Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1903 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Delphi Herald: —Rev. Edward Baecb. who accepted the call to pastorship of the Delphi Presbyterian church, issued recently, arrived this afternoon with hie family from Arool*, 111,, Rev. Bieoh will begiu tr*6 work at pastor ts the ohuroh next Sunday

H, O. Wright. ‘hf Pendleton Ind., the Purdue foot ball boy whose btcs. was broken in the wTAi>fe at I.idirttia|v>liH. lingered until Monday, aud then died at St Vincent's ho-pita*. Hia case wat known to be nepeb-sa from the first This death makes the total numbei 17. All the othef i* jured noew ar* getting welt, tj '4

There is said to be great d .ugei that Indiana wtU lose tin army poat which was to be established near Indianapolis. A min named Roberta, who owns about 200 acres of the land needed for the poat, is demanding much more for hia land than he gave an option on it Tor, and whioh amount was appropriated, and hia obatinaoy ia likely to defeat the whole thing.

A few days ago $85,000 of t!istate debt was paid, some 12 years before it was uue, thus saving a large am junt of interest. OaJaa. Ist, $200(000 more of the same debt will be wiped out. Eight years ago, when the Democrats lost control of the state, the state debt was $7,436,615. Sinoe then it has been reduced to $1,953,615. It will not take long t o wipe out this compara tively small remainder, aud thi: gc w 11 then be ripe for the Demooia's to get in power again and pile up another debt for Republicans to pay c if

The Indianapolis Star is conducting a oanvass'of leading Demo crats iu the principal pljipes of Indiana, to fiud hfiv# they stand on Presidential preferences. They are very much divided, though a f- ’i. ' Uo9d matiy favor JParker or Gor man. Others aje*[*tjr Olney. Gray, Bookwalter. Even Yellow Bill Hearfit, the instigator of McKinley’s nstassiuaiioD, has a good many votes. Very few still stand up for Bryan though "Calamity Jim - ’ Fippen, of Noblesvilie, naturally sticks to Calamity Bill BryaD, of Nebraska. Jim is too modest to say so himself, but when \ou come to think about it what a good tail Calamity Jim would make toCalpuiity Bill’skite! If Bryan ever runs again the tioket should be Bryan and Fippen, sure

Congressman Charley Landis cf Delphi, correctly sizes up the Roosevelt sentiment in Indiana, a»follows: ' _ ■]. “It is not necessary for any man to u select his busiur-ss to look after ihe interests of President Rooeevvit in IQjdiaftct M his iutc - eats are u >w being looked after by practice ly every Republican in the State It is taken for granted that Mr means what ne esys lie Las never beaten about the tmah, or indulged in double dealiug, He has always been frank, straight out from the shoulder, and that is why.the peo pie not only respect but love him There ia no division of sentiment in Indiana as to Mr. Ro sevelt’s nomination. The Indinua delegation will be a unit for him in the convention and unless conditions change the State will break her reoord in its indorsement of his administration on election day. President Rcosevelt is strong with «vsrybody and bis splendid oondoot of the isthmian oanal proposition has placed him in snob e tray with the people as to cause the Democrats to vie with Repnbflioans ia praise of aim