Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1900 — Page 6

STANDS WITH THE OLD PARTY

Ex-President Harrison Refutes the Insinuation That He Opposes McKinlev.

Bryan’s Election Would Throw Governmental and Business Affairs Into Confusion.

BENJAMIN HARRIRSON.

Ex-President Harrison’s position in this campaign is not one of doubt. lie has" given to the people liis views on the political situation and his endorsement to the candidacy of William McKinley for reelectlon. Last week in New York an authorized statement of his position was made public and it spikes the guns of the Bryanites and their organs who have had the temerity to claim that General Harrison was not desirous of the success of the Republican party. The questions asked him and the answers given were as follows: “Is It true, general, that you have consented to make some speeches in the campaign?” “No, that statement has not been authorized by me,” was his answer. ,“I have said to everyone who has spoken or written to me on the subject that I could not do any more campaign work. I began to make Republican speeches the year I began to vote and have had a laborious, if uanportant, part in every campaign, j late and national, until ISOS. In 1890 submitted myself to very hard usge, and then made up my mind, and oO said to my friends, that I would do no more campaigning. Following this conclusion I declined to take a speaking part in the campaign of ISOS. My retirement dates from that year, not from this. Few men have made more speeches for their party than I have, and no ex-President, I am sure, has made more. Since I Washington my retirement from all participation In party management has been complete. All that I have left to others, and I think they have very generally and kindly accepted my sense of the 1 proprieties of the case—at least be- 1 tween campaigns. In a word, I have vacated the choir loft and taken a seat in the pews—with a deep sense of gratitude to my forbearing fellowcountrymen.” I “But, general, It Is said that you are not altogether in accord with your party.” “Well, I have heard that my silence was Imputed by some to that cause.' Now, the only public utterance I have made in criticism of the policies of the party were contained in the interview, consisting of one rather short sentence, that I gave to the newspa-j pers while the Forto Rico bill was ( pending. It was, in substance, that I ! regarded the bill as a grave departure from right principles. I still think so. I do not believe that the legislative power of Congress in the territories is absolute— and I do believe that the revenue clause, relating to duties and imports, applies to Forto Rico. These views, I know, are not held by many able lawyers. It Is a legal question—one that the political department of the government cannot fully adjudge. The final and controlling word upon this question is with the supreme court of the United States. Cases involving the question are, I understand, pending, and a decision, in which we all must asquiesce, cannot be muon | deferred. I, think, therefore, that voters ought to vote with a view to the right decision of those questions ! that are directly and finally in the I control of the President and Congress, "The general reasons I gave In my Carnegie hall speech in 1896 why Mr. Bryan should not be elected still hold good with me. His election would, l think, throw governmental and bus! Hess affairs into confusion. We should Dot aid the election of a President who would, admittedly, If he could, destroy the gold standard and other things that we value even more, upon the deceptive suggestion that he has been bound, and that the Republican party will, after defeat, still have strength enough to save the temple. It will be much better not to allow the man with destructive tendencies so much as to lean against its pillars. Perhaps it will save you much trouble if I give you, and underwrite as of this date, this extract from my Carnegie hall speech: ‘“When we have a President wlrj believes that ft is neither his right nor his duty to see that the mail trains are not obstructed, and that Interstate commerce lias its free way, Irrespective of state lines, and courts that fear to use iheif ancient and familiar writs to restrain .and punish law-breakera, free trade and free silver will be appropriate accompaniments of such an administration and cannot add aoore

7 o The Full Dinner Basket Is Not a £ Sordid Emblem—What It Real- o ly Means. °

jemmy to me national c'.ist-i ss gi; lae j mil dishonor.-’ "'l'lse economic policies of tin* Republican party have been vindicated by the remarkable and general prosperity that has developed during Mr. 1 McKinley’s administration—succeeding 1 a period of great depression. A change of administration this fall would almost certainly renew conditions from which we have so happily escaped. The full dinner bucket is not a sordid emblem. It has a spiritual slg- ! nificance for the spiritually-minded. It j means more’comfort for the wife and family, more schooling and less work for the children and a margin of savj ing for sickness and old age.”

IMMEDIATE DANGER

Bryan Is That and the New York Staats Zeitung Opposes Him. The New York Staats Zeitung, whose editor was early in the campaign inclined to a tacit support of Bryan, has come out flat-footed in opposition to his candidacy. In a recent editorial it said: “We consider a Republican victory less dangerous for the welfare of the nation than the election of William J. Bryan. It would have been possible to overlook many of the weaknesses of the Democratic candidate if lie had stood firmly on the ground he took in his speech of acceptance in Indianapolis. But after he has shown, in his formal letter of acceptance and in numerous speeches delivered since then, that he has not learned, can not and will not learn anything in regard to the financial question, that his ignorance and lack of perception in this direction are incurable, lie must he considered the greater immediate danger.”

M’KINLEY SPEECHES

By What and by Whom They Are Now Being Made. It isn’t necessary for President McKinley to make addresses during this campaign—conditions are so different from wliat they were four years ago. Speeches are being made for the Republican standard-bearer by Every toot of the factory whistle, Every blow of the hammer, Every cachug of the river tug, Every whir of the buzzsaw, Every cry of “More mort,” Every click ,of a type in the stick or linotype, Every drop of paint that happens co fall on the sidewalk, Every squeak of a new pair of shoes. Every clang of the locomotive bell, Every rumble of the loaded dray, Every fleck of factory soot that smacks you In the face; and, above all. Every bright, contented face of the thronging thousands on the way to work—steady work—these fine October mornings!

“Remember what said four years ago,” was Mr. Bryan’s admonition to one of his audiences in this State. Here is one of the Bryan prophecies of 1890 to which he put liis name: “I hereby make the following prophecy: If William McKinley is elected and put in power for the next four years, wages will decrease, hard times will come upon us, and over the land the price of wheat will &o down, the price of gold will go up, mortgages will be foreclosed by tbe money lenders and sharks, the factories and mills will close, we will export no goods, but will import from foreign lands all the goods v e will use. Want and misery will be with us Remember what I say.” Sensible men wlio remember the above will take no stock in Bryan as a prophet or as a man of ordinary judgment.

State Debt Payments.

Since 1895 the Republican administration of Indiana has reduced the state debt $2,810,000, saving annually in interest $87,050, and before the close of the present administration will pay nearly $400,000. Do you want that process continued? Colonel Durbin ami his colleagues on the Republican ticket stand for that kind of management. John W. Kern, the legal adviser of the Indianapolis administration, has helped to empty the treasury of that city and fasten upon it a bonded indebtedness of $680,000. A choice betaveen candidates representing these reWrds should be in Durbin’s favor.

Good Management.

Indiana Republican management of state institutions has resulted in a decrease from $253.53 per capita for maintenance of Inmates, the rate unuer Democratic management, to $169.08 per capita, and this without deterioration in the .care of the unfortunates. In 1890 the expense of four insane hospitals, with 2,695 Inmates, was $515,000. In 1899, with 3,520 inmates, the cost was only $487,000. It is this kind of management that will be continued If Colonel Durpin Is made gov-, •rnor.

ROBERT HARDY’S SEVEN DAYS A DREAM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

By Eev. CHARLES M. SHELDON. Uttor of “In Bis Steps," '‘The OrudfixUrn of PhCUp Strong" "Malcom Kirk," Etc. Copyright, WOO, by Advance Publishing Oo.] “Well, we must be moving on. It’s wanner In the lockup than out here. So come along, young fellow, and do your talking tomorrow morning with the;; rest of the drunks and disorderlies.” “Stop!” cried Robert Hardy. “This Is my son! Do you understand? What are you going to do?” “Well, governor, that’s a pretty question at this time of day. Do! I’m going to jug him for assault with intent to commit highway robbery. It’s an affair for the ‘pen,’ I can tell you.” “But yon heard him say It was all a Joke.” “A pretty Joke to try to hold a man up on the highway and demand his money! Oh, no! That’s carrying a joke too far. I’m bound to obey orders. We’ve been after this gang of young chaps for a month now.” “But, officer, you don’t understand! This is my son!” “Well, what of that? Don’t we Jug sons every day for some deviltry or other? Do you suppose you are the only father whose son Is going to the devil?” “O God, no!” cried Mr. Hardy, with sudden passion. “But this is my older boy. It would kill his mother to have him arrested and put in jail for trying to roD his own father. Yet lie was once innocent— What am I saying? He might be now if I had done my duty.” Mr. Hardy confronted the officer with a certain sorrowful dignity which ■ even that hardened defender of the law understood. “Officer, let the boy go. I will answer for it if any blame falls on you for it

“Stop!” cried Robert Hardy. “This is

my son!”

He was not at fault in this matter. He was not the one who assaulted me. He did not touch me. You could not get a particle of testimony against him. And, besides that, it is necessary that he return with me. This is a case for the law of God. This belongs to a higher court." The officer hesitated; Mr. Hardy stepped nearer, his son. “George," he said as if forgetting for a moment that the officer was present, “did you know that Clara and Bess and Will were in the accident last night?" George turned pale and tremblingly replied: “No, father. Were they hurt? Was Bess”~ Xhe boy seemed moved as ms ratner had not yet seen him. “No: they were not—that Is, Bess was not hurt at all. But Will was severely bruised, and Clara still lies In a state of stupor or unconsciousness, and we do not know what the end will be. I was on my way just now to get some needed articles from the doctor’s house. You must come back with roe. The law has no hold on you.” “Maybe the law hasn’t any hold on him, but Michael Finnerty has. I don't just like the idea, mister man, of letting the boy go yet,” replied the stubborn and unusually dutiful officer. Mr. Hardy began to appeal to the man’s love of his own children. It did not seem to move him In the least until he mentioned the fact that it was cruelty to keep the suffering girl at home waiting for her father’s return. Finnerty finally loosened his hold on George and said slowly and painfully: “And If I lose me job I’ll be knowing who was to blame for it. I always told Michael Finnerty that he was too soft hearted to go on the force!” “You won’t suffer, officer. Many thanks! Come, George." And father and son moved off together, while the defender of the law stood Irresolute, watching them disappear through the storm and muttering to himself: “I’m a soft hearted fool. I ought to ’a’ been born a female hospital nurse, I had.” During that walk home, after Mr. Hardy had gone Ground by the doetor’s with George, not a word was exchanged. The storm was increasing. The two walked along in silence, but when George wnlked into-the hall at home he turned and saw a look on his father’s face that smote him to the heart, for he was not yet a hardened soul. Mr. Hardy ha’d lived years In that experience. No one conld tell how his heart had been tortured by vftiat he had endured that night, but the mark of It was stamped physically on hla face, and he knetv that he would bear It to his grave. Mrs.' Hardy came rubping down

stair* ai the two came in, and a* George turned and faced her she held out her arms, crying: “My boy I My hoy! We have been so anxious about you!” What, not one word of reproach, of rebuke, of question as to what he had been doing all this time that the family had been suffering! No; not one word. Ah. mother lovet It is the most wonderful thing on earth, next to the love of God for the sinner. It is even that, for It is the love of God expressing itself through the mother, who is the temple of the loving God. George dashed away a tear and then, going up to his mother, laid his cheek against hers, and she folded her arms about him and cried a little and asked no questions, and after a moment's silence he stammered out a few words of sorrow at having caused her pain, and she Joyfully accepted his broken explanation of how he had not known of the.accident to Clara and the others. It was true he had gone out the evening before, fully Intending to go down to the scene of the accident; but, coming across some of Ills old companions, he had gone off with them and spent tW night in a disgraceful carouse and throughout the day bnd been under the Influence of liquor more or less, dimly conscious that a great disaster had happened down the road, but not sober enough to realize its details or Its possible connection with those of his own home. ~ The sudden meeting with his father had startled him out of the drowsy intoxication he had fallen into as the day progressed. Now, as he felt his mother’s arms around him and realized a little what the family had been called upon to endure, he felt the shame and disgrace of his own conduct. Mr. Hardy went up stairs and consulted with the doctor, who wondered at liis protracted absence. There was no change in Clara yet. She lay In a condition which could not be called a trance nor a sleep. She did not seem to be in any great pain, but she was unconscious of all outside conditions. After a little talk with his mother George came up and inquired after Bess and Will. They, were both sleeping, and after the doctor had gone out the father, and mother and son sat down together in the room where Clara lay. Mr. Hardy did not say a word to George about the incident of the evening. The shame of it was too great yet. When men of Mr. Hardy’s self contained, repressed, proud nature are pained, it is. with an intense inward fire of passion that cannot bear to break out into words.

George had sense enough, to offer to relieve his parents of the burden of watching during the night, and during the exchange of watchers along toward morning, as Mrs. Hardy slipped into tbe room to relieve the boy, she found him kneeling down at a couch with his face buried in the cushions. She raised her face In thanksgiving to God and went softly out. The morning "dawned gray with snow which still whirled in wreaths about the sorrowing homes of Barton, but Robert Hardy thought of the merciful covering it would make for the ghastly piles of ruin down under the bridge uml along the hanks of the river. He said to himself: “This is my fourth day. How can I best spend it? What shall I do?” He kneeled and prayed, and rose somewhat refreshed. The forenoon went rapiaiy py, ana before be knew it noon was near. The time had passed in watching Clara, visiting with Bess and Will and doing some necessary work for the company in his little office clown stairs. He did not feel like saying anything to George yet. James Caxton had been in, and tQe first thing he had mentioned had been his own act in the meeting the night

Mrs. Hardy found him kneeling down at

a couch. before. Mr. Hardy thanked God f 2 r It, and a prayer went out of his heart for his own son, that the Spirit might touch him In his sin and bring him into the light of Christ A little after noon the storm cleared up, and Robert prepared to go down to the shops. Clara had not yet of her stupor. The doctor bad called and done what he could. .There waa nothing In particular that Mr. Hardy could do in the case, so he,,went put about 1 o’clock and entered his office at the shop, hoping as he went in that he would have no trouble with the men. Mr. Burns reported everything quiet, and the manager, with a sigh of relief, proceeded with the routine duties of the business. Nothing of any special Interest occurred through the afternoon. The storm had ceased entirely, and the sun had come ont clear and warm. People were clearing off the walks, and the ringing of sleigh bells was distinct in the office, even over the Incessant hum of the big engine. Toward 3 o'clock one of Mr. Hardy’* old friends, an officer of the road, came in atad said there was a general ipovement on foot through Barton to bold a

monster mass meeting £» the town hall for the benefit of the sufferers, both la. the railroad accident and in the explosion of the Sunday before in the shops. It was true' the company would settle for damages, but in many cases through Barton the adjustment of Halms would not be made until much suffering and hardship had been endured. *~ ! -t There was a common feeling on tho part of the townspeople that a meeting for public conference would result in much good, and there was also, as has been the case in other large horrors, a craving to relieve the strain of feeling by public gathering and consultation. “Can you come out to the meeting; Hardy?” asked his friend. Mr. Hardy thought a minute and plied, “Yes; I think I can.” Already an idea had taken shape in his mind which he could not help feeling was Inspired by God. “Might be a good thing if you could come prepared to make some remarks. I find there Is a disposition on the part of the public to charge the road with carelessness and mismanagement.” “I’ll say a word or two,” replied Mr. Hardy, and after a brief talk on business matters his friend went out. Robert immediately sat down to bis desk, and for an hour, interrupted only by an occasional Item of business brought to him by his secretary, he Jotted down copious notes. The thought which had come to -him when his friend suggested the meeting was this: He would gp and utter a message that burned within him, a message which the events of the past few days made imperative should be uttered. He went home absorbed In the great idea. He had once in his younger days been famous for his skill In debate. He had no fear of his power to deliver a message of life at the present crisis In his own. He at once spoke of the meeting to his wife. “Mary, what do you say? I know every minute Is precious. I ow r e to you and these dear ones at home a very sacred duty, but no less, it seems to me, is my duty to the society where I have lived all these years, doing literally nothing for its uplift toward God, who gave us all life and power. I feel as if he would put a message Into my mouth that would prove a blessing to this community. It seems to me'this special opportunity Is providential.” “Robert,” replied his wife, smiling at him through happy tears, “it is the will of God. Do your duty as he makes It to you.”

It had been an agitating week to the •wife. She anticipated its close with a ffioiincr akin to terror. What would tne end no? She was compelled to say to herself that her husband was not insane, but the thought that he was really to be called out of the world in some mysterious manner at the end'of the rapidly approaching Sunday had several times come over her with a power that threatened her own reason. Nevertheless the week so far, in spite of its terror and agitation, had a sweet joy for her. Her husband had come back to her, the lover as be once had been,- only with the added tenderness of all the years of their compan lonsliip. She thanked tlie Father for it, and when the hour came for Robert to go down to the meeting she blessed him and prayed heaven to make his words to the people like the words of God.

“Father, what do you want me to do? Shall I stay here?” asked George, who had not s timed out of the house all day. He had watched by Clara faithfully. She was still in that mysterious condition of unconsciousness which made her case so puzzling to the doctor. Mr. Hardy hesitated a moment, then said: “No, George. I would like to have you go with me. Alice can do all that is necessary. But let us all pray together now before we go out. The Lord is leading us mysteriously, but we shall some time know the reason why.” So in the room where Clara lay they aU kneeled down except Will, who lay upon a lounge near his unconscious sister. Mr. Hardy as he clasped his wife’s hand in his own poured out his soul in this petition: “Dear Lord, we know thou dost love us, even though we cannot always know why thou dost allow suffering and trouble, and we would thank thee for the things Mint cannot be destroyed, for the loves that cannot suffer death, for the wonderful promises of the life to come. Only we have been so careless of the things that belong to thy kingdom. We have been so selfish and forgetful of the great needs and Bufferings and sins of earth. Pardon us, gracibus Redeemer. Pardon me. for lam the chief offender. Yea, Lord, even as the robber on the cross was welcomed Into paradise, welcome thou me. But we pray for our dear oues. May they recover. Make this beloved one who now lies unknowing among ns to come back Into the universe of tense and sound, to know us a'ftpßmlle upon us again. “We say, ‘Thy will be done.’ Grand wisdom, for thou knowest best. Only our hearts will cry out for help, and thou knowest our hearts better than any one else. Bless me this night as I stand before the people. This la no selfish prayer, dear Lord. I desire only thy glory; I pray only for thy kingdom. But thou hast appointed my days to live. Thou hast sent tne the message, and I cannot help feeling the solemn burden and joy of it. “I will say to the people that thou art most important of all in this habitation of the flesh. And now bless us all. Give us new hearts. Make us to feel the true meaning' of existence here. Reveal to us thy splendor. Forgive all the past and make Impossible In the children the mistakes of the parent. Deliver us from evil, end thine ■hall bo the kingdom forever. Amen. Wtfen Mr. Hardy and George reached tne town halli they fpund ft lbrge

errwvd gctharlng. They had some Olflt* eulty In gaining entrance. Mr. Hardy at once passed up to. the platform, where the .chairman of the meeting greeted hhaj and said' he would expect him to malp some remarks during the evening. Robert sat down at one end. of the platform and watched the hall fill with people, nearly all well known to him. There was'an unusually large crowd •f boys and young men, besides a large gathering otf his own men from th« shops, together with a great number of citizens and business men, a repre tentative' audience for the place! brought together under the influence of the disaster and feeling somewhat the breaking down of artificial social distinctions In the presence of the grim leveler Death, who had come so near to them the last few dnra (to be continued.}

Survey NoticeNotice Is herehy given .to Henrv T>. Weaver. B B. \Vinternal], (Jhas. G. Spltler. Fred Holmes A. Miller Nelson Morris. Mary Muchter James P. Luse, Geo. Ketclnnark, vnna Ketchliiark. Arunah Bacon. Gertrude Allen, Chester E. Adams, K W. Austin, H. C. Dahnke, Hai'kshaw, whose given name Is unknown. Henry Anisler, I. I>. Dunn, and all others interesied, that low 1400 *ere* of land in sections 16. 17.18, 19, 20 and 21. in township 84, north range, iso. 5 west. And tbit T will proceed with li e surveyor of Jasper Countv to make a legal survey <f those sections !or so much thereof as may be necessary ‘l% establish the line and corners of my laud. Said survey to begin on the 24th day of October. 1900. M. B. Price, E. \V. Poweks. Surveyor. . Oct. 9-16-2}

Non-Resident Notice. State of Indiana j no County of Jasper > 03 In the Jasper Circuit Court to November Term 1900, Sin eon A. Dowell . vs < Complaint No. 5840, Henry Stair et al ( Noweomethe plaintiff, by E. P. Honan his attorrey ard file his complaint herein, together with an alt di.vit that the defendants Henrv Stair. Mrs. Stair, wi'e of Henry Stair, Mis.’Stair widow of said Henry Stair ; John Stair, Mrs. Stair wife of John Stair, Mrs. Stair widow of said John Stair; Phillip Stair Mrs. Stair wife of Phillip Stair. Mrs. Stair widow of said Phillip Stair; Noah Edgington, Mrs. Edgington wife of Noah Edgington. Mrs. Edgington widow of said Noah Edglugb n; Demetrius Kdglnxton, Mrs. Edgington wife of said Demetrius Edgington. Mrs. Edgington widow of i-aid Demetrius Edgirgion; Phillip Snider. Mrs. Phillip Snider wile of Phillip Snider, Mrs. Snider widow of said thi dip Snider. And all of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees <f each of the foregoing named defendants; and all of the unknown holts, devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of each of the foregoing named defendants are not residents of the stale of Indiana Notice is hereby given said defendant that unless he he and appear on the 23rd day of November 1900 the same being the lith day of the next term of the Jasper Oiicuit Court to be I olden on the second Monday of, November .v. D. 19(0 at the court house in the eiiy of Rensselaer. Jasper County, Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint, tbe same will be heard and determined in your absence. Suit to Quiet Title. In witness whereof Ihe'euntose \ my hand and affix the seal of said l court at Kens elaer, Indiana, illls Ist day of Octoln r 1900. JOHN E. MAJOR, Tn? Clerk. It ispexaspering to one who knows Foley’s Honey and Tar, and knows what it will do, to have a dealer recommend something else as “just the same’’ ur ‘‘just as good” for colds, coughs, croup, lagrippe, etc, Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup is now for sale by A. F. Long. Stock ami Farm Implements for Sale. Nine milk cows, with calf; five yearling steers; six yearling heifers; with calf; six coming yearling steers; 1 team geldings, G and 7 years; 1 three-year old black mare, weight 1200, unbroken; 1 western bay mare," weight 1,000 lbs 1 sucking colt, filley; 1 old team good work horses; 1 male hog, “Big Luck No. 5” Poland Chinn, Riverside Park Herd. Farming implements. John Keiper, miles north of Rensselaer, on the old Dtnnelly farm. w4tp Neoga, 111., Oct, 14, ’O9. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Gentlemen:—l feel it niy duty to express to you my gratitude for what your wonderful remedy has done for me. I was completely run down with a complication of stomach disorders. For ten months I could not work and was treated by three eminent physicians. One insisted upon operating on me, declaring nothing short of an operation for appendicitis would cure me. A friend induced me to try Dr, Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and from the first dose I began to improve and have not had any trouble sinoe. I have gained 25 pounds in weight and am enjoythe very beßt of health, 1 never f&M to say a good word for Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for I know what it has done for me if will do for others. Gratefully yours, Charles Curry. Sold by A. F. Long. COULDN’T TRANSLATE IT. We received a letter recently we were unable to read. We failed to determine the nationality of the writer, The only words we were able to make out were, “Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures IndigesA. F. Long. TO FIRST VOTERS. You are young men oasting your first ballot. We oqngratulate you. We also call your attention to Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache and Stomach Trouble. At A, F. Long’s.