Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1895 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN .Thursday, February 28, 1895. ISSUKDKVBBY THURSDAY BY OX3O. 33. Publisher and Proprietor. OFFICE In Republican building, bn orner of Washington and Weston streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $1.50 Six Months '. 75 Three Months..... 50 '? Official Paper oj Jasper County.

The export of passenger and freight cars for steam railroads decreased by 81,300,000 during 1894 as compared with 1893. The effect of opening the;‘markets of idle world upon the employ ment of labor in this country is very striking. ; - During 1894 our exports of agricultural implements were worth 8480,000 less than in 1893, and to this too, with the markets of the world open to us, which the manufacturers of agricultural machinery, as a rule, have claimed was all they wanted, and that Protection was no benefit to them whatever. • 1 ... The ship loads of foreign goods that are being brought in foreign steamships into this country are small satisfaction to the man who walks the street and does not know where he will procure his next meal, while he thinks regretfully of the year 1892, when he never had an idle day.

The only act so far of the Republicans of the present legislature wh ieh trenched at all upon Democratic methods, was the caucus resolution to take the ap. pointing power of benevolent institution trustees away from the Governor, fhis one objectionable action, we are glad to say, has been rescinded. Tuesday the House passed the Nicholson bill, as amended, by a very large majority. Its future fate in the Senate is in some doubt. Ihe House also passed the bill making Hammond, Valparaiso and Michigan City a Superior Court circuit. The Congressional Apportionment bill was also passed, as decided upon by the Republican caucus. Another important bill passing the House the same day, was one which permits a deduction of not to exceed 81000 from the taxation valuation of mortgaged real estate.

The Nicholson temperance bill ! is still in the as yet only moderately disfigured. The section punishing minors for fre-' quenting saloons has been stricken out. Anda more important change still is in the “local option” section. This has been so changed that a remonstrance signed by a majority of the voters in a ward or township, does not prohibit the granting of all licenses for two- years, but only prohibits the granting to the particular applicant against whom the remonstrance was filed. Thus if the people of any city ward or of any township, desire to keep out all saloons they must meet each applicant as he comes up, with a separate remonstrance. A startling discovery was made at the state house Tuesday, that accounts for the little work done by our republican legislature— a barrel of whisky in the basement. This is true, and the honorable body dares not deny it. It was furnished them by the Indiana liquor league. The above from a neighboring Democratic exchange is the same in substance that nearly all democratic papers published last week. It is, in all essential elements, a slanderous falsehood. One Cain, the engineer at the State House, a a Democrat and a son of the “Ould Sod” and naturally a believer in the remedial qualities of whisky, had a two quart jug of that liquor, in his room, purchased with his own money; and, on the quiet, he sometimes invited members of his acquaintance to par- , take with him. One day last week hearing Mr. Jackson of Carroll

county., say he was sick, Cain offering him a drink of the whisky. Without stopping to’ learn how: much there was of the liquor, or who bought it; Mr, Jackson at once assumed that if was “Liquor League” whisky, amlthat. there was a barrel full of it. He “blowed” the matter in the house and an investigation showed the facts as above given. Mr. Jackson failed to substantia e what he had asserted, and he now stands a good chance for expulsion. If he does not retract and apologize he will surely be expelled.

CAEAP WOOLEN GOODS.

American Economist;' Prices for woolen goods are known to be extremely low. The consumption of wool has certainly increased since the wool schedule of the new tariff came into effect Jan. 1, but this consumption is not of American wool. It is of foreign grown wool and is being imported free of duty. Foreign diagonal worsteds are competing with similar American goods, as also are foreign dress goods, and of the latter it is interesting to note from a trade paper that “American importers are sold out and are re-importing from abroad.” These original imports and the re-imports coming, and to crime, must, of course, curtail the out put of American woolen mills. The re-imports are all coming from France and at slightly lower prices than were paid for the original imports. . That French lobby which worked so hard at Washington in order to secure the passage of the Wilson tariff will appreciate that its work was not thrown away. It would appear, in fadt, that the French manufactures are just beginning to warm up to their work, because we are told that “the full strain of foreign competition has not yet been met.” If the “full strain” is to be met it must be by still lower prices for American woolen goods. And these still lower prices must mean lower wages for the people who are working in the American woolen factories, unless ‘ perhaps, our woolen manufacturers may be able to sell some of the goods made in this country in the markets of France, or in some of those other markets, of the world that are now wide open to us.

TWO EXCELLENT FEATURES.

There are Jtwo features in the republican caucus bill for the management of the State ‘ institutions which the Journal most heartily approves. One of these is the provision which requires trustees of all institutions to serve without compensation, exc,ept actual expenses, the same as does the State Board of Charities. Men of character and ability can be found in Indiana who will serve on such boards as in other states, and serve with efficiency, while Ahose to whom the small salary would be an incentive, and who, because it is so, are personally not competent to assist in the management of so large a business as a public institution is, will not be aspirants. But this much more important feature of the bill is that which puts the employment of superintendents and all subordinates on tlfe merit system. It is a long step toward the “better management of Indiana’s public institutions to require trustees to see that no faithful superintendent or employe shall be dismissed because of his party affiliation, It It is a great gain to have it declared in the statute that nothing but character, fitness and faithfulness shall obtain appointments in these institutions, and that hereafter no employe can count upon the influence of some person who has “a pull” to keep him in a place the duties of which he does not 'try or is not fitted to discharge. When such a rule shall be faithfully enforced the officers and employes in [the public institutions will be as faithful and efficient in the discharge of their duties as are the clerks in a railway postal service, where the merit system was in force long before the passage of the civil service law. The principle, however, has been urged for years by leading republicans in Indiana. As long ago as 1886 General Harrison advocated the adoption of the nonpartisan merit system for correctional and benevolent institutions of the state, and it has been in most of the party platforms.—lndianapolis Journal.

THE NEW TENTH DISTRICT.

The new Tenth District as it will be when the new apportionment bill becomes a law is composed of nine counties. Their

names,! population and square miles of area, are as follows: —. Sq Milen 4 Population 8ent0n.......... 503 11,896 Jasper .....570 11,177 Lake.. 500 . 23,849 Newton., 400 8,789 Porter? 510 18,208 Tippecanoe 500 35,116 Warren......... 360 10,931 White 500 15,660 The largest cities in the district in their order,. are, Lafayette, 16,243; Michigan City, LaPorte Co., 10,776; LaPorte, 7,126; “Ham-mond,-5,428; Valparaißo,s,o9o. The figures being those of the census of 1890. Rensselaer is the very hub of this new district. It is almost the exact geographical center of the district. This point being,- to speak exactly, about half a mile north and a mile east of town. It is also, to all intents, the center of population of the district. The line dividing the population running east and west would actually strike some part of the town. The north and south line would be a few miles east, somewhere in Hanging Grove tp. In general average of accessibility for the whole district, Rensselaer is far ahead of any other county seat in the district, and is therefore the town that ought to come in for the most of the district conventions. Jasper and Newton are the connecting link between the north part and the south part of the district, In the north part are Lake, Porter and LaPorte. In the sofith part are Tippecanoe, Benton, White and Warren. These north and south parts are almostexactly equal in population and political strength. Therefore whenever, as must often happen, the north and the south are arrayed against each other, Jasper and Newton will hold the balance of power, and can swing things whichever way they will, if they will work together. This new Tenth district, as it happens, will have two Congressmen. Mr. Hatch, of Newton Co., in the present Tenth, and Mr Hanley, of Warren Co., m the present Ninth district.

What Constitutes Republican Strength

The only hope the Republican party has for its continued control of public affairs rests in its pat- , riotic effort to promote the highest and best interests of the whole country. The smaller politicians who advise this or that scheme, for the promotion of mere party ends, must not be put in the lead, nor gaust their advice be for a moment heeded. They must be promptly sent to the rear and reduced to the ranks. If the Republican party will take good care of the country, it need have no concern in regard to itself. The country will take good care of it. The strength of the Republican party is its patriotism and not its partisanship—in even-handed and impartial justice to all men, and not in party plotting and partisan juggling. This fact ought to be kept constantly in the minds of the leaders, as it is in the hearts of the masses who compose its strength and voting force. The history of the Democratic party in the past, its present pitiable condition is a good object lesson for the Republicans, Its purely partisan character has brought it to its present ruin. No other education has besn given their Senators and Representatives but that of looking after the welfare of the party. They have been kept all the time in the kindergarden of party, and never reached the high school of the country’s welfare. Now that they have the control of the Nation’s interest, they concede that they have no qualification for the work. In all matters of statesmanship they are helpless and powerless. In the past they have given all their thought to constructing gerrymander laws in the North, and

devising wicked schemes to suppress the vote of the colored man in the South. ; . • They have not sought to find the higher level of patriotism and , intelligence of the people and sub- ! mit their cause to them, but have careful’y gauged the ignorance, •prejudices and vices of the more ; ignorant classes, and made -their a ppeal to them.—To secure their votes and influence they have encouraged the Anarchist and patted the liquor seller patronizingly - on the back. The Democratic party stood by slavery only tor the reason that it ■helped the party by making the South solid for Democracy. It sympathized with treason and rebellion, with the hope that in doing so they might crush the Republicans and thus again secure power. It recently pandered tothe free trade heresies of the south to keep it united forthe party.

In all this it has shown that the permanence of the Government, and the welfare of the Nation was not its principal concern. Party! party! and only party has been its supreme and selfish purpose, until the country has rejected it with a condemnation most emphatic. Patriotic Democrats, disgusted with the narrow and unpatriotic partisanship of their party, abandoned it and helped the Republicans bury out of sight the remnant of the organization that had b£en so unfaithful to the interests of the Nation. They .ought to have done so long ago. They have come to us with the hope and expectation of better things. Shall they be disappointed? Not if the same patriotism that called the Republican party into existence, and organized, and has guided its counsels in all its past history, still holds the leadership. Not if the honest masses of the party will attend the primaries and break up the rings, and scatter the cliques of the peanut politicians, and secure the nomination of honest, capable men for places of trust. j ' ~ Not if the greed and avarice of corporations are not allowed to control legislation in their interest, and against the welfare of the people. Not if the tariff is so adjusted that good wsges can be paid the laborer, and will yield sufficient revenue, to paywall the expenses of the Government and something oVer for the extinction of the pub-

GEO- W. GOFF, Restaurant and Bakery. BREAD, CAKES, COTSFEOTIOIVERY, FRUITS, CAIVKfED GOODS, TOBACCO AMD CIGARS WARM MEALS AT ALL HOURS, * * —ALSO A GOOD— Everything Best and Cheapest. NORTH SIDE WASHINGTON STREET, RENSSELAER. INDIANA.

MFlAr'lA.-dftr-iArißr A A AA A A .Ar A , 4 _____ a * I PUR® j beware is the whole story HL M d of Imitation trade ■ marks and labels. 3.00111 | ARA\ AMD HA/>\/<\ER SODA fl Itl COS® no more than other package soda—never spoils <g I*l pdUlyttlJvX flour—universally acknowledged purest In the world. •J Made only by CHURCH A CO., New York. Sold by tracers everywhere. w Write tw Atm and JUamaaar BooA oZ vafuMe Swlpee-vu i?

lic debt. Not if the finances are so manned by Congress that gold, and silver, and paper money will be at all times, and places, of the same value. i Not if the Republican party will be as jealous of the honor and credit of the Nation as an honest citizen is of his own character and standing among his fellow men. Will Cumback.

• ■ ■ • • ..3 ' M -WA STRANGE CASE. How an Enemy was Foiled. The following graphic statement will be read with intense interest: “I cannot describe the numb, creepy sensation that existed in my arms, hands and legs. I had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore, to overcome In a measure the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition, I had a strange weakness in my back and around my waist, together with an indescribable ‘gone’ feeling in my stomach. Physicians said it was creeping paralysis, from which, according to their universal conclusion, there is no relief. Once it fastens upon a person, they say, it continues its insidious progress until it reaches a vital point and the sufferer dies. Such was my prospect. I had been doctoring a year and a half steadily, but with no particular benefit, when I saw an advertisement of Dr Miles’ Restorative Nervine, procured a Bottle and began using it. Marvelous as It may seem; but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling had left me, and there has not been even the slightest indication of its return. I now feel as well as I ever did. and have gained ten pounds in weight, though I had run down .from 170 t 0,137- Four others have used DK Miles’Restorative Nervine on my recomendation, and it has been as satisfactory in their casesas in mine.”—James Kane, La Rue, O. Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, 81 per bottle, six l»ot i les for-SS-, e.xpress prepa id. It Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. Sold by all Drugg'sts.

Money to Loan. The undersigned have n ade arrangements whereby they are able to make farm loans at the lowest possible rate of interest, with Ihe usual commissions. Interest payable at the end of the year. Partial payments can be made on Jan. Ist of any year. Call and see us before making your loan; our money is as cheap and easy as any on the market. Information regarding the loans made by the Atkinson & Rigler Agency at at Wabash, Ind , can be bad at our office, up stairs in Williams-Slockton building, opposite court house. Warren & Irwin. With but little care tr.d no t cubic.the heard and mustache can be kept aunifoim brown or bl ok color by us ng Buck in ghatn’s dye or the whiskers. Ten different makes of Sewing ma chines, At Steward’s.

.. Rensselaer .. Bargai n H ouse. Washboilers—copper.. ,?.... 12.50 Washboilers—tin 1.00 Tubular lanterns...... 50 Wire nails from 8 to 60, 3c per lb. Wire nails fre m 3to 8,4 c per lb. 3 kinds of axes from 70c to 85c each. Trimmings for barns. Nice new slovis with the tariff off, and Groceries as cheap as the cheapest. Barbed wire at lowest prices. C. E. HERSHMAN.

A- E WILLIS... Special attention given to ——— Old circular and cross-cut saws made as good as new. l K?iSx. J. W. HORTON, Dentist. Crown and Bridgewoik. Teeth without plates. No covering to roof of mouth. No destroying the sense of taste. Office over Post Office. Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. •r. 11. L,. Brown, TRENSSELAER . INDIANA. Crown and Bridgework. Teeth with* out Plates a SpecialtykLL THE LATEST METHODS IN DENTISTRY. itU.ce over Porter* A Wishard’g. Um administered for painless extraction es teeth.

tr. <7. KANN AL, M, D. C. - - VETERINARIAN. - - Office with RENSSELAER, W. A. Huff, the Jeweler. IND. Sraduateof Chicago Veterinary College. J. C. THRAWLS, Surveyor Engineer, Office with < COL’NIY SVPI’EINI ENDENT. In Williams & Stccktcn block, ftcnsselaer - Indiana. ■ PIONEER. ■ BEAT BARKET. BEEF, Fork, Veal. Mullen? Sausage, Batogna, etc., sold in > < s to suit purchasers y.t the LOWEST PRICES. Nonebut the beat stick slaughtered. Iveiyhody is invited to cull. THE HIGHEST PRICES PAID -GOOD CATTLE ' J J. EIGLESBACH, Proprietor. TRUSTEED JWTMJB MARION TOWNSHIP. I will te in my < ffiie up flaita in Citizens Bank Building; every Saturday to attend to ’’ownahip business. WILLIAM GREENFIELD, Trustee Marion Township.

ts. F. Ferguson. J. H. Chapman. FERGUSON & CIIAFSIAN, Abstracters ard E>e it intis ts Titles Farm loans a specialty. Buy tr.d sell rea •state, Sell B. &L. shares. Write Fire inlurance in three of the best companies in the 0. S- Represent JEtna Life—the best on the {lobe. Agent for four A-l Accident companies. Rent town property or farms. Pay taxes for non-residens. Discount notes. We lollt your collections. Office Leopold’s block, Rensselaer, Ind. What Can’t Pull Out? Why the ►

Bow on the Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases, made by the Keystone Watch Case Com* pany, Philadelphia. It protects the Watch from the pickpocket, and prevents it from dropping. Can only be had with cases stamped with this trade mark. jgf Sold, without extra charge for this bow (ring), through Watch dealers only. Lets st welch casts are spelled In Me epeetefk i As epeoer te ebvlate Ihle sent tree.