Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1886 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN. ~ Wtksday, September 9,1586. ' A * .

REPUBLICAN TICKET.

STATE TICKET. , For Lieutenant Governor! ROBERT Si ROBEBTSON, of Allen county. , < For Secretary of Stale, CHARLES F. GRIFFIN, of Lake county. For Auditor, BRUCE CARR, of Orange county. For Tes.su rer, J. A. LEMCKE, of Vanderbarg county. For Attorney General, LEWIS T. MICHENER, of Shelby coun ly. For Judge of the Supreme court, BYRON K ELLIOTT, cf Marion county. For Clerk of the Supreme cowt, WILMA MT, NOBLE, of Wayne county. ' or Superintendent Public Instruction, HARVEY M. LAFOLLETTE, of Boone county. > DISTRICT TICKET. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, ISAAC lE.DUNN, of Jasper County. FOR STATE hEX A roll. SIMON P. THOMPSON, cf jasper .Countyt for prosecutor. RALPH W. MARSHALL, of Jasper County. MEMBER OF CONGRESS 10TH DIST., WILLIAM D OWEN, of Cass county. COUNTY TICKET. • ♦'OR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. JAMES F. IRWIN, of Carpenter Township. , FOR auditor. GEORGE M. ROBINSON, of Marion Township. FOR TREASURER, ISRAEL B. WASHBURN, of Marion Township. FOR SHERIFF, SAMUEL E. YEOMAN, of Newton Township, for recorder. THOMAS ANTRIM, of Keener Township. JAMES C. THRAWLS, of Marion Township. -----—- • - FOR CORQNKR, PHILIP BLUE, ot Manon Township. FOR COMMISSIONER 2ND. DISTRICT. JAMES F. WATSON, of Nlarloh'TdAvuStrip ~~

Republican Meeting.

The Hon. W. D. Owen, will ipeak upon the political questions ? f the day, in Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, September ISSo', at 2 o’clock, p. m. The public generally, irrespeetice of political preferences, are cordially invited to he present at this meeting. Honest men will not indorse any man who has or will defraud the children of their rights. The position of the Republican party on the liquor question is fully abreast of the average public sentiment among the great bulk of. the moral and temperance people of the state. The Dem. Sentinel states that S. P- Thompson was the author of the article in last week's Republican signed “Tax Payer.” Mr. Thompson never saw nor heard of the article until he saw it in the paper, nor did he have the least knowledge that an article of any -uch purport was to be published. ■MMMMnrwaHMßß*cisxan3M One of the beauties of the infamous Gerrymander is: It takes the selection of a Legislature from the people and gives it to a few Democratic wire-pullers. One of the great issues in the coming state election is the restoration to the people of the* right to choose their legislators- All side issues should be sunk out of .sight, next Noveml>er, -aml all honest men .-hould unite to restore to an outraged people the right of self- government. Until this is done all h >pe of getting any legislation except such as suits the “gang” is in j sin. The despotism of th? Czar as Russia is scarcely less cruel |faan that of 1 this Democratic ca-

Hon. George Majors is said to be an honest democrat*. and he. say’s the Democratic party has not redeemed a single pledge it made two years ago. F — The great speech of Senator Allison, before the lowa Republican convention, appears upon one of our inside pages. It is a masterly effort and should be carefully read aud digested by everyone who desires a clear understanding of the most important phases of the jiolitical situation. We. know.of several third party prohibitionists who could get a valuable pointer by reading the following from Rev. Sam Jones. Be says: “Prohibition with politics will help politics, but don’t you put any politics in your prohibition. If you do you are gone. You see I put sugar in my coffee to help my coffee, but if you put your coffee, in you sugar your sugar is ruined.” The republicans of Indiana ace placed squarely upon the record as being determined to crush the liquor power in politics; as in favor of local regulation of the sale of the liquor, or in other and more familiar words, in favor of “local option,” and in favor of taxing the traffic high where iiis permitted at all. In other words the Republican party of Indiana is pledged to give the people a practical temper auce reform. What a fraud Democracy is! The last National platform of the democratic party coutained a clause asserting that internal revenue taxation, being a war tax, should be ‘‘sacredly.devoted to the relief of the people from the remaining burdens of the war. and be made a fund to defray the expenses of the care and comfort of worthy disabled soldiers.” Mr. Randall, who heartily supported the .platform, proposes to abolish the “sacred tax” to the extent of many millions a year, and the president seems determined that deserving soldiers shall have none of it, or any other tax, —T The most disconsolate Democrat in the country is George A. Post, a Pennslyvanian, the author of the startling campaign document entitled “Open the Books,” which declared that a deficiency of $200,000,000 would be discovered if the Republicans were ever thrust out of the treasury department He has been seeking an office as a reward for his work ever since Mr. Cleveland assumed the Presidency and is still out in the cold. His lies were good enough campaign documents for Democrats, but now he must prove them or remain a private citizen. This is not gratitude. wwirwaanot-wrii ’im-w \V6 beg of all Republicans in the state of Indiana to be cautious about identifying themselves with a third party movement that can have no other effect than to in;ure the Republican party, while ’it cannot possibly do the cause of temperance an atom of good. W ith a united party it is positively certain that the Republicans will carry the state of Indiana' this fall, and the voter who will leave his party now to enlist under a new banner will inflict only harm upon that loyal organization, and help the democracy. This is the real animus of the -designing demagogues of the Democratic party to injure the Republicans of the state. Let the temperance question be submitted to the people of itself —free from any political bias whatever—is the true way. Certainly a third party cannot help the cause in the slightest degree. The southern states, b'y eliminating the question of all political influences and letting it stand on its own merits, have set the north a valuable example, aud one that should be adopted by the temperance people in this part of the Union. By submitting the question in this way every county in Georgia, except nine, has voted for prohibition. Is there any'one silly enough to think that such a verdict could have been a achieved with a third party?

Capt. ft. W. Marshall, the Republican candidate for Prosecuting attorney, has had much more practice as a lawyer than the average candidate for that office. He thoroughly understands the criminal law and the rules of and is able to present the facts in a case, to court o» jury, in a clear, logical and convincing manner. He is, by nature, ope of that class of men who have no sort of patience with crime and criminals, almost over-full in fact, of zeal against them, and if law-breakers and evil doers do not get their deserts after he becomes prosecutor, it will be through no- fault of his. How nobly tlie Democratic howled over the McSweeny case, in 1885. How they abused Blaine and the Republican party for not cuffing England then. How abject-, ly they sit and how silent they keep now about the indignities which little Canada puts upon the United States, one after another. Cleveland goes fishing for amusement, in the private protected trout streams of a lordly West Virginia Democratic Senator. But the fishers of Maine get no protection from the United States government, of which Mr. Cleveland iS the head. American honor is trampled upon without protest or signs of resentment from the Democratic :idministi-atioQ; and it actually requires to be stirred up to even inquire into the matter by a resolution of the Senate, which is Republican. Patriotism seems to be as dead now among Democratic leaders as it. was among Breckinridge Demociats t\veniy-six~yeaTK ago. — RushviUe Republican. . The Sentinel says that there are some republicans who will not vote for Mr. Robinson for Auditor because, at one time, he employed the so-called “school-fund reformer’” as his deputy. Sensible and just republicans, however, such as the most of them are, will remember that the “reformed” was appointed deputy by Mi:.. Robinson, had served the time for which he •was appointed, and been succeeded by Mr. Warren long before the ’ school, fund transacfioire had been discovered. There was a vast difference in the act of Ml - . Robinson appointing him to a deputyship before the malfeasance was discovered and that of Mr. Hoover, in appointing him after the discovery was made and all the facts had kcomVnnhlm. WE act of Mr. Robinson was entirely blameless; that of Mr. Hoover a direct defiance of public opinion, and a declaration, in effect, that the man who was known to have beenfalse to public trusts was not thereby disqualified from -otherpublic positions. It is announced elsewhere that Congress from this district, and Republican candidate, for re-elec-tion, will open the political campaign in . Jasper county by a speech in Rensselaer, on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 18th. Mr. Owen is a man of extraordinary learning, ability and eloquence, and with au exalted character which gives added force to his utterances. His arguments appeal to the moral and intellectual natures of his hearers aud not to their prejudices or their '-passions. He deserves and, we earnestly hope, will receive a large hearing from the people of our county, of all parties. The democrats ought to hear him for the special reason that he will tell what congress did at its last session, and will also render au account of his stewardship, or in other words tell how he discharged his his duty to his constituents and his country as a member of that body. As an ardent and consistent advocate of temperance reform Mr. Owen’s speech ought to have a special interest for the prohibitionists, and it is much to be hoped that all members of every political party will make it a point to hear Mr. Owen.

, A report of the Republican state convention and the platform in full, will be found on one of our inside pages. It was One of the largest, most intelligent and most truly representative political conventions ever held in the state and it did its work in a manner to make the heart of every true republican rejoice. The ticket is all that could be desired, while the platform covers ‘he whole ground and covers it in a clear, manly and outspoken manner. It is a noble specimen of political declarations of principles. The Lafayette Journal gives some good advice and expresses some truths which are more or less applicable to every county in the state in the following: ' Every candidate in Tippecanoe county should flatly refuse to be bled by the political dead beats. To give them money or to treat them is only to encourage a lot of ravenous scoundrels, that are a damage to any party and a curse, to any community. The man who begs a dime or a drink is the worst kind of a dead beat, and the man who demands money for his in-fluence-in support of a candidate of his party is a shameless fraud aud deserves to be sent to the penitentiary as a common swindler and confidence man.

Tom Wood is Wrathful.

There is no question but what Thomas J. Wood was defeated for the democratic nomination for Cengress, by a rascally trick, and Thomas, appreciating that fact, is not the man to submit to such treatment without a protest. He has issued the following card. Crown Point, Indiana, Aug. 26, 1886. To the Democrats of Lake County: "'UwasTshamefuily and most outrageously defeated for the nomination for Congress at Delphi on'the 25th, through a bad split in the delegate vote of Lake county, which was Mnequivocally and completely instructed to vote for me in the convention all the time, I steadily gained with every vote over my competitors until I was lacking only one vote and a fraction of being nominated. and on the next ballot the Lake county delegation only gave me six votes and four for my Opponent, which defeated nie against the unanimous will of the Democrats of Lake county. I thank and honor the sterling Demo cratic delegates of Lake county who fought for me like true men . -I thank all my friends. lam now entirely out !of politics and will,itfit again eyfoF-the. political field for any consideration that 1 knoyY of now. lam now engaged in the practice of law with all my energy, and will not mix my business qny longer with polities. I ask the patronage of the people of the county. Thomas J. Wood.

Com missioners Proceedings.

Monday the three saloon license applications, of M. O. Halloran and John F. Minikus, of Rensselaer and James F Ellis, of Remington, were disposed of. There were no contests, and the applicants having shown that they had fulfilled the requirements of the law, in all respects, the licenses were grated. Tuesday and a portion of Monday were mainly devoted to the consideration of vto ions claiins - agiLin.st. the count y. Wednesday was road and bridge day. Oii Tuesday Commissioner Prevo was hurridly summoned to his home, in Gillam tp., by the serious sickness of his daughter, and the Board is now conducting it sessions with only two members present.

A Sudden Death.

Last Thursday mqrmng., news •came to town of death of Wm. B. Shaw, an aged and well known resident of Barkley township. He had gone out, apparently well, to make some repairs oh a gate, and sometime after was found lying dead, near the scene of his labor, but had evidently started to go to. the house, and fallen after a few steps in that direction. The messenger who brought in the news, summoned-Coroner Blue to the scene, but that official, after arriving there and inquiring into the decided that there wjls no necessity for an inquest. Mt. Shaw was 76 years old, and had lived in Barkley ten or. twelve. .years. The cause of death is supposed to have been heart disease. The remains were taken to Battle ground for burial. Slates, Pencils, Pens and scratch Books, at prices below aU fair competition, at Kannal’s drug store.

Ex-Treasurer Adams beard

The following card appeared in the Message of last week: Editor of The Message:—l handed the following card to the editor of the Rensselaer Republican for publication in answer to an attack they made on me two weeks ago, asking ah explanation in regard to a certain clique or ring in the court house. August 28, l»8tL 11. I. Adams. “Editor Republican;—Dear Sir: 1 sco in your last issue you ask me to arise and explain. I herewith submit the levies for county revenue for the years that 1 was in the {office of County Treasurer: In 1877, 40 cents, in 1878, 45 cents, in 1871 L 50 cents, in 11180, 75 cents. I paid during that time as near as I remember about §9,000 on the Kankakee grade and I think about §2,000 on the county farm (besides) several,.spiall {{bridges and running expenses &c. ' " Henry I. Adams.” August 14, 188 G. It will be noticed that in the intnxluetory portion of the above Card, that part addressed to the editor of the Message, Mr. Adams states clearly if not very grammatically that he .had handed the dower portion of the card to the editor of the Republican for publication. In view of the above positive assertion on the part l)f Mr. Adams, vix: that he handed the card to the editor of this paper, it will doubtless be a suprise to . some of our readers to learn that the editor of this paper never saw ‘nor even heard of the card until he saw it in print, in last week’s Message. By subsequent inquiry we have, indeed, since learned that. during tiie last absence of the editor, in New York, Mr. Adams called at this office and left a paper of some kind with one of the compositors, in the press

room. It was received too late for publication upon that week, and was laid aside and forgotten. Now we respectfully submit that the handing to a mechanical employe of this oflice a paper, while the editor was not within 500 miles, does not justify even Mr. Adams in saying that he handed such a paper to the editor; and especially is that the case when Mr. Adams is perfectly well acquainted with the said editor as has been for full five years, and consequently knew perfectly well that the person he handed the paper "was not the editor. , As to the matter in the card other than we have just noticed, we see but little that seems relevant to any issue that has been under discussion. A few words m regard to Mr. Adam’s allusion to the “attack” he alleges The Republican has made upon him. We-should invite Mr. Adams to specify in what way or manner and at what time we have ever “attacked him” only we know it would be a vain request., We say now and say positiv.ely that we have never attacked Mr. Adams, in any way, shape or manner, either in his capacity of a private citizen, or as a politician or as a public officer, and be - cannot point out any passage in The Republican which will belie our assertion. We did, indeed, point out to Mr. xidains a fact which --was patent to every clear headed and unprejudiced man; namely, that some of the assertions of the Message amounted in effect to an accusation of official misconduct-if not actual corruption on the part of Mr. Adams, as K former Treasurer of this county; but we did not and do not endorse the statements of that wicked .and unscrupulous sheet. How i is possible that Mr. Adams did not and does not see that this is true, did not see that” it was the Message that was his real, although covert and doubtless unintentional assailant, and not The Republican is a problem which admits of no solution except such as is found in an old but truthful saying: “There are none so blind as those That As to the facts which he states regarding the tax rates of way back in 1877, ’7B &c. we hardly see that thoy are relevant-to anything that has been under discussion. If he had explained for instance, how a “villainous county seat ring” could speculate on a balancein the treas-' ury and loan it at twelve per cent., (as charged by the Message ) and the Treasurer not be mainly responsible for such misdoing his card would have been some service to himself. We should also have been glad to have had him explain how, if a tax rate of 75 cents on the hundred is villainy and. mismanagement in 1886 the same rate was not also villainy and mismanagement in 1880. The sums which he mentions as haying been paid on budges and public improvements during the four years which he speaks of, furnish a very satisfactory explanation of why a larger county revenue has be 11 requyed since that time. The sum total of all that he can remember as having paid for public improvements during the whole four years is less than .has been paid for the same purpose in a single year, since that day. .

A NEW FIRM! The people of northern Jasper ara respectfully informed that they will be fairly treated and get big bargains calling at the store of Sayers & Tyler (Succeswr to Bruner,) - AT — De.Ho tie, Indiana, Where they will find a large and com - plute stock of Groceries, Hats, Caps, lioots, Shoes and Readymade Clothing, all of which those are selling cheaper than ever. They will give you the biggest kind of bargains on Boots, Shoes and Clothing. The highest prices paid for all kinds of produce. 1000 cords of wood wanted. JQTDon’t forget the place. SAYERS & TYLER. 18-‘52-3m. » DeMotte, Ind. MM Martis Works Henry Mackey, . • —HEALER IN— All kinds of Foreign and American ■IE 8 BME. All kinds of Cemetery Work AND BUILDING STONE. Front Street north of Washington Rensselaer, Indiana. Hemphill & Honan, II ’’a I I J „ , Ji ■ IMIMW .... ; ■ ■ ' ~ | - .Mj —- —- ■ miller ■ mmiwijilh -DEALERS IN - bk, Sim, to laps, AND F ur ni slii n gs. lafa’ Fb r Shos - A - Sp©oisiEyj'' ■ Rensselaer Indiana

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