Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1894 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN Oct 18.1894 UMU*u*V«Jtk THUIUU/AX MX OSO. JEI. AAI» I'MUtMIMI'UB, ) ' uctlvK lu Kepabuvaii building, on u;uo< v» rt ~„u .*-a weDioußireoi*. TBRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oce Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 60 Official Paper of Jasper County.

REPUBLICAN TICKETS.

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. Attorney-General. WILLIAM A. KETCHAM, of Marion. Clerk of the Supreme Court, ALEXANDER HESS, of Wabash. Superintendent of Public Instruction. DAVID M.,GEETINQ, of Jefferson. State Statistician, SIMEON J. THOMPSON, of Shelby. State Geologist. W. S. BEATCiiLEY. of Vigo. - DISTRICT TICKET. For Representative in Congress, JETHRO A. HATCH, Of Newton County. r or State Senator, ISA VC 11. PH ' RES. i;l Ecnloi) County. For Prosecuting Attorney, T. C. ANNABAL. of Newton County. For Joint Representative, MARION L SPITLER, of Jasper County. COUNTY TICKET. For Coin.ty Clerk, WILLIAM II COOVER, of Carj enter Township. For County Auditor, HENRY B. MURRAY, of Barkhy Town hip. For C uirty Treasurer, JESSE C. GWIN, of Hanging Grot e Township, For County Sheriff, CHARLES TV. HANLEY, ot Walker Township. For County Surveyor, JOHN E ALTER, of Union Township. For < ounty Coroner, ; TRUITT P WRIGHT, of Marion Township. Commissi, ner—First District. WILLIAM DAHNCKE, of W heat tie Id Township. Commissioner—Second District, JOHN O. MARTINDALE, ol Newton Township. Commissiomr—Third District, DLXI ER ffi. . __ of Carpenter Township.

The Democrats boast or having reduced public expenditures thirty millions of dollars, for a year. But just 29 of those 30 millions were saved by Hoke Smith, by cutting off pensions. How do old soldiers, and patriots of any kind, for that matter, like this very charactertistic form of Democratic economy? The Minneapolis Tribune thinks the Populist vote in Minnesota will show a large falling off this year as compared with four years ago, especially in the rural districts. “The Populist craze/' says the Tribune, “ran its course among the farmers like an epiand they have become cured and recovered their sound political opinions and have made up their minds to vote the Republican ticket” Let every Republican in Jasper county ge| bis fighting armor on and do bis best fro a now until election for the success of our whole ticket What we should aim at this year is a complete and decisive victory—one that will

shdw that our people are emphatically opposed to th© Democratic, policy of free trade, low wages and hard times. To secure such a victory, every member of the party must do his whole duty for the whole ticket Let there be no sefatchiug, but make the vote unanimous. Charles W. Hanley is a mighty good fellow, personally, and has made a most < fficient and, at the same time obliging and courteous county sheriff. He fully deserves his reelection and there is no reason on earth why every last Republican voter in the county should not give him his heartiest support.

The Keener Township Republican ticket, just nominated, contains the names of three citizens of Hollander nationality. The Hollanders of Keener have always been among our stanchest Repub licans, and they are also good citizens, and they have seldom asked for any offices. Now that they have asked for and received a little political recognition, in the township, the other Republican voters there should cheerfully and heartily accept the work of the township convention, and vote the whole ticket.

Jesse C. Gwin, the Republican candidate for County Treasurer, is a man of the highest rectitude. Is a safe and careful man of business, is a man whom the people of his owe t ownship “swear by” so to speak, and is an old soldier, besides. The careful, business like and thorough manner in which he has discharged the duties of Township Trustee, for so many years, show that he is the right kind of a man to entrust with public duties. He will make a splendid county tnasurer.

Two years ago the Pilot made its local fight mainly upon the grounds of the tax levies, seeking to make it appear that the commissioners were responsible for the levies made by the township trustees. As that gag can’t be worked agaiu.thisyear ;they for want of any real grounds of complaint, are making a continuous howl about the $7,000 which the commissioneis have been obliged to pay out on the preliminary expenses of the Wakarusa and Iroquois ditches. These' ditches were begun under what is called the Timmons ditch law, passed by a Democratic legislature. This law gives to citizens the right to begin ditch proceedings under it, and the commissioners are compelled to pay the preliminary expenses thereof,.

the county money so expended being paid back by the parties benefitted, if the ditch is finally constructed, and by the petitioners if, for any reason, it fails of being constructed- Two large and much needed ditches in the county, the Wheatfield and the Lakin, are now under process of construction, and all the money advanced upon them has been paid back into the county treasury. Two other still larger projects, the Wakarusa and the Iroquois, are being fought through the courts; and until the legal fights are settled the county will have to wait for the money it has been compelled by the law to pay out on these ditches. In advancing this money on these ditches, the commissioners have merely done what the law required them to do, and had they refused, the petitioners for the ditches would have compelled them, by mandates from the higher courts.

If there is any wrong in the matter, the wrong is in the law, which gives private citizens the right to cause such expenditures of public money. And the wrong is also in those parties who petition for ditches under the provisions of this law. And in the cases of these two evidently abortive ditch proceedings, there relatively as many Populists and Democrats among the signers as there are Republicans; and more if anything. The very first name on the Iroquois petition, is Joel Bprigg, the Dem-Pop candidate for County Commissioner, for the Ist district

Jasper county never had a better “all-around” auditor than Henry B. Murray, nor one more zealous in working for the people’s interests. While in the matter of personal courtesy and readiness to ob'ige all who have business in his office, he is simply “outof sight.” He fully deserves the re election which we are confident he will receive. The “markets of the world” outside of the United States are now supplied by low paid labor. No intelligent man can honestly assert that those markets can be captured by Americans except by underselling in them. Underselling in them means lower wages. “This is your free trade capture of the markets of the world,” and it is sur-

prising that intelligent workingmen do not see what the democracy south of the Mason and Dixon line, now in control, once enslaving labor, is seeking to accomplish. The Pilot says that the people are laying for the ones who are re sponsible for the large sum advanced by the county on the Iroquois ditch, only “squandered” is the work the Pilot uses. The next question then is, who are the responsible parties? Obviously, and most directly, the petitioners, and then all others who favored the beginning of the project. The petitioners having instituted the proceedings in due form, the Commissioners were obliged under the requirements of the law, to appoint the viewers and engineers, and have the surveys and estimates made and to meet the expense of the same. And who are these responsible petitiouers and their abettors? First of all and foremost of all, the very first Lame on the Iroquois petition, is the name of Joel F. Sprigg, the Pop-Dem. candidate for Commissioner, for the First District!

The first man who signs a petition is always considered the most responsible, and Mr. Sprigg is that man. What will the Pilot do about that? Ad. Robinson, another PopDem candidate for Commissioner, was also an earnest advocate of the Iroquois ditch, until be found that his own assessments were larger than he was willing to pay—or for some other cause, he became dissatisfied with the project.

Abraham Lincoln said that he thought that he. Xi new. enough to know that “when an American paid twenty dollars for steel to an English manufacturer America had the steel and England had the twenty dollars, but when he paid twenty dollars for steel to an American manufacturer, America had both the steel and the twenty dollars.”

Blaine’s Prediction.

In October, 1890, James G. Blaine uttered the following prophetic words; ; Vfl love my and my countrymen. lam an American, and rejoice everyday that lam. I enjoy the general prosperity of my country, and know that the workingmen of this land are the best fed and the best clothed of any laborers on the face of the earth. Many of them have homes of their own. They are surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. I shudder, however, at the thought that the time must come when all this will be changed; when the general prosperity of the country wid be destroyed. When the great body of workingmen in this land, who are now so prosperous, will hear their wives and children cry for bread. That the day must.come when the great factories of this land will shut down, and there will be the silence of the tomb. And the reason why it must be so is this: The great southern wing of the Democratic party is determined to establish the doctrine of free trade in this land. It will I e assisted by its northern allies. The fight is now on.. 1 There is a great body of visionary' but educated men who are employed day by day in writing free trade essays

and arguments in favor of that doctrine, which find their way into every Democratic newspaper in the land. “The great body of Cur people have never experienced, themselves, the sufferings which always result when the protective principles are laid aside. Poisoned and excilel by the wild statements of these writers and the demagogic appeals of Democratic speakers, the result will be that in the very near future, these forces which are now working will be strong enough to defeat at the polls the party advocating the doctrine of protection: It must inevitably follow that uncertainty and doubt will ensue. “The business men of the coun-

try, fearing the destruction, will decline to engage in busii ess;consequently mills will shut down and the workingmen will be thrown out of employment. The people will then see, as we have never seen before, that they cannot be prosperous and have work while this principle is threatened. In the midst of this suffering they will learn that the only way that they can be prosperous and happy is to vote for the party that will build up the industries by which they have gained a livlihood—-be-cause they can see clearly that when a manufactory is shut down there is no demand for the thing which they have to sell, and that is their labor.”

Zimmerman is Goner.

Delphi Journal: Valentine Zimmermau’s case has been given up. He is a goner and his party acknowledges it. The press throughout the country Inst week published estimates on the part of the National Republican and Du mocratic congressional committees as to the political mahe up of the next lower house of congress. In the esti mate furnished'by the Democratic committee the Tenth district is conceded to the Republicans. In short the Democratic Natioial congressional committee, whose business it is to look after the congressional campaign, throws up the sponge as far as this district is concerned and says Hatch will

be el< cted. While this is gratifying intelligence to the • Republicans of the district yet it is cold blooded and cruel when Valentine Zimmerman, his struggles, his hopes and Iris ambitions, are taken into consideration. He certainly deserved to be buoyed up with promises. He deserved something better than a shower bath of ice water like this. But since it is out, since Valentine is given up, the best th i ng-for him to do is to ’ take" his place again in his undertaking establishment and do it quick. His case is hopeless and he doubtless recognizes the fact. The Journal really sympathizes with Valentine Zimmerman. He has always been true and stalwart. It is an outrage to abandon him in the thick of the fight. On the other hand possibly it is better for him. It will save him several thousand dollars that would have gone to the ward cormorants and political leeches in his own party. In the meantime the Journal congratulates Dr. Hatch, the acknowledged successful contestant for congressional honors’ in the Tenth district.

Newton Township Ticket.

The Republicans of Newton township had a good convention, last Saturday, and nominated a good tidiet, as follows: Trustee, Omar Morlan. Assessor, J. H. Sayler. Assessor, short term, Chris.Weufthncr. Justices, Francis M. Grant. “ Prior Ro wen. Constables, Frank Hemphill. “ ■-—Claib Parks. “HOW CAN WB FACB THE PBOTLB AFTER INDULGING IN SUCH OVTB OUS DISCRIMINATIONS AND VIOLATSON OF PRIVCIPLE?” —Cleveland’s letter to Wilson or tbs Senate bill.

More Political Points.

Jim. Why do Cleveland, Wilson and McEwen want so much free wool? John. “Oh. They want to pull it over the voters’ eyes—until after the election.’’ ~ - “The melancholy days have come For bugs and flies and gnats, Mosquitos, Spiders, JJpinWeTjees. Frogs, Snakes and Democrats.” * * * i -■ I . - t 1 It looks funny to see the exProhibitionist on the DemocraticPopulist ticket for county auditor, oggling old time Democrats for votes. * * * In my notice of the cost of new . iron bridges across the Iroquois east of town Pilot asks “Why b rrow $5,000.00 to build a $1,500 bridge.” Well they did not Here is what has been paid for or contracted to be paid. Bridge in Carpenter tp. .$ 170 80 2 bridges on gravel road Ceast of the river 126 70 River bridge east of town 1575 00 Abutments of 5ame...... 584 35 Bridge Jordan tp 312 50 Bridge Rensselaer 165 00 “ west of Rensselaer 197 50 “ Keener tp 900 00 Grade in Keener tp ... 2210 10 Sundry expense&oa Gravel Roads and bridges paid from County revenue 100 00 Total $6241 95 * ♦ # “With a yearly increase of County taxes. "—Pilot. There has been no yearly increase of County taxes, in 1893 the levy was 44 cents ou the SIOO valuation. For 1894, it is 43 cents. Why misrepresent the matter?

I wonder if the Pilot looked up the law with regard to letting bridge contracts, or does it stand in with the Bridge Trust? The infamous McKinley bill has been repealed and Democrats with masks on, ought not to “stand in” even with a Bridge Trust. * * * The Pilot is a very honest sheet! It never tells a lie unless it can make a point by it. It repeats the story that the Wakarusa and Iroquois ditch accounts were SB,OOO Better get some one who knows how to over haul the records for you. The accounts are very much larger than they ought to have been but the ditches were petitioned for by Democrats, Populists and Republicans, and we hope they will have to pay the costs of the county. ' / ** * - The (jounty levy for 1893 was 44 cents on eachsloo. Total receipts for th© year froHTalt ~sbur'ces"'s29,948.38. / / There was paid out during the year for land added to the poor farm $1228 5Q For implements on the poor farm 1200 00 For new bridges....... 6200 00 On account of ditches not refunded 6795 56 Total. $15423 06 Leaving for ordinary expenses for the year $14,425.22. The county levy for 1894 is 43 cents on each SIOO valuation. The above; is from the official figures and when an ex-calamity howler attacks you show it to him after he has made all of his extravagant assertions about the Coijirt House Ring &c. &c. The Louisiana ex-Democrata wafit Gov. McKinley to visit their state and make some speeches. Quite a change in that state. # # * The Populists have Swinton, who wants to divide with Vanderbilts and Goulds. Henry GeorgejJ who wants the land holder to pay the taxes. Gov. Waite, who talks about blood up to the horses bridles, and John Nichols, who wants office. It is a good crowd to keep out of and away from. *, * * During thirty-three years of protection, 1860 to 1893 the annual value of manufacturers in the United Blates increased by $9,-

565,000,000. If you want that condition restored, vote the Republican ticket. * * * With a crop of 600,000,000 bu. wheat in 1891 under McKinley protection, the "average price in New York was 83 cents. With a crop of 400,000,000 bushels in 1893, and under the shadow of Democracy it went down lower. Under “tariff reform” it is still cheaper. if you want it cheaper vote the Democratic-Pop-ulist ticket. « ♦ * The free ti aders who got their wood cut so cheap last winter are not selling it cheaper this season. If you wish to rebuke them, vote the Republican ticket. « * * The Republican sugar bounty cost the people about $12,000,000 last year. The Democratic sugar tariff will cost them about $60,000.000 next year. Which will be the best for the people? The first nearly doubled the product in the United States last year. If you wish it restored vote the Republican ticket. * * *

Jim Douthit and Jim McEwen were showing the Populist candidate around town last Friday. Why? He was a Democrat. * * * Do tariff reformers want the same condition to obtain iu the United States that does now in England. One in two of all laboring men who reach the age of 60 become panp. rs. If you want that, vote the Democratic-Populist ticke . * * * Free traders, as a rule, believe laboring men should work lor low wages. How many men in Rensselaer went to the country and cut wood for 50 cents or less per day? If you want that to continue vote the Democratic-Populist ticket. XXX <

Keener Township TicketThe Republicans of Keener township had a big convention,' Saturday, Oct. 6th, and nominated the following excellent ticket: Trustee, Cornelius Bierma. Assessor, John Haan. Justice of the Peace, John Ton. “ D. E. Fairchild. Constable, George Frcel. “ W. F. Granger.

BUT TIIERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THIS BILE WHICH ARE NOT IN LINE WITH HQJfEST TARIFF, REFORM AND IT CONTAINS • INCONSISTENCIES AND CRUDITIES WHICH OUGHT NOT TO APPEAR IN ANY TARIFF LAWS O F ANY KIND. 8 —Cleveland’s letter to Ca chings when the bill became a law. The NATJ~(> XI L Phl PUB LIPAN TEXT BOOK for 1894, / just issued, is the most complete volume ever pres tilled to the people. Il contains 330 pages arranged in the jorm of a political encyclopedia. Send twenty-five cents in postage stamps to TIIOS. H. McKEE, Secretary, 210 Delaware Ave- f nue, N. E. Washington D. C., and get a copy.

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