Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1887 — Railroads and Taxes. [ARTICLE]

Railroads and Taxes.

Ohio, Massachusetts and Hes Jersey made aggressive aud un mistakable Republican campaigns aud won, with largely increased majorities. New York made another shilly-shally Mugwump fight sud the Democrats won with increased majorities. There is n very large moral connected with these facts aud the Republicans of the country nre getting on to it, pretty thoroughly. A woman’s suffrage convention, tor the 10th Congressional dis- " trict, was held at Tjogansport, on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. It was a large affair. Hon. W. D. 0 wen made the welcoming iddrosa and introduced the speakers. In the choice o£ frftrrmr fur the district Rensselaer got tin' highest place. Mrs. I*. S. Dwig gins being cbosea district president. Mrs. 8. P. Thompson was chosen county president for Jasper county und Mrs. J udge Ward county president for Newton-coun-ty. ,

The Republican candidate- fox President is sure of 18! > elcctonr! votes from the North. li Indiana andXonnecticut can also be car ried their vote, added to the 183, will elect the President with % votes to spare. The suggestion has be. u made, and deserves theihost careful consideration, that if General llanisou is nominated o: President and General •Hawley, of Connecticut, for Vice Preei- . dent, both the&e states will go Republican and the ticket be elected . 1 here is a heap of good sense in this line of reasoning. Within the last eight months the people of four slates have successively reject; d prohibition, namely, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee and Oregon. These' elections seem to show that the public sentiment ia now dmtin- maxfrom that plan of dealing with the temperance question, whereas, a few years ttgo t the' current seefiied' to all be in the other direction. The explanation of this fact is in the growing up among the people of a feeling that some other methadot dealing with the liquor evil fe v. her ’and more practicable. The Logsuspori Journal pays its respects to the Chicago News Incalling it the scavenger of the grit - tors and champion ot liars; aud adds that puck newspapers are.the' curse of tons land and are doing more damage to the country to-day than the Anarchists and all the *ttach,in£?y of their propogauda, |"b© severe but nbtmore =f,vere than true. It is one of the ‘nulling shames of the age thah ytiblications of tKe character of ; 1 - >

he News should be so extensively '.vtronlzed mid fucouraged by the j leople whose best aud dearest invests th-'y selfisldy trample iu , die dust. ~ ; “Volapuk” is the name of a new language, invented some time ego 1 by a scholarly priest in Germany, and designed to beeonie a uaiversal international language. It has recently boeu f ally “described' aM explained, in various papers and miga/,ines, iu this country, find seems to tie admirably adapted W tp»e purpose for tyhich it was ini' nte l. Hundreds of thousands of people in Europe have already, earned to write and speak it, and lately a great interest concerning it has grown up iii the eastern part of this country and is fast spreading westward; and already thoughtful men are advocating that it be taught in onr. public chools. .. The Message has not been issued for about two months and .Mr. amos, who has lately returned fr un the west, now announces that he .will not resume its publication. The history of the institution and subsequent publication of that paper would furnish a number of very pointe l in > als, but b iu ' unwilling to criticize one who is no 1 mgOT in a position to reply, we will refrain, and “let the dead past 'bury its dead.” One fact, however, we will remark: Mr. James had had sufficient newspaper experience in Itcusselaer that lie .ought to have known that there was not sufficient newspaper patronage lure to adequately support three papers. In fact, we doubt not that he did know this fact, perfectly well; and where- he made liis great mistake was iu believing that he could supplant and override one or both of the other two papers. • •• - —, The question of u telephone line between this town and i’etoiugtou has tieei. revived by a well considered -communication in tha iiemjugton News; wherein the necessity for such a line-is clearly set .jfcprth. The News also states that it has knowledge of a resident. of that town who stands ready to -pay-out of his o.vn pocket half tire" expense of buiiding .tkeliiie. 'The Neyvs d ies not make it clear, however, whether that offer is absolute or conditional upon some other one man in EenSaolaer paying, the other half. A telephone line between the two places,. would, unquestionably, be a great convenience and, we believe, would pay operating expenses, and perhaps a fair interest on its first cost. As to the cost of constructing the line, we should estimate it, from the insufficient- daia at our com- | maud, at from, SodO to SBOO, and 1 think the lower figure the nearest j correct;

; Edttol Rnuuhijcan: The four i ir.iUoK.ls that cross .Jasper county, {.' tii! u large proportion o£ the taxes oLISSG. . Tire Fan--H&ntIIo runs Through Carpenter township, ami paid as fpilows: . -g_. Carp ctcr tp -. $180?. 1-1 Remington. . 115.20 Total 51022.;n . The L., N. A. AC. road paid as | follows:. Hanging Grove $ -11P.09 [Mnriou.. 13J4.17 : Newton 432.-19 L’nion 972,62 Town of Rensselaer 105.43 Total * $3264.30 Chicago A Indiana Coal Roadt i uidn tp $217.60. The Indiana, Illinois A lowa R. Ik, or “3 1” pays for: Kankakee tp.- $ 485.90 M’heatfield 456.69 Keener . 641.40 K ; Total $1613.99 A total of $7,018.23 or more than one-tweifiL oi : all the taxes paid iu Jaspef county for 188t‘. The Townships of Lnion, AValkfer, Wheat held aml Kankakee will be beue'licte.d on the duplicate of 1887 by tiie tax on the extension of the Chicago <t Indiana C-oal Boat! from. Fair Oaks to the Kankakee river’ or county line north.- which wi 11 amount to an increase of about SI2OO. Ir t-e-rhiiiily pays to have su< h imm-ovements.

I. B. WASHBURN.