Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1898 — The County Ticket. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The County Ticket.

For Prosecuting-Attorney, ALBERT E. CHIZUM, of Newton County. For County Clerk, ESTIL E. PIERSON, ofUnion Township. For County Auditor, WILLIAM C. BABCOCK, of Marion Township. For County Treasurer, ROBERT A. PARKISON, of Barkley Township. For County Sheriff, NATE J. REED, ®f Carpenter-Township. For Countv Surveyor, MYRT B. PRICE, of Carpenter Township. For County Coroner, TRUITT P. WRIGHT, of Marion Township. Commissioner Ist District. ABRAHAM HALLECK, of Keener Township. Commissioner 2nd District, SIMEON A. DOWELL, of Marion Township.

It’is authoritatively stated that the name of Nelson J. Bozarth, of Valparaiso, will be presented to the democratic congressional convention as a candidate for the nomination to Congress. Nelson J. is a man of remarkable versatility of politics. He apparently makes the rounds of all the parties about once in 8 or 10 years, and whichever party he happens to belong to, he bobs up at. their congressional convention as a candidate for the nomination.

Orders for seventy-seven locomotives have just been received from the Russian Government by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. In addition to these the Baldwin people have booked orders since April 1 for ten for New Zealand, six for Spain, five for Egypt, two for Argentina and one for Mexico. The Richmond works last week received an order for seventeen locomotives for Japan, makings total of ninetyfour export orders in one week. Other orders received by American builders from foreign countries since April 1 bring the grand total up to 172, and still further contracts are pending for delivery of locomotives in Russia and Mexico. Another instance of the triumph of “intelligent labor highly paid." It is the American policy which has made possible this successful invasion of foreign markets with American productions.—American Economist.

President McKinley publicly stated, months ago, that this nation would not interfere between Cuba and Spain until circumstances rendered it so necessary on our part that the civilized nations of the earth would agree in the opinion that such action on our part was justifiable and necessary. We have interfered and the result is that only one of the lead-

ing Christian nations of the earth gives us her sympathy. None of the other nations believe in our professions of humanity and disinterestedness. They all believe that we are in the war from selfish motives: for territorial and commercial aggrandizement. In fact it is doubtful if Great Britain, our only friend, very seriously believes in oUr professions of unselfishness, but rather sympathizes with us on account of the community of our language, descent, and institutions. And who shall say, in view of the great public sentiment in favor of grabbing and letaining, or trading off to other nations for more desirable property, all of Spain’s outlying possessions, that those other nations are not justified in their contemptuous disbelief in the unselfishness of our motives? We do not believe that President McKinley thinks for an instant of increasing our territorial limits by the war further than the securing of a number of desirable naval stations; and the papers and speakers who are publicly advocating a grab-all policy are not only nerving Spain to a desperate prolongation of the war, but are also taking the surest course of provoking a ruinous European coalition against us.