Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1886 — Eye-Openers for Honest Prohibitionists. [ARTICLE]

Eye-Openers for Honest Prohibitionists.

Adam Hess, of Gillam, the most prominent Democratic Prohibitionist in the county, after James Yeoman, came to the county seat last Saturday and took an active and prominent part in a secret caucus of Democratic wire workers, James Yeoman, the prohibitionist candidate for Representative, with Democratic antecedents of the most ultra bourbon type, is endorsed by the Bourbon organ of the Democracy of this county, and is firmly believed by many good men, his nearest neighbors, to be as much a Democrat at heart today as he was twenty-four years ago when he denounced the “unholy war’.’ for the Union, or twelve years ago wdien he was as active in inducing his Republican neighbors to join the Greenback party as he is now in persuading them to go,with.the Prohibitionists. The official head of the prohibition party in this county was a republican until he became convinced a few months ago that he could not get from that party a. nomination for a certain county office. He is now making the most strenous efforts to secure the election of his brother-in-law and one or two others upon tire Democratic ticket. ... ■■ It was a very noticeable fact that both Mr. Adams and Mr. Yeoman were careful, in selecting places for the “blind orator” Mr. Hoffman, to speak in, to avoid democratic neighborhoods, thus showing plainly, enough (hat the Republicans were the fellows they w r ere after. These facls are a few of the many which might be cited showing clearly to all who are willing to see, that the honest prohibitionists are simply being, used as eutspaws to pull hot chestnuts out of the, fire for democrats and sore-head republicans; AV hat man of business sense would go into a trade when he is sure to be “beat?” Nobody. Now then, brother Republican, just rei member this when you are approached witn a proposition to trade on the county ticket: The man who approaches you, proposing such a thing, has an object to accomplish and- you don’t know what it is. Under such circumstances you are sure to be beaten, for if you fall in with his proposition he accomplishes his purpose, whatever it may be; and it may be, when you discover too late what it is, the very last thing you would be willing to aid in. It may be that he meditates bad faith, and will not perform his part of the trade, while you do yours. It may be that he has made the same sort of bargain with othes, so that he will get a dozen, or a score, of votes for his man, where he only gives one. There is no telling what the trick lurking behind a proposition to trade votes may be, jiqtil the count of the election, too late, develops it; but it is positively certain that there is an object beliind if all, antl i£ you don’t want

to be “beat” you had betfer reject all such overtures to trade or swap votes. Cast your own vote, conscientiously, and don’t “trade.” You will be surely swindled if you do. The Democratic practice is the same the whole country over. In strongly democratic counties or districts they always take, everything in sight and hoot at the idea of there being any virtue in liberality in politics. In Republican counties or districts they are always trying by all sorts of hypocritical and underhanded devices to gobble a portion of the offices. They use the Greenback and Prohibition parties for cats-paws; they nominate half a ticket; they covertly indorse pretended indepenor non-partizancandidates; in one place they will try to beguile the temperance people to do their work, in another they try to rope in the liquoi interests, and in all places they trade, dicker, buy, beg, steal and lie for votes,, any way and every way, no matter how, just so they get them. By these practices they have succeeded in holding the state senatorship of this republican district for twelve years, and in this county have kept from one to three or four men in office continually. Will not the Republieans of this county and this district, make up their minds that for once at least they wiil Aot be made dupes of and catspaws by these old but ever new tricks and dodges of their unscrupulous and untireing opponents? A correspondent in the Oxford Tribune has the following to say about tile Democrats booming Dr. Patton as a soldier. “They are trying to elect Patton on his soldier record yet they sneered and laughed when the Republicans urged the same reasons for electing Logan. “It makes a great difference whose ox is being gored,” and in this instance the Democratic party will be taught a lesson. If Dr. Patton is elected his vote will go to Gov. Gray. We don’t deny that Dr. Patton may have been a brave soldier; but when he has his soldier record flaunted to the breeze by the Democratic papers of the district and his soldierly virtues extolledby Democrats, some of whom may have marched under a flag different from that* unfurled by the U. 8. Government, it is time for Republicans “to note it.” And that is just what they intend to do.” The one question which, before all others, in Indiana needs to be settled at the coming election, is, ! shall the present scandalously unjust apportionment of districts stand or fall. If it is to be upheld, I then a majority of the people of Indiana might ts well live in Russia as here, aa far as the enjoyment of their rights is concerned. As things now are, the majority of the people of Indiana are ruled by the Democratic minority, and that minority is the Catspaw of the infamous Liquor League. TR very first thing to do is to regain, as

citizens, your lost right— the rigid of each man to vote, and to have his vote count, and count for as much as any other man’s vote counts for.. The Greenbackers an 1 Prohibitionists of this state have rio more to say iu the approaching election than if they were subjects of the Queen vof England. The gerrymander provided for all that. And unless the Republicans can muster over 25,000 majority they, too will be practically disfranchised. The duty of the people, without distinction to party, is to re-estab-lish the right to vote in the' free state of Indiana. All other questions are as much removed from consideration till this one is settled as though they could not be touched upon. ■■ Vote the Republican ticket in November and regain your stolen right. Vote the Republican ticket and reprove the infamy of the Democratic gerrymander. Vote the Republican ticket and strike a blow between the eyes of the Liquor League. Vote the Republican ticket and do more for temperance than you can possibly, do by voting any other ticket in the field. Vote the Republican ticket and give supremacy to principles which will ensure good government and prosperity to the whole people. Politically speaking, one exrebel soldier is equal to two Union soldiers. In the days of slavery, the south got representation in Congress and in the Electoral College on three-fifths of its colored population. To-day its gets such representation on a population of 6,000,000 colored people, of 38 members of (Wgress and 38 electoral votes, not one of which really represents the colored people in any sense. Our state treasury is known to have been almost bankrupt for sometime through the management of the present Democratic treasurer, from the fact that he has been calling upon county treasurers to pay in advance to meet current expenses. At present there is only about s7,ooo__ reported on hand, when there should be $486,000. “Turn the rascals out” and “let the books R. W. Marshall, the Republican candidate for Prosecutor, will make au able and untireing official and will guard the la;vs of the State in a way entirely satisfactory to_all. He has the “nerve” to perform his duties without fear or favot. Vote for him.— Kentland Gazette. : 1 - LZ_“ '—