteen had -qualified Ilin,self to teach iii the public schools, an avocation which he follow ed for several v ears, his spare time Ire ing demoted n. studying law In 18’0’ he located m t’rown Point w htfre tie was admitted to the mcmbeisfiip ol the Lake count v bar. where he has since achieved eminerce and a state-wide rerntaticn am'oug the members ot his

Early icaSizing that love and sym pithy and oui aginent of a final wo mail is the greatest' asset -i man may possess Mr. Peterson neglected his Blackstore and paid assiduous court to Mi.-s Calista Andrews, a resident cf Porter county and a su< ce.-sful teach ei in the public schools, with the re suit that in 1876 there was a quiet wedding, and the struggling young lawyer had ar added incentive to “make good.” In this effort he has been ably assisted by Mrs. Peterson, an ideal wife, whose first thought is of home and loved ones.

Their only daughter, Miss Belle Pe terser., is a handsome, self-reliant young lady of twenty-tour whose v,a ried accomplishments include the prep aration of appetizing meals or driving a touring car, as occasion may demand or fancy dictate. She has implicit faith that “daddy” is the best ever and is enthusiastic over his can-" didacy; the optimism of youth assuring her that everybody must know’ the facts and that no one could be misled by any story his political opponents might circulate. The home life of the Peterson fatally Is ideal and if it should be that Mr. Petersen is successful in the race which he is making the women of the Tenth congressional district will be represented in the social circles of Washington by women who possess those traits' of character'most to be admired, as the men would be represented in the halls of congress by a man of probity, ability and sympathy with their desires Since Mr Peterson first opened his law office in Crqwit Point there have taken place in l ake county the mqst wonderful ekanres ever wnni-ht in a‘ territory ci -like area To the-, smrh

JOHN B. PETERSON

FAMILY ANO HOME DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TENTH (IND) CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

an empire of marsh land once pimpled with rush thatched houses of timid muskrats, where shrewish blackbirds perched upon > waving reeds and complained and flocks of migratory ducks paused to rest and feed upon the wild rice, has been reclaimed and devoted to agriculture and fields of green and golden grain have supplanted the watery trails which hunters were wont to follow liver a desolate waste. To the north where yellow sand dunes creep down to receive the cooling caresses of l«ike Michigan, whose water dimples ir the sunlight or churns Itself into sisow-crested billows in uncontrollable fury comnieti-e has established ;• Kingdom th.it is already the marvel of the world Through all the Calumet <egion black smoke pours from a myiijoi of stacks by qay and when night hangs her jewels in the firtnaneiit th.* fiery tongues of countless blast r.iinaces dart upward like lurid flames from the vents of a subterranean iuterno and illuminate the heavens wlib the glare of a celestial, prairie fire, and untold treasure has been lavished to transform the back yard of hell into a hive of helpful industry. In mm h of this development and progress. Mr Peterson had a helping hand

His business interests are varied. A -»ell kept fa-in that has his persona] supervision L,kes a part of the time ne can spare from his law business, lie is in tom h with the financial interests of his own city and those of the manufacturing that centers about East Chicago, being president of the Commercial bank of Crown Point, an institution with resources of more than 000. and also president ot the First < alumel Trust and Sav Ings bank, a«. East t’tiicago institi* tlon With a capital Stuck of JbO.OOO

He possesses the confidence and esteem of those who know the man and his everyday life and the work he does As you stroll down the broad, shady streets of Crown Point you will get only one reply to questions regarding John B. Peterson. Personal limitations of language may cause one man to express his feelings differently than his neighbor but the essence of every reply is contained in the brief ejaculation, “You tret I know John Peterson. He's square as a die, straight as a yardstick and altogether all right." Mr. Petersen has never been an of fice seeker although he was twice elected prosecuting attorney in a strong Republican district and has declined the nomination for state senator and also a nomination for judge of the circuit court.

His nomination for congress followed the demand for a candidate to make tjiis race who might be trusted to represent impartially the people of this congressional district; a man- who was clean and able and honest and true; a man whose heart pulsated for humanity rather than burned with greedy lust for the golden baubles that are dangled by the predatory interests to lure men entrusted with power from the narrow path of rectitude and righteousness. Not alone in physique but in facial resemblance as well Mr. Peterson displays quite a striking likeness to Governor Thomas W. Marshall.

This is not an impulsive people, neither are they phlegmatic. When the alert pickets of public service fillet sounded the-alarm against the danger and further encroachments of already strongly intrenched special interests their cries of warning attracted but curious glances from the multitude There was nd impulsive rush to the defense A thin, straggling line of patriots, zealous in the cause and appreciating the ul tiniate danger,, threw themselves against the battlements manned by special privilege and were repulsed but not annihilated Again, and again they returned to the attack. Slowly public conscience awakened from the hypnotic influence that followed the pursuit of nianunnn. It was realized that something other than money was worth -striving for and volunteers ,en listed rapidlv in lhe cause of justice and humanity Their ranks have been, augmented until today a mighty pui'titude of citizens are demanding that justice be done equally between all men, the high and the low the rich and the poor. They me crowding the halls of congress and k nocking at the doors of

the senate and house They are scanning the records of met: in high places. They are voting according to the dictates of conscience and not according to the data « s of a political boss Evil is mivus' hut <annot prevail The piibli'- vunsc ienre is quickened. The baftl** flags ace unfurled from Portlard. Maine to Portland. Oregon, and from i.ainy river to the Rio Grande It was the effort to (mulsh the people of this district a leader from their own ranks that ie-ultefl in the nomina-tion-of lob" B Peterson He is making a clean manly appeal for support at the polls The odds are heartbreaking Party prejudice, intrenched special interests a wett-greased political machine in good running order, are a few of the obstacles to be over come It is simply a question for the people to settle for themselves and the hour when choice must be made is fast drawing near, _ We warned you that there would be nothing st a tiling about this story. It Is but a bru t skea.li hf the life of a modest, in assuming man who has been a credit to himself and his communityThe story of a man who laid a straight course from the doorway of the rude cabin of his pioneer parents to a place of distinction in his chosen profession and Incidentally won a warm spot i the hearts of his neighbors because be has kept his life clean and done his best. W H ROBERTSON

Orchards.

Orchards generally produce full crops only every other year. This is because the full crop of one year so exhausts the fruit producing qualities of the soil that it is not able to make a full crop the next year.

Presbyopia.

Old sight (presbyopia) begins at about the age of forty, it is first noticed by the tendency to hold the paper farther off. The glasses should not enlarge the letters, but simply render them clear and natural at the ordinary reading distance. Whatever the ocular defect, the proper glasses should be obtained as soon as it is discovered.

Perfumes.

' There are scores of references in the Bible to the use of perfumes by the Hebrews both in their religious services and in private life.

Cyclists’ Paradise.

Denmark is described in the report of the American consul at Copenhagen as a wheelman's paradise, with an abundance of good roads, good inns and special tracks in cities and few gradients. In Copenhagen, he says, there are 60.000 cyclists—probably a larger proportion to the population than will be found in any other city.

A White Disk.

A white object can be seen at a distance of 17.250 times its own diameter in strong sunlight—that is to say. a white disk a foot across can be seen 17.250 feet away.

Caste In India.

The barbers of India rank with the washerwoman. The son of a barber must be a barber all his life, and his wife must be a barbers daughter.

The St. Lawrence.

Vessels of 4.000 tons can ascend the St. Lawrence river to Montreal, a distance of 1.000 miles from the sea. Only one other river ip the world, the Amazon. is navigably to such a distance for craft as large.

Jewels on an Idol.

The jewels of an Indian idol must be worth stealing if many of those remarkably hideous images possess such valuable bead ornaments as one made for the idol Parthasathy, in the Triplicane temple at Madras. The ornament is worth some 50.000 rupees and is made of gold, studded with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the largest emerald being valued at 1,000 rupees and the biggest ruby and diamond at 300 rupees apiece.

Macedonia.

Macedonia has a 1 population of about 4,000,000. Three-fourths are Christians and one-fourth Turks. Nearly half are of Bulgarian ancestry.