Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1898 — The State Ticket. [ARTICLE]

The State Ticket.

Secretary of State, ONION B. HUNT, of Winchester. Auditor of State, WILLIAM H. HART, of Frankfort. Treasurer of State, LEOPOLD LEVY, of Huntiagton. 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. J. Y. HADLEY, of Danville. Fifth District, FRANCIS E. PAKER, of Goshen. The County Ticket. For Congressman, E. D. CRUMPACKER, of Valparaiso. * For Joint Representative, A. F. KNOTTS, of Hammond. 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 Countv Sheriff. NATE J.’REED, of Carpenter Township. For Countv Surveyor, MYRT B. FRIGE, of Carpenter Township. For County Coroner, TRUITT P. WRIGHT, of Marion Township. Commissioner Ist District, ABRABAM HALLECK. of Keener Township. Commissioner 2nd District, SIMEON A, DOWELL, of Marion Township.

Why should anybody who desires the welfare of the country vote the Democratic ticket? Democratic rule would bring us another low tariff and even the anticipation of it would, ns it did in 1892 after the election, and still more after Mr. Cleveland’s inaugural address, promising, or rather threatening, to give the country such a low tariff, close our factories. Democratic rule would mean free coinage of silver at* 16 to 1 and greenbacks galore to be redeemed with other greenbacks, and that would have the immediate effect of setting .to work that terrible endless chain, because a Democratic administration would in all probability refuse to redeem the government notes in gold. Then all government bonds would

immediately tugible in prices to 45 cents on the dollar. The panic that would issue would let the four lean years of Cleveland appear as-a mild type of prosperity. Of course, if anybody does want to put the country in such a condition he must by all means vote the Democratic or the Populist ticket, which would be one, as the former have completely surrendered their so-called principles to the articles of faith to the latter.