Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1908 — Page 2

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REPUBLICAN TICKET. * §ll l I 1 I' I' l-H -l-t For President 4 i 4 WILLIAM H. TAFT. 4* 4. For Vice-President, 4* eta JAMES S. SHERMAN. 4* 4. —o— 4* a|a For Governor, 4* 4* JAMES E. WATSON, 4 % —o — 4* For Lieutenant-Governor, 4* 4"FREMONT GOODWINE. 4* ,4* — o * For Congress, 10th Congressional 4* ‘dk . District, 4. 4 EDGAR D. CRUMP ACKER. 4* ■5 —t ,4 For iKgge 30th Judicial Circuit, 4* 4 CHARLES W. HANLEY. 4* a|> For Prosecuting Attorney 30th 4* 4* . Judicial Circuit, 4* I 4* FRED W. LONGWELL. 4* 4* — o 4 4* For Treasurer, , 4* 4> JESSE D. ALLMAN. 4* 4. -For Reoorder, 4* 4 JOHN H. TILTON. 4* 4* For Sheriff, 4 4 LEWIS P. SHIRER. 4* 4* For Surveyor, •§» 4- W. FRANK OSBORNE. 4 4* For Coroner, „. 4; 4a WILLIS J. WRIGHT. aft 4* For Commissioner Ist Diet., 4* 4. JOHN F. PETTET. 4* 4> For Commissioner 3rd Dist, 4* 4. CHARLES T. DENHAM. 4* 4, * o 4. 4> MARION TOWNSHIP. 4a 4i For Trustee, 4* 4* EL E. PARKINSON. 4 4* For Assessor, 4* 4> GEORGE SCOTT. 4* 4* For Justice of the Peace, 4* 4a PHILIP BLUE. 4* 4* —o— 4* 4a BARKLEY TWP. TICKET. 4* 4* For Trustee, 4* ajt WILLIAM FOLGER. 4* 4* For Assessor, 4* 4* CHAS. REED. 4* 4* O— — a|a .4. WALKER TOWNSHIP. 4. 4 » For Trustee, 4* 4* FRED KARCH. 4. 4* For Assessor, 4* 4* HENRY MEYERS. 4* 4* 4* 4 HANING GROVE TOWNSHIP 4 4 TICKET. 4 4 For Trustee, 4 4 GEORGE PARKER. 4* 4 For Assessor, 4 4 J. P. GWIN. 4 4 '** 4 - — o 4 4 JORDAN TOWNSHIP TICKET. 4 4 For Trustee, 4 4 A. J. McCASHEN. 4 4 For Assessor. 4 4 JAMES BULLIS. 4 4 —o— 4 4 WHEATEIEUX XWP, -TICKET. 4 4 For Trustee. 4* 4 M. J. DELEHANTYv 4 4 For Assessor, 4 4 A. 8. KEEN. 4 4 —-o 4 4 KEENER TOWNSHIP. 4 4 For Trustee, 4 4 TUNIS SNIP. 4 4 For Assessor, 4 4 C. E. FAIRCHILD. 4 4 —o — 4 4 UNION TOWNSHIP. aj, ■ 4 For Trustee, 4 4 JAMES L. BABCOCK 4 4 For Assessor, 4 4 GEO. E. McCOLLY. 4 4 4 4 GILLAM TOWNSHIP. 4 4 For Trustee, 4 4 M. W. OOPI*ESS. 4 4 For Assessor, 4 4 JAMES RODGERS. 4 4444444 14 I I I- HHH-t

Republicans Sure of Victory. Republicans from every part of Indiana gathered in Indianapolis Thursday. It was a gala day for Republican politicians. Nearly every mem- , ber of the Republican state committee wah present in the morning to attend a meeting of the committee. The general sentiment of the gathered politicians was that Indiana has no need to fear a democratic invasion this year—that under the leadership of W. H. Taft, Indiana, with other republican states, will turn up the usual big majorities. James P. Goodrich presided at the nesting of the state committee. All ts the members were present except River P. Ensley of the Seventh Disrict and Harry L. Bender, member rom the Eleventh District. Mrs. Ensley is ill in Ohio and Mr. Ensley is with her, „ 1 -.1,.-.. The committee accepted the reslg-

nation of John L. Moorman of the li|S&-teehth District and ratified the election of his Successor, A. G. Graham of f§outh Bend, former law partner of the late A. L. Btick arid former chairman of the St. Joseph County republican committee. Chairman James P. Goodrich announced that he had appointed the following executive committee, which will be active during the campaign: Qwen Carr of Rushville, Judge James E. Piety of Terre Haute, John L. Moorman of Knox and Charles Remy of .'ndianapolis. During the meeting of the committee Senator Hemenway was called In, and made a brief speech to the committeemen. He brought words of good cheer. The remark of Senator Hemenway put the members of the committee In excellent humor, and each made reports from his district. Every one of the reports was received with applause, for they were filled with encouragement " Carl W. Riddick, secretary of the state committee, reported the result of the six months’ poll recently taken. “All the counties have reported, one of them showed a large republican gain over the six months’ poll of two years ago.” After the meeting was over Secretary Riddick said: ‘‘The general reports to the committee were of an optimistic character. All of the committee seemed to feel that with the carrying out of the issues as stated in the republicari platform the stafe ought to be safely republican. All of the committeemen agreed that the nomination of Mr. Taft was proving very popular in their districts. Mr. Goodrich announced to us that, because of his duties in connection with the railroad receivership in Chicago,

the work of the campaign would rest largely on Acting Chairman Fred A. Sims.” .Tames E. Watson, nominee for Governor, will be the central figure in the state campaign made in Indiana this year by the republicans. At a meeting of the candidates of the state and congressional tickets with Chairman Goodrich, Senator Hemenway. and other party leaders Thursday ftemoon it was decided that 1 Mr. Watson is to be the chief orator on the * stump. Will H. Hays of Sullivan, chairman of the republican speakers’ bureau, is having daily demands made on him for speeches from Mr. Watson. Thursday afternoon within an hour’s time Mr. Hays received a dozen requests that he send Mr. Watson to different localities to speak. “They all want Mr. Watson to open their campaigns,” said Mr. Hays. “It is evident that Mr. Watson is regarded as a very popular speaker. Every county seems to want him for several speeches. If we could divide Congressman Watson into twenty parts we could book each part for at least two speeches a day.”

Slang of Other Days.

Slang has always been a fruitful source for the expansion of language, and instances may be multiplied of words now respectable which were once tabooed as vulgarisms. - But, on tne other hand, there have been many slang phrases in use for centuries which have never become acceptable to the purista As lone ago as 1750 the celebrated writer Horace Walpole used to speak or “sitting guzzling” and getting “drunk as an owl.” - : A iitrli <*6o Til luc tltnij tn OTlrf C/T the most prominent woman writers of the eighteenth century, Frances mrney, are found good slang phrases of the American college girl ot today, as for Instance: “I sneaked out.” “Did you ever know such a toad?” and "1 had a vile cold."

The Perfect Face

In a perxect face every feature should bear a certain proportion to every other feature. The width of the face should be equal to five eyes. The distance between the eyes should be exactly equal to one eye. Another Important relation is thht between the eyes and the mouth. The width of tne eyes should be equal to two thirds that of the mouth. •The nose should be eq ’al in lengtn to the height of the forehead, of a regular shape and precisely defined outline. — Health.

Lost His “Mr.”

For a man of mature years to have the distinction of Mr. removed from his name would, no doubt be a severe punishment. Yet this was what the Puritans inflicted on Joslas Plalstowe, and all because he stole four baskets of corn from the Indians. Ana then after poor Josias was Mister no longer, tne hard hear;ed foundeis of Mas--dchuseits were not satisfied, but fin'd him five pounds aterliug ana made him return eight baskets of corn 10 the offended red Mien in place of the four be bad taken.

In the ruins of Mitla, Mexico, is the fieath Column. The Indians say they can tell the number of years a person will live by the number of spaas between his Anger tips when he embraces the column. Hardly any girl puts up a resistance that causes & man to miss her mouth <thd land a kiss on the back of her neck. No man is guilty until his wife gets acquainted with her husband’s fool friends. (j t

TOM TAGGART IS AN ISSUE

NOTWITHSTANDING VEHEMENT DENIALS OF HIS FRIENDS. - -- ' f - ~T > r “"V - ; \ "■' - An Editor’s Answer to the Democratic Charge That Tqm’s Critics Are “Congenital Idiots.”

Martinsville Republican. Tom Taggart. He’s an issue in this campaign. Why? Because hes an issue within the cratic party, in the nation and in the state of'lndiana. Because he’s’ an issue within the democratic party of Indiana and the nation, a large number of the better democrats seeking to relieve their party from the odium of his control and being prevented from doing so by virtue of the machine in which he is in control. Because de dictated the democratic floor leader of the ; last Indiana senate and seeks to do the same again, to prevent (as then) any legislation tending to control the imirioral influences that are working to control legislation. The democratic party feels the burden and concedes this issue by the defense of Taggart. Otherwise they would disavow party responsibility for his acts. The democratic press and the democratic politicians have been trying to enter and sustain for him a general denial of his responsibility for the greatest disgrace of Indiana—the gambling rooms at French Lick. They plead that he is but the president of the hotel company that owns the hotel with which his name is connected on all occasions; that the gambling rooms were opened after the by one A 1 Brown and have no connection with Taggart’s hotel; that Taggart has no more to do with the gambling there than has the Old Man

of the Sea. Who believes that? Everybody knows that these gam- ! bling rooms were opened ofter the ! state sought to stop the gambling at French Lick. That the gambling rooms used prior to that time were connected with the j hotel building by a corridor leading! direct from one to another. That the hotel company, of which the democratic idol is the president, leased these rooms to those who conducted the gambling business. That the defense by the hotel company, against the attack of the state to stop this gambling, was the defense of the gambling institution, as well as of the charter of the hotel company. Hundreds of Indiana newspaper men have been at French Lick, have seen these things and know that these statements are true. Thousands of citizens of Indiana have read accounts of these doings at gne&eh Liek- ~a»4 -have-- ample -eig- * eirmstantta! evidence W kuuw "that' such are the conditions at French Lick. Hundred of church congregations hve heard this subject treated from the pulpit, in some instances the sermons being based upon newspaper reports—in other instances upon personal observation of the pastors addressing themselves to the subject. Even more: Does any person believe that Sam Ralston, of Lebanon, would have committed the pitiable error he made in his Greenfield speech, scoring Gov.

THE PRESIDENT’S WORD ON HIS SUCCESSOR ■. • v** . - n't ■ " ‘ # . . iImmediately upon receiving news of the nomination of Secretary Taft for tha presidency, President Rcoaevelt said: “I feel that the country is indeed to be congratulated upon the nomination of Mr. Taft. I have known him Intimately for many years and I have a peculiar feeling for him because throughout that time we worked for the same object with the same purposes and ideals. “I do not believe there could be found in all the country a man so well 'fitted to be president. “He- is not only absolutely fearless, absolutely disinterested and upright, but he has the widest acquaintance with the nation’s needs without and within and the broadest sympathies with all our citizens. Ha would be as emphatically a president of tha plain people as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln himself would be freer from the least taint of demagogy, the least tendency to arouse or appeal to claaa hatred of any kind. "He hat a peculiar and intimate knowledge of and sympathy with tha needs of all our people—of the farmer, of the wage worker, of the business man, of the property owner. - - k ■ “No matter what a man’s occupation or social position, no matter what his creed, his color or the section of the country from which he * comes, if he is an honeat, hard-working man, who tries to do his duty toward his neighbor and toward the country, he can rest assured that he will have In Mr. Taft the meet upright of representatives end the most fearless of champions. "Mr. Taft stands against privilege and he stands pre-eminently for the broad principles of American citizenship lie At the foundation of bur national well-being.”

Hanl-y, but for the suggestion of Tom Taggart that he do so ? Poes any person think that Tom Taggart would have prompted such a course for the hope of lining, up all elements in Indiana not especially pleased with Gov. Hanly’s course in ( Hie , to suppress gambling at French Lick? Does any person doubt that Taggart’s effort to nominate Ralston fori governor was to repay him for the es- : fort made in that Greenfield speech, now rendered ridiculous by events subsequent to its utterance? The people are equally that the transfers pf the Ralston : support in convention to Marshall was; in pursuance of the same policy, because Senator Slack was slated by : Taggart for defeat, at all hazzards— 1 and Jhis primarily for the reason that ! Slack would not do all the Taggart bidding; secondarily, because Slack supported many of Gov. Hanly's recommendation for legislation. In the democratic state convention hundreds of democrats shouted to put Taggart off the floor of the convention. They were disgusted and angered at his officiousness, and the fact that he was permitted to remain cn the floor when others were ejected. In the district meetings, prior to the convention, the Taggart machine w#iß driven over all opposition, without We least regard to decency,"either individual or political. In spite of all these ouratges against the majority of his party (no doubt remains but that the majority of the delegates were anti-Taggart) his brand has been placed upon the nominee for governor; his candidate for chairman of the state committee; his standing in the party and before the people is being defended by thfe democratic state organization; his conduct of the French Lick hotel and | gambling rooms is being defended i —and the press bureau department with the hope of deceiving the people —and the press bureau depaitment of the committee’s campaign organization is being used to do it. It does not matter what iis the belief of the bulk of the democrats of Indiana, Taggart is in control of the party. What he has been able to do with a minority of the delegates, plus the organization officers, shows how helpless the majority of his party are against him. What he will be able to do in the next session of the legislature is shown conclusively by what he has done in the past—up to the present : moment. -y■ better than the spirit that prompts it; Taggart is the prompting spirit of Indiana’s organized democracy, as well as of French Lick’s organized gambling. Taggart and what he represents is the issue in Indiana in this campaign and no account of technical quibbling by the democratic organization can convince thinking people that he does not determine, absolutely, whether there shall be any gambling at French Lick and what the democratic party shall stand for.

U STATE BUM IF KKSSEUER. - *— Corner W ashingtofi*ffid YSur Renisraer Streets. OPENED FOR BUSINESS JUNE IST, 1904. r - ' ■ ' - ■ -6' -BHIECTGRS. John Eon, President. Dilos Thompson, Cashier, Looms Stxono, Granville Moody, Jamks H. Chapman. J* Does General Banking Business. Loans money on all' kinds of approved security. Buys notes, paya interest on savings, pays taxes for customers and others. This bank will be glad to extend every favor to Its customers consistent with safe banking principles. Telephone 42. 3! Jiufymobile Livery ' • - { \ -ilfTS'- erf. -■ F rS'-oTfi e: vt w ■■ < » ....... 7 ... 75 J! Cars for hire at all hours of day or night. Re-,* ;; liable cars and competent drivers. We will l ;;%idke a specialty of carrying to and from parties, j ' and dances. J; Gi*?e Us a Call. Rates ‘Reasonable. * ! Rensselaer Garage 3| !! , ;Hj rt .1 I»H’ nr ;:

MANPY TA I AAN On all kinds of GOOD .-MU U *" W# SECURITY, including U&ns on second mortgage real estate, chattel mortgages, and personal security. Loans on city property made for one, two, and three years, repayable in monthly installments if desired. Sale notes purchased. Money on hand for above loans, no delay. Loans on farms negotiated it a low rate of interest, without commission. A complete set of Abstract Books Call personally or write. James H. Chapman, ■ HorsssWanted _ I We ordered 5 car loads of buggies 'ffliP' during the panic at a very low price and we have bought $1,500.00 *" mv ‘ W worth of harness leather, since the price dropped. 9 i We manufacture every style of harness at Judyville and we want to trade buggies and harness for any kind of a horse. We have every thins in wagons, harness, plugs, buggies, old or new, skates or fipe drivers or drafters and old strap work at a price and terms that no one.in-iOO miles of Judyville can afford to ignore. Sale days every Wednesday and Fridays for 25 years. F. Judy & Son To.. July, Judyville, Indian*

WHITE & HICKMAN . - J -" ; . : ; 1 ■ 1 —'y -f~ r ~~~ For Plumbing, Steam and Agents for the Star windmill. AH repair work promptly attended to. Opposite Forsythe’s Grocery Phones 202 and 141.

A Haw Gtiamical Discovered That Will Net Burn Off a Red. Hat Siove. You can put it on the top of . your cook stove and It will blacken those lids a dead black and they will, stay black for months. You don’t have to polish STOVINK; Just paint it on. You can’t rub it off, nor will it burn off; ode application lasts from one to two months. STOVtHK is not explosive and will not jn any way Injure your stove. All dealers, 26c. Sold by E. D. Rhoadefi.

NOTICE OF DITCH LETTING. Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, July 18, 1908, at one o’clock, P. M., at the office of the County j Surveyor in the court house in Rens-i selaer, Indiana, I will let the contract j for the construction of the Gangloff ditch, known as ditch cause No. 97, in the Circuit Court of Jasper county, Indiana. - All according to plans and specifications on file with me in the office of the County Surveyor in the court house in Rensselaer, Indiana, The successful bidder entering into a contract will be required to give bond as provided by law. DANIEL W. WAYMIRE, Superintendent pf Construction, i June 30-Jply 6 r ■ ■gl-.aiji-J"!!”* 111 WB—Wfl . J NOTICE OF DITCH LETTING Notice is hereby given that on Sat-

urday, July 18th, 1908, at 2 o’clock P. M., at the office of the County Surveyor in the court house in Rensselaer, Indiana, I will let the contract for the construction of the James E. Ldmson et al ditch known as ditch cause No. 96 in the circuit court of Jasper County, Indiana, all according to plans and specifications veyor of Jasper County. successful bidder entering into a contract will be required to give bond as provided by law. DANIEL W. WAYMIRE, Superintendent of Construction. June 30-J.6

NOTICE TO CONTRACTOS. Improvement Van Rensselaer st. Cornelia st. to Clark st Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Rena* selaer, Ind., will on the 13th day of July, 1908, receive sealed bids for tha construction of the Van Renaeaiaer street improvement from Cornelia street to Clark street, according to plans and specifications now on flla In the City Clerk's office. Bidders must file with their bids a certified check or bond in a sum of not less than two psr cent of their bids.

the council reserves the right to reject hny or all bids. 1 chas. morlan. Jtme 3(1 July 7 City Clerk. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Improvement Van Rensselaer St. Harrison St. South to Gravel Road. | ■■■< Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana will on the 13th day of July, 1908 at 8:00 o’clock p. m. receive sealed bids for the construction of the Van Rensselaer street improvement according to plans and specifications now on file in the City Clerk's office. Bidders must file with their bids a certified check or bond in a sum of not less than two per cent of their | bids. The Council reserves the right to "** m " *“ uoiujln, June SO, July 7 City Clerk.