Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — Page 2

The Republican. IIfiNSSELAER, Friday, Oct. 2,1874.

Republican State Ticket. Pur Secretary of State, WILLIAM W. CUBBY, Of Vigo County. For Auditor of State. JAMES A. WILDMAN, Of Howard County. For Treasurer of State, JOHN B. GLOVER, Of Lawraoce County. For Superintendent of Public Instruction. JOHN M. BLOSS, Of FTeyd County. For Attorney General, JAM ESQ. DENNY, Of Knox County. For J udge Of Supremo Court, ANDREW L. OSBORNE, Of La port c County. For Congress, WILLIAM H. CALKINS, Of Laporte. For State Senator, JETIIRO A. HATCH. Of Newton County. For Representative, CHARLES M. WATSON, Of Jasper. Republican County Ticket For Clerk. EZRA L. CLARK. For Auditor, FRANK W. BABCOCK. For Recorder, HARVEY W. WOOD. For Treasurer, LEMUEL C. JANES. For Sheriff, LEWIS L. DAUGHERTY. For County Assessor, HENRY I. ADAMS. For Surveyor, CHARELS A. MAYHEW. For Coroner, NORMAN WARNER. For Commissioner, 2d Dist., W. K. PARKISON. For Commissioner, 3d Dist., WILLIAM B. PRICE. *

Our Candidates.

For Clerk of the Circuit Court, Ezra L. Clark, Mr. Clark was born in Columbiana CO., Ohio 35 years ago and has been a resident of Jasper County for 20 years, during which time he was engaged in fanning, and teaching school in winter till the spring of 1861 when he enlisted In Co. “G.” of the 9th Ind. Yols. and in a skirmish at Green Briar, West Va., l)ec. 12th, 1861, was crippled for life. — He has twice been elected Recorder, the last time running largely ahead of his ticket. For Auditor, Frank W. Babcock. Capt. Babcock was born at Tippecanoe Battle Ground 31 years ago and has resided in Jasper county 11 years, been in 111. nearly 2 years, served in the 6th 111. Cav. a little more than 4 years. lie was was wounded first at Belmont, Tenn., receiving five buck-shot in left hip and thigh—two of which are still retained as remembrances of the struggle for a nation’s life. Second, a gunshot wound at West Point, Miss., the ball passing diagonally through the left hand, from knuckle of first finger to the outer and under side of wrist-joint, completely stiffening the wrist and disabling the hand. At the elese of the war he returnd to Jasper county, and engaged in his former occupation—farming—to the limited extent his crippled condition would admit of.— At the election of 1870 he was elected Auditor of Jasper county and has filled that office in a manner that is entirely satisfactory to the Republican party and the people generally. For Treasurer, Lemuel C. Janes. Mr. Janes was born in London co., Ya. Moved to Ind. in 1836—the year that the town of Rensselaer was started, and to Jasper co. in 1861, and settled on a farm in Kankakee tp. He served as Superintendent of Land Transportation under Department Quartermaster Boggs, in the late war of the rebellion from 1862 to the close of the war. The retaining of such office for such length of time is of itself a strong recommendation for his business qualifications and goes far to explain his complete success as Treasurer of Jasper county, which office he was called from his firm in Kankakee, to fill and which be has filled so acceptably to the people that they propose to keep him there another term. For Recorder, Harvey W. Wood. Mr. Wood was born in Montgomery co., Ohio, on t farm, and from the time he was large enough to work at all, he followed the business of farming till Aug. 7th, ’62, when he enlisted in the 93d Ohio Yols. In this regiment he served in the Army of the Cumberland and at Chtcamauga, Ga., on the 20th of Sept., 1863, received a fracture of the left thighbone, from which he still suffers greatly. He was discharged at the close of the war, and came to Jasper co. in the spring of 1866. He went to farming here, which business he followed till elected Recorder. He is a member of the Methodist Church and apparently as worthy a man and true a Christian gentleman as the Church possesses. For Sheriff, Lewis L. Daugherty.

Mr. Daugherty was born in Tippecanoe co., Ind., and came to Jasper co. 30 years *go. He has always been a farmer. Enlisted in Co. “G.” 9th Ind. for the 3 mos. service in 1861, after which he enlisted in Co. “K." 48th Ind., in which he served 3 years. Was wounded at Vieksbnrg in the assault of May 22d, 1863. Returning from the army he engaged in farming till elected to his present unerpired term of Sheriff. Mr. Daugherty has for years been a member of the Baptist Church. These are the men whom the Republicans elected to office and now propose to support for re-election. They are men well known to the communities where they have resided and now reside, as men who are honest, upright and capable.— Part of them are known as upright members of churches, And all are known as leading, influential members of the best part of society. When persons who are cognisant of the above facts will so debase and stultify themselves, in their inordinate and shameless greed for office and its spoils, (especially the spoils) as to denounce those men as “corrupt,” “ring,” “court-house clique.” “court-house ring;” when they say the “farmers’ interests” are not taken into consideration ; that farmers are not elected to office; when their wicked, malicious and false statements are known to be such by all persons at all conversant with the facts —these things may well be considered sufficient evidence to justify all persons in the belief that all their statements, resolutions, platitudes, cries of “reform,” “corruption of parties, ’ etc., a d infinitum, are wholly and unqualifiedly insincere and disingenuous. , It will be a sad day for any country or community when it turns its back upon its faithful servants and turns over its offices to the manipulations and control of the most impudent and daring blackmailers. This we are confident the people of Jasper county do not intend to do.— When the tide of rebellion rolled its black billows of war upon a happy and prosperous country threatening desolation and destruction, the people said to these men : “Go stem the tide—stand in the breach—if you fall we’ll stand by your families —if you return we’ll stand by you.' 1 In fulfillment of that obligation the people have placed these men in offices which they have filled faithfully, honestly, capably and creditably, at the same time they have identified themselves with organizations for the social uplifting of the less fortunate portion of humanity. The people will not now eat their words and, at the behest of demagogues whose only stock in trade is the manufacture of falsehoods and calumny, turn from these men in such a way as to say: “We have tried you and you have failed.— You’re weighed in the balance and found wanting.” . In October, these men will be put in the scale against the candidates of their calumniators. Get your glasaea ready for a long look—therc’lfte no trembling in the balance.

Jasper County Finances.

As a specimen of the “ mismanagement" of our county finances, so much harped upon by the Union , we wish to submit a few facts and figures. By law all county treasurers are required, when there are no county funds on hand with which to pay county orders, to protest them, after which they draw interest until paid, the interest all the time augmenting the county indebtedness. Orders thus protested must either be held by the persons to whom they were issued, for an indefinite time, or placed upon the market and sold at such discount as circumstances shall make it necessary for them to submit to. As a matter of course when this is the case all persons performing services, or furnishing goods for the county, add to their bills not only the probable - amount of discount, but enough more to make them secure in any contingency. Thus the county pays the sacs of the order sooner or later, together with the interest, the discount and a larg e margin besides for contingencies. It is also made the duty of the treasurer, to give notice by publication, whenever there may be county funds on hand, that all orders issued prior to the date up to which the amount on hand will pay, will be redeemed on presentation, after which notice all interest thereon will cease. At the annual settlement in June, 1873, it was found that the state of our county finances would warrant the Treasurer in giving notice that all outstanding orders issued prior to June Is#, 1873, would be redeemed on presentation, which was done. This left the orders issued in June to go to protest and to be thrown upon the market at a large discount, there being no county funds with which to redeem them. Had the County Treasurer done no more than required by law , be would from collection made have have been enabled to advertise from time to time, that he would redeem the oldest outstanding orders, but canid not have commenced

paying aU, as presented, before April Ist, 1874. It would therefore have been necessary to protest all orders issued up to that time, the county paying the interest and discount thereon. But for the benefit of the comity at large and of the persons holding orders, our Treasurer. L. C. Janes—one of the “Ring,” (see Union of any date since its Ed. undertook to set up things for a County Office,) —resolved in August, 1873, ta pay utt orders, as presented, using therefor other funds, over which he had control, and which he might have placed at interest for his own benefit, and not an order has been protested since that time, Let us see the result. Since the June, 1873, isssned of orders were protested there had been issued np to April Ist, 1874, orders to the amount of $11,440.00. Had these orders been protested, as they must have been but for the voluntary action of the Treasurer we would have paid interest thereon, an average of say four months, making $228.80. The holders to realize on them must sell at a discount of about 10 per cent, making $1,144.00. In addition it is safe to say that there would have been added to the bills against the county on which the orders were issued, an average of not less than 5 per cent., $572.00. Then there was the interest saved on $5,183.93 issued in June, 1873, and protested, and which were paid in advance of county funds for that purpose, say on the average four months, making $103.67. — Making a total saving of $2,048.47. Over $2,000.00 saved to the county and the holders of orders by the voluntary action of our Treasurer,whereas he could have saved himself quite a nice sum by the use of the money for his own benefit, which he had a perfect legal right to do; We think a continuance'of such “mismanagement” will be very acceptable.

The “Independent” Movement.

It has been well said that the so called independent movement, in Jasper county, was “Conceived in iniquity and brought forth in sin.” Many honest men were at first so far deluded as to think good might come of it. But such men were ignorant of its first conception, and have very generally upon becoming enlightened in the matter turned from “the unclean thing.” Good and true men, who saw from the beginning the insincerity of the “movement,” were very slow to take a position that might be construed into opposition to the farming community who had combined and organized upon promulgated principles which no good person—no wed-wisher to humanity, could for a moment oppose. And on the principle that give the devil rope enough and he will hang himself, the manipulators of the movement have been suffered for a long season to show their character by their works. It is said a workman is judged by his chips—what then can be the judgement upon these workmen? The first of their works was for a few office seekers to combine in a general grab for the offices. They saw no hope from the Republican par'y, for those of the seekers who were not open and avowed D< mocrats and opposed to the gove nment in the greatest struggle it has been called to passthrough, were men of whom the Republican paity had been made to feel ashamed for their unprincipled greed for office and intolerable egotistic derail e to figure as leaders and controllers of party action. They saw no hope from the Democrats, for they had been a hopeless m niorty for Lo! these many years. There was, then, but one course to pursue,— The dominant party must be destroyed or their ambi’ion could not be satisfied. How could this be accomplished ? They thought there was a chance for its accomplishment by getting the “Grange” power pitted against it. The power that had come into existence in part for the over-throw of monopolies, must be saddled and riden and made to believe ttat the Republican party was a “monopoly” and responsible for all the corners in wheat in Chicago, and gold on Wall street, together with all the selfish and corrupt combinations that are formed by men of all parties and no principle except the one principle of extortion combinations for the purpose of bribing legislators and every other dishonest thing by which they can possess themselves of the hard earned wealth of the “Sobs of toil.” So they, these office seekers, joined the Patrons of Husbandry. Then commenced a Beries of abusesof both the old parties—the Republicans as a matter of course, and the Democrats for the appearance of consistency. They “inteviewed” prominent Republicans and especially those who were in office and whose reputation was so unsullied that it was perhaps impossible to displace them, and sought to attach them to the movement.— This was to give tbe movement weight and influence. Failing to get the co-operation of the officers who had been elected by the Republicans,uponßpublican prineip'es, and in the light of a glorious ten years Republican record, they turned their batteries of calumny and misrepresentation upon the Republican party in general and by innuendoes and covert thrusts, at those officers in particular Laying their plans with care and calculating their chances for success with nicety, they first announced in the Central Association of Patrons of Husbandry, that at their next meeting they were to consider the propriety of putting a separate ticket in the field. In the mean-time resolutions and platitudes were prepared by the originators of the “movement” the arangements “cut and dried” for the occasion and the time came around for the meeting. A respectable number met and a guard being placed at the door, measures for “the people” to support were discussed and the result was a failure to inaugurate a people’s movement; but after the opponents of the movement had retired from the| house in considerable numbers, the action of the association was reconsidered, and it was determined to put an independent ticket in the field. Fifteen persons took sufficient interest in the subject to speak upon it, and eight of these became •‘independent” or “people’s” candidates for office. But how should they get the people to support them ? Only one road lay open to them. There was no Republican paper in the county to expose any representations they might make through their “organ” and hence they made it the smut-machine to do the dirty work of vilifying and misrepresenting the present incumbents of the county offices, denouncing as a “Ring” “Clique,” “Court House Ring,” “Court House Clique” and “Ring-master” etc., etc,, men who, in public or private life, politically, religiously, socially, morally or in business capability and hon- sty have no superiors in tho county. They depended upon deluding and mis-leading the people by fraudulent statements and deceitful innuendoes ; by charges that were trumped up for the occasion and which they themselves had no faith in, to support them in putting down “corruption.” They relied upon the same sort of strategy to ma«e this appear to be what they christened the bastard, a “people’s” movement At the next meeting of the Central Association these Moses-es tried to get the nominations of candidates on this mongrel ticket effected while their guard was at the door to keep out the “people” who were to ratify these nominations at their primary election.—This was so palpably thin that those possessed of com-

nw i-sanse, whom “th god’ ” had not yet •‘made mad,” oppa-ei and ridiculed it till the idea was abandoned. The primary election came off and u, dear ! some body else got the-ni <minations. It was a bitter pill but those naughty Republicans must be punished for not being oorrupt, and nauseous us was this dose it most be gulped, and so these originators of the “people’s movement” that was to lift them into the offices they so coveted, must support and help on, in this same loir, Scheming, vilifying. scandalizing w«y, the “movement” to put men whom the “people” prefer rdh to trust, into said offices. If the pople of Jasper county can be captivated by so palpably corrupt, insincere and unprincipled a fiasco as this se called "people’s movement,” then has the “schoolmaster been abroad” in vain, and may look for a repetition in our own midst, of the history of the reform movements that resulted in the stupendous frauds and speculations that curs, d the city of New York and other places and disgraced the 16th century. As when thieves makes a haul it is an old practice with them to get terribly excited and earnest in the pursuit of some supposed thief and yelling “stop thief’ at the tops of their voices excite the multitude to pursue a phantom while they escape with their booty. So these “movement” originators endeavored by humbuggery and immitigated deception to steal from the people the offices which they well knew they could get in no other way. It whs the desperate remedy for a desperate caso. They have staked their all in Hie contest— we shall see who is deluded— the “people,” or the office, . hunters.

A Democratic Editor’s Discovery.

The Rensselaer Union, a Democratic paper published in Jasper county, Ind., has this to say about the Intb Ocean and its management: If. we are not mistaken, the managing editor of the Inter-Ocean was at one time a carpet-bag member of Congress from a Virginia district. By the term “carpetbag,” we mean that he was down in that region directly after the war closed, and by some hocus-pocus obtained a certificate of election during the time of transition from rebellion to reconstruction. He was properly a citizen ot another State, where the people held entirely different views upon poiitic.il questions even the most tiivial ; he did not reflect the -feelings of the people whom he assumed te represent; was not of .hem, did not understand them, could not sympathize with them, did. not have .their continence, and was not a representative man. Of course, after political disabilities were removed from the people, and they were permitted to choose tor themselves, this man could no longer be sent to Congress from that district, and, having no interest there, his trade being gofie, he was compelled either to work, to leave, or to starve. He chose to leave; and now the oolumns of his paper are filled with intense, proscriptive, partisan illiberally. In yesterday’s Inter-Ocean we discussed this question of carpet-baggefs, and showed who and what a carpet-bagger is. We said that Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster and Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen A. Douglas were carpet-baggers, and we need hardly remark that the editor of the Inter-Ocean would feel very well satisfied to stand iu their company. Notwithstanding this, the Rensselaer Cation is mistaken, as the editors of Democratic papers usually are. The managing editor of the Inter-Ocean was not “down in that region directly after the war closed.” He did not “by some hocuspocus obtain a certificate of election during the time of transition from rebellion to reconstruction.” He did not assume to represent the people of Virginia while “properly a citizen of another State.” He did not pretend to reflect the feelings of the people there while he “did not understand them, could not sympathize with them, did not have their confidence, and was not a representative man.” He did not leave there because his trade was gone; nor because he was compelled to work or starve.— He did not leave Virginia, and, to save himself from starvation, come up to Chicago ai d start the Inter-Ocean to avoid work. The managing editor was never a carpet-bag member of Congress from Virginia. No editor of the Inter-Ocean was ever a oar-pet-bag membor of Congress from Virginia, nor from Kentucky, nor from Lousiana, nor from any other Southern State. There never was a carpet-bag member of Congress from Virginia having even the surname of the editor of this paper. There never was a member of Congress 6f any kind from Viiginia of that name, and, finally, there never was a member 6f Congress from any Southern State of that name. We do not know how reliable the Rensselaer Union may be ordinarily, but if this editoral is to be taken as a sample, we should say that there is room for it to grow considerably in veracity !—Chicago InterOcean.

Sabbath School Convention

The friends of Sabbath Schools in Jasper county will hold a Mass Convention, at Rensselaer, Oct. 20th, and 21st, Wm. H. Levering, of LaFayette, is expected to be present to conduct the Convention, and aid in the organization of a County S. 8. Union. All the Schools" in the county are invited to co-oporato. School Officers and Teachers are especially requested to be present.— Superintendents or School Secretaries are requested to report their purpose to co-op-erate by letter to the undersigned commitee, by whom programmes and further particulars will be furnished as the time approaches. Remington, Ind., Sep. 16, W. B. Hendryx, ") Vi. H. Sraw, [■ Committee. G. B. Chapfell. j

ANNOUNCEMENTS. Simon P. Thompson is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney. Ezra L. Clark is a candidate'for Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court. Please announce the name of Henry S. Travis as a candidate for Prosecutor of 30th Judicial Circuit. Lewis L. Daugherty will be a candidate for reelection to the office of Sheriff of Jasper county, subject to the decision of the people at the coming October Election. Editor Journal. —Please announce the nameof Ira W. Yeoman as a candidate for the office of Circuit Prosecutor for the 3<?tb Judicial Circuit of Ind., subject to the decision of the people at the next general election. To the Voters of Jasper County. I respectfully offer myself as a Candidate for re-election[to the office of County Treasures subject to your decision at the ensuing October election. L. C. Janes. Frank W. Babcock is a candidate for reelection to the office of County Auditor of Jasper county. Editor Remington Joubnai, Please announce the uam of Harvey W. Wood as a candidate for reeloction to the office of County Recorder.

, MB*HIE HIE STORE! HARDING & WILLEY, Would say that they are ready at all times to wait on their customers. They keep Constantly on hand a good and fresh suply of Druggs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, And Dye Stuffs. THEY KEEP A GOOD SUPPLY OF SCHOOL BOOKS, PAPER, ENVELOPS, PENCILS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY Ac. ALSO, ALL THE POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES OF THE DAY. Physicians Prescriptions CAREFULLY prepared. We are ready at all times to see our FBftSJVDSi.

We Mean Bmsness for the Year 1874! WE wish to call your attention to our Stock of Saddlery. We have the largest and most complete Stock of Saudlery Ware ever kppt in this county, ronsistiig of SADDLES OF ALL THE LAT. ST IMPROVEMENTS. Long and Short Tug Harness, Horse and Mule Collars, Swetny Collars made on purpose for horses having lumps on the sides of their necks. Plow and Stage Hames lor Horses, Short Hames on purpose for Mules and Small Horses, — TRACE CHAINS, HALTER CHAINS, TEAM, ’ WAGON AND BUGGY WHIPS, &c., &c., &c. Together with a Large Stock of Oak tanned leather and Saddlery Hardware Of all kinds, all of which WE will Sell Lower than any other Shop in this or adjoining Counties, Grangers or any Other Men for CASH, We have been over EIGHTEEN YEARS in the COUNTY, and sold over 350 sets of light and heavy Harness in the lost TWO YEARS. It is our intention to make this our permanent home; and wish to deal fairly with our customers, that we may always have their trade. WE WARRANT OUR WORK TO WEAR WELL, AND NOT TO RIP OR GIVE WAY WITH FAIR USAGE. WE also Save for sale the Singer Sewing Machine and fixings. Also, Home, Grover & Baker and Common Sense needles, and Machine Oils. Respectfully Yours, Wm. 11. & C. RHOADES, Manufacturers, Rensselaer, Ind.

4.- 101IVI FACT! No Ma tter Who the other Man is, BUT, WILLEY & SIGLER, THANKFUL for pst favors, and content with the Reward of Merit Can be found at their old Stand in the Post-Office BUILDING, with the LAi&GESI • ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, GROERIES - YANKEE NOTIONS, dc., t£c>, Ac. In fact Every thing that, can be found in a well Selected stock of General Merchandise Ever offered to the Public in this Market. All of which they do SELL the LARGEST AMOUNT for the LE AST MONEY of any firm iu TOWN. Don't pass Them by in search of something new. Square Dealing is their Motto. CALL AND SEE THEIR GOODS BEFORE BUYING-

i MO. 1006. New Goons at the Pioneer Store of F. J. SEARS & CO., DEALERS IN STAPLE # FANCY Dr xr Goods, Boots d Shoes, Groceries, Clothing, Ac. All Goods Cheap For CASH. Call and be Satisfied of the FACT. Rensselaer, - - Ind. f HOPKINS’ CORNER! ' m mi STRICT attention to business & have not a fortune yet; nor have I “Busted” yet. To avoid the “Bust” I only buy what GOODS My money will pay for at the time of purchase. / FIVES PER CENT. PROFIT. I pay »o rents. Pay no Clerks, and what is better for all parlies, SELL FOR CASH OR ITS EQUIVALENTLudd Hopkins.

Brand Display of Hew DRY GOODS, AT THE OLD RELIABLE CHEAP CASH STORE, IN THE STONE BUILDING. Has just received for the coming saassa a full Hue of ALPACAS, BLACK MOHAIRS, BLACK CASSIMERES, BROWN & BLACK MUSLINS, TABLE LINEN, TOWELS &o. Also, a frill line of Ready Hade Clothing-, and Boots and Shoes; A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF WINTER SHAWLS, AND LADIES FURNISHING GOODS. Gall and Examine Stock Before purchasing. R. FENDIG. nl 3ra. Headquarters, in Rensselaer, FOR BUILDERS’ HARDWARE MECHANICS TOOLS, CUTLERY .TINWARE, STOVES, NAILS, &c., &c., &c., at the “LIBERAL"CORNER." Our stock will be found|to embraco almost every conceivable article in the Hardware line. We also have a TINT SHOP in •connection with our establishment, and are prepared to do all kinds of CUSTOM WORM, and REPAIRING on SHORT &OTICE. On Front street, nor th of “Liberal Corners ice have a W-I GON A CARRIAGE Manufactory and Black* smith Shop, Strict Attention Paid to Custom Work. Wagons & Carriages Made to Order. WE guarantee all goods AS represented, and to give entire satisfaction. REMEMBER THE PLACE, and GIVE US A Call. Norman Warner.

George F. Daugherty’s, LATCH .STRING IS ALWAYS OUT, And he would be glad at all times to see his old friords and patrons and every body else who want Cheap Groceries and FAMILY SUPPLIES, At His New Rooms Next Door to the City Bakery; Besides a full line of Staple Groceries, he keeps constantly on hand a good line es Queensware, Glassware, Spices and Flavoring Extracts, Catsups and Pepper Sauoe, Baking Powder, Canned Fruits, Starch, Indigo, Stove Blacking, Ground Cinnamon and Matches, etc., etc., etc. Besides, the best quality of Tobacco and Cigars,'Nuts. Candies and Plain and Fancy Confectioneries, All at astonishingly low PRICES. All kinds of Produce wanted, for which will be paid, the highest MARKET PRICE. Do Not Fail To Give Him A Call. DUVALL’S DAILY HACK CINE AND Livery Stable, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. United States Mail Hacks run daily, except Sundays, between Rensselaer and Francesvillc. Making connections at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad, and conveying passengers and freight each way. Extra teams sent at any time on application.— Goods or money shipped by express to any part of tha United States. Livery Teams, "With or without drivers, furnished on. application. Stock boarded by the day or week. Office and stable on Front street, above Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana. J.AY. Duvall.