Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1892 — Page 2

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Democratic party of Jasper county has publicly, in convenbea party of spoils and not of r principle. It nominated a ticket H kst Saturday every man of which % professed adherent of princi pies tbat&re diametrically opposed tamest of those to which Deino‘ejcacy adheres,' and nearly every man of which has always been, as they still are, opponents of Demo- ■ "■■■ . Mr. Gilman defend bis vote l&r the tax law'-—Democratic Gilman, we are glad to say has no vote in favor*of the tax law to defend. He voted against the tax law and the Senate record shows that 'he did. Ti e 'statements of th e Pilot and Sentinel in this reject are wholly false, and thh more inexcusable for the fact that this paper published the fact that Mr. Gilman had voted ligawßt the tax law, as far back as April of the present year. Tbe new tax law passed the last legislature as a non-partisan measure. Every Republican or that body \ oud fear it on the final passage. The only if imposition to its passage came from four Democratic senators who voted against the bill.—People’s Pilot. The above is another unmitigated lie. In the Senate alone there were nine votes ’against (he law on its final passage. One of these 9 was Senator Gilman, of this, district, who opposed . Aakv< first last and all the time. Republican senator who voted against the bill on its final passage liana Mr. Skockney, now Republican paqrfirfato for Lieutenant governor. The full teste vote on the fma] passage of the bill is recorded on page 867, Senate Record of 1891, and may he seen at the office of the county Cornered at every point on the loeal tax inrausSS* brothers Marshall and Mills now Insist that the Demorustet- made the largest levies, last year. Ip connection with this they have heretofore told us ilm every dolhfir would be needed, and would be hOMetiy expended. Further the Republican, {September 10, 1892, action, in ttertbUouing^-terms: “The levies were cut dowa to agree with the greatly increased assessment, but nil 1 were evidently made with a view to yielding enough revenue for toe regular towniiup expenses,” and adds: “The Democratic trustees, to their ■'credit be it said, did not take the advice of the state central con mitten. llbjMJked ill) ty fijirDemocratic .v ,P/«. ’ V.'to pttt the levlcs way down to the AfHfes sa:uo,tf they }>utthm r levies down to their estimated th-n publican, after the declaration that a was deserving of credit, should SOtseek to attach disc edit, is c

while fiho. Jig thal Uae 1 i'V.- Jcifllic trustees to.ve increased th 1r taxes RapUbllcai truitecs, we ir '*- takeiF care, in ev ry case, to po it out reasOas for suci increase, t< s*2tc that tea,tevs,asw - puW n trusteesas they understood them. Our object in showing that the Democratic trustees had made the larger average vr»a i :: So tlf most effectually dtd, the outrageously the People's Pilot , that these local tag increase! were made in the interests of a Republican tax conspiracy. .Tab Ru-chucan has dja l with thia - whole auojsct in c , »piett-Hot truth, justness and tiprM s, u rd? to say Tagarding the doaneclloa of our- Democratic trustees, therewith; whiles in contrast with our conduct in that regard his beea the false, unjust and outrageously slanderous course of th© Piht and in a less degree, of the 'Dendcratic Sentinel. . •- ; i Truth, justice and fairness have all been exclusively upon our side ih this local tax matter, add all fair minded and well informed people of all parties, know that it has. ] Uncle John Makeover is an admirer of the new D emccratic tax law, about which a plank in the Democratic state platform; “The increased revenues necessary for the support of the state government are raided entirely from the corporations of the state.” He owns a fine body of many h undreds of acres in extent of land in Newton township, upon which, last year, before the said tax law had got in its work, he-paid state taxes ■ to the total amount of $30.00. This year, upon exactly the same land,; he pays state taxes to the amount of sßs.lland all owing to the new tax law. His is not an ; exceptional case. There is probably not4o acres of land in Jasper county that d es not pay from 75 per cent to 200 per cent more state taxes than it did last year. In Mr. Makeever’s case the increase is only a little more than 166 per cent., or almost exactly two and one half times as much this year as last year. ! 7— rBut this particular case, only a sample of hundreds like it in Jasper county, besides showing what a monstrous and most audacious lie the Democratic convention was guilty of when it put the- assertion above quoted in its platform, may also be used to aptly illustrate a statement we made last week* to the effect that the new tax law takes the taxes off the capitalist and puts it upon the laud owner. This land was assessed in 1890 at to be assessed in 1891 at $24,318, or an increase of more than 14D per cent The total taxes upon the same for 189 f) were $280.68. For 1891 the total taxes were $117.52, au increase of more than 70 per cent. Mr. Makeever is also the principal owner of the Farmers’ Bank, in Bensselaer, a solid and prosperous institution. The assessment of the bank was, For 1890, $21,125. For 1891, $21,150. The increase in the assessment of the bank is only a little more than One tenth of one per cent. The per cent of the increase in the assessment of the land is thus fourteen hundred times larger than the per cent, of increase of the bank’s assessment. The state taxes on the bank were For 1890, $60.21 For 1891, $74.09 . The per cent of increase of state taxes were, Upon the bank 23 per cent Upon the land 166 per cent The total tuxes upon the , bank for the two years were For 1890, $367.68 Foflß9l, $285.52 The decrease for the latter year is $82.09 or over 22 per cent , Thus this “benificont” new tax law, while it nearly DOUBLES the taxes on land, reduces those on

Jasper c-.unty, and then such of you as are fools t übugh u> r believe the declaration of the Lemocj atic humbugged U-y what the alfegbij brganibi me People’s party and JOemeeratic rtfiner teti ycm about .this law, wiH. ; welli. : siifiire to be the end of year , t

DOUCHTY DOUTHIT DICTATES DEMOCRACY.

Ht discounts Green Smith itr 'Apply* ■ ing the Gag Rate. -■- The alleged Democratic county convehtton met in the court house last Saturday, and carried out the; program of the bosses, by nomih* 'ating*the .&ifi"dr(late3 on the People’s Partv ticket. * -vs* _ r . James W. DouTlift, pt Rensselaer, was chosen chairman, and he applied the gag rule most effectually. No sooner had the preliminery organization been effected, and the real work of the convention begun, [indorsing the People’s party Hicket] than the true animus of the proceedings began to materialize. The Treasurer being the first office on the ticket Walter Ponsler was put in nomina] tion for the office. No sooner had his name been mentioned than Mr. DeArmond, an old time Democrat from Kankakee township, and a delegate to the convention, arose and inquired if Mr. Ponsler was a Democrat,- protes[jng that, as a Democrat, he had the right to insist that only those who were Democrats should be placed upon the Democratic ticket. That as a delegate he had the right to know the political faith of those who were presented for the consideration of delegates of this convention. The chairman promptly informed Mr. DeArmond that If he had a Candidate to name, to name him, otherwise to hold bis peace. It was noticable that this slap was resented not only by Mr. DeArmond, but by a large number of other delegates who favored putting fi ticket irt the field that was representative of their political beliefs. . Chairman Douthit, however gave, them to understand that he was running the convention, and fearing that things would not work altogether as he wished, he requested that somebody make a motion tibat Mr. Ponsler he chosen by this being done Mr. Douthit declared Ponsler the nominee Of the Democratic party for for Treasurer. It now being evident that it was the intention of the doughty chairman to name the Peope’s ticket intact, the farce assumed a very ludicrous aspect, as man after man was named by perhaps 16 or 16 very feeble ayes. Everything went "lovety until lfieSurve3*or-was reached, when no one responded to the request for a motion by acclamation, whereupon King Douthit ordered to make This Mr. Paxton declined to do; but some one else, just at this jnnoture, came’to the chairman’s relief. .Not to be caught in a predicament of this kind again. Chairman Douthit dispensed with the formality of -a motion at the next nomination, and even dispensed with the negative vote, and after putting the affirmative side of the question declared the man named as the nominee of the conveniton. From this on until the tieket was complete, as fast as the names were presented they were declared the nominees of the convention as soon as the affirmative vote was taken. j As soon as the work of the convetion was completed and the PeopoDemo ticket,named the orator of the day was introduced. He dealt in the usual generalities and in addition to these, declared-that there were only two parties, that there never had been arid never would be but two parties in this country. This he proceeded to prove in great shape, aud fyqm the lack of enthusiasm manifested, one would judge much to the disgust of the people’s parly adherents, who were present. . : 1-O ■

For the Campaign.

For fho purpose of helping along the good cause of Itepublican*, ism in Jftsper County, The REPUBLICAN will beaentfroninowuntilNQvember 15, to residents of Jasper Gounty for 15 cento, in advance, and to ponsons ordering a number ts copies some further reduction will be made. V « « - • - ■ - .t-'-'x —E .' y- ;

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That Great Trea[?]upy Surplus.

After the tier© Drawn, Ear Each Year, It Aw feli4*lJj Jrf*7 in tatK Ibarrtn tSSI, it An©'her Complete aad Conclusive Lcfntation o* lie I’ilol jhuiff’a i-rvarpsr. —*— - Last week w-4 tb<t ex act.facts regarding taxes in this county for th.- :a>: years 1890 week qo give -J&# the. bfeJma<J6 3K n klm, .c&-i regarding which m-ich false am! misleading matter has Sami. mrculated by the same paper the -same persons wlio have been tiding to fill tho minds of the people We gave'the facts about taxes,; exactly as they were. We s.hail low the same rule about the balai.ee in the t maty tre-snrylnadr an! just as oiji -i-cttflcfs; will them ii they »,lu iuv y £ dgate_ ;: for tk-mt elves. It is the ofliciai tiai-y of the county auditor to prepare, every year a financial statement? for the fiscal year ending May 31st of each year, to submit the same 1 to the ’Odttnty Commissioners abtheir June, session, and, if the statement is found com et and approved by the ccmmiesn >ners, to publish -tliQ same in a public newspaper. This annual report embraces many funds and many figures, but only the matter of the ba'tauee in ’the treasury for the fiscal years ending May 31st 1891 and May 31st 1892 is now under discussioh. The financial report for the year ending May 31st 1891, and,published iii June of that year showed a total clear Balance then in the county treasury, in thd hands of the county treasurer, on May 31st of that year, aud embracing all kinds of funds, of >? ; $25,859.00 The . financial ti4temc.nl.. .published in June of the present year showed a net balance on hand May 31st 1892, of $40,485.62 ' • .... These figures, upon their face, - ' showed a net increase of funds in the treasury for the latter year over the former of $20,026.54 Now while there was a good and sufficient. explanation for this seemingly largely increased surplus, which sho wed that there was really no increase, to be had afc any time by calling at the office of the county treasurer or of the county auditor, yet without takmg the trouble to learn-the true facts in the matter, or if they did learnthem, wilfully disregaidiug them, the editors of the People's Pilot, aswell as various private individuals,’ have been declaiming against this alleged itrcrefcSed surplus in the

treasury and declaring that it was not needed and had been rah o r for corrupt purposes, or to make the new tax law unp.-p ulaiT These statements, gpno and all are _ wholly and absolutely hose, add the true facts as wo will here present them, will prove, that they are false. It is the duty of the county and*, itor, every year in May, after %. April installment of taxes are ajQU paid or become delinquent, to. make the May distribution of funds to the various townships aqd. towns, such as township, school, and road taxes. It usually happens that the trustees and town boaids driw out funds ? before the end of May, and the balance in tbp treasury ia thus greatly reduced. + This fear it; happened otherwise/ and odly three ti ’ ihe i *i|i.stees -called for their fhnis Iblfore the Ist of June, and the money tnatsholW have been takhS out on this May distribution T«aivqned as part of the balance in-t3Se4roastury and so appeared m the auditor’s ß financial statemsote,. published in JutfO, and in vdifclftho TYty tmOs its largely increased bwafi'ce. ’ u .n In proof of the truth of what we: hfive just stated, we note the fact that during 'ihe drat 16 days of June overs2s,ooo of that alleged great balance in the treasury was paid out to the townships, on the May distribution. If the township trustees had come in and got their money from this distribution, before the,last oiMay, as they usually have done, the balance In the treasury on June Ist would have actually been Ifrts, by several thousand*, than it wi s tne yeffjr before. 1 ! There was none too muchmoiey in the treasury on the Ist of last June. lh tying the tliiee ftmgoths [

. iWt wl ? 4 ¥* -i tjte' >_t,bD-UtttMWll|^Hraill:: wig, cpuuty i'au i •♦ere $10,840.20. I)e- : tractio£ both of these' stuns fee vet the bah ace hi the treasury June Ist left only Jia733.82. This svjn has been furl her decreased by r/..e •claims 11qvt(«1 bjrihe ers at their September session; hud increased somewhat by taxes •paid, a.id ether sohrees. ' The i. afire balance now on hax d, Sfeet’hcT rffce-exa r :t m rndt ase«rtailiable uat 1 the time for tee regular quarterly 3 , posting of fi e treasurer’s books, as required by law.

JUDGE GRESHAM'S DEFECTION.

It is now generally conceded itobe a .fact that Judg- Greshi m has ai loi need his intention of voting ,ui G,-«yeland., N oyr the significance. of any mail's < ost r-Uon of a ppUtical‘.party depends’-opon the mrcumstuuces which have caused it It is one thing if, evidently done through motives of patriotism and principle andqmtemsother if done through jealousy and disappointed ambition. Gen. Daniel E, Sickles, a man whose patriotism and disinterestedness no man ever called in question, has refused to vote for Cleveland because the latter sent a substitute to tho war, and afterwards, when Peesident, vetoedtha pensions of soldiers, and mocked at their misfortunes while he refused them the relief which their necessities demanded. The defection of such a mun as Sickles, is a matter of great significance and will; have a tremendous influence. How different the case with Judge Gresham! The Republican party, which has been generous in bestowing honors apd emoluments upon him, and the tariff principles of which have been practically unchanged for a generation, was good enough for him whea Blaine the greatest protectionist in America, was candidate in 1884 -It was good enough for him in 1888 when lie hoped for its nomination for the presidency, t Its mm good enough for him even so late as of the present year, When his son, Otto Gresham, came into this State and tried to organivse it in his father’s interest. The people of this Tenth congressional district, km w this to be a fact, for here one of his strongest efforts was made. I) es anyone believe that if Judge Gresham had been offered the Republican nomination in 1888 or in 1892 he would have had any' cQhpumilidus of conscience on account of "thp party’s tariff principles'? Great men are fully as prone as . meg to hold exaggerated ideas of their own greatness, and io^b&cpme “sqi'eheachgl’ ’ pysr fail* ure of others to accept Qte|r gr. aV pess at their own valuation. 'Judge Greshajp thpu^hthimself to be a much greater and more deserving mau'tfhan Benjamin ''Harrison. The latter proved himself to J be infinitely the more popular man in their own state, and easily beating him for nomination, made Acadvass in 1888 which for its' ability and effectiveness was hb far ! &eyohd‘tfnything that Gresham could have done, as it wotfld be beyond the ability of Thomas Hammond to make 'lie ffhdge Johnston is inkkingrAthis district? r; Ihd set, ho has fine® maintained, and

jjpVeii 01©. country'one of thb ablest and purest administrations' in ifsbistory. The wond-rfnl euccfesa of fcijis dace destined rival* witti big own disiippiiniitoent , has 'souredGresham. : How greatly the preside ntial bee has ; bugzed jp Gr.-eham’s bonnet, aud l how much ft has Hi Is calm political judgement is proven t»y his course a few months ago, ' when he nnquest onably, vacillated for days before he could decide to refuse the nomination'of that monstrous political deformity, the People’s party, for the presidency. In spite of the financial madmisa of its platform and the anarchistic treason of its pre-amble, Mr. Grtli' ham would have accepted thatparty’BmQriinatftn as Bare lh« sun shines Jin the heavens i| to hid

Fiursiii ----- pj£'Wr'Z IV '/V l.ti.iT OjjLl 1 j 1 fitr Al. __ ' T~\ j.j., buntry. ' J udge Gresham loft the Republican party because he loved himself. under-tend b<th of results will be accordingly.,

ONE MORE.

another Prominent Democrat Detcrta Cleveland. Provtoekc®, Oct 3.—General John M. Brennan, ah astute Democratic politician, in discussing the politicaiaffair* *f the state and nation, said: : 15 The Democrats cannot win in Rhode Island, for they have nothing whatever to win on. The national party very foolishly went to the country with a defeated candidate, and they cannot recover the presidency. Cleveland was defeated with the federal government behind him and more than 100,300 officeholders, all of whom ought to have been with Cleveland, but they were in the majority against him, and when the election came around again in 1888 they largely voted for Harrison. There is but one logical conclusion to this part of the political outlook, and'that is, What can Cleveland do without the federal patronage in 1892 when he could not win with it in 1888? Cleveland, who became so jocular and grotesque in his thousands of pension vetoes to the poor Union soldiers’ claims, wiU neverbe forgiven. He drove many nails in his political coffin when he made those,vetoes- Ho one in all this country ever hoard before of a candidate going to the people as a nominee for a great office against the expressed wishes and desires of the state delegation whence he came. Hi the November elections in Rhode island the Democrats will be sure to see to it that the Cleveland following choose two Mugwump candidates as the nominees for congress, and they can go down with the ill starred Coterie of managers who expended so much money to secure the Cleveland delegates to the Chicago convention. These same Mugwumps in'Rhode Island caused the defeat of the Democratic party in this state in the last April eleotion. . ■ ; .

POWDERLY FOR PROTECTION.

The Tabor Loader Leaves the Democratic Party. A Wilkesbarre (Pa.) dispatch says: General Master Workman powderly, Labor,AndChanncey Pi Black, president of the State League of Democratie Clubs, met ad the Delaware and Hudson railroad depot fp Hyde Park Mr. Black was tak- . ing the train for his home in York, Pa., after attending the annual convention of the Democratic clubs in Scranton. Powderly grasped the Democratic statesman warmly by the . hand and said: “Can you tell me where Cleveland stands on the tariff?" Mr, Black replied, “That’s more than 1 can tell, although if yon ashed where I stood I would he able to tell yo»J* .' “I tell you what,” B&id Powderly, “1 don’t think lie knows where he stands. Ha is at sea. 1 used to admire that jpm, hut since his meddlesome, tnterrereince with the' kilter question I have lost confidence in him. As tietween the Republican and Democratic parties I am a Republican this time.” The stand Powderly takes will Create a sensation in labor circles. He has always been a Democrat. The Cleveland administration of the public land office charged fraud against hundreds, of thousands Of honest homesteaders In the west, hang up entries upon millions of acres and went out of offioe leaving 350,953 applications and entries wnaetmt-npan. -The Harrison admipistratlon has acted upon ail of these and tins many thousands which have siaee been presented, issuing patents for 65,000,00® acres against 86,000.000 acres patented by Cleveland’s administration in the same length of time. ; G ‘

Can’t Batter Down That Wall.

Chicago Tribune.

■ njr-Bf*3'»r3 j.;.;! Under President Butlien'i RdmlabSa* tlon there has been an increase of 9X00,000,009 la the money in circulation In the «f«W*nr* administration has reduced the annual Interest charge on the public debt $11,684,670, or a saving of practically a mlllleo dollars a month ~. ~ - -—-»rMassachusetts All4e Stunee Now Torh. Investigations of 8,745 manufacturing establishments ip Massachusetts hare revealed the following facta, the comparisons being between the years 1880 and 1881; ( ‘ ■ There has been an increase in the capital invested. There has been an increase in the stock ÜBed in manufacture. There has -been an increase in the value of the product. There has been an increase in tit* number of peteeat employed. • There lias been an increase |n the gross amount of wages pild. There has been an increase in the average yearly earnings per individual. -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, . Foreign .fILUcUoY enimui. «hat u»d«*awrprotoetltotjwtom Me wan) a#U grauMr'MaTth. 'ltdUhl B ** M *

THE TARIPF IS A TAX.

No intelligent man "will try-to deny that it is a tax. !,■ j Jt is a heavy tax, an oppressive So far, so good Just at this point comes our mighty—ishedby it. That simple fact throws a fit. d of light on the Tariff Tax qu ■*- tion. . --V . -4; . U yoif doubt, ask the tin-plate makers of Wales who have seen their profits disappear to make oom for the American Tariff. Ask the Chemnitz hoisery manufacturers who have been delivering goods in this market, duty paid, for less thaij. they received under the old and lo ver duty. The pearl button manufacture rs of Austi.a whose business has been captured by Americans will tell you who is oppressed by the McKinley bill. ■£ * —■------ So will the cotton tie makers of England. So will the lace curtain makers of Nottingham and the worsted manufacturers of Bradford, and the plush men of Huddersfield. people can tell from xperience that they are oppressed and taxed by our Tariff. They are all unanimously infavor of its repeal. Every mau of them would vote for Cleveland if he could. Not being able to vote, they pray for his election and subscribe to this campaign fund. They can afford to. The success of his policy would mean untold wealth to them. If money could elect a President,- their money _wo aid elec, Cleveland. But, thank God, money cannot carry an election against the convictions of the American people. Least of all can foreign i»old do so That is why Benjamin Harrison will continue to occupy the Whi e House for some years yet. But the Tariff Tax will stau 1. Our people rejoice in it. It is a tax that protects and enriches them at the expense of the foreign enemies of American industry.

PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will « fl. r a Pu > lie Sale at his residence 2£ mil. • south of DeMotte, in Keen' r ip , Jas per county, Ind., beginning at'lo o’clock A. M. on Saturday,UOct ber 22, J 892, The following property, to-wit: Seven eows, two 2-year, old steers, one 2 year old heifer, one 2-year old bull, 1 mare, one 2-year old colt, one spring colt, 2 mowers, 1 partof stove, _and other farming i m ptementa household goods too numerous to mention. Terms of Sale: —One year’s credit without interest, or lO per cent discount for Cash, on sums over $4 CHAS. H. THOMPSON. C. O. Spencer, Auctioneer. 6-2 t. . Special Notice To Fathers.— Never were we before so -bie to give you as good a boot or shoe for the money as we will be this fall. Why is this? Because, leu h« r is is down, we have bought' of i| )o most reliable and cheapest f c lot >s ot the 0. S. and wehavvC’ji nil 1«-hi tier goods at least 5 percent f,.. U i ihe usual price. We can save you m< i.«y- .„ _ . .4/ v I- J- Pouter. : — 1 " » The Best Tank Made. Water tanks, round, square or any •hape desired, made of Michlgt r» White Pine, and the best tanks mado. Also dealer in windmills, puma, piping Ac. Milton Chip,wan Keusselavr, Lid. V '-.- ■ " ... % A New method: of regulating the 11—er, stomaon g„ j noweis through the nerves A now « eovery. Dr Miles’ Nerve ,„,t Li ~ Pills speedily cure biilio t i ,i taste, torpid W, pile*, (Jaequated for men. women u m|,| , Smallest, iiiilduest, suras*! .V* d..- , » ots. Samples tree, at B F Kej.Ui, l 7 i-w ■ *» •.■ A* % Did y ► k