Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1906 — REPUBLICAN TICKET. [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Secretary at State. FREDABIMS. For Auditor of State, JOHN C BILLHSIMKR. For Treasurer of State, „ ______ _ OffiO ♦ T> ■ H ATlf .TV , TlWv®r» M Al/UB T . For Attorney General, JAMBS BINGHAM For Clerk of RupremeTMnrt. EDWARD FITZPATRICK. For Supt. of Public I net ruction. F. A. COTTON. - ' For State Grelogi«t W. 8. BLATCHLKY For State Statistician, JOSEPH STUBBS. :S- ' For Jrnigoof Supreme Oonrt. First District. JAMES H. JORDAN For J ad re of Supreme Court, Fourth District, LEANDER J. MONKS For Appellate Judge. First District, 1 two to be elected : CC.HADi.KY. WARD H. WATSON. For Appellate Judge, Second District, t three i-'be elected) DANI KI. W COMSTOCK J M RABB FRANK ROBY COUNTY TICKET For Congreae, HGN EDGAR D CRUMPACXER For Joint Representative, CURTIS D. MEEKER For Prosecuting Attorney, ROBERT O. GRAVES Cli ?C WARNER* C **" rV ' For Auditor, JAMEB N LEATHERMAN For Treasurer, JESSED. ALLMAN For Sheriff. JOHN O’COSXEK. For Surveyor. MYBT B. PRIDE, ZZ3Z For Coroner. W. J. WRIGHT For Assessor, JOHN Q. LEWIS. For Commis«ione.-, Second District. FRED WAYMIRE Third District, CHARLES T, DENHAM. For County Councilmen, Fi rst' Dist riot. JOHN BIGGS. Second District, ROBERT B. DRAKE . Third Distnct, T JOHN C, MARTIN DALE. ; ——-—Fourth Dwtlet, ‘— ~ - FRANK BABCOCK. At Large. D. P HHIRER. JAY W. WILLIAMS. WALTER V. PORTER.

The United States army now consists of about sixty-two thousand officers and men. By the way, what has become of Mr. BrVau's fear of the United States army which he thought two years ago was being trained for the task of laying siege to the large cities of the country with a view to shooting down the working men! We overlooked any signs of apprehension on this subject if they were manifested in Mr. Bryan’s New York speech. Judge Wm. Darroch, oi Kentland is here today, looking after legal business. Tho the judge is the Democratic nominee for Congress in this district, it would be a pretty strong figure of speech to speak of him as our "next Congressman.” Yet in a cer f ain limited sense it might be all right too, tor he will be next —to Judge Crumpacker, iu number pf votes polled. Yet that is a case where a man tho he is next ■will still be a long ways ofl'. However Mr. Darroch is a nice, sensible man and he bears his political honors, such as they are, with be coming modesty. In personal character and ability he is a man who would be no discredit to any party as itscongressional candidate. "For a long time after the return of prosperity under President McKinley, the skeptics argued that it was too good to last. Not only has this predic.ion failed of verification but the times have become better year by year. Bradstreet's report for the week ending September 1, says that buyers have been present at trade centers “in unprecedented numbers” and the railroads are “working to their full capacity.” R. G. Dun & Co.’s report says that **nn check tn commercial progress can be discerned,” that wholesale business is better than last year and that retail distribution of fall merchandise promises to lie very heavy. “Manufacturing reports are gratifying beyond precedent,” says the Dun report, and foreign

1 'V 1 1 1 ■ T-T———~ commerce at New York the week showed a gain of neailly six million dollars over thesame period last year. Failures in the United States last week aggregated 170 as against 217 last year. It is a good time to keep on letting well enough ■ alone. ,