Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — REPUBLICN TICKETS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REPUBLICN TICKETS.

The populists of Cook County, - 111., had a convention at Chicago, last Saturday, and also those of Lake county, this state, had one the same day, at Hammond. The Chicago convention got into a row and broke up before any nominations were made. That at Hammond had its trouble after the ticket was made. In this last case a general free fight was indulged in, dufing the progress of •which the chairman demonstrated his fitness to preside over a meeting of “universaT’reformers” by knocking down several delegates. These are the fellows who intend to inaugurate a social millenium, ■within the next few months.

Nothing pleases a populist or an anarchist any better than a chance to pose as a martyr. In their war against the established order of things, they glory in anything which looks like they had suffered from the power of the law. Just now Leroy Templeton, owner of the Non-Conformist, and Phillip Rappaport, editor of a German anarchistic paper of Indianapolis, are glorying in the martyrdom they lately experienced in being arrested in West Indianapolis, for holding political meetings on Sunday. They had held one of their characterestic noisy pow-wows in the afternoon, in Templetons big tent, much to the annoyance of the “old fogy” religious people of that suburb, and against every protest, proceeded to hold another in the evening, and Templeton, Rappaport and one or two others were arrested. Now, however great and scandalous be the mora 1 offense of holding political meetings on the Lord's day, in this state, it is not a legal offense, and for that reason their arrest was a mistake.

The of the was one of those offenses ageinst moral sentiment and social order, against which there is no remedy except the penalty of public condemnation. To bo arrested and made the “victims of minions of the law” was just what these men wanted. This fact was fully proven by their eho.'sing: "to go to jail rather than to furnish the very small bail bond, only 825. necessary to secure their release. They wanted to. work the martyr racket for all it was worth, and would no doubt have been glad to have been kept in jail longer, instead of being released the morning, as was the case.

STATE TICKET. Secretary of State, WILLIAM D. OWEN, ofCass. Auditor of State. AMERICUS C. DAILY, of Boone. Treasurer of State, F. J. SCHOLZ, of Vanderburg. Attoruey-General. WILLIAM A. Marlon. Clerk of the Supreme Court. ALEXANDER HESS, of Wabash. Superintendent of Public Instruction. DAVID M. GEETING, of Jefferson. State Statistician. SIMEON J. THOMPSON, of Shelby. State Geologist. W. 8. BLATCHLEY, of Vigo. DISTRICT TICKET. > or State Senator, ISAAC H. PHARES, of Benton County. For Prosecuting Attorney, T. 0. AXNABAL. of N<*wton County. For Joint Representative,MaHIOS L. SPITLER, o| Jasper County.