Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — Page 4

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HEART OF ARTICLE X.

The Promise —“The members of the league undertake to respect, and preserve as against external aggression, the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the league.” The Plan—“ln case of any such aggressihn, or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression, <k® council shall advise upon the means toy which this obligation shall be fulfilled For over 70 years we have “respected” the “territorial integrity” of Canada and Mexico. Why not the rest of the world?

HARDING’S ROOSEVELTISM

What is strange is that the friends •and »relptives of Theodore Roosevelt should campaign for a candidate who eight years ago used these words about their former leader: "He has betrayed and broken with the friends who have given him loyal and unselfish devotion for years. He has abandoned the principles which he advocated with voice and pen ever since he entered public- life. He has deserted and attempted to destroy the party which honored him. He has convicted himself of Insincerity, inconsistency, • ingratitude and untruthfulness. He has shamed his past and discounted his future.”—Senator Harding in 1912. What is both strange and unpardonable is that some progressive independent groups in the Republican party should not only submit to such leadership, but actively attempt to fasten that leadership on the country. ~

LET IT BE REMEMBERED

* It should be constantly borne in mind that the league of nations is noL one man’s work, not one man’s ideas. The prime ministers of other great countries participated with the American delegation in its formation, and President Wilson consulted not only with Democrats but with Republican leaders, and many of their suggestions were adopted and incorporated in the covenant of the league. Former President. Taft suggested four amendments and they were all adopted. Charles E. Hughes, former justice of the supreme court and Republican candidate for president in 1916, offered seven amendments, five of which were adopted. Elihu Root presented six amendments and five of them were adopted. Thera, was no “one-man government” in the formation of the leag%e.

Job printing that pleases Is oui specialty.—THE DEMOCRAT.

T. B. CUNNINGHAM CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE Jasper and Newton Counties -SB -Ngnßipbhp \ Wmk, \ Hr t » s&siir , - ■ } ' '' : " The democracy of Jasper and Newton counties presents' as its candidate for Judge of the 30th Judicial Circuit, T. B. Cunningham of Kentland* For twentyfive years he has practiced at the bar of these counties. During that time he has made hn enviable reputatioa as a lawyer. He possesses all the attributes necessary to make an ideal judge—honesty, comptency and reliability. He is most cordially commended to the voters of hese counties. Vote for him. St ■ • • ■ -- ’, •

HOW McCRAY TRIED TO DECEIVE HIS NEIGHBORS

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and “said employment was made avid said work of surveying was done for the purpose of influencing the voters of Newton county to vote against the remqyal of the county seat of said county from Kentland and the said McCray paid all of the expenses of saki survey,” quoting from the court records. The full story of how McCray, in May, 1902, attempted to delude the citizens of Newton county into votr i ing to make Kentland, his * home, i the county seat, through the belief that he was inducing a railroad to come through Kentland, is told in the transcript of the case on file in the office of the clerk of the supreme court. | It discloses: 1. That McCray arranged to have a preliminary survey run to show a prospective railroad through Kentland when he had jio plans for building it. 2. That he instructed the surveyor deliberately to deceive the people of the county as to the purpose of the survey. l 3. That at that time, McCray, who is now being touted throughout Indiana as a "real dirt farmer,” was, according to the finding of the court “a real estate owner, banker and elevator man.” There can be no doubt of the exact 'truth of the finding of facts made iby Judge Hanley. The case was appealed to the supreme court and affirmed, and there is nothing in the record showing that McCray disputed the statement that he procured Bayard Taylor to perpetrate this fraud on his neighbors in Newton county. This record contains two letters from McCray to Taylor, which letters do more toward giving the people of Indiana an insight into the character of Warren T. McCray than ! anything that has heretofore been produced. i Both letters bear the signature of Warren T. McCray and are written on stationery of “McCray, Morrison & Co., Wholesale Grain Dealers, Kentland, Ind.” The first one, dated May 19, 1902, is as follows: “McCRAY. MORRISON & CO. Wholesale Grain Dealers Kentland, Indiana I May 19, 1902. Mr. Bayard Taylor w Sec’y, Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sir: We arrived home Friday and presume Mr. Olsen has re

THE TWICB-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

turned by this time and made you a compelte 'report of the interview in New York. Let us know what you are doing and what hope you have of success. I want you to enter the north end of county the first of next week and solicit for the right of way, you can put up a good' talk and go at it just as though you fully "xpected to complete the road. I would go along the line about as we expect to bulla the road in case it is built. In fact, YOU ARE NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COUNTY SEAT RUMPUS WE ARE IN. . 1 I would start over in Lake county a piece and come down. Would not just start in at Lake county line or matter might look too obvious. I would spend two or three days in Lake township, going from there to McClellan, on down to Beaver. OUR COUNTY SEAT ELECTION IS DUE THE 7TH, and we want to make the north end of the county well before that tjme. I Please advise us what you expect , per day, also let us know how much money you will need ‘for expenses. You will understand, of course, that THIS MATTER IS TO BE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and YOU MUST ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND BE AN EARNEST ADVOCATE OF ’THE ROAD, which I am still hope--1 ful will be built on some plan or other. I Please let us know if you are willring to do this. We thought it hardily worth while ,to go to the expense 'of running a line, as your presence there talking the road and soliciting the right of way, taking contracts, etc., would in effect amount to the same thing and be considerably cheaper. [ Let us hear from yftu on this promptly. PLEASE DESTROY THIS LETTER AFTER YOU READ IT. I would also say if there is anything you think any of us can do to assist you in complying with Mr. Lawrence’s demand, we will be pleased to know it. If you fail in securing contracts that will be satisfactory, please let us know as we may have something to suggest that may be of value to you. Yours confidentially, (Signed) WARREN T.~ McCRAY.” Another letter from the man who now aspires to be governor of Indiana, taken from the court records, reads: ' “McCRAY, MORRISON & CO. Wholesale Grain Dealers Kentland, Indiana May 23, 1902. Mr. -Bayard Taylor, Sec’y, 951 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Illinois. - Dear Sir: Your favor of the 21st at hand, and replying will say to same, $35 seems a little steep for the work. I suppose a full engineering corps would not cost to exceed S2O per day, and it certainly would not take 15 days to do our work. We want you to figure this as closely as you can, allowing yourself good fair wages. We want the work done, (however, and want you to start to |do it Monday morning. I would ; start in Lake county and come down through this county. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU ARE NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE, NEITHER ARE YOU TO KNOW ANYBODY IN KENTLAND, MORE THAN JUST TO KNOW THEM THROUGH THE RAILROAD PROPOSITION. YOU MUST BE ENTIRELY INNOCENT REGARDING COUNTY SEAT AFFAIRS, and be sure you DO NOT MAKE ANY STATEMENTS THAT COULD CAUSE ANYBODY TO KNOW YOU WERE IN COLLUSION WITH US. DO NOT MENTION OUR NAMES in any way if you can avoid it. We enclose herewith a draft for $l5O. You will please see if you can do this work for less than $350 and let us know. We will do our correspondence through your Chicago office. We can write there and Mr. Olsen can forward it to you wher lever you are. WE WANT YOU TO PUT UP A GOOD STIFF TALK jAND CONVINCE THEM THAT THE ROAD IS A SURE THING. We ■ also want you to run this line where it will be suitable for railroad purposes. j We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. Lawrence and he still has faith |we wiif be able to build the road, I rather think he is anxious to do this work, and if you make a good showing there will be no trouble about It being built. I WE DO NOT LIKE TO TALK OVER THE PHONE; AS IT HAS TO GO THROUGH GOODLAND AND , THEY OF COURSE HEAR EVERY- . THING WE SAY. For this reason 'do not call up over the phone, 'neither will- we call you up. Remember, all correspondence is to be conducted through the Chicago office. Please advise us by return mail what you think this will -cost and j try not to make the whole expense | over S2OO if you possibly can. We are very much impressed with the idea that -it would make ( a much better showing to have the surveyor along and set stakes than just to !gb right . through. The argument you advance in this matter is good and we want the surveyor, but do not want it to cost any more than can be helped. We are already at enormqus expense in this matter and have to watch carefully our ex penses. Yours respectfully, (Signed) WARREN T. McCRAY.” For some reason which had best be left to the imagination for the immediate present, a part of records of the Jasper circuit court in the original c&se of Bayard Taylor vs. Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway company, Carroll C. Kent and Warren T. McCray, have disappeared from the files in tlie court house at Rensselaer. • : ~- Speciflcally, the record that is now missing ever since Warren T% McCray entered the race for* the Republican nomination for governor is an interpleader filed by the New

York Central railroad on May 31, 1916. In the court records there is an entry which reads: “May 31, 1916, N. Y. C. flies interpleader. Court declines to hear anything in vacation.’’ Diligent search through the flies, musty and otherwise, of the office of the clerk of the court reveals nothing of the original interpleader. Diligent inquiry made of attorneys who appeared in this case has so far failed to disclose all that the interpleader contained. Friends of Warren T. McCray simply will not talk about It in public. They profess to have forgotten the affair, or to* have become confused regarding its details and none cares to attempt to supply'at present the missing link in a' story of a railroad that reads like a Wallingford serial. How and when this record disappeared is a tale that lies as deeply buried as the why of its disappearance. ' The only public clue to it lies in two other notations on the court docket at Rensselaer. These notations are as follows: “June 12, 1915. Received of New York Central Railroad company the sum of $11,261.67. JUDSON H. PERKINS, Clerk.” “June 12, 1915. Received of Judson H. Perkins, clerk, the sum of $11,261.67, in full satisfaction of the judgment and the judgment is released. BAYARD TAYLOR.” It is interesting to note that the payments above referred to were made about two weeks after the interpleader was filed, that the court was Still in vacation and no hearing was held on the plea of intervention on the part of. the New York Central railroad in the case of Taylor vs. the C., I. & S. R. R., Warren T. McCray Carroll C. Kent. But the incident serves to give a very ~clear insight into the character of the Warren T. McCray of several years ago. From it a few examples of the fluent letter-writing ability of the man who aspires to be governor are obtainable. Such words as “collusion,” “confidential,” “please destroy this,” 4 '’ “ybu are not to know anything at all,” etc., make very interest reading. And seem to sound a warning of what one may expect if a man of such supreme self-interest is elected to administer state affairs.

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY- TICKET

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with the allies many months before this country put any soldiers over seas, and saw lots of service on the battle fronts. He is a fine young man and deserves a splendid support from the voters next Tuesday. For Coroner we have Stephen D. Clark of Wheatfield township, an old school teacher and for two or more terms trustee of Wheatfield township. Mr. Clark is a farmer, but is thoroughly competent to fill any office in Jasper county with credit. Our two candidates for County Commissioner are William Fitzgerald, a well known and successful farmer of Kankakee township, for the First district, and William H. Kenyon of Remington for the Third district. Both are well known in their respective districts. The abovg is a good, clean ticket from top to bottom and is 4 eserv ‘ Ing of the loyal support of every Democratc voter as well as that of the many Republicans who are not satisfied with their party’s position on matters of general concern to the taxpayers.

PUBLIC SALE DATES The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: FRIDAY, . NOV. s—Peter5 —Peter Leichty, 4% miles north of Parr. General sale, including horses, cattle, farm implements, etc. WEDNESDAY, * NOV. 10 —Carl Nagel, 1% miles north of Kniman. General sale, including horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. The Democrat’s job department Is unexcelled' for Its ability to handle at all times the class of work that will please the most discriminating. That we may prove this assertion, let us have your future orders for job printing. Democrat want ads get results.

LINOTYPE MAN AND PRINTER

Wanted for Steady Positions at The Democrat Office. The- Democrat wants another A-l linotype man and also another good printer. Positions permanent, and will pay $35 and S3O per week, respectively, for competent Wn. Can wait four or five weeks for one or both .men, but must be assured that tjiey will come when wanted. Men desiring positions of this kind will find it to their advantage to get in touch with The Democrat at once.

A MOTHER’S PRAYER

Accompanying a check for the Democratic campaign fund was this letter: ' “Elizabeth, N. J. “George White, Esq., •£. “Chairman Democratic Nat. Com. “Care of New York Times, “New York city, N. Y“Dear Sir: Please accept the enclosed small contribution to the fund for dissemination of truth about the league of nations. It Is literally a ‘widow’s mite’, but it comes from a mother who sent four greatly needed sons to the world war. Two of those sons, with almost unlimited possibilities for future usefulness, were killed; a third was HI In hospitals In France for five months, due to gassing in action, and is still classified as ‘unfit’, and a fourth risked his precious young life in the air. When an honest and concerted effort is being made by the nations of the earth to save, if possible, future mothers and sons from these sacrifices, it is hard to realize there are those who oppose an effort. I feel sure that among those who paid for the war there can be but one opinion, and that is to try the league of nations, even if it is not perfect. It is the best that has been proposed, and, all objections being weighed, is manifestly the most feasible. Please God it will not fail. “Very truly yours, “MARIE A. DAVIDSON, “(Mrs. Edward Crawford' Davidson). 1 “Oct. 6, 1920.”

REAL BARGAIN IN SEPARATORS' 1

As we are going to quit the cream separator business, we offer two real bargains. We have on hand two 600-pound capacity Climax separators, which originally sold for slls each. We will close these two separators out at SBO each. There will bp another agent for these separators who will carry a full line of repairs. He will also sell the same separator at slls. You can save $35 by getting one of these before Nov. 1 of THE JASPER COUNTY CREAMERY.— Advt.

As The Democrat has the largest circulation of any paper in Jasper county Its advertisers are always assured of very best ’ results Try us.

ALIEN ENEMIES CANNOT VOTE

All foreign-born voters must bring their naturalization papers to the polls with them on election day or they will not be allowed to vote. This Is to prevent alien enemies who are not In possession of their final citizenship papers from voting. This applies to both Germans and Austrians, as we are legally still in a state of war with those countries, and the state board of election commissioners and the attor-ney-general have ruled that alien enemies cannot vote.

' a Firestone Guaranteed Casings 30x3 Non-skid. . . .$15.80 Non-skid.. SIB.BO Other sizes in proportion. Tube Free with each casing This means a saving of 33 1-3 per cent to you. Open day and night. . Taxi Service Main Garage Best in Rensselaer

Try a want ad m The Democrat. CL4£smoT (Under this head notices wIU be published for 1-cent-a-word for the first Insertion, %-cent-a-word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notices. No notice accepted for less than 28 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, wUI be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 26 cents. Where replies are sent In The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.) . FOR SALE For Sale—Poland China pigs, 2 months old. —Phone 028 For Sale—Recleaned timothy seed at Rensselaer Garage, phone 355. ■ ■ £■■... • - ■ ‘ For Sale—Pears, 75 cents per bushel. I —MRS. G. F. MEYERS, phone 622. For Sale—Large size Lincoln baseburner In good condition. Enquire at The Democrat office. -tfj Potatoes for Sale—-. Nice Rural New Yorkers at $1.25 per bushel at farm, 1 mile south and 3-4 mile west of Virgie.—GEO. A. COVER. -027 For Sal©—A good corn dump.— THOS. E. REED, Remington, phone 79-J, Remington exchange. 028 For Sale—The Democrat "" has for sale several bundles of heavy used wrapping paper, running about 27! i • 1

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1&20.

to 28 large sheets to a bundle, suitable for putting under rugs or carpets, building paper or for wrapping 1 heavy parcels, at 25 cents per bundle. For Sale —Posts, red oak, white oak and burr 6ak. No pine, no ash, and no wiIIow.—EVERETT HALSTEAD, Rensselaer, R-8. n * For Sale—lo head of yearling calves, 6 steers and 4 heifers; 1 8-year-old cow; 1 2-year-old bull. —CHAS. BRITf, phone 923-B. ts For Sale at Bargains—All kinds of second-hand automobiles. Come in and look them over. In uie white-front garage.—KUBOSKE A WALTER. ts For Sale—A limited number of Single Comb White Leghorn cockerels, English (250-egg) strain, price $2.50 apidee. Mallard ducks, $2.50 apiece.—A. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind. “3 For Sale—A practically brand-new Oliver No. 9 typewriter, still has original ribbon on and regular equipment as sent out from factory a few. months ago. Price now is $64; can sell this if taken at once for SSO. —Enquire at DEMOCRAT office. ts For Sale—Bo-acre farm, V/ z miles south of Fair Oaks, 3 miles northwest of Parr. Good buildings, land partly tiled. Price SSO per acre, easy terms.—W. A. McCURTAIN, Rensselaer. ts i - For Sale—We are disposing of our j entire flock of Buff Orpington chickens. The pullets, $2 each; cockerels, $2.50 and up. Put your order in at once. Phone 913-F. — S. A. ARNOLD. ts Sale —40 acres, well located, culI tivated; house, barn, garage and orchard. Easy terms. Possession at once.

65 acres, pike road, Joining statiofa, with stores, church and school. Large eight-room house, large barn. Very easy terms. Price $125. 80 acres; farmhouse, barn. Very easy terms. Possession at once. Might take property or stock. Price $75. , 160 acres, on Jackson highway; good building. Would sell on easy terms or accept property, live stock or threshing outfit. —G. F. MEYERS. For Sale—Hudson touring car In A-1 condition, repainted last spring, has good tires all around, front and rear bumpers, Hartford shock absorbers, etc. Must sell as I have no place to store same during winter. Best offer, cash or time, takes it. Enquire at The Democrat office. ts For Sale—l6o-acre rarm, well drained, most all level, black soil; 6-room house, good barn, corn cribs, good well, fine orchard land all in cultivation. Can give good terms on this. Price SBO per acre.—CHAS. J. DEAN A SON. ts For Sale—Some real bargains >* ’ well improved farms located in three miles of Rensselaer. a., 133 a., 212 a., 162 a., 80 a. i also have some exceptional bargains in Improved farmß of all sizes farther out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me or oall phone 246, office, or 499, bbme- — HARVEY DAVISSON. tl

FpRRENT For Rent—After Nov. 5, the building on east side of public square, now occupied by Democratic Headquarters.—A. G. CATT. ts For Rent—Several small truck farms, varying in size from 20 to 40 acres, for rent to high-class truck farmers, for production of onions, potatoes, mint and celery. Good houses and good water. Applicants must be able to produce proof of high moral and Industrial character. —JASPER COUNTY FARMS CO., Newland, Ind. n 4 • —V—WANTED Wanted —Married or single man to husk corn by bushel or work by the month. —W. B. HOUGH, phone 936-B. 030 ■ Wood Choppers Wanted—Have 400 cords want cut in next two months near Fair Oaks, will paly $3 per cord for cutting.—ALßEßT WARNE, Fair Oaks, Ind. n 4 Straight salary: $35.00 per week and expenses to man or woman with rig to introduce Eureka Egg Producer.—EUßEKA p MFG. CO., East St. Louis, 111. ! 023 Trucking 1 Wanted —l nave a new ton truck and solicit business In this line. If you have moving or any other trucking to do, call 473. —FRANK HAMER. Of Wanted—.A gentlemanly salesman who can furnish a teanf or lijfht car to canvass Jasper county with an old established line of Proprietary Medicines, Extracts, Toilet Articles, Soaps, Spices, etc. Experience unnecessary but not objectionable. For full particulars address THE H. C. WHITMER COMPANY, Columbus, Ind. - * 030 FOUND rJ 7 Found—About a week ago, a woman’s hat. Owner may have same by paying for advertisement and calling for same at my residence. —PAUL SCHULTZ. - ‘A " _ FINANCIAL Farm Loans — Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO. — E. P. HONAN. ts Money to Loan—CHAS. J. DEAN A SON, Odd Fellows’ Building, Rensselaer. s ts Money to Loan—l havo aIL Mnllm-/J ited supply of money to loap good fann lands at 6% % and usual commission, or 6% without commission, as desired. Loans will be made for 5 years, 7 years, 10 yeanf"— or 20 years. See me about these various plans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP.'