Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1915 — INDIANAPOLLS NEWS LETTER. [By Willis S. Thumpson.] [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLLS NEWS LETTER. [By Willis S. Thumpson.]

indianapolis, Dec. -The exeou- 1 live committee of the Indiana Demo-j cr;.ti c .Editorial Assoc iat.ion is work- 1 ing tp make the regular February -meeting che of more thanordinary interest. A special effort will he made to ihuAee President V. il.son to -make a;i address on i eh. National ( pin tii itteoma n Thomas T g • Kart carried: the invitation to hoi it President' 'Ailrop and, Secretary I « ..-ing to attend t 1 . . ~ , members of the executive .committee arranging the meeting are Howard' Roosa, Evansville; Heprge U. tlrifiin. Spencer: Ernest V. I ickahrdt, Huntington: \\. X. (recruit, Franklin; Charles J. Arnold, Greencastle; •I oh n Day DeFrez, Shelby ville; A. it. Moffett, Ehvood: .1. H. Heller, Decatur: J. O. Behymer, Tipton; F .). Steinbach, Kent land: E. K. Cox, Hartford City, who succeeds B. F. Loutliian, deceased: A. J. Moynihan,

Ft. Wayne; J. 1?. FaUlknor, Michigan City. -—o—o — At last Toner has been officially recognized and made to feel perfectly at home with his old friends in the Republican party. lie lias been placed on the state executive committee. A long time ago it will be remembered how the courageous Toner announced that lie was going to see that the progressive voters of Indiana marched bodily into the Republican party." Then lie took up bis hat alid “marcued bodily.” Since then it has been reported that four other Progressives have returned to the Republican party and that all live of them have been invited to march bodily”, as the honor guests of the December 30 Republican love feast. ’’ —-o—o—--1 lie city of Newcastle is setting .some marks in prosperity. The other the business people there gave a banquet to talk over the growth of the city and the necessity for more homes for hew families coming in. A company was formed on the spot to construct the homes necessary, and si>s,oqn of the $ 100,000 stock "as subscribed within an hour. Send the news to Goodrich, Watson and Fairbanks, the calamity trio. —o—b- t . Governor Ralston has asked the Republican and Democratic stale chairmen and Edwin M. Lee, head of the Progressive organization in Indiana to recommend to him for appointment: one man from each party as members Of a com mission to study iln primary law and promulgate in- • ( rpretat iofis of its various pro visions. The governor said he believed there was need tor such a commission to go over the law carefully and agree on interpretations and prepare a set of rules on which parties might agree for the government pf t lie primaries next March. -—o—o— Fuel) new contract that is made by any of (lie state departments during the year has shown a substantial saving to the taxpayers. The new

state printing law passed by the Democratic legislature, provides for submitting bids in a manner to permit sma.il offices to compete. The first contract under this law saved the state $48,950. That means $24,475 a year, the contract covering 1916 and 1917. —o —o — Briefs have been filed in the supreme court covering the appeal of the primary election law case from Floyd county. Oral arguments ’will be heard December 15. tvhile Judge Paris, sitting at New Albany, decided that section 13 was defective, sustaining all other sections, the briefs on file occupy most of the space in arguing section ten. Attorney General Evan B. Stotsenburg contends that the entire statute is good. That the primary is not an election in the accepted interpretation of the constitution and that the legislature has the right to restrict voting qualifications as-dt deems proper. That it is right and proper that a primary should be protected against an invasion by another political party as is done by section ten. The contending forces maintain that the primary is an election under the constitutional interpretation, and that the legislature has no right to restrict the voting privilege to party members. —o —-o Judge Eubank of the Marion county court, has decided that section ten of the primary election law is unconstitutional. The state legal department is giving no attention to this suit, the Indianapolis Star intimates that the suit is political in its nature, and the Indanapolis Times declares the Republican state centra)' committee is attempting in this proceeding to batter down the protecting walls so the Republican voters may invade and override the Progressive primaries and thus seek the destruction of the third party as a factor in state politics. ■ —o—o— Three meetings have been definitely planned for holiday week while Senator Kern is in the state. He will speak at BrookvilJe December 27, Lafayette December 30 and Muncie December 31. Congressman Adair will also speak and Governor Ralston has been invited. He will attend and speak if possible.

BROOK. [From The Reporter.] Born, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, a nine pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Rtallard. Arthur Kadow of Chicago, was the guest of the Edward Beecher family on Thanksgiving. Herman Ploutz of Goodland, spent Friday and Saturday with his daughter, Airs. Ernest James. •Edward Beecher and wife will spend Sunday with Louis Beecher and family of Rensselaer. Bert L. Sawyer of Grand Rapids, Mich., was here over Thanksgiving, as the guest of the Sawyer and Ulrey families. •Mrs. Cora Brown has been confined to her home the past few days on account of trouble with her eyes. ■Mrs. Mark Foresman taught the domestic science classes at the Brook school and Miss Ethel Reed at the Good land school for Mrs. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Wtn. Little of Mt. Ayr, are the proud parents of a new baby girl, who arrived on Tuesday evening. Nov. 30th. We understand the parents are getting along alright. but Grandfather Little here in Brook is still quite flurried over it. ,S On Monday thirty-five of the members of the M. E. church gathered at the building and proceeded to make it presentable for the dedication services on Sunday. The new carpets were laid and curtains hung and as a just reward the Ladies’ Aid and Social Service Club served them with a fine dinner.