Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1880 — For Prosecouting Attorney. [ARTICLE]

For Prosecouting Attorney.

Il 1* explained that the mtWire** thia winter iedoato thrfoelthat so- many of th< pianera are at prvaent eo comparatively near the earth. Thio in the aatrunooaical explanation at leaat. Aw the April election approacher one by one the leading BemocraU and Democratic journal* take their stand in opposition to the State conatitvtienal amendment* and ere Tong the rank and file of that party will be under their leadership. A registry law is a death blow to Democracy, hence their opposition io honest ejections. ‘ Jasper county ia.in the filth census district of Indi tn*. B. P. Walker, nf LaPorte, is district su- | pervisor. Those who want to' be township enumerators should make application to him direct. Cape. N. S. Paul, of LaPbrte, bon been appointed" clerk of the census : enumeration for the cnaCrict, a posi-1 tion which many warm personal ; friends in Jasper county think he! Is highly qualified^ o AHMr. Mat of Crown : Point, was in town this week, lie [ complimented the business men of ( Renss-il|er upon the improvements of list year in buildings. To » re- i porter of this paper he said dial as yet Lake county had not discovered a favorite son who was yearning | To be nominated for Congress by the ! Republicans, and thought lion. S. I P. Thompson stood high in public • estimation in that part of the I district. . | I The elevated railroads in New York city are becoming man traps nnd they will probably hare to pay ! roundly-in damages to injured pas* Mongers. Several suite tor large I amounts-are now pending in whteh > ‘the elevated r-oftds are defendants, , «nd tlie character of the accident i on Saturday morning of last week ' will rather help the plaintiffs.— “Open the throttle and let her slide along,” said the conductor, and , away dashed a train through the . »:4r at the rate of 30 miles an hour, | to jump the track at the first switch i and tumble into the street. Rev. Dr. Smalley, of Pottsville, ■ Pa., says ho never knew of a man 1 who professed repentance on what ; was mistaken for a death bed, but who relapsed into sinful courses on . his recovery. For this reason he believes that no man can prepare • for heaven in an hour, and that after of study he thinks that | the thief who died with Christ was a obri*lian before he cried out, ; “Lord*, remember me.” The life “ here is simply filled out in the hereafter, pursuing the same general j principle through eternity, accord- j ing to Dr. Smalley, whose views on this point are notlhosfe of con-' vebtional orthodoxy. Bob Ingersoll doesn't take- any stock in. “dark horses,” and says of ' ■the coming contest: “There will ' he no dark-horse business this lime. i That, was tried at Cincinnati, and j that style of borsitr has grown re-1 niarkably unpopular. We want a j horse of another color. W«e don’t want to elect a Hayes and then see , what will batch out.” All that' sounds very clever, but perk ape ‘it would be well enough to remember * that Lincoln was a “dark horse” and he proved to be one of the best : men that ever occupied the pres-' idential chair. With Blaine, Grant' and Sherman on the track, there will be but little room for “dark 1 horses’’ this year, and the Repnbli-1 cans will be generally satisfied to i have either man. Dr. Leon Ritchey, of Franklin,' son of Dr. Janies Ritchey, formerly i a resident of thio county, writes to his father that our townsman, Horace E- James, is a favorite with Johnson county Republican* for nomination for Secretary of States - Mr. James has been the recipientqf favorable meation by a large num I bcr of the Republican newspapers of Indian* and by correspondents of the Chicago and Cincinnati papers which circulate largely in the State. ■ Several Democratic papers have-algo made mention of his candidacy, ’many respectfully, some otherwise; none,. however, have assailed hie persoal character or questioned his qualificatiocs to perform the duties of the office in the event of his election. At the present time prospects look flattering for the nomination Mr. James.

Perhaps it ia not g&erilly known that Frank W. Babcock ia a candidate fpr re-ehfectioa to the office of of thia Judicial diatrfcl. We have reason to believe that hie candidacy will be generally approved and that he will be supported not only by every lawabiding citizen of the Republican party but by many of bis political opponents. He has discharged the duties of .his office cavefially, impartially and successfully,and those who favor the suppression of high ■ landed crime generally admire bls 1 nr*e. He is an assiduous worker ' ,•: ..criminal'pleader, never goes noting around for the |

purpose of discovering the crookedness of his neighbors. His friends are and will -work for bi* election, befaring thU so ddhg they wilt serve thejbeet Interest* •fjthe petal '. The Fowler Era says “he fa a candidate for re-election, and has .the iaoido track, and why ahotrid ho nott His official record io good and public necessity demands such men kept in office.”