Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1898 — The State Ticket. [ARTICLE]

The State Ticket.

Secretary of State, UNION B. HUNT, of Winchester. Auditor of State, WILLIAM H. HART, of Frankfort. Treasurer of State. LEOPOLD LEVY, of Huntington. Attorney Genera], WILLIAM'L. TAYLOR, of Indianapolis. Clerk of Supreme Court, ROBERT A. BROWN, of Franklin. Supt. of Public Instruction. F. L. JONES, of Tipton. State Statistician, JOHN B. CONNER, of Indianapolis. State Geologist, WILLIS S. BLATCHLEY, of Terre Haute. Judge of Supreme Court, Second District, ALEXANDER DOWLING, of New Albany. Third District. J. Y. HADLEY, of Danville. Fifth District, FRANCIS E. BAKER, of Goshen. The County Ticket. • For Prosecuting-Attorney, ALBERT E. CHIZUM, of Newton County. For County Clerk, EBTIL 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, of Carpenter Township. For County 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.

The Democratic party, at its Slate convention at- Galveston, Texas, August 3d. by clause 12 of its platform, opposes any increase' in the standing army of the United 1 States. This paragraph is in striking contrast with clause 8, which j favors the construction and control I of the Nicarangna canal by the United States, and with clause 9, which favors the carrying out of the letter and spirit of the resolution which Congress passed relating to Cuba, incidentally favoring the annexation of the same after an experiment in the establishment ■ of a permanent government. Clause 10 favors the annexation of Porto Rico and all its aiona in the western hemisphere. Just how the United Slates is to acquire the control of‘Porto Rico

and establish a stable government in Cuba without the increase of the regular army, is one of the anomalous things that the ordinary citizens of this day can not comprehend. We are erecting forts I ans coast and harbor defenses at all prominent points on the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard. In these forts and fortifications we are placing the latest improved modern guns with machinery so carefully adjusted that only an expert can be trusted in its management. It is safe to say that from to 5,000 men will be necessary for the ' care of those fortifications, guns, i and equipment in the time of profoundest peace. The regular army has been well employed ir? all the past years, and its effective strength has been tasted on many occasions, and it is well known that a lack of sufficient force has many times been found for the emergencies that have confronted us at the time. These new complications, with the unsettled questions growing out of the war, are sufficient to require quite a large increase in the regular army. If the Democrats think they can make votes among the intelligent American people by opposing that great arm of our national government, let it be so. The Republican party will declare that the regular army shall be increased whenever the necessities of the occasion require it. But one condition shall be considered, and that is the welfare of the nation.