The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-17

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Mr. EulteuI .-Dlu you ever Nil
a cat2 Well, did, and it was
job. After killing the cat seventeen
times in divers ways and at differ
ent times | buried the supposed
dead cat i'm a patent cement vault,
aud put two tons Of stone on top to
weigh it down. And yet ! met
that cat with its head in its mouth
on the public highway the next day.
That is exactly the condition OF
the Democratic party Of Dubois
county to-day, as evinced by the
grand and glorious meeting of the
Democratic Committeeman at the
Kindergarten-school annex on Jack
sons day, January Sth, 1902, at
Sit way-back-town. The more you
defeat the Democratic party OF Du-
bois county, and the oftener you
pound it to death, the stronger it
gets and the more cheerful.
When it comes to Democracy
there is but one kind in grand old
Dubois. There be no gold demo-
Gratis, no silver democrats, no Cleve-
land democrats, and no Bryan dem
ocrats, but just plain old dyed-in-
the wool "moss- back" democrats.
Democrats, some Of whom may not
know why they are democrats, or
what democrat is, but democrats
they are out Of simon pure-cussed-
ness. Democrats, because they are
born that way. Democrats, because
Thomas Jefferson was one, and An
DIV Jackson was another, and Bryan
is one yet. Democrats, whose only
mother-mark is voted for Bryan,
and whose only landmark is my
grandfather voted for Andy jack
son. Democrats, who always
scratch the rooster, and let the
rooster do the balance of the
scratching.
Well, those were the kind of dem
ocrats who met at the Kindergarten
school-annex on Andy Jackson's e
day, and crowded the hall to its ut
most capacity. On one side OF the
hall sat the com miitee-men and on
the other the candidates, and to the
back part Of the hall sat the audi
ence.
Conspicuous among the candi-
da,as vas Slow-poke. of Hunting
burg, who is a candidate for pros
ecuting attorney, and who has to
pay fifteen dollars to get his name
on the ticket. Slow-pokc is going
through a mere form Of being NOM
Iinated for second term for the Of
fee in which he is now resting Sc
curely. 1t is an office which no
better lawyer than Slow-poke is
wants, aud no worse lawyer can get.
liz will take Slow-poke two months
to figure this out, and by that time
liz will be all settled by the primary.
There sat The Judge, conspicuous
iby his reticencs among the audi
lence. He will be allowed to put
his name on the primary ticket and
60 through tie form OF being voted
lon, but has to pay $25 towards the
. salaries of the primary election Off.
.|cers. The Judge looked highly
pleased at being let of SO easily
| and seemed ready to shake hands
} with everybody present at one and
, the same time.
| There stood the Logroller with q
, stogie in his mouth at the back par'
sIof the Kindergarten school annex
| not knowing whether to laugh OF
II to cry, and halfway afraid that ole
!, Moss back might be in the crow ]
/ with a kodak to take his picture.
And thare sat the candidates fol
I the Statehouse, the Wizard and thu
, Bloomer, smiling at each other a.
+. il each was confident that the othe
| was not in it, and therefore YER,
/, much to be pitied. Wondering
we're they whether Boomer
sIfrom Huntingburg, would come on
\ and beat them both. Ii they coulC
3 but induce Boomer to stay back o
run for something else, then the,
could splice it. and each serve on
term. Only five dollars apiece
(. However, these makes fifteen dol
liars. SO much the better.
Next on the list for our consider
! alton sat enough candidates for tn
various county Offices to last for FL
ty years. All with high hopes, an
!, all with pity in their hearts for thei
opponents whom they look upon .
: 'quite out oftheir race. From twen
lty dollars apiece on down. Their
sat Silvertop with smiles all owe
him, some even running down hi
! back. There is something abou
: Silvertop, ia spite Of bis faults, ths
people like. Maybe it is nothin
more than one might call his pei
. petualness, just like the democrati