Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1886 — Spescial Announcement. [ARTICLE]

Spescial Announcement.

In response to whet we believe to be a general and natural desire upon the part of our Tty any sub; scribers, in botli town and country, to learn the details of the approaching execution of Weibfen W&rtena, as. soon as possible after tlie affair takes place, we have decided to defer the publication of next week’s issue of. The Republican until Friday afternoon. ■ Irish Catholics are at a premium when tlie voting is to be done, but when the post-office are handed round “No Irish need apply.” The Rensselaer bosses eannot even dispose of the post-offices in their own town. The lightest word of Tred Hoover has more potency at Washington*, than all tlie “fine work” the gang can do in six months. Neighbor McEwen lias always j been ready to do any kind oE dirt :at the service of Fred Hoover jand the Rensselaer bosses; and j especially in the line of vilifying 1 political opponents; and now behold how they reward him! There is no merit nor effect m j fire article in last week’s Snilinc! signed “A Republican,” but it is a ihost dirfjV and dishonorable jiiece of busiuess for a pair or dyed-iu-the-wool Democrats to 'concoct) a slanderous and malignant article] and try to palm it oft upon tlie J public as the words of a llepubli-j can. But bur observation lias .shown us that nothing is too base to expect of a democratic poliu- j ciau, in the service of his party. f> | %t*rmmabsma t. The Greenback t Convention, which met in Rensselaer Saturday, Feb...selected a county committee,! for tie year, as follows: j Hanging Grove, Leroy Noian, Mr. Applegure; Barkley, FrankMqore; W healfieid, August Sthiipson:! Union,,) B. W. HaTviugton, R. j Swain; Newbon, Jonathan* Fan-j boast; Morion, \\ . C. Pierce, Wm , Moore, Jas W. Pierce, 0. D. Stack- J house; Jordan, Noah Littlefield,' Howard Burr, W. H. Ricliey: Carpenter, Basil Hunt, John Jordan,! Dr. Patton, Chris •. Hardy, E. E. j Rockwood. This committee Will meet again, in ReiisSelaer, on Sat-1 urday, I'eb., S 7. . «aa»L utiwmjuNurn i'jwow The Republican Convention: held at Logan sport last Tlivrsda}.' for the purpose of electing a mem-' ber of the state central committee for the Tenth congressional district, was attended by Messrs: W.i D, Austin, Mi F. Cbi'coto, 1. DJ Dunn, (t. M. Robinson and Austin Way, from -this county, Every county iu the district was vo<kvsented and the interest and enthusiasm manifested in tiie conventiiiu shows that' the Repuibiicans oif the district are lull of a spirit 1 which uie:>ps victory at the xexv ;election. Three candidates': for commitcocman placed before the cbnvemiou,' Andrew Hail, of , 1 » a. , Ki;i ftand,'Clms. Harley, of Delphi., arid Hr. hi. E. Patti.son, of A\ inamac. 'Dr. Ihdiiveii .was elected on theAhord ballot. W. D. Austin, of R:'nssehv-rya-irodneed the foilcM ing rc-sol na^n, 1 i which was unanimously adoptrd: Resolved, That tliis convention ■ . here'! >y expresses its - unqualifieri contictence in. and approval of the • labors of idem W. T>. Owen-, birr represemdrye in, the ifUti c ngress. ’Lfiai tlw? of Mr. r ONvph t" secure proper recognition or the servicvs ot our s’oldier citizens, is worthy the support of a grutefui people,.;a<4 Diec-ts «u: lie:a ty ap- ; ejirochl. . tU 1 -

*.| • , The office of township assessor is always an important position and requires an able and reliable man to discharge its duties properly; and this year life duties of the plab'e are much more onerous and extensive tlmfi on oi dinary years. In the home forty or forty-five working days in which this year’s assessments must be made, thJfi assessors must Not only take the valuation of all the personal property iii the towmshlp, and take the usual statistics’tmt in addition all the real-estate must this year be assessed, and even this i 3 not allThere must be an enumeiation taken of all ex-soldiers of tire. Rebellion, the Mexicau war, ot any Indian wars. Also of the children, widows and other relations of such, witli their Post-offices, afid various other particulars. Altogether it will be seen that the office of Township Assessor will be anything but a sinecure this year, and it will stand the people of the various townships well in hand to select the very best men that can be had for the position.. Fred Hoover’s lick spittle minions profess to feel a vast and , I righteous indignation, because the i ! Republican published certain ru- ■ mors regarding tlie appointments the former is said to have made; but they have never seemed to think it necessary to take offense over the much more damaging charge, and which we have puh-

lisiiecl, not as a rumor, but as au actual fact, viz: that Mr. Hoover while knowing tlie full wickedness oi those most infamous of measures, the gervymanciering bids of 1885, and while professing Ids intention to vote against them in the state sen'ate, at the very last moment, ahhost, at the command of Senator Yoorliees. violated his word and his sense of justice, and voted for tlie bids. As ttGVhat argument Mr. Yoorliees used to work such ;i quick revolution in Mr. Hoover’s course, we can only conjecture; but we know thal the Indian agency came not long after, and that Mr. Hoover’s word has, been absolute in controlifig the government patronage in the counties which he fot'merly represented as senator. r ■ > , Attention is called to tiie communication upoh the subject %i High ways, antljsigned “ A Ear mer.’’ ses to; be, and his observations are especially deserving of consideration, in that he is not only a farmer and also a man of an •uuu'Siik degree of intelligence,- i)ui»ri>©y3Pi lived, tiie greater part of his life in a section of the state where great attention has been paid to the improvement of the highways, and consequently in writing upon that subject, he speaks Avhereof lie knows. He probably knows as much about gravel roads as any man in this county, aud his opinion of tin*' quality of the gravel to be found iu this Vicinity is worthy of especial notice. In his com-; municAtion ho says we"’ have an! abundant sujiply of gravel of a su-i perior quality. In private con-; vers ition with us he ha? also, stafc \ ed that for tiie purposes of road! making, he thinks the gravel ini the well known deposit -a feov miles | north of this town, is of an uuuh uallv excellent quality. Let us; ‘ v .. . - hear from more of our mteiligent j and progressive farmers upojp this] subject- . - . j