Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1915 — “Buttinsky" Keeps Butting In. [ARTICLE]

“Buttinsky" Keeps Butting In.

Rensselaer, Ind., May 21. ’ls. Kind Editor— Whoop! Bang! Pop! Kun everybody, run for your lives.; get in your cellars, hide. O! We thought a Zeppelin bomb had exploded. Well, it is just ■’Buttinsky’’ giving some more 01 his valuable advice to Newton tp., voters. . 1 ,o soems to have such a mania For free riding we would suggest to Ihe J asper con nt y com m i ssi oners that they buy him a merry-go-round that he may ride to his heart's content; 'also a kindergarten teacher for him would not come amiss. For such PUBLIC improvements Newton tp., farmers would give their hearty support. ■’Buttinsky’’ tries to smooth over the Charley Parks’ letter by deceiving his readers again. The fact is that lie misrepresented Air. Parks in almost every word. Mr. Parks states that he would never have signed such a misleading article, and that he only made a statement about the backsliders, but he (Buttinsky) grossly misrepresented 'him on that. Also, that he met him on the street and not that he went to the Republican office. We are likewise informed that Charley is against the subsidy, and will so vote. Also note his statement about “Bill’’ Ray her. Perhaps this article was manufactured like the Parks’ article, and that Bill would not make such a silly statement. Just think, farmers, S3O land made $l5O an acre land, and the interurban did it, sand, marsh, or anything. Whoop! How ridiculous. Also about Illinois corn land selling for $4 00. Now we know that country and they have got the soil where it sells so high. And before they had a line west of Danville land sold twice as high as our best land here. You can also find land along the interurban that is practically worth nothing. Most farmers know what land is worth, and wihen they buy it they buy land and not interurbans. Probably the sucker in the Republican office might bite at such foolishness, especially if the hook whs baited by a match factory promotor, a Purtelle, Roberts, or, O, Lord, any silly thing that might come along. After having stated that he would let the Newton tp., people decide this question he still keeps butting in. We think that the farmers of Newton tp., have sense enough to decide this question and do not need the advise from a person that has not been such a great howling business success. Just read what he says about Brown changing front on the subsidy. His theory is this: Pray today, Steal tomorrow. No argument at all, is it? Now let us take up his mud-sling-ing and myself taking to the tall timber and high grass. Well, let’s compare a little. I was working for SIOO a year about. 20 years ago; now have a nice little home which the butter-in seems to envy me. Had I jumped at every wildcat scheme that came along I would no doubt have to be partner of Mr. Clark, and have him to make a living for me, as it appears he is doing for Buttinsky. Now let us go to the court house and take a peep at his taxes. Well, we would guess from all the advice he gives us that his taxes are about $1,000,000, but, O! well, we won’t mention it. What a surprise. We wonder who pays his school and other taxes. (It is claimed (hat it takes about $25 a year to pay one child’s school expenses.) Well, that SSOO taxpayer, whom he so abused a lew issuer back, and others that he is so anxious to run their affairs. Who does it look now that is crawling in the tall grass* You can guess. He also makes a pass at overalls, and We regret that ihe hates overalls and the rattlers, (the people, who are in them) so bad. We do certainly love them and do like to make a fight for them and their wearers when it is threatened to have them skinned off of bur Newton tp., friends. My friends—and he hints I have none—did not know that I had so many friends, but have ihad men from all over the township and county come to, me and commend my fight against the abuse of the Republican and say, “We are with you till h— freezes over.’’ He talks about SIOO,OOO being voted in White county as a boy spending a nickle for popcorn. How milch hardship will such a sum be on a great many people. We know it to be a fact that women in Rensselaer had to get down and wash and do other work to help pay for lots in that great match factory steal. We have friends and neighbors, as well as ourselves, that this PRIVATE tax is a burden on, and thank God I have the manhood to stand up and defend their homes as well as my own. . I hate to get personal, but after being called everything but a yellow dog, it almost boils my Dutch blood and I am compelled against my will to reply. I do not in any way in this article, mean to dictate to any Newton township voter how to vote, as that is his business, and I nor Buttinsky have no right to take their liberty from them. But an answer to his ridiculous and silly article is certainly justifiable.—E. WUERTHNER.