Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — The Best Offer Yet. [ARTICLE]

The Best Offer Yet.

Till Jail. Ist for SFventi-fi' «* , tents. \\ ith • view of placing tin- ReWm.tniw iiii: > asnnany families as possible, both as a campaign measure, ami as a means of introduor;g the paper upon its merits as a . unty paper, we have concluded Jr-- 'make the following exceedingly liberal often: To any resident of ti«e county we will send The Be- ! t'uijcan; from the first of April. 1 te : U, J<X the.first.of .Jqnmuw I£SjL FOB BE\ EXTY-FIVE GENTS, ' hi advance. This cxi i l dingly lowv»te scarcely more than pays the ' st of the white paper, and is "■ ■ >idy open to residents of the ppun:y and must l>e paid in advance, and, of course, only -applies to new subscribers, and not tc pert us - already taking the paper. . : The Ropat! can part? .north, jpcl *e sectional fire-e,iters -'soutn predpt3ted the country into civ ; war. Both arc equally guilty of the great crime agars: . .-•lie-conatrv.-.'’.—ii* <’to> - Sureiy-l, ; Tke Mugwump- u;d civil ?yv- ■ lviormjrs kiv souring uron ■'k' fraud reform admmistrntiert; v. 1 ieh they 1 irg ly responsible * >;t pretty i id i.de *• *t‘ --+■> —r -- No Republican will iiav ’ny - •’ -»ust right to fee l dissatisfied about ■ • . miration-?, made in the ,* twinty this year, unless ke turns rr vut next sh'fiHday~a'sdr d(>gg~~what V-.- cm, towards nominating the~kjncl if n<-n he wishes d • soe nomiha- * -. . y ~n in —i— —ri him i mm * r; The old 20 th Indiana will hold ■ reunion at i,r-‘ ><nt on Thursday and Friday, July Jet and 2nd, iße-anufversaxy'of lhv battie of • Gettysburg. To ruakn this *.v complete success, VVilliaai Emery BfrJwn. president anil eec- “ 7 repay 20lh Indiana regim. dta] ns-ksm-iationi Vnlpitrdso, yams the W r ''mu\* and hpoglhlfice whir, ss “of i w -very surviving member of the I? ypiiiidComrades siv. .urged ■ • send ika-eddress-' of wd s. .-diers » William £ Brown, Valparaiso,

- - So»: Wt ■ comDicixls tln v liiellutd adopts,l for uominatiug the county ticket iu .Tasp. i-c Minty this year. The ft av in which it reaehe-y mit after the ranhjind hie nf tht pavty a r id"gTveV fTteTn r. ch an ct ’tul' i: ; ’ ‘ n ■ direct piut, istvli.it sei-urs especially commendable to him. ‘Mrs: E. H. Shirk,' widow of the Pent inilMotiftire j ur-t" dSheased, tnr- tnrrd a irian to “tnrtdr her hns.1 mud’s ytlave," full night, every night, for rk jinonths, from fear that grave robbers wi 1 ! st-m!‘ the body in hopes of obtaining. a layge mhsom from the Family. AVtteu the sensible practice of cvem&liou beouinee universal,' tin - kiccupatii n ‘of the grarc robber will be t'uiie.

There is no part of tie caH for tin- Primary Mass Conventions .of next Thursday which- fin >uld; be more rigidly enforced than the clause which says the votes of' all persons Hot republicans must be excluded. Great harm, in many cases and no good in any case has come to the party from -allowing outsiders to take part in choosing our candidates. Orth Ji. iStci.. has public l ed a card in tlw* Indianapolis Joui'nal in whic-h-he states that all : .o.£Jhis motlu.r’s mouey which lie spent was laid out on the Comet, and -sritk-ker -knowledge and- consent. : He declai esriiis intention of holding the “malicious busy-bodies and scandalmongers fully responsible”, for the scandalous stories about him that have l>eeu # in circulation lately.

The rank and file of the party, and tspecially those living in the country, seem to be higli ly pleased with our new method of nomineting county candidates. It -gives ■- every voter in the party a chance to take a part in making the nominations, and at the same time, reduces to a minimum the probability of a minority forcing-ait unpopular or unworthy candidate upon, the party. Moutieello lb raid:— A new republican paper is said to be contemplated at Rensselaer, There is certainly not room for two republican papers in a town of that size, and it is surprising that any one. familiar with the situation 'there should attempt, such an impolitic venture.' The Republican is under good - management, - firmly-- estab - dished, and as far as official or - port is concerned should have no contest with another newspaper started for the'purpose of dividing patronage. Republicans of Jasper comity will serve their party well by refusing to encourage or support the proposed new and uncalled for publication. ;The-folio wing criticism ofrome of the methods which now prevail in the jieiision bureau - and ilu--udmuuetratlon-is fcom. ihedV. f /-, ii.: < bet Jhypf Indianapolis, a not - | i .triigaii, scullers' paper. Its uttor|;;:nees on this -subjectifireuspectally deserving of .weight, from the fact that it i - - trictly non ;-artisan. Th *- Tl re ./• hays: . - • ‘‘ThVt -■■ is-one.abuse (*f the pension ureaii at Washington to which attention should be calh h jad measures taken to correct, GLi'-sohliers now receiving pensions who ara examined by pension boards and recommended. fur an increase, on sending in the resefret the ev . :d' . '■ S r r C reuh\rs informing them that they are getting all they are entltkd.to, and bo farther attentiuu is given W the bureau. Under the provimoiis of ' the act of congress regulating tho increase of pensions, the rucoinmeiidation of the examining board is siiilkdent sivhority fi r tfie peymeat of the increase. Jiritwitkstandiiigrmfchiuk- - -:t-hey-present commissioUer, hiirm If drawing yho-dargest peu ,u paid, Las taken it upon hinmclf to ignore the law and to insult the pensioner. One peculiarity of these is that those thus tre.Aed are all Republicans. .Tift* fleTicic iir.pes ta turn of .Commissioner Black called so einphadcuily to this matter that lie will no longer consider himseh the law. but administe r ' the affairs of the pension bureau according to the intent of the act of congress.’’

HAe-Mmugfrom the ladiaaaa:. olis Freeman, the "state organ .of the Mugwumps and civil service retornn is shows [in-tty clearly the vigwf which that class of paj» >rs are, in spate Of thgm.selves, *:' take In ', regard tc .the practical worklinifs <*£“ Reform’’ as a Ucu-ocratic administration understands that word; 1 ' Ami uub it ggcin# . tnal MrBlack is likelvjto be called upon to ... spfcin Ikw i*-b* that he has succeeded So well in working Democrats into positions in his Office under the civil service' law.. It is certainly~a suspicious fact that iiOu'e but Democrats pass the excniiuathm, or at least that Deniucrats only hie cortitied to the P ension Commissioner f or.appointyi.ient I . 1 }jis is - hardlj 7 pi v %sii4f without the conn;\ ange of the Civil Service Commission* The matter certainly calls for an investigation.

For several of the county offices for which Republican candidates are to be nominated next Thursday an ; Saturday, there are a numi er of candidates for the nominations. We arc personally acquainted with all of them, and without 1 expressing any opinion ns to the relative claims of.cadi upon the gratitude of the party, we crui at least say that they are good and deserving men, without exception, and whichever of them, shall receive the nominations they are seeking shall royerveour mast hearty suppoit. We are Republican in politics from principle and not from self interest, and so long as good men are nominated, by fair means, we arc for the whole ticket unreservedly and unqualifiedly.

A new poet has blazed forth, and in a locality where the least suspected. He publishes his productions in the KentliuuF6rQ,ac/fojover the signature of “Pintamink,” and tiis haliitat seems to be in the -vicinity of Pilot Grove, in Newton. Though we are scarcely disposed to agree will- an enthusiastic contemporary in the opinion that “Piiikamink’' is likely-to prove a dangerous rival of “The Hoosier Poet. - ’ we will admit that his verses are Such superior to the common run Sr the home grown variety of poesy, lu another place we republish this week, from the. Gazette, Pinkamink’s last production, bearing vt hat to our readers is a familiar title, “Bohemian Oats.” k --Grow ii Point Ret jitter : —An oil--it is being made by some of the Democratic politicians to beat ex.Oougyessnian Wood, for the nomination for Congress. The scheme is to sidetrack him by getting him to apply tor an appointment for the office of U‘ S. District J udge