Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1920 — Page 1

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ANOTHER DEATH AT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL

Charles Stultz, aged 65 years, died at the county hospital at about 11 oiclock Tuesday night after an extended illness from bladder trouble. .Mr. Stultz was a resident of Rensselaer end had been employed as flagman at a Monon crossing here for some time. He is survived by one daughter *Wid two sons, Mrs. Joseph HeYr of McCoysburg, Halley Stultz of Hebron and George Stultz, who is in the U. S. service. Funeral services were held at the McCoysburg school house Friday afternoon and burial made in the Osborne cemetery.

BOX SOCIAL

A .box social will be held at the Virgie school Saturday evening, Nov. 6. Fishing pond find entertainment. Everybody welcome.—ELSIE ZELLERS, Teacher., '

GETS FEDERAL APPOINTMENT

Albert ,R. .Hopkins Is Made a Federal Grain Inspector. A. R. Hopkins of this city has been appointed federal grain inspector and will make his headquarters here, but will answer calls from ■grain dealers .in other places, as his license permits him to examine grain any place in the United States. Under the federal grain inspection law all grain shipped must be inspected, either at point of shipment or at destination, the expense of which is borne by the shipper. Some states also have a state grain inspection law, and .it is a distinct advantage to the shipper to have inspection made and certified before the car is sent out by a federal inspector, as * such certificate goes unquestioned. Mr. Hopkins's long and active connection in the grain business and present retirement made him eligible to the position of inspector and he easily passed the examination after “brushing up" a little at the Chicago office.

LOCAL NOTES OF THE ELECTION

That Are of interest Particularly to Our Local Readers. The latest figures on president, U. S. senator and governor, from 3,330 Inyecincts, with 54 precincts yet to from, give Harding a plurality of 180,493; Watson, 174,561; McCray, 163,972. * Remington Republicans celebrated the political victory Wednesday night. The celebration in Rensselaer will be tonight. Governor-elect McCray has appointed Miss Adah E. Bush of Kent? land as his official secretary. Miss Bush has been employed by Mr. McCray for the past 20 years, it is stated. George A. Williams’s majority for circuit judge was 1,555 in Jasper county and 1,054 in Newton, total 2,609. T. B. Cunningham,, the Democratic candidate, ran 239 ahead of the national ticket in Jasper and 210 ahead in Newton.

It is understood, that Circuit Judgeelect Williams will not take his seat until After the present term of court in this county, but will take charge of the office right after the close of* the term, thus holding his first court in Newton county. The Republican pluralties in several of the neighboring counties on president, U- S. senator, governor and congressman were: Harding Wat. M’Cray Wood Benton 1782 1715 1594 1754 jasper 2070 1955 1768 1934 Newton 1465 1432 1370 1457 White, 1490 1437 1354 1392 The hospital proposition in Newton county, to build a hospital at Goodland, carried by a vote of 2,014 “for” to 975 "against.” In Grant township, in which the town of Goodland is located, there were 658 for to 73 against. The - proposition carried in every township in the county except Beaver, in which is located the town of Morocco, where the vote was 79 for and 466 against.. JOINT-REPRESENTATIVE Rich Scanlon Plur. Jasper county..... 3768 2003 1765 Benton county 3542 2360 , 1182 Newton c0unty..'....3087 1728 1359 Totals 10,397 6091 4306 JUDGE ' Williams Cun’ham Plur, Jasper county 3666 2111 Newton c0unty....2928 1874 1054 Totals ©594 3985 2609 One thing we hope not to see, and that is the Democrats retaliate, simply for political effect, for the aetUids used 1 ! by the Republican during the past two years.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized —— Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Wednesday. There were 11 marriage licenses issued last month, against 16 for the preceding month and 13 for the corresponding month, 1919. New suits filed: No. 9262. A. T. Bowen & Co., bankers of Delphi, ys. Cyrus Rice; suit on note. Demand s77<h No? 9263. A. T. Bowen & Co. vs. Cyrus Rice et al; suit on note. Demand |l5O in first paragraph and 535 in second paragraph.

Candidates should not forget to file their campaign expenses as soon as ' possible. This' .is required by law, whether the candidate is elected or not and if they had no expense whatever they must file their statement so stating. This must be done within 30 days following the election, and must be sworn to. Don’t neglect this, as there are severe penalties for not making such report. Merle Casper and Lester Mannis, who were acquittel of the charge of stealing an automobile in the Newton circuit court recently but were bound over to the December term of court in that county on a charge of burglary, and were placed in the jail here for safe keeping, were re leased W’ednesday morning when bond in the sum of SSOO each was furnished by their parents. They left for their homes near Ora Starke county, Wednesday on the 10:36 train. This leaves the county jail without an occupant for the first time in many months.

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at the expense of the entire country. Mr. Harding is OUR president and Mr. McCray is OUR governor as well as that of the Republicans, and any honest efforts on their part for the betterment of the country as a whole should be received with approval rather than bitter condemnation. Let’s be patriotic Americans before we are blind and foolish partisans.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

‘ RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY; INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1920.

A STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

Which Have Been Grossly Perverted by Political Enemies. Several hundred copies of The Democrat, containing advertising in the interests of James E. Scanlon, Democratic candidate for joint-repre-sentative, were sent, to Newton county last week on instructions and at the expense of Newton county friends of Mr. Scanlon. In this campaign, however, an overseas soldier with a brilliant war record, -counted for *less than the most pronounced pro-German, and Mr. Scanlon went down to defeat with the balance of his ticket. This statement regarding the sending of extra copies of The Democrat to Newton county is made because of the charge of jealous enemies of this paper that they were sent for personal and ulterior motives of The Democrat, which is wholly without foundation. The orders for these papers came unanticipated and entirely unsolicited, and were accepted as a purely business matter, which It was. The list of names of the parties to whom they were to ibe sent was furnished the orders and all the expense was. charged to and paid for by the parties sending the order. *

ACTED ON STATE BOARD ORDER

As to the Challenging of Mr. Leopold’s Vote on Election Day. The Rensselaer Republican throws a spasm of misrepresentation over the challenging *of thd“ vote of A. Leopold here Tuesday. The challenger was merely acting on orders of the state committee, as recommended unanimously by the legal committee of the state board of election commissioners and endorsed by said state board, two of the three members of whom are Republicans, and by the ReiAbllcan attorney-gen-eral of Indiana, that citizens of Germany and Austria could not legally vote on first papers, declaring thSir intention* to become citizens; that only full citizenship papers entitled them to vote. -

Therefore Mr. Leopold was not a legal voter according to the above mentioned rulings and instructions. The fact that he has lived here for 50 years did not change the legal status at all. The U. S. Is technically and legally still at war with the above named countries, as set out in the opinions and instructions followed. Many natives' of other countries have been very careless about taking out their final papers, merely declaring their “intention” and thus being entitled to vote, never paying any further heed to becoming actual citizens. First papers lapse after seven years, '-and the applicant for citizenship must start all over again, which Mr. Leopold did two years ago. Records of citizenship are kept in the archives at Washington, and if one has lost or had his papers

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destroyed,; duplicates can be had from the department at Washington, as we* understand it ’ The challenging of Mr. Leopold’s vote meant no personal disrespect whatever to him. It was done, as above stated, and If the authorities mentioned are correct, he was no more a legal voter than any other citizen of Germany or Austria who' had simply declared his intention but had not completed his citizen ship. Legally Mr. Leopold Is still a citizen of Germany, although his patrtotlem and good standing here is unquestioned.

GEORGE WHITE’S STATEMENT

Lays Democrat Party’s Defeat to League Confusion. New York, Nov. 3.—George White, chairman of the Democratic national committee, after conceding the election of Senator Harding, issued the following statement: “The abandonment by some of the most prominent Republican leaders of the very league of nations which 'they helped to construct has been successful. The people have succumbed to the confusion wrought by these distinguished men, and to the misrepresentation of those who would not and did not understand the league of nations. I hope it may yet be rescued from the political morass and be saved to mankind. “No one has any occasion for bitterness or of recrimination. What the whole people decide the whole people must accept. The Democratic national Committee abides by the result cheerfully, If with foreboding. Senator Harding Is the people’s president. "In this election Republican propaganda has been shrewdly directed to induce the descendants of six European nations to vote as six European nations instead of as one American nation. They have inveigled these Americans to vote with their thoughts across the sea Instead of on this country. Our common task must be to coalesce these groups again. “The fate of Irish freedom has been settled adversely. Men and women of Irish blood have voted for the cafßtidate who has declared the Irish question to be a domestic problem of Great Britain in which we_ can have no official concern. With their support the American people have returned the Irish problem to Downing street. They have indorsed, I am sad to say, a separate peace with Germany. “For the first time in eight years a Republican party is face to face । with the task of constructive legis- 1 tion and. more than that, the measures of reconstruction for which the country has been asking a Republc-. an congress for two years in vain. ' They must change a negative record into a positive. And in this task they have the best wishes of all who live their country.

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ALLEGED THAT' PROFITEERS WERE HEAVILY FINED

It is current report that a government agent dropped into a neighboring town recently, hired a drayman and went to the two coal yards In the town and purchased a ton of coal at each. At one place he bdught hard coal and paid $22 for a ton. At the other place he bought soft coal and paid something like $lB. He then went to a general store and bought a suit of clothing, paying something like SBS. The coal merchants and storekeeper were “invited” to appear In Indianapolis and one of the former paid a fine of about $l,lOO and the other* S6OO, while the latter paid about $500; according to reports. No public mention of this matter was made through the newspapers, and The Democrat does not state it as a fact. It is a current and persistent rumor, however.

PURDUE FOOTBALL MAN DEAD

Edmund Wolf Suffered Injured Spine In Game Last Week. Michigan City, Nov. 3. —Edmund Wolf, age 23, a senior in Purdue university, son of John Wolf, a hotel proprietor of this city, died last night as a result of an Injury to his spine suffered last week In an Interclass football game at Purdue.

REVISED VOTE IN ALL STATES FOR PRESIDENT

Pluralities Incomplete 1916 Returns, 1920 Wilson--States— Harding Cox Hughes Alabama 60,000 76,600 W Arizona 3,800 12,646 H Arkansas 66,000 65,000 W California 875,000 3,806 W Colorado 74,000 ...... 75,608 W Connecticut *117,166 6,728 H Delaware *11,572 1,258 H Florida •••• ...... 40,000 41,373 W Georgia 100,000 114,620 W Idaho 66,000 14686 W Illinois 835,000 303,320 H Indiana *185,772 6,942 H lowa 400,000 58,750 H Kansas 166,000 86,930 W Kentucky 15,000 28,136 W Louisiana 70,000 73,409 W Maine . ■ *76,333 5,379 H Maryland ..' 50,0(4 21,012 W Massachusetts ... 350,000 20,899 H Michigan 150,000 53,946 H Minnesota 400,000 ...... 392 H Mississippi 70,000 76,169 W Missouri 180,000 28,686 W Montana 60,600 34,318 W Nebraska 135,000 41,670 W Nevada 7,000 5,649 W New Hampshire.. 30,000 , 66 W New Jersey 325,000 57.707 H New Mexico*.... Indoubt 2,530 W New York 1,100,000 109,689 H North Carolina 40,000 47,395 W North Dakota 20,000 1,735 W Ohio , 358,000 89,408 W Oklahoma 11.000 50,880 W Oregon .a 57,000 6,726 H Pennsylvania .... 750.000 181,950. H Rhode Island .... 53.000 4,464 II South Carolina...- 60,000 60,296 W South Dakota 50,000 ...... 5,026 H Tenaessee 12,000 37,069 W Texas 200,000 221,515 W Utah .. 15,000 29,888 W Vermont *44,301 ...... 17,548 H Virginia 50,000 53,468 W Washington 165,000 16,144 W West Virginia 80,000 2,721 H Wisconsin 360,000 28,281 H Wyoming 10,000 6,618 W Electoral vote —Harding, 401; Cox, 127; in doubt, 3. Electoral vote, 1916—Wilson, 277; Hughes, 254. •Complete.

Vol. XXIII. No. 64

GOV. SMITH PUT UP HARD BATTLE

New York Democrat Ran Farl Ahead of Cox and the Entire Ticket. WAS BEATEN BY LANDSLIDE Executive Set a Mark Never Before Equaled In Popular Election*— Defeated by Miller by the Plurality of 70,000. New York, Nov. 5. —Although defeated for re-election, Gov. Al Smith stands as the miracle man of American politics. Republicans and Democrats alike agree that the Democratic governor’s achievement of almost accomplishing his own election despite the more than 1,000,000 New York state landslide plurality for Senator Harding sets a mark never begore equaled In popular elections. Figures tell the tale of Gov. Smith’s remarkable run better than adjectives. For instance: Harding’s estimated state plurallty over Cox 1,200.000 Nathan Miller's estimated plurality over (Smith 70,000 Far Outran Own Ticket While Harding was carrying New York City by the unprecedented Republican avalanche of 434,130, thia same Democratic governor was lording It over Miller to the tune of 319,611. The complete figures for Greater New York show that Gov. Smith outran Cox in this astonishing fashion: Cox. Smith. Manhattan .130,007 208,602 Bronx 45,747 104,882 Brooklyn 110,120 244.582 Queens 35,270 70.022 Richmond 0,370 15,505 Total 345,535 700,740 Outside of this city, Harding's estimated plurality over Cox was 838,405, while Miller’s upstate plurality over Smith Is only 377,314. It wns only the strongly Republican rural districts that pulled Miller through. Dus to His Popularity. Much of Smith’s achievement undoubtedly Is due to his personal popularity, but there are various contributing causes, all of which combine to stamp Smith ns the acknowledged national leader of the badly shattered Democratic party. Smith already la being spoken of as the logical Democratic presidential candidate in 1024, and entern Democrats are bemoaning the fact thht ho was not the national standard-bearer this year. The governor Is the most popular political figure in New York state In many years. He is known and addressed by all as "Al.” He has come up from an orphan newsboy to governor of the greatest state in the Union. Republican papers candidly admit he has given the state a good, clean administration. His record was a great vote getter. Reasons for the Walkaway. Another great vote getter for Smith was Miller, his onponent. Millef, a former judge, maue a colorless campaign. Ho emphasized national issues; Smith kept to state Issues. Miller was accused of favoring the granting of 8 cent traction fares. He made only a half-hearted denial. Smith took the renters’ side of the housing situation; Miller held out little hope and was accused of siding with the landlords. Smith Is classified broadly as a Tammany man. But his conduct while governor has been so Independent that Tammany was not In any wise an Issue In the campaign. Smith had said Tammany had no mortgage on him. „• . There were various rumors that/ Tammany, while lukewarm on Cox, had made a secret trading deal with thes Republicans, switching Democratic votes to Harding In return for Republican votes for Smith.

KILLED WITH HIS OWN CANE

Wealthy Clubman Victim in New York Hotel Murder Mystery. r . . - New York, Nov. 5.—A murder mystery baffling in motive,, confronted the * police investigating the death of Leads Vaughn Waters, wealthy clubman of London and New York, whose body was fonud in a room in the Plymouth hotel here. Death resulted from a fractured skull, caused, police believe, by blows from Waters’ own cane wielded by a man who accompanied him to the hotel and who rushed from the room, still carrying the walking Stick, a few seen*ids before the body was found. Waters, Who was about - 46; registered as “J. Talbot, MilwaU' free.” . ' ■—; ' ■ ■

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