Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 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. in, 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 6ast 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. 3. West of College and south of Vine, at Clerk’s office. No. 4. North of Vine street at Frank Osborm-'s whop. No. 5. of Washington and Franklin and east of Cullen and Forrest, at Chilcote’s law office. No. 6. East of Washington and Franklin and North of Cullen and Grace, at Rensselaer Bank. No. 7. South 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 Thesemeetings. Simon P. Thompson, I p. John M. Wasson. February 10th, 1890.

s The State Supreme Court in a decision rendered last Thursday, has sustained the validity of the i School Book Lawj in all particn- | laps. Even to the extent that township trustees and other rchool ’ officers are compelled to enforce * the use of the books in the public i schools. Four of the five Supreme J udges concurred in the decision. I Judge Berkshire, however, handed in a dissenting opinion, holding the law unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives has passed Mr. Owen’s bill providing for an investigation of Castle Garden and the working of the federal immigration laws. The resolution was amended to include an investigation of the probable effect on workingmen of the purchase of American industries by English capital. The methods by which New York City has been made solidly Democratic by a wrongful use of this institution are well known in the East. Mr. Owen has struck a rich lead, and as chairman of the committee jwill find work of great importance before him.

The policy followed by Secretary Bayard in truckling to Great Britain was a policy of debasement and not of dignity. Our people and the Canadians as well are aware that under the present administration of the State department the policy of harassing our fisherman upon the high seas by armed British vessels can not be resumed. Our industries and our citizens are to be protected, and knowing this the Canadian government will be very chary of giving us grounds for offense. With this feeling upon the part of the people of both countries the final settlement of the dispute is already half accomplished.

In passing, the Neiw Albany Tribune speaks in this manner, perhaps less classically than pointedly: “One thing must be said for Mr. Cleveland. He is not deceived at all as to the true character of the ‘Tariff Reform league.’ In his letter to the meeting at Indianapolis, he assures the persons present that in the work they are doing, they are serving ‘our party? Manifestly the Democrat party is meant by ‘our party.’ He has political discernment enough to know that the dishonest claim that the leagues are non-partisan will react when the ambushmcnt is discovered. He thinks it safer and better to let it be known at once that the leagues are of “our partyj” Republican newspapers have now and then been forced by a clear sense of duty to say some hard things about Governor Hill. But the solemn fact remains that the worst blows which he has received have been dealt him, and that in cold blood, by the members of his own party. Those who hissed him when he Arose to speak at a notable public dinner given in New York not long ago were all Democrats, no Republicans being present. And it was a Democratic newspaper, 77ie Nashville American, which referred to him and his “henchmen” a few weeks ago, as “a lot of political cut-throats.” The fact is the Democratic party is falling out with 'itself.

For a large number of years the Democratic party in congress, through the press an.d on the stump denounced Republicans on account of the surplus. And now that Congress proposes to build a much needed navy, to build bridges, j where they have long been need-; ed, and to honor the promises made to the soldier when he went forth to be shot at by confedera- | tes, then in rebellion; that the j same Democratic party is distres-' sed that the surplus is to be sent forth out of the treasury to give work to laboring men and food and shelter to the worn out and poverty stricken veterans who savnation. If it were not so mean, this change of front would be rediculous. „ J I ~ " J