Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — Page 4

THU REPUBLICAN Thursday, May 24, 1894. MW BVBit THt'MDAtM GKEO. XJ, OFFICE Ifc Repsblicaa building, on orner of Washington and Westoh streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ore Year Bix Months...... ' 75 Three Months ;.. ... so Oijlcial Paper of Jasper bounty.

REPUBLICAN TICKETS.

STATE TICKET. Secretary <’f State, WILLIAM P. OWEN, of Cass. Auditor of State. AMERICUS C. DAILY, of Boone. Treasurer of state, F. J; SCHOLZ, of Vtlnderburg. Attorney-General. WILLIAM A. KETCH AM, of Marion. Clerk of the Supreme Court . ALEXANDER HESS, of Wabash. Superintendent of Public Instruction. DAVID M. GEETING, of Jefferson. State-Siatistieian. SIMEON J.THOMPSON, of Shelby. State Geologist. W. S. BLATCHLEY. of Vigo. DISTRICT TICKET. __ ", ......■. , r or State Senator, ISAAC H. PHARES. _A-;—— of Benton County . —1 For Prosecuting Attorney, T. C. ANNABAL. Of Newton County. For Joint Representative, MARION I, SPITLER, of Jasper County. COUNTY TICKET. For County. Clerk, WILLIAM H. COOVER, of Carpenter Township. For County Auditor, HENRY B. MURRAY, of Barkley Township. For C’ ixnty Treasurer, JESSE C. GWIN, of Hanging Grove Township, For County Sheriff, CHARLES W. HANLEY, of Walker Township. *"“7. ’■ . - —— n-7 - For County Surveyor, JOHN E. AI,TER, Oj Union Township. A For County Coroner, TRUITTP WRIGHT, of Merlon Township. Commissi ner—First District. ■WILLIAM DAHNCKE, of Wheatfield Township. Commiss’oner -S c.md District, JOHN C. MARTINDALE, of Newton Township. Commissioner—Third District, DEXTER K. JONES, of Carpenter Township.

Republican Platform.

We. the Republicans of Indiana, in delegate convention assembled, reaffirm our faith in the progressive principles of the Republican party. We believe its policies, past and present, best calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. The administration of President Harrison and the Congressional legislation of that party were wise, pure and patriotic, and we point to the contrast between the home and foreign policies administration and the present travesty on government inflicted on the whole people. We believe in ' the Republican doctrine of protectlouXand reciprocity, which'' furnishes a home market for (lie productions of our factories and our farms, and protects the American laborer against the papper labor of Europe. We denounce the unwise and unpatriotic action of tlie Democratic party in attempting to elimate the reciprocity principle from our taijilf system, thereby closing a large foreign market to products of American farmers and depressing agricultural interests. We denounce the present attempt of a Democratic Congress to overthrow and destroy the American industrial system, a course that, with a general fear of a violent readjustment of the country’s business to"a free-trade basis, has Increased ihe national debt and has plunged the country into the most dlsastrlous business depression of its history, has closed large numbers of banks and factories throughout the country, has thrown an unprecedented number of Amerl^ 1 can citizens out of employment, lias compelled thousands of able bodied and meh twfiumiliate themselves by asking (for charity, and has filled our broad land with free souphouses and food markets. In currency composed of gold, silver and paper, convertible at a fixed standard of value, ami entirely under national control, and we favor the imposition of increased duties upon (he imports from all countries which oppose tlie coinage of silver upon a basis to be determined by an International congress ft” - KU(,h purpose. We denounce the avowed purpose of the Democratic party to restore the era of “wild-cat” money. We believe in a liberal construction of our pension laws, and we condemn the unjust policy of the present of depriving ex-soldters of their pension without a hearing—a policy intended' to cast odium ujwn loyalty and patriotlam. Wa believe It to be the duty of the State. well as a nation, te make knitable pro vis Lou I tu <4Je and maintenance of all Indigent

soldiers, their wives, and widows. We, there'" sore, favor the establishment. by the State of a Suitable soldiers’ home for the reception of such soldiers, their.wives and widows as may be overtoken by adversity. ■ YVe demand a rigid enforcement of all existing immigration lewsjjy tiie government, and demand such further legislation as will protect our people and lustftUtio!)S against the inffux <.T the crimlnal and visions classes! We denounce the unpatriotic action Of-the. Cleveland administration in hauling down the American flag at Hawaii, and emidemn the arrogant assumption, of power displayed in the effort to restore a tyrannical Queen ’oyer a free people who had thrown off Ila; yoke of despotism. We condemn the outrageous bargain and sale of Federal patronage by the Cleveland adniinisi tuition in ftfr-ttrrblushing, efforts to usurp Lltoprerogatives of the legislative branch of Hie govermnent~ta feree-a favorke ineasure-thTougli Congress and compel the confirmation of presidential appointments by the Senate. We condemn the reck less and extravagant, administrhtion of the financial affairs of this state wliereby the people are subjected to unjust.and unnecessary burdens of taxation, by an increased asseasmewt of property and increased rate of taxation, and by multiplication of offices to be supported by the taxpayers of the State. We believe that the benevolent, educational and correctional institutions of the State sEoiiiil be placed under non-partisan control. We believe in such legislation, State and National, as will protect the lives and limbs of employes of railways, mines and factories. We the_._polici.es steadily pursued by the Democratic Legislature of Indiana in so gerrymandering the State as to deny the people a fair representation of their views in tne State Legislature and National Congress, thus imperiling the foundations of our institutions.

WALKER TOWNSHIP CONVENTION.

Thd Republicans of Walker tp., and all others that will be legal voiera at the- ■ November election that wish to co-operate with us, are requested to meet at the Snyder school house on SATURDAY, JUNE-2nd at 2 p. m , sharp, for the pur pose of nominating a full township ticket. Every man who wishes for the return of good Republican times are invited.

JOHN O'CONNOR,

Geo. Meyers,' Chm. Sec’y.

M. L. Spitler is an old resident of Jasper county, and formerly county clerk. He is a gentleman of fine ability and no better selection for the responsible position [Joint Representative] could have been made in the two counties.—GoodJand Herald.

If Cuxey is nominated for President by the Populists in 1896, as now seems probable, and should he be elected, which it must be admitted seems much less probably, that will make three times for Andrew Jack-on; fir Coxey, it must be remembered is a re-in-carnation of the great father of modern Democracy; it must be so for he s ,ys so himself, and the Populists must believe wbat he says or he would not be such a great hero among them.

The Inter Ocean of last Monday had a three column article about the situation in this 10th Indiana district, written by a special coirespondent, who has been writing up the situation in the various Illinois districts. The article is written in a spirit of great fairness and impartiality, and will have a good effect in smoothing down the asperites of the Johnston-Landis campaign.

Coxey the self-declared re-in-carnation of Andrew Jackson, has been regularly nominated by the Populists of Massillon, Ohio, district, for their candidate for Congress. He is also largely talked of as the Populist candidate for President in 1896, but if their platform and pre-amble are the same as in 1892, a re incarnated Chicago anarchist would be a more logical candidate than Andrew Jackson’s avatar.

Indiana ought to be proud of the two grand old Bourbons that represent it in the United States Senate. There are times when it seems as if Voorhees was matchless in bombastic unintelligibility, but before this becomes a settled opinion Turpie in some turgescent hood of rodomontade, compels conviction that he is the inexpressible word-swasher of the universe. Indiana ought to retire these rival Senators to a museum or an asylum for incurables.—Chicago Journal.

They will be retired all right as soon as their present terms expire. But in common humanity, we suggest they make a trial of the merits of the Keeley treatment before they are entirely given up as inincurables. Ten different makes of Sewing ma shines, At Steward’s.

English firms are sending circulars to this country offering to sell their goods, if the IFiZson bill becomes a law. it is quiteprobable that they will sell extensively if the bill passes and that the American workingman who made the same class of goods will starve or go into some other already over-crowded field of labor. This is what free trade means to a country paying good wages.

The following sent to a Connecticut house by the great English brass founders, Samuel Heath & Sons of Birmingham, is a sample of the circulars referred to: To the Company:. We have your name given us as being makers of fenders, and as you are no doubt aw’are we are the largest manufacturers of all kinds of’fittings for these articles in the world, we wish to say that, if the Wilson bill passes in you? country, we shall be very glad to call upon you sometime next September with all kinds of vases, mounts, spindles, rod ends, caps, etc., supports and tubing. We shou’d be very much pleased to hear from you, stating if you would then be in a position to favor us with an order if the goods meet with yon r approval.

In 188 d the Greenback .parly said, “one of the old parties will go to the wall this year, it don’t make any difference which, and then we will come into power.” In ’B4 and 'BB Jibe Prohibition party, which had succeeded to the Greenback estate, put forth the same claim. In ’92 the Populists who had secured the third party franchise, again made the same old claim, and after the election gleefully announced that the Republicans had gone down and now they would be the party. This year they are saying that the Republican party will be victorious and that the Democratic party will disintegrate and the Populist party will come into power in ’96. From the history of political parties since the formation of the government and especially for the last sixteen years, do the members of the Populist party really consider for a moment that they will succeed with their wild theories such as the government loaning money on real estate, going into the grain business and loaning money upon wheat receipts?— Delphi Journal.

Voorhees as a Protectionst.

The Industrial World of Chicago, republishes the following extracts from an address delivered by Hon. D. W. Voorhees, now chairman of the senate committee on finance, at the opening of the industrial fair at Atlanta, Ga., on October 5, 1881. Mr. Voorhees said: Freedom of trade has a seductive sound, but if it be not reciprocal and of equal advantage among nations it is attractive only in sound and nothing more. The policy of a wise government is necessarily one of self interest, and it has a trust to perform in the care of its own people before carrying out benevolences to others.

The policy of a free and unrestricted exchange and sale of commodities between commercial countries has for the last fifty years especially, been the theme of eulogy on the part of British writers and statesmen, but it cannot be forgotten that this policy was never advanced on the part of Great Britain, until by hundreds of years of not merely protective but prohibitory legislation, she has so fostered and built up her home industries, and at the same time cheapened the wages of labor that competition on the part of other nations was no longer feared. Ihe student of history has but a short distance to go in the past inorder to find English laws demanding the barbarous penalties of death and mutilation against the importation and exportation of certain agricultural productions. Such absolute exclusiveness in trade as the comparatively recent history of England •-presents can hardly be found in any other country outside of China. B. F. FE RGUSON is now pre pared to make Farm Loans at 6 1-2 percent, interest per annum. Commission as low as any one else. He does his own abstracting and can save you money there. Be sure and call. We can make your loans quickly, because — we make it a specialty.

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Jasper County Residents Implicated. The post-office at Boone Grove, Porter county, was robbed a few weeks ago. The postmaster discovered the robbers and fired several shots at them, certainly hitting two of them. One of the wounded men is believed to have since died, and that his body has been disposed of by his companions. There now seems to be pretty strong reasons for believing that Jasper county parties were implicated m the robbery, as will be seen from the following from the Valparaiso Messenger: Saturday evening N. G. Stumpfer, of the National Detective Bureau, of Hammond, Ind., made this office a call. Mr. Stumpfer has for the past month been ferreting out the Boone Grove postoffice robbers and before many days hopes to land several parties who were implicated in the attempted robbery bt hind the bars. He called at the county jail to see Michael Harrigan, who was arrested at South Bend a few weeks ago, as being one of the parties connected with the robbery. Harrigan, however, refused to say anything in regard to the matter. Near Wheatfield Mr.Stumpfer discovered some important evidence. In an old shanty he found an old coat, with part of the coat sleeve shot away and also some cloths which had been used in stopping the ' flow of blood. Another link was also found in the person of an old fisherman who claims to have seen a boat with five men come down the Kankakee to Baum’s bridge on the day of the attempted robbery and that the next morning he saw while standing on the bridge fishing the same party passing by. That in one end of the boat there lay a man covered up who was apparently suffering as he would now and then ask

for a drink of liquor. Stumpfer found a note addressed to one “Nellie” at Momence, 111., on the ground near the old cabin, together with a handkerchief covered with blood. Part of the note was in such condition that it was impossible to make out all the contents. But it was evident that the man was in a dying condition and had at tempted to write a farewell message to his wife or sweetheart. He is also of the opinion that the man who was wounded was done away with by his companions. In regard to the same circumstance, the Hammond News has the following: H. G. Strumpfer was employed to trace the other wounded man. He found in the marshes near Wheatfield two fellows living in a style beyond their visible income. They seem to raise nothing and do nothing, yet live well. Their hut is so concealed | that persons can be within twenty yards of it and not see it at ail. The inhabitant pretended innocence in regard to the wounded man, but Mr. Strumpfer searched and found a j hunter’s hut with a bedding of hay. This hay was matted with blood and and a handkerchief, vest, etc., found. I Mr. Strumpfer tore from the vest the ’ lining of the left breast which, showed a wqund had been made by ■ ,a shot gun just where Whitten berg claims he shot the man. Other evidence was found to show that the body had been shipped from Momence to Riverside and there—well no farther trace can be found.

Memorial Day Services. . Wednesday, May 30th, 1894. By Rensselaer Post No. 84, and Rensselaer Women’s Relief Corps No. 39, Department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic. # PROGRAMME: # 1:30 P. M. Court House bell will ring. 1:40 P. M. Music by the Rensselaer Band; All organizations will promptly march to the Court House Square, and be assigned their positions in the procession. 2:00 P. M. March to 2:30 P. M. Call to order. Opening Address. Post Commander, J. W. Wasson. ' Music—lnstrumental.Rensselaer Band. Music —Vocal Selection Choir. Invocationßev. Dr. Baech. Music—Vocal Selection Choir. Reading Memorial Orders. Oration, Hon. M. L. Spitler. Music—Vocal Selection Choir. Music —Dirgeßensselaer Band. Decorating Representative Grave. Military Salute, to our Honored Dead. d&neie-—Vocal,2\America” .Choir, all Join. Benedictionßev. Dr. Brady. A general invitation is hereby extended to all Sunday Schools, Orders and Organizations to join in the ceremonies. Each organization to select its assistant marshal, who will report to the Marshal ot the Day for assignment in the procession. All persons desiring to decorate their family lots in the cemetery, are especially requested to complete the same not later than the forenoon of the 30th. Committee on Arrangements: J. M. Wasson, J. 0. Porter, R. W. Marshall, Mrs. J. M. Wasson, Mrs. J. 0. Porter, Mrs. J. Q. Alter, Mrs. Frank Osborne. Committee on Music: J. F. Warren, John Healy, H. L. Brown, W. L. Wishard, D. M. Yeoman. Marshal of the day, R. W. Marshall, Aids. - Wm. H. Gwin, . C. B. Harrold.

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