Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — Page 1

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

Jasper County Democrat.

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DEMOCRATS WIN FOUR PLACES

On the County Ticket as Shown By Official Tickets o. , * ■ " (H , AUDITOR LOST BY ONLY 36 Sheriff, Two Commissioners and One Member of County Council Elected by the Democrats, While Majorities of Successful Republicans is Cut to a “Frazzle” Enough Stay-at-Homes to Have Elected Entire Democratic Local Ticket.— Crumpacker Carries County by Only 97.

There was • enough Democrats stayed at home in jasper county Tuesday to have elected the entire local (|emocratic candidates for all the important offices. The republican plurality on the state ticket was 317, about half the normal plurality, and Crumpacker’s plurality was but 97. Capt. Guthrie for representative, lost this county by only ‘211; White county by 226. / Perkins was Elected clerk by 131 plurality and Hammond for auditor by only. 36. FeU’s plurality of 181 came mristly from his 'home township/6f Garpendemocpm, krr sheriff, won out by 99,/and Hershman and Stackhouse for commissioners were elected by pluralities of 76 and 37, respectively. A. O. Moore, democrat, of Barkley tp., defeated Nathan Eldridge for county councilman from the Second district by 17 votes, which gives the democrats one representative in that body, the first in ten yfears.NMr. Moore is a man of excellent /ytisiness ability and we hope he will be patriotic enough to qualify and serve out his term. The office pays but very little, but as a heavy taxpayer himself he can by his office help himself while doing good for others. Prosecutor Longwell had no opposition, and while he was scratched by some republicans he was voted for by a number of democrats, and he received a total of 1495 votes in the county, more than any other man on the county ticket except Wright for coroner, and Lewis for assessor, who received 1508 each. Had it not been for democrats voting for him he would have run considerably behind, many of the old machine politicians of his party voting against him. The official vote of the county by precincts, except county council, appears in tabular form on another page. The vote on council follows: County Council Ist District— George O. Stembel. .. . . 321 - Stephen T. Comer. ..... 345 County Council 2d District — Austin O. M00re....... 280 Nathan Eldridge'. ....... 263 County Council 3d District — Lucius Strong.’ ••. . . 444 John Martindale....... . 540 County Council 4th District — George B. Pox 277 Frank J. Babcock 297 County Council at Large—- ° George Besse. ........ * J 1286 John Hud50n.......... 1477 Joseph Nagel 1285 Walter V. Porter...... 1476 Joel F. Spriggs 1281 Frank E. Lewi5........ 1479

In Lake county the republicans swept everything as usual. The republicans carred Benton courity by 239 and elected the entre county ticket except clerk and sheriff. The democrats carried Pulaski oounty for Congressman BarnKart by 113, but lost everything on the county ticket except sheriff, coroner and surveyor. In Newton county the republicans carried the state Ticket by 188, but the democrats elected the treasurer by 466, sheriff by 309, clerk by 233, and L. H. Keeher commissioner by, 151. Over in White county the republicans almost swept the platter carrying the state ticket by 257 and electing the entire county ticket except the commissioners, surveyor and one couhty councilman by majorities of from 15 to 430.

In the township tickets the republicans generally won out, A. H. Dickinson, democrat, being reelected justice of the peace in Carpenter. In Ohio Governor Harmon’s plurality will reach 100#00, the democrats elect 16 of 21 congressmen and will have a majority of 25 on joint ballot in the legislature. The republican district chairman, Mr. Hickey of Laporte county, who was the candidate for judge, went down in the democratic landslide in that county and was defeated by about 500 majority. Robert Yanatta, son of John R. arid Mrs.’Vanatta of Rensselaer,- escaped L m the wreckage down in Deleware and Grant counties, and was elected- superior court judge on the republican ticket. With the official returns still out in a few counties yesterday morning, it looks like the democratic plurality in Indiana will be about 15,000. Twelve of the thirteen congressmen are democrats, and the democrats will have 33 to 35 votes on joint ballot in the legislature. In Starke the republicans carried the state ticket by 55, elect ed the clerk by 6, the recorder by 166, the surveyor by 94* assessor by 47 and one commissioner by 30. The democrats carried the county' for Barnhardt for congress by 73, elected the treasurer by 83, the sheriff by 98, the coroner by 23 and one commissioner. B. D. L. Glazebrook, democratic candidate for prosecutor, lost Starke by 33 and Pulaski by 255.

JUDGE HANLEY LOST A HAT.

Along last February ex-appel-late Judge. U. G. Wiley, was here attending court and, as Judge Wiley is an ardent republican, tihe political pot was looked into by the Judge and the local attorneys and -Judge Hanley, and its contents discussed quite freely. Judge Wiley saw nothing ahead for his party but defeat in the November election, while Judge Hanley took a more hopeful view. Wiley finally “guessed” a new five dollar hat with Judge Hanley "that the republicans would not elect two congressmen from Indiana, Judge Hanley feeling tihat as they had but two it couldn’t possibly be worse. < But Wiley proved the best guesser, and Crumpacker was the only republican congressman elected from Indiana last Tuesday, and he by only about 1700 plurality in a ditsrict normaly" republican by 5,000 to 6,000. If you see Judge Hanley wearing ’his last year’s hat this season you will know why this is thus.

A CARD.

I wash to thank my friends; of whatever political persuasion they may be, who supported me in the election last Tuesday, and 1 will endeavor to so conduct the office of sheriff of Jasper county that they will have no cause to regret the confidence placed in me. •• WILLIAM I. HOOVER.

REXSSELAFK, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1910.

THE BIRD OF THE HOUR

'RAH FOR TEDDY

ELECTION CALLED TO VOTE SUBSIDY

And County Attorney Ordered to Get Busy COLLECTING FEES NOW DUE By the Commissioners 'at Their Wednesday Session—Daniel Waymire Resigns as Drainage Ordered to Clean Out 700 Feet of Iroquois Ditch Before Its Acceptance. j The county commissioners at their Wednesday session transacted considerable business of general importance to the taxpayers. An election was ordered held in Marion tp., on Tuesday Dec. 20 to'vote a subsidy of IJ4 per cent for Purtelle’s proposed electric railroad; 'The county attorney was instructed to begin action in the circuit court within ten days to recover the fees alleged to be due the county as reported by W. E. Heal and J. B. Workman a year or more ago, amounting to some $1,700. John O’Connor, ex-sheriff, however, had paid all or most all of the amount found against him before the report was filed, a decision in a similar case in White county being against his claim to these fees; Dan Waymre, brother of County Commissioner Fred Waymire, who has held that fat office of drainage commissioner for the past six or eight years, tendered his resignation and same was accepted, but no one was appointed in his place; The report of C. J. Hobbs, special engineer appointed to go over the Irequois ditch, showed a fill of 700 feet of sand in main ditch, washed in from the Gifford lateral, and same will be taken out by Mr. Sternberg before he draws the balance of his pay. Other lesser important transactions of the session appear in another column.

RUN OVER BY CARS.

Sad Death of Son-In-Law of W. R. Nowels at Crestline, O. t Tuesday. j\Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, foh Vem and Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson were called to Plymouth Wednesday by the death the day before of James G. »McGimpsey, a son-in-law of Mr. Nowels, who was killed at Crestline, Ohio, by being run over by a train on which he was one of the six mail clerks. The report of me accident which we copy from a Plymouth paper is incorrect so far as his jumping from the train is concerned. His run regularly Was from Chicago to Pittsburg, on

j the Pennsylvania lines, and he | had taken another clerks run to i Crestline so the clerk who was ! relieved could vote. The train was late in running info CrestI line-and was pulling in at a pretty fast clip. McGimpsey was , preparing to jump from the mail car as soon as the train stopped, ; and|l ad caught hold of the hand ; rail* at the side of the door with ' his back toward the front of the train. A truck load of trunks on theiplatforml with one trunk extenffing out farther than the rest he Jlid not see. and this trunk stnffck him in the side, broke his on the hand rail and he was thrown under the train and instantly killed. • Mr. McGimpsey *s former home wa# at Medaryville but he had attßided school in Rensselaer the time of his marriage to Ifiss Lillian Nowels he was teaching school at Flora, where thagNowels family was then livingj He was highly respected at Plymouth, where he had a nice hotrie, and his tragic death cast a g|oom over the entire communHis wife has been completely jproptrated since the accident. The following is the account published in a Plymouth paper: A gloom was cast over Plymouth yesterday when news came that James G. McGimpsey had been run over and killed by a passenger train In Crestline, Ohio. He remained In Plymouth to vote and was making an extra run east when the accident oocured. From reports it seems he had jumped off a moving train and ran into a truck which he did not see and was knocked under the wheels of the train. Mr. McGimpsey was born April 1, 1875 in Medaryville, Ind., where his mother still resides. He attended normal school in Valparaiso and for a while after was a school teacher and for the last six years has been engaged in the railway mail service. About five years ago he was married by Rev. F. O. Fraley to the wife who survives him. She was a teacher in Flora at the time. He moved with his wife to our city and has lived here ever since. Yue deceased was a member of Kulghts of Pythias and Masonic : Loises and took an active part in ; flfs work. He was a member of J tM St. Thomas Episcopal church of j this city, He is well known here having made many friends by hi 6 kind, genial ways. M>r. McGimpsey leaves a wife and two children, a boy, Alfred, about 4 years old and a 6-months old girl. Mrs. Pearl Young, a sister, lives in Medaryville with his mother. The body was brought home this morning and services will be held at the home on North Michigan street Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, RevF. O. Fraley and Rev. B. F. Tvins officiating. Interment will be made iu Oak Hill cemetery and railway mail carriers will act as pallbearers. The Masonic lodge will participate in the last rites.

THAT MOMENCE DAM.

A Momence man signing his communication “Citizen,” writes the Indianapolis News regarding that dam in the Kankakee river at Momence, 111., and says: Sir—The dam project at this place has been agitated at intervals for a number of years, but not until last summer, when a representative of the state board of health came here and condemned the river and recommended the putting in of a dam was any definite action taken. A movement was headed by a number of prominent citizens who undertook ic taise the necessary money to put in a dam by public subscription. No corporation was concerned in any manner as your informant has it. The plans ’are for a four-foot dam, and in view of the fact that there is a seven-foot fall, according to a recent survey made since the movement was started- between a point one-fourth of a mile up the river from the east line of this city to the proposed site of the dam, a distance of perhaps one mile down the river, I am of the opinion, a's are practically all of our citizens, that beyond the natural holdback of the water above the dam, the river in no other place than within the city limits of Momence will be affected by the dam. It seems to* me that all-this "horse play” that other local men are carrying on is simply to delay the building of the dam until cold weather, during which time they will have time to think up some other scheme to knockout the proposition.

“CRUMP’S” PLURALITY.

Following is the official pluralities of the counties of the Tenth congressional district so far as learned up to yesterday morning: n/J. Pet. Cram. Benton , 13 Jasper 97 Newton " 8 Lake (unofficial) 1200 Laporte /. 586 Porter (unofficial) ... 398 Tippecanpe .......... 287 Warren (unofficial) ... 850 White 103 Plurality, ............... 2370

Special Bonus Vote Is Offered by Democrat In The Big Trip Contest

Here is the One Big Opportunity for Candidates to Work Like Trojans—Great Special Offer to be Open Until Next Saturday Night May Decide Who Will he Lucky Maids ■i For Every sls Turned in Between Now and November 19* A Candidate Will Get 200,000 Extra Votes —Candidates Standing Friday Night

DISTRICT NO, L Keener, Wheatfield, Kankakee, Walker Gillam and Union Townships. Hazel D. Mason ...3,125 Fern Casey 4,250 Nellie Osbum 3,025 Nellie Ryan 3,000 June Jessup 3,000 Josie Tyler 3,025 Nellie Stalbaum. 3,000 Ollie White 3,000 DISTRICT NO. 2. Newton, Marion, Barkley and Hanging Grove Townships. Lizzie Reiddle...... * .4,400 Eva Moore 3,250 Vera Parker 3,025 Ethel McCarthy........ 5,500 Charlotte Kanne 3,225 Mrs. Harvey Messman.. 3,000 Sadie Paulus.. 3,000 Ruth Ames , 3,025 Mary Johnson ..... 3,000 Edna Lefler 3,000 Rosabell Daugherty.... 3,000 Opal . Waymire 3,050 Alice Ccen 3,400 DISTRICT NO. 3. Jordan, Milroy and Carpenter Townships. Belle Southard . 3,07 5 Verona Bill.. 4,475 Stella Taylor.. 3,825 Mrs. Clara 8a1c0m..... 3,000 Mrs. W. D. Bringle 4,000 Laura Peck 3,000 Lena Williamson.. 3,000 Rose Sigo 3,000 Florence Eck. 3,000 Edna Sigo 3,000

The Democrat’s big New York City voting contest has started—the race is on—the “starter” has given the word “go” and the contestants are now running neck and neck. It was a beautiful start with a good field of entries and every one standing an equal show of winning. They are now nearing the first quarter post. At this point is the time and place for the candidate to take advantage of the field and gain a lead. To enable the candidate to gain a lead we are offering a special bonus vote. Now take notice. Every candidate who sends or brings to The Democrat office, subscriptions aggregating sls, between 9 o’clock Saturday morning. November 12 and 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, November 19, at 9 o’clock, will receive a voucher for 200,000 extra votes besides the regular votes allowed on each subscription. Right now is the time for the hustling candidate to get busy and win a lead over all other contestants. This is an opportunity

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