Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1910 — HERE’S OUR CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

HERE’S OUR CANDIDATES.

Names and Brief Sketch of Men Who Grace Our County Ticket.

TChe November election will take place ne week from ne> c Tuesday, and the voters' of Jasper county will then decide whether they want the rotten conditions! < f ti e past to obtain in county affairs or whether they want a ; change tor the better. The Demo- • crat does not contend, nor never ! has, that all republicans are rascals and all democrate are honest men, far from it. What it does contend, however, is that a long and uninterupted lease of power. by one party and that party large-! Iv in the majority, so that a noim- j nation is equivilent to an electionj breeds corruption and builds up a j crowd of politicians and tax-eat-1 ers in such party that actually: think the taxpayers owe them a! hying whether the}' have performed any service for it or not. I Every intelligent mart knows ! this, and he knows, too, that the i best administration of office is had where there are occasional changes, neither party having a big major it}' over the other, or where the officers are mixedpart democrats and part republi cans. The democratic ticket in Jasper county this fall is composed of as good men as can be found in this or any other county. They are honest, conscientious, able and efficient, and men who have been successful in managing their own affairs. If elected they will ob serve the motto that public office is a public trust rather than a private snap, which seems too often to be the idea of some public officers.

Our county ticket will be headed by lobn B. Peterson, for mem ber of congress. Mr. Peterson is an able lawyer and an honest man, say those who know him best. He did not seek the nomination —and neither has any candidate on our ticket —but if elected he will faithfully discharge his duties as a public servant for the best interests of the masses of the people rather than the favored few as we have had it in the past. For joint-representative of Jasper and White counties we have William Guthrie of Monticello. and no abler or more honest and conscientious man can be found in the district. He is quite a large land owner, having a 240 acre farm in Barkley tp., Jasper count}*, and is therefore interested in this county. He was raised on a farm and has kept in close touch with the common people all his life. He knows the legislation needed and will be able' to make the needs of his constituency known to his fellow members of the legislature and do something for his district and the state as a whole. Xo mistake will be made in sending Capt. Guthrie to the legislature. | We have no candidate for pros- j ecuting attorney. The democrats! felt that Fred Longwell, the re-j publican prosecutor, was endeav oring to do his whole duty ifc ferreting out the bridge graft in this county and the road tax steals in Xewton, dispite the personal abuse and obstacles placed in his way by the gangsters of his own party to force him tp lie down. We thought it \<as proper that we recognize his fealty to Mie taxpayers, and for this rea- ] \son have placed no one in Op-; ' position to him. For clerk of the circuit court, we have Felix R. Erwin of Fair Oaks, an old school teacher, a good scribe, a perfect gentleman and in every way fitted to make one of the very best clerks Jasper county has ever had. Air. Erwin stands very high in the community where best known and the vote will show that these people know and trust him. For auditor Mr. Ammon Beasley of Remington is our candittate. Mr. Beasley is known as one of Remington's best citizens. He has lived there for many years and has frequently served on the town board there.-* never having been defeated for election although the town is heavily republican- He always proved “straight as a string" in every

way and the people over there know that if elected to the important office of county auditor he will not be found wanting. For treasurer Carey L. Carr - if Newton tp., is an ideal candidate. He is a prominent farmer and <:oek grower and a man o: the highest type of citizenship. Everyone who knows Mr. Carr knows that every dollar of the county funds will be safe under his guardianship. William I. Hoover, a well known farmer of middle age, of Marion tp.. i- our candidate' for sheriff, He was also the candidate two years ago and was defeated then by only 61 votes, carrving his • wn township, which is heavily republican, by 64 majors ity. He made a pretty thorough campaign of the county then arid is perhaps the best known in all sections of the county of any man on our ticket. He has lived in Marion township all his life, and no better testimonial need be given than the splendid vote he received here two years ago. For county surveyor we have a graduate surveyor, Devere Yeoman. a young man of strict integrity and an efficient draughtsman, surveyor and civil engineer, lie is the young man employed by Judge Hanley to go out with the county surveyor last spring and examine several of the bridg-

es erected in this county by the \\ inamac Bridge Co.. an l whose findings were confirmed by Prof; Smith of Purdue 'I niver-ity engineering department in a later report. The fact that Judge Hanlev selected Mr. Yeoman f> r- this work shows the confidence had. in hint and proves that he is fully c- nnpetent to discharge the duties of this office in the most efficient manner. Pie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman of Marion tp., and lias two brothers who are graduates of Purdue —which school Devere also attended as well as Valparaiso f niversity- — and one of them i- now employed as engineer by a Chicago firm while the other is at the head of the engineering department of Valparaiso University. Charles l’. Garriot of Parr, our candidate for County assessor, is • -n. old school teacher and a, man w£ll qualified to fill the office to which he is nominated. llis char acter’and integrity is above reproach in every way. and his competency is unquestioned. Dr. M. B. Fyfe of Wheatfield is our candidate for coroner. doctor stands high in his prof-* session and will make a good coroner. dhe commissioners court has been referred to by some writer as “The People's Court." because it is nearer to the people of a county than ’ any other court and the members of the board have the expenditure of the people’s money, the County funds, in their hands. It is really the most important office to the people, it and the auditor's office, in the county and too great care cannot be exercised in the selection of to compose the hoard. In William Hershman of Walker arid Charles F. Stackhouse of Marion we have ideal county commissioner timber. Both are intelligent and successful fanners and have shown much ability in managing their own business. Thev are considered as among Jasper cotintv’s very best and most careful business men, honest as the day

is long and if elected will carefully safeguard the taxpayers’ interests. Mr. Stackhouse served four years as trustee of Marion tp.. and everybody will tell von that he made one of the best trustees ami gave tile 'township the most economical and businesslike administration it ever had. Both are safe men to tie to, for this important office. For county councilman we have Geo. O. Stembel of Wheatfield in the First district: A. O. Moore of Barkley in the Second: Lucius Strong of Marion in the Third, and Geo. 15. Fox of Carpenter in the Fourth, while for councilmen atdarge we have George Besse of Carpenter. Joseph Xagle of Marion and Joel F. Spriggs of Walker, All A Xo. 1 men in every particular. If elected they will use both prudence and economy in the appropriations for the county expenditures, yet will not be parsimonious.} f ine could not pick up seven better men in the entire county, each one of whom are qualified to fill any office in the court house With honor to themselves and thier. constituents:,,''

In conclusion we ask a careful consideration of this ticket That it is an excellent one from top to bottom all must admit. We ask hj)r it a trial at the hands of the voters and taxpayers of Jasper county'. If we do not do our full duty as public servants kick us out and put someone Gse in two : . ears hence. You know what you ha ve had and-what to expect by a continuation of the old crowd in office. The question, Mr. Taxpayer. is up to you to decide what vOu will do.