Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1886 — Call for a Convention. [ARTICLE]

Call for a Convention.

In (accordance with an order issued by the 4 Indiana Republican State , central committee, a mass convention of the Republican voters of Jasper county is hereby called to meet at the court house, in Rensselaer, at one o’clock p. m., on Saturday, January 30th, 188 G, at which time the following business will be transacted: 1. There shall be elected one delegate W each voting precinct in the county, and one alternate, who shall be delegates and alternates to a district convention to be held at Logansport -on Thurs* day, February 11th, 1886. 2. There shall be elected the Republican county committee, to succeed the present county committee. ‘3. There shall be transacted such other county political business as may be properly brought before the convention. b By order of the Republican County central committee of Jas per county. , W. A. Rinehart, Chm’n. G. E. Marshall Sec’y. The Remington News claims to have knowledge of the existence of a great deal of talk regarding the establishment of a new Re publican paper, in Rensselaer. . I The Delinquent List makes ns rather late this week. The list is considerably shorter than last year the falling off being principally in towns of Rensselaer and Remmg ton. , f- —? Congressman Owen, of this distiict, was made a rnembei of two comm ttecs, by Speaker Carlisle, the committee on public building-, and one of thp military comm ttees It is stated that a place on the committee of public buildings was just what he most desired, as it gives him a good opportunity to look after the proposed new government building at Logansport.

The article in the last Sentinel signed “Cntic”~ls wortliy of notice only as it. reveals to what paltry me ins and flimsy pretexts its author will stoop in order to vent his malice against the eflitor of this paper, in the absence of any reasonable grounds for attacking; us. Certain facts have, revealed to us, pretty clearly, the identity of “Critic” and to him we will say that \re have never professed to be exelnpt from" tiler common hunran iiabilicy to make mistakes. In conducting our paper, for instance, we sometimes omit certain matters which we meant to Have inserted, aud we also, sometimes, fail to notice ouLSsious our , compositors iietpptm ttr make. We sometimes make slips of the pen, too, and it should no more be thought deserving of criticism if, in a news item, we should happen to write “Auditor,” when we should have said Treasurer” than “Critic” should be if (to suppose a case) he should write “Directors,” where “Stockholders” was required, in &,cailfoi an important meeting of the governing body of an agricultural Society In fact the latter case Would bg much more:deserving of censure, fro mill e reason that, in legal notices of that character, it is 'Very important that no serious mistakes should occur. Moreover we may say to “Critic” that the mistakes we sometimes make in our news items are unintentional and cause no one . any loss. We have heard, however*and doubtless “Critic” can recall something similar, where most glaring intentional mistakes have been made, whereby a man, in violation of his solemn oat h, hnd of the express laws of the state, has devoted large sums of public money to his own use. We have known of mistakes of this kind which cost relatives thousands of dollars to rectify, and which kept for years, from the public sshootsof a certain county, large sums of which to them belonged It is against this kind of mistakes that “Critic” should turn his attention in the future.

The Hoh. John Sherman was re-elected to the Senate by the Ohio Legislature yesterday, by a vote of 84 for him, to 62 for J udge Thurman. Good enough! W; B. Payne, of Wabash, is in town canvassing for “The World,B Encyclopedia of Wondqrs and Curiosities.” It strike.- us as a very valuable and interesting work. In addition to certain remarks in regard to “Critic,” published in another place, we would call the especial attention of that very exacting and correct individual to the fact that the Secretary of the Jasper County Agricultural Society, Mr. E. C. Nowels, last week published, in both the county papers, a call for a meeting of the “Directors” of the Society, when it was a meeting ofThe Stockholders that should have been called. Considering the almost certain identity of “Critic,” it is important that he should give this matter serious reflection.