The Washington herald., 1906-10-29
Make Way for sIinkard.

I We welcome % the circle Of the elect,
| to the salaxy Of the great, the Hon. VIII
4 liam Lycurgus Slinkard, of Indiana. Full
panoplied for mighty deeds of statecraft.
Slinkard has beer yanked from his law Of
fice in Bloomfield by the militant Democ-
/ racy Of the senatorial district comprising
/ the counties OF Greene. owen. and Monroe.
and clothed with the authority Of his
/ party 10 make the race for state senator.
/ Right masterfuily IS Slinkard going on his
way. In our esteemed contemporary the
Worthington Times-"twice a week, Tues
days and Fridays"-we learn something Of
Slinkard for the enlightenment of man
kind.
The high emprise. the palpitating pa
triotism, the ideals Of statesmanship, the
great achievements already recorded In
the book Of time opposite the name OF
William LycUrgus Slinkard, are all-nO
certainly not all-duly set forth by our
I hero himself in the expansive columns OF
the Worthington Times. It appears that
Slinkard did not know he was TO be nom
mated. We like to think Of Slinkard as
realizing so completely the ideal of
HoOsieT craftsmanship. which is that the
Office should and must seek the man
Slinkard has been sought and found. For
example we learn from his letter Of ac-
eeptanee:
= vas not present at the joint senatorial oonven-
tion but learn that was unanimously honored with
the domination. Sc"
We do not have 10 stop here to inquire
how Slinkard learned of his nomination
The trump of fame blew it into his
startled ears. We hurry on to gleeful con
temptation of the immortal principles
enunciated by SIinkaTd, which he Classi-
fies under eleven heads. Thus;
First The repeal Of that part of the drainage law
affecting the CLEANING Of bitches and return TO the
old allotment pan. where eaea msn Is given op-
portUuty 70 clean his CHu allotment.
Second. The modification Of the present fish and
game laws and the passage Of laws on the subject
which give greater privileges TO the resident land
owuers and citizens and against licensing non-resi-
uents and foreigners with more rights I want fish
lav where ] don't have to measure the fish before
catch It, nor keep my eye skinned all the time %
look FOR hrrod detectives and game wardeas whose
only object is to Get the enormous fees provided by
law believe in making If a penitentary ofsnse
to dynamite fish. ] want game law that ] mas Kill
a quail squirrel for the SICK. and shoot rabbits
eating my fruit trees without violating the law.
0psn season for squirrels after October lst
Third The repeal Of that part Of the picking vat
law which allows only twentyfour hours for relatives
or legal representatives only to claim the body Of
dead person, and passage Of a humane and
mcrciful law whereby al citizens Of this great Com
monweaith shall receive decent burial By their rela
tives legal representatives friends. or neghb0rs If
they choose upon due and timely notice; or at the
expense Of the county Of their residence before they
shall be confined 70 the vat.
We hold that the principles above emu
merated are immortal and cannot de
The other seven. as set forth by the Hon
William Lycurgus Slinkard, appeal with
equal force to our sense of eternal right
and justice. but we shall leave them to
inkard and his Republican fees, conf
dent that Slinkard viii triumph with .he
right We then hurry on to principle
No. II:
Eleventh. The maintenance Of the honor Of the
Hoosier State for the protection and peTpetua;ion
Of her institutions upon economic aud moral ba-
sis and the advancement Of the Christian religion +"
We now turn TO a consideration of
SlInkard's autobiographical sketch He
was born February 10. 1854. In a little
CABIN made of ordinary logs, situate on
the banks of First Greek. The first years
of his childhood were spent in and about
the old Slinkard wate.- mill on First
Greek. His father and mother are both
living at NewberTy, where they moved
from the Touring mill and saw milan old
upright saw mill. At the age of nineteen
he taught one winter az the White school
house in Cass township. The winter fol-
lowing he taught the Pin-hook school, a
distance Of two miles from his home
walking night and morning and eating
q cold dinner. During the same winter he