Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1915 — Page 2

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THE NATION AND WAR.

Yesterday, at Springfield, Mass., President Wilson was greeted with the cry: "Keep us out of war, Mr. President.,”' to which tlie President replied: “I will if f can." For eleven months Mr. Wilson lias kept us out of the European struggle, and Lmmore than two years lie has kept us at peace with Mexico. Here is abundant proof, if any be needed, of his pacific purposes. President Wilson has done or said nothing that can be fairly construed as contemplating even the posibility of war. Facing the European horror no responsible ruler, and no sane people, could for a moment think of war except as a last and dread resort', to be embraced only under the pressure of an overruling necessity. There is. in the country no more fervent lover of peace than Woodrow Wilson. It is a fortunate thing for the nation that this is so. At such a time as this it would be a calamity to have in a high place any man tainted with jingoism. Yet it would be most unfair to deny to the people as a whole the credit that is their due for the admirable moderation and poise that have marked their attitude. They, too, have shown —and quite as clearly as the Presi-dent—-that they do not want war, Lnder strains that have sometimes been severe, they have seen beyond the grievances from which they have suffered to the awful consequences that might flow from a hasty attempt to redress them. In short, the nation, as a whole has shown that its civilization is not a mere veneer, but is, on the contrary, deeply ingrained in its life. Undoubtedly the President’s example has exerted a powerful influence. He has discountenanced the extremists, and at times has resisted considerable pressure. I3ut his task would have been much harder had not the great masses of the people been with him from the very start. The few appeals that he has made to them have been responded to with a promptness that proves that

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•those appeals reflected the thoughts and desires of the people. The President simply gave expression to what was in their minds and hearts. So when the envoi" of Ambassador Bernstorff went to Germany he was able to report, and with perfect truth, that there was no warlike spirit, in the United States. There have, of course, been some men who, though they did not want war,; did not see how-wo could keen out of it. But even these are beginning to take a less gloomy view. Th e . temper of both people and government is all that could be asked. It is such that the whole world would be forced to acquit us of desiring war. even should the .curse fall on us. When the President says that he will keep the country out of war if lie “can,” we limy all hope that his power will be as effective as his pur|>os;e ;s good.—lndianapolis News.

Ebon li. Wolcott, a former resident of Wolcott and at one time state senator 1 fora this district, novv a member of the state hoard of tax commissioners and a resident of Indianapolis, wants the nomination for secretary of state on the Republican ticket next year. Ele Stansbury, of \\ illlamsport, has also shied liis hat hi the g. o. p. ring for the nomination for attorney general. Ele is about the most pessimistic Republican calamity howler we have ever heard speak, and lie certainly ought to be given some recognition by his party.

THE IDLE RICH.

By Walt Mason

I’m fond of coin, but I don't itch to be.among the idle rich, who have long green to burn; their wealth I could not well employ, for 1 could never much enjoy the bone I did not earn. Oh, every coin of mine is wet with honest, rich, transparent sweat,, until it has been dried; it represents no sire's bequest, no buried miser’s treasure chest, no “multi’s” pomp and pride. I grind my anthem mill at home, and every time I make a pome, I take in fifty cents; I get more pleasure blowing in this hard-earned, sweat stained slice of tin, than do the wealthy gents. Their coin comes easy as the rain. it represents no stress or strain, no toil in shop or den; they use their wealth to buy and sell, like taking water from a well; the hole fills up again. We do not value much the thing which, like an everlasting spring, wells up, year after year; if you’d appreciate a bone, you have to earn it with a groan, and soak it with a tear. I’d rather have the rusty dime for which I labored overtime, and sprained a wing or slat, than have the large and shining buck that Fortune handed me; or Luck: get wise, rich lad, to that.

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VOTING OF SUBSIDIES WRONG IN PRINCIPLE.

That The. Democrat is ndt alone! in its opposition to voting subsidies; to private corporations is shown by i the following editorial from Thurs- 1 called Lafayette & Northwestern the proposition of voting 571,000 at that place for Promotor O. L. Brown’s paper electric road, the so-' called Lafayete & Northwestern; Railroad, which is asking for $.04,000 from Rensselaer and Marion tp. You have heard The Democrat saj'j almost precisely the same thing time! and again, hut here it is from another .authority and it will not hurt you to read ii one.? more and ponder | over the reposition before vou cast your vote on Wednesday, July 14: i Yesterday men interested in the promotion of the Lafayette & Northwestern interurban line, appeared before the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, explained what had been done, told what the road hoped to do for t/his city and the territory it serves, and asked the endorsement of the business men of this city. Those present listened attentively to what was said and passed a resolution, expressing this city's welcome for any inteururban that ipy; he built and voicing appreciation of the efforts of those who wish to give this city another electric line. At yesterday’s meeting it developed tbaT the promoters of the Lafayette & Northwestern road will ask the taxpayers of Wabash township to vote a subsidy of $71,000. Now the people of Lafayette and Tippecanoe county have only the best wishes for this interurban project and they certainly would welcome another interurban line. We know something of the value of an interurban line to the city and to the people dependent upon the city. If the proposed line is built it would have the support of Lafayette and we are certain that it would be given all the patronage possible. But, if this new road is to he a paying investment why should the people of this county be called upon ] to vote a subsidy, a free will offering to the builders of the road? Why should the people of Wabash, or any other township he called upon to give up their hard earned cash to the promotion of a proposition that, in the opinion of the promoters and their financiers, will prove profitable? If the promoters of this road and their financial hackers (providedthey have them! believe the project will prove profitable*- why are they unwilling to advance the money for the construction of 4he road? If the financial backers of this proposed line are practical railroad builders, if they know the cost oi construction, if they 6know the required population per mile that is necessary to insure a return on the investment, if they have investigated all these ihings and are convinced that the road will pay, then why do they ask for dona;ions? Is it because of their lack of confidence in the proposition or is someone trying to get something for nothing? The people of this county, and those of any other county that may be asked to vote a subsidy for the construction -of this road, have a very simple proposition to consider and there should be no doubt about their decision. If this line is built it -must have strong financial backing, hundreds of thousands more dollars ban can be raised by subsidies. If the proposition has such backing if has it because men of wealth and railroad experience have faith in the investment. Why should the people of this or any other county he asked to hand money over to capitalists—present them with gifts for making an investment which they believe to be sound? Every taxpayer of this and all other counties through which the Lafayette & Northwestern would run should consider well the fact that if the proposition has the necessary money to complete and equip the line it does not need the money of the taxpayers. It is said on good authority that there is no successful interurban road in the state that re. <l uired and received subsidies to construct.

The principle of voting subsidies' is wrong. Capital does not demand gifts for making investments. If this road is constructed we want it to be a successful one and if it is successful it must be a sound business proposition. If there is not sufficient business to be obtained in the territory through which it would ruh to justify the promotors and financiers for putting up the money for its construction, the people of this county and other counties should not be called upon to make donations to them and run the risk of losing their money. The Journal does not believe in votiijg subsidies; if the project asking a subsidy is sound it does not Jieed a bonus; if jj ft not sound the people, by voting subsidies, are but throwing money to the wind in the hope that it may be blown back to them.

The Lovely One,

“Brotherly love,” coos Mr. Bryan, “will end wars.” This is the lovely gentleman who has stirred up more strife in his party than any man who ever belonged to it, who is known as one of the most implacable partisans in the party and as the exponent of “brotherly love” and political urbanity, who once called Grover Cleveland a “bunko steerer.” - “Brotherly love ends all wars?” Brotherly bunk!—Milwaukee Sentinel. Buy your typewrite! ribbons at Ihe Democrat office. We carry In stock the famous Neldich make of ribbons for all the standard makes and also for the Burroughs adding machine.

THE THANKLESS, REBELLIOUS ABSALOM

i ; ■■■■■ t Samuel July f. The Story of Absalom—His Wasted Opportunities—His Contemptible End as a Traitor and Disobedient Son Who Sought His Father’s Life—Parents’ Responsibility—Eugenics Not Sufficient. “Children, obey your parents in the Lord; lor j this is right—Ephesians 6:2. CIIIS Study discusses the death of Absalom, and is sufficiently explicit without comment. It j will be valuable, however, to review the life of this young prince and to note some of his failures. lie was not well born. His mother. King David’s wife, was the daughter of a heathen king nearby; and her son had the disadvantage of being a member of the royal family and not required to labor with sweat of face, ‘ Absalom is first brought prominently to our attention by his murder of his half brother Amnon, to avenge his sis-

ter’s honor. For thus he fled to his grandfather’s protection. After several years his father. who had never ceased to love him. was induced to invite him back to Jerusalem; but j for two years more the king declined to receive his son into his presence.

All these influences were unfavorable to the young man, but none of them can excuse his treachery to his father. Absalom’s Conspiracy. There were judges throughout the land of Israel to decide ordinary causes of discontent; but when their decisions I were unsatisfactory, appeal was made to the king. David was busily engaged in preparing materials for the Temple, i which was not to be built until after his death. This may to some extent have hindered his work as superior 1 judge, so that some cases, as in every court, were delayed of a hearing. We are not sure, however, that anything was lacking respecting King David’s administration of justice. We merely know that his crafty son Absalom very graciously heard the people’s complaints, and very cunningly expressed sorrow for their delay, spying. “Would that I were king! It would be different!” Thus by deception. intrigue, falsehood, he “stole the hearts of the people” from his father. They really began to think that if Absalom were king, they would be immensely better off. They seem to have overlooked the fact that God was their King, and that King David merely sat upon the throne of the Lord. Absalom knew of his father’s religious sentiments, which apparently he did not at all share. He realized that lie would not probably be his father’s choice for a successor; and that it would soon be time for a new king, as King David was aged. Following Satan’s course of ambition and disloyalty to God. he became disloyal to his father the king. He recruited an army, proclaimed himself king, and did the matter so quickly and so thoroughly that King David and his army and his loyal courtiers fled for their lives. Our lesson recounts the battle between Absalom’s superior forces and King David’s smaller army, which, however, were better trained soldiers. King David was victorious. Absalom was slain, notwithstanding King David’s urgent request that his soldiers should not kill the young man.

What a contrast we have here between the man after God’s own heart and the man whom the people admired —the flashy, the ambitious, the deceitful. the intriguing, the rebellious, who sought his father’s life! The man of God. notwithstanding his weaknesses, which were acknowledged and repented of, had a heart loyal to God, true as the needle to the pole; and he had a sympathetic love for his son which found expression in that notable dirge, “O Absalom, my son, my son, would God I had died for thee!” A Very Important Principle.

The human will is wonderful, so that we might almost say that each boy is

King David.

does it excuse the parent from giving the child proper conceptions of life. It seems pitiful indeed, that with all the preaching and teaching of centuries, so few parents realize their obligations toward their children. So few fathers realize that they are the caretakers of their wives and their children; and that it is their duty, not only to select a noble, conscientious wife, but to place her under favorable conditions during gestation and to assist her to keep her mind and heart pure, loving, noble, loyal to God and to righteous principles, that their child may be well birthmarked.

True, we have eugenics thrust upon our attention everywhere; but it sinks Into insignificance compared to the principle that during gestation the mother’s mind is stamping, favorably or unfavorably, her child’s character. Of course a mother could not produce a perfect child; but with her own Ideals high, true and unwavering, her child would be greatly blessed.

Death of Absalom.

responsible or his own career. This, however, does not excuse the parent whose duty it is to see that a proper child is born into the wo r 1 d—not merely outwardly beautiful, but conscientious, just, loyal to God and to the principles of righteousness. Nor

i.’M'M.'IiMIIH CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS * LOUISVILLE. R« RENSSELAER TLMfcl TAIM.h, In Effect April 10, 1915. NORTHBOUND No. 36 . 4:48 a. m. No. 4 5:01 a. m. No. 4o ............... 7 :30 a. in. No. 32 ... 10:36 a. in. No. 38 ....... ... .. . . 3:: 12 p. m. No. 6 3: 31 p. m. No. 30 6:45 p. m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 1:38 a. m. No. 5 .. .... .. . .... .. . . 10:55 a. m. No. 3 11:10 p. m. No. 37 11:20 a. m. No. 33 1:57 p. m. No. 39 5:50 p. m. No. 21 .. . 7:31 p. m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY CITY OFFICERS May or Ctuii'les (J. Spitlei Clerk Charles Moris t Treasurer.. Cnaiies M. isumL Att0rney............M05es Leopold Mar5ha1..............VV, R. Sheslet Civil engineer W. F. Oshorm Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery lire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Ward Ray Wood 2nd Ward. Frank Tobias 3rd Ward Frank King At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney. .Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, April, Septembei and November. Four week i turns. s COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk.. Judson H. Perkins Sheriff . ...B. D. McColly Auditor ..J. P. Hammond Treasurer A. A. Fel. Recorder George Scott Surveyor M. B. Price Coroner... Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. . .G. L. Thornton Health Officer F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd District D. S. Makeever 3rd District........ Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month, COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdette Porter Carpenter J. W. Stevens.. Gillam Warren Poole Hanging Grove John K01h0ff................Jordan Richard E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener H. W. Wood, Jr., Marion George Foullts, Mllroy John Ru5h...... .....Newton G. H. Hammert'on Union Albert Keen :.. Wheatfleld Joseph Salrin... Walker George A. Williams.. ..Rensselaer F. L. Peck.............. Remington John 8igg5............. Wheatfleld E. Lamson, Co. Supt... Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, Rensselaer

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JACK HIGH ROLLER Sound PURE BRED Jack. No. 1059. (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of Jack High Roller -No. 2336, owned by L. L. Colton, Pleasant Ridge, Ind., described as follow’s: Color and marks: Black with mealy points: Breed: Jack, foaled in the year April 7, 1906, has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said Jack is of Pure Breeding and is registered in J the Standard Jack and Jennet Register of America Stud Book. The above named Jack has been examined by Dr. G. M. Funkhouser, Lafayette, Ind., a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. CHARLES W. HICKMAN, President. C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. D. O. THOMPSON, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, this 9th day of March, 1914. t Renewed Jan. 18, 1915. Void after Jan. 1, 1916. Jack High Roller wall make the season of 1915 at my farm, 14 mile I west of Pleasant Ridge, at sls to insure colt to stand and suck. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. LON COLTON, Owner.

bonilliant Sound PURE BRED Stallion. No. 1554. (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28) ' The pedigree of the stallion Bonilliant No. 27158, owend by Lon Colton, Rensselaer, Ind., described as follows: Color and marks: Red roan. Breed: French draft, foaled in the year June 20, 1907, has been examined in the office of the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of Pure Breeding and is registered in the National Register of French Draft Horses Stud Book. The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. George G. Doctor, Wolcott, Indiana, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. CHARLES W. HICKMAN, President C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. D. O. THOMPSON, Secretary. Bonilliant will make the season of 1915 at my residence % mile west of Pleasant Ridge. Terms—sl2.6o to insure colt to stand and suck. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but will not be responsible should any occur LON COLTON, Owner.