Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — Page 4

v .... - ..*W- . ■.* ■' ~ 1 ■■ •' THE REPUBLICAN. ; .■ ‘ ’ Thursdays Jan. 23, 1896. < '■ ■ 7 - —-J nwi'itii«v«iir 7Hrs«mr hi GEJO. H. M ' i enBUNt«n,*KO ProEbibtoh. UfFlCkj——<L»~'kgp«bucjn omi-‘,;n«. on O -ner nt W»*hi««ton.and Wcaton street*. TERMS CT SUBSCRIPTION. Year .......... (i ...7..tt.80 6>x Months J....... ... ’75 -Three M0nth5.........*5. . J®

"Tommy McCoy, he drew the horse. He got the highest num- _ ber. w ■ . The exports of Anreriean pro* ducts and.'manufactures, from the port of New York, amounted to in 1894 and only $351, 196,606 in 1895. These was a decrease of $9,580,000 last year, not a very satisfactory showing for the Empire city to make in capturing the markets of the world. But last year's imports at New York were $83,200,000 greater than in J 895, and the other fellows are do--6 markets. i The report circulated some timer "back that Hon. W. D. Owen, present Secretary of State, was a candidate for Governor has been/ Bet at rest by Mr. Owen’* own ! - authorative slalriik-ut. He is not a candidate for the Governors office, btit will ask a renbmin'ation for the office he-now holds.- And will doubtless- receive it, without opposition.

What an object lesson we hate, as to the beauties pf the Wilson Tariff in the repoits from Washington of the imports anti exports for the first ninemonths of the present year. There was a falling Off in cxpoits' of more than sl'B.000,000, and an mports of more than $97,000 000 below the sales of tlie sme period last —yeaT, although we were promised that the Democratic Tariff would .work directly the other way. It is true that the Wilson Tariff' has opened np tire markets of the world, but we are on the wrong side of the world to get the benefit. What Increased Revenue Will Do.* The first step of the Republicans will be to increase the revenues of the Government sot hat its incone “shall be greater than its expenditures. No government and no people can piosper when the outgoes continually exceed the income. Increased revenue will strengthen the credit of the national Government. Increased revenue will fortify the Treasury, stop excessive gold exports and give stability to the currency. the Government to resume the reduction of its bonded indebtedness. That policy always sustained, and will again sustain, the credit of the Government and increase the demand for its securities Increased revenue and its direct effects upon the national currency will impart confidence to capital, leading to business investments, the revival of—our industries, the increased employment of labor and a new inspiration for all American intei/ests.

Wooden vs. Steel Bridges.

A. writer in the Lowell signing himself Taxpayer, gives some new ideas regarding bridge building and some of his suggestions might be acted upon to good advantage. 1 Here is what he has to say on the subject: “The question of bridges like that of roads, is onp that interests about every citizen in a Community' andphould receive careful study and attentions We have always doubted ihacconorny of building steel bridges of less length than 32 feet. Bridges oftgiis length can be built sufficiently good and strong at much less cost than the same length bridge of stepl can be built. It is true that a wooden bridge will not last as Jong as one built of steel

. . . i .... ■■ ... ' «• * JantTheqflestionisd<j?Kthe difference in the MfC of the steel bridge, which we believe is put down at 20 eqnal^the-difference iii coarti? We think not A 32 foot steel bridge, if we. arex«>rrectiy iiiforu&ed., costs the interest on SXj ; O) for twenty years, the of the steel bridge is $1 tZDO; mak. iing the cost of the steel bridge $2,200. A good wooden bridge 22 feet long and 16 feet wide with . stone abutments of ordinary length can be built for S3OO if built of pine, and if of oak $350; while fur | $450 a bridge of the above d i mension could built of oak covered and ■ painted all complete. If built in thia manner it would last 20 years. The interest on $450 is $540, making the whole cost of such a wooden gridge $990. If we add SIOO ' for keeping the wood work' well painted and SIOO more for repairs during the 20 years we still . a balance of $l,OlO in favor of the wooden bridges. This is a matter that should claim the attention of those who have to pay the bills/’ ZZMeagrsGi Faris and Markjndale. pay we won’t feel the weight of a SIOO,OOO court house. N<? w let us see about it. If I understand the situation, Grover and Sec. Cailisle are- going to put out SIOO,000/’W of bonds. *What a kick! How much is Jasper county’s •dm re ? Perhaps $l5O. A SIOO,-. 000 debt, for Jasper county be twice As Iftrge in proportion as the war debt was for the United States. The above choice gem is from the latest fulmination of the chief organizer and mouthpiece of the movement against a new court house. It is a fair specimen of all bis utterances, less the scandalous personal abuse which characterizes much of them. “Now let us see about it,” to use his own elegant expression. He says that .1 asper cmui ty’s share of Cleve-

land’s $100,000,000 bond issue would be “perhaps” $l5O. Now jthe .population of this country is 05,( h X),(X>O. A bond issue of SIOO,i 000,000 would be $1.55 for every person in the country. Now as Jasper county has a population of 14.500, at a low estimate, .its actual “Share” of Cleveland’s new debt is not “perhaps $150” as the Hon. O. lUsays, but actually over '?22’,UUo*,’ancl P.’s figures are more than 99| per cent, false. And “Now let us see about it,’’ a little further. A SIOO,OOO debt for Jasper county, he says, will be twice as large in proportion as the war debt was for the United States. The war debt as shown by the official figures was, on August 31, 1805, $2,845,000,000. As our population was then 34,000,000, the war debt was $83.67 per head of our people. Now a SIOO,OOO court house debt for Jasper county, to be twice as large in proportion as the war debt, as O. P. says it will be, would have to average twice $83.67 or be $167.34 per head of our population; But the actual per head average of a SIOO,OOO debt for our 14,500 county population, instead of being $167.40 would be only the comparatively trifling sum of $6.90. Hon. O. P. is only

95 per cent away from the truth in this last debt comparison. But the 5 per cent, of truth in this instance and the half of one per dent, in the former, is a [good deal more than there is of truth in the assertion that somebody is “putting out money” in Remington, to hire some scalawags to sign papers and “work for” a new court house. Such' assertions as that suggest the need of a commission of-lun-acy to inquire into the mental conJition of an eminent citizen of Remington.

NATIONAL PROSPERITY CREATES HIGH WAGES.

* National prosperity, beyond all denial, stimulates industry, which creates employment Hence it al- ' ways has and always will creates a dema^ for labor, which must increase wages of workingmen. Cheaper imported eompetetive commodities must destroy national prosperity amHhe demand for labor must decrease in proportion to the importation, because all competetivd importation supplants

ko me pryqwtwQy ciM»eg' loh n\ lities of thereby fedccing the rate of weges. Of alPmen the wage earner is most jnt&rested in creating a demand lor labor; which be can only secure by having the industry f rom which he obtains the;employment; Protected to an extent that will produce the greatest amount of employment. «• If capital, without which no industry dan exist, is notrnrade secure against the effects of cheaper competitive foreign competition, it will not be employed. Without the medium of' capital there will be no employment for labor. The only capital possessed by the wage earnes is his labor. His capital increases in proportion to the demand created. The greater, the demand for employment the higher will be the rate of wage. This axiom has held good in the past and will bold good for all time.

Jf the American J workingmen desire >o retain their high rate of wages and rec ver their past prosperity, they must create for themselves a denjsp.d for labor. This can only be secured by keeping' out of our country the foreign competetive manufacturers, which for self preservation, should be manufactured at home.

It doek not lie witbiil the brain of mortal man to frame any law that can determine, for the wnole people a fixed rate of wages without destroying personal liberty. The prospeaity of every nation is measured Ipy the prosperity of the masses, which is determined by the rate of wages they receive. Freedom, personal liberty and national prosperity cannot continue when the wage earner is poor and dependent

The Democ ratio party, and their allies, who advocate Free Trade, claim to be the poor man’s friend and partyp- a claim most tintrue, for their policy and methods have always been antagonistic to the welfare of the wage earner and of the nation. The-poor man strikes a self inflicted blow, not only against himself, but against his country, when he casts his vote for a party whose policy is to advance the interests of foreign countries instead of his own. Consequently he surrenders his franchise to scheming demagogues, who‘betray 7 his interests in order to obtain political power dr personal aggrandizement regardless of the welfare of the voter or of the nation.

Much if not most of the opposition to the building of a new court house has arisen from misinformation that has been circulated in regard to the magnitude of the burden it will entail upon the taxpayers. Such misinformation, for instance, as was published last week by a leading resident of Remington; in which it was asserted that a court house in Jasper county would be twice as large a burden, in proportion, as was the war debt on the United States; when, in point of fact, the court house burden, instead of being twice as large, .per capita, as the war debt, woul3 actually be' only one tenth as large; or only one twentieth as large as the Remington gentleman says ■it would be. Now consider this matter from another point of view. Jasper county’s assessed .wealth is about nine million denial's. As everybody knows this {assessment is not more than two thirds of the actual wealth of the county, which is really near 14 millions L than it is ten millions; but call it only ten millions. At that amount of wealth, a 100 thousand dollar court house would be the same for the whole county, as it would for" a man worth SI,OOO to spend $lO for improvements; or for a man worth SIO,OOO to spend $100; or fora man worth a million dollars to spend SIO,OOO.

Cheap Farm Loans.

Call on Valentine Seib, Rensselaer, for the cheapest farm loans offered in Jasper county. Large or small amounts. /

Tom McCoy Is Distriet Chairman.

Dec fed by a, Big Majority At Tuesday’s Congressional District Com- - vention.- ■ ■r-- , -4- I .■ The first district convention of the new Tenth Congressional district, was held in the Rensselaer opera bouse, last Tuesday afternoon to eh ct a chairman of the district committee, who should alsobe a member ofthe- state central committee. - , Partly became the contest for the statu chairmanship has stirred up matters considerably and more because Republicans are so full of zeal for their party this year, there was much more than ordinary interest taken in this district chairmanship contest, and besides the 122 delegates present from all parts pf the district, there came also large numbers of leading Republicans anxious to help along the cause of their favored candidate.

The convention was called to order, shortly after 1 P. M., by Hon Chas. Harley, of Delphi, the retiring chairman of (be old Tenth District. Hon. Chas. F. Griffin, of Haro, moml,. was unanimously elected chairman of the convention; and W. B. Austin, of Rensselaer, secretary, and Wm. Ade of Newton Co. and Chas Robb of Li Porte Co. and the Republican editors of the district, assistant secretaries.

Immediately after the completion of the organizition of the convention, a motion carried to pro•ceed at once to elect a district chairman. After quite a spirited contest, however, this order of busin ss was suspended to vote on aresolution, offered by Mr. Knotts, of Hammond, declaring this disi trict in favor of Hon. E. H. NebekerHior state chairman and nr-' structing the cdnrmjtt'eeman from this district to vote for him. A motion to table this resolution was lost by a vote of 36 for to 86 against. The vote on the adoption of the resolution, was by counties, as follows:

. \ | No. Yes. Benton 9 Jasper?. 4........4 La Porte 21 Lake 19 Newton .6 . . ; . Porter .............. 12. .. - Tippecanoe j. 27 Warren . 9 White. ...,11 T0ta1.... .31.. .. .91 On motion the vote in favor of the resolution was made unanimous. The counties were then called for nominations for district chairman, and Jasper county nominated T. J. McCoy of Rensselaer and Tippecanoe nominated Geo. B. Haywood, of Lafayette. The vote by counties was as I McCoy Haywood, follows: Benton 5 . .4 Jasper 8 La Porte 18 ...... 3 Lake. 16 3 Newt0n............ 6 Porter. ,12 • • • • Tippecanoe .. 1 27 Warren 9 White ....... 5| 5| T0ta1.... ...701 51J Before the result of the election could be announced, Mr. Haywood arose and moved that the election of Mr. McCoy be made unanimous which motion carried with great enthusiasm. - > Mr. McCoy was then loudly called for, and mounting the platform he spoke a few right words in the Tight way, and—the convention gave three rousing cheers for the Republican party and then adjourned.

The Republicans of Jasper County are now splendidly organized for the campaign o£ ‘96. 0. E. Mills, tile new' county chairman, has already amply demonstrated his efficiency as a political organizer and manager; while his lieutenants, Messrs. Robinson, Warren and Wasson are all ex.ceptionably able and willing workers in the political vineyard The various township committees, are also all composed of the very best material.

SHAMROCK FLOUR.

Rensselaer people are right “up to snuff.” xAnd now they are using the famous “Yeast Puff.” They purchase Hiejr groceries of C. C. Starr, For only_of him can they get “Shamrock Flcmr.? — Thfe groceries he handles are the very best grade. ( And for quality and ■ prices, it’s the best place to. And whatever you purchase of C. C. Starr, [trade You know is all right, like the “Shamrock Flour.” He grinds his own spices, his coffee he roasts, And the excellence of which each customer boasts. And trade in them grows, he thinks every hour; As it also is doing in his great Shamrock Flour. In Queensware and Glassware his stock is comAnd in quality and prices none can compete, [plpte Another great seller is “Owen Moore” cigar; Butin' town there is nothing to beat Shamrock Flour. 9 - -

The Organization is Complete.

Tilts Republicans of Jasper County Have on Their Fighting- Clothes. The newly elected Republican county Central committee met last Saturday at the town hall in Rensselaer, and completed their organisation by the election of C. E. Mills as County Chairman; Geo M. Robinson, Vice Chairman; J. F. Warren, Secretary and J. M. Wasson Treasurer. A most excellent organization. Au early county convention was decided upon, but the exact date of which will be decided later. The various township committee are here given. -The township chairman being also member of the county central committee. BARK LEY: East, S. R. Nichols, Chairman, John L. Lewis, Secy, Wallace Nichols, Stephen Freeman, Samuel English, John F. Fayne. r_ ' J - BARKLEY, West: Win. DanielsiChalrrnan, Elias Arnold, Marlin Burns, Oscar B. Abbett, John O. AVatson. HANGING GROVE, Scott. Robinson, Chmn, Reed Banta, Secy, Wash Cook, E.;R, Moormtn, Felix I‘arker. JORDAN, W. V I’orter, chairman, Lyman Raymond, Fred Waymlre. Clius.Jlenster, M. G. Lewis.

KANKAKEE, L »■ nnnTi. Chairman. J. W. Manuan, Secy, H. Paulson. John Pavjd Collins, Josiah Lavender. KEENER, John Ton. Chairman, A. Halleck, f-'ec’y, O, Biema. Henry Feldman. Jacob Haan. M ARION, No. 1, J. C. Porter, Chairmari, L. Zea, O. A . Hopkins, James Matin son, Alfred Bates. MARION, No. 2.. Vai Selb, Chairman. J. W. Cowden, Simeon Dowell, C. 0. Sigler, Warren ■hob instill. ..., MARION, No. 3. G. M. Robinson, Chairman, H. W. Wood, John T. Sayier, George Hopkins. MARION, No. 4, J. M. Wasson, Chairman, R. W. Marshall. E. D. Rhoades, Shelby Grant, Jos. B. Sparling. MILROY. H.C. McDonald. Chairman, A. S. Baker. _S cy.Z J. McCashen, H. J. Davis. Fred Welsr. NEWTON, O. O. Halstead, Chairman, J. H. Sayier, Secy, David Halstead, John W. Nowels,John w, Warren. ' " ■ UNION, J. H. McClanahan, Chairman, S. T. Comer, Secy, F. M. Goff, Chas. Gundy, J. L. Biibccck, Thos. Florence, John Porter. Carpenter, Wheatfield and Walker are fully organized but have not yet reported the names of their committeemen.

The-convention was composed of as fine a body of men as ever met in the district. Men of brains and integrity; fine lookimg and fine acting; they truly represented the composing elements of the grand party of patriotism, progress and prosperity. Geo. 'Haywood, the Lafayette candidate, is a mighty fine fellow, and it is no wonder his friends were enthusiastic for him. But they all knew Tom McCoy was another like him, and they took their defeat with the best of good feelings. , The following were the delegates from Jasper County: Marion: M. Tj. Spitler, J. F. Warren, G. E. Murray, and Delos Thompson. Carpenter: Nate Reed, A. J. Bellows, J. A. Lamborn. Jordan, Mark Reed. Wheatfield, John Whitaker. Keener, Abe Halleck. Walker, John O’Connor. Kankakee, I. D. Dunn. Gillam, R. B. Faris. Newton, K. Sayier. Hanging Grove, L. H. Hamilton. Milroy } Ziba McCashen. Barkley, Will Murray, Elias Arnold. Remember we still club with the Weekly Inter Ocean and the New York Tribune at the same very low combination rates as before. Republican and Inter Ocean, $1.85. Republican and Tribune $1.75. All three, $2.10.

MtSdELLtiMom. J. H CHAPMAN & OOx ABSTACTORS OF TITLES'. Farm Loans, Insurance and real estate. Money to loan in largo or small amounts, on reaL estate, personal or chattel security. Special attention given to collecting notes and accounts Office over Silis ft Mui ray's stoic, RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. J4>:E- A BriINEAM, j’-'s riASION~ATTOf'• I’ AV Uli TICE OF THE' ’•ho-.diighlv cqulio el a:,! of tao u’ wr Expert in Peniibn nsatteii ~Offl-.a. «■ rr County Treasurer, mirt Jept. Ist, Hue. I. C. THRAWLS, Mur%«yor A: Xirigiiteer, O9le»with COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. -ensaelaer - • - - - ... - Indiana. < J. KA NN AL, K.. D C - VETERINARIAN. - - •mce with RENSSELAER, W. A. Huff, the Jeweler. IND. 1 raduate of Chicago Veterinary College. MARION TOWNSHIP ■ I will be In my office upstairs in the Odd FeHows’ building every Saturday to attend to township business. J. D. BABCOCK, Trustee Marion Township. Contracting Estimates furnishedOn Short Notice. COX BROTHERS, Shop on Cullen Street, North-west of Makeever House, Rensselaer, Indiana.

New Meat Market. Creviston Bros. Shop located opposite the public square Everything fresh and clean. Fresh and salt meats, game, poultry, etc. Please give us a. call ana we will guarantee you satisfaction. Remember the place. Highest market price paid for hides and tallow. ■ PIO2SJEEIB,. ■ MEAT MARKET. BEEF, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Bansage, Balogna, etc., sold in quantities to suit purchasers at the LOWEST PRICES. , None but the best stock slaughtered. Everybody is nvited to call. THE HIGHEST PRICES PAID ALGOOD CATTLE J.J. EIGLESBACH, Proprietor. J. W. HORTON. Dentist. Crown and Bridge- • work. Teeth with out plates. NO cov »—ering to roof of mouth. No do-'.Sllv-TiisiiSy stroying the sense of taste. Office <>vu ff ■ er Post office. Ga» administered for the painless extraction of teeth. •r. 11. 1.. Brown, DEITTIST—RENSSELAER INDIANA. Crown and BridgeworkTeeth without Plates a SpecialtyALL THE LATEST METHODS IM DINTIBTBY. ‘Moe over Ported* Wiahard’a. Gas administered for nalnleM extraction of teeth.