Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1908 — John Tharp and the Democrat. [ARTICLE]

John Tharp and the Democrat.

John of Remington, who refused to vote for Abraham Halleck, at the Monticello convention, is now apt to become a regular contributor to the Jasper County Democrat, ostensibly to give his reasons why he did not vote for Halleck, but more correctly to establish beyond doubt what every one who knows John already believes, that he Is a man of‘meager brains and monstrous bluff. And the columns of the Democrat just yawn for the howls of any man who wants to play a good joke on himself. John has not said anything very important yet, except that some one at Monticello called .him a blanked fool, tpid from what we can learn every person sanctioned the appellation. It is funny that whenever a republican of John’s proportions gets offended he usually seeks surcease in the columns of a democratic paper. John could have told the populace of the county that he had'been called a dinged Idiot thru this/paper just as well as thru the Democrat and we wouldn’t have even asked him to pay some fifteen years subscription that he had , previously overlooked. It rnay not be right, but our investigation and observation so far In life has led us to believe that the fellow that runs to an opposition newspaper to get justice usually has little to Justify. And we have also very often observed that the fellow that is chronically a kicker is frequently soured by his own failure, is often disrespected by those who pity him for his natural misfortunes and is, nine times on of ten, a chronic dead beat,Of course, we may not have observed rightly, and, John may be an exception to all of these traits, but we speak generally of our observations. John may be as cheerful as the spring morning, as free from egotism as the modest ground squirrel, and as honest as the man that pays because he has to. Those who know John best will know whether any of these things apply .to him. We were just ruminating about our observations. But seriously, if John Tharp wanted to vofe again Halleck he had a right to, bni he should.be in a position to give some tangible reason for having done it, and he shonld be willing to face, through the Republican paper the Republicans of the county and justify himself if he thinks it necessary, instead of heaping coals on the democratic fire. The republican that spouts thru a democratic newspaper is usually a tolerably uncertain republican.