Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1874 — Let the Office Seek the Man [ARTICLE]

Let the Office Seek the Man

Say the “independents,” and yet, every man but ono on their committee of resolutions was a candidate for office and the one who was an exception was an office holder. Besides this out of the fifteen who met at their convention, eight were candidates at the primary election and worked hard to secure the nomination. This is the office seeking the man with a vengance. Flynn & Sjtatzell hive moved to this place for the purpose of renovating feathers.— Will be found on Washington street, one door west of Healy’a shoe shop. Will guarantee satisfaction to all persons who will try the experiment. Price, for renovating a single bed $2.00 if satisfaction is given, if not, the work will be done free of charge. Remember the place, End give them a call at once. It Is coming and no mistake I The Great Museum and Menagerie of Warner & Henderson’s will exhibit in this place, on the 23d instant. You should save your money and go to the show. This is no humbug that travels over the country to swindle honest people, but is supposed to be a firstclass affair. See their mammoth advertisement in another column of this issue, and remember the times and places. They will exhibit at Remington on the 21st, at Kentland on the 22d and at Rensselaer on th# 23d. The names of W. S. Haymond for Congress, and George Majors for State Senator from this district, and George H. Brown for Representative from this district are placed upon tRe Democratic ticket by the Monticello Constitutionalist ; yet, the so-called Independents persist in saying they are not Democrats, but that they are independent of party affiliations. “Our opinion of the situation is, that there are not five hundred voters in jasper county who will deposit ballots for the Ring ticket in October. We confidently expect that, with perhaps one or two exceptions, the whole ticket nominated last Saturday will be defeated.” The above extract we clip from an article in the Union of last week headed “Ring Strength.” Our opinion is, after a c ireful consider ationof the situation,thati here are not three hundred voters in Jasper county who will cast their votes for the so-called “Independent” ticket in the October election; and we, no doubt just as confidently as the Union, expeot that, without a single exception, the whole ticket nominated on the 6th instant will be victorious. Subscribe for the Republican and send it to your friend a year.

The Northwest Indiana Conference while in session at Lafayette, last week, passed a resolution declaring that the Conference would not vote for any one who was not all right on th# temperance question, by a unanimous vote. On the last day of the fair two persons were thrown from their horses while racing. George Catt who baa been working in James Fraser’s blacksmith shop over at Remington, was one of them, and Bud Hawkins, a farmer, from Pine township, Benton county, was the other. Both of them were pretty badly bruised op, but we understand there were no bones broken. As we are young in journalism mid not very old in years, we would raspectfully solicit the aid and assistance of of our friends, by sending ns the items of news, from all parts of the county; and wa can assure you that all such will receive prompt attention, as wa desire to make the Rbtubucan an interesting local paper and one that will be welcomed to every household in Jasper county. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary contains a hundred and fourteen thousand words and throe thousand pictures. Jones says when he came home late the other night, in the space of fifteen minutes his wife applied all the words to him, besides some extra ones and the fire shovel, suggesting to his mind the picture of the duckingstool on the 418th page of the Dictionary. “Farmers are left out in the cold in electing officers.” Three Commissioners—farmers, Auditor — farmer, Treasurer —farmer, Recorder—farmer, Sheriff— farmer, Surveyor—farmer, Assessor—farmer Clerk of Court — a merchant’s clerk. Prosecuting Attorney—a lawyer. » How is that for farmers being left out ? Of thirteen Towuship Trustees, twelve are farmers. Still “the farmers are only used to elect lawyers and doctors to office from which they (the farmers) are excluded.’’ The fact is these are only the specious arguments of the demogogue, and the farmers very well know it. The farmers of Jaspor county are too intelligent a class of citizens to b 9 fed upon such chaff, and would almost to a man feel insulted at the insinuation against their common sense, only that they consider the souroo from which such barefaced whoppers come. Gentleman “independent” office seekers, send the marines to the main-top-sail yard to look in the locker, but dont try to blow chaff in tho farmers eyes. It wont Win.