Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1904 — EDITORIAL COMMENT. [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The present trouble from high water at Indianapolis is almost unprecedented, and continues to get worse instead of better. Much property haa been damaged or destroyed, and many lives endangered. The city police and firemen are worn out with Hiving people and property and two companies of the state militia have been called out to take th sir places. Disastrous floods have prevailed in many other parts of the state, also. The Indianapolis News says the Nicholson law is in great danger. The scheme of the brewers is to secure control of the next legislature and have the blanket remonstrance feature of the law repe»bd. The brewers’ campaign nas been going on for some time and is und r good headway. If the next legislature is Secured that feature wilt be repealed, and if a legislature is to be secured to prevent this the people will have to for it. The warning is sounded in time. The House has passed the amendment giving rural route carriers $720 per year instead of the S6OO they are now receiving. The amendment takes away the privileges the carriers now have as acting as agents, but presumably will nut prevent them from doing errands for their patrons along their routes. The Senate may amend thia act of the house, by restoring the agent privelege; or it may even increase the salaries to about $750. The increase as voted by the House does not go into effect until July Ist. The little winter began to break up last night when the wind shifted to a more southerly direction. It was a pretty severe sp 41 of weather for the time of ye*r. All day Saturday rt nd Sunday the temperature was several degrees below the freezing point, with a temperature of 18 degrees above zero or 14 below the freezing point, as the lowest mark attained, on both . Saturday and Sunday nights Ttie weather might easily have been muoh worse however, as for instance, if a big fall of snow had occured; which-possible .great ati fliptdon on was spared us.»

( The leaders of the Democratic party either do or do not still belieye that the price of silver and the price of wheat go band in hand’ Eight years ago they pretended to believe this, and succeeded in making many voters believe it. Their reasons were as plausible as the reasons they give for anything they have to cffer now Let any Demooratio orator of ordinary ability, stand before an audience and herWuld easily prove to his own satisfaction and to that of most of the andienoe that either wheat or silver was a sort of thermometer tor the other. Watch the one and you can tell just what the other is doing. Of course today everybody knows that there was neither reason or experience back of these arguments. Bat what do they offer now or" what do they argne now in any saner way? What single thing do they pray for on more substan- ' tial? Of ccursa the loaders enjoy the thought of a Democratic ad- ■ ministration for this would mean offices and salaries for the leaders, but what about the country ? Why is it that these people assume that the American people are kindergartners? And why is it tnat these things have become so common that we take it for granted without giving, the matter a second thought? Can custom ever justify such absurdities? Wanted, a good girl to work in restaurant. T, W. Haub.