Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1893 — Page 4

'■ . . n - - - Thursday, Febrn&ry 9,1893. y- ■ ■,-■■■ ■ ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY BY GEO. E. PttßUanß AND PBOPRnnOBi - ——— ■ OFFICE In Republican building, on Sorner of Washington and Weston streets. j - . yj TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months so Official Paper of Jasper County.

3DZZeSCTOE"Z" >.. ' ~ ■ -■■■-.. . ■•- CORPORATION OFFICERS. Marshal M. L. WarrenClerk Charles G. Spitler. Treasurer. C. Starr. ■’ r isFWaM:.:;:.. ..m. b. Alter. 2d Ward. J. 0 Porter. Councilnien :;<t Ward J. H. S. Ellis. tthWar 1.. J M Wasson . Sth Ward..Ancil Wood worth. I ; JASPER COUNT Y BOA RD OF EDUCATION J. C. Gwin, Trustee Hinging Otove tp. Michael Robinson, trustee Gillam tp. FrancisM. Hershman, trustee Walker tp. J. F.lliff, tr. sted . Barkley tp. Wm. Greenfield, trustee.... Ms ion ip. James H Carr, trustes lordan tp. Nehemiah Hopkins, trustee Newton tp J. F. Bruner, trust e Keener tp. Hons Paulson, Tru5tee........... Kankakee tp. K D Clark, trustee Wheatfield tp, Wm O. Roadifer. trustee Carpenter tp. ZJbe MoCashen, trustee Milroy tp. Win-Cooper, trustee Union, tp. ..I_\ Remington. Ezra L. Clark „ .C.^Rensselaer. .J. F. Warren County Supt - •- * JUDICIAL. .'Circuit Judge. Ulric Z. Wile:. Prosecuting Attorney........ John T. Brown. Tkhms of Court.—First Monday in January Third Monday in March; Firs Monday in June; Third Monday in Octo->er. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk William 11. Coover. Sheriff Chas W. Hanley. -Treasurer Mark H. HemphillAuditor.--..™,, Henry B. Murray. Recorder ' ....Judson J. Hunt. Surveyor John E. Alter. Coroner . .It. P. Benjamin. Superintendent Public Schools, J. F Warren. 5 Ist District...Benj. R. Faris. 2nd Distr letJ. C. Martindale. 3rd District . .O. P. Taber. commissioners Court.- First Mondays in Mateu, June, 8 ptember and December.

In regard to the nomination of Jackson as Lainar’s successor on the Supreme Bench, we believe that President Harrison found that he must choose between the alternative of nominating, a Republican and having him rejected by the combined vole of the Democratic senators and about a dozen sore-headed or silver crank Republican senators; and thus leave the vacancy to be filled by a state’s rights Bourbon of Cleveland’s selection; or he must nominate a moderate and progressive Demo*crat, and have him confirmed. He choose |the latter alternative, and the persons really to blame for it are the hostile senators who forced jshe alternative upon him. We are the more disposed to think this action of the President is all right from the fact that Gen. Clarkson is so bitterly opposed to it. Clarkson is the Dave Hill of the Republican party, in a reduced copy, and the fact that he is “agin” a thing, is a pretty good evidence that the party ought to be for it.

It would probably be a monumental mistake for Uncle Sam to enter upon a policy of land gabbing in remote parts of the world, as a regular practice but that fact does not necessarily prove that the Sandwich Islands now asking to be annexed to this country, ought to be rejected. Nearly all of the trade relations of the islands are with the United States, and, what is vastly more important, the islands would be of great service to us in a military point of view. A good naval station in the Pacific Ocean is one of the country’s greatest needs, and these islands are exactly what is wanted for the purpose. Moreover, the islands, being within the tropics and very fertile, they produce many things which cannot be produced in this country, and will be of value to us for that reason. Still another strong argument in favor of our taking the islands is that if we don’t take them some other strong naval power, like England or Germany, will, and they will then become what so many neighboring islands in the Atlantic now are, sites of pow ts u! forts and naval forces, and * constant menace to our seacoaiis.

More About Public Advertising.

Last week we promised to give some “valid reasons” why it might not be best to dispose of the “public printing” by contract to the lowest bidder. And by the term public printing, we mean now simply that part of it which might better be called public advertising, that is tire printing done in the newspapers. The far more costly part of the public printing, the supplying the county and court officials with the blanks and stationery needed, in their official duties, is already let out in that manner, at least in this county, although not always with entirely satisfactory results. -- The public advertising, what little there is of it, is now mostly controlled by county officials. The auditor publishes his delinquent tax list, and his annual financial exhibit; and the Treasurer his notice of tax levies, in any paper they please. On rare occasions, a new bridge or public building is advertised, usually in one or more papers selected by the commissioners. The political nominations are published by the county clerk, or by the town clerks, but in these publications the officials are confined by law to the papers representing the leading political parties, at least in towns where such papers are published. The Commissioners’ allowances are published in the paper showing the largest circulation in the county. These items, with occasional unimportant exceptions, comprises about all there is of “public printing” rightly so-called, because the public pays for it. And even the delinquent tax list Ought hardly to be included, for the pay for that all comes out of the property owners, whose land is advertised. The pay for publishing this list is 20 cents a description, as fixed by law (publishers formerly got from 50 cents to a dollar, under the boasted lowest bidder plan.) The commissioners’ allowances pay 5 cents each allowance, while most other forms of public advertising are paid for by the square of 250 “ems” each> at rates fixed by law.

All these forms of public advertising are required in order that the people may be informed as to how their public affairs are being conducted. Under the present system this advertising is usually done in a county seat paper representing one or the other of the two great political parties. Now we simply state a fact which all our readers know to be only the simple truth, when we gay that in the very great majority of counties in this state, almost every intelligent family takes a county seat paper, representing one of the two great parties. They want to know what the courts are doing, what the commissioners are doing, what the county officers are doing and what their political organization is doing. Therefore they take their county political paper, and when public advertising is done in these papers it really reaches the public, and so fills the purpose for which it is intended.

Supposing now, however, that this public advertising was let out by contract to the lowest bidder, as certain disinterested (?) reformers (?) are demanding. Now if this were done, one of these two things would happen: There would either be actual competition, or else a combination, among the publishers of the county. In the former case, the poorest and most cheaply conducted and most local papers iu the county would naturally get the contracts. In our own county, for instance, what more reasonable than to suppose that the Remington Press would make the lowest bid. With a subscription list of only a few hundred, its paper bills are very low. Setting but a few columns of type per week, and paying but little atten-" tion to the matter of hunting up local news, its labor and reportorial expenses are also very small, and as for editorial work, it has absolutely nothing, except what is done with the shears, unless it possibly be the correction of the spelling and grammar of some

lick-spittle sycophant’s eulogy of Statesman Patton; or some other equally valuable communication. Occupying a small and undesirable upstairs room in a town where such rooms are in excess of the demand, it has very small rents to pay, or none at all. Such a paper could, naturally, afford to publish the public advertising for a great deal less than could any respectably conducted county seat paper. Its hired compositor editor would charge no more for his time in setting up legal notices than for the same time occupied in putting in type the “original” editorials he cuts from other papers and forgets so But what good would such public advertising as that do the people? Excepting a few copies sent to the county seat, and a few more into Jordan and Milroy townships, the paper has no circulation in this county, worth mentioning, outside of Carpenter township, and if the public printing were placed in its columns the people of the county generally, would have no knowledge of what that printing was; or else they would be obliged to subscribefora paper 'they did not want and had no interest in, and. thus have pay out, in the aggregate, a vastly larger amount every year than the public advertising now costs them.

The above is what would result in most counties where there was actual competition among the newspaper publishers. But as the said publishers are made out of a good deal of the same kind of material as other men, they would usually act in about the same way as other men would, under the same or similar circumstances. The leading papers would combine and buy off the cheap Jacks, and then make their bids high enough to pay them as much for the printing as they get now, and also to make up what they had to pay to the Cheap Jacks, besides. This form of combination is already pretty nearly the regular rule among the outside-printing and stationery ho uses, which go through the motions of bidding on county stationery supplies, as it formerly Was among newspaper publishers, when public advertising was let out by contract. Also among all kinds of contractors for public work.

Either form of the above dilemma, resulting from the lowest bidder, contract plan, would be better for the Cheap Jacks than the present arrangement Jis, but worse for the people. Hence the aforesaid Jacks may be expected to still continue their demand for this great “Reform.” To illustrate how thoroughly unsuitable as mediums for public advertising are such local papers as the Remington Press, (and third party political sheets belong in the same category) and how nearly thrown away, money spent upon them for that purpose would be, we mention a couple of instances which lately came to our attention:

A notice of intention to apply for a saloon license; and also a non-resident notice in a case where the plaintiff was applying for a divorce, were lately published in the Press. Now that paper was selected as the medium of these publications, not for the purpose, which the law contemplates, of giving notice to the parties interested of what was being done, but for the exactly opposite purpose of concealing it By a mere accident the people of the town of the proposed saloon learned of the license notice in the Press, but probably the friends of the defendant in the divorce case never learned of the publication in that case. That paper, as these instances prove, is an excellent medium for legal notices which the makers of desire to keep secret, but that ,is not the’kind of advertising the people want to get when they pay their money for it Such public advertising as that would not be cheap at any price—

—r—not be worth taking as a free gift, in point of fact The selection of such papers as the Press as the medium of public or other legal advertising, may be in compliance with the letter of the law, but it surely is « yjplation of its spirit, and the howl such local, and political side issue, (and snide issue) papers are making in this respect, is simply from a desire to draw public money, and for which they could render no equivalent service.

New Iron Bridges.

The Indianapolis Journal of Thursday says: “The management of the L. N. A. & C. is preparing to let the contract for an iron bridge, 1,000 feet ' long, over the north ford of Wildcat, and another iron bridge, 600 feet in length, over Deer Creek, to rest on stone abutments. When these are completed, every bridge between Indianapolis and Chicago on the line of the Monon will be iron, and aft put up within the last two years.”

The Old Secessionists.

The Knoxville (Tenn .) Republican, aud a stalwart one it is, has the following: “We got a pointer not long since from an old Union Southerner. He said: “The old secessionists in the south have always been freetraders since the war, because they have a friendly feeling toward the free trade England, who was friendly to them during the war. This regard for England out-weighs the consideration of homfe industries, because they, have heretofore been regarded as purely Yankee institutions.

A Sensible Suggestion.

Every town should have a relief society with two-foid objects, says the Elkhart Review. One for the relief of the deserving poor and another to look after the families afflicted with diseases like diphtheria and scarlet fever. When these and like diseases attack a member of a family the members are isolated, and if. assistance is scarce, which is likely to b e the case, and difficult to secure, it causes untold hardships upon the family and sick ones.

Ladies’ Literary Society.

Opening Exercises. Quotations from Ruskin. Recitation—Mrs. Foltz. Paper—Knowledge unused for the good of others, is more vain than unused gold—Mrs. Medicos. Biography of Ruskin—Mrs. Nowels. Discussion of his works —By Society, led by Mrs. Moss. History-—2nd year Lincoln’s Administration—Mrs. Starr. Question Drawer—Mrs. Goff. Current Events—By Society. Society meets Feb. I,oth, with Mis. Med lens. The Difference. He who taketh his home paper not, the same should not be let to have or read in his presence; but he should be kept in ignorance all the days of his life, yea, verily, until the days come that his land is gobbled for back taxes, his raiment parted between his creditors, and the lightning rod agent bringeth action on his notes. In those days will he open his eyes and exclaim: “Lol there is no pleasure and lam not in it.” And he who letteth his subscription exp're and who bringeth not in the wood or potatoes thereof, or payeth not the silver in the editor’s hand, the same should be proclaimed from the housetops and his name should be pronounced mud by the people who deal in purple and line linen; and scarlet and calico, for 10l the editor’s lot is a hardxme and past finding out unless you try the business. But the man who buyeth and selleth and advertselh liberally in papers, behold the people findeth him out and not to his hurt, and the householder who taketh his paper and payeth therefor the same shall prosper; he shall know when his taxes are due, and when his land is advertised by the scribes and divers things, whereby he may profit and he knoweth where he may get bargains at the stores; who has a cow for sale cheap or a span of mules. He knoweth when there is war or rumors of war which bringeth up the price of wheat.

Advertised Letters. Mr. Grant Joyce. W. I. Jones. Miss Nora Lewis, Mr. John W. Webb. Mr. John Mitchell, Min Emma Tipler.

OUR ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

Is to be Greatly Improved. At last the representations of the local members of the Rensselaer Electric Light Company have had the desired effect upon the head company in Chicago. W. B. Austin and A. H Hopkins were up to see them last week, and came back with positive assurances that by the first of March the work of putting in the desired improvements would begin. Another 100 horse-power engine and 100 horsepower boiler is to be added to the 125 horse-power, already in use. The 600 light incandescent dynamo is to be replaced by a 1000 light dynamo. The present arc light dynamo will not be changedi. being sufficient for the demands upon it. That the proposed improvement will soon be a reality, the filing in the Recorder’s office of a trust deed in the sum of 830,000 given by the electric light company in favor of the Illinois Trust Company, is a tangible evidence. This sum is borrowed to pay up the claims against the plant, and to make the contemplated improvements. .>

It is expected that by the Ist of May all demands for additional lights can be supplied.

Cold Weather Record.

A correspondent at Pleasant Ridge sends the following record of zero weather from Dec. 26 to Feb. 4th. below zero. Dec. Jan. 2. 2 -Jan. 9.... 9 Jan. 12,, 6 Jan. 13 .8 Jan. 14..... .0 Jan. 15 16 Jan. 16 16 Jan. 17 .20 Jan. 19/. ;..........6 . Feb. 4.. ...21

Farms For Rent. The Lake Agricultural Company has a number of improved farms for rent for one year, beginning on the first of March, 1893, upon favorable terms. For prices, terms, and the quantity of land, inquire of Chas. J. Sauter. 24 2t Agent, Shelby, Indiana.

Judge Gillett’s Opinion.

Valparaiso Vidette. The Grand Jury, on information tliat certain wealthy person s carried deposits in the banks, and who failed to return for taxable purposes, a true account of the same and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts in the case, cited Erasmus Ball, cashier of the First National Bank with the books of that institution. The demand was resisted, and after argument by Judge Johnston for the bank, Judge Gillett took the case under advisement and in an exhaustive opinion decided that it was not within the province of the Grand Jury to make the inquiry. We quote the final clause of the opinion: “As to such books and papers as are held by the bank as the confidential agent of the depositor, under such circumstances as in contemplation of law, would make the possession in fact of the bank the possession in law of the depositor, I am of the opinion that the fair scope of the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States would protect such depositor from having such evidence extorted from him by compulsory process against his agent. Rapalje on witnesses, Tit. agent. The defendant is discharged. Try Dullam’s Great German 15 cent liver pills, 40 in each package.

Oak Rockers from sl-50 to $8 at liamsThe Best Plaster Dampen a piece of flannel with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bind it on over the seat of pain. It is better than any plaster. When the lungs are sore such an application on the chest and another on the back, between the shoulder blades, will often prevent pneumonia. There is nothing so good for a lame back or a pain in the side. A sore throat can nearly always be cured in one night by applying a flannel bandage dampened with Pain Balm. 50 cent bottles for sale by Meyers, the Druggist. FOR SALE: Forty acres of hay land, at Wheatfield, Ind., for further information. Address Ira Jackson, Wheatfield or L. B. Jackson A Co., Laporte, Ind.

NOTICE!. ... On and after Feb. 1, 1893, the price of daily papers at J. E. Spitler’s news stand will be as follows: Chicago Times, Tribune, Herald, Post and News Record. Per month 50 cents Per montluincluding Suadayy .-—..to eente DISPATCH, per week 6 cents „—. —; r„ T - • . Indianapolis Journal, per month 65 cents Sentinel, per inontn...... -rr.r.l; .50 cents News, per week 10 cents All papers delivered.free if desired. The old prices will be continued to those who have already paid in advance until the expiration of the time for which such payment has been made.

See those nice writing desks at WilPUBLIC SALE. Having rented my farm and intending to quit farming, J will offer at Public Auction at my residence 2| miles northwest of Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana, beginning promptly at 9 o’clock, a. m., on Saturday, Feb* 25,1893, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY TO-WIT: 24 HORSES AND MULES. (Seven brood mares in foal, one horse, six high grade Norman and Ciyde one—year old colts, four spring colts, 2 two-year-old mules, weft matched; 4 one-year old mules, well matched; one large Jenny in foal,) four cows in calf, one heifer calf. FARMING MACHINERY. (1 self binder, nearly new. light running Plano; 2 mowers, 1 hay rake, 1 three horse harrow, corn planter, 2 cultivators, 2 Morris gophers, 5-. breaking plows, 1 ridirg plow, 1 listing plow;! wheat drift; 1 disk pulverizer; 2 check rowers, two spools of eighty rod wire each; two double set of heavy harness, one set of light buggy harness; two set of single harness, three wagons, one two-seated buggy, one cart, two bobsleds, cast runners; eight stands of bees, thirty tons of timothy hay in rick, household furniture and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of Sale :-Ten months time, without interest, if paid when due, on sums over $5. WM. STREIGHT. W. N. Jones, Auctioneer.

Williams has an immense stock of all kinds oi goods in his line, and will be pleasto have you call and see them. For pains in the chest there is nothing better than a flannel cloth saturated with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on over tne seat of pain. It will produce a counter irritatiom_ without blis terirg, and is not so disagreeable as mustard; in fact is much superior t o any plaster on account of its painrelieving qualities. If used in time it will prevent pneumonia. 50 cent bottles for sale by Meyers, the druggist.

J W. HORTON, Fillings inserted that will hot comb out. LOCAL ANAESTHETICS used in Teeth extraction. By-Artificial teeth Inserted from one to full sets. Office over La Rue Brothers’ Store, Rensselaer Indiana. T. H. Ceer, D. V. STRAINER AND FARRIEB Attends calls at all hours. Worl guaranteed ami charges reasonable. Of rice in Long& Co’s. Drug Store. TRUSTEES? NOTK E MARIONTOWNSHIP. 01 will he in my office up stairs in Citizen, nank Building every Saturday to attend t< Township business. WILLIAM GREENFIELD, Trustee Marion Township. Dr. H. E Brown, Z3E3STTIST RENSSELAER - INDIANA Crown an Bridgtworl » gb Teeth with Wv out p |a,es ■ SpecialtyALL THE LATEST METHODS IN DENT18TKT. Office over Port<r?A Wishadr’a Gas adminis tend for painless extraction of teeth. CENTRAL Meat Market CENTRAL LOCATION-OPPOSITE PUBLIC SQUARE, RENSSELAER, . INDIANA. A. C. BUSHEY, Proprietor. All krndr of fresh and cured m eat of the beat quality and at lowest p ric Fine beef stock a specialty.