Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1920 — Page 2

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IE JASPER CW DEMH P. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Dlttanco Telephones Office 315 Residence 811 Entered as second class mall matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflce at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March I, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday The Only All-Home-Print Newspaper In Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION 82 00 PER ANNUM—STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. —ADVERTISING RATES—DISPLAY Twenty cents per inoh. Special position. Twenty-five cents inch READERS Per line, first insertion, ten cents. Per line, additional insertions, five cents. WANT ADS One cent per word each Insertion; Minimum 25 cents. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has an open account. CARD OF THANKS Not to exceed ten Unes, fifty cents; cash with order. ACCOUNTS All due and payable first of month following publication, except v want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. , No advertisements accepted for the first page. SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 1920.

THE PRESIDENT’S CALL

The first meeting of the council of the league of nations will be held in Paris on Friday, pursuant to the call of President Wilson. There will be great regret that the government of which the president is the head will not be represented. It ought to have a part in the worjc of organizing the league, and setting the machinery in motion. But

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COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE MARK THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK FOR 1920

Chairman Democratic National Committee) The Democratic party looks forward to the campaign of 1920 witih courage and confidence. Under its guidance, and within the limit of its six years of control, it has established an unparalleled record of achievement. The legislation which it has placed upon the statute books is not only sound in principle but, in actual practice, it has rendered immeasurable service in promoting tihe extraordinary national prosperity which we now enjoy. During the period of the war industry was successfully mobilized. American arms won new triumphs and American honor was everywhere maintained and advanced. It is a plain statement of fact to assert that Democratic leadership has been unfailingly successful in peace and in war. Minor mistakes, inevitable in any great enterprise, may serve for a time the purposes of a partisan opposition and may even temporarily divert attention from the outstanding accomplishments of the administration; but it is inevitable that in the end a just balance will be struck 'and the great part which the Democratic party has played in the drama of the world will clearly appear. The brief interlude of Republican control in congress, marked as it has beep by an extraordinary ineptitude for public affairs, lias served to accentuate the efficiency of Democratic leadership. We hiafe a right, therefore, to claim the support of the American people, for we speak for no group; we speak for no special interest; we are an unentangled party serving the interests of the (people as a whole and seeking only a greater and a happier America. . '

until the senate consents to the ratification of the treaty and cove- 1 nant, America must continue to be. an outsider. Article 5 of the treaty provides that “the first meeting of th& assembly and the first meeting of the council shall be summoned by the president of the United States of America,’’ the assumption being that the United States would have been a party to the treaty long before the meeting of the league. Ini his call, Mr. Wilson says that “it is unnecessary for him to point out the deep significance attached to this meeting or the importance which it must assume in the eyes

(By Homer S. Cummings,

of the world.’’ iHe continues: It will mark the beginning of a new era in international co-opera-tion and the first great step toward the ideal concert of nations. It will bring the league of nations into being as a living force, devoted to the task of assisting the peoples of all countries in their desire for 'peace, prosperity and happiness. The president is convinced that its progress will accord with the noble purpose to which it is dedicated. There is a general feeling in Europe that the league will be greatly weakened by the nonparticipation of the United States. This is the opinion of the English and French papers that have discussed the subject. The Swiss papers say that the league without America is a very different thing frpm that originally projected, one of them going so far as to compare the league of nations without America to a structure without a foundation. But it is something that the new organization will soon be in existence, an actuality rather than a dream. Before very long, it may be hoped, this nation will be a member, giving both its material and moral support to this great peace organization of the world. Yesterday Senators Lodge and Hitchcock were visited by more than a score of representatives of societies said to speak for 2 0,000,000 •people, who urgea ratification. The canvass of more than a score of universities and colleges shows an overwhelming majority for ratification ini some form: All this is having its effect, especially as the tide in favor of the treaty is daily rising higher.—lndianapolis

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

IS A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE

Dr. C. B. McCulloch Shies Hat Into Gubernatorial King of State. Indianapolis, Jan. 14.-— Am nouncament' was made today of the candidacy of Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch of Indianapolis, who was a lieutenant-colonel In the American expeditionary forces in France, for the Democratic nomination for governor of Indiana. Dr. McCulloch will begin a vigorous campaign and a number of well known Democratic party workers will be for him. The announcement made by Dr. McCulloch le as follows: “I am a candidate for the Demtocratic nomination for governor of Indiana, and if nominated and elected will earnestly favor: Restoration of home rule and local self-government for all peo pie. “I am uncompromisingly opposed to any law or policy which compels the people in the different townships, towns and cities of Indiana to have to go to the statehouse to get pertnission to arrange their own local affairs. "On these and other subjects I will in the near future speak more fully.”

DUNLAP ADDRESSES LEAGUE

Attorney Speaks at Ixxal Organization Meeting Monday Night. Attorney John A Dunlap addressed the local branch of equal franchise league Monday night in the west Court room on “County and Township Government,” being the that of this week’s talks which the league has secured for the School of Citizenship, which is now being conducted. Mr. Dunlap gave these important reasons why the local government should be of unusual interest to the residents of the community, especially to the women. First—Because the local government is the base upon which all government in this country is erected. Second— Because through the local branches of government the community administers the affairs which affect it most directly. Third—Because it will devolve upon the women to redeem the underlying principles of the structure of our local government. Because the last reason he showed how we are now gradually drifting away from the principles of direct government, how the power of government is becomng centralized in a few offices and commissions and the necessity for again taking over of that power by the people themselves. The principles of township and county government. was then discussed and the speaker very carefully traced the history of the same, showing the origin of and the result of the system which had developed in Europe, being established in this country. He then traced the development in the different sections in this country, illustrating the differences in the early settlements of the northern states and those of the southern states. Finally, the development in our own state and an outline of the present system of government in townships and counties.

The different offices in the township were then discussed, the duties of each officer and the relation of that officer to the county government. Then the offices in the county and the duties devolving upon the incumbent, the method of his election and the general administration of his office. Special attention was given to the development of the funds for schools in each township, and in this connection the great handicap under which local uits of government have been placed by the provision of the tax law whereby a township or county, although supposed to be self governing, was thereby deprived of that power, and compelled to obtain permission of the tax board before an issuance of bonds could be made. Mr. Dunlap then explained the duties of Citizenship in respect to each individual. He showed the necessity for careful attention to the needs of the local government by each voter and summarized that necessity by saying that altho our government had been laid upon the soundest of principles, so had other governments which were now despotic in form; that the danger in our own government lies in the “indifference of its friends,” that this indifference to the local affairs constituted a , real and grave danger and that it was the duty of the women voters after suffrage had been conferred upon them to so inform themselves as to be able to meet all the problems \>f the present day and to exercise the rights of franchise with the same degree of care as they exercised the rights and privileges of a private individual; that local government was as necessary to preserve as were the rights of a person.

Every farmer who owns his farm ought to have printed stationery with his name and the name of his postofflce properly given. The printed heading might also give the names of whatever crops he specializes in or his specialities in stock. Neatly printed stationery gives you a personality and a standing with any person or flrm to whom you write and Insures the proper reading of your name and address. ts Better apply for your 1920 auto license now. Miss Mabel Nowels, at The Democrat office, will fill out your application and send It in at no expense or trouble to you other than the license fee and the small notary fee. ts

Twenty-Third Annual Report of the FIRMER S HAI INSURANCE ASSOCIATION of Benton, Jasper and White Counties, Indiana For the Year Ending December 31,1919 Insurance in force January 1, 1919 — —53,679,594 New Insurance written during 1919 704,694 Insurance Cancelled and during 1919 169,127 Net Gain during 1919 535,567 Insurance in force January 1, 1920 4,215,161 RECEIPTS Assessment No. 22 $8,419.88 Premium - ; 704.69 Balance from 1918 543.25 Total Receipts - $9,667.82 DISBURSEMENTS Note and interest; 1918 $1,022.50 Bosses, 1919 - 3,060.69 Expenses, 1919 - 1,039.18 - 4,545.45 Total Disbursements $9,667.82 LOSSES AND EXPENSES FOR 1919 January—--6 Wm. S. Day, damage to house, fire $ 30.75 6 Mrs. Mary E. Livingston, damage to house, fire 25.00 25 D. W. Biddle, office' supplies — 22.48 25 H. L. Nowlin, dues to State Union 6.00 25 Boswell Times, printing 7.00 Hi Dennis O'Riley, stamped envelopes 70.58 27 A. J. Bellows estate, damage to house by fire —- 6.68 27 H. L. Nowlin, legislative fund . 7.40 27 Stephen Kohley, adjusting, 1918—- 20.93 February—--6 James Sheedy, adjusting, 1918 41.40 10 Wolcott Enterprise, printing 7.50 10 Harry P. Cooper, dues to National Union 6.00 19 Benton Review, printing 4-80 19 T. C. Owens, damage to house by fire 24.50 19 White Co. Democrat, printing 5-00 19 Jasper Co. Democrat, printing — 12.75 27 Citizens State Bank, Wolcott, collecting - 2.18 March: — 1 First National Bank, Rensselaer, collecting 3.10 1 First National Bank, Goodland, collecting —. 3.30 12 Boswell Times, printing 8.00 12 H. L. Nolin, 6 copies report State Union 1.80 13 M. A. Gray, hall rent for annual meeting 2.00 April— - 9 John W. Fowler, advertising 1-40 9 Dennis O'Riley, registering 104 letters t 10.40 May—--8 Gasoline Permits 775 8 Mrs. Cora Latta, cow killed by lightning 67.50 8 Merritt Johnson, damage to house, fire 8.64 16 Frank Nesius, mule killed by lightning 41.25 21 J. C. Vanatta, Jr., Ex., steer killed by lightning 63.00 June — “ 10 Monon News, advertising 2 -30 10 D. W. Biddle, salary one year 450.00 10 Frank E. Fisher, salary one year 100.00 24 Joseph Kolhoff, steer killed by lightning - 82.50 24 William Hoffman, 2 horses killed by lightning - 243.73 24 Charles Schleman, cow killed by lightning 93.75 24 Rufus James, 2 colts killed by lightning 168.75 26 E. B. Steely, mare killed by lightning 150.00 26 John Gilkerson, horse killed by lightning 157.50 26 B. Frank Alter, damage to barn by lightning 15.00 26 Mrs. Matilda Dluzak, cow killed by lightning J 5.00 July 11 Henry W. Chavis, grain and implements destroyed by fire 315.00 11 Monticello Herald, advertising -45 11 Dennis O'Riley, stamped envelopes — 87.36 11 Boswell Times, advertising 6 - 00 11 State Bank of Remington, check returned 6.bU 14 Frank E. Fisher, telephone tolls 275 14 Benjamin Sutton, cow killed by lightning 60.00 3'l John Nesius, steer killed by lightning r 76 - 50 31 Sim H. Tyler, cow killed by lightning 86.25 31 Henry Shide,' steer killed by lightning 67.50 August—--12 Harvey S. Dolick, horse killed by lightning 131.25 12 F. L. Hoover, straw burned 75.00 12 Chas. GBrusnahan, hay, grain, implements, harness, fire 275.87 12 James E. Britt, damage to house and' household goods, fire 8.76 21 John Nelson, straw burned by lightning 37.50 21 A. R. Sheetz. 2 steers killed by lightning 225.00 23 Wm. R. Wolf, horse killed by lightning 93 75 30 Wils Minier, cow and heifer killed by lightning 50.00 30 Chas. J. Wetli, steer killed by lightning 75.00 30 V. F. Jackson, calf killed by lightning 36.00 30 H. C. Beeks, adjusting ; : September25 George Minch, damage to . crib by lightning 14.00 October — 2 H. C. Beeks, adjusting 2 - 50 12 Benton Review, printing 350 17 R. Lewis Wilson, cow killed by lightning ' 67.50 November — 4 T?arry McGahan, steer killed by lightning 45.00 4F. C. and Ella Nutt, cow killed by lightning I— 93,75 5 H. H. Schuyler, adjusting 5.76 5 Dennis O’Riley, stamped envelopes 8.20 16 H. T. Jones, heifer injured by lightning 60.00 24 James Sheedy, adjusting 30.50 29 George Griffith, damage to Mary Pelton barn__J 6.00 Assessment due now. Rate 20c per SIOO. Pay at Bank designated on notice or send to Secretary. FRANK E. FISHER, D. W. BIDDLE, President, Remington, Ind. Secretary, Remington, Ind.

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