Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — Page 2

LIGHT IS SPREADING

PEOPLE EVIDENTLY CONSIDERING TARIFF QUESTION. Recent Elections Clearly Presage Victory for the Democratic Party, Going Into Battle for the Rights of the People, State elections in the off years often show very different results from the pronouncements of general elections, but this cannot be regarded as an off year for obvious reasons. The tariff is quite as much at issue in the present election as it can be in 1912, for there is a disposition in every manufacturing state to show to the national administration the attitude of the people toward the Payne-Aldrich tariff. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are states commonly recognized as irrevocably wedded to high protection. Senator Lodge Is one of the foremost of the unplucked reactionaries since the passing of Aldrich and Hale, and, as chief representative of the protected Interests of his state, there can be no doubt but he brought every possible influence to bear in the election just held. The attitude of Massachusetts this fall is reasonably assured to afford a forecast as to what its attitude will be in the next general election. It is therefore quite remarkable that Eugene N. Foss should have been elected at all. Such comfort as the standpat element in the federal government can derive from his diminished plurality should not be begrudged, fGr it is but a chilly comfort. It poses the state of Massachusetts in the most hopeful states to be counted in the next national election.

(;• Rhode Island gives an increased Republican majority, which is not to be wondered at, because an overwhelming majority Of the electors are residents of its chief manufacturing city and many thousands are mill operatives from foreign lands, who are subject to the Influence of the men who operate the industries and care very little about politics except as they think it concerns their jobs and their wages. The solemn assurance of the mill owners that any abatement of the tariff will mean a cut in wages and a possible shutdown of the mills will stampede them like sheep into the political fold of their employers. The anti-tariff wave has evidently pot abated.

Don’t Get Gay.

Attorney General Wickersham says he cannot understand why a small business man injured by a trust does not take advantage of the law which permits the collection, by civil action, of threefold damages. This is positively Mr. Wickersham’s first appearance as a humorist. If he were not at the head of the department of justice he would not be funny at all. By the time that a trust gets through with a small business man the small business man has about as much fight in him as a chipmunk. If he were able to fight he would first of all have to prove that there was a trust, and that is something that the attorney general, with all the power of the United States behind him, has not done many times as yet. Mr. Wickersham should not get gay. The lips of small business men are sore and it hurts them to laugh.

Exit Standpatism.

We can see. no hope for standpatIsm anywhere in the country except as Democrats shall imitate its crimes and follies. It is not necessary to mention these offenses here, but for the purpose of a record it may be said that they are false pretense and broken faith. —St. Louis Republic. —— . • Possibly there is an omen in the fact that when President Taft returned to Washington from his 15,000mile swing around the circle he brought with him a cold wave. ,

REORGANIZED

SENATE IS NOT REPUBLICAN

Democratic Measures Likely Henceforth to Command Majority In Upper House. Recent elections had no effect upon the United States senate as regards the political control. There are now 42 Democrats and 49 Republicans in that body, 10 of the Republicans being classed as insurgents, who are almost sure to vote with the Democrats on certain large issues. There is one vacancy in Colorado, caused by the failure of the legislature So elect. This is likely to be filled by a Democrat, in which case the senate will stand 43 to 49. The New Mexico legislature may possibly be controlled by a coalition of Democrats and progressive Republicans with a small majority on joint ba;/ot. In that case the two new r senatcrships will be divided, one going to the Democrats and the other to the progressive Republicans, in which case the senate will stand, with the Colorado vacancy filled, 44 Democrats and 50 Republicans, 11 of the latter being straightout progressives with stronger leanings toward the Democratic than the Republican side in important matters. If the straight-out Republicans control in New Mexico and elect two senators, the upper house will stand 43 Democrats and 51 Republicans. The Arizonia legislature will be elected In December and it is expected that it will be Democratic, sending two members of that party to the senate. On this basis the full senate of 96 members. when all are elected, will stand 46 Democrats and 50 Republicans, if New Mexico returns a Democrat and a Propressive Republican, the 11 Progressive Republicans holding the balance of power. In these circumstances it will take only three changes from the Republican to the Democratic side to wipe out the Republican ostensible majority entirely and give the Democracy, for the first time since 1897, the absolute control of the senate. In the 1913 class of senatorial seats are several which may> possibly be regarded as open to contest, such as those from New Jersey, Nebraska, Colorado. Montana and Delaware. In any event there Is little likelihod of a straight-out Republican majority in the senate for several years to come, even with the best of luck for the Republican party.

The work at Panama is an engineering convulsion. It is a jumble of heavy machinery, railroad yards, concrete mixing and distributing towers, dredges, tooting locomotives, squeaking, grinding--dirt trains, dynamite explosions, black men, brown men, white men and men hiding their complexions under coatings of mud Throughout the whole runs a purpose, a directing force and aim. But it is not for the stranger to see it. Nevertheless; the canal job is in for another spell of inspection. A party of congressmen, habited in duck clothes and equipped with an air of wisdom, are about to start for the isthmus. They must see for themselves that every man there is doing his duty, that progress is made and that the waterway is sure enough going to be. The Panama canal is the most thoroughly inspected piece of public work in the world. It was bound to be. seeing that the government owns the transportation lines and the hotels. Where it involves no personal expense it is folly not to look wise.

The only tariff board that amounts to anything is that which the tariff grafters get, plus lodging, champagne and so forth in the way of a guaranteed “reasonable profit.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.

Two Hard Problems.

Grgat are the audacities of modern engineering. British engineers are preparing to bridge the Low«w Ganges and President Taft Is now engaged in an attempt to span the gap between the insurgents and the standpatters

The Inspectors.

Real Tariff Board.

MUST PAY THE PRICE

COUNTRY’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPUBLICAN RULE. "Big Interests” Are Now Demanding Their Pound .of Flesh as Arranged for In Presidential Election of 1896. There are those who think that the substantial business structure of the country, is breaking down under the trust assaults of the federal department of justice. That is wrong. What is giving way is a false superstructure built up in years of political iniquity which sought to roof in the whole power of government for selfish individual use. The main structure trembles under the shock, but no more. The financial debauch which beset this country from the : election of 1896 has had no parallel in modern times. That election was a victory for sound money, as the people understood It. It was the execution of a bill of the country’s sale to high finance, as Mr. Hanna and his followers understood and gave notice. What price was paid will never be known, but the enormity of the cash sum has never been questioned. The continuing payments to secure the bargain are better known —the $150,000 of life-insurance money to the Republican exchequer in 1904, the $260,000 raised by Harriman, the SIOO,OOO of the Standard Oil company, the Frick-Twomblv SIOO,OOO, the Beer trust. Sugar trust, Coal trust, Steel trust and other Contributions.

Bought and paid so was the accepted position of the nation’s government to the special interests, and with no power left save the courts to question the validity of the title. How this private property in government was capitalized into Individual pockets is written large ip late history. The tariff was first given another unllft, and then, with the Spanish war out of the way, the suppression of competition to get the full private benefit of tariff swept through the country like a whirlwind. Trusts and trusts of trusts rose In scores; the millionaires were made In a day; the shadow of the billionaire appeared; and captains of high finance sought a ratification of special bargrains in the White House itself. "They built up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.” They sowed the wind. Has anybody supposed the whirlwind was to be avoided? It had to come; it Is here; and the sooner the Inevitable reaping Is over the better. —-St. Louis Republic.

Trust Dissolution.

Pretending to elucidate the recent decision of the Supreme court, the president said that the existence of an illegal combination was proven there must be a “division of it into a sufficient number of parts under separate ownership to insure competition."

What is the meaning of this, especially what is the force of the phrase “insure competition?” How is competition to be insured if the owners of the separated companies are the identical persons who were the owners of the holding company? Yet the plan for the disintegration of the American Tobacco company seems to contemplate nothing more than that the same set of stockholders shall own three kinds of stock instead of one. It is to juggle with words to say that competition is “insured” undgr such circumstances. The most that can be said is tnat there is possibility of competition in the distant future, when, through inheritances and individual sales, the stock may get a different set of owners. But if this all the president means—and it is all he seems to —why does be not frankly say so? —New York Globe.

Bad Faith.

Perhaps the most salient feature of Oscar W. Underwood’s address in St_ Louis was the definite charge of personal bad faith on the part of President Taft in his tariff vetoes. Aside from the well known facts in the case, the thing that gives this charge weight is its source. Coming from some members of congress, it would amount to little, but Mr. Underwood Is not a man who goes on verbal debauches. Language in his hands Is an instrument of precision and he has a deep sense of the responsibility of public utterances.

Nor do we see exactly what President Taft is going to do about it. There is nothing Machiavellian aboutthe president or his reputation. He is a plain, blunt man, ungifted in equivocation and evasion, who only speaks right on. His promises to aid downward revision by every means In nis power carried with them the atmosphere of simple good faith. He most surely did give “his word of honor.” The opposition is not putting him in a bad box. It Is simply pointing out the sad fact that he is there.

Varieties of Amputation.

No doubt President Taft is capable as heroic self-sacrifice, but we cannot see that it would do anybody any good if he should cut off his right hand in order to prevent further disturbance of the business of this country. Better keep that respectable and aseful member of his personal organization and seek some other alternative, to general distress If the patriotic chief magistrate is now in an amputating mood, how would it do for him to consider the jutting off of Wickersham?

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FARMS FOR SALE. 21 acres, four blocks from court house. out .$75 40 acres, 4-room' house, barn, good land ~................................ .SSO 60 acres, miie out, stone r0ad..,.5160 80 acres, mile out, stone r0ad.,..5160 120 acres, half mile Out, well improved ........ ......................$l2O 160 acres, good land, good buildings, $1,500 down ....................... >. .$45 120 acres, good buildings, some tim- j ber " $35 165 acres, 15-room house, other good buildings, orchard, well tiled, half mile out I $165 593- acres near station, good buildings, on large ditch, will take up to $20,000 in good trade, remainder time $55 $5,000 mortgage and cash for farm or property. 160 acres in Kansas, 160 acres in Arkansas to trade for land or property. G. F. MEYERS.

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Lucas County. ) s ‘ Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.

JOHN G. CULP | Auctioneer Rensselaer, Ind. My experience in the anc- 4 tion business has proven that X I handle sales right and treat ♦ the patrons with courtesy from I start to. finish. It always pays X to employ an Auctioneer who ♦ is successful in his business 2 and a judge of what he is X selling. Phone 262 for dates, t

NOTICE OF AD.MI MST It AT lON. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed of the estate of James E. Hogan, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to Ibe solvent. WILLIAM HOGAN, Nov. 18, 1911. Administrator. E. Grant Hall, Atty. for Adm’jr.

ADMINISTRATRIX Public Auction. The undersigned Administratrix of the estate of William Miles, deceased, will offer at Public. Sale at the late residence of deceased, in Milroy tp., 1 mile west and 5% miles north of Wolcott, 2 miles west and 5 miles south of McCoysburg, commencing at 10 a. m., on TUESDAY, DEC. 19, 1911, 5 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 Bay Horse 8 years old, wt. 1450; 1 Bay Horse 9 years old, wt. 1100; 1 Smooth-mouthed Mare, wt. 1200; .1 3-year-old Mare, wt. 1200, a good one; 1 2-year-old Colt. 2 Full-Blood Poland China Boars —'Weight, about 150 pounds each. 7 Head of Cattle-Consisting of Milch Cows and Heifers, some now giving milk; all with calf, some will be fresh soon.

Implements, Harness, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Plano Binder, in good working order; 2 Janesville Sulky Plows, one good as new; 1 Walking Breaking Plow; 1 Riding Cultivator; 1 Disc Harrow; 1 3-section Harrow; 1 new Hay Rake; 1 new Hay Rack; 2 Farm Wagons, one with 40-inch box; 1 set single Harness; 2 sets work Harness; 100 shocks Corn Fodder; 1 Grindstone; Scoops; Spades; Forks, and numerous other articles. A credit of 9 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions RUTH M. MILES, Adm. •John Culp, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler* Clerk. Hot lunch on Grounds. Big Public Sale Having decided to quit farming on account of health and age and move to town, the undersigned will sell at Public Auction at his residence 2% miles east of Fair Oaks, 3 miles north of Parr and 10 miles north of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 a. m., on

TUESDAY, DEC. o, 1911, 6 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 Sorrel Mare 10 years old, in foal, wt. 1250; 1 Brown Mare 9 years old, in foal, wt. 1350; 1 Black Mare 6 years old, wt. 1250; 1 Iron Gray Mare 6 years old, wt. 1250; 1 Road Horse 10 years old; 1 Grey Mare 14 years old. 57 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 1 3-year-old Bull; 6 Spring Steer Calves; 6 2-year-old Steers; 2,0 1-year-old Steers; 19 1-year-old Heifers; 5 Milch Cows. 52 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 40 Shoats, wt. 125 lbs. each; 5 Sows with pigs; < Shoats, wt. 50 lbs. each.

Wagbns, Implements, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Gang Plow; 1 Riding Cultivator; 1 Disc; 1 18-foot Harrow; 1 low-down Seeder; 1 Binder, 8-foot cut; 2 Wagons; 1 Single Shovel Plow r ; 1 Double Snovel Plow; 1 14-inch Walking Plow; 1 Black Hawk Corn Planter, 80 rods wire; 1 Hay Rake, 12 foot; 1 Mower; ?. sets Work Harness; 1 Cream Separator; 10 bushels Winter Apples; 5 dozen Chickens; Household Goods, and numerous other articles. A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. D. E. & F. M. LAKIN. John Culp, Auctioneer. C. (5. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

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Big Public Sale Having rented my farm and ex pecting to move to Mt. Ayr, I will offer at Public Sale at my residence 4 miles west of Surrey, 3 miles ndrth and 1 mile east of Mt. Ayr, commencing at 10 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1911, 3 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 team of Brown Mares, one 7 years old, one 10 years, wt. 3,000; 1 Black Gelding coming 3 years old, wt. 1200. 18 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 9 head of Milch Cows, ages from

JHT 4 to 8 years; 1 Holstein Bull, 2 years old; 1 year-old Durham bull; 7 calves. 17 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 12 Shoats, wt. 125 lbs.', 1 Sow and 4 Pigs. Wagons, Implements, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Studebaker Wagon, wide tire, triple box and spring seat; 1 Iron Wheel Wagon, good as new; 1 narrow tire Wagon, and double 'box; 1 Carriage; 1 set solid bottom Hay Ladders; 1 6-foot Plano binder; 1 McCormick 5-foot cut Mower; 1 Deering self-dump Hay Rake; 1 low-down Seeder; 1 new Deere Corn Planter and 80 rods of wire; 1 John Deere Sulky Piow; 2 16-inch Walking Plows; 1 Budlong Disc; 1 Case Lever Harrow, good as new; 1 new Deere Riding Cultivator; 1 Walking Cultivator; 1 Sleigh; 3 sets Work Harness; Set Carriage Harness; 1 Hand Corn Sheller; 1 Heating Stove; 15 tons of Hay, and many other articles too numerous to mention.

A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. DAVID W. MAUCK. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds. NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of Fletcher Monnett, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Fletcher Monnett, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Harry L. Brown, administrator of said decedent, 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 notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof pf their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate.

HARRY L. BROWN, Administrator. NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of Lydia A. Hunt, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Ly<jia A. Hunt, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Saturday, the, 9th day of December, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Charles H. Hemingway, executor of the will of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such filial account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. CHARLES H. HEMINGWAY, Executor.

NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate - of Edward A. Hunt, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Edward A. Hunt, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Charles H. Hemingway, administrator of said decedent, 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 notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any oart of said estate. CHARLES H. HEMINGWAY, • ~ Administrator. NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of James M. Spriggs, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees -of James M, Spriggs, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1911, being the day fixed and endorseu on the final settlement account of Austin O. Moore, administrator of said decedent. 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. - AUSTIN O. MOORE, Administrator. W. H. Parkinson, Atty. for estate.