Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1894 — REPUBLICAN TICKETS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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.