Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1885 — Page 4

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The G. 0: R. F. is in a right healthful condition in Rensselaer, and don’t you forget it. The prospects for a war between Russia and England have greatly diminished, and it is now quite probable that the matter in dispute will be submitted to arbitration. Harper’s Weekly still tries hard to make a good face over Cleveland, but does not attempt to conceal its contempt for Tom Hendricks, the narrow minded office grabber . In the last issue of*the Weekly is a cartoon by Nast, labeled “Too office- ious,” representing Hendricks; in the character of a small boy, crawling up the back side of the presidential chair, with the vice-presidential seat still attached to his person. Cleveland stands beside his chair and remarks to the meddlesome Tommy: “Little boy, don't fool with th tit chair; you have one of your own.”

It begins'to look like the defeat of the Republican party last fall was worth more to it than a victory. For years the opposition had been declaring that Republican office holders were in the main corrupt and that a change of administration would find every department of the government reeking with corruption. But a month and a half of Democratic rule has failed to disclose Republican corruption, and has rung from leading Democrats the acknowledgment that tlje system, economy and accuracy of Republican management has been truly Wonderful. The Republican party is vindicated, and in 1888, the people will hasten to place it in {power again.— Ph/wMth Repnl,Hcpn. >;■ . . .

A brief article in regard to the Wartner case, in the Journal o? yesterday sSiys, that the Governor will not decide on it, until the end of the. week. It expresses the opinion that unless the Governor commutes the sentence, the Supreme Court, which does not meet until the 12th, will reverse the case, and Order a new trial, on the grounds that section 1821 of the Revised Statute? which reads: “The defendant and Prosecuting Attorney * * * may submit the trial to the Court, except in Capital Cases;” requires that the Case rhould have been decided by a jury. This 1 ; of course, is onlf the opinion of the writer, and mi the other hand, iff defense of the power of the Court to sentence in cases I where the plea of guilty is entered, section 1767 may, perhaps' be properlj 7 quoted’ The section says: "If the accused plead guilty, such plea shall be entered on the minutes, and he shall then be sentenced.” The statute is genera-’ for all criminal trials, and makes ho exceptions for pleas of murder. I nder its provisions it seems Clear so bs that Judge Ward was Clearly bound to pass sentence in she Wartner case. The Rwlelq, de fdbnteray makes known a discovery that calls to mind the pieJicticn of Nost.adamus that the .World would come to an end in 18 G. ’ffaere was recently fbund in thechnrclyf Ofeervel, in the diocese of Trivera, Mexico, a stdne up‘6n which is ad in 4cription to tub effect that the destruction of the world' will take place in tlw year when the Passover occurs on St Mark’s day, Pentecost on St. Anthony's lay, and Corpus Christi on St. John’.lay. All ISjW ttjJl happchjjin the year

A COMPLETE SCOOP

The Result of the Town Elec* tlon.The excellent ticket nominated by the Republicans of Rensselaer at their mass convention last Saturday evening, was elected, without exception, last Monday. The Democratic ticket was also exceptionally good, individually, and the result was that there was less scratching, perhaps, than usual at a town election. There was no Democratic candidate for Town Marshal, and the average majorities'for the Republican candidates for three Councilmen, a Treasurer and a Clerk, was 79. Last year the average Republican majority ■for two Councilmen, a Treasurer and a Clerk, was 52; a very encouraging gain for the Republicans. The following is the - vote in detail: Trustee—3rd District; E. L: Clark, Rep. 159 M. Eger, Dem 85 G. Havens, Pro Y . t ... .10 Rep .Pin..... 74 Trustee —4th District. A. W. Cleveland, Rep 147 G, H. Brown, Dem 101 N. Warner, Ito 12 Rep. Plu .........46 Trustee- -sth District. T. J. McCoy, Rep 170 J. Chaihberlaiu, Dem 74 S. A. Henry, Pro 11 Rep. Plu ....96 Clerk. ValSeib, Jtep 179“ J. H. Jessen, Dom . . ..73 R. P. Benjamin, Pro... 8 Rep. Pin. . .106 Treasurer. T. J. Farden, Rep 173 L. Hopkins, Dem.... ...... ... .78 Berry Paris, Pr 0..... .: •• - 9 Rep. Pin ............. .• • ■ ••• •95 Marshal. J. Q. Alter, Rep 130 Chas. Platt, Ind 121 Holdridge Clark, Pro 5 Rep. Plu 9

The Republican Convention, last Saturday night, was one of the best, and most harmonious that has been held for a great while, Tne convention was called to order and B. F. Ferguson elected president, W. B. Austin, secretary and Messrs. T. J. McCoy and J. F. Warren tellers. The names of E. L. Clark and E. D. Rhoades were, proposed for Councilman for the 3rd district, and Mi*. Clark was nominated by a good majority. The names of A. W". Cleveland, N. Warner and Wm. Greenfield were proposed for the 4th district and Mr. Cleveland was nominated on the first ballot, by a large majority. The names of T. J. McCoy and N. V. Cleaver were proposed for the sth district, this was more closely contested, and Mr. McCoy received the nomination by a small majority. . The name of T. J. Farden was proposed as To’wn Treasurer, and when the vote was taken all voted “aye” at least when the negative was called for nobody said “no”. The same unanimous consent; nominated Yal Seib as Town Clerk. The names of John Q. Alter, W. H. Saylef, H. Clark, Lyman Zea and Lieifry Wood, were announced as'candidates for Town Marshal. Before the first ballot was taken, Mr. Zea withdrew his name; upon this ballot there was no choice. On the second ballot Mr. Alter received a majority of the votes and was declared the nominee •/ the convention, upon which the convention adjourned.

Deacon Staley's Sore Tribulations.

Monticello Herald; Thnt truly tro'd man. Deacon Shiley, cf the brankloit Crescent is bowel . down under n great, c nbarras-m.-ent. He ho inre-1 .(hlunilm. O. with hi« distinguMw?d p'tjw-tc" iw-lirj ia-?, week, and while luirri d'.v m-iking !vs way to the train, with arm* ukttnbo, I e unconsciously in’er'ed' I with a passing celncl lady. The iat. ee h-»wle i with rigeaifd i«r pr.ieeiou and S’aley begged io l e excused) but iu vaio. an I final,!y concluded to? get. out. of the scrape by t. king leg tai l with 50 I wome t and c> i'-i-ren ilt l-.tj bee *, ’t. Wis no •! S.’ri'ey w<s arrested, and being trial;! i to identify himse.i or <?>--- ■:j jlish hm innocence was locked up iu ’■ftSfalm hous", wbe e itted iiftli nets d .y. vdieii an acifuijmauec r.adjig an arciutit <•! his arrest in it e mnruiyg p.dice news, visited the L'C». - ..tip and procured his relesst<. .Stnl yis •lot only truly g*»J. but o te of Howie:d tn’s uvoi'e sous, Being ■ menhir ot the 1 tst legblatur.v It is a nJ, rtilying ,ch e .an 1 utir ii>'a?tf It rymptti.ic- me ' ..er :by leader d vui «?ltragdd b»sb< r.

Pleading for a Murderer’s Life.

I Keeneb, Ind., May sth; 1885. Editoli Republican:—ln .a recent issue the Indianapolis jburnul says: Mr. F. W. Babcock, of Rensselaer, was in the city, yesterday, endeavoring .tn. a commutation of the.sentence of VVeibreu Partner, condemned to hang on t]:e loth inst, to life imprisonment. Wa'tner is an ignorant Ge’mah, who located jin Jasper corp ty About a year ago, nnii on the Bth of Irvt October murdered John Dreger iu a most brutal manner, lie • confessed the crime, and was sentenced to hung, i’iie eircum-tanees of the murder and tlip conduct of the condemned . man, have led' many of the citizens of Jasper county to believe that he is not of sound mind, and Mr. Babcock i- therefore endeavoring to have tne sentence commuted to life imprisonment. All of which is true, except a few very important.Wartner is von an ignorant German, but ism Hol lander, who in mental ability, will yank equal to the average of his countrymen, “That he is npt of sound mind”, is something that was never heard of, or even thought of, until after he received the death sentence. If Partner is a “crapk” why did Mr. Babcock, who defended him, advise him toqilead guilty? Why not defend him upon that issue? If his “conduct is Audi that many citizens of Jasper county believe he is.of unsound mind”, his able and eloquent attorney ought to have been able to have convinced twelve good men. that such was the fact. Is it not the ti uth of the matter that the evidence was SO strong and convincing against his client that he d-tred wsubmit his case to a jury, but advised him to plead in hopes that the presiding Judge of ’ this circuit, would allow his official action to be influenced by his private, personal convictions, regarding the infliction of the death penalty? Some other important facts not given the Journal are that no? are single person, man, woman or child, living in thd* morthern part of Jasper county, where the crime was., committed, signed' the petition for commutation of the sentence; and that signers of the petition do not live in this county and me. of them are acquainted with all theyoc/'-, *. which constitute the evidence of his most inexcusable and cold-blooded crime. The accused pleading guilty, andpnly a little of the evidence was submitted to the-court. That the members of the Jasper county bar nearly all signed the petition, was a matter of course. They always do sign everything of that kind; it is a chronic complaint with them; the public long since came to the conclusion that the lawyers are “cranky ”wn criminal matters. Had not the facts concerning the crime been misrepresented, there is no doubt, but, that that slim petition, would have been a good deal thinner than it was. As proof that this is so, 1 again repeat that in the whole of Keener township, where the people knew both the murderer and his victim, and all about the terrible nature of the crime, not one person can be found who weuTd sign the petition. You cannot get around that fact by saying “that the people up there are all blood thirsty and full of vengeance and excited”. The people there are net all ignorant, weakminded and excitable;'on the contrary, their conduct through the whole matter, since the first discovery of the murder, has been characterized by cool, intelligent and most commendable action. Had it been i otherwise and our people were “Kdi: as blood thirsty and vindictive as they are accused of being, Partner’s case would have been settled long ago.

Tne argument used in his behalf, that he was driven to it by his extreme poverty and that his children were suffering for food, is entirely false; and ev\ ry one wl o was present at court, and heard Wartner swear that such was the case, knows that he committed perjury; for it was proven by half a dozen of the best men of Keener, that he was paid money for saw logs, and fish, and that he bought llour, meat and coffee at the store in DeJiotte, all in the forenoon of the very day upon which he did his bloody deed. Aon iiau ii. bicu tru i that his childten were, suit rigg for Ived,- n > one But , v\ artuer wuu:d h»ve been to Kame, j He was a strong able bodied man, but Would ir,t work >r . As lo the 'egii points rawed, rcg.ardi”o Na* tri ii, probably -.iu lawyers wlic much talking; know th -re is notitii.ig.jn them and are t.uiv using tiieni tor>tb j purposo ul infiuo .erg ite (i ivern >r, It there is anytiiir.g n> thyiu, why did They n u t go to the Suj.reu e Dourt wiiff li.em lung ag..? is ’ rhert> i;; should be decided, lift) uiguiucln is. “vhut bec.use the p<> <] guilty, the Judge crubl “‘•t 1 g.iiy s-mcoev h:tu to tne de.th penalty, Lu'; ; h .-u.d h ve c,tlh d a jnn”. deli u t'biff is g».od taw, wiut t,b

khow.it, anil ,if the immortal Blackstone and his many who have adminirtered law in ithe good old days when “hanging was out in Lndiinrt,” were so brfdly off on so plain a point ns that, we cornnion folks rom the Sand Bicges, will of course be excueed httm it.

R. W. MARSHALL.

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