Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — Facts from a Democratic Document. [ARTICLE]

Facts from a Democratic Document.

The decision of the Supreme Court invalidating the legislative apportionment laws of 1895 and the preceding one of 1893, throws the state back to the act of 1885. In that law, as in the ones suceeeding Jasper and Newton compose a legislative district. The senatorialdistrict was composed of Benton, Jasper, and Newton. In, the law of 1895, just set, aside, White county watf added to the above threa to. form -a. senatorial district. The legislative apportionment law of 1895, which the Supreme Court has just declared unconstitutional, no doubt contained several mistakes which, in a degree, justified the Court in its action. But all the same,; the fact still stands, that both from a political and from a population stand-point, it was a fair apportionment, immeasurably different in that respect from the democratic gerrymander of 1893, which it succeeded. " The Democratic Lafayette Sunday Times is very anxious to create feelings of discord among the Republicans of the new Tenth district. It rakes up the old dead and buried Landis-Johnston difficulty;. and also pitches into the Republicans of the northern part of the district pronouncing them a “lot of hogs” and devoted to them two columns of spleen, on account of their alleged antipathy against Tippecanoe county—an antipathy that has no existence any place, in fact, and only in the Times editor’s head, in fancy. The head, aforesaid, had better be pat to soak. Who shall deliver us from the wrath of this Remington News? Not content with its former proposition to move the court house to Plessent Ridge, it has now broken out in a new place, and is going to slash Jasper County right in two, with one county seat at Remington, and the other up somewheres beyant Virgie or “Moonshine.” The objections to building one new court house at Rensselaer to be thus obviated by building two new ones, at the different places named. It is a brilliant scheme; brilliant as that of the defnnct Monon Times of a few years ago, when, in its mind’s eye, it established a new county with Monon as the county seat. The author of this scheme ought to be bored for the simples.

The Treasury Department has just issued a d&ff&M emering the trade of this country with foreign lands from 1781 down to, and including, 1895. It is a democratic document, prepared by Democratic officials. It should be posted on every granary door on the farms of the country, and in every school district building in the land. The diagram shows plainly that the period when this country was enjoying her greatest volume of trade was under administrations. and notably during the time that the McKinley Protective Tariff was on our statute books. It shows three striking facts. First, that the volume of our domestic eNports was greatest by over SIOO, 000,000 during the two or three years immediately following the passage of the McKinley act; second, that the volume of those exports has not only rapidly diminished under the present administration, but especially since the Democratic Free-Trade Tariff act became law; third, that the value of the- imports free of duty was greateifdu ring the period covered by the McKinley act than at any time before or since.

Republican County Convention. The Republicans of —Jasper county, who'will be legally entitled to vote at the general election of Nov. 3, 1896, are requested to meet in precinct mass conventions on SATURDAY, PER. 29th, 1896, at 2 o’clock p. m. to elect delegates and alternate delegates to represent the township or precinct at the Republican nominating convention, herein called. The num-

ber of such delegates and alternate delegates, apportioned on the basis of one delegate for each 10 votes cast for William D. Owen for Secretary df Qtate in 1894, or fraction of 6 votes or dver, is for the several precincts as follows: Ranging Grove - - 7 delegates Gillam 8 Walker ........ v 10 “ Barkley, East 7 “ Barkley, We5t........ 6 “ Marion Ist Marion 2nd —. ... 12 * * Marion 3rd 9 “ Marion 4th 9 8 Jordan .... i .* 5 “ i Newton 6 “ Keener 12 “ Kankakee. ..4 “ Wheatfield 1. .. .8 “ Carpenter Ea5t...... 10 “ Carpenter West ...... 8 “ Carpenter South...’. .11 “ Milroy.. . .......3 “ Union. 10 ‘1 The places of meeting for the above precinct mass conventions shall be the usual voting places, COUNTY CONVENTION. The delegates elected as above provided, will meet in the Court House TrTßensselaer on MONDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1896, at one o’clock p. m., to nominate candidates to be voted for at the election of Nov. 3,1896, as follows: County Recorder, County Treasurer, :rlr»r- ---' County Sheriff, County Coronor, County Surveyor, —— County Assessor, Commissioner Ist District, Commissioner 3rd District Also to select 8 alternate delegates to represent the County at the state convention. Two of said delegates to be chosen from each Commissioner’s district and 2 from the county at large. By order of the Jasper County Republican Central Committee. Charles E. Mills, J. F, Warren, Chairman. Secy.