Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1890 — Half Fare to the State Convention [ARTICLE]

Half Fare to the State Convention

The Central Traffic Association has given a half-fare rate to all who attend the Republican State convention, to be held in Indianapolis Sept. 10. Tickets will .be sold Sept. 9 and 10, good for return to and including Sept. 11. I •* The farmers of Indiana, it is, said, hold the balance of power in that State. This is hardly true, however, speaking of them as a c.ass independent of political parties. But if the farmers possess the power they should make short work of the Democratic party, which is h serious detriment to the progress es the State. For example, tfiiß office grabbing and free trade organization has increased Indiana's debt in ten years from $1,093,39* to $8,540,613, and this, too. during y* a™ in which all the other States were paying off their debts.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It has been clearly shown that as ; the bullion price of silver declined the I price of all other things went down. i Now that silver has risen from 94 cents to $1.14 per ounce, general prices must follow. As silver has advanced 20 cents per ounce from the beginning of the agitation, and before the law goes into effect, it seems that the purchase of 4,500,000 ounces pei month for a time would restore it entirely.—Leader. | Prank Stash, of Louisville, was attacket by a ao-pound black bear la that city and , ptocaa was ,