Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1887 — Cireuil court. [ARTICLE]

Cireuil court.

Mr. Miller, the new editor oft lie t. odlaud Heral<l, announces that turd paper will support the principles of the Republican party, . renfter. -« . - Last week Attorney General Michener entered suit in the Boone bounty Court against Dr. Hani- •??<)}, President of the .iJenevoleht B >ard, for £2,500, tin* amount of money it is claimed he has -overdraw n from the State Tre; snry, be yr-eeiviiog J uT .' while- -tire taw tries his salary at SOdd. The ■ exposure of the personal •retligacy and official corruption of Harrison,-the spoils boss id our State insane hospital, is denounced L, the Greasers as an attempt by honor honorable men.” The ex- ; • >sure of the boodle aldermen in New York City was greeted by a - uilar outcrv, but they are weari g convict’s stripes, ail the same. • Ijoua nbport Journal the management of the Ohio t Mississippi railroad wrote to . »ut IQ members of the Illinois _j legislature, from the southern ,i -.rt of the state, requesting the turn of annual passes heretofore cd, and stating that the passes \ Id not be honored on the load a .’fey Aprihist; after which time ,Lm..-inter-state law will be in force. o his action on the part of the dread was followed by the ini' xiaction in the Legislature of a i T reducing the passsenge? rates railroads in the state to I. ;ts per mile: and threats <if • :.tu bills o? a similar , nature t> follow ic a s’ lo it time', l .o introduction of such a bill, der such circumstances, is a j- ohty narrow-minded and spite—f ! pirceeding, and there is no \ ability that it will receive seri attention* in the Legislature. \ few. of the nyapy ‘things the j* -ii-nra-ey will-be called to.ieC**.ivt foi in tiie nes t general elect, . n is Tim State Prison SiSmauage- :, at, end why a Democratic com-i.-itLe frci the Senate failed io •». .-1 *p«- ii. > facts that a-Repuh- - Lean: committee of the House found out. . The management of the Insane Hospital in the interest of a "ring >. bosses.” • eg - • i ite keeping out-of office of a legally elected Lieutenant , govern- . or. * ,— — , The throwing out of a legally shjeted Senator who nau more than COO majorit) ; The seating of a .Senator who hid been defeated -by more than : f JQO votes. . ... - - : j i TLe election of a l . S. Senator by this #te as above. - X- ■ I

The iucrease by millions of the state debt. ; 7 The complete cleaning ont of state treasury For the beautiful and artistic 'man up r id, whii’h the uianagers of j the Insane asylum and state prison j south has robbed the state and no !« • ] <me responsible. ForlTie gfeat~ ir straw bond of, iatu lamuuted AiTdiw.- -bu k- 1 Soli Ilowaid. For the brutal treatment and j wholesale robbery by the subordinate ollieers of the Jeliei'sonvilie . prison. For not at once arresting the same scoundrel anil punishing him according to his deserts. lor the nice and gentlemanly board of directors wild have kept fcUcii n of uliiceraand have been ( unable or unwilling to dismiss them, MMm'MranMnMß Thosewords of Holy Writ, w nich iivHduie that a limn’s- eneniies shall lie of his ow n household, are, when taken in the figurative sense in vyiiich they were spoken, especially applicable to the great question of temp* ranee reform. The worst enemies of this cause are those extreme and we might weH f-'nv fanatical, prohibitionists who have insisted in i!. rugging the -question into politios; and who, in every part of the country are wotking hand-in-hand with tho liijuor interests to jn-e----v.-nt ?my !■ eqierance shofr of instani. and absolute prolubitioi’, regurule-s of tire fact's, that in many states ilie proSp r c'ts for secuiing prohibition at the present time are simply hopeless; and that in every state there are many communities where it woiikl he impos.-ib!.' t • enforce it, if it were secured. The political party wtrft a theso impracticable extromlots have persisted in organizing consists of ti large proportion of xarro.kiii.flftjd well-moaniu <y poopLe,! butr &nijM '■ ruiuddd and without : a:towled, 1 of"pollTi csT 'they have jie vCryw here «llv>Wed life mjnnage- | merit of the ]>nrty to.fall int > the liands of selfish /mvT designing men, who either have some spite to vent or some ax to grind. This sLa te of affairs. exists .all. through. the parly from /he spiteful - amt mercenary St. John h-> the disapjiointed office seekers who run the party in Jasper county. These facte have greatly exasperated am l disgusted the people generally, and greatly discouraged the truest ami wisest friends of temperance everywhere. The character of the lecturers arid speakers sent out by the prohibition party has~Btsq~durd~ .a tery'detrimental effect upon the temperance cause. They usually travel in tho .guise of simple temperance lecturers, end being men of one idea, narrow minded a;id intolerant, without any. practical knowledge of politics or -politic- ! inns, they-seem to think it an evidence of superior wisdom and righteousness if they heapdudisciiminating abuse upon all other parties but their own, and denounce every professed temperance man who does not coincide with ther own views, and declare him to in league with hell and the saloon keepers. i If anyone doubt- the fact of the banes ul int?nonce of political pr - h vA tioni am upoii the Temperancerealise; let him consider the present dormant, discouraged condition of r.tb§ temperance seniiment in ab }•: < any community an3Tcompcxa it with what it was a few years ago. In Rensselaer, for instance, the contrast b po obvious that tlie . mi is t careless observer can not fail : to notice it I A subscribgi- in Decatur county writes to express his appreciation . of 1 ki; ilF.n w.iCAN, and also pays ; to the Democratic “ refurm*’fidininihtration. He save: - :tr r - - - -- “I am at a loss to know what to do in regard to renewing my sub|scription. Not that 1 do not enI dorse the paper, for I can say, of a truth, that it is one of the essentials to my happiness; but I have not time to carry the money to , you, and lam afraid to send it by it willdie stolen before it, readies its destination. They stole ;■ 7: t . v "

from the insane people and from the convicts and drained the State Treasury dry; and if thb Republicans bad not elected a majority in one branch of the General Assembly, at tlie last election, the stealing way Id have been white-washed, | pas it wittiby tlie Senate committee ) and would have still ,been going ! n. But thanks to the Republican : party, w ith such men as Hon. W. j K. FleftivTour Representative, the; “stench and the stealing” of the: obi rotten Rebel party was uucov-j erad. ; Til 5 the rascals out. ] .want to be one of your coni, stunt readers, and if the subscripj tion price, should not reach you every time can conclude I that it lias gone to swell the swng of the democratic reformers.’' . ———4 k • ♦ The Francr-sville paper made iio ! -■ »ii of the new oil strike, in 1 the well there, nor have anylic-igli- j i boring papers had anything to say j | about it. We do not think there | is any doubt us to • the reality of , the new find, however, as Young Pi •ie.d, who brought the news, is | entirely truthful himself, and jre 1 hud his information from the chief •' promoter of the enterprise. The drilling Was stopped very suddenj ly, at tlie time of tlie alleged dis- - dbvery of the new vein, and the. i well plugged u)i, as was previously | don It is no.v stated .that notli- ! ing more will be done until the i dynamite ter tiling the well ar- | l ives from Ohio, and which is be- ! ing lirought from there in a wagon. | : The owners id the well appear to j I be keeping the fact of tlie new ; strike, if one was made, from the public, for some purpose. Michigan Pi y Disptddlp. The bill regarding the execution of i murderers in the penitentiaries of I ! the state, which was ineationed ly 1 the Dispatch Feveral weeks ago, has become a law after all, and hereafter all crimes expiated on the scaffold north of the old National voad must occur in this city . at the hands of the ivarden. j Scott! Scott!! Scott!!! Go to: the Scott! A line entertainment, : a royal supper, fifty or more c s- ‘ turned characters, any tiling in the-} line of delicacies at the candy j .. stand,' -id die Scot; entertainment,. 1 !Be sure and go. The money will ! : be ns.-d ie-buyinge-bpo-ks' for the ! already giT.rd, good libiary nowin | qiossessioh of tlie school.

j ' JnJg' Ward arrived late Monliny tiigllt, hiuT r.'» lutsinesa was. doiie until Tuesday! A Itt-rge miinlH-f of .-adgments tiavy takJi* by but no trials have been had. The suit of Geo. Li. Fayler, for (Jte.OOO against the L. N. A. & C. Rv. Co., for injuries sustained at the railroad wreck, near Ceda~ Lake, was sent to White county, by change of venue. Walter S. McMahan, warranted a divorce Tuesday from Nancy McMahan, .oh .the. gr.o.unds'. as in-’ compatibility of temper. ‘ Walter S. li’-es in V iiion tp., and -Nancy in Ohio. All the criminal cases have been set for the last week of court. About a dozen new cases have been begun since Monday.