Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — Page 2

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DISREPTABLE POLITICS.

We have received a copy of the ■anonymous attack upon Billy Blodget, of the Indianapolis News. Even if the charges against/ his personal character were true, we should hold in contempt tW~party' who is thus too cowardly to make an attack in the open. There is a gang down at Indianapolis which “has it in" for the News, because, we suppose, the News is outspoken against wrongdoers of all parties, whose thick hides have been penetrated by Blodgett’s sharp pen.—-Winamac Demo crat- Journal. Yes, The Democrat received one of these circulars, and it is presumed one was sent to every “flemocratic editor in the state. In fact, the notorious George M. Ray, of the Indiahapolis Herald, says that one was sent to ajll the democratic editors and to every member of the legislature, and ho doubt he knows all afrbut it. But lapparently everyone has viewed the matter the same as The Democrat-Journal, and neither believe the charges nor indorse the methods of . the gang of political pirates behind the attack. During the recent campaign, our own district chairman, ‘ Boss" Murphy of the public service;coin juissipn, went up and down the district denouncing the Indianapolis Neds and making personal attacks on W. 11. Blodgett, the well known >p -eial correspondent t’o that paper: Murphy’s bellowings did not increase the admiration of the people for Murphy nor iii any way injure the News or Mr. Blodgett, , If the gang of machine politicians who have fought the News so bitterly, because of its opposition to their disreptable methods of campaign, had paid a little more attention to the editorial advice of the News, and less to attacking it from the stump and through newspapers of the caliber of Geqrge 4 M. Ray’s Herald, our party would not be in the deplorable condition that it now is in Indiana.

PADLOCKING THE STABLE DOOR TOO LATE.

In speaking of the new anti-lobby law in Indiana, the Cincinnati Enquirer's Indianapolis political correspondent says: # The haste displayed . in the final enactment of the Davis-Van Auken anti-lobbyist bill somehow brings to mind the old. saying regarding pie futility of closing the barn door after the horse has been stolen. While it may be conceded that the legislature acted wisely in following the leadership of Governor Ralston in this matter, yet the fact that the sam? forces could have barred lobbyists' two years ago, tyut did not, is not being denied. In the wild and freaky session of I &13 it was notorious that men who had fattened for years at the public

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crib were enriching themselves by trading on their influence as party leaders. Some of them made little effort to conceal their purpose. It would have been an easy matter for the governor or any of the potent factors at the head of the democratic party to have learned what was going on, even if they 'didn’t know about, it. The violation of the ethics that should be observed around the legislative halls became so fragrant that che member denounced it from the floor of the house. Perhaps; there never was such a hurrah period in the history of Indiana general assemblies. It is being said that Governor Ralston has plenty of ground for demanding the passage of a law that would make ini possible the re-en-actment of the scenes and incidents that were such a blot on the record of the 19 1 3 legislature. It is believed that the Davis-Van Auken bill will have a wholesome effect on the earty bosses who have been in the habit of copping o-ut large bunches pl coig at every session of the legislature. As a matter of fact, the corporate interests that have paid but large sums to the political lobbyists have permitted themselves in a mamrity of instances to be bled, for the average so-called political leader never has been able to deliver anywhere near the amount of goods lie promised. However, it is admitted that if the new i aw robs this,class of its oldtime graft and keeps its representatives away from the capitol while the legislature is in session a great °f good will have been accomplished. The only thing that causes wonder is that the governor and his lieutenants didn't have their eyes opened at the beginning of the session of 1913, -If they had pushed through an anti-lobbyist bill, then it is regarded as likely that there would never have been a chance for the fraudulent enactment of the two salary grab measures which ■ caused the party so much embarrassment in the last campaign.. Probably the wallets of the party managers would have been thinner at the end of the session, but the record of the legislature would have been a help instead of a hindrance to the democratic tickets.

There is some doubt whether the Davis-Van Auken bill will work the wonder- anticipated. It does not reach the meddling state officials and their appointees who have “butted into” legislative policies at will for many years. In this connection it is said that the. main reasoij why Stephen B. Fleming of Ft. Wayne, resigned as a member of the senate was because the senate democrats would not >amend the bill so that it would cover the activities of all state hnd public officials, all of their appointees, heads of state institutions and boards of trustees. ■ It is not denied that gome of the persistent lobbyists come from the very class that Senator Fleming wanted included in the bill. During the present session a number of “higher-ups” in the democratic party who_ hold jobs under the Ralston administration have been busy around the legislature protecting themselves. T hey are charged with indulging in threats-where there was a disposition to oppose them. Yet there is nothing in the bill as it stands to reach that class of brethren. Two years ago the most insistent lobbyists around the capitol were those who fairly demanded that the salary of the judges of the .supreme court should be increased to $9,000 a year. The bill, as it stands, would not catch these men, and the only clieck on their operations atpresent is that the party leaders, bjg and little, real-, ize that the,people won’t stand for any more rough wqrk in the salarygrab line;. The new law will reach the professional lobbyists, and it has many of them as sore as boils. Some of these men profess a great deal of ‘Tighteous’’ indignation that they shall be compelled to register the nature of their business, which is an

open book Ho every one around the legislature. They seem to believe that they can bury their heads in the sand, ostrich-like, and keep the people from being wise> to what they are doing.

Representative Coon’s bill to make it optional with each ,<rdunty whether it makes an appropriation for the hire of county agricultural agents was voted down in the lower house Qf- the..legi.s]ature Tuesday after a .long, debate. Under the existing law each county is compelled -to appropriate a certain amount for the extensjon of this work. It was argued that to make the matter optional with county, councilmen would put it in politics. Speakers against the bill pointed out further that the Federal government is each year increasing its appropriation in paying one-half the cost of this work. This year the sum oi SIO,OOO will be given to Indiana by the government to push agricultural extension and in eight years the amount will increase to $1 40,000. On a final vote the bill received forty-one votes to fifty votes against Jt. ' ’ : ' Here is more proposed fool legist lation: As a means of determining the exact route taken by Abraham Lincoln and his father’s family when they emigrated from Indiana to Illinois, a commission is provided for in a bill offered Tuesday by Senator D. Frank Culbertson of Vincennes. It is set forth in the bill that Lincoln and his father’s family went from Gentryville in Spencer county, Indiana, in 1830, and took up residence in Macon county, Illinois. It is set -out. in the bill that tlm legislature of Illinois has named a commission to determine the route taken by Lincoln through that state. The Indiana bill provides for the appointment of a commission of two, to be named by the Governor for that purpose, and SSOO is appropriated for the expense of the commission.

Only a Few Weeks More of Hobson.

The latest outbreak by the member from the Sixth Alabama District on the subject of Japan and the Philippines is thoroughly Hobsonesque. It is hardly necessary for the administration to make a denial of his absurd assertions. Wherever he is known his reckless statements carry little weight. His egotism malevolence chiefly serve to advertise Hobson. Fortunately the Alabama representative has less than '“four weeks to serve in congress. It will be a good thing when he leaves the House in March. He exercises no influence there, but it is not to be expected that in Japan and elsewhere abroad he should be generally taken at his true value. ■y; A member of the house of representatives is naturally assumed by foreigners to be a person of some importance to whose words real significance is* to be attached. This is especially true if he happens to have been a former officer in the navy. At long range even a professional sensation monger of Hobson’s rankness is likely to pass for a man who expresses public opinion in this country or sways its direction. The average Japanese has no reason to understand that Hobson is purely an accident in Southern politics, to know all the particulars of his cheap notority. Mr. Hobson will leave a discreditable record as an international mischief, maker when he retires from the House, and Alabama Will stand better because of his retirement. In time possibly that fact will penetrate to far Japan and help to explain much in the past.—New York World.

Ten Dollars a Hang.

There are 100,000,000 children in China under 10 years of age. Ont wonders how there- are so many remaining, for multitudes of children die off through exposure, ill care, starvation and diesase. Hundreds of thousands of these children live in the Chinese sanpans, which ply the rivers and throng the water fronts of the great cities. For generations these boatmen knew no other home than these boats. In case of babies, a rope is attached under their arms and if they slip over the side of the sandpan into the water they are fished out the best way possible. But life is plenty and cheap in China. “How much then is a man better than a sheep?” Not much better in China. A friend of mine, a Brooklyn judge, who arrived late at the daily? execution in Canton, and who could only stay for the day, was told that for $lO they would secure a special victim to satisfy the American’s curiosity. And they proceeded to find a man who for the sake Of his family was willing to barter his life for $lO. Of course, he got the slo— his life.—Christian Herald.-

Hundreds of health articles appear in newspapers and magazines, and in practically every one of them- the importance of keeping the bowels regular is emphasized. A constipated condition invites disease. A dependable physic that acts without inconvenience or griping is found in Folev Cathartic Tablets.'

ORIGIN OF WAR TERMS.

Curious Bits of History Woven About Arips and Munitions. With the exception of shrapnel, named after its inventor, an English colonel, there are very few '• war terms flow in use which have a British brigin. Sword, musket, grenadier, dragoon are all alien terms. "Grenadier” is -generajyy—supposed to come f’roin the French. The Word is, however, of German birth, and originally was grenatier,” the force owing their name to the hand-grenades with which they were armed. The word “musket” has an Italian derivation: “moschetto,” which was really a species of small sparrowhawk. In ancient times and in the middle ages the name musket was used to designate a small mortar which threw arrows. When gunpowder was invented a small cannon was baptized “musket,” and later the "rifle of . the ordinary infantryman earned the name, while the whole outfit was called “musketeers.”' ■ .. Both “dragoon" and “cuirassier” come from the French. The dragoons had a. dragon painted on their shields aitd the cuirassiers carried a breast protection made of copper—in French “cuivre.”-J ■ "Hussar” comes from the Hungarian word “huzz,” which means “twenty.” The force derived its name irom the fact that long ago every twentieth recruit in Hungary was placed in one of the mounted regiments. The uhlans owe their name to the Turks. It comes from the Turkish word “oglan,” youth. ‘•Sword” comes from the Polish word “s?abla,” and “pistol” from the Italian town Pistoja, which was famous in the middle ages for its arms factories. The bayonet takes its name from the French town Bayonne, where the inventor lived some 125 years ago. * “Howitzer” is derived from the C zech word “houfinice,” a wooden apparatus “used in ancient times for the purpose of throwing stones. We meet with the word also in the Hussite war, in the fifteenth century, where the weapon figures as “haurfnitz.” The officer’s rank of major was derived originally from the Spanish word “mayor,” signifying great or high. , Even “war” itself comes from a foreign source, coming down with the Italian and Spanish “guerra,” and the French “guerre” from the old »Qerman “werra.”—New York American.

Listen Daughter.

Your mother tells me that you and she have been talking over the matter of getting a hired girl to do the house work. She also says that she feels sure that you and her could get along nicely with the housework alone, but that the young fellow who is coming around here evenings will think that we are not swell enough if he knows that you and mother do the housework. Don’t worry about that for if he thinks such stuff, he is not good enough for you. But he looks pretty good to me and if he is half the fellow I think he is he'll think all the more of you when he knows you know how to cook, bake and mend and that you are on the job. • So let’s put up a little game on him. The next time he comes receive him in your kitchen apron. Tell him to amuse himself in the parlor a. moment while you finish manicuring supper dishes. I won’t be here, you know, he picks out my lodge nights, to make his calls, so I won’t be in the parlor to embarrass him. Then, along about ten o’clock, ask him if he would like a bite of lunch. Ileill insist that it will be,too much trouble but you ask him to come along and help. Any man in the world will fall for that. He’ll trail along after you- to the kitchen. You’ll have the stage all set and the proper costumes ready. The costumes will consist of two aprons, one for ydu and one for him. Oh, he’ll put it on. H there is anything a young fellow will fall for its a kitchen apron and a job doing nothing but keeping out of the way. Then you get the lunch ready, tell him to slice the bread and no matter how he butchers it, tell him he done fine. Ask him if he can make a salad dressing, if he saye he can, let him go to it. And you praise it to the skies. Ask him for the recipe. Tell him you’ll keep it a secret. What would you like for a wedding present?-—Exchange.

Government Management.

Last weekly news, letter to crop correspondents'of the United States Department of Agriculture, issued by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, and printed at the government printing office, contains the following as the first of “A Few Facts to Remember:” “Pullets must be well matured before they will lay eggs.”—Wall Street Journal.

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CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLK RY - RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect May 3, 1914. XT 4 , NORTH BOUND V of Louisville do Chicago..,. 4;59 a.m. Ao. 36 Cm. and Ind. to Chicago 5:27 a.m. V Lafayette to Chicago.... 7:30 a_m. xt°- £? n - and Ind., to Chicago 10:46 a.m. £°- 3 ? 9 ln - and I nd - to Chicago 3:15 p.m J fe? uisvil i e t 0 Chicago.... 3:44p.m. Iso. 30 Cm. and Ind. to Chicago 7:06 p.m. SOUTH BOUND t 0 Louisville.... 11:05 a.m. Kn ll niJ< lcaeo t 0 J nd - and Cin. 11:20 a.m. C°- £L icago t 0 lnd - and Cin.. 2:01 p.m. tea’ll £v Cago to Lafayette.... 6:12p.m. 3 t 0 Ind - and Cin. . 7:41 p.m. O? £S- Cago tQ Louisville. ...11:10 p.m No. 3a Chicago to Ind. and Cin. .12:15 a.m

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Ij CITY OFFICERS 4* '••••Charles G. Spitler 4 viei k Charles Morlan * I •treasurer..... ...Charles M. Sands *1 Moses Leopold 4 Civil Engineer..... w. F. Osborne 4 w>j5 e J" Montgomery 4 hire Warden,...J. J. Montgomery 4 T . , Councilmen 4 InS A \ ard ;”-’-- Ray Wood 4 )v Frank Tobias t 3rd Ward. Frank King JI Laige..liex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL <1 Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley 4 Prosecuting Attorney. .Reuben Hess 2 Terms of Court—Second Monday 2 tn . February, April, September 2 and November. Four week 2 terms. s 4 COUNTY OFFICERS ■ • •■■ ■ ■ Judson 11. Perkins 2 a • • McColly 2 Tro- ltt,r ’"" J - Hammond 2 treasurer......... a. a. Feb 2 George Scott 2 Surveyor.. M. B. price 2 e° loaer ’.- Dr. C. E. Johnson 2 lessor.... g. L. Thornton Z Health Officer F. H. Hemphill Z COMMISSIONERS l.2ns W - Marble 4 '■7.”*? s. Makeever Z c^nJ?i 1 ? t i rict ‘ •• Charles Welch 4 J Commissioners Court meets the 4 1' irst Monday of each month. 4 COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION rJ>n l I Ste Ti • Township Grant Davisson Barklev J. Ur # tte st e v7ns. r .\\\-.\-::.-. Car J^n ren Koa e 7.7.7. Ha^n Richard E. Davi5....... Kankakee 5 H w d w air H Chi i d --’ < H. W. Wood, Jr., Marinn 4h George Foulks.... Milrov 4 John Rush .'.Newton 4 G H. Hammerton ....Union 4 Albert Keen Wheatfield $1 Joseph Salrin Walker 4 George A Williams.. . .Rensselaer John - Si Remington 2 T-v t .......Wheatfield Truan^Offi 1 ’ C °‘o S l n )t ’ ’ ’ Ren sselaer 2 .truant Officer, C. B. Steward, 2 Rensselaer <'

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