People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1894 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

pledged the Republican party of Jasper county. Has the Republican party of Jasper county so far degenerated that the bosses make the offices to be filled a question simply of barter with a fixed price? Will the honest Republicans of Jasper county submit to do the dancing act to the bosses’ music. Honest effort and true worth to take a back seat because some man must be looked after? Let the Republicans answer at the county convention. Last week’s Republican showed us that three of our county officers are willing to remain at their post, serving the county, even though the fee and salary law requires them to to work for nothing. We have understood that the sheriff has actually had to pay the county for the privilege of living in the jail and feeding prisoners. Our clerk and auditor say they are willing to take their offices for four years more at half the salary they have been receiving. Here arc three men who act from principle, who serve the people not for pay. Talk about the selfishness of man, say every one has his price, but here are three men in Jasper county that love their country, that live only to labor for the public good. They have not been called, ordered, forced or requested to continue this money losing work, but they have voluntarily, yes actually asked to be allowed to still bear the burden and endure the toil of another term. While we rejoice in this exhibition of patriotism and self-denial, we think our county is not needing such sacrifice just at present—we are not willing to ride a free horse to death, if it can be avoided, so we think somebody else should spit on their hands, step up, take hold, and give Coover, Murray and Hanley a rest.

The high “tariffites” always urge as an excuse for a high protective tariff that it is for the benefit of the laborer, yet, not one of them pay one half the amount of the tariff tax on what they produce to their laborers. If Congress should give them a high tariff and then compel them to pay the amount of it to thier laborers, such a howl as has never been heard would go up from MAINE to the GOLDEN GATE. With twenty-five Democratic Legislators in one southern state going over to the Populists in less than a month it looks like that party was getting in a fair way to be “wiped out” again next fall. We hope it will, for one more “wipe,” such as it has been getting, will about rid the south and west.of her two greatest curses. Our “infant” duties, have nearly all sulked because Uncle Sam. having tired of dandleing them on one knee, changed them 'over to the other. If allowed to stand alone awhile, they could most likely get along with a little less parental cate.