Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1904 — GIVES GOOD CAUSE [ARTICLE]

GIVES GOOD CAUSE

Eminent Prohibition instructor Comes Out Emphatically For Roosevelt. AND HE HAS REASONS FOR IT Prof. Walter S. Davis, Instructor of History in Richmond High School, Pays a High Tribute to the Character of the President. (Danville Republican.) In conversation with a representative of the Republican, Prof. Walter S. Davis, instructor in history in the Richmond high school, who is visiting his old home In Eel River township, gives numerous reasons why he would vote for Theodore Roosevelt this year. Prof. Davis has been a leading Prohibitionist in Wayne county and eastern Indiana, and his views are noteworthy. He says: “For twenty years I have followed •with interest the career of Theodore Roosevelt. His life is a record of which every Americas may well feel proud. In every position that he has been called to fill, whether as a young man of twenty-three fighting corrup-

tion as a member of the New York general assembly, or later a member of the United States civil service commission or president of the New Yori police board or as essfetant secretary of the navy or governor of New York, vice president of the United States, or finally as president, he has at all times stood for the highest ideals and standards of citizenship. The key to his character has been hone°ty and Integrity in public and private life In these days of money getting, the importance of having in the presidential chair a man whose whole life has been the embodiment of such principles cannot be overestimated. It is a hopeful sign that the people are placing in positions of trust and power men like Roosevelt and Joseph Folk. . “Their lives and characters arc a protest against one of the chief dangers and weaknesses of our republic. Then again I admire President Roose-

velt for treating the black men of the south as human beings. It is today a Question whether the results of the civil war as embodied in the 13, 14 and 15th amendments are not now being largely nullified. Today it may well be asked whether the sacrifices of the Union soldier in behalf of human liberty were not in vain. The blind prejudice of the south against President Roosevelt which flashed out in % ~°ry southern speech at the St. Louis ConvemV° n may wel l cause alarm to every friend C* human liberty, President Roosevelt rignJ. v regards bimself as president of the whole u e °Ple and not of any class. Among his I nanj sentences worthy to be written in letters of gold is this—“l do not want to shut the door of hope on any class oi our people." For that reason ha w»” + - ed to encourage th® ’ “'I -> - most deserving of j has many oth' r titles to popular favor, .wits insistence on Cuban reciprocity Illustrates his regard for the sacredhess of the Nation’s promises. Ilis nettlement of the coal strike not only Bhows his moral courage but of Itself places his administration among the greatest since the organization of our government. He may justly be regarded as the foremost champion of civil service reform among all our presidents. He thus has powerfully contributed to the eradication of the spoils system engrafted on the country In the days of Andrew Jackson The appointment of the Panama canal Commission strikingly illustrates the President’s character. He refused 10 appoint politicians but selected the fctost capable engineers and eng'neers. too, willing to go to Panama. The conduct of the Nation’s foreign affairs under Secretary Hay has been beyond praise. The same may be said of every department of the govern- ’ ment. Time is demonstrating the wisdom of the nation’s Philippine policy to such a degree that even the Filipinos themselves prefer our rule to Independence. This I gather from recent conversation? with citizens of Philippine islands. *A favorite charge of opponents of Roosevelt is his ‘love of war.’ Yet truth compels one to say that not only did he end the Philippine war which he received as a legacy from the McKinley administration hut he has avoided other wars. There have been only two or three previous adminis-

,trations in American history that have not had some war with which to deal, Indian or otherwise. Not only has the Rough Rider President whom his «nemie3 charge with a love for the •mell of powder avoided making foreign wars but he has, used the moral Influence of his great office to secure domestic peace. His action in the coal strike is an illustration of this. -.lt must be remembered, too, that so jfar he has refused to ‘send Federal ;troops to interfere with state affairs <-*-in Pennsylvania and Colorado. It Bras his administr'‘ion which secured the reference of the Venezuelan trouble with England end Germany to The Hague tribunal. His administration i|s thus pre-eminently one of peape. As Conkling said of Grant: ‘His greatness is not only that of things skid, but of things done.’ President Roosevelt** administration is one of achievement. Today much depends on the personal character of the president, in voting for Roosevelt, and upholding him in his honest and courageous course., the American voter will honor bimself and his country and insure thd> present unparalleled prosperity .’•hich we now enjoy.**

CRIMINALS OF INDIANA. .Fr m reports wbioh have been re ,0 v> (I Hud C 'mp'itd by 8 a»e Johutor, there were during ibe Ihsi jeer iu Ilclibdh 946 jury trials, 1652 convictions for felonies at d 6107 for misdemeanors in tibe state. . ..... -,. NTu,e oounti'-s in lodiana furnished one half of the number convicted of felonies Thpy were Marion., Madison, Sullivan, Martin Vanderburg, Allen, Grant, Johnson and Lawrence counties. Indiana courts began the jear with 4 151 criminal oas a s on the docket, and 7,671 were added during the year, mak idg a total of 11,823 criminal oases on the docket. Of the&e* 5,165 were for misdemeanors and 1 352 for felonies. Of the oases tried in Indiana during ttie year 2,392 received punishment by fines and 715 by fine and imprisonment. Therewere 916 jury trials during the year, and 70 per cent, of all cases were dismissed-

Excursion to‘Chicago. Sunday August 28th The moDon Route will ran another excursion to Chicago Sunday, Aug. 23th. The time and round trip rates for Jasper oonnty and connecting points are as follow*: Medaryville...... .7:40 a m $1 25 Francesville 7.55 a m 1.25 M0n0n..... 8.20 a m 1.00 Lee. 8.30 a m 1.00 .McCoysburg 8.35 a m 1.00 Pleasant Ridge.. . .7.28 am 1.00 Rensselaer... 1... 8.48 a m 1.00 Surrey am .90 Parr 7.04 am 90 Fair Oaks 6 57 a m .85 Rose Lawn '.9.20 a m .75 Thayer 9.25 a m .75 Shelby 9.28 a m .75 The train will stop at Cedar Lake going and coming, giving a good opportunity to visit the lake. The train will arrive at Chicago at 11:80 a. m.and leave at 11:30 p. m. Oa its arrival at Monon, a special will leave at once for Francesville and Medaryville.