Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1898 — Page 4

dSSCIfICF veulOCrai Publtahed Every Friday by Shields & Dilley. r -JU. ———- •red at the Post-office at Rensselaer. Ind. iT.- as second class matter. TERMS OF SVBSCiRIPTIOSi I YEAR s!x ® MONTHS ..... - •EE MONTHS 2ScST Payable in Advancejrtlsing rates made known on application P"*„. 1 FICE in the Murray buildig opposite court house.

The County Ticket.

I For County Clerk. [ JOHN F. MAJOR, i ©f Carpenter Township. j For County Auditor. pEORGE O.’ STEMBEL, I of Wheatfield Township. h l For County Treasurer, If ARION I. ADAMS. £ of Marion Township. . K For County Sheriff, WILLIAM C. HUSTON, ■ oi Milroy Township. KFor County Surveyor, KviDE. HARRIOTT, Kof Union Township. lyFor County Coroner, m. P.F. POTHUSJE, SKparpellter Township: jSnk m. hershman. afianssioner 2nd District, PWCHTS STRONG. Fffi . - For UoiigivsH, IN BOSS, County. l<**pri‘s<'iitntivo, H. YEOMAN, ■l Jasper County. tLalftker voted against tin proposi- i zxo nndKthe bill came before) thus going squarely ! jjMrparty and the adnim- ’ ■Rood land Her ahi. ago cash wheat £ago at $1.85. Now' it tdpents with a prospect tower. A month ago friends said the |beipiycre due to republicyl.of protection. Now' say nothing- about it not have to have said supply and dewtilmed the price and "’ghprice of a month UMW- high by a few’ :< W&o wished to make ' '“jAtWpce the deal had wonnie’Dfices had become probably be lowcui>i<slWMMg" •' hanty, “-SELT. ~ w work reW* KAT: connecting (’•ljoss of the gang' this is al., • channel <r® the C, D council whose fc&on of the room Texas. |O 2 liayeS to AC *jt house for the Notifies Syjjiiired” and richThe u,en,i ’ ers - formation^?November elecdoatingo’’^^OGS fight lhe - V in possess!) room for a Counties him (lie M boss «< t Admiral ” the gutters An°ffieiftf£ house square nda indica. . 1 worse. Aik He said they within not cost the General At. in the citagJfc from eommOfc •• been v, nas slot • There the bills the CubanW lentil after the Cardenas. soldiers of hi. considerabler rat the around , The CnlaW he pf< l ''- . numbers Qhiztim or L 2±Salleck. Well. are “'/quiet these hot C ,-fe may apeak in cannot njis- . be r *• wll * X ’’Tfyf to say

whether they want men to go on th reckless and extravagant expenditures in the future as has been done in the past four years. The county commissioners paid thousands of dollars too much for the court house, furniture, &c. The city council paid too much for the water works by several thousand dollars. The same gang" controls both, the same man is “boss” of all. He has certainly spent more money than he ever earned and whatever he suggests, must be done, or they are ’’old fogies” and ! cranks or d n fools or whatever epithet he wishes to‘apply. The people who work and earn their property by the sweat of theif faces do not want extravagance and profligacy to prevail instead of economy in all public affairs.

The Republican, Journal and Sentinel have never dared to raise their voices against this gang because they were afraid they would loose patronage. Let the people be ready with with their silent ballots to say who shall run the county finances for some time to come. Many Republicans.

War and Bonds.

This seems to be a war more in the interest of capital than in the interest of humanity. There was a rush made to secure the issuance of national bonds when there was no necessity existing for their issue. We are at war with a nation that has neither power, credit or money. Fully one third of the population of Spain and her teritorial depenpendences are in revolt or open rebellion and the downfall of the government is daily expected. As far as the finances are concerned the authorities are acting as if we had a war on our hands likely to prove more costly than the rebellion. Now the conditions are different. In 1861 we had a bankrupt treasury and it was I

easily foreseen that the government had a war on its hand which would prove to be one of the greatest of history. In February 1861 a bond issue of $25,000,000 was authorized but only $18,000,000 were issued and used, while in July of the same year $250,000,000 were authorized to be issued but none of them were sold until the next year when $45,000,000 of them were sold and in 1863 $76,000,000 more and the balance were not all disposed of until 1865.

When the present war was declared in April, our national treasury contained $70(1,00(6000 in various kinds of money, yet within 60 days the government has authorized the issuance and sale of $400,000,000 in bonds and in the face of the fact that one single state could raise, arm and equip enough men to drive every Spaniard from the West Indies. The total bonded debt created during the rebellion was .$1,058,733,251 vet within 60 dajs after war has been declared nearly one

half of that amount has been issued to satisfy the men who want to buy bonds, and at a time when there is do necessity for the issue of a single dollar.

It begins to look as though the war in the interest of humanity is to be changed to a war in the interest of the bond holder and that the starving Cuban had been lost sight of irt tile scramble to fasten another large bonded debt upon the people.

Taxes and Bonds.

Under the provision £» f the new revenue law, taxes are imposed not only on products but on certain kinds of bUstncifS. Bankers, brokers of various sorts, pawnbrokers, theaters and places of amusements getldfdMf fill, taxed,Ain varying amounts. NoW taxes are imposed on tobacco, cigars and cigar?t&a.- Insurance companies, whether life, fire, accident Of marine, are all taxed, as are most legal and co{jjmercja| documents and all tickets from the United bfares'to foreign

ports. Other taxes are those on patent medicines, perfumery, chewing gum, wines, beer and ale, mixed flour and tea, the last tax being 10 cents a pound. Besides the tobocco tax already referred to there is a tax on dealers in, and manufacturers of tobacco running from $6 to $24 a year. An inheritance tax is provided for, and also a tax on the refiners of sugar a.d petroleum. Beer is taxed at $2 a barrel.

Telegraph messages and most legal and commercial instruments, including bonds and debentures, agreements to sell; checks, drafts, certificates of deposits, bill of lading, deeds and mortgages, must pay a stamp tax. These are in briefest outline the new taxes provided for by the new law. It further provides that the secretary of the treasury may borrow money at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent. Interest, in “such sums as in his judgment may be necessary to meet public expenditures,” and to issue therefor certificates of indebtedness in denominations of SSO or some multiple thereof. The issue is limited to $100,000,000 and the certificates are made payable in one year from the date of issue.

The bond provision is retained, the two houses having compromised on the amount of the issue which is $400,000,000, if so much shall be needed. The proceeds are to be used exclusively for war purposes. The bonds are to be issued in denominations as low ass2o, are payable in coin, and are redeemable at the pleasure of the government after ten years, falling due in twenty years. They will bear 3 per cent interest.

Joe Pefley of Fowler, formerly of Remington, attended the congressional convention last Saturday. Mr. Pefley is tin 1 secretary of the Democratic committee of Benton county and the democrats of that county say that he has done more to perfect a solid organization of the party in their county than any secretary they have had in many years. They, are looking forward to the election of the Democratic ticket in that county at the November election.

Election Inspectors.

The following is the list of inspectors for the November election: Hanging Grove, Robt. S. Drake j trustee. Gillam, A. W. Prevo, trustee. Walker, John F. Pettit, trustee. | Barkley, east precinct, S. R. Nichols, trustee. Barkley, west precinct, William Daniels, appointed. Marion Ist. J. N. Leatherman. “ 2nd, J. F. Warren, | “ 3rd, Harvey W. Wood. 4th, Thomas Thompson. | All appointed. Jordan. Marcus W. Reed, trus- ■ tee. Newton. Andrew J. Freeland, : trustee. ! Keener. Cornelius Bierma, trustee. | Kankakee, J. C. Kaupke trustee. ! r Wheatfield, Albert S. Keene, trustee. Carpenter west, John A. Lamborn. trustee. east, Chas. Denham, appointed. Carpenter south, A. J- Bellows, J appointed. Unßm feoutb, B, D. Comer, trustee/ Union north, Charlee Gundy, appointed. Milroy, G. W. Castor, trustee.

Dr. J. W. Horton.

Graduate of the Haskell School of prosthetic denis try, is established in tlte ne\< brick, first door west of pout office/ All operations performed according to the latent Methods; atteilt’on given to tue tfxtrftctioii of teeth by the uS* of apspsthetics.

' I will filial) pasture for your cows. Pasture insi4e ce;’i)oration, S-3t. 4.NDKEW Kopp.

Two Conventions.

ROSS FOR CONGRESSMAN. Representative-Yeoman. The Democratic conventions * were held at Ellis’ Opera House! in this city last Saturday. 1 The attendance was not as large ; as had been expected. The fact! that the convention was held on I Saturday no doubt accounted in a measure for the small attendance from some of the counties as many merchants will not leave their business on that day of the ■ week. Business men are gener- ‘ ally appointed as delegates to the ) district convention and Saturday, is always their busy day. The convention was called to! order by district chairman, Edwin J. Forrest. Wm. Blackstock of Lafayette, was elected chairman and E. Swaim, of the Hammond News as secretary and all the democratic editors of the district as assistant secretaries The various committees made their reports which were adopted. The report of the committee on resolutions will be published in full in our next issue. The roll of counties were called for candidates and Lake county presented the name of : Judge Ibach; Newton, Patrick Keefe; Porter, A. J. Bozarth and | Tippecanoe, the name of John I Ross. The first ballot which ■ was informal resulted as follows: Ibach. 52 Keefe, 47 Bozarth, 39 Ross, 81 McCabe, 2

The third baliot resulted in the nomination of Ross. The ballats were as follows: Ist 2nd 3rd Ibach - 32 22 15 Keefe 69 S 3 84 Bozarth 25 20 Ross 94 95 121

Before the result of the last ballot was announced, Mr. Keefe in a neat little speech which was seconded by Mr. Bozarth, moved to make the nomination of Mr. Ross unanimous which was unanimously adopted. Mr. Ross, the nominee, is a grain merchant of Lafayette, and a farmer. He is the first thorough business man that has ever been nominated for

cohgress by any party in this district. Mr. Ross was for manyyears a farmer in Benton county. After the adjournment of the congressional convention, the convention to nominate a Joint-Rep-resentative was called to order by Editor Swaim of the Hammond News who on motion was made the chairman, with J. C. Reynolds of this city, as secretary. Only one name was presented to the convention, that of David H. Yeoman of Rensselaer, who was nominated by acclamation. Both of the candidates arc honest, capable men and will truly represent the interests of the people of their respective districts if elected.

Judicial Convention.

The Democrats of the 30th Judicial district will meet in delegate convention at Goodland, Indiana, on Friday, July 22, 1898, at 14)0 o’clock, p. m. and nominate a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney to be voted for at the November election, 2898. The apportionment will be one delegate for each 100 votesand fraction over 50 votes cast for B. F. Shively, for Governor, in 1896. Jasper county will be entitled to 14 delegates. Dawson Smith, Chin. Benton Co. D. W. Shields, Chin. Jasper Co. W. D. Martin, Chm, Nekton Co.

i AtiveHhi&i —Miss Cora Cloer, Mr. Nelson Majderboh, Mr. Leman Yensen, Mr. WJuues, Mr. Willie Carter. G HOWNSON, P. M.

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The Menieus Lenses. The particular advantage these Menicus lenses possess are that they give much more correct secondary axes and when adjusted to the. eye yield more perfect vision through the periphery of the lens, rendering the field of vision much larger and more distinct. The above is a scientific fact. If vou want a pair of these lenses of the best material in the world, correctly adjusted to your vision, notify, or call on Dr. Chas. Vick, the Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.