Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1908 — Page 4

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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

. For Judge 30th Judicial Circuit, . CHARLES W. HANLEY. • For Prosecuting Attorney 30th • Judicial Circuit, . FRED W. LONGWELL. • o » For Treasurer, . JESSE D. ALLMAN. • For Recorder, . JOHN H, TILTON. > For Sheriff, . LEWIS P. SHIRER. • For Surveyor, . W. FRANK OSBORNE. • For Coroner, . WILLIS J. WRIGHT. • For Commissioner Ist Dist., . JOHN F. PETTET. • For Commissioner 3rd Dist., . CHARLES T. DENHAM. , o . MARION TOWNSHIP. “ • For Trustee, . H. E. PARKINSON. • For Assessor, . GEORGE SCOTT. • For Justice of the Peace, • PHILIP BLUE. • o . BARKLEY TWP. TICKET. • For Trustee, • WILLIAM FOLGER. • For Assessor, . CHAS. REED. • o r WALKER TOWNSHIP. • For Trustee, . FRED KARCH. • For Assessor, • HENRY MEYERS. • o • HANING GROVE TOWNSHIP • TICKET. • For Trustee, . GEORGE PARKER. • For Assessor, • J. P. GWIN. • o • JORDAN TOWNSHIP TICKET. • For Trustee, . A. J. McCASHEN. • For Assessor. . JAMES BULLIS. • o • WHEATFIELD TWP. TICKET. • For Trustee, • M. J. DELEHANTY. • For Assessor, • A. S. KEEN. • o • KEENER TOWNSHIP. • For Trustee, • TUNIS SNIP, t For Assessor, • C. E. FAIRCHILD.

Announcements. FOR ASSESSOR—UN.ON TOWNSHIP Please announce my name as a candidate for the Republican nomination for assessor of Union township. L. L. McCURTAIN, Parr, Ind. FOR ASSESSOR. F. M. GOFF will be a candidate JtoE Assessor -of Union township, subject to the decision of the Republican township nominating convention, of Saturday, May 2nd. UNION TOWNSHIP CALL. Notice is hereby given to the Republican voters of Union township to sneet in mass convention at the school house in Fair Oaks on Saturday, May X 1908, at 2 o’clock P. M. to nominate candidates for the following offices towit: Trustee. One Justice of the Peace. Two Constables. Two members of the Advisory Board. | —J. C. McCOLLY, Chairman; W. & MoCONNELL, secretary, North Precinct; W. L. WOOD, chairman; LEE MYRES. secretary. South Precinct ( CONVENTION CALL. Republicans of Olllam township and those who desire to affiliate with them, are Informed that the township nominating convention will be held at Canter school house, Saturday, May 16, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of jguantnatlng One Trustee, ■ -. Mi;: j One Assessor, .Members Advisory Board. JAMBS W. STEVENS, Chairman. Buy cigars and tobaooo at the Home mtoam*. i 4«.•>i *♦ ml »■■#* <■>«# - » ... i i

PARAMOUNT ISSUE

A Great Temperance Wave Is Sweep* ing Over the Country, Carrying All Opposition Before It. FITTING WORD ALONG THIS LINE f Governor Hanly Shows the Vital Deference Between the Republican and ^ mr - ~ the Democratolc Policies on This Great Reform Measure —How Ton Taggart and the Brewers Sidetracked the Beet Element of the Democratic Party. Temperance will be one of, if not the paramount issue in the campaign In Indiana this year. The interest in this question is remarkable. Even in the peiqocratic state convention they bid good-by to "Old Mr. Sumptuary" an dtrled to get the “water wagon,” but were sidetracked by Tom Tar gart and bis brewer and saloon henchmen. The speech of Governor Hanly on this subject at the Republican state convention aroused so much enthusiasm and has received so much favorable comment that we here give space for its publication in full. In answering Chairman Miers of the Democratic convention, Governor Hanly said: In all the distinguished chairman's speech he was silent upon the one question that involves more profoundly than all the others the peace and happiness and welfare of this commonwealth, the question of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. “Honesty and fair dealing in politics” demanded that he state his position and his party’s position upon this question, but he was silent Their platform upon this subject is an advance for them, in so far as it recognises the principle of local option and declares in favor o! the preservation of the present remonstrance law. It marks their formal abandonment of the doctrine of “no sumptuary legislation,” but it is fatally, ruinously weak. The two declarations, one in favor of a local option law by election in city wards or townships, and the other declaring that such law shall be supplementary to the existing remonstrance law, are utterly inconsistent and absolutely impracticable. As Democratic party declarations they are an advance, but for thr the people of Indiana the enactment of the law proposed would be a decisive step backward, one which they will never take when they come to understand Its effect Proposed Tangle. Local option by election and local option by remonstrance cannot both operate successfully over and through the same territorial unit. In practical operation one or the other must necessarily go down. It docs not require gfeat discernment to discover which one will fail. If a remonstrance is filed in a given township, is it intended that the question may again be submitted to the people of the township within the two years named in the law? If an election Is held and the township goes wet, is It intended that the question may again be submitted to the people of the township through a remonstrance filed within the twoyear period f If the matter be decided one way by remonstrance and the other way by election, which will control? "Honesty and fair dealing in politics” require that these questions be answered. Nullification of Remonstrance Law. If the right to exercise decision under either or both methods be given the citizens of a community, it is apparent to every man who has had experience under the present remonstrance law, that this law will practically become a nullity. Many timid business men will refuse to sign the remonstrance, preferring to avoid the criticism, the boyootts and persecutions by liquor Interests that frequently follow the signing of a remonstrance. The remonstrance law will be suspended, the expenses of an election incurred, with its attendant evils of intimidation, corruption and colonisation.

I have given much thought to this subject after opportunity for wide observation in many states, and I warn the people of Indiana that the striking down of the present effective remonstrance law and the substitution of local opt'on by at action, either by repeal, technical legal impairment or la the practloabUUy of Its operation, will bo a fatal backward step. We have before use at this moment many striking evidences at the truth of (his in e stater state. They have sash a law in mtaota. It Is better than no law, but It is mot ea effective nor as practloal as tbs present remoo- ■ trance law tn this stale. In Lyons township, lying contiguous to the city of Chisago, there are three or four suburban residential towns. On the 7th iaetaat an election will be held to dslsmilns whether the township shall eh eatlsaleaa territory. Vale Ceienlsatien In Ittlneta. There are now being housed and fed and bedded an oots Is vacant rooms, three or four hundred Irresponsible*— hoboes, toughs end criminals Importsd from the slusm of Clash street. Chicago—for the period of thirty days "tdiet by law to acquire voting privilege In the towashlft for the express pwrpoee of overcoming the vote of the paws fid* residents of the township sad thereby aarrytng the election wet fhs afreet will be the disfranchisemeat of the permanent residents of fomfUsg, by o£ttfog?Mfr > ro««Mrtth

f ■ ■■ * the votes of the imported Irresponsible from the city. The method here described is being followed in many other communities in that state. It will be followed In many city wards and in seme townships in this state if the law espoused In the Democratic platform be enacted. “Honesty and fair dealing in politics” require that these defects in the proposition submitted be ppinted out. There were many honest, sincere men In the Democratic convention who hailed this plank In the piatform with sincere acclaim, because it recognizes the principle of local option, but it is really an adroit move by the special Interest Involved to secure the impairment of the present remonstrance law. They know well what It means. They the application of their methods. Effectiveness of Present Law. The people of the state, when they come to understand It, will be opposed to the proposition. They believe In the present law, and they do well to believe In It It has not yet been In effect three years, but under Its provisions 247 townships, 14 cities, 33 county-seat towns and 16 counties have been freed of the traffic. These several municipalities contain a population of 716,000. The dry territory in the state, all told, now Includes 794 townships, 14 cities, 40 county-seat towns and 18 counties, with a total population of 1,526,000. The people of the state will not knowingly consent that these results shall be put to hazard by the uncertainties attending local option elections. There should be additional and supplementary temperance legislation. A law should be enacted providing for local option with the county as the territorial unit. It should be “so drawn as to preserve without impairment the present remonstrance law. The present law is effective. It tyus been construed by the courts and held valid. Its meaning is now well understood. It should not be disturbed. It is my conviction that anything short of a county local option law will be a disappointment to the people of the state. The time for such action is at hand. The progress of temperance sentiment warrants it. If taken the people will sustain it. It is the one great issue of the hour. It is both right and expedient About it there should be no faltering. If the Republican party Is to continue to administer government in Indiana, it must continue to voice the best thought and the highest aspiration of her people. U*he fact that In the past we have done this better than our adversaries has given us a long lease of power in this commonwealth. It has made the party great and triumphant In the past. It will make It great and triumphant now. Failure to recognize this obligation will lead to defeat. And, what Is worse, failure will deserve defeat. The party had better lose, fighting for a great cause, than win by running away from an unquestioned duty. But we cannot win by running away. We can win only by measuring up to the full height of our obligation. Control of Liquor Traffic. Personally I have seen so much of the evils of the traffic In the iast four years, so much of Its economic waste, so much of its physical ruin, so much of its mental blight, so much of its tears and heartache, that I have come to regard the business as one that must be held and controlled by strong and effective laws. I bear no malice toward those engaged in the business, but I hate the traffic. I hate Its every phase. I hate it for its intolerance. I hate it for its arrogance. I hate It for Its hypocrisy. T"hate’~7l for its cant and craft and false pretenses. I hate it for its commercialism. I hate it for Its greed and avarice. I hate it for its sordid love of gain at any price. I hate it for its domination in politics. I hate it for its corrupting Influence in civic affairs. I hate it for its incessant effort to debauch the suffrage of the country; for the cowards it makes of public men. I hate it for its utter disregard of law. I hate It for its ruthless trampling of the solemn compacts of state constitutions. 4 hate It for the load it straps to labor’s back; for the palsied hands It gives to toil; for Its wounds to genius; tor the tragedies of Its might-have-beens. I hate it for the human wrecks It has caused. I hate It for the almshouses it peoples; for the prisons It fills; for the Insanity It begets; for Its countless graves In potter’s fields. I hate it for the mental ruin It Imposes upon its vtstlms; tor Its spiritual blight; for Its moral degradation. I hate It tor the srtmes It has oommltted. I hate It for the homes K has destroyed. I hate It tor the hearts It has broken. I hats It tor the malloe It has planted In the hearts of men—for Its poison, for its Mttsrnsss—for the Dead Sea fruit with which It starves thslr souls. I hate It tor the grief It causes Womanhood—the scalding tsars, the hopes deferred, the strangled aspirations. Its burden of want and care. I hats It for Its heartless cruelty to the aged, the Infirm and the helpless, tor tbs shadow It throws upon the lives of children, for its monstrous injustice to blameless little ones. I bats It as virtue hates vloe, as truth hates error, as righteousness hates sin, as Justlos hates wrong, as liberty hates tyranny, as freedom hates oppression. I hath It as Abraham Ltnooln hated slavery. And as ho sometimes saw In prophetic vision the end of slavery end (ho coming of the time when the sun should shine sad tbs ruin fall upon no slave In all the republic, so I sons times seem to see the end of this unholy traffic, the coming of the time when. If it does not wholly oease to hn. It shall find no sals habitation anywhere beneath “Old Ofcwy’*’’ stainless

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FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

Nearly all diseases of the skin such as eczema,tetter, salt rheum and bar* ber’s itch are characterized by an Intense itching and smarting which often makes life a burden and dlsturbes sleep and rest Quick relief may be had by applying Chamberlain’s Salve. It allayh the itchlgg and smarting almost instantly. Many cases have been qitoed by its use. For sale by B. F. Fendig.

Swearing the Witnesses.

Town Cynic—“l don’t like th’ way they’re doin’ business over in our court house.” Friend-—“ Why?” Town Cynic—" Tom Simmonds, the court crier, tells me that some oue stole the court Bible more’n a month ago, an’ since then he’s been swearin’ the witnesses on the town directory.’’—The Bohemian.

A PLEASANT PHYSIC.

When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild'* and gentle in their action and always produce a pleasant and cathartic effect. Call at B. F. Fendig’s Drug Store for a free sample.

Let Malefactors Begin.

A witty Frenchman was asked if he did not think it was high time to stop putting men to death. “Yea,” he answered, "but let the murderers be the gentlemen to begin.” The same rule applies to all phases of the warfare between criminals and society.

GOOD LINIMENT.

You will hunt a good while before you find a preparation that is equal to Chamberlain’s Liniment as a cure for muscular and rheumatic pains, for the cure of sprains and soreness of the muscles. It Is equally valuable for lame back and all deep seated muscular pains. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by B. F. Fendig.

Administrator’s Sale. The undersigned will offer at public auction on the farm of the late Dr. Wiliam W. Hartsell, deceased, 2 miles west of Rensselaer, on the river road, on i SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1908, The following personal property: 47 HEAD OF HORSES— Draft Horses —1 black gelding, 4 yrs old, 1 bay gelding, 4 years old, 1 brown gelding, 6 years old, 1 bay gelding, 6 years old; 1 bay mare, B years old; 1 bay mare, 4 years old; 1 gray horse, 4 years old; 1 bay mare, 2 years old; 1 grey mare, 2 years old; 1 bay gelding, 2 years old; 1 black gelding, 2 years old; 1 yearling mare colt; 1 black yearling horse; 2 yearling horse colts. Standard Bred —31 head Standard bred horses, as folows: 1 six year old bay stallion, Dr. Harper; 1 bay 4 year old stallion, Pilot J.; 12 brood mares ranging from 4 to 14 years old; 17 colts, ranging from 1 to 4 years old. t 3 HEAD OF CATTLE— One Jersey cow, 3 years old; 1 Durham cow, 5 years old; 1 Jersey heifer calf, 5 months old. VEHICLES & FARM MACHINERY 1 bike sulky, 1 single driving cart, 1 pole cart, 1 sleigh, 2 top buggies, 1 wheel barrow, 1 narrow tire wagon, 1 broad tire wagon, nearly new, 1 woven wire stretcher, 4 rolls of woven wire, 160 rods, 4 foot; 1 brand new manure spreader, sold by C. A. Roberts; 1 breaking plow; 1 riding cultivator; l McCormick mower; 1 hay rake; 1 hay loader; 1 threehorse double tree; 2,000 feet of lumber; 1 three-section E~et~ of gravel boards; 2 sets of work harness; 1 set of double driving harness; 3 sets of single harness; 1 buffalo robe; 1 stack of rye straw; 400 hedge and oak posts. i TERMS: 9 months’ credit, purchaser giving note with approved security, bearing 6 per cent Interest from date, and 8 per cent from date if pot paid at maturity. PHILIP BLUE, ' Administrator. Fred A. Phillips and A. J. Harmon, Auctioneers. B. F. Ferguson, Clerk. Hot Lunch by C. M. Blue. Don’t wear any kind and all of glasses and do your ayes harm when you can haws your area tested by latest methods, by a permanently located and reliable Optometrist Careful attention given in all examloations and all work guaranteed. Glasses from 12.00 up. Office over Umg*e drug store. Appointments «wie by telephone Na 222. DR. A. a GATT, OPTOMETRIST. Registered end licensed on Stahl Board Examination, alao graduate of an Optical College. Classified Column. HELP WANTED. , WANTED—A man to do a small Job of spading. Enquire at the Monnett’s children’s home. WANTED. , ' WANTED—Spring chickens weigh*

i _____ j TIM And view the names \ \ Of your Bosses^herey^ | LaFollette | Has Truly Said J Less than one hundred men with fabulous 5 wealth practically hold the reins pf governj ment. Wecan*f help it. But you will find | our prices .and the quality on the following | seasonable goods just right. . | White Dress Goods for graduating outfits, Long Silk and Lisle Gloves, Ladies’ and Men’s Oxfords, Ladies’ Waists, | Ribbons, Ginghams, Carpets and Carpet Size l Rugs. Special Clothing at one-half price. • Special Sale Woolen Dress Goods, worth 50c | to 75c, sale price 35c. - ITHE G E. MURRAY CO.

ing from 1 % to 2 % pounds at once. B. S. Fendig. WANTED —A few cattle to pasture. Address L. S. Alter. Goodland, R. R. 1, or Charles B. Alter, Medaryville, R. R. 1. Ap.2o-2 "SALESMAN WANTED. Salesman Wanted —Sell retail trade, your locality, $65 a month and expenses to start, or commission. Experience. unnecessary. Hermlngsen Cigar Co. Toldo, Ohio.

FOR SALE. FOR SALE —For one month, 1 upright piano, 1 large steel range, 3 heating stoves, 1 Ice box, 1 pool table, 2 ice water tanks, 1 work horse, 1 driving horse, 1 pony, 1 top buggy, 1 open buggy, 1 spring wagon, farm implements, harness and other small articles. J. H. Conway, Parr, Ind. HOUSEHOLD GOODS —Friday and Saturday, May Ist and 2nd. 1 bed cot, 1 bed spring, 1 good oak book case, 2 rocking chairs and other household articles. J. R. Wilcox, north of the depot UNIMPROVED LAND—Four tracts of unimproved land, suitable for pasture, near town, In small tracts, for Bale cheap. Inquire at Foltz & Spltler’s office. FOR SALE OR TRADE— Ten room house, with electric lights, bath room complete, city water, large cistern and cement basement, on five acre lot, with cement, walks and macadam street Inquire at Foltz and Spitler’s office. PONY—For sale cheap. Driving and riding large sized pony, five years old; harness, miniature buggy, saddle and bridle. Inquire at Foltz ft Spitler’s office. HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SAT.E. —Piano, davenport bed room suite, heating stove, 1 range, china cabinet dining table, and other articles, lamps, cooking utensils, etc. VERN SC HOOK. COWS—Five fresh cows and several more that will be fresh soon, at my residence four miles south of Wheatfield. H. C. Meyers. SEED CORN—Crop of 1907. |LBO per bushel delivered In Rensselaer, Raised by EL D. Bellows user Remington. Call at A. J. Bellows' In Rensaslaer end conn 2w RASPBERRY PLANTS—For sain Kansas and Gregg, exceptionally large fine plants. 28c per doeen or |L6O per hundred. Phone Na 430 or 5030. KLONDYKE SEED CORN—Yellow oora, deep grain, small oob, f 1.26 per bushel. Inquire of F. W. Bedford. Rensselaer. Stw FOR SALE—4 room house, good walks and wall. Also hk tors of

ground with several apple trees. Reasonable for cash. ■. Inquire of J. C. Passons, Rensselaer, Ind. EGGS FOR SALE! EGGS —Pekin duck. By Christmas E. Alter, Remington, phone 122 G. Apr.2o-2w EGGS—Buff Plymouth Rock eggs from standard bred, heaving laying stock at $1.25 and $2.00 per set Please order early, as .supply is limited. Eggs shipped anywhere. James Hanlford, Pleasant Grove, Ind. EGGS from a fine flock of large and finely marked light brahmas. Won three first prizes at Rensselaer poultry show in 1907. $1 per 15; $6 per 100. J. I. Gwin, phone 626 K. EGGS—Brown Leghorn eggs for sale at 50 cents per setting of 16 George Reed, phone 334 B. Alts EGGS FOR SALE—Buff Plymouth Rocks, “Nugget strain," Eggs from j birds that are bred to produce heavy J layers, and fancy show birds, at SL2S l and $2.00 per setting. James Hanlford, Pleasant FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Brown Leghorn eggs at 40 cents per setting of 15 eggs. Fred Schultz, R. D. 2. Rensselaer, Ind. FOR SALE—FuII blood Brown Leghorn eggs, 60c a setting. Mrs. a W. Platt, Phone 366. FOR SALE—Rose comb Rhode Island Red eggs for setting; 76c for 16;' also Whits Leghorn eggs, 60 oenta for 15. Frank Parker, Rensselaer, Ind., phone 217. myt FOR RENT. FOR RENT—HOUBE—Six rooms on Mllroy ave., inquire at this office. BAR N—Centrally located, new, double stalls, Enquire at Republican office. TO RENT —IO acre property In edge of town. Call quick. Farmers Loan and Abstract Oa PASTURE—Good pastors, plenty of good water, well oared for. Can handle about 66 head of cattle. Call on or addreee J. K. Middleton, Rensselaer, Ind. Pasture 8 miles west of city. FOR RENT —6 room boon, conveniently located. Inquire of J. a Passons. TO EXCHANGE. ~~ TO EXCHANGE—-20 sores well laproved. A nice home, free from taoumberanee. Want Rensselaer residence. Fanners Loan ft Abstract Oa * HORSES CLIPPED. * HORSES CLIPPED—At Leek’e hitch bam every Friday and Saturday. The root of the week I will clip In the country. Telephone orders to Wrn. Leek, Phone 242,^ J. K. SMITH.