Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 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 General, 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, i 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, 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, of Carpenter Township. For Countv Survevor, 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.

No period in the history of the United States will compare with the past year in debt paying. s Why? ~ , Forgetfulness is sometimes a virtue, but what voter can forget the calamity of Grover Cleveland’s election 1892? It was all along feared that the Democratic politicians would not' he satisfied with the conduct and result of the war. The majority of the next House of Representatives will not be com*, posed of men who shouted to bring or. the war with Spain and then voted to impede its progress. Joe Chamberlain has given us a few words of advice concerning territorial expansion As Joseph had the good taste to marry an American wife he will not bo considered impertinent.

The volume of payments through the clearing houses for the month of July is greater than in the same month of any previous year. How much have the critics of * the administration done to alleviate the suffering of the troops? This is an excellent place to utilize ' this interrogatioh point. The time for military action is about closed so we may expect activity on the part of the Demo- : cratic managers in telling the country how they supported and conducted the war. Pennsylvania employs more people in the shops and factories than the entire thirteen southern states combined, and consequencly pays more wages to labor than the total of all the southern states. The New York Democrats are kept very busy with their endeavor to dodge the Chicago platform. However, platform dodging is one of the accomplishments of the Democratic party and the New Yorkers were always expert in that line. Let some enterprising Democratic statistician figure out what the war with Spain would have cost the United States on a basis of Democratic financiering such as President Cleveland gave the country in 1895. The Chicago Democrats are emulating the example of their New York brethren and are trying to keep Col. Bryan and national issues out of this year’s campaign. If this thing continues Col. Bryan will have to go over to the Populist party in order to have his financial views thoroughly exploited. The middle-of-the-road Populists have at last verified the charge made by the Republican managers in 1896 that they were not in favor of free silver, .but were working for the issueof fiat paper currency. Now they have shown their purpose in the. platform just published. There is not much hope for the white metal in what they say, but all hope seems to linger around the full legal-tender greenback, once knojni to be worth but 34 cents on the dollar. Thirty-six years ago last Saturday was the great day of the great battle of Anteitam. There is one fact regarding that battle which the ‘‘leprous” press should take note of. This press which, for political purposes mainly, raved and raged a,t the president before the Spanish war, for not beginning it sooqer, and while it lasted for not needlessly sacrificing tens of thousands of brave American soldiers in the swamps around Htrvana. is now trying to destroy the moral effect of our great and cheaply Won victory, and at the same time to dishonor the name es America before the world, by its wicked clamor