Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1890 — Marion Township Convention. [ARTICLE]

Marion Township Convention.

The Marion township delegate convention will be held at the Court house, at 1 o’clock p. m. March 29, 1890. The Republican voters in Rensselaer school town will meet by districts at 7 p. in., March 28, ' 1890, as follows: No. 1. South of River and east of Washington street and Remington road, at Auditor’s office. ... No. 2. South of River and west .of No. 1, at. Treasurer’s office, No.' 5. West of College and. south of Vine, at Clerk’s office. No. 4. North of Vine street at -.•jEijftiilfeflUbwatQlft. fchop-.— ■*..» No. 5. West of Washington and Franklin and east of Cullen .aDd Front, at Chilcote’s law office. No. 6. East of Washington and Franklin and North of Cullen and ■■Gmco, at Rensselaer Bank, . - No. 7. Houth of Cullen and Grace and east of Washington, at Thompson & Bro.’s office. No. 8. East of College and west of Washington, Cullen and Forest, at Hammond & Austin’s office. Every Republican in the school town is invited to * attend one of these meetings. - ■ ■ Simon P. Thompson, ) Co Jofljt M. Wasson. ] uom .' February 10th, 1890.

The Hon. IV. D. Owen hits been l one'of Chicago's strongest -friends j for the worid’s fair, clear through, j liis speech in its favor, in Cot>i gress, was one of the ablest and most . effective delivered on the TsnSJeelf su conceded by 1 the press generally. ———— - In politics-the Herald is h “free lance.” Its editor has no political favors to uuy party, and is . bound to no man by reason of his political faith. Don’t make any mistake on this hem I. —Good land Horal <l. • We won’t “make any mistake” on that hand, esteemed contemporary, we assure you. Tour constantly recurring little side swipes in favor of free-trade and, so-called, tariff reform, with sedulous avoidnee of anything that could be possibly construed into critcism of the Democratic party, make very clear the extent of the sincerity of I your protestations of “free lance” | principles. We wont make any mistake on that head, andMonfthelieveihat yonr readera will, either. The House of Representatives has finally voted on the question of the location of the world’s fair. Chicago was in the lead from the first, and was finally chosen on the eighth ballot, after an exciting contest lasting all the afternoon. It is a great victory for western push and enterprise and a great rebuke to eastern snobbishness and self complacency. In fact, > there is no one particular in which J the selection of Chicago gives us more satisfaction than the rebuke it gives to the sneering and insult- j ing manner in which the press and j speakers of New York have treated : the niaims of Chicago during this j contest. Of course this vote of j the House does not fully settle the ! matter, although it is generally conceded to do so, in effect. Under the new election law responsible duties will devolve upon j the respective managers of polity ical parties. Thirty days before an election one republican and one democrat shall meet with the county cierk and constitute the county board of election commissioners and prepare and distribute ballots for election of all county officers. One week before an election the chairmen of the respective committees shall appoint election ; judges for each precinct. Five 1 days before an election they shall appoint two election sheriffs, one of daefi party, for each election precinct; four days before each election a poll clerk for each preffinef. As will be seen, this makes considerable work for a chairman, all of which he is expected to perform without pay.

One of those ridiculous political campaign lies now so popular with the free trade press has been going the rounds, to the effect that the fa rm mortgages of Indiana aggregate $635,000,000. State Treasurer Lemcke was appealed to for information, and this is his reply: '“I have to say that the assessment of ‘B9 shows $831,000,000. This is about 50 per cent of actual value. The Bankers’ Monthly’s guess at Indiana’s farm mortgages is preposterous, and that fanciful estimate can only arise with and be believed by those who are hostile to the existing economical status of the Country, and is being persistently and systematically put forth for political purposes. The true figures can not possibly reach one half of that amount. Our Indiana farmers are not paupers, but on the contrary are in moderately good condition. The tax duplicate gives the value of land in Indiana at $309,000,000 and improvements thereon, $65,000,000 making a total of Multiply this sum by two iu order to ascertain the actual value, and yon get $750,000,000. 1 Is it reasonable to suppose that the money-lender would lend so near the value of the collateral? Would not human nature require a greater margin? The fact is that nowhere do investors lend more than 50 cents on the dollar on aotual/values of farming land, independent of the improvement^]!^