Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1918 — Page 2

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HE JftSPER GOONTT DEMOGRIT T. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PA-ER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 315 Residence 311 Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8. 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March ft. 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday [The Only All Home-Print Newspaper In Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATE# Display 12%c lac* Display, special position.. 150 lack Readers, per line first insertion.. Readers, per line sad. lnser.... Sc Want Ads—l cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks—Not t# exceed tea lines, 50c. Cash with order. He advertisements accepted fer the first page. 14.11 accounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. SATURDAY, NOV. 2, 1918.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

—Secretary of State— HERMAN L. CONTEJR of Decatur. —Auditor of State— WILLIAM M. JONES of Fairmount. —Treasurer of State—t j. b. McCarthy of Kempton. —Attorney General — EVAN B. STOTSENBURO of New Albany. —Clerk of Supreme and Appellate Courts —- SAMUEL L CALLAWAY of Monticello. e— Superintendent of Public Instruction — WILLIS A. FOX of Angola. —State Geologist— EDWARD BARRETT of Plainfield. w*Jadgea of Supreme Court—i (First District) JOHN C. McNUTT of Martinsville. (Fourth District) JAMES J. MORAN of Portland. *»-Jadges of Appellate Co art—(First District) HILTON B. HOTTELL . of Salem. HUGH WICKENfi of Greensbnrg. (Second District) r. & CALDWEL* at Winchester. EDWIN T. McCABE of Williamsport.

DISTRICT AND COUNTY TICKET

For Congressman 6EORGE E. HERSHMAN « For State Senator JOSEPH SULLIVAN For Prosecuting Attorney C. ARTHUR TUTEUR For Joint Representative, Jasp-, Newton and Benton Countie* LAWRENCE BURNS For Clerk of the Circuit Court

ALVA D. HERSHMAN For County Auditor B. FRANK ALTER For County Treasurer (No Candidate) For County Sheriff WILLIAM I. HOOVER For County Coroner LEO O. WORLAND For County Surveyor (No Candidate) For County Assessor GEORGE W. CASEY County Commissioner, 2d District O. K. RAINIER County Commissioner, 3rd District MOSES SIGO For County Councilman at Large JOHN FARRELL, CHARLES W. PAXTON, ROBERT ZICK County Councilman, 2d District SAMUEL SCOTT County -Councilman, 3rd District PERCY H. HAUTER County Councilman, 4th District CHARLES W. HARNER

TOWNSHIP TICKET

Barkley— GßANT DAVISSON, Trustee: JOHN E. COOPER, Assessor. Carpenter —JOSEPH GRAHAM, Trustee; E. J. BAXTER, Assessor. Gillam— JOHN W. SELMER, Trusts; JAKE JOHNSON, Assessor. Hanging Grove —S. B. SNEDEKER, Trustee; VIRGIL W. HOBSON, Assessor. - Jordan—JOHN KOLHOFP, Trustee; FRANK NESIUS, Assessor. Kankakee—LEE E. OLA XL BROOK, Trustee; GILBERT D. SEEGRIST, Assessor. Marion—CHARLES F. STACKHOUSE, Trustee; C. W. DUVALL, Assessor. MiIroy—CHARLES C, WOOD, Trustee; CHARLES E. CLARK, Assessor. Newton— JOHN LONERGAN, Trustee; JOHN W. PHASES, Assessor. Union—WALTER HARRINGTON, Trustee; W. H. MYERS, Assessor. Wheatfield—JOHN BOWIE, Trustee; (no candidate for assessor.) WaIker—WILLIAM Trustee; MARK OTT, Assessor.

SAMUEL L. CALLAWAY.

Sam L. Callaway, Democratic candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Appellate Court of Indiana, is well and personally known over the State. He was born in Cass county, raised on a farm in White county, taught school, read law, was clerk of the White Circuit Court, being well qualified for the position he seeks;' has made good with the attorneys over the State who do business with the Clerk’s office—being nominated from White county and the tenth district —and the only Deputy Clerk ever noir’ nated by either party for the office. IHe is asking your support on November sth, ujardless of party as a matter of home pride from his District —any favors shown him will be appreciated and year confidence will not be betrayed.—Advertisement.

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G. O. P. MEN WOULD TIE THE LEADER’S HANDS

Republican Leaders Figuring on Taking Constitutional Powers of Commander-in-Chief From President. SAY THEY GAN MANAGE THE WAR BETTER THAN WILSON Importance of a Single Responsible Head in Our National Work as Important as Direct Command of Armies in the Field. There Is no attempt on the part of Republican leaders to disguise their desire to get control of Congress, and through It Interfere with the eonstltutlonal powers of the [President as commander-in-chief of the 'army and navy of the United States. They [state frankly that they can manage the war better than President Wilson has managed It. Their denunciations of Daniels, McAdoo and Baker, In their respective functions, ihad some weight with a certain class of people while the Germans were making their successful drive last spring; but since Foch was put in supreme command and the victories are coming our way, it is seen that the management has been of the wisest character. It will be remembered that the appointment of Foch was at the urgent appeal of President Wilson, and that Secretary Baker went to France for the especial purpose of getting a single head to the allied forces, Instead of an independent command for each nation. The Importance of a siagle responsible head is just as evident in our national work In the war as It is In the direct command of the armies In the field. If the management were taken over by Congress there would never be any action except by compromises and bargains among Congressmen. A legislative body has no qualifications for executive work. PENROSE REVEALS THE G. O. P. SCHEME. And yet this absurd thing Is actually contemplated by Republican leaders, as appears from an interview given by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania to the Philadelphia Ledger on the day after President Wilson addressed Congress on the revenue situation. 11l discussing a conference he and Chairman Hays of the Republican national committee were to have with Pennsylvania Republican chieftains the boss of the Keystone State said: "The Judgment of Republican leaders generally Is that the party should wage a vigorous campaign for the election of a majority of the House in the next Congress. It is felt that Congress should assume its full share of the responsibility in the direction of the work of the war. Of course, there will be no disposition to hamper or embarrass the President in any way. but with the Republicans in the majority of the House a searching investigation of every bureau that needs investigation would be assured." Just what Senator Penrose means may be gathered” by reading the following comment In the New York World on an editorial in the New York Tribune:

"We had never realized what the great advantages to the country would be in a Congress with 100 Republican majority, as Senator Penrose desires, until the Tribune explained the great work that *uch a Congress could do: " ‘Congress could, by a single vote, practically take from the President any power whatsoever as to the preparation and organization for the war. It could abolish Secretary Baker. It could create a War Board, with practically absolute authority. " ‘lt could take the whole conduct of the war Into its own hands. " 'Or delegate it to the supreme court or any other body it chose to designate or authorize. “ ‘Conceivably, sometime Congress may he impelled to exercise the constitutional authority which it possesses. It cannot now. “ ‘For this a full two-thirds majority in both houses would be necessary in order to pass any such measures over the President’s veto and, if it were necessary, to impeach any judge or any other official who attempted to question this clear constitutional right. “ Under present conditions this twothirds majority is lacking, and so long as the Democratic party retains Its present holdings In the two houses this situation will remain.’ ? "This Congress Cannot strip The President of all his war powers, abolish the Cabinet, impeach the supreme court fur declaring such an act invalid or impeach the President for refusing to permit the destruction of the United States Government, because the Democrats are in control. ‘Under; present conditions’ the necessary anti-Wilson majority is lacking, and ‘so long as the Democratic party retains its present holding in the two houses this situation will remain.’ But it may be different next year. "Is the Tribune speaking for the leaders of the Republican party when It insists that the way to win the war is to wreck the Constitution and the Government of the United States? Is this to be the Republican program in the campaign of 1918?” WtCKERSHAM ALSO TALKS FRANKLY. Further explanation of the purpose of Republican machine leaders in the event of the overthrow of the present control of Congress is found ,In the surprisingly frank speech of George W. Wlckersham, former United States Attorney-General, recently at a Republican, banquet at Lancaster,' Pa.‘ Speaking to young Republicans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wlckersham, according to the Lancaster Intelligencer, threw aside restraint and launched Into a bitter attack on the administration. He charged the President with building up a great political machine land with making the war "as far as possible a Democratic matter." "He urged the Republicans,” said the Intelligencer, “to elect members of their party to Congress, but be sure to select the very best men, that these who to kiadly acquiesced in everything proposed by the administration without proper criticism Should be retired. He claimed that any attempt to change our social customs because of the war would be unfortunate and that bealtby public criticism arid even relentless criticism was mere necessary in time ’of war than in time of peace and that ‘the Republican party would be false to her high mission if she fails to devote all of her energies to the preservation of our constitutional liberties against supervision under the guise of war necessities.’ ”

CONGRESSMAN KAHN

Representative Kahn will tour Indiana for the Republican State Committee. What will he say to the dry Republicans who claim to dominate that party?

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Farmers and Stockraisers Say:

We wish to indorse President Wilson and his administration because he ia leading the greatest agricultural nation in the world to a victory that will guarantee to the peoples of the old world that blessing of Liberty which has been ours for more than a century. Under the Agricultural Extension Act and the Federal Farm Loan Law our agricultural interests have been rebuilt and placed upon a stable basis. Our volume of production has increased by leaps and bounds until we are assured that America can feed the Allies during the period of the war, let its continuance be a matter of months or of years. The fathers and mothers of America can be thankful that all the fiendish ingenuity of the Kaiser can not starve the soldiers of freedom into submission. In rebuilding our agricultural interests and bringing the helpful influence of our government directly to the aid of this great industry, the Democratic party not only assured our success in war, but it laid the sure foundation for a higher civilization and greater national wealth. We indorse the administration of President Wilson because the policy of price regulation has been to fix a minimum price for the fundamental food products of our country, which guarantees to the producers a fair and reasonable profit and has prevented manipulation and profiteering in these essentials. We also indorse President Wilson and his party because they have given to agriculture more beneficial legislation than was given us during the entire lifetime of the Republican party.

Wesley F. Klnser. Bloomington. George 1.. Adams, Bloomington. Z. P. East, Worthington. .Joshua Strange, Marlon. Horace G. Miles. Danville. Sam Skeeters. Montezuma. Charles Boxell, Marion. John McCabe. Rockville. William A. Nigh, Greencastle. John B. Clark, Greencastle. Noble Tarvin, Brazil. S. W. Taylor, Boonville. Sim Grenard, Waynetown. Samuel Lear, Fairmount. Clinton Qulckmore, Vanßuren. Z. E. Pugh, Star City. Charles Carroll, Hartford City. Inman If. Fowler, Spencer. George C. Wood, Windfall. C. C. Hurst, Greencastle. William. E. Kreigh, Greencastle. Dan K. Cammaek, Coatesvllle. J. H. Miller, Pern. Ernest Mahaffey, Coatesvllle. Ernest Pence. Swayzee. Ernest Durham. Sullivan. L. C. Davis, Sullivan. John F. Farkin. Eoogootee. Seymour Marshall, Burn City. T. 1). Brookshire, Roachdale. Will Johnson, Fort Wayne, J. M. Stewart, Roachdale. A. G. Berkhardt, Tipton. Louis Zehring, Greencastle. Lee Wood, Greencastle. Joe Himlick, Summitville. Marshall Walker, Alexandria. James B. Thompson, Seymour. IJ. M. Hughes, Seymour. James Lucky, Seymour. Daniel Fitzgibbons, Seymour. James M. Anderson, Lapel. Charles Biddle. Markleville. Isaac Hoover, North Manchester. Samuel It. Trabue, Sr.. RushvUlo. Nathan I. Price, Rushville. I red W. Eight foot, RushviUe. Ed Logan, Rushville. William J. Kincaid, Grecnsburg. Morgan R. Myers. Greensburg. M. Burney, Greensburg. Arthur May, Hope. John H. Denlston, Sardenia. Taylor Bros., Eafontaine. tieorge B. Phelps, Bennett’s Switch. Etna B. Curtis, Wingate. 1,. B. Clore, Raporte. O. XV. Mason, New Richmond.

FIXING WHEAT PRICE WAS A WAR MEASURE

Under That Law Farmers Have Been Able to Produce at a Profit. The Difference Between $2.40 and $2.26 Represents Contributions By Producers to Our Allies for Freedom of Mankind. (Lewis A. Taylor) Fixing the price of wheat was purely a war measure, intended solely to enable wheat to do its part in. the final defeat and unconditional surrender of the Kaiser. The manpower of the nation was conscripted because only by doing so could we hope to meet the manpower of the enemy, and a price was fixed upon “the labor of every man. The price of labor, S3O per month, while many times the price paid by the Allies and by the Central Powers, is ridiculously inadequate in innumerable instances. Many of our boys now serving at S3O a month were receiving from S3O to SIOO per week. Yet taking everything into consideration, the Selective Draft law is recognized as the greatest military move the U. S. has yet made. A survey of the food conditions at home and abroad disclosed the fact that it was quite as necessary to conscript food as men. Wheat, by reason of its adaptability for shipping and to the baking facilities of the Allies, was the on© outstanding American foodstuff that the necessities of the war demanded. The ability of the Allies to hold the line while we h.urried to get ready depended upon the 'supply of wheat which we could deliver to them. It was the only thing that we eould do at that time to help, and it was of greater military importance at that moment than a coar tribution of men or munitions. Conservation of this vital war necessity was urged in an intensive campaign, and with such success that our own and allied wants were supplied. Them remained the future bread supply to provide for. The fields of France and Belgium were devastated. Every available acre was in intensive cultivation and made to do its utmost, but this, at best, was totally inadequate to meet their wants. The wheat in Australia and South America rotted for lack of ships to carry it. The only hope for us and our Allies lay in the

Maurice Douglas, Flatroek. I>. F. Maish. Frankfort. Frank Ireland, North Manchester. George Sauerman. Crownpoint. Jess Dailey, Bluffton. Eouis W. Edmundson, PennvUle. John Whittaker. Martinsville. Riley Dunham, Kempton. ' j W. A, Kunkle, Bluffton. Henry Swain, Bluffton. Louis Taylor, Nenburg. William Osborn, Mt. Vernon. William Senior, Brookville. Fred I.ightfoot, Rushville. John B. Lyons, Portland. Charles V. Pierce, Wells County. Benjamin Muhlenkamp, Portland. W. W. Washburn, Craw fords ville. C. J. Murphy, Brookston, S. J. Miller, Indianapolis. Richard Lake, Elkhart. James K. Houck. Indianapolis. James A. Humphreys. Rinton. J. E. Coffin, College Corner. John Isenberger, North Manchester. Arthur Taylor, Westvitle. W. M. M. Houck, Greencastle. A. S. Thomas, New Harmony. J. H. Hewitt, Newcastle. J. H. Myers, Newcastle. J. Milt Cook, Newcastle. Will Wiseheart, Newcastle. Charles Daggy, Greencastle. Henry Six. Lebanon. J. P. Staley, Lebanon. It. F. Simmons, Eehanon. Carl Kersey, Eehanon. R. Martin, Lebanon. George W. McCaffin, Vincennes. J. C. Johnson, Summitville. Lemon Richards, Matthews. J. E. Bower, Raporte. C. B. Rigney, Terre Haute. L. T. Kent, ltrookston. J. P. Muncie, Wells County. Milo Resh, Bluffton. George Bemenderofer. Goshen. Awan X'lfy, Goshen. Riley Page. Elkhart. Edward Fisher, Nappanee. Charles Swartz, New Paris. Bert Rong, Bristol. T. W. O’Connor, Monticello. Mike Duffy, Fowler. IJ. R. Fishel, Hope. Fred C. Ristern, Sullivan. W. C. Jamison, Sullivan. Richa rfj Bailey, Sullivan.

wheat lanas or tne u. s. ana canaaa. An intensive campaign was waged from one end of our country to the other to raise more wheat. To encourage the production of this precious grain, Congress enacted into law the unanimous recommendation of a commission of laboring men, farmers and Agricultural college professors, appointed by the President, that a minimum price of $2.26 be fixed on the next wheat crop. Under this guarantee against loss, we have produced a large crop of wheat, second only to that of Kansas. It was enacted solely as a war measure to meet a situation fraught with as much danger as a shortage of munitions or of ships. Under this law farmers have received profitable prices for their wheat. Country banks show thi3 In the vast volume of their deposits. Purchase of Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps and liberal contributions to the Red Cross and other war activities have proved that farmers are making money as never before and that one of the chief sources of their profits is the wheat crop.

The difference between what we actually received for wheat at $2.26, the price fixed by the government, and $2.40, the price vetoed by the President, 14 cents per bushel, represents the price paid by the farmers to FVance, England and Belgium for holding the lines till we were ready to fight at Chateau-Thierry. Never in the history of the world did any class of men buy such a priceless treasure at such a bargain. In that bargain Was a land saved from destruction and desolation. In that purchase was our womanhood saved from outrage and debauchery. In that deal our youth and manhood was saved from mutilation and death. For 14 cents per bushel the farmers of the nation bought the lives of countless numbers of our bravest and best who would have been led to battle unprepared. For less than 100 millions of dollars they Dought the freedom of mankind.

A JUDICIAL DISGRACE.

The worst disgrace that has come on the State of Indiana in many a day was the summary discharge by Judge Collins? of She Marlon Circuit Court, of the grand jury that was investigating the fraudulent primaries at which he was nominated, and other loud-smelling Republican crimes. Indiana has been fortunate In having generally a Judiciary that was above suspicion, and to have snch a prostitution of the judicial office as this ought to cause every decent voter in Marlon county to resolve to aid in retijng him to private life. For fear that might not happen, the State should elect a legislature to attend to hU impeachment.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1018

PHILOSOPHY OP WALT MASON

I heard the down-and-outfir say, “I’m canned because I’m old ana" gray. Employers me from their doors; they want young men. to do their chores. I know I’m long on sterling worth, but there’s no place for me on earth, no job for me beneath the moon, for I wa| born some years too soon. Youth must be served,' and age must ‘slide down where the dump is yawning wide.’’ I’ve often heard this dismal spiel from gents panhandling for a meal, but in my daily walks I find that old boys do not fall behind, if they still keep their smiles on straight, and keep their habits up-to-date. Too many old men sing this song, that every modern thing is wrong. They’re always talking of the past, and so can make things come to pass, if they’re also rans at last. A man’s gray hair will cut no grass, if he he will blithely do his stunt with cheerful and undaunted front. If you want a rood typewriter at a bargain price, see those at The Democrat office.

WE BUY OLD FALSE TEETH YVe pay up to $35.00 per set (broken or not), also highest prices for BRIDGES. CROWNS. WATCHES. DIAMONDS, OLD GOLD, SILVER and PLATINUM send NOW BY parcel post and receive CASH by return mall, your goods returned If our price la unsatisfactory. MAZER’S TOOTH SPECIALTY Dept. X 2007 S. sth St. Philadelphia, Pa

Ml SI 111 II I have for sale farms large and small, all well located on or near improved roads, close to good markets, convenient to schools and churches. The prices are right and the terms reasonable. Can take trade on some of these lands. The cheapest thing on the market today is land that will pay for itself in one, two and three crops. Every thrifty tenant, or other perstfn desiring an investment, who can raise SI,OOO or more by fall, can own a good farm. Let me know the kind and size of farm you want, and I will show you the lands and arrange the terms to suit you. If you have a farm for sale, list it with me at once. PHILIP *R, 'BLX/E WheatfuTd, - Indiana

Keep Smiling and Bidding for Harvey Williams Auctioneer Remington, - Indiana List your sale early with me as I sell nearly every day in the sale season. Large sale tent furnished to customers. Write or phone at my expense.

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PIONEER Meat Market EIGELS BACH Sk SON, Prop*. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES Tha Highest Market Prtoe Paid for Hides and Tallow