Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1909 — Page 4

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STAR-DEMOCRAT

Friday, January 2!j,

STAR - DEMOCRAT Founded 1858 PUBLISHED FRIDAY Of each week by the Star and Democrat Piiblishlnir Company, at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street. Greencastle. Ind. F. C. TILDEN - - - C. J. ARNOLD Editors Terms of SubMcrlptiou One year, In advance J1.00 Single Copies o cents Advcrtlslnifi Hales I poll Application GREENCASTLE HERALD Established 1906 The live dally paper of Putnam County--sent to any address In the United States for $3.00 a year—Payable strictly In advance. 6 cents per week. Entered as second-class mall matter at the Greencastle, Ind., Postofflce. Telephone No. 65

A SANS VOTE.

Putnam County & local option fight la not\ a thing of the past. There remains only to say a few words In prospect and retrospect. We believe that both wet and dry are to be praised for the kind of campaign they made. The leaders in both forces were careful to put the campaign on a basis that won the respect of the thinking voter. There was on neither side, by the leaders, so far as we are advised, any attempt to draw the fight from the plane of argument Into the realm of unreasoning passion, sometimes called enthusiasm. We regret that some few,

In their zeal, went so far as to disregard the wishes of the campaign committee of the dry forces, and carried out on their own responsibility plans not in harmony with the committee’s work. Some even went so far as to attempt to dictate to the committee and various public boards the methods of the campaign. We believe in every instance where this was done the cans® was injured, both as to the election and as to after-re-sults. Many voted dry in spite of such tilings, not because of them. We must continually keep in mind that the fight has just begun. The history of dry towns is ttiat after the election, very often, the serious struggle conies. It is purely a matter of public sentiment. This must he kept alive, and if founded only on enthusiasm, it is difficult to keep up. We repeat that we prefer an honost saloon to a dive or a blind-tiger. Neither are necessary If the opinion of a community voting dry is kept stable. An honest, argumentative campaign, such as we have passed through conduces to this result.

Our position that Greencastle would go dry on a strict township vote was vindicated in Tuesday’s elections. Both city and township voted dry.

Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil for such emergencies. It subdues the pain and heals the hurts.

Delinquent Tax List for 1909 STATE OF INDIANA. PUTNAM COl'NTY. 8S:

ty. dc 1 hat thi* following is u cor root list (»f the lands and town lots returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes due i n them for the year IPO? and previous years; that said lands and town tots a»e described and charged with the taxes on the current year 190* in the following list, the same as they are described and charged on tax duplii&te of said county, ami that said taxes appear due and unpaid and tiiat said list was recorded on the 31st day December 190*. Given under my hand and seal, this 1st flay of .January, 1909.

IG. S.J

I). V. MOFFETT. Auditor of Putnam County. Indiana

No. Owners Name Descriptionol T^ands 3

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Jackson Township

IK* Fearers. GeonreG. — pie 1 331 Milenirer. Emily r‘

Franklin Township sr>- Ladotra B & L Fund

& Savings Assn. Lock rid ire lot ‘6. 2?

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sarm

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9»U Uuark. Ilersehe! & P.Lockridtfe lotSj. 32.33 •

Koachdale Town

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pt n w

tl id 4 .»

4 22 ft 42 Iti

Lewis lots ll 12

pt tie so

pt sw sw

pt sw sw.

D39 Armstromr. Wm- A.

Russell Township

1394 Butcher. David .. 1753 Gibbs. Ilunnnh K .. 1903 Sowders, .1 arm s l*..

Russellville Town

A A. 1 Burnside. David...O P pilots

Clinton Township

2552 Sowders. I am* s P.. ptnw nw... 25*1 Taylor, Mary J ptnw nw

Monroe Towns! »p

2759 Fox worth y & *,<ro ptne ne

Bainliririge Town 3094 Edirar. Mary

25 13

.'Kl 25

r» .. 25

64 1 12 3 37

5 49

5 .. .. 4

I 92 1 2s

.11 15 4

..(’orwin lot 76.

3100 I rakes, Malissa .J. F. Quinn lots s. •3215 Hnilth, Joseph F. •• Thornton no iiumiH'

Floyd Township

4 73 19 33 2* 62

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same

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* 8 35 26

3447 Huber Albert. senw *

same Marion Towuship 215 Harlan. James F.. same

pt ne ew

27 49

201 23 40 72

same

Greenastle Towship

I illmore lot 13.. • I illmore lot 14.. Fillmore lot 15..• •

10 06

11 Alexander. Francis . Com PI lot 7. blk 16.

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Com PI lot 5. blk 22

1 03

7*5 Fond ray.( . *St.)

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pt sw n w

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7*5 Freiberg. Josepli..

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nw sw

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15 IS.

1113 Owen • - i uel IV-

pt S W M3 • • e'o sw

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15 73

122* SejfUln. < lara F.

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Greencaatle City 1591 Gnllen. Ida

Peek lot G.

7 30

t' P. pt lot 94.

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2 14

63 05 20 25

13 05

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8 17 6 23

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same Cloverdale Township

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:»*»' Wall/.. IM it h , 2113 WhP uker. Kober r. K. 2134 Z* r ■ r. John Clovenlale Town

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2497 Fvjir.s. M. I s h r Mill Creek Town hip

Brown lot 3 . —

27 S3

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pt \\ } ■/ s w Broad Pjirk lot 18.

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NOTICK OF SALK

Notice is hcqvby yiven that the whole of the several tracts of land ami town lots . nitained in the forejroinif list, which were returned (h • pu nt by lie Treasurer of Putnam County, Indiana, for the year he., for non-payment *)f taxes, pena!ty ami interest due thereon, im’.w.pnu t ravel roa*l (axes, and ;m:lmt mk the taxes of the current yearM**' or so much thereof as will la* necessary to pay the taxes' pena.ty. interest amleost due ther* *11 at tfme of the saie. will he sold a r pubii*- am'titiu by F*l wartl McG Walls. Treasurer of said county, at the j'ourt lions* «l*n>r. in iH'Clt.v of (ireencastle. in said county, cotnmencinir at lOoi’.o-’k a. m. on-

nti: sr ond mondav in Fi uurAHV, Htn*. it bfing M. \ I >A > . 1 I HIM’ARY H. iK

An l ronI a in -ai i -a!' from ila;> 10 'lay tlii'ii after milll such lamlK ami loa 1 Ux-(.r mi mni li ilienof as shall In- necessary to (liseliarge the I a\iIK ha i Imei. s' : il'o aecruinif Ui said sale, sha.l havo 1 ,,,1,1 I , ven liM.ler my Itaml anti seal, this ’-st tlay of lanu- . ;iry ' ' !W I). V. MOFFETT.

THE COUNTY LOCAL OPTION LAW

January I. I'* 1 !’.

Auditor I’utnam County.

Some Strong Editorial Views From Some of our Exchanges.

Ref rosiK-ct 11111I < ’oinmeiit. [Monticello Democrat.! At the annual meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association in Indianapolis February 0 and T. 1908, the following resolution was presented and adopted: “ With a firm belief in the righteousness of the Democratic principle of the rule of the majority as expressed in a free and untrammeled ballot, we would add to the present laws regulating the liquor traffic a local oprion law giving to the peopl of each community an opportunity to express their sentiments regarding the sale of liquor in their midst freed from the turmoil, annoyances and business disturbances in maninst.ames attending the operations of the present remonstrance law.’’ The members of the resolutions committee were B. F. Louthain of the I/ogansport Pharos, H. A. Barnhart of the Rochester Sentinel, S. B. Boyd of the Washington Democra*. W. B. Westlake of the .Marion Leader and J. P. Simons of the White County Democrat. The resolution was fully discussed by the association and was adopted without a dissenting vote. This was the first Democratic expression on the local option question, and it wilt be noted that neither “ward ’’ “township” or “county” was mentioned—simply a declaration favoring the principle. When the Democratic convention met a few weeks later it adopted a resolution beginning as follows: “We recognize the right of the people to settle the quest! m ns to whether intoxicating liquors shall be sold in their respective immunities’’—another positive declaration in favor of the principle—“ai’d to that end we favor the enactment of a local option law under which Lie people of city wards or townships shall have the right to determine,’ ’etc. The words “or counties” might have been added in the above enumeration without modifying the principle favored. When the Republican convention met it declared for thJ principle favored by the Democrats and enlarged on the units specified in the Democratic platform.—Simply this and nothing more. A great lute and cry was raised that the Democratic party was dominated by the brewery and saloon interests: that our declarations in favor of local option 'were insincere; that we favored the repeal of the remonstrance law and other restrictive legislation, and in the event of Democratic success a “wideopen" policy would at once be inaugurated. Failing to stampede the pe6ple by these bogies the legislature w as called in special session and the county option law passed— thus enacting into law the principle first declared for by the Democratic party, under tire unit specified by the Republicans. The attempt was then made to make the people believe that the Democratic party was pledged to the repeal of the county option law. On this subject the Democrat, in its issue of October 29, said: “No temperance Democrat need hi •itate to vo c his ticket for fear that the county option law will bo repealed or the temperanre laws weakened in any way. The Democratic pf* rty was the first to declare in favor of supplementing and strengthening the remonstrance law with local option. If the countv option law does that and proves sarisf.i tory to the people the Democratic party will not repeal it.” Similar exhortations and .declarations were made by Democratic papers and Democratic speakers all over the state, and, as tills paper has heretofore stated, many, many thous•\niis of temperance Democrats all ove- Indiana voted for Mr. Marshall because they believed these declarations and had confidence in the in1 ('gritv of their candidate, who would have voti d against him had either ho or the party declared in favor of the repeal of the county option law without git ing it a trial.

Has the Proper View. | Huntington News-Democrat.] The White County Democrat lias the right view of the county local option question and advises Democrats to let the law alone, as they are in no wise responsible for it and it should have a fair trial. It is ti > Republicans who want the Democrats to repeal the law. Beware of the “gifts of your enemy*’ It is generally «afe to go contrary to what it advises.

Not Committed Again Option. [Brownstown Banner.] The success of the Democrats in Indiana does not mean that a niajorit> of the voters favored the repeal of the coiNity option law. If this had been, the only question in the state campaign it might have been so considered, but it was not. Many Demociats who favor county option voted the Democratic ticket for other reasons, viz: The mismanagement of

and the enormous expenditure in

state affairs. On the temperance question they distrusted Watson and had confidence in the statements of Thomas Marshall that he was under no obligations to the brewers.

Not Good Politics. [Decatur Democrat.] The Democrats did not agree to repeal a law in order to give expression to their particular brand of local option, and the people now do not expect any laws repealed touching upon the regulation or extermination of the saloon. Be* the law what it may, good, bad, or indifferent, it is a Republican law and the Republicans will have to stand sponsor for it. It is not on the card that the Democrats should help pull Republican chestnuts out of the fire. The Democrats should play good politics, and good polities does not mean the repeal of the county local option law at this particular time.

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Option Not Rasscci I'pon. [Greensburg Graphic.] The assumption that the voters of Indiana declared for the repeal of the county option law by a plurality of 14,000 by the election of the Democratic governor is entirely unwarranted by the facts. The truth of the matter is that at the close of the campaign the option question, county, township, or none at all. was not an issue. The question of the repeal of the law was not before the people and hence they could not have passed upon the question.

\ Republican Prediction. [Starke County Republican.] _ , , , , ’ '0-

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Editor Simons of the Monticello

Democrat is opposed to the repeal of the county option law. He also denies that Democratic State Chairman Stokes Jackson declared that the law should be repealed. The Monticello editor insincere in his support of the present anti-saloon laws, but he is in bad xompany. The whole Democratic machine will swoop down upon Hanly’s pet measure and put it out of business In short order after the legislature convenes. Then, to be a consistent Democrat, Mr. Simons will have to stand up and sound his horn : loud and long in piaiso of the deed. I When the option law was passed the brewers served notice on tin* Demo-1 cratic leaders that no more sinews of war would be forthcoming unless an agreement avos made to the effect that the obnoxious measure would be repealed in the event of Democratic success. It may be that Chairman Jackson did not declare openly that the law should be repealed, but there is not a bit of doubt that he has done so sufficiently in private to insure the carrying out of the other end of the agreement. Mr. Simons and all other temperance Democrats may make all the wry faces they please but the county option laAv will go down as

sure as the assembly meets.

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Democrats \ot Responsible For it. [Renssalaer Democrat.] The Democrat does not believe the coming legislature Avill or should repeal the county option law. The Democrats are not responsible for its having been placed on the statute books, although it could not have become a law without the aid of a few Democrats who voted for it. No blame ii'ii attach to the Democratic pally, for its epactment and the party is not pledged to its repeal. While Mr. Watson says: “The majority of tlie people, however, have said at the ballot boxes that they were not in favor of county local option, and on that question I was beaten,” avo think the law -li mid be tried out and see if the extravagant claims of its over-zealous advocates prove true. We do not believe it is the ctire-all that has been claimed for it and still think that the township and ward plan as advocated by the Democratic platform is preferable. However, Me re is plenty of time to act on this after it has had a trial, and until that time we believe i: should be let alone.

Let the People Vote. [A Correspondent. | Future actions of prominent politicians. both Democrats and Republicans, who may hereafter lie candidates for office, Avill he watched by many thousands of people during the next three months, and If any one think; the recent elections were a verdi t against county option he will lie undeceived by aAd by. Give it a trial. If the people want whiskey I hey wMl vote wet.

Who Carried Indiana. [C. A. Robinson, Greenfield.] Republican Indiana is credited '■ itli having been earrled into the Democratic camp by the saloon and brewery Influence, though there are about 2011,1100 of the Democrats in Indiana who have signed remonstrances against saloons and who present this assertion of the saloons and breweries, even if they do find same of our trusted leaders standing by them in their claims, and these 200,000 Democrats will never stand for [he repeal of the county local option law, especially when it is proposed to enact such measures as the

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brewere have set forth. Just noAv I believe that Indiana is it the door of the crisis in the contest between the saloons and the an-ti-saloon forces of the state, and for the brewers to believe that by repealing the local option law and by passing the “wide-open” laws they are proposing will take the saloon out of polities is the flimsiest folly. If ;iir> succeed they will simply drive the Democratic party through a human slaughter house into an open grave.

the people of Indiana are not asking for its repeal. In the coming Democratic legislature wants to maintain its ^rasp upon the confidence of the people of Indiana it will allow the option law to stand or fall on its merits and devote its time to devising means to lower the expenses of the state government without making it less efficient.

Let tlie People Try It. I Decatur Democrat.] We not6 that some Democratic newspapers have fallen under the spell, and in their eagerness to best serve their party, they, too. advocate the repeal of county option. They take the election returns as an index to the thoughts of the people as being opposed to county option and in favor of township and ward option. Were there no local option law on 1 he statute books, this might be true. But there is such a law. It deserves a trial, free from political or personal prejudices, and it is time enough to repeal it after it has proven unpopular with the people.

Majority lb-sires Option. [Greensburg Standard.] The Indianapolis Star lias (lie temerity to suggest that the recent election of Marshall for governor did not mean that a majority of the voters of Indiana were opposed to county local option. We should say not! As a matter of fact CD per cent, of all the Democrats, 80 per cent, of all tlie Republicans and all the Prohibitionists would vote for county option 11 the matter was taken out of polit ics.

Leave Option Law Alone. [Lebanon Pioneer.] Hon. Stokes Jm kson. chairman of t h'* Democratic state committee, deni's that he told the Democratic editors at thdr recent executive coinmil tee meeting that the county option law must he repealed; but, on the Contrary, he advised against the agitation of the question. The Democratic party is not pledged to a repeal of the county option law, and

In tlie llamls of tlie People. I F. Lipps. Akron, Ind. I The stanchest advocates of cminty option in this community are Democrats. and they did not vote for Watson either. An explanation caa easily be found by fuming the Situation tlie other end to “and taking a calm look at it.” The matter of saloons and no saloons is in the hands of the people. Why take it. atvay from them? There are only two kinds of citizens avIio advocate its repeal the one who honestly believes the maty needs saloons and tlie disappointed Republican who is willing to izzle awhile himself just for the pleasure of seeing some Democrat sizzle who did not break away from his party and vote for Watson. ^

The Size of tlie UniL [Noblesville Ledger.] The defeat in this state can not all he charged up to local option, noth parties by their platforms were committed to loipH option, and the only difference was tlie size of the unit There were other tilings that contributed largely to Republican defeat.

Not fining to Repeal. [Salem Democrat.]

No sir; we are not going to repea, the county option law. We are t, /

responsible for it, ha\*e, nothing lose if R proves a failnr^, a-s will and we are opposed to its immediate

repeal.

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