Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1894 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN Thursday, February 8, 1894. * J ; ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY BY Fdblishkb and Fbopriistob. OFFICE In Kepablican building, on orner or Washington and Weston streets. T3R SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear .... 1 7..!.f1i50 Six Months... A.. .... ....... 75 Three lipnttis.|..,. 50 OfflciaWPtkyir of Jasper County.

QPeojpi thought they wanted a chaugJfin 1892. -The know they want oste now. That is the difference. II D

HofW. D. Owmi, of Logansport, Mio achievedMistinction as a meftbpr of congress from the TenthMistrict, is a candidate for the wjpublican nomination for secretj||p of state. Mr. Owen resided At Lafayette at an early period ©f his career, and is well and kiijfly remembered here. Mr. Owen s|an aggressive republican with am . extensive acquaintance throughaUt the state, and is one of the mem formidable candidates connection with the office he seeflgLafayette Courier. If the Inter LmXin is correct the Catholics are pretlfe well represented in the in Chicago. The mayor, csiaf of the fire department, postinafier, city attorney, clerk of circuit court, clerk of the probate court, clerk of the superior court, several of the judges, and forty-five pf the sixtyeight alderman are! Catholics. It is further alleged, that ninety per cent, of the poliJ|force, eighty per cent, of the lumbers of the fire department, ipd sixtyseven; per cent, of thsL schoolteachers are Catbolics\ From this it would appear that time is no discrimination in ChStogo against Catholicism. —Goodlwd Herald. %

Judge Baldwin, of Logansport, who is by all odds the most able defender of free trfftle, and the Wilson bill, in northern Indiana, says that working men will be as well off under the Wilson bill, making $2 a day as they were under the McKinley bill, earning $4 a day, because the price of everything the workmen buys will be reduced as much as his wages. The judge is wrong in several respects. There are many things which workmen use the price of which will not be reduced in any such proportion as their wages will be—such as tea and cofFee which are not produced in this country, and. sugar, which is not produced very largely; There -are also many articles which are protected by patents, and the prices of which will remain about the same, whether workmen have large wages or small. And the same facts apply to farmers as to wage earners. Although the average prices of what they have to sell will inevitably be much lower under the Wilson bill, or any other free trade measure, much that they have to buy will be as high as ever. And almost nothing which either workiugmen or farmers have to buy will be reduced so much in proportion as the labor of tbe one or the farm produce of the other. To illustrate this last assertion: Suppose wager of' workingmen and produce of farms fall 50 per cent., as Mr. Bald win,practically admits, and suppose again a farm implement or a suit of clothes, costing under the McKinley bill S2O. Half of that cost or $lO represents the cost of the labor that produced it. Under the Wilson bill, the labor will cost $5, and ihe cost of the machine or suit of clothes will be sls instead of S2O. Thus while the workers’. wages or the farmers’ produce is reduced 50 per cent, the price of what they have to buy .is reduced duly 25 per cent. In the matter of debts already contracted, on the workingman’s home or the farmer’s farm, as well as all kinds of public debts there will be no redaction at all, and what, under the McKinley

bill could be paid by 100 bushels of wheat or 100 days’ wages, will call for 200 bushels or 200 days’ work, under the free trade basis. But in the case of the workingmen, the effects of free trade would be not only to reduce the daily rate of wages, but it will also greatly reduce the number of days’ work. Inevitably, and beyond the possibility of denial, the Wilson bill, with its free lumber free iron, free wool, free salt, free machinery and its greatly reduced duties on most everything, will result in vastly increased imports. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods will be brought from foreign countries every year, which under adequate protection would be made at home. All this will mean so much work taken away from the men and woman of this country and given to foreigners. Under the Wilson bill there will be not only vastly less wages but also vastly less work.

Meeting Of the Republican League.

The annual meeting of the Indiana Republican league will occur at Indianapolis, Tuesday, February 13, at the Marion county court house at 11 o’clock a. m. At night there will be a grand mass meeting at TomHnson hall. Speeches will be made by Congressman J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, Hon. W. O. Bradley and Hon. Augustus Willson, of Kentucky, and probably other distinguished and eloquent speakers who have been invited, will be present and address the meeting. ..

The speeches will be interspersed with patriotic songs and music, and I hope that as a result of the large meeting that we intend to have, there will be such an increased interest-in the league work, as shall cause the immediate organization of Republican clubs m every township in the gjjtate.. This will produce greater Ikiity of purpose, concentration of atifion and more harmonious and eutwusiastic work in the campaign, and Consequently our clubs will be great%factors in redeeming this state f?Bhl the. hands of the Democracy, %d will do much next towards assisting in giving su<lk a large majority in Indiana aswiaH politically place her in line wmli her sister states, Ohio and Permpylvania. All Republicans, andwfchose who intend to act with themqbi this campaign, are invited to attend the aforesaid meeting. MarcuVß- Sulzer. Pres; Republicandfetate League. Madison, Ind, Jan. 2qk 1894.

PUBLIC SALE, The undersigned will off* at Public Sale on the old Alter Mill Bite 8 miles northwest of Rensselaer. Hand 2 miles east of Parr, Jasper Qty. Ind. beginning at 10 o’clock, A. Mi on Tuesday, February 20, JS94, The following property, to-wilu NINE HEAD OF MILCH CWS, (all either fresh or springers), 1 Holstein heifer, 2 work horses, 1 brood sow, 1 fat hog, 250 bu. sedd oats, 25 tODS timothy, clover ana mixed hay, wagon, buggy, riding plow, mowing machine, hay rake, check row corn planter, harrow, seeder, barrel tank, gasoline stove, set harness, 6 8-gal. milk cans, 3 stands bees, shovel plows, hay ladders, sleds, household and kitchen furniture and numerous other articles. Terms:—lo months time, without interest, or 8 per cent, discount for cash, on sums over $5. Sums of $5 or less, cash. Isaac F. Alter. Simon Phillips, Auctioneer. Estey organs and pianos, and Estey & Gimp organs aDd pianos, on exhibition At C. B. Steward’s. Seed Corn For Sale. | Seed corn for sale. White, early I and very productive. Saved especially for seed. Fletcher Monnett. Still Open. The Republican’s remarkable offer of three papers for 12.00 or two for $1.75 lid not close with the year 1893, but it will open indefinately, as our contract with the Inter Ocean and Tribune is limited. Those who want these papers on these unusual terms should secure them now and get the benefit of them while they have time to read.

The New Gravel Road Law.

FULL TEXT OF THE ACT UNDER WHICH THE GRAVEL ROAD PROPOSITION IS SOW PENDING. (Approved Mabch 3, 1893.) Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the County Commissioners of any county in this State when petitioned therefor by fifty (50) freeholders, citizens of any township or townships contiguous to each other, including therein any incorporated town or city of less than thirty thousand (30,000) inhabitants in such county wherein any road is to be improved by grading, graveling, paving with stone, or otherwise macadamized, shall submit to the voters of said township or townships, towns and cities through which said road or roads may pass or at which town or city they shall terminate, at any regular spring or fall election or at any special election which may be called by the Board of Commissioners when no spring or fall election is near at hand, giving at twenty days' notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in said county, if there be any, and by posting up written or printed notices thereof (which posted notices shall be sufficient in counties where no newspaper is published) in each voting precinct in said township or townships, town or city, the question of building such road or roads in such township or townships in such county. At such election each voter who is in favor of the construction of such road or roads shall inscribe on his ballot, “Building of road —Yes,” and each voter opposed thereto shall inscribe on his ballot, “Building of road —

No.” The vote on said question shall be certified by the proper officers of said election to the Boird of Commissioners of the county, and if at such election a majority of those voting on said question are in favor of building such road or roads, the Commissioners shall at once proceed to the construction of the same, but not otherwise: And provided, further, that after such petition shall be so filed by the fifty freeholders as aforesaid, and before the election upon such question shall be advertised, it shall be the duty of such Board of Commissioners to appoint a surveyor or engineer, or both, if necessary, of such county, if such there be in such county; if not, any that can be procured elsewhere in the State, and two disinterested freeholders of the county as viewers to locate and view such proposed road or roads, and determine the width of the same, make a profile of the grade, determine the quality and depth of gravel, stone or other material to be used, and make an estimate of tbe cost of the construction of said road or roads, including bridges, culverts, drainage and all things necessary for its completion, and said viewers shall at the next term of the Commissioners’ Court, report their proceedings as to location, length, plans, profiles, together with an estimated cost of said road or roads, which report shall be published in full in some newspaper of general circulation, published ju such county for at least four consecutive weeks preceding such election, and written or printed copies of the said report shall be posted in each of the voting precincts of said township or townships, and if there be no -newspaper published in said county, then the posted notices shall bh sufficient, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to submit the question to the voters as above provided: Provided, farther, That in the petition of tix© fifty freeholders aforesaid the beginning and terminus "of such road or roads shall be clearly and definately stated, and the direction of the road, if to be a new road, reasonably described, and if an old road, its common name mentioned, together with its measured- or estimated length: Provided, further, That the petitioners shall pay all costs of election. Sec. 2. If two or more petitions are pending at the same time, they shall be voted upon at the same election, aud the ballots shall designate each road separately, and the same notice shall contain notices of all propositions to be voted on at the same election. Sec. 3. It shall be tbe duty of the Commissioners as soon as such returns have been made by the election officers in favor of such road or roads, to advertise in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the coun- ■ . t in-

ty, if there be such, and one newspaper at the city of Indianapolis of general circulation throughout the State, and by posting notices at the principal towns or cities in the townships of the county, asking Tor bidsfor the const ruction of such road or roads, such bids to be received at a session, either regular or called, of said Board of Commissioners, and said Board shall let the same to the lowest responsible bidder or b : dders, but no contract shall be let for a bid higher than the estimates of the viewers. Sec. 4. Such bidders shall file with their bids respectively a good and sufficient bond in twice the sum of their bids, for the faithful performance of the work, such bond being made payable to the State in which roads are located, and the contract made with such successful bidder or bidders shall specify all the particulars of construction as set forth in the report of the viewers and also the time when such work shall be completed. ■ ■ : ■ Sec. 5. For the purpose of raising money to pay for such construction the Board of Commissioners shall issue the bonds of the county for the full amount of the contract in denominations not less than fifty dollars nor higher than five hundred dollars, each in five equal series, the first series payable in one year, the second series in two years, thfe third in three years, the fourth in four years and the fifth in live years from the fifteenth day of November after tlie, date of their issue. Said bonds bearing interest not higher than six per cent, per annum, and the interest thereon to be paid annually on the 15th day of November. The County treasurer shall sell such bonds at not; less thanftheir face value, and th§f proceeds shall be kept a 3 a separate and special fund to pay for the construction of -the—particular.

road or roads for which they were issued, ahd shall be paid by him to the contractor upon warrant of the Auditor as directed by the Board of Commissioners. The Commissioners shall order the same to be paid in such amounts aud at such times as they may agree, but no payment shall be made by the Commissioners for more than eighty per cent, of the engineer’s estimate of work done by the contractor, nor shall the whole amount of the contract be paid until the road shall have been received as completed by the Board of Commissioners. Sec. 6. For the purpose of raising money necessary to meet said bonds and interest thereon, the Board of Commissioners shall annually thereafter, at the time the geueral tax levy is made, levy a special tax upon the property of the township or townships, including the towns and cities, if any there be, of less than thirty thousand (30,000) inhabitants, in such manner as to meet the principal and interest of said bonds as they shall become due, and such tax shall be collected as other taxes, and shall be-applied to the payment of such bonds and interest. If the road or section thereof so constructed runs into or through two or more townships, the amount paid thereof shall be divided and charged upon the property of such townships in proportion to the cost of the road or section thereof in such townships, and said special tax be levied accordingly. Sec. 7. All roads built under this act shall be free of toll, and shall be kept in repair by the county in which they are located, and the towns and cities in such townships at which they terminate. And it shall be the duty of the Trustees of said townships to levy annually such a tax as will cover the expense of maintenance: Provided, That such levy shall not exceed ten cents upon each one hundred dollars in any year. Sec. 8. After the payment of the construction of such road or roads, should there be any Stirplus collected or due on delinquent tax for that purpose, it shall be paid to the Trustee of such township and by him kept and used as a fund for the maintenance of such roads in his township. Sec. 9. The compensation of persons employed under this act shall be, as to the two viewers, chain-carrier, rodman aud one marker, not to exceed two dollars per day and actual expeuses for time employed, aud tbe surveyor or engineer so employed shall not exceed three dollars and fifty cents for each day actually employed in the discharge of his dutv; all such expenses to be paid out of the gravel road repair fund of said county if not otherwise provided for by the Board of Commissioners. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to appoint a competent superinten-

If GROCERY SID! : ~ ~i —", l. New FIRM New GOODS, I New BUILDING gg The Undersigned Have formed a partnership and opened buisness in the new iron, building on Van Rensseluer street, south of McCoy’s bank building. k |They have a full and wholly fresh line ■ | ■. . x ; iof StapleMnFancy Groceries, / WHICH THEY WILL SELL AS CHEAPLY / AS FIRST CLASS GOODS CAN BE SOLD FOR. Grive us a trial, WARNER & SHEAR.

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dent to be governed by such regukj ations as the Commissioners may impose, to supervise the construction and maintenance of such road or roads. He shall be a resident of one of the townships in which the roads are located, and his compensation shall be not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per day tor time actually employed and he shall render an account of his time to the Commissioners quarterly at the regular terms of their court, subscribed by oath. Sec. 11. No law or part of law on the subject of gravel or macadamized roads is repealed by this act. Sec. 12. Whereas, an emergency is hereby declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore it shall be in force from and after its passage.

Distemper Among Horses. Safely and quickly cured by the use of Craft’s Distemper and Cough Cure. It not only [cures Distemper but when administered in time prevents its spread among horses and colts that has been exposed to the contagion. It is not expensive and is easily administered. Send for book on distemper—free. Address < Wells Medicine Co., LaFayette, Ind., or ask F. B. Mojers.

Two Lives Saved. *■ Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had consumption and that there was no hope lor her, but two bott os of Dr. King’s New Discovery complately cured b|ftr and sae Bays it saved her life Mr. Thos. Eggers* of 139 Florida St. SanFranclsco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cored. He is natnrally thankful. It is such results, of whioh thece are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in conghs and colds Free trial bottles at F. B. Meyer’s drug store. Large bottlesjCOc and (1.

Only One Night Out To Florida. , The morning train via the Monon Route connects at Cincinnati with the 7:00 p. m. Through Vestibuled Train of the Queen & Crescent Route reaching Jacksonville at 10:50 p. m. the following day. The service of this popular line is unsurpassed by any line to the South. For rates, time tables, etc., address City Ticket Office, 232 Clark Street, Chicago; or yoar nearest ticket agent. Dissolution of Partnership, The firm of C. C. Sigler Son <fc Co have this day dissolved by mutual consent. C. O. Sigler will continue in the furniture business and will pay all claims against the firm and collect all bills due the firm. • C. C. Sigler Son <fc Co.

M. L. Hemphill (Successor to Hemphill Bros Blacksmith anil . Wocd Repair Shops. yiiiiiiiiiaaaat All work done Promptly and Cheaply, and Warranted First Class in Quality. Front Street, **"&&*«. (The old Erwin Shop,) Rensselaer, - . Indiana,