Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 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. J. Y. HADLEY, of Danville. Fifth District, FRANCIS E. BAKER, 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. 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.

General Bragg, of Wisconsin, voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1890; this time he will vote the Republican ticket because he cannot vote for dishonest money, to which, he says, the Democratic party is committed. And he is right, and. what, is better yet, ho; has the courage of his convictions. The President's trip to Omaha showed that he is very close to the hearts of the people, much closer . than the Democrats expected. No 1 wonder they are disgruntled there- j at now and try to explain away the enthusiasm Mr. McKinly aroused by the statement that the people were merely tilled with curiosity and considered him a “show.” There is a splendid prospect of New England Congressional dele-

gation being made solidly Republican. The constituents of the lone Democrat are very well pleased with the results of the war. We have not yet heard much argument in behalf of a free trade tariff, just as very little is openly said for free silver. Thus the Democrats show that they are afraid to tell the people what they are after. It is a campaign of darklanterns on their part.

The Democratic newspapers have much to say concerning the so-called force bill in New York, but they are careful to avoid any allusion to the infamous election laws they 'have placed on the statutes of Virginia and Kentucky.

There is no telling what may be accomplished in independence in politics if one will but persistently stick to it. Hon. Carl Schurz has reached that degree of political perfection where he is able to be displeased with both parties in one campaign.

The moral condition of the silver forces may be be inferred from ‘‘Coin” Harvey being placed in charge of the Democratic ways and means committee to raise money to carry on the election, while the Eastern Democrats are dodging the silver issue in their platform.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee doesn’t hesitate to slander and humiliate every Democrat who served with distinction throughout the war. It even reflects on the probity of men like General Lee Wheeler and General Fitzhugh Lee. The Democratic Congressional Committee is sadly in need of a guardian.

“Coin” Harvey is still passing around the hat. He thinks he ought to collect in the next two years $156,000,000 and as “Coin'' is to furnish the literature to be bought with the money contributed, he is entitled to believe that he shall come out several millions ahead himself from profits. But we hardly think each silver man will contribute a dollar a month.

Whatever enemies Abe Halleck has made, he has made through his zeal and firmness for the public good. He wanted the back taxes collected; and he insisted on the improvements around the public square being in conformity with the spirit of the contract. He also decided in favor of the law iu the Iroquois and Wakarusa ditch fee cases. All these have made him a few enemies, but at the same time they have made him hosts of friends.

There are no voters in the county outside of a very left very prejudiced or very ignorant individuals, who believe the charges of crime and corruption made against the officials of this county by the populist editors of the Jasper County Democrat. But while Republicans universally known these charges and insinuations to be false and slanderous, and none of them are influenced to vote against their party candidates on account of these slanders; yet all Republicans should remember this: If for personal friendship for some Democrats, or personal pique at some Republicans, they vote against any of their own couhty candidates, they thereby vote to encourage and endorse the Democrat's style of politics. The Republican, as everyone of readers must admit, has carried on nn absolutely clean, decent and respectable campaign. We have abused no one; ami on the contrary have treated the opposing candidates with fairness and consideration. We have fought for principles not for spoils. Republican voters who vote their county ticket straight, will thereby endorse decency and fairness in politics. Those who scratch their ticket will endorse the Democrat's methods; which are tho opposite of everything that is fair ami decent.