Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1911 — Page 4

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IDE JftSPER GMT Ul f. EJUMitononiiiDPiieuiiift Official democratic paper of JASPER COUNTY. wintered as Second Class Matter June S, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana,‘Under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311.

SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1911

REPUBLICAN HARMONY. Republican State Chairman Lee fired a bomb in the republican camp by giving out the follow-' ing interview at W ashington a few days ago, and which he has since defended and says is the true situation in Indiana:. Washington, Dec. 13.—Edwin M. Lee. chairman of the Indiana state republican committee, declared in a formal statement last- evening that Taft- can not carry Indiana. He said: ‘ • /- ’ j "Mr. Taft can not carry Indiana. If he is the republican nominee fcr fight 4s lost before a gun is fired; As one of his original friends who labored for* him night and day, 1 have been driven to this knowledge with extreme reluctance. "I have hoped he would be the man to lead us next year and have personally declared for him three separate times. I ( have spent the last eight months traveling over Indiana; have visited every county- in the state and some counties many times. " .

OFFICIAL COUPON The Jasper County Democrat’s Great Piano Contest One $350.00 Piano to be given away Good for 5 votes for_ Street and No" r" ■ • Town One Banner Upright Grand Piano will be awarded to the person living in Jasper or adjacent counties receiving the greatest number of votes. - -■-A

I have festered, favorable sentiment to him where I could because I am "For a time it looked as if we might pull Mr. Taft through, and his personal friend, and it seemed logical and good party policy that he should succeed himself. From the first, however, I find no earnest enthusiastic sentiment for him. The feeling of the precinct workers and the rank and file seemed to be one of stiff rance— that he had the solid south and would be nominated, and we might as well make the best of it. - "In the last two months sentiment has changed to pronounced dissatisfaction with Mr. Taft as pur leaver. A few days ago I sent a letter to our precinct Committeemen —there are over tpree. thousand of them—asking for a statement of political conditions in their precincts. I have received hundreds of replies. Four out of five of the letters from precinct committteemen say there is dissatisfaction with Mr. Taft among the voters—a.nd this, too, although in my letter did not ask for opinions on that point, but only tor general conditions. ".This proves to me what my personal coniac| with our voters- —and I hove personally interview ed literally thousands pf them* in the last eight months——had led me to fear —there is not the slightest chance 10 carry Indiana for Mr. Taft.” Lee is a candidate for re-elec-tion for state’’chairman, and nov, die Taft braves are whetting their tommyhawks and declare they. will, get his scalp. .They -s--ert that Beveridge h the icaJ man behind the gun in Indiana in opposition, to Taft, and .it looks like Lee will have hard work to retain his position.

Sale bills printed while you j wait at The Democrat office

Hear Dr. Cook Monday Night? The (Hazier Lyceum Bureau have the honor to present Dr J Frederick A. Cook, the disfm-' guished explorer, for the Chautauqua and Lyceum season of 1911-12. The receipts of diis lectures surpass all previous records and proclaim him the mightiest Lyceum magnet of ihe' century. We believe Dr. Cook approach-! ed more nearly that point of the* world known as the North Pole.' than has any other civilized man,' and we take great pleasure in commending him and his won-j derful story of Polar adventures.' as of the highest educational value. I he story of Dr. Cook's perilous adventures in Arctic regions is as fascinating as fiction. A cultured, modest and dignified’ gentleman, who has spent manv years in exploration, both in the Arctic and Antarctic, the storyof his travels and thrilling adventures over Polar seas, and life of the strange people of that remote section, would afford a delightful entertainment even if. sh< rn of the proof of his mar-' velous achievement. With great fortitude and intimate knowledge of the "people of the. farthest north, and splendid equipment for the hazardous journey, it is little wonder that he succeeded; and Dr. Frederick A. Cook„will certainly be recognized by future generations as one of the world's greatest explorers. At Ellis Theater Monday evening, Dec. 18, Reserve your seats now.

F. & A. M. Annual Election. Notice is hereby given that the anual election of trustees and officers of Prairie lodge No. 125, F. & A.-M., will be held on the night of Monday, Dec. 18, 1911. There will be a banquet immediately following election. Kindto be present. —C. H. Mills, Sec. There is nothing more acceptable. for Christmas than a nice set of furs. Blue, or black wolf, black lynx or a fine' mink set—Rowles & Parker.

FAVORS THE PROPOSED LAW

Kansas City Btar Seos Much Value In a National Presidential Primary. The bill to be presented to congress for a federal presidential primary law will afford a test of true progresslve- ' isiri. Those who believe In popular government and who trust the people will vote for the enactment of such a law. Those who depend on secret machine methods will oppose Its enactment. Of course the bill as It Is projected by progressives of both parties will encounter the objection; that it Is “unconstitutional." Every good thing Is said to be against the constitution. But the constitution Is not half as bad as it la represented to be by -those who say they are Its closest friends. A national presidential primary certainly could not be as evasive of the constitution as is the entire system of national party conventions. The constitution provides an electoral college for choosing a president. We stjll have an electoral college; but It simply records what the conventions initiate and the people determine at the polls. The electoral college will prevail under the new proposed arrangement. The change will be simply that the people will initiate — that the people, and not the machines, will control the nominations. The direct senatorial primaries within the several states are another instance of a change in the method of selecting high federal officials from that method contemplated in the constitution. -- The inove for a national presidential primary embodies the right principle in the right and practical form. It is right for both parties. It is nonpartisan. Progressives of both parties in every state should insist that their senators and representatives, vote for it— vote for it in time to control the nominations of 1912.—Kansas City Star.

Control of Senate.

The appointment of Obadiah Gardner, Democrat, as member of the national senate from Maine, increases the democratic vote in that body to 42, with reduction of the Republican membership to 49. During the special session, the tariff bills were passed as the result of affiliation of “progressive” Republicans with the Democrats. At least ten such Republicans are counted on to co-operate with Democrats on tariff legislation in the coming regular session. If only four of those gentlemen were to continue to act with the Democrats, the old-time stand-pat element of the Republicans would be in a minority. With the house so assuredly Democratic and conditions described existing in the upper branch, it remains simply for the Democrats to hold together in favor of broad, sound principles of tariff legislation to make the coming session memorable in the records of political rdform and increase the proportions of Democratic success to be attained in the national election. <

“Records” That Disagree.

When an enterprising reporter asked Theodore Roosevelt whether he would issue a statement after he had “digested the government’s petition,” Mr. Roosevelt said: “It might interest you to look up my testimony before the congressional committee in August. To what I said then I have nothing to add.” Yet all that he said then was that he was sure he acted wisely in the Tennessee Coal and Iron company matter, that he did what he did in order to stop the panic; and that he accepted unreservedly and without investigation everything that Gary and Frick said, yhis habit of appealing to what he calls “the record” is an old one with Mr. Roosevelt. As long as a man can make his own record, and Interpret it as he pleases, this method of meeting an issue is most satisfactory^—at least to him. In this case the best record up to date is the bill filed by the government against the steel trust.

Where Is Ballinger?

“I believe,” said Secretary Fisher to the American Mining congress, “that the time has passed when the government should convey an unrestricted title to its coal fields. . . . I believe the leasing system avoids the controversies and the difficulties of both extremes of public and of private ownership. . . . The adoption of a leasing policy will take away from the promoters of such a road (as one to the Alaskan coal fields) the lure of great gain from the exploitation of the coal fields. The government must recognize that if it withdraws from private capital this incentive for railroad construction the government itself must assume the obligation of making possible the kind of development upon which it insists for’ the general good.” No Sale of Alaskan coal lands! Government ownership of a railroad to the coal fields’ Where is Mr. pallinger?

Of course Big Business .has not given up hope of blocking the trust busting game. And it is prepared to give up liberally long before it gives up hope.

Always the Same Song.

When the trusts are hard hit they always predict hard times again and suffering for their old friends, the common people.—Atlanta Journal. ’

It is safe to say that Mr. not .be in great demand, after h leaves the White House, as a cam paign manager.

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The first big event of 1912 is the Rensselaer Poultry Show from Jan. 2 to 6, 1912, to be held in the Odd Fellows’ building, every day and every evening. The association is endeavoring to have a special program for each evening, in the way of music, songs, etc., and the chickens that are to be given

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away is sure to bring a big crowd. It only takes 10 cents to be a booster.

The Democrat’s piano contest closes Dec. 23, and it behooves the friends of each candidate to put in their best licks during the few remaining weeks of the contest.