Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1904 — Page 2

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Republican Ticket

For President faeodore Roosevelt For Vice Presided Charles W. Fairbanks For Governor J. Frank Hanly. For Lieutenant-Governor Hugh T. Miller. For Secretary of State Daniel E. Storms. Auditor es Stat* David E Shsrro.k ’'sasarar &f StaU Nat U Hill Charles W. Miller. Reporter of Supreme Gjorge W. Self. >aperintendent Public Inatruouo: F, A, Cotton Chief of Bureau of Statistics Joseph H Stubbs. Judge Supreme Court, 2nd District Oscar H. Montgomery. Judge Supreme Court, 3rd District John V. Hadley. Congressman E. D. Crumpacker. State Senator R. 0. McCain. , ( Prosecutino Attorney Robert 0. Graves. For Joint Representative Jesse E. Wilson. County Recorder John W. Tilton. County Treasurer 8. R. Nichols. County Sheriff John O’Connor. County Surveyor Myrt B. Price. County Coroner W. J. Wright. Commissioner Ist District John F. Petit.

Democrats are making the asfounding discovery that what they thoughttwas Republican apathy wa really Republican contentment. Positive evidence that the Democrats believe in the gold standand may be found in almost every western state, where the gold and silver Democrats are fighting each other as viciously as they did in 1896 and 1900. Among the other charges of extravagance Judge Parker omitted to call attention to the fact that the interest on the government debt was $9,000,000 less last year than it was under Mr. Cleveland’s administra. tion.

Tbe newspapers have not reported any boom in real estate at Esopus. Apparently the possibility that tbe summer home of the president may be there next year isn’t taken eriously. . Judge Parker complains that sh expense of the administration under President -Roosevelt is greater than that under Cleveland, Yes and the government is paying the expense in cash instead of adopting tbe Cleveland plan of borrowing money in times of profound peace,

PROSPERITY OF INDIANA FARMERS

(By W. H. Craig, Editor cf the Noblesville Ledger.) g‘“'-- —— ■ ■ • I -- • . . ‘ . ; ’ "The true welfare of the nation ia indissolubly bound up with the welfare of the farmer and the wage-worker—of the man who tills the soil, and of tha mechanic, the handicraftsman, the laborer. If we can insure the prosperity of these two classes we need not trouble ourselves about the prosperity of the rest, for that will follow as a matter of course.” —Vice President Roosevelt at opening of Pan-American Exposition, May 20, 1901. This is very true, and the great advance made by this nation is largely due to the prosperity of the farmer and wage-worker. When Lincoln was first elected president in 1860 our national wealth was $16,000,000,000, while it 13 now $100,000,000,000, or an increase Of $84,000,000,000 in forty-four years. Then oup farms and farm property were of the value of $8,000,000,000, while now (census 1900) the value is $20,500,000,000, an increase of $12,500,000,000, or over 150 per cent in only forty-four years. . - Then our farm products were of the yearly value (1860) of $1,900,000,000, while naw their-yearly value is over $4,600,000,000, an Increase of $2,700,000,-’ 000, or nearly 150 per cent pear year in only forty-four years. Then the animals on our farms were worth $1,089,000,000, while now (1903) they are worth $3,102,000,000, an increase of nearly 200 per cent in Cnly fortyfour years. Then our annual wheat crop was 173,000,000 bushels, while now (1903) it is 637,000,000 bushels. Then we raised 838,000,000 bushels of corn yearly, while now our yearly raising is about 2,300,000 bushels. Then we picked 4,861,000 bales of cotton, while now (1903) our picking is 10,727,000 bales yearly. Then our wool clipping weighed 60,000,000 pounds, while now (1903) it was 287,450,000, nearly five times as much. In no period of this wonderful progress have there been greater strides than during the last seven years. To prove this statement let us give some facts and figures right here at home with which our readers are familiar. Our figures are taken from official statistics and reliable market reports. Hamilton county has 256,000 acres of land. In 1896 a reliable authority puts the average value on that land at S4O an acre. Today that land cannot be bought for less than S6O an acre —an increase of S2O an acre or 50 per cent. This increase in land values adds to the wealth of the farms of Hamilton county $5,120,000. Hamilton county is richer and better than the average county of the state. But cut the average increase on land down to $4,000,000 per county and we have the enormous sum of $368,000,000. This increase in the wealth of the farmers of Indiana is the result of prosperous times, soundness in our financial and business methods end in the stability of values. Besides the increase in the value of lands the farmers are receiving for their products nearly double what they did in 1896. For Illustration, let us take the average yield of wheat, corn and oats for the last ten years-in Hamilton county, with the price thereof in 1896 and 1904. Also the average number of horses, cattle and hogs during the last eight years with the prices in 1896 and 1904: 1896 1904 Average Price- Amount Price Amount Wheat, bushel 652,918 $ .57 $372,163.26 $ 1.09 $ 711,660.62 Corn, bushel 2,079,362 .20 1 415,872.40 .50 1,039,681.00 Oats, bushel 210,487 .12 25,258.44 .28 58,936.36 Horses, head 9,016 60.00 540,960.00 100.00 901,600.00 Cattle, head 15,209 25.00 380,225.00 35.00 532,315.00 Ilogs, head "... 48,447 ~6.C0' 290,682.00 12.00 581,364.00 Totals .... $2,025,161.10 $3,825,556.98 These figures, which are fair and conservative, show that the farmers of Hamilton county are receiving on the six items mentioned above, $1,800,395,88 more than they did for the same products in 1896. This is not taking into account other products of the farm, such as sheep, hay, poultry, butter, eggs, fruits and vegetables of all kinds. These items would add very largely to the. above figures. Taking the 92 counties of the state and allow $1,250,000 as the average increase per county, and we have the startling sum of $116,000,000 as the increase in value of the six farm products adone in Indiana. Taking all the farm products into consideration, if is safe to say that the farms of Indiana are receiving $150,000,000 more than they did in 1896. Look at these figures and decide for yourself if it is not the part of wisdom to keep on letting well enough alone: Increase in value of land in six years, Hamilton Countys 5,120,000.00 Increase In value of land In six years, State of Indiana 368,000,000.00 Increase in value of six farm products, Hamilton County 1,800,395.98 Increase in value of six farm products, State of Indiana 116,000,000.00

ILLEGAL CORPORATIONS

President’s Action in Enforcing Laws Against Them. (Northwestern Christian Advocate, Sept 20.) In holding large corporations to strict accountability to the law the president is serving the best interests of those corporations as well as conserving the welfare of the country. All corporations which are operating on an unlawful basis should be compelled to conform to the law. If they cannot or will not they should go out of business. This some have been forced by the lawless conduct of their promoters and operators to do, to the great loss of their stockholders. Many formerly wealthy men are now broken in fortune because corporations with which they were connected were formed and operated in violation of law. The action of the president in enforcing the law would prevent,, not promote, such losses. , One of the crying needs of America today is such respect for tbe laws of the nation as the president has shown. He did not make the laws, but it is his duty to obey them. He has set an example which every citizen should follow. If that be done we shall hear no more of mobs breaking Into jails, iefylng police and militia, and hanging or burning prisoners suspected or convicted of crime, and burning property In a wild frenzy of disorder and lawlessness.

Parker and the Trusts.

Trust magnates having furnished the funds, to carry on Parker's campaign, will now be relegated to the rear. However, Cord Meyer of the sugar trust and other representatives of grasping corporations have such a bold on the Democratic candidate that they will continue to . control him. Their relegation to the rear is merely s “blind” to deceive the people. When Parker visited New York he told his managers he did not wish his remarks on trusts “queered,” and that luring the remainder of the campaign the magnates who have been parading and jubilating over his nomination should be less open in their demonstrations of joy. He further laid he could not get close to the people as long as the trust magnates openly shouted for him. What the fudge meant was that his wealthy iponsors should "keep dark” until ifter election, when they could come to the front again.

THE OLD SYSTEM

* How a Denouncer of Extravagance Flourished in the Good Old Days. M* ••*6'* ——— As an example of the operations of the old fee system terminated by Republican legislation, a tabulated statement of the fees received under the Democratic fee and salary law of 1891 by Attorney General Smith, is appended: For fiscal year ending Oct 31. 1891 $ 7,783.76 Year ending Oct. 31, 1892... 12,001.30 Year ending Oct. 31, 1893.1. 15,811.77 Year ending Oct. 31, 1894... 31,679.79 From Oct. 31 to Nov. 22, '94. 17,630.17 Total $84,906.79 It will be noted that during the last three weeks of this period Mr. Smith drew in fees an average of $827 a day, Sundays included, or more than SIOO per working hour. Mr. Smith was the presiding officer of this year’s Democratic state convention and assisted in framing the plank in the Democratic state platform which accuses the present administration of "extravagance."

Nearly All for Roosevelt.

William F. Crerand, publisher of the Textile Trades Journal at 372 Broadway, New York, has Just completed a canvas of the trade publications to learn their attitude towards the national tickets. These publications are non-partisan and as a rule do aot allow political discussions to appear In their columns. Mr. Crerand’s canvas shows that out of 803 of these publications 768 are for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. July 1, 1883, the last year of the Harrison administration, the public debt was $12.55 per capita for the entire population of the United States. July 1, 1897, after four years of Democratic administration during a time of profound peace, It had Increased to $13.55, an increase of one dollar per head for every man, woman and child in the United States. That Is a fair specimen of Democratic management of publie affairs. The last few years of Republican administration have added untold millions to the agricultural wealth of the country by opening new nhirkets for farm products at constantly Improving prices. The beauty of the Republican policy of protection is that ft develops manufacturing and agricultural Interests on parallel linea.

ITS UP TO THEM

Indiana Democratic Leadership Given Chance to Make Good. SINCERITY OF PLATFORM CLAIMS Challenged by the Governor and the Alternative Offered of Demonstrating the Correctness or Confessing the Falsity of Their Charges —An Opportunity to Swell the Campaign Furi'cT Which Remains Unembraced. In an open letter to Hon. W. H. O’Brien, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, Governor Durbin offers a splendid opportunity to the Democratic organization to “make good” on Democratic platform charges against the state administration. In fact he offers to help swell the Democratic campaign fund if the facts regarding the character and purpose of institutional management are made public by a method readily available. The letter follows: Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 24, 1904. To the Hon. W. H. O'Brien, Chairman Democratic State Central

Committee, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dear Sir: In the platform unanimously adopted *t the state convention of the Democratic party, upon which its several candidates for state offices and the general assembly are making their campaign for election, appears the following: “The administration of Governor Winfield T. Durbin is a mournful and humiliating illustration of the decadence of the Republican party in Indiana under its present leadership. Through his persistent endeavors to build up a personal political machine, the efforts of his Republican and Democratic predecessors to put the state benevolent and penal institutions on a nonpartisan basis have been nullified. He has insisted on thd control of subordinate appointments,” etc.

Either these charges are true or they are untrue. If true, the conduct of state affairs during the past four years, and its endorsement at the Republican state convention, deserves the disapproval of the people of this state and amply warrants the retirement of the Republican party from power in Indiana. If untrue, if known to be untrue when they were given utterance through a state platform, and if unsupported by any substantial evidence, they call for popular condemnation, not only because the bearing of false witness in a matter so important to the people of Indiana would be an offense as dishonest as the malfeasance it alleges, but because it would have a vital bearing upon the sincerity of your party’s platform pronouncements with reference to the attitude of those nominated by your convention toward the state’s penal and benevolent institutions in case of their election. Of course nothing could be hoped for from an administration elected upon false pretenses, and If these candidates propose to revolutionize conditions in Indiana institutions should they be entrusted with responsibility, it is important that we should know what present conditions really are

Happily there is available a method of determining the truth or falsity of these plain statements in your party platform The law of the state provides for democratic representation upon all the institutional boards of the state except that of the state prison, and upon this board I have voluntarily placed a Democrat. Upon another board, that of the institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, I have placed two Democrats, constituting a majority of the board, because the second Democratic apointee possesses qualifications which I desired to press into the public service. I have appointed upon these board* men whom you will call representative Democrats when you have seen the list, substantial business men of unquestioned probity and of sufficient public spirit to make certain their careful attention to the duties entrusted to them. The sacred duty imposed upon these men, particularly because of tuelr membership In the opposition party, Is that of preserving the institutions of the state, which belong to all our people, against any effort to prostitute them to personal or partisan ends. There is not one of these men who would be suspected by those who know them of a disposition to betray a private trust. There is not one of them who Is not serving the state at a personal sacrifice, because nothing approaching adequate compensation for their services is or could well be provided by law 1 , and therefore there is no one of them who is under any obligation to me for the appointment held by him, particularly in view of the fact that these appointments have been made on the basis of manifest fitness and not as tbe result of personal or political pressure. Even if any of them could be suspected of such base cowardice as would impel them to remain silent in the face of such prostitution of. the state’s Institutions as your platforrri alleges, no one of them will com j before me for reappointment.

I ■ ... Tb'sy are, therefore, free to speak, and not only free, but in duty bound to bear witness in this matter if the dec 5 ' larations of the Democratic state platform upon the subject indicate anything* less than the stultification of. its framers. I have, therefore, to make publicly this proposition to the Democratic state central committee, earnestly urging its acceptance. I ask you to submit to each of the gentlemen hereinafter named, the representatives of your party on the several institutional boards of management, the plank from which your state platform on Institutional management, which I have quoted, and to secure from these gentlemen statements which I hereby ask them to give freely and without reserve, setting forth the attitude of the executive toward these institutions during their several terms of service, the fact as to whether or not there tyas been any intervention whatever on my part other than for the promotion of the interests of these institutions, whether or not there has been any effort on my part to dictate the appointment of subordinates, and whether or not as a matter of fact, personal, factional or partisan purposes have been sought to be served by me in any degree in the manage ment and control of these institutions. If your committee will secure these statements and will cause them to be published, I hereby bind myself to contribute one thousand dollars to your campaign fund and to have printed and distributed a sufficient number of copies of this document to ensure its being read by every taxpayer in Indiana. In view of the further statement of your state platform that "a subservient legislature has promoted his (my) design by passing the iniquitous ‘ripper’ bill in the face of a storm of disapproval,” I will increase

the amount of my contribution five hundred dollars if you will secure and cause to be published in connection with these other statements a statement from Mr. D. J. Terhune, Democratic member of ? the Board of Trustees of t£e Indiana reformatory both before and after the so-called “ripper” bill was passed, cohflrihing the charge in the platform and further that the conditions 1 existing in the Institution are not so good now as under previous managements. For your convenience in forwarding the inquiries suggested, and as indicating the character of the appointments I have made to these boards from your party, I submit herewith a list of the Democratic members of Institutional boards: Central hospital for Insane —Eli Marvin, Frankfort, banker, and business man. ;; 71 1 ■ Eastern hospital for insane—Adam Heimberger, New Albany, business man, formerly candidate of Democratic party for secretary of state and clerk of the supreme court. ' Northern hospital for insane— Henry A. Barnhart, Rochester, editor Rochester Sentinel, the Democratic organ of Fulton county, and president of the national organization of independent telephone companies. Southern hospital for insane—Lee Rosenbaum, Mount Vernon, merchant. Institution for the education of the blind —John F. Hennessey, Indianapolis, of the Vandalia railroad, originally appointed on the board by Governor Matthews. State soldiers’ home—Louis B. Fulwller, Peru, retired soldier and business man, formerly publisher of the Democratic organ in Miami county, and Eli W. Menaugh, Salem, editor and publisher of the Democratic organ of Washington county. Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb —William P. Herron, Crawfordsville, banker and business man, and Professor H. B. Brown, Valparaiso, founder, president and proprietor of the Valparaiso normal college, one of the largest and most successful educational and business enterprises in the United States. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ orphans’ home —Col. William R. Myers, Anderson,, attorney and former Democratic secretary of state. Indiana boys’ school—William C. Ball, Terre Haute, formerly editor Terre Haute Evening Gazette, Democratic organ of Vigo county. Indiana reformatory—D. J. Terhune, Linton, mine operator, and Dale J. Crlttenberger, Indianapolis, business manager Indianapolis Sentinel. Institution for feeble-minded youth Edward M. Wilson, Fort Wayne, real estate and insurance business. Indiana state prison—Patrick O’Brien, South Bend, manufacturer and business man. It would be impossible for me to give you an accurate poll as to politics of the various superintendents of our state penal and benevolent institutions, but to the end that no information may be lacking that would assist your organization in determining the truth or falsity of what has been alleged in your state platform, I give you the names of such of these 12 male superintendents as I am informed are democrats. Dr. George F. Edenharter, superintendent Central Indiana insane hospital, Indianapolis. Dr. Samuel E. Smith, superintendent Eastern Indiana Insane hospital,: Richmond. Dr. Joseph G. Rogers, superintendent Northern Indiana hospital for insane, Logansport. Richard O. Johnson, superintendent Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb, Indianapolis, Albert E. Carroll, superintendent Indiana institution for feeble-minded youth, Fort Wayne. This is an open letter. I Very respectfully yours, jjjfry.. WINFIELD T. DURBIN. I

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All diseases of this dollcata urgan handled with care and succeu. Filaa— And all otbow diseases of Rectum cured quickly and with but little pain. Femaletai — The Doctor nas had a reianrkabie record tn creating Huccessfuily all diseases peculiar to women. Failing Vitality— From whatever cause pern anently cured Epilepsy and Cancer — Fornerly two incurable diseases are no " treated with great assurance of success The Doctor’s facilities and resources a*e almost without limit: Oxygen Gas, Oxygen Compound, compressed air, Insufflation Atomization with every appliance necessary to relieve the afflicted. Best of references given. imw rar State of Indiana,) In the Jasper Circuit Jasper County, j Court, Novem L>er Term, 19<d. Thomas Richardson,') . Admr. of Testate of I FeUS J ceakd Wißde ’ Complaint No. _ vs I Mary E Davis etal. J By order of Court, in said cause, the following defendants were found to be non-resident, of the State of Indiana, towit: Rebecca J. Hasting, Charles W. Cantwell, Charles Eh Watson, Milroy Albin, Wilbur Albin and Bessie Bradley. Notice is therefore hereby given said Defenda its, that unless they be and appear on the first d »y of.the next term of the Jasper CircuitJCourt to be holden on the 2, Monday of Nov. A. D. 1904, at the Court House in the City of Rens- ,A, selaer, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set /gjjafAmy hand and affix the seal of said JCourt, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this day of Oct. A D. 1904. C. 0. WARNER, Clerk. W. H. Parkison, Atty for pl’ff Oct. 11-18-.5

Tenn Time Notice to Nonresidents. The St ite of Indiana I In the Jasper Circuit Jasper County (Court, Sept. Term, 1904, Isaac Francis Hatcher et al) . th J. Complaint No. v ary H. Sanford et al ) (JftKi By order of Court, in said cause, the following defendants were found to be non-residents of the State of Indiana, towlt: Wallace K. Shlrra and Mrs. Wallace R Shlrra hts wife. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the 19th day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court towlt Dec, a. 1904 to be holden on the Snd Monday of November A. D. 1904, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer. In said County and State and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in your absence, In witness whereof, I hereunto set Zgg. .fyX my band and affix the seal of said .Court at Rensselaer, Indiana, this Bth day of Oct. A. D. IW4. O, C. WARNKR, Clerk. Foltz * Spitler, Atty’s for Pl’ff Oct. 11-18-21 Notice to holders of City Orders.’ Notice is hereby given; that all city orders drawn on corporation fund, endorsed prior to April 16, 1904, will be redeemed on presentation, and interest shall cease on such orders, from and after September 20, 1904, James H. Chapman. 3t OityTreasarer