Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1905 — Page 4

THE DAY HAS GONE BY

When ah Indiana Legislature Can Be |fc. Purchased by Corrupt influences. -y<* ~ • AN INTERESTING CASE IN POINT Cigarette Lobby's Bold Use of Money Operated in Inverse Ratio to the Expectations of the Fatuous Corporation Employing Such Reprehensible Means Legislation and a Lesson Thereon. V [Special Correspondence.] Indianapolis, Feb. 28. —When Representative Ananias Baker of Cass and Fulton counties arose In his seat the other day and sent to the speaker’s desk five S2O bills given to him by a lobbyist for the purpose of securing his vote against the Parks cigarette bin, the success of that measure became so certain that the corporations which employed ex-Senator O. A. Baker to defeat it lost nothing by the absence of their chief lobbyist- from the scene of action. The truth is that the Indiana state capltol is not a profitable field for the employment of the corrupt lobbyist, and the surprising thing, is that the cigarette manufacturers have been so blind to the situation as to entrust their interests to ® “fixer” of the Baker type. Those who are familiar with ex-Senator Baker’s career say that he has been signally successful in manipulating legislation in other states, but it was evident for some time before Representative Baker performed his famous “coup” that anti-cigarette legislation had become a certainty, as much through the recognized presence of a professional lobby against it as for any other reason. Other interests have made the same mistake. The day of purchasing legislatures has gone by in Indiana, if indeed there ever was a general assembly in this state having in its membership any considerable proportion of members susceptible to corrupt influences, which is exceedingly doubtful. The reflex influence of the lobby has been apparent during the past Week in the attitude of the general assembly toward every measure having the suspicion of corporate backing connected with it. The testimony of those who have been familiar with Indiana general assemblies for many years, is that this legislature is to an unusual degree lacking in-susceptibil-ity to lobby influences. Money and Legislation. The influence of money upon legislation either in the state or national capitol is always exaggerated. The number of men who deliberately sell their votes in the general assembly Is exceedingly small. There are scores of men both in the house and senate whom a lobbyist of the Baker type would not even have thought of approaching. There are .few who would have permitted such a lobbyist to even discuss with them a proposition to purchase their vote and influence. There never was a bill so actively opposed by railroad influence as the track elevation measure for the relief of the city of Indianapolis—yet it was unable to muster even one vote in the house against it, and the vote in its favor in the senate was overwhelming. Perhaps the Baker episode had a wholesome effect, and yet if debauchery was so prevalent as many people assume, purchased votes would have been delivered in defiance of public sentiment. The present general assembly has given its approval to every measure opposed by a professional lobby.

Governor Uses the Veto. In Indiana the governor, under the constitution, is given the power of veto, which is denied the. chief executives of several other states. The power ■would seem to be no more than nominal, because a bill once vetoed may again be passed by the same vote which originally sent it to the governor’s desk. But the moral effect of a gubernatorial veto is such that the success of a measure after it has received such a setback is most unusual. Governor Hanly has not hesitated to exercise the prerogative wherever he has discovered legal or other objections to bills which have come before him.. Up to the end of last week the governor had vetoed seven bills. The first of these was the bill against “spite” fences introduced by Senator Barens. It is said that this measure was Intended to reach a single case at Terre Haute, and Governor Hanly characterized it as “petty” legislation. Governor Hanly also vetoed the Lyons bill providing that preference in public employment should be given to ex-sol<iiers. Governor Hanly called attention to the fact that the bill would compel him to fill all appointive boards with soldiers so long sis it was impossible to allege unfitness against veterans who might apply. Governor Hanly Is known to be In full sympathy with the soldiers of the state, so that this action was prompted only by a conscientious desire to prevent the appointing power from being embarrassed in the effort to secure the very best material available from any source for positions in the civil service of the state. Governor Hanly also vetoed a number of special relief, measures, including bills to reimburse local officials who have lost public funds through the failure of banks. It is evident that Governor Hanly is giving to every bill which comes before him the most careful scrutiny, and he has sustained his po-

Bition in each case cf adverse action by citing legal precedents and authorities of the most convincing character. , Helping Poor Townships. Governor Hanly has signed the Kean bill, providing for an increase of /three-fifths of one cent in the tax levy for school purposes. The money thus brought into the state treasury is to be employed in giving relief to ninety Indiana townships now unable to provide schooling during a period of 120 days in each year. This additional levy will raise about $84,000 annually. This measure was proposed by State Superintendent Cotton, and Jiad the hearty support of the Democratic members of both house and senate, partly because most of the townships favorably affected by the law are situated in the southern part of the state, which provides most of the few Democratic members of the general assembly.. This three-flfths of a cent will represent Jn all probability the sum total of the increase in the state tax levy. A bill presented by Representative Sayre, chairman of the ways and means committee, on Saturday, and which will doubtless have the approval of that committee, provides for the abolition of the 3-cent state debt sinking fund for a period of three years, and for its restoration during the succeeding two years. The addition of this 3-cent levy to the general fund will, it is thought, make ample provision for the unusual demands upon the state treasury created by the necessary establishment of new state Institutions and the enlargement of those existing. These unusual demands will necessitate extraordinary expenditures aggregating fully a million dollars, or about the amount that will accure from the addition to the general fund. Happily the state debt is provided for by the payments made during the past few years. The restoration of the sinking fund levy in the fiscal years 1909 and 1910 will meet all of the debt payable by that time. The next two or tnree years will, witness unusual activity in new institutional construction. During that period the new insane hospital for the southeastern district will be erected, the girls’ industrial school will be completed •on the site already purchased in the northwestern part of Marlon county, and the institution for the deaf and dumb will find a new home. The Purviance bill for the establishment of an epileptic village is meeting some opposition in the house, but the friends of the measure feel certain of its enactment. The Boyd Divorce Bill. By a vote of 52 to 35 the house passed a bill introduced by Representative Boyd of Putnam county, although it was attacked by opponents as a measure of bad policy. It resembles very closely the Smith marriage bill which was defeated in the senate. It provides that licenses are not to be issued to persons Known to be imbecile, epileptic, of unsound mind or under the guardianship of a person as one of unsound mind; also license is not to be issued to any male person who has been an Inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons unless it can be shown that the cause of such experience has been removed and the applicant can support a family. Marriages contracted cutside of the state to evade the Indiana law, according to this measure, are to be declared void. Persons afflicted with an incurable disease, or under the influence of liquor when making application, are to be denied a license. Applications for license shall be uniform throughout the state and the blank forms shall be furnished by the state board of health.

No Sunday Baseball. The friends of Sunday baseball had counted noses in the house and expected easy sailing for the Ruick bill, but on Friday it was defeated by a vote of 44 to 48. Every two years this measure bobs up for consideration and winds up on the legislative scrappile. During the general assembly of two years ago one of the most exciting contests of the legislature took place while this measure was up in the senate for consideration. This year the bill has aroused, little public interest. Indianapolis is in a ferment over the codification commission’s bill on cities and towns, which extends the terms of city officers from two to four years. Indianapolis always gets a great deal of amusement and excite ment out of its biennial mayoralty campaign, and many of those who take an interest in politics dislike the idea of having municipal elections four years apart. The friends of the present city administration In Indianapolis are convinced that it would be the right thing exactly to extend its tenure, while those opposed to it would line to have a chance to overthrow the present regime In 190 C. Considerable progress has been made with the bills of the codification commission. The criminal code bill passed the senate on Saturday afternoon, with amendments which send the measure back to the house for con currence. The General Appropriation Bill. The general appropriation bill has fteen completed by the committee on ways and means, and is now before the house. It represents the result of much patient investigation and discussion, first by the legislative inves tigating committee, and then by ths. ways and means committee. The to tai general appropriation will not dis fer much in size from that of two years ago, aggregating about $3,500.000. The bill carries very few salary increases, nearly every ordinary item of appropriation remaining as It was In the bin'of 1903.

nn notee The State of Indiana, Jln the Jasper Circuit Jasoer County ) Court April Term 19C5. Mall jry Commission Company | a corporal! n Comp'aint vs ' No. 6t523 L. J. Lane and Sarah E, Laue I his wife ) K ow comes the Plaintiffs, by Williams & Baughman its at orm ys, and flies Its com6 laint herein, together with an affidavit that 16 defendants L. J. Lane ana Sarah E. Lane his wife are not resient of the State of Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given said def endants,that unless they be and appear on thethirteent of the next Tenn of the JasnerCircuit Court to. be holden on the 2nd Monday of April A.D. 1905, at the Court House in Rensselaer 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 I bb Ar? hand and affix the Seal of said [ . JConrt at Renssclrrer this 21st day of February A. D. 1995. C. O. WARNER. Feb-24 M 3-10 i« • Clerk. SUNDAY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS Trinity M, E. Church. Rev. H. L. Kindig, Pastor, 9:30 a. m, Sunday Sobocl in 45 a. m Pub'io Service. 12: iiOju; Class Me. tioef, 2:30 p m Jr Epworth League, 6:00 p tn. Sr. Epworth League 7:00 p. m. Public Service. Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Presbyterian Church Rev, A. Golden Work, Pastor. 9:30 a. tn. Sabbath School. 10:45 a. tn. Mornint, Service. 2:30 p. m. Junior Endeavor. 6:00 p. m Senior Endeavor. 7:00 p tn Evening Service. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. id. Berry’s Sale Postponed. W H Berry’s public sale at Pleasant Ridge, 4 miles east of Rensselaer, heretofore set for Tuesday, Feo. 14th, was postponed on account of the weather to WEDNESDAY, MARC 3 1,1905 At which time he will sell a large list of horses, cattle,, hogs, farm implements, 20 tons timothy hay eto. For Sale: The Indian Asphalt Company cottage in the Jasper county oil field, New, completely furnished, and thoroughly modern; entry hal 1 , living room, dining rcom, kitebon and pantery on low--r fl o’, end six bedrooms and ha*h on fecund and third floors Great opportunity for boarding house, as there ysill be renewed activity in the oil field in the spring Very advantageous terms t j retpirsib'e parties Call or address, Indian Asphalt Co, Asphaltum, lud Notice of Election of Trustees. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting to be held in the First B->p‘ist church of Rensselat r, Ind on the 12 h day of March 1905 two trustees will b* elected to serve for ■*u< li a p-riod of time as may Le d s gnated bt s i i church. G. B Porter, Clerk. 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE fLJJ 5 L J 1 ■ r k ■ r* I 439 19 EaMiß ■ Trade Marks Designs r PFVf Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive tpecial notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.nrcest circulation of any scientlflc journal. Terms, 83 a year; four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN &Co. 36,Broadwa »’ New York Brancb Office, 625 F St. Washington, D. C. Notice to Contractors. Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday. the 15th day of March, 1905. at a special called session of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County. State of Indiana, said Board will let to the lowest responsible bidder, by sealed bids, the construction [of “The Hanging Grove Gravel Road’’ ordered by said Board of Commissioners constructed in the township of Hanging Grove, in said County, according to plans and specifications now on file in the Auditor’s office, of said County, which road is of a total length of six and fifty-nine one hundredths (6 59-100) miles. Bidders will be required to file with bids, bonds to the approval of the County Auditor in double the amount of the bid made. Bids to be on file by 12 o’clock in. By order of the Board of commissioners. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, county Auditor. Notice of Administration Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Eiizsbrth Hammond dsceaeed late of Jasper County, Indiana, by tne Judpe of the Jasper circuit court. Said < state is suppoted to be solvent. Frank Foltz, Mar 3 10.17 Administrator.

Read_This All Persons goiu gto Washington points, and the Northwest will find it to their interest to consult with B. F, Ferguson, agent of the Burlington and Great Northern Rail Roads can name you special rate fro n here These having less than car load of Lute hold goods should get our rates before shipping We can save you money. B F. Ferguson dU3t Blfi PUBLIC SALE On account of sickness in my family I have decided to rent my laud out, and will therefore offer at Public Sale at my residence, six and one half miles west of Rensselier on the Bunkum Road, known as the old Lancaster farm, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m. on -TUESDAY. MARCH 7, 05 6 Head Horses; Consisting of 1 four year old roan gelding, roadster, wt. 1100; 1 roan mare four years old, wt. 1200, extra good roadster; 2 coming three years old Griding (draft) wt. 1200 each; 1 coming two years old Gelding; 1 dark brown mare, with foal, wt. 1000. 200 BUSHELS OF CORN IN CRIB. 12 Head of Cattle, consisting of 4 milch cows, all fresh by day of sale, all extra good ones and young; 1 white face steer coming three year old; 1 white face steer one year old; 2 coming yearling steers; 2 coming two year old heifers, with calf, fresh in March 2 yearling heifers. Farm Implements, Wagons, Harness, Eto, consisting of 1 McCormick binder; I “Oraker Jack” oom planter, new last year, with 80 rods of wire; 1 disc harrow; new last year; 1 walking cultivator; 1 walking plow, 14 inch; 1 farm wagon with double box: 1 low wheel wagon with hay rack; 1 set double work harness and numerous other articles. Terms; 10 months’ credit without interest, or 6 per cent off for cash, on sums over $5. RANDOLPH WRIGHT. Simonn Puillips, Auctioneer, C. G. Spider, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground Feb 28.Mar3

Cures Catarrhal Deafness. One Week’s Use of Hyomei Did More Thao Six Months’ Treatment by Specialists. In the treatment of deafness which is often a result of catarrh Hyomei acts almost immediataly upon the in* flamed membranes titid the hearing begins to return at once, A few days treatment will bring relief, and in three or four weeks, according to the severity of the case, a cure will be accomplished. v Miss Meeks of Mattewan, N. Y , say>: ‘Hyomei is truly wonderful I have used it but a short time and see a great change in my condition. My hearing is improving rapidly, and I had no idea I would improve so rrpidly in so shert a time. My breath which was so offensive to myself and othi-rs, has lost its bad odor entirely. I have spent a great deal of money with catarrh specialists and can truly say that six months of their treatment is not equal to cne month cf Hyomei.” B. F. Fendig is selling Hyomei on the unusual plan of agreeing to return the money if the medicine does not cure. A complete outfit cost only SI.OO and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a med icine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler will last a lifetime and there is enough Hyomei for several weeks’ treatment. Additional bottles of Hoyemi can be procured for 50 cents. Compare this small expense with the fees charged by specialists and remember that if Hyomei does not cure B. F. Fendig will return your money. dwfeb2Bwmar3 Sick Headache. This cistressing ailment results from a disordered condition of the stomach, All that is needed to effect a cure is a dose or two of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. In fact, the attack may be warded off, or greatly lessened in severity, by taking a dose of these Tablets as soon as the first symptom of an attack appears. Sold by B, F. Fendig. u i— < • T —i We have for rent a well improved farm near Parr. About 200 acres to farm. 60 acres timothy meadow, and ample pasture. Two fifth grain rent. Opportunity for right party, Foltz & Spitler,

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JBL Weeping Eczema soon cured. I suffered with weeping Eczema In its Worst form for about two years, in which time I tried several remedies and pet prescriptions, until J had spent about 8100 and found no permanent relief. Naturally I became skeptical and hesitated when a new remedy was offered me. "You will have to ■how me," as the Missourian says, when Mr. McDonel. of the Pioneer Drug Store, claimed he could cure mo with D. D. D. I was shown photographs of cases before and after taking D. D. D.. together with the story of a remarkable cure of a man working in the Valley Ax Works at Alexandria, which came under the i>ersonal observation of Mr. Jordan. I commenced using the medicine as per directions. After using the fifth bottle I was cured. I have noyer had any return of the disease. Many come to me asking what D. D. D. did for me. and I always tell them if they want to be cured "Use D. D. D. as per directions.” J. E. WUERSTEN. Montpelier, Ind., Nov. 3. 1903.

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