Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1885 — The Temperance Society. [ARTICLE]

The Temperance Society.

The venerable and very popular postmaster at Remington, Mr. G. B. Clark, was summarily removed from his office last week, and W. A. TraUgh, a bourbon Democrat appointed in his place. Mr. Clark is an old mah, a cripple, and is in no sense an “offensive partizan,” and his removal has no possible justification except that a hungry Democrat wanted the place.

Most of the Comet's esteemed cotemporaries observed tire death of Mr. Hendricks by the -ancient and hideous scheme of turning all their rules. It was a graphic illustration of the old maxim, “It’s a podr rule that won’t work- both wavs.” — Lafayette (. om' t. The Republican shares tile <7’3 opinion as to the practice o! turning the column rules, and for that reason did not observe that custom at the times of either Gen. Grant’s nor Mr. Hendricks’ death-

The Democratic administration is doing very effective work in perpetuating and aggravating the hard times. Whenever the revenues of the —governinenl7 exceedthe expenses, the surplus is locked up in the treasury', and that much money withdrawn from circulation. When the expenses exceed the revenue, (as they did last month by several millions of dollars, and are likely to do pretty regularly hereafter, in accordance with universal democratic practice) the interest bearing debt is increased by the amount of the excess of the expen di'tsres. The* paper currency of the country of small denominations is being withdrawn from circulation and destroyed. War is being m .de on the gold and silver cirtificates of deposit, and every means possible adopted to mnjke the people dissatisfied with the silver dollars, to the end that their coinage may be stopped- It is fortunate, indeed, for the country that a Republican Senate still stands in the way of any foolish and ruinous Democratic financial or tariff legislation.

When the Democratic administration came into power they found that the wise and admirable system of raising and collecting revenue, devised by the Republican party, was yielding a large surplus of 75 to 100 millions of dollars. Under ■ the Republican administration, * this surplus was expended m payiug off the bonded debt of the country, thus relieving the people i of a large interest charge annually, ■ and, at the same time, avoiding the ; very injurious policy .of further : contracting the circulating medium Los the country, by increasing, beyond all reasonable ■ limits, the coin reserve in the treasury. The Democratic party never could have had the statesmanship to have’devised so wise and effective a. reve-

! iiue. system , as is now in operation* • nor of so perfect a system of col- ; leeting it; but, having succeeded ■to the Republican system, an.l. i Ivaving retained enough of the honest ' and ejncient Republican clerical force to-still continue the system in still handle, I about as much surplus revenue as I did the Republican administration; i but mark the vastly different use j to which they put .this surplus, j Instead of calling in and paying ! government bonds, thim re--1 ducing the annual interest charge, ' and at the same time returning: ! the money into general circulation.' they have added every dollar of it to the already large enough bal* ance in the Treasury. The Dem-i ocratic Treasurer, Mr. Jordan, has i has, indeed, published juggling! monthly debt statements, purport-] iiig to show that the debt has been

reduced, nearly every month. But his are false and misleading, and, undoubtedly, intended to be so. For the debt has not been reduced by so much as a single dollar since the Democrats went jntopporer.w r er. Not a single bond lifts been pftid', ahd, in _£Aet, the interest-bearing debt is actually greater than it was last March. The coin balance in the Treasury has been increased, large sums of money withdrawn from eirculatio n and the return of prosperous times indefinitely postponed. And all of this in the face of the fact that one of the most-used stock cries of the Democrats, during the last campaign, was that the Republicans -were keeping too much of the mdnev of the country locked up in the ■ Treasury.

The President’s message appears in full upon our inside pages. As will be seen, it is a very lengthy document, and little resembles in that respect, or in literary- styles the plain, brief documents Governor Cleveland used to send to the New York Legislature. The message contains many good suggestions and some that do not strike us as at all good, but in any case talk is cheap and observation .has convinced us that the glittering generalities of a President’s message have but little effect upon the legislation of Congress, or the course of events, generally; George H. Sterling, appointed Port Warden of New York, by -Gov. Hill T -has^a4ieail—shaped- llkea pineapple cheese and ears resembling halves of soup plates • All he knows about Port is the kind that comes in quart bottles with a green seal. It is extremely hard work for the Mugwumps to come up smiling to this kind of bed-fellows, but the straight Democratic press is emitting a roar of triumph over the appointment that is audible even this far out in Indiana. — Lay'/iyette Comet An able and extensive communication from Remington, in regard to the removal of Mr. Clark from the post-office there, and other matters of a political nature, has been received, but owing to its length and the lateness of its reception, we have deferred its publication until next week. It will not then be tdo old to be found very interesting reading. Mr. Vanderbilt did some noble and generous deeds in his life-time, but they were so few. in compari--son with what a man of his immense wealth ought to have done, that the news of Iris sudden death will cause but little sorrow among the people generally.

For some weeks have neglected to report for the Y. P. C. T. U., and have seen no reports of the AV. C, T. U. The latter prganiz'.i ion m >urns the loss ot two of its members, ■ Mrs Henry and ’ J Mrs, Dwiggias. Let us hope onr regrets will follow them to the Sunny Smith, and turn their thoughts thitherward, fnr a time aflea-t. TiielaM session of the \V. C. T. U., Was held at Airs. I)wiggins’ parlors. A spirited i discussion' eoneerninc aggressive and ' progressive temperance work, was in-l-dulged, bv Miss Lydia Dsviggins; and | others. Altogether, the session was I one calculated to, inspira the woman ■ with iresh courage and entlmsiasm. ; After a vote of th inks to out going Qffi- | cers. Mrs. Dwiggius treatbil the Union ito some very .fine apples. After. hand i shakings a'nd gootbbys, we parted"Cpy* i pany, to meet in two weeks ot Mrs, Berry Paris', t’>e no’w President. The Young Peoples’ CL T. U., has i held regular meetings, and carried out a good programnm each occasion. It

I is well ofticered, and in good eoi/d lion. | It is the purpose of ti e managers of : this Union, to establish a regular led < titre bureau, upon which these young i people may draw whenever they want | something in the way of entertainment, tiiat they cannot furnish forthemselves. We call upon this public once more to in behalf of this Union. Open your doors; bid it welcome; and give it all thd encouragement in your power; for it holds your sons and daughters; the flower of the community; and the hope otits future. May the seed sown here be wateced by the tears ana prayers < f all good people,;and God way be safely trusted for the result. Carrie Clark.