Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1912 — Page 1

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A Bi g Delegation Coming From Lowell.

Lowell is coming down in a big delegation to pur 4th of July celebration next Thursday, and the Lowell baseball team will play the local team of Jefferson Tigers at Rivet tide Park. The Monon wil? run a special train back to Lowell In the evening to accommodate people from the north who come down on the regular trains to the celebration.

Marriage of Former Rensselaer Girl

Monticello Journafl: John M Wiese of Reynolds and Miss Alice Minnicus were married yesterday at the St. Francis church in Francesville. Nuptial mass was celebrated by Rev. F. J. Koch in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends and the choir of St. Joseph church, Reynolds, sang the Ave Marie. They will go to housekeeping in Reynolds.

Fourteen Years at the Helm of The Democrat.

This issue Democrat closes the fourteenth year under its present management. Really it doesn’t seem that long since the old republican machine in Jasper county gave us but six months to starve out and vamoose. And we’re here yet, and from the two hundred circulation of The Democrat when we first grasped its helm, it has grown more than twelve fold, proving the truth of that old adage that “man (in this case the r. fit.) proposes and God deppses.”

Death o f Mrs. C. N. Huston.

J. J. Hunt received a copy of the Hamilton, Ohio, Journal a few days ago containing the obituary of Mrs. Ella Davis Huston, wife of Dr. Charles N. Huston, formerly of this county and a brother of J. T. Huston of Roselawn and W. C. Huston of Deedsville, which occurred in New York City June 17, as a result of an operation for appendicitis. Her age was 58 years. She leaves a husband to whom she was married in 188 S, but no children. She and her husband had gone east on a pleasure trip and while in New York she was seized with appendicitis and an operation was performed, with fatal results. She was held in high esteem in Hamilton where she had resided many years.

Farmhouse Burned In Barkley Tp.

The house on the Chamberlain & Marlatt farm in Barkley tp., occupied by John Williams and family, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin that, starting in the second story of the house about 9 a. m., "Wednesday, spread rapidly and completed consumed the structure. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were not at the house when the fire was discovered, but a baby and two small children were left sleeping in the second story of the house, and were rescued by Greeley Comer, a-neighbor, who was working nearby, and who was the first to discover the fire. He succeeded in saving the children, but was able to save very little of the household goods, so rapidly did the fire consume the building. The house was insured for SBBO. As yet they have decided upon no definite plans for re-building.

Wrong to Parole Parker; Right to Parole Bader.

It is interesting to note that the Rensselaer Republican did not take the conviction of Tom McCoy and “Bob” Parker so much to heart as It has the conviction of C. I_. Bader, the Winamac bridge grafter. In their cases the law was not merely “corrective,” but the Republican thought they should serve out their full maximum sentence. Readers xfe'ill remember how it rent its shirt into shreds over the parole of Parker, at the expiration of his minimum sentence, which is customary it there are no discredits against the prisoner. But in Bader’s case “he ought to be paroled” before the expiration of the minimum sentence. > The Republican seems to hearrily agree with Governor Marshall that grafting and robbing the taxpayers is not a very serious crime and no punishment should be meted out for such a little matter as premeditated and systematic robbery of the people.

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MARSHALL URGES PAROLE OF RADER

Determined to Thwart Justice In Bridge Graft Gases EXECUTIVE'S PECULIAR ACTION In This Case Disgusts Indianapolis News, a Paper That Has Been One of His Chief Supporters.

Governor Marshall seems determined to thwart the carrying out of the law in the conviction of C. L. Bader for bridge grafting in Jasper county, and has personally asked the board of parole to grant the petition filed with him this week by the twin daughters of the' convicted man. What action the board will take remains to be seen, but yesterday’s Indianapolis Star stated that before acting on the governor’s request for a parole, Harry B. Darling and Thomas A. Daily, two members of the board, stated that they would make a trip to this county and to Winamae to investigate the merits of the Bader petition. The Star adds: “Governor Marshall has shown a personal interest in the case,” and that “strong political influences are back of Bader’s attempt to gain a parole.”

As heretofore stated by The Democrat, Governor Marshall’s “personal interest” in this case has been such that the people of the community swindled by the systematic steals of Bader have been wholly ignored, and much of the lesson to grafters by the conviction has been lost by the unparalleled favors and “personal interest” of the little man who is bobbing about in the executive chair at the state house. The Indianapolis News, whose representative made a personal investigation of the bridge gra'ts here and felt called upon to severely criticise the governor editorially for his uncalled for . interference with the administration of the law in this case, has the following to say about the present petition tc parole Mr. Bader:

The state board of pardons yesterday afternoon took up the question whether Clinton L. Bader of Winamac, the bridge grafter and a man to whom already have been extended favors which for their numbers and iinportance are without parallel in the history of the treatment of convicted men in Indiana, shall be released from the Indiana state prison, without being compelled to serve his minimum sentence. It is expected that the board will not pass on the Bader case until its September session. The present session ends tomorrow, and there is not sufficient time for investigation. The case was not on the schedule, but came before the board when Governor Marshall himself filed the petition and requested the board to parole Bader. John L. Burton, a real estate and loan man of Winamac, but not a resident of the community, defrauded by the crime for which Bader was convicted, dwelt at great length on the touching aspects of the case. In his long presentation, which told of the crippled man who had struggled hard to acquire financial standing, had succeeded, and then had lost all and had gone to prison, leaving a heartbroken family, there was little to suggest to the board that behind the whole case was the grim specter of the wholesale bridge grafts in Indiana and the fact that Che Bader case was the first hard blow ever dealt in this state to crooked bridge men and the first in which a bridge grafter of the “higher up” type had been sentenced to pay the penalty the statute imposes or looting the p.iblic. Bader, a democratic politician, and manager of the Winamac Bridge company, was convicted of presenting a false and fraudalent claim against Jasper county, the trial at Rensselaer showing that in a bridge for which he had the contract, he had put steel which weighed only 65 per cent, df the weight he had contracted to put into it. He had, nevertheless, made affidavit that he had performed the contract according to specifications, and had collected the full contract price. Burton, in his presentation yesterday, also failed to tell the board that six other indictments for graft on other bridges had been returned against Bader. Burton’s story to the pardon board was that Bader in 1909 had obtained a contract for five bridges in Jasper county, and had until late in the year to put the bridges up. There was a great clamor among the farmers of Jasperi

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county, he said, to have the bridges put up at once, so they could move their threshing machinery. The commissioners sought to get Bader to proceed with the bridges at once, notwithstanding the time specified in the contract, said Burton, but Bader said he had no steel on hand except that which was much lighter than the contract called for. An agreemeut was made, said Burton, by which Bader by putting up the bridges at once was to be permitted to use the lightweight steel. At one time in his argument burton said if Bader rightfully belonged in the penitentiary, the oounty commissioners and the county auditor of Jasper county, and the other officers of the Winamaf Bridge company also should have been sent.

Burton also charged that the case against Bader was due not only to the hostility of the Lafayette Bridge company, but to a fight between the judge of the circuit court and the prosecutor in Jasper county for political supremacy. He said Judge Hanley did not believe that there was anything in the case, and at one time had said he would suspend sentence if the prosecutor obtained a conviction. Burton did not refer, however, to the story which came from Rensselaer at the time to the effect that the judge had intended to suspend sentence, but before doing so had a personal friend, who was a civil engineer, make an examination of the bridges put up by Bader’s company, and finding that practically all were short weight, and therefore frauds on the county, had decided not to suspend sentence. No statement from Judge Hanley was before toe pardon board yesterday, but the twin daughters of Bader, who circulated the petition for a . pardon, said that Judge Hanley had said he would neither favor nor oppose the petition. Asked by Thomas A. Daily, of the pardon board, whether there had not been rumoys of the commissioners having been mixed up in the graft cases, Burton said there had been some rumors, but nothing more than rumors. He did not refer to the fact that Prosecutor Fred Longwell had

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E. Peacock Prize Melon Grower.

Erastus Peacock brought to The Leader office Tuesday morning the record breaking watermelon of the season, which entitles him to our pr’ze of two yearly subscriptions to this paper or one subscription for two years. The melon was a Tom Watson and weighed 45 lbs., and it was a fine one. —Tarpon Springs (Fla.) Leader.

Rensselaer Race War Situation.

Clency Wood, the colored man whose moving into the J. T. Randle tenant house on the west side was vigorously objected to by some of the neighbors and resulted in W F. Smith having a fight with Wovd Monday morning in front of Warner Bros, store, has not moved his family into the house as yet. .Mr. has placed the matter of Keeping Wood out of the house in the hands of his attorney, who has thus far failed to find another place for Wood to move, and ho and , his wife and three children are boarding with Free Wood, »he colored barber, who is a cou*in, we understand, for the present. There is no water at the Randle house and neighbors have refused to let Wood get water from their places, consequently his avowed determination to stand pat has not been acted upon. He also, no doubt, does not wish any further difficulty over the matter.

Fine Field of Alfalfa at College Farm.

Among the few more fields put out to alfalfa in Jasper county this spring, the St. Joseph’s College farm has a 10-acre field on the east side of the range line roal that is a splendid stand and is probably the best field of alfalfa in the county. If alfalfa growing proves the success here that many think it will, it will be but a few years until the crop is grown extensively in every section of the county where there is land adapted to its growth. So far it has not been tried to any great extent, Charlie Pullins of Barkley tp., being one of the pioneers in experimenting with growing this valuable grass crop, and he has been very successful. This season he put out more of it, and several others have started fields.

The college field, lying as it does on the most traveled highway in the county, and bidding fair to rival any fields in the alfalfa growing sections of other states, is bound to attract much attention and induce many farmers to try raising the crop themselves.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—To'"geflier with Other Notea Gathered from the Several County Offices. Marriage licenses issued: June 26, John Obed Hurley of Rensselaer. aged 22, occupation farmer, to Irena Jenkins, also of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. The appellate court has denied a re-hearing in the Pancoast ditch case from Newton tp., taken up on appeal from the Jasper circuit court by Almira XI. Stockton e * al. remonstrators, and decided becently in favor of appellants. This means that the petitioners must begin over again and follow the statute if they wish the proposed ditch.

The costs in this case were quite heavy, reaching perhaps sl,000, which the petitioners, Abner C. Pancoast, et al. must pay. i Another ditch case from Newton county, William H. Kessler, appellant, vs. State of Indiana, taken up from the Newton circuit court. : ,has been affirmed by the supreme court, the court holding: (If Where the comity surveyor as drainage commissioner was supervising the improvement of a drain under the board of commissioners, he could be mandated to certify the cost of the improvement (it being in excess of $5,000) for the purpose of issuing bonds for its construction. (2) The legislature never intended to compel the payment of a drain within one year if before the board and allow bonds to be issued and ten years for payment when in the circuit or superior court. (3) Where the plain and evident intent of the law is to reach a certain result it is allowable to read a reference to Section 6 as being Section 5%, or other necessary transposition which plainly results in construing as intended by the legislature. (4) A review of the ditching laws and amendments and the jurisdictions of the board and circuit court regard them The case of Wm. P Galfieid of! Milroy tp., vs. James T. Morton, wherein Gaffield sued and obtained judgment for commission on a real estate deal, appealed to the appellate court by Morton, where it has lain for a long time, was also decided Wednesday and the judgment affirmed, the court holding: (1) A contract for commission for the sale of real estate need not particularly describe the real estate to be sold, the following: “November I, 1907, listed my farm of 120 acres at $35 per acre on •» commission of $1 per acre to be cash. James T. Morton,” together with a letter relative to the management of the farm and authorizing a sale at ‘‘the price is between 30 and 35.00” was sufficient to authorize recovery of the commission on a sale at S2O per acre. The description need only be such that It may be definitely identified by other evidence. (2) “The statute was enacted to protect the owners of real estate against the imposition and fraud of real estate agents, not to enable them to commit fraud and imposition against agents.” (3) The evidence not being in the record, the motion for a new trial can not be considered.

Excursion to Michigan City.

There will be no excursion to Chicago tomorrow, but the Monon will run an excursion to Michigan City. Rensselaer people desiring to go on the excursion can take the early morning train to Monon and board the excursion train there, as there will be no special train this side of Monon.

. .. Advertised Letters. Letters advertised for the week ending June 24, 1912: Ladies, Mrs. G. F. Smith; Mrs. Miller ft Son; Mrs. George Hanley; Miss Ella Sanders. Gents: Leo Callahan; Thomas Swift; Clarence Young; Newton Bowman; G. W. Brlslen; Charles Ellis; Gustave Sage. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office July B.—{}. E. Murray, Postmaster.

DOINGS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

XX illiam J. Bryan opposes selection of Alton B. Parker by national committee for temporary chairman, and nominates John XX. Kern for the place. Kern diplomatically declines honor and names Bryan instead. Convention by vote of 579 to 510 seats Parker. Our own delegates, Dnrgan of Lafayette and Becker of Hammond, vote for Bryan, but in the state Bryan gets but 8 votes to Parker's 21. Bryan declines chairmanship of resolution committee, and John XX 1 . Kern is elected in his stead. ' Congressman Ollie James of Kentucky is elected permanent chairman. Nomination speeches he; im Thursday afternoon and continued yesterday. XVilson and Clark, with John W* Kern as a promising “dark horse," seem to be in the lead. * Nomination not likely to be made until today. Baltimore, June 28, 1:30 a. m - The Democratic leaders agreed that the convention should remain in session until all nominations had been made and a ballot taken. It was evident the ballot was several hours away, as many speeches and demonstrations were expected.

BULLETIN.

ONE BALLOT TAKEN Baltimore, June 7:10 a. tn. —Convention adjonrned at 7:10 o’clock this morning, after an all night session, until # p. m. One ballot taken, as follows: Clark . . 440 XVilson 304 Underwood 117 Harmon 143 Marshall . 3* Baldwin 22 Bryan . 3 Bryan \ Sulzer . 2 Not looting 2

City Council Proceedings.

The city council met in regular session Monday night with all members present except councilman C. J. Dean. In the matter of petition of St. Augustine church, et al. for sewer, resolution adopted and sewer ordered constructed along the following route: commencing at a point 140 feet east and 30 feet south of the northwest corner of block 18, original plat, thence northwesterly along the line of outlot 54, thence northwesterly across outlot 52, to Make-em-self sewer. Clerk was Instructed to notify the Yandaiia Coal Co., and other coal companies that the council would receive bids on coal at its meeting on July 8, 1912. Sidewalk along the north side us Washington street from front street ! o bridge ordered repaired to comply with the specifications. # in report of J. J. Montgomery, fire chief, 8 men were allowed $1 each for services at the Hochtsettetler fire on June 8; 9 men were allowed $1 each for services at the Louis Ramp fire. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND Geo. Mustard, marshal....s 30.00 Frank Critzer, nightw'ch... 30.00 C. W. Platt, work cy H’1.... 5.50 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, teamster..... 30.00 C. W. Platt, mow street ... 1.75 O. S. Baker, Jab 5t........ 7.00 W. M. Coffell, unload stone. . 3.00 Roy Thomas, 5ame........ 2.00 Wm. Platt, same 2.00 John Hordeman, wk sewer. . 4.80 R. D. Thompson, ft pd..... 49 78 PARK FUND. F Cox, mowing parks. ..... 7.60 LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, sal 50.00 Mel Abbott, 5ame......... 30.00 Dave Haste, same. ........ 30-00 Terence Thompson wk line. . 30.00 Gen. Elec. Co., supplies.... 39.75 Elec. App. Co., same 14.30 Jesse Gates, haul coal 18.48 Vandalia Coal Co., coal. ... 68,26 Monon Coal Co., same..... 72.45 F. E. Warne haul tools. .. . 5/05 R. D. Thompson, freight... 131.75 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, 5a1..../.... 30.00 Geo. Cooley, wk main..... 5.88 John Hordeman, same. 14.80 Gamon Meter Co., meter... 8.40 R. D. Thompson, int bds. ...243.61 Same, freight paid 4.19

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W. J. BRYAN SCORES A GREAT VICTORY AT BALTIMORE

Morgan, Belmont and Ryan, M Resolution, Declared Enemies of the Party. VOTE IS 899 TO 180! Party on Record Against Candi-j date Friendly or Pledged to Predatory Interests. DEBATE MOST SPECTACULAR! 1 / Commoner Makes Vicious Attack on Moneyed Interests—New York, Illinois, Virginia and Other States Supposedly Under Control of Financial Magnates, Support Nebraskan’s Motion.

Convention Hall. Baltimore, Md., June 28. —William j. Bryan, three' times Democratic candidate for president, last night forced the national Democratic convention in session here to adopt a resolution by a. vote of 899 to 180, placing the party on record against the nomination of any candidate friendly or pledged to the predatory interests. The resolution specifically mentioned J. P. Morgan, August Belmont and Thomas F. Ryan, as enemieß of the party. The resolution was adopted after & moat spectacular debate, in which Bryan, taking the lead, did not mince words in his oharges against the moneyed Interests. Sidesteps on Vote. New York, Illinois and other states supposed to be controlled by the flneneial magnates against whom Bryap spoke, voted for the resolution. The vote was marked by much sidestepping and seeming desire for delay until New York, Virginia and Illinois had voted. It was interspersed with cheers, hisses and sharp clashes. It was just 8:11 o’clock when Chairman Ollie James called the convention to order. Rev. J. Ross Stevenson of the Brown Memorial church offered the prayer. Bryan Drops a Bomb. Then Mr. Bryan dropped this bomb: ‘‘Resolved, That In this crisis in our party's career and in that of our country’s history, this convention sends greetings to the people of the United States and assures them that the party of Jefferson and Jackson is still the party of popular government, and as a proof of our fidelity to the people we hereby declare ourselves opposed to the nomination of any candidate for president who represents or is under obligation to J. P. Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan, August Belmont or any of the privilege hunting or favorite seeking class. "Be it further resolved, We demand the withdrawal of any delegate constituting or representing the above named interests.” Later, when both Virginia and New York agreed to withdraw Ryan and Belmont, the last clause of the resolution was withdrawn. Mr. Bryan moved to suspend the rules and place the resolution on its passage. A two-thirds vote was neoessary to suspend the rules. Commoner Bpeaks to Resolution. Delegates from Virginia shouted in opposition. After much disorder Bryan got hie way and spoke to hie resolution. He said in part: “This is an extraordinary resolution, but extraordinary conditions; need extraordinary remedies. . “We are now in convention to nom-; lnate our candidates for president and! vice-president. I believe that every; delegate here desires to nominate 1 candidates who can and will win. In! order to advance the cause of our candidate I present this resolution. “There is not a delegate in this convention who is not aware that an effort is being made to sell the Demo-; cratlc party into bondage to predatory Interests. This is the most brazen, the most Impudent attempt ever made in the history of American poll-i tics to dominate a convention, stifle; the people’s will and make the par; ty’s nominee the bond slave of the! men who exploit the people. DonUnate Money Trust. ”1 need not tell you J. Plerpont j Morgan, August Belmont, Thomas - Fortune Ryan, who are the dominant : \ - E •••

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