Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Still Disrupting His Party. [ARTICLE]

Still Disrupting His Party.

The Hammond News says that an effort is being made to oust the republican ~ . postmaster, Charles Daughterly, at Crown Point, whose commission does not expire until March, 1916. Of course Congressman Peterson’s time is very short in office now and he no doubt wants to

get . a machine henchman in the office before his term as congressman ends. Postmaster Charles Hampton of Fowler, who also had one year more to serve, has resigned by request and Theodore Hoss, former county chairman, has been appointed in his stead.. As a machine politician, a disrupter of his party and in ignoring all former precedent in his district, of permitting postfnasters to serve out the term of their commissions,, Mr. Peterson has been a howling success as a congressman. But if he has done anything else of any note we have never seen any eudon of it. •

His successor, Congressman-elect Will. R. Wood, who was in Washingion last week, went over to the agricultural departement, says a dispatch from Washingion, and demanded that the federal quarantine of the foot nd mouth disease humbug be raised in this . district. Tills is of rhore real benefit to the farmers, stockmen and the business hit. rests of the district than all that ’ I t ter.-on has accomplished during the two years he has been in office. And Mr. Wood won’t take office until next March, either. 'i he antiquated mileage law of the Indiana legislature should also be •giv> n some attention as well as that in our congress. State, senators and representatives in our legislatureare allowed 10c per mile each way or traveling expenses, when as a matter of fact the actual cost is but 2c per mile. Representative W, L. Wood of Parr, draws $50.40 mileage, when the actual cost to him—this mileage is supposed to be for but one round trip—is less than $7. Why don’t some anti-graft legislator immortalize himself by proposing a law to do away with this mileage graft in our legislature? “: | • • — — ■ County Chairman John W. Gavit o‘ Hammond, a very ‘ partjcular friend of our “Boss” Murphy, (has succeeded in getting another son of< his on the state pay roll. Mr. Gavit has one son in the employ of the public utilities commission and now another son has been appointed to a clerkship in the state senate. The- Democrat will print your return card in the corner of 100 good quality envelopes, furnish the envelopes, and mail to your ‘’address any Place in the United Sates for only 50 cents, cash with order. Larger quantities at a much less proportionate price. You cannot afford to go without your return card on your envelope when you can buy them fpr so small a price as this. •