Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1874 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

Thursday, September 24, 1874.

UUepeideiil State Ticket. For Secretary of State. ISAAC C. STOUT, Of Jcffemm County. For Auditor of Slate-. THOMAS J. TRUSCOTT, Of Pooey County. —■ For Treasurer of State. - . NORRIS 6. BENNETT, Of Steuben County. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, ANDREW H. GRAHAM, • Of Bartholomew County, For Attorney General. WILLIAM A. PEELE, Of Wayne County. For Judge of Supreme Court, HORACE P. BIDDLE, • Of Cana County. For State Senator, george Major, Of Jasper County. For Representative in General Assembly, GEORGE H.BROWN, Of Jasper County. People’s cenatjr Ticket. — — For Clerk pf Circuit Court , CHARLES E PRICE, v i For Auditor, lIENRY A.BARKLEY. For Treasurer, ROBERT PARKER. For Recorder. ■ JOHN M. I’.ELMICK. For Sherif. B. H. PATTON. For Surveyor, JOHN MILLER, For Coroner, ' JAMES S. IRWIN. For Real Estate Appraiser, CHARLES BOROUGHS. l'or Commissioner from 2d District, For Commissioner from 3d District, *"■' FREDERICK HOOVER .

Mr. Dawes, Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts, ciphers out an incres se of nearly one hundred and fifty millions of doliarqtn two years in National expenditures. Dawes must be a sore-head and attempting to betray the country *over to the Copperheads. Let every man vote the Republican ticket right along, although taxes are increasing more and more year by year. Better high taxes with the Republican party, than low taxes with the Independent party. Railroad corporations have received millions ot acres of public lands within ten years past, but not one acre lias yet been given to soldiers who fought during the last war. The Republican party has always opposed, in its platforms, the granting of lands to railroads, and advocated the» claims of “our loyal soldiers and sailors to the kind consideration of the Government."’ Yet the corporations receive material aid, while the soldiers and sailors are put off with empty w ords of sympathy. Very encouraging reports are brought to this office from Benton, Newton and White counties concerning the prospect of the election of Hon. George Major to the State Senate. Republicans everywhere openly denounce the course of Mr. •Hatch iu the last Legislature who accepted the increase of pay after by his vote condemning the aC | as wrong; and they a’j*, consider that it is time to check the career of a man who procures his nominations by trjekery, twice “hand running.” Mr. Major will certainly represent this district in the State txmatc at its next regular session; and lie ought, because he is the oCst man for the position, in ability, iir honesty, in his sympathy with the laboring classes,"and because lie is pledged by the platform of his u vartp to diminish public expenditures t tud the tax rates.

Questions of momcnlious importance to the welfare ol the nation l laving arisen within a week past, ttWenty-five true and tried patriots, i n whom there is no guile, asseml Jed at the Court House on Saturday, September 19th, 1874, for consultation, and to adopt-a d efinito plan of action to avert the threatened dire calamity. On motion, J. M. Wasson was elected Chairman, and E B *, Porter Secretary . After some desultory remarks by members of the large audience, And one or two ineffectual motions to adjourn and take a fresh start, the vast.and enthusiastic multitude, ibilv inspired with the importance of their meeting, proceeded to bal- j

4otioc„.a.<uuididatc for Tr u ste e of Marion township, which resulted in the record of twenty votes for Joseph H. \Villey, three for Win. Coen and two for Jonathan Peacock. On motion Jonathan Peacock and David James were by acclamamation nominated for Justice of the Peace, and J. W. Duvall, Krastus Peacock and A. G. W. Farmer, for Constables. At the conclusion of which exercises this august assemblage adjourned, harmony prevailing. In view of the overshadowing interests at stake, all legal voters will he expected to vote this ticket w ithout scratching.

APPLY FOR A REBATE.

Last year tLe Auditor of Jasper county charged the trustees of the several townships for making out their road tax lists. All of the trustees paid his demand save two, Mr. Halstead of Marion township, and Mr. Barkk-y ot Barkley township, who refused upon the ground that as the law then existed the Auditor was paid a salary and had no right to extra fees for his work. The refnsal of these men to accede to his demands upon the public funds in their custody was not anticipated by the Auditor, and he was not only astounded that they should question his rights in the premises hut lie felt vexed also that they dared to defy his authority or thwart his imperial will. Such precedents must-wtyer he permitted, to root themselves iu his kingdom. Such conduct did not comport with a liiartinet’s red tape ideas, and it would he best to nip in the germ all such incipunt rebellions, and never let them bring forth fruit.— The power of an outraged Auditor's hand should fall so swiftly and so heavily as to strike terror to the hearts ot all future trustees. But Mr. Halstead was pastor of the church of which Mr. Auditor is a member, he was also a stanch Republican and lived iu Rensselaer; it would never do to tackle him, for local sympathy would he strong against the persecutor. Fortunately, however, “that man Barkley” lived in the country and not so many of his neighbors would be seen daily with their condemning looks, he was not a member of “our church,” and besides he was a “nasty Democrat.” Had not Providence furnished ft victim ready prepared 'l Suit was accordingly instituted in the circuit court by Frank W. Babcock, against the Trustee of Barkley township to recover the sum claimed. Judge Hammond ruled that the complaint was faulty, and that action would not lie; whereupon plaintiff asked permission to amend which was granted. The Auditor of Jasper county was substituted for Frank W. Babcock, and Barkley township for Trustee of Barkley township. Defendant waived service of notice, and announced his readiness for trial.— And then—then— Frank W. Babcockhad the case dismissed at his oten cost ! Sgsf’NoT.Y Bexa. —Neither Mr. Barkley nor Mr. Halstead has ever unlawful levy, nor have w e yet lienal that the Auditor has covered back his salary-grab to the trustees from whom he filched it. Before the election is held would be a good time for them tC apjdy for a rebate.

BILLS ALLOWED.

The attention of taxpayers is called to two bills allowed at the last term of our Commissioners’ Court, *to-wit: That of C. M. Kiselv, Sheriff of Tippecanoe county, for kccpi£~ John Newcome, prisoner fro.*® Jasper county j and that of Lewis L. r * iff of Jasper county, for rfttaru~* Patrick Jlarten, delivered into las”

custody on a civil action. The specifications of the first bill are :• j Boarding John Newcome 92 days ajt ! 60 cents per day, $55.20 ; washing 7| dozen peices at $1 per dozen $7.75; use of jail, fuel and lights, $13.80; shirts and shoes, $5.50. Mr. Thos. J. Spitler, county attorney, was present when this bill was presented, and called the attention of Messrs. Jared Benjamin and Samuel McCullough, commissioners (Mr. Parkison being absent), to the fact that John Newcome, tb# prisoner, was'not incarcerated in the jail at Lafayette: but* that he

had the liberty of the city and was employed by Mr. Sheriff Nisely to run of errands, do marketing for liis family, care for his horses, etc., and earned wages by work outside of the jail premises. Mr. Spitler argued that Nisely had no rightful claim on the county of Jasper for boarding, washing for, and clothing a person whom he employed as a servant about his premises. Mr. Daugherty’s bill is a claim for guarding Patrick Barton 26 days and 26 nights, #45 ; or about $1.73 per 24 hours. It is well known to the residents of Rensselaer that Barton was strolling about the streets of this tow r n day after day, sometimes alone and sometimes “guarded” by Mr. Daugherty’s little boy, six or seven years old. He was frequently driving around with the sheriff’s children and team, and for five days, at least, he was kept on the Poor Farm in the “crazy cell” by order of the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Spitler, as county attorney, called the attention of Messrs. Benjamin and McCullough (Mr. Parkison being absent from the Board) that, Ist. Mr. Daugherty had no claim against the county whatever, as this was a civil case, where the county was not interested, and that Mr. Daugherty’s recourse was against the estate of John McCarthy, whose administrator had brought the suit, and that a lawful claim made out and-presented to said administrator would be paid out of the first moneys of the estate. 2d. That Daugherty’s bill was extortionate and far above that allowed by law, which limits the compensation for boarding a prisoner (and that was all the sheriff had a right to claim) to 60 cents a day. Before the Commissioners, at the same time, was a bill filed by Philip McElfresh, lessee of the Poor Farm, in which was an item for boarding the same Patrick Barton five days at 40 cents a day, $2. — This item was not allowed Dy Messrs. Benjamin and McCullough, who did allow the balance of the claim, and Sir. McElfresh was directed to go to Sheriff Daugherty for his pay. Items in-the Barton matter. The Sheriff files a bill muter oath claiming $1.73 a day for services which the statute only allows 60 ccr.ts. The Sheriff files a claim against the county for services at $1.73 a day, for which Mr. McElfrcsh only charges 40 cents a day. The Commissioners allow a $45 claim, which was not only unjust and extortionate, but which they had uo right to pay.

THERE IS NO RING.

The fool saith in his heart no God.—Bible. “We can not believe there is a Court House Riug in Jasper county,” say some very good people.— Well, you could not believe us wheiwwe told how corrupt and.pp; scrupulous Jasper Packard was, and kept right along voting for him until he helped to rob the nation of more than a million of dollars. If there is no Ring at the comity seat, how does it come that conventions are invariably managed to benefit a particular class of people? How does it happen that Marion towns nip always manages to absorb the most important county offices ? If there is no Ring m Rensselaer,” bow does it happen that we, who live, here, can, and do predict, with certainty, months*in advance, who are to be nominated for the chief county offices? Since last March i we knew to a certainty, and told l numbers of persons, just whom the Ring decided to put on the ticiet for the

offices. It makes no difference that public improvements are not made in the county, nor how much real estate and personal property increases in value, nor how rapidly the population increases, the rate of taxation is kept np right along at the same old high figures* and will be continued right along that way until the power of the Ring is broken. The'lndependent candidates are pledged tp reduce the expenses of our county if they are elected, Gnd have put that pledge into a. platform-* solemn ° Ration jw hLm they have publishid to the r ywrld—but theßipghave

no platform, and make no pledges. Astaxpayers, having a common interest with other citizens of Jasper county, we call on you to investigate these matters ; look at the condition of your taxes compared with the balance *of the State ; see them looming up above the average elsewhere, see that we have not had any public works of importance for two years past, see that there has been no official record made of any being contemplated ; investigate the nature of the claims allowed against the county, and those presented under oath by its officers? scan these matters closely, and then if you desire the old way to continue, vote the Ring ticket; but if you desire economy, and lower taxes, vote the Independent ticket, for men who pledge themselves for reform. You pay vour money, lake your choice.

Retrenchment?

Editors Union: . Will you permit me through the medium of your columns to enquire why it is that a gentleman now filling the office of County Auditor, who pledged himself four years ago, whilst making the canvass against ex-Auditor Yeoman, to reduce the expenditures, fees &c., of the office, has failed to make those pledges good ? You will doubtless remember, as will most of the voters of Jasper county, that the strong point made against Yeoman by Mr. Babcock andhis friends, was that Yeoman had been unnecessarily extravagant in his expenditures of money for the office, and had, also, charged for his services excessive fees. “Why,” they said, “Yeoman’s fees for the last year of services have amounted to seventeen hundred dollars; an amount unparalleled in the history of the county.” Mr. Yeoman iu his answer acknowledged that the amount was more than had ever been received before by the Auditor for one year’s services, but said that it was not excessive, inasmuch as he had made two extra copies of duplicates for the railroad tax assessed to aid in the construction of the Continental railroad. At that time I was convinced by the arguments of Mr. Babcock, and his friends, that IW*—Yeoman had .charged the tax payers too much for his services, and made up my mind that I would vote against him, which I accordingly did.— The people now are anxious to know if Mr. Babcock has been more economical in the administration of the office than Mr. Yeoman was. I undertake to say that he has not, but on the contrary, he has charged far more excessive fees for his last vear’s services •r .than Mr. Yeoman ever did in any one year. A careful investigation of the commissioner’s and other records in the Auditor’s office, will show that Mr. Babcock has received at least twenty-five hundred dollars for services for the year ending May 31st, 18*74 —eight hundred dollars more than Mr. Yeoman received for the year in which he made the Railroad tax duplicates, above referred to. It is true that Mr. Babcock had to refund the Railroad tax „4uring the present year, but the extra labor was not more than the extra labor performed by Mr. Yeoman when he made Railroad tax. If seventeen hundred dollars was too much for Mr, Yeoman to receive, is not twenty-five hundred too much for Mr. Babcock? Or is Mr. Babcock’s services worth eight hundred dollars a year more than Mr. Yeoman’s and former County Auditors’ servises were worth ? Mr. Editors/ my impression is, that the people of Jasper coupty are tired of Mr. Babcock’s style of retrenchment.

’’“d eight hundred dolThey have 'nuch of it, lars in one year, too 'h.”— and the cry is, “Hold, enou^ I address this communication v.

your paper hoping that it may provoke Mr. Babcock to “rise and explain,” for you see the people want to “know-you-know” why “this is thus.” Fate Puly. Septr. 19th, 1874. \ —■* We paid the enterprising town of Hemitfgton a visit last Monday. One may truly say that Remington is situated in one of the most beautiful countries in .the United States. Afedaryrillc Guard.

The Louisiana War.

When the infamy of the Louisiana matter comes to be thoroughly understood it will stand against the Republican party as an eternal | shame. The general government, i at the close of the war, took hold of the State and reconstructed it. Banks bad reconstructed it before, but the Republicans, fearing be had not done his work well, began de novo , and reconstructed from the ground up. They were careful, by enfranchisement and disfranchisement, to guard against the probability of any State government hostile to the Republican party being elected. Having thoroughly reconstructed the State, it was set up as a State, and allowed to go alone, without the fostering bayonets of the Federal Government. For several years the people were most shamefully plundered by the carpet bag government. History does not show a more infamous

chapter than the career of the Louisiana robbers. Finally, however, the citizens, by fair and honest voting, ousted the thieves, and elected a full ticket of men identified with the best interests of the State. The thieves, having possession of the government, held on to it, and the United States, to the eternal disgrace of President Grant, employed its bayonets to put down the State government elected by the people, and maintain the one they had repudiated at the polls.— All fair-minded Republicans admit this to have been the state of the case, and sincerelylregret that the President should nave made so great a mistake. But fair words butter no parsnips. In the meantime the people of Louisiana were oppressed and robbed as usual, and the result was an insurrection which overthrew the Ivello"" Usurpation, and put the rightfully elected State officers in power.— Now the Government once more interposes in behalf of the usurpation, and will, we presume, reseat the Kellogg government. The State of Louisiana, it seems, is to he considered reconstructed so long as its electoral vote is in condition to be cast for a Republican candidate for the Presidency. When it relapses to Democracy it must be reconstructed again. Louisiana is a sovereign and independent State so long as she elects Republican officials. When she fails to do this the protecting hand of the Federal Government takes hold of her again.

Admitting that the Kellogg Government is a usurpation and a robbery, what recourse had the people of Louisians but insurrection? None that we can see.— The Federal Government, which, if it interferes at all should interfere only in behalf of justice, had joined the oppressors of the people. So far from affording them relief, it had prevented them from righting their own wrongs. And the Government, having once taken a wrong step, must keep on iu wrong doing. The State can not fight the United States. It must succumb. But the shame will burn forever. We have written this in no partisan sense. It is a matter of indifference to us whether the government of Louisiana is Republican or Democratic. It would be better, perhaps, that it should be Republican for some years yet, until certain prejudices which endanger the happiness and prosperity of the colored people are wiped out by time—provided that the Stqite is governed by honest men and bona fide citizens, and not by thieving adventurers. —lndianapolis Herald. 9

The Governor of Nebraska on Grasshoppers.

His Excellency, Robert Furnas, Governor of Nebraska, has had close inquiry made as to the condition of the crops in that State, and has issued a proclamation to the people embodying the results. He says that information derived from the-several counties (as well as extensive personal observation) warrants the assertion, that though the crops are shorter than for several years before, there is not a failure, and no ground for serious alarm as to the general prosperity of the State. The droughty agricultural year, which has effected the whole United States, and the greater part of Europe, has had its effect on Nebraska; and small grains therefore, not yielding as was expected at the end of June, are only an average yield and quality. The small grains were harvested before the grasshoppers appeared ; but, as in States north and south this year, the grasshoppers have done damage *he farmers to a considerable

Happily for Nebraska, extent. * but corn bas however, ver, , r>£»vages; and been subject to the*. ’°yed, but corn is *by no meaps desv.. ° will range from half a of®, (possibly) almost an entire failure. in a few places. The fruit crop of Nebraska is more in quantity than ever before, but, as rule, the fruit is inferior in size; and taking the wliole range of agricultural products— hay, grain, vegteables, roots and fruit—the State has never 1 efore produced so great an aggre-

gate crop. No cases needing relief are yet reported; but at a number of points on the extreme western bolder, help will be required by the poorer settlers, who have but recently come to Nebraska, whose farming operations, therefore, were not extended and not varied, and who were depending on their corn crop alone for subsistance. Even those who may have to suffer* however, show no disposition to abandon their homesteads. They need employment i and in the case of homesteaders, have to quit their lands for a tirae to work in the towns. Says Mr. Furnas: “The more fortunate of our own citizens will meet the former emergency by affording employment, and Congress, which alone possesses the power, will, no doubt, promptly meet the second emergency.”

Our Republican friends are buisily engaged in the congenial employment of fighting the dead Democracy. We are free to admit that if the Democratic party is not dead that it ought to be; but where is the consistency in the Republicans using so much powder on a dead carcass! They cannot say that the Democracy is alive, without contradicting all the statements they have been making for the last six years—both on the stump and through the press —yet strange to say, they are either fighting a shadow or a decayed corpse. The rank and offensive oder that exhales from such a contest between the living putrescence of Credit Mobiler memory, and the dead and rotten Democracy,makes a conflict, which for gastly and unaproachable hideousness has never been equalled.-/Ten(/and Press. Rather a ludicrous scene trans — pired on the passenger train between here and North Judson, one day last week. A fellow sitting in the smoking car had fallen to sleep, and drempt that the teams under his charge, which he had . been driving in the pineries of Michigan, running away; when all at oncene jumped up and yelled out “Whoa ! Whoa !!” at the sanie time making for the front platform from which he jumped, while the train was mating 25 miles an hour. He did some elegant “ground and lofty tumbling, ,r and come out with only a few scratches. When taken on board he explained that the team h„e had been driving was in the habit of running off, and he thought they were again running. One of our citizens was in the same car at the from whom we learn the particulars. — Winamac Democrat. •tB. y XT'ov«d j iae re-union Oi me A ... .o '■*....***,y took place September Bth, at the grove of Mr. Eli Faris, six miles west of town, [Gillatn township, Jasper county.] There were fiftyseven of the relatives present, and for various reasons about twentyfive did not come. It is somewhat remarkable that out of twelve children of the oldest living generation, of ages from 38 to 61, nine are living. J. C. Faris spoke in the afternoon on the past history of the family, and the meeting closed very impressively. They intend to have annual reunions in the future. George W. Faris, son of J. C. Faris, was requested to deliver an address on the occasion of the meeting of September, 1875. —Medaryville Guard. The Lowell Star, September 12th, says that the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad is being pushed energetically. “Many of our substantial citizens have pledged themselves that nothing shall interfere in the promptest measures that may be inaugurated to hasten the construction of the line between here and Dyer. It looks now as if this fall would witness the consummation of the line. The work of grading commenced here in town yesterday.”

MadBBBBBk DUVALL^S BLACKSMITH SHOP Is in operation one door above Express Office, RENSSELAER All kinds of blacksmithiDg done to order IDTT"V jA.IjX. 3 S DAILY HACK LINE AND LIYERY STABLE, &XSNSBSZ.ASR, IHD. * _ , United States May Hacks run daily, except Sundays, between , RENSSELAER AND FRANCES VILLE! A Making connection at the latter place with . trains on the Louisville, New Albany and ' -ago Railroad, and conveying passengers -ht each way. fcxtra teams s>nt at application. Goods or money and fib** eaa to any part of the United any time o' a . \ shipped'byejsf ‘'•'earns, States. y wished on applijLlT**r -v •'ay or week. With or without cation. Stock boardedsyL**,?--. Office and stable Washington, Reass^am^?