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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
4
Democratic candidate for Indiana governor Thomas R. Marshal will speak at Rock Port on Thursday September 17 at 2 00 p m.
At St Meinrad the public is invited to attend an event Friday September 18 at 1 00 pm with location and purpose described in local listings.
At Dale on September 18 at 7 00 p m a distinguished citizen will address the community. The event invites all residents to attend and hear the speaker discuss local issues.
The text lists residency and naturalization requirements to vote in Indiana. A voter must have resided in the United States for one year, in Indiana for six months, in the county and township for sixty days, in the ward or precinct for thirty days, and foreigners must have declared intent to naturalize in superior or circuit court. These rules apply to all city, state, county, and national elections.
The Indiana Republican press faces a tough task persuading taxpayers that a special session is needed as Gov. Hanly summons lawmakers to an extraordinary meeting despite public skepticism. The piece notes the political pressure on taxpayers and legislators.
The analysis argues that a proposed bank deposits guarantee would win a large majority in Spencer County if voted on, while Mr Taft opposes it. It contends that the Democratic platform serves the common people while Taft and the Republicans favor the few.
The document records a covenant by Congressional County Judicial and township candidates in Spencer County plus all precinct committees and sub committees to refrain from furnishing or using money or intoxicants at or before election day and to prevent such purchases with funds or property under their control.
Thomas R. Marshall criticizes rising taxes and bloated state offices while urging retrenchment. He cites 1907 appropriation levels, tax commissioner efforts, and a call for candidacy ethics and fiscal overhauls, linking campaigns to public expense pressures.
The Indiana GOP leaders at Indianapolis last week reaffirmed a campaign line that centers on county option. They argue both parties have strong temperance supporters and fault Democratic mismanagement and graft in state government over the past twelve years. Marion county taxpayers cry for removal of grafters amid tax burdens and a rotted administration, preferring action on corruption over unit size in liquor control.
A fragment notes a 12 year old appropriation during a Democratic administration. No further context or specifics are readable to identify the program, amount, or outcomes tied to the action.
The Indiana governor announces a September 18 special session to fix apportionment errors, address night riders, repeal Vincennes University bond law, and enact a county local option. Critics say the move is unnecessary, costly, and driven by intra party discord rather than urgent state needs.
The dispute involves the Vincennes University claim the Babcock insurance bill and other governor pet measures. Hanly threatened a special session if Watson did not act. Factions clash and Hanly carries out his threat, costing Indiana taxpayers about 100000 dollars. The quarrel threatens to erode the state house and burden taxpayers further.
The piece mocks Addison Harris as a loyal Republican lawyer whose blunt diplomacy is used by Indiana GOP managers to back a dubious double back-action plan for county local option elections and remonstrances. It notes Harris’s past service as Austria minister and distrusts his judgment while praising Watson’s impressive state-finance figures.
Several marriage connections are listed including Robert V. Miller a ferryman of Rockport to Tina May Brown a 22 year old clerk of Rockport on Sept 5 by Rev EB Boldry. Additional entries show Richard C Evans a 24 year old farmer of Spencer County to Jessie Roth 20 of 3 ville Ind and James F Duncan a 94 year old farmer of Spencer County to Eva Davis 16 of Spencer County with other names noted.
Spencer county to Ola Belle Bates twenty years old. Charles W Peters twenty four loco motive fireman. Spencer county to Anna K Brown twenty one. Noah N Bender twenty three farmer to Cleo Patmore twenty one. Henry A Phillips thirty one carpenter to Ollie Southwood twenty one. Melvin B Savage twenty nine barber to Ada Green Walt nineteen Rockport. Pat Bowlds twenty six farmer Kentucky to Mary McDowney nineteen Kentucky.
Real estate transfers list owners and recipients across Rockport Dale St Meinrad Bloomfield Mariah Hill and other locales with prices from 5 to 2600 dollars. Multiple lot transfers include various fractional sections and plots. Thirteen mortgages, five releases and two assignments were recorded last week.
A historical critique argues large city banks controlled by major corporations oppose deposit guarantees. It claims their size lets them attract funds from small banks while country deposits would stay local if guaranteed, preventing big banks from congesting markets for stock speculation. The piece urges voting for the Deposit Guaranty and Democratic candidates.
Builders must place tile under sidewalks where down spouts discharge to the area at the street. The property owner bears the cost. This order is issued by J. H. Walker, Mayor.
The note announces a public sale at the proprietors residence in Washington DC beginning November 4 1908. Items include an elephant a financial panic a republican platform a big stick a republican machine a financial system and 5 000 000 Teddy bears among others. Possession is to be given March 4 1909 and roast crow will be served by the Young Men’s Republican Club.
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