Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — Page 2

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ATTEMPT TO MEND SPIRIT UNSUCCESSFUL.

By Felix F. Bruner

Indianapolis, fceb. <- Administration centralization measures are Jieing discussed ill the legislature with the expected result. An open split has appeared in the Republican .ranks in the senate and at least seven members of the majority have repudiated their party platfoyms and are voting with the .Democrats on centralization measures designed to take governmental power away from the people and vest it in the office of governor. As the result of this division of ranks the Republican majority in the senate has become too small for comfort and hence many caucuses have been called and many delays have been engineered. From what has leaked out from the numerous caucuses it is evident that the Goodrich faction has not been having much success in making the insurgents see things their way. The objection has arisen to some of the centralization bills because

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they seek to make offices, now elective, appointive. It is on this objection that the Republican split is ■based. It Is undoubtedly a fact that the Republican division would be much greater if it were not for the fagt that the amendments must lie voted on by the people before they become effective. For this latter reason the majority members of the legislature thus far have made no attempt to push the bills which make elective offices appointive, for the bills will not he voted on by the people. It : 8 evident that tim G. O. P. members intend to get the resolutions out of the way before they take, up the bills. A caucus on the conservation bill was set once but it was postponed, when the split on the resolutions appeared in order that the resolutions ffiight be put out of the way. Following the first split, consideration of the resolutions was stopped abruptly. Then a caucus was held. Following the caucus it was announced that consideration of the resolutions would be further postponed. As a result it may he taken for granted that the caucus was not successful. It is now generally agreed by both Republicans and Democrats that the tax bill can not he nxaAsed as it stands and some are even predicting that no tax bill will be passed at all. A series of public meetings have been held and with every meeting opposition to the bill has grown stronger. Members of the board of tax commissioners have traveled over the state explaining the bill. Gov. Goodrich himself also has dpne some explaining. . The strange thing about • the matter is that nearly every place where any explaining has been done those hearing-the explanations have passed resolutions opposing the bill. Land owners have refused to see why they should pay four times as much tax as the owners of intangibles. **

The highway commission bill also is a center of controversy. Senator Nejdl of Lake county is leading the Republican opposition to this measure. Everyone is agreed that Indiana desires a system of wellbuilt roads. But it also is contended that the people of Indiana do not want that system made a part of the Goodrich centralization scheme and used as a part of a gigantic political machine. It is contended that the new bill will enable the state to build roads without letting contracts, thus providing means of creating a political machine; that one man will be placed in a position to handle nearly $50,000,000 in road making funds, thus making possible a gigantic graft in the employment of those who will construct the roads, and that the funds collected for automobile licenses are due the counties and not the state alone. -

THE MIGHTY AMAZON.

The school boys are still discussing the Amazon, appsfrently. At least some one writes us, without signing his name, to know "why the Amazon -is called the greatest river in the world, when ’ the Mississippi river is still on the map," and we sup-

pose the writer is a school 'boy. The Amazon is called the greatest river in the world, because It is. The Missouri and the Mississippi combined form a river of greater length but they do not drain so much territory and are not nearly so great in volume. The Amazon drains 2,500,000 square miles of territory, end its estimated length Is 3,500 miles — which makes a considerable river. As for Its volume, there Is nothing else comparable with it In the whole wide world. It is 200 miles wide at its mouth. A thousand miles from the eea it is four miles in width. Two thousand miles from its mouth it is dlill more than a mile wide —wider than the Mississippi river at New Orleans. But, still more otartllng, the Amazon and its tributaries are navigable for 30,000 miles; that is, the total navigable length of the streams making up the Amazon is 30,000 miles. And, better still, we are going to hear a great deal more about the river in the future than we have ever heard in the /past. The great basin of the Amazon can be mad*to feed and clothe the world. It has never been developed, but it is known that there is no other such productive area in the world, and now that the world is hungrier than it has ever been; now that the war is at an end, giving people a chance to think of something else, the great Amazon elver basin is going to be explored and brougnt into use for the happiness of mankind.—Columbus Dispatch.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

The highway running east and west is but a sad and„ sorry jest. In drouthy seasons it will do; then motor cars along it choo, and loaded teams climb up its hills, and dislocate no poles or thrills. And this is why I sometimes say the government should do away with rain and moisture of that stamp, so triat the road may not get damp. For when the water drips and pelts, that doggone highway simply melts, like sugar in a cup of tea, and there’s no thoroughfaVe to see. Some drowning mules we may behold, and autos from the culverts rolled, and 'swearing men who ply the jaw and say there ought to be a law. We've blown in millions more or less to make that road a big success. We've graded and we’ve plowed and dragged, we've engineered aqd cussed and bragged, we've foundered horses by the /herd, to make the, highway less absurd. And wjien the weather’s good and dry it pleases the aesthetic eye; it’s scraped and manicured so nice we think it's surely worth the price; we bowl along its dusty miles, our faces wreathed in beaming smiles. Then Pluvius 'uncorks his trough, 'it rains, and all the stuff is off. I wonder if we’ll ever rise, unswerving purpose in our eyes, and build the kind of roads that last through vernal rain and wintery blast?

HALBERT FARM FOR SALE I offer for sale farm of 230 acres, all level black land, and all in cultivation except forty acres pasture, no timber except small grove of about two acres. Location —Located adjoining and partly within corporate limits of town of Wheatfield, Jasper county, Indiana, a town of 700 population, two good railroads, elevator, four churches, high school, good stores and stone roads leading into town, town. Drainage—Farm is tile drained into large open ditch crossing the place. Production —This farm produced $5,000.00 worth of crops the past season of oats, corn an.d clover hay, and there is pow growing 64 aeries of wheat and returns next year should reach $7,000.00. Improvements—Buildings are all new and substantial, the house Is brick and the barn is built of cement tile, with bins and cribs included, and other outbuildings. Located within 500 feet of elevator and 800 feet of postofflee. Price and Terms—The price Is $125.00 per acre, with cash payment of $8,700.00, r.nd balance evidenced by promissory notes, secured by mortgage on premises, deferred payments bearing five and one-half per cent interest per annum, , payable semi-annually, as follows: $1,000.00 in 1920; sl,000.00 In 1921; $1,500.00 in 1922; $1,500.00 in 1923; $2,000.00 in 1924; $2,000.00 in 1925; $2,600.00 in 1926; $2,600.00 ih 1927; $3,000.00 In 1928 and $3,000.00 in 1929, or such other terms as may suit purchaser as to deferred payments. Ownership—This farm is owned by a non-resident of the State and a man advanced in years and unable to give it his personal attention. It is splendid bargain and will<4 positively ell at the prici stated and possession can be givei at once, subject to grain renV lease to splendid tenant, which lease expires March 1, 1920. . PHILLIP It. BLUE, f_B Wheatfield, Indiana. An armload of old newspapers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Argument of Those Who Say, "United States Are,” Instead of “Is"

By J. M. DICKINSON.

President Wilson has been criticized for referring to the United States as “they,” the idea being that in this country there is an irreconcilable conflict * between people who think of the United States as ‘ iB and people who think of it as “are.” This criticism of the president puts him in the company of very distinguished Federalists. Section 111 of Article 111 of the Constitution of I the United States is as follows: | “Treason against the United States shall consist * only in levying war against them or in adhering to

their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.” In Article XXVIII of the treaty with Great Britain of November 19, 1794, signed by John Juy, chief justice of the United States, and approved by Washington, after a referent* to the United States, is the following : “With the advice and consent .of their senate.” (Treaties and Conventions, 1776-188-7, p. 393.) Article IX of the treaty of 1814 with Great Britain, signed by John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin, begins: “The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war, etc.” (Same volume, p. 404.) In the treaty with Great Britain of 1862, signed by William H. Seward and approved by Abraham Lincoln, is the following: “On the part of the United States and in that court which shall sit within their territories.” (Same volume, p. 465.) Such instances could be multiplied without number, but these are sufficient to show that President Wilson is following a well-established precedent. Tfie nature of our government is to be determined by the Constitution as amended and expounded and not by the use of “it” or “they-” . a *

How Much Indemnity Can Germany Pay? About Three Billions a Year?

How much indemnity can Germany pay? This is one important question before the conference that will fix the terms of indemnity,, because the amount wliich she owes is so large as to be practically unlimited. The mere property damage is one of the small items, for as a matter of equity she should reimburse the world not only for the property destroyed but also for the suspension of industry, the loss of life, the sufferings of the survivors and the war costs. Probably these items would add up to not less than $150,000,000,000, which is 50 per cent in excess of the entire wealth of the German people, personal and real, tangible and intangible. As it is impossible for her within any reasonable time to pay what she owes, the demands of our allies will doubtless be limited merely by her physical ability to pay. What we wish to learn is the breaking point of her finances. To impose upon her any less than the last dollar she can pay is an injustice to the peaceful civilized peoples whom she has destroyed as far as she could; and on the other hand to require of her too # large an annual payment would defeat our own purposes in that it would break down her industries and render her a bankrupt nation from whom we could not collect. In the nature of things we cannot have both reparation and punishment, if by the latter is meant any form of boycott. We must choose the one and forego the other. ' Therefore, as a means of collecting the damages from Germany, our allies will find it necessary to again admit her to the world’s commerce. Detailed figuring, which need not be set forth here, warrants the conclusion that an indemnity of about $2,700,000,000 per annum can be collected from the German nation without breaking down its industries ; and this amount can be gradually increased within, say, a five-year period to about $3,500,000,000 per annum. To attempt to collect more would probably defeat our own purpose, and to collect any less would be an injustice to ourselves and our allies. • r . t .

Great War Has Taught Us How to Save More Lives Than It Has Cost

By MAJOR G. A. STEWART.

The war has taught us how to save more lives than the war has cost. The countless improvements of practice, both in medieine and surgery, made in this war have advanced our science half a century in four years. In surgery the value and technique of “chlorination” —or the use of some combination of chlorine for the destruction of malignant germs which give rise to pus—have been learned as never before. There is no longer any good excuse for persistence of pus. The development of the “Carrel-Dakin” method of treating all manner of infected wounds by periodic irrigation with Dakin- fluid (a noncaustic hypochlorite) marked an extraordinary advance. And in this the method is as, important as the fluid. It is being taught to surgeons the -world over. Out of 45 patients in the War Demonstration hospital suffering from empyema we returned 35 to the front. Empyema is pus in the chest cavity. It often follows pneurhonia, and hitherto has been highly fataL There has been an unusual amount of empyema in New York this year of a very serious typq. But the dejith rate has been lessened by the modern treatment. * . Other wonderful advances have been made; for example, in X-ray work, in knowledge of the gas bacillus which causes a form of gangrene, in the serum treatment for prevention or cure of such diseases as typhoid fever, lockjaw, pneumonia, meningitis, etc. These lessons will save far more lives in the long run than the war has cost.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles O. Spltler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Civil Engineer....L. A. Bostwiek Fire Chief .J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden.... ,J. J. Montgomery Councilman Ist Ward ,Ray WOod 2Jd Ward Frank Tobias Brd Ward Fred Waymire At Large, Rex Warner, C. Kellner JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Atty..J. C. Murphey Terms of Court —Second Monday In February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFIC#>tS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriff True D. Woodworth Auditor J. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott Surveyor E. D. Nesbitt Coroner W. J. Wright County Assessor..G. L. Thornton County Agent. .Stewart Learning Health Officer. ...F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd District D. S. Makeever 3rd District Charles Weich Commissioners' Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION T rustees Township Grant Davisson.....*. Barkley Biirdett Porter Carpenter Benj. F. LaFevre Gillam Warren E. Poole. .Hanging Grove Julius Huff Jordan Alfred Duggleby Kankakee Gllfford Fairehlld Keener Charles W. Postill Marlon Charles C. Wood MUroy John Rush Newton Walter Harrington Union John F. Petet Walker John Bowie Wheatfleld M. L. Sterrett. Co. Superintendent C. M. Sands, Truant Officer

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