Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 17 August 1894 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1894

BROOKSHIRE voted for the bill of "party perfidy and party dishonor." After swearing that he never would consent finally consented.

THK Argus-News says that Democrats rejoice that protection is being stabbed to death. The elections thus far held indicate that protection is still a pretty lively corpse.

SENATOR GORMAN has again heard from the Maryland Democrats.—Ar-(JUS-Ncivk.

And the Democrats of the United States have heard from Gorman. Ife is the most powerful Democrat in the country to-day and from this time on may be considered a Presidential quanity.

Cv AY A KM A x, who wrote the well remembered "Flyer" article in McClurc's Magazine for January, will have an article in the September number describing the marvelous profits that have attended, and the more marvelous profits that promise to attend, irrigation in the West. The article will be fully illustrated.

ONE thing is certain, Grover Cleveland will never sign a bill that does not provide for free raw material including ore and coal.—Argus-News.

I3ut he will permit it to become a law without interposing a veto, which is virtually giving it his approval with Jiis signature. The difference is about the same as the difference between tweedle dee and tweedle dum.

THE Senate tariff bill, which Grover Cleveland in his letter to Chairman Wilson characterized as a bill of "party perfidy and party dishonor," passed the House Monday by a vote of 1S2 yeas to 105 nays. It was a complete surrender on the part of the House to Gorman, 15rice & Co. In other words it was a clear case of gulping down the carcass of a crow that had been dead for three months, and smelled to heaven. Mr. Wilson in his speech of capitulation admitted that the bill would take from the people and put in the pockets of the sugar trust nearly §45,000,000 and yet in the face of this admission he with 179 other Democrats voted for. the bill, and thus completed the sale of the Democratic party to this gigantic monopoly. It is a great victory for Senator Gormaiij and a humiliating defeat for Grover Cleveland. Gorman is at the bat.

AMOXG the many questions affecting the well being of any city, town or village, none is of more vital importance than that of where the citizens purchase their gpods. The prosperity of any community depends in a great measure upon the manner in which the citizens answer that question. We can connive of no greater ingratitude than that of a man earning his wages or making his wealth in the place he lives, moves and has his being in, and then buying the bulk of his goods in another place. It's like a child slapping his parent's face. Next to such a man is that one who endeavors to break up the harmonious relationship existing between the citizen and the merchant or between merchant and merchant. A safe rule for all to follow is to leave in your town all the money you can. This will stimulate and make business good and is setting the example that every merchant should adopt himself, if he desires patronage. Leave the money you earn or make in the town where you do business.

A WASHINGTON dispatch gives areview of some of the charges in the condition of the Treasury for a year or more which presents some points of interest. It is shown, for example, that while the Treasury cash balance, including the gold reserve, decreased from about 8129,000.000 on January 1, 1893, to about $90,000,000 on January 1, 1894, it increased to §119.000,000 on August 1, 1894. The fact that an increase appears on the latter date is, of course, due to the proceeds of the bond issue, which were covered into the Treasury early in the year. The expenditures have exceeded the receipts of the government in every month since the beginning of 1893, with the exception of March, May and June, 1893, and June, 1894, and while the excess of receipts over expenditures have -been small, the excesses of expenditures over receipts have, on the other hand, been large.' Such a management of Treasury affairs has not been seen before in at least one generation and if it shall not be repeated during another, few persons will feel truly sorry.

OX DEMOCRATIC AUTHORITY. The Republican press has set up a great cackle since the House voted to accept the Senate bill. Why these high protection barn-yard fowls should make so much noise we fail to see. The passage of the Senate bill, pure and simple, would be a great step in tariff reform.—Argus-News.

The Republi-ean press has good Democratic authority for its cackling. The patron saint of the Argus-News, Grover Cleveland, in his letter to Chairman Wilson denounced the Gorman bill, and to accept it "means party perfidy and party dishonor." And Mr. Wilson in his speech in the house on the 19tli of July said: "If it be true, as stated by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson), of which I have seen myself some affirmations in the press—if it be true that the great American Sugar Trust has grown so strong and so powerful that it says that no tariff bill can pass the American Congress in which its interests are not adequately guarded if, I say, that be true, I hope this House will never consent to adjournment." Bourke Cochran, in his great speech on Monday in opposition to the proposition to surrender, said: "We are hopelessly discredited because our cowardice makes our surrender disgraceful. I desire to state here that in my humble judgment the measure which we are now asked to pass is a more obnoxious protective measure than the MeKinley act, which it is designed to supplant." Mr. Tarsney, another Democrat who declined to surrender, said: "For me to vote for it would involve personal dishonor and personal perfidy.'" Tom .Johnson, of Ohio, was grieved to part company with his Democratic colleagues, and remarked: "This bill was not the best that could have been secured. The House Had ingloriously surrendered: it had hoisted the white flag it had lowered itself to the U. S. Senate. This action meant that every woman who bought her household sugar was made an emissary to preach ag-ainst the Democratic party." The Argus-Ncivs may not be able to see it, but this is why we laugh. Every Democratic editor and platform speaker in the approaching campaign will discover that he has much to explain, everything to defend, and nothing to sustain an aggressive policy. And this is why the Republican barn-yard fowls make so much noise.

TJIE great tariff reform wave rolls on. In its mighty and restless current it will engulf Grover & Co. and the sugar trust.—Argun-News.

The "Grover & Co." mentioned by our esteemed Democratic conteinporary must be an error in typography. The Argns-Navs probably meant "Gorman IT Co.," and THEJOVRXAL has no desire to take advantage of a typographic blunder in this hour of its bereavement over the death of the late lamented Wilson bill. Besides our e. c. is too loyal a cuckoo to predict such a catastrophe to its "great and good friend," Grover. The^Irgux-Ncics is one of the few Democratic newspapers which believes that the Consecrated One in the White House can do no wrong.

THE sugar consumption of the United States on a basis of OS,000,000 people, at a per capita of G.'i pounds, is 4,420,000,000 pounds of sugar. The value of 4,420,000,000 pounds at 3 cents a pound is 8132,000,000. An ad valorem tax of 40 per cent, upon this §132.000,000 will be 853.040,000. This tax of §53,040,000 divided among the 08,000,000 consumers of sugar will be 78 cents upon each man, woman and child, or §3.90 upon each family of five persons. And this is what 43 Democratic Senators and 181 Democratic Representatives, including Brookshire. voted for when they passed the Gorman bill.

THE bill that passed Monday placing sugar, coal, iron and barbed wire on the free list are intended for pure buncombe. If the Senate would not agree to place these articles on the free list in the bill that the House voted for Monday, how can it be expected that the Senators will yield now to pass these popgun bills. Wilson and the rest of them are just now short in campaign materials and long on "party perfidy and party dishonor." These bills are only a kind of incongruous salad dressing with which the Democratic majority of the House tried to savor its dish of crow and dirt.

JOHN L. WILSON, of Washington State, got in his work last Monday in a most effective way. Just before the roll call on "bill and sale" began he arose and suggested that before calling the roll President Cleveland's letter to Chairman Wilson should be read—a suggestion that was pertinent but which was not adopted. The suggestion has the effect to put the Republicans in good humor and to add to the bad humor of the Democrats.

CONGRESSMAN TURNER, of Georgia, in replyingoto Tom Reed last Monday and in denfense of the surrender des cribed his own feelings when he re marked that he "had been compelled to eat dirt so many times that it was less nauseating now than it used be." This is but an accurate idea of the sensations of Democrats everywhere. A dish of crow and dirt is now a palatable Democratic salad.

IN his great speech last Monday in opposition to the passage of the Gorman bill by the House the eloquent Bonrlte Cochran uttered a truth that none of his Democratic colleagues dared deny, ne said:

It is proposed to establish a new tariff—a new protective tariff—"protective in spots."' What must be the necessary consequence of that? The American people, when the revival of industry comes, unit sec thcxprotccted industries more prosperous than all others. In every town this will serve as an "object lesson"' to which those who are interested in maintaining high rates of duty will point. They will declare: "Uehold the effect of Protection Protection means prosperity lower tariff taxation means adversity." You surrender the dignity and independence of the House to secure the passage of a bill which will so firmly intrench Protection in popular favor that this generation may never see another successful effort to averthrovv it.

The statement that business would first revive in those branches of industry that are best protected by the bill and the result would be advantageous to the cause of protection cannot be gainsaid.

THE sugar trust captured the Republican House and Senate long ago and holds them tightly in its clutches yet. It has also captured Gorman, Brice and Smith, and delayed greatly the passage of a tariff bill—Argus-News.

And it captured all but thirteen Democrats in the House, and every Democrat in the Senate except Hill. The fact that every Republican in the Senate and House voted against the sugar trust bill will not bear out the statement, of the Argus-News that it "holds tliem tightly in its clutches." The Democratic party is the meat upon which the sugar trust feeds.

THE Democratic party is engaged right now in an effort to throttle trusts of all kinds that threaten the life of this country.—Argus-Ncws.

Voting for and passing a bill that gives §40,000,000 to the sugar trust, §35,000.000 to the whisky trust, and a like proportion to all other trusts will hardly consist with the statement that the Democratic party is earnestly engaged in "throttling"' the trusts to any great extent. As President Cleveland said in his letter to Chairman Wilson this statement is "quite likely exaggerated."

THE difference between the Gorman bill and the MeKinley law is one of degree. If the [MeKinley law is unconstitutional, so is the Gorman bill. If the MeKinley law is a robbery, so is the Gorman bill. If the MeKinley law is a fraud, so is the Gorman bill. The bill which has just passed in many of the articles scales down the duties provided for in the MeKinley law, while in many others it scales up. Sugar is on the free listiin the MeKinley law but it is made dutiable in the Gorman bill.

HAXPKI.'L of Democrats from this county and this district took John L. Goben by the nape of the neck and pitched him headlong into the sea of obscurity. "How pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." And how beautiful is the harmony between these Democratic brethren. It is as pleasant "as the dews in the Valley of Hermon, and the oil that ran down the beard of Aaron, even unto the skirts of his srarment."

Si'EAKER Crisp and Chairman Wilson executed a shrewd flank movement on the Senate combine that they weren't looking for. —Argus-Ncws.

The "Senate combine" aremuch happier over the result than are Speaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson. The "Senate combine" informed these gentlemen three weeks ago that it was the Senate bill or nothing.

I'X'l'KIi FOUNTAIN.

We all saw Coxey. We are right in it for the reunion. John Williams is over from Indianapolis.

John Lawson was in Covington Wedneskay. Til Booe was up from Veedersburg Wednesday.

S. J. Newlin was in Covington Satnrday night. George Glascock attended the New Ross races last week.

John Stoclidale made a flying trip to Chicago last Wednesday. Miss Bettie Rusk visited her sister near Meharry's Grove Thursday.

J. C. and S. J. Newlin attended the races at Terre Haute this week. Miss Cora Campbell and Lena Newlin visited friends in Veedersburg last week.

Mrs. John Brant, of Covington,spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Miles Cooper.

Mrs. Jessie McFeely, of Smartsburg, was the guest of Mrs. Rhoda Wade last week.

Miss Edna Campbell returned home Monday after a week spent with Hattie Patten.

Misses Ida Ridge and Maggie Crane, of Covington, spent last week with Miss Jennie Beaver.

The members of the Y. P. S. C. E. were well entertained at the home of Ed Rusk Tuesday evening.

Miss Effie Culver, of Waynetown, spent a part of last week in the country with Miss Minnie Williams.

Dr. G. C. Hays experienced a runaway one day last week. Luckily no bones broken and the Dr. is again on duty.

There will be a basket meeting at Antioch next Sunday. Rev. Harvey MeBroom, of West Lebanon, will conduct the services.

Mrs. James Ward died at her home in Hillsboro Monday evening at six o'clock after a long sickness. Inter-

ment took place at Yeddo Wednesday. An aged lady who resides with the the widow of Jacob Myers south of Hillsboro. was found dead in bed Sunday morning. She in company with Mrs. Myers had attended the picnic at Veedersburg Saturday.

J. B. Stanley, of Logansport, has been giving a series of lectures at Hillsboro the past week. Quite a number have signed the pledge and there is a prospect of much good being done. On Tuesday night the meetings closed with the organization of a Good Templar's Lodge with the following officers: Deputy, D. P. Ileffner P. C. T\, Lewis Starns C. T., S. J. Newlin: V. T., M. Ida Robertson: Treasurer, Eston Summers Secretary, Isa Miller Financial Secretary, E. Bever Chaplain, Lena Wyand Marshal, T. Osborn.

•KJUtKPATRICK.

Jacob Glier's family, of Lebanon, is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Win. Nicholson became a Good Templar last Saturday night.

Horney & Hunt shipped two ears of hogs to Indianapolis Wednesday. Bert Horney and wife were in attendance at Battle Ground Sunday.

Homer Chalfant spent Sunday with Amos Carrico at Horse Shoe Lake, 111. John Stingley went to Marion last Thursday. Mr. Cole went to Frankfort.

Dr. Lofland, of Linden, was in town Friday on business and calling on friends.

Horney & Hunt shipped a doubledecked carload of sheep to Chicago Monday.

Our railroad agent sold 28 tickets for the Marion Soldiers' Home excursion Wednesday.

Frank Horney and family started for a visit to relatives at Alger, Ohio, on Wednesday

George Chizlim has sold his farm to M. B. Shelby and has purchased the farm of E. Axtell.

Kashner it Bowers, of Darlington, shipped a load of stock from here to Indianapolis Friday.

Wm. Halstead. wife and daughter. Mrs. F. E. Morin, are spending a season resting and fishing at Riverside.

J. W. Wilson, Grace Gray, Dr. Brown, wife and son Willie, attended camp meeting at Battle Ground Sunday. heese Slauter, of Clark's Hill, was in towu 1 uesday delivering a carload of coal to parties he had sold to some time ago.

We are well pleased with the editor's decision evneerning the correspondents' meeting, Aug. 29, the day of Sells Bros.' show. We can kill ttwo birds with one stone. "We'll be thar."

OFFIEL.

Mrs. John Steel was forty years old Saturday of last week. Her husband and friends planned and carried out an agreeable surprise on her. Ice cream and cake were furnished in abundance to the large crowd in attendance. and all departed at a late hour, wishing the good lady many returns of the memorable day.

SlIAXNONIJALi: Booher is still on the sick

Frank

list. Miss May Camden is slowly improving.

lce cream snpper

There will be an here Friday night. James Horn, of Hillsboro, was to see his father this week.

Eliza Ham has been dangerous ill for the last few days. Doctor Bronaugh is attending the Terre Haute races this week.

There were a good many from here attended the debate at Advance. The infant child of Frank Lafollette died the (5tli and was buried the 8th.

Several of the young men from here attended the New Ross races last week.

Etta Hays and Anna Ham returned home Thursday after a week's visit at Clark's Hill.

Quite a number of young folks of this community have been spending a few days at the Shades,

For my part I think the suggestion the editor made in regard to the reunion being held the 29th would be all right. Now, Mr. McCain has set the time and place so we should abide by his decision.

COLFAX.

A. C. McKinsey was in Thorntown Friday. F. M. Goldsberry, Goldie and Benny were in Lafayette Wednesday.

Mrs. Ida Noble and-familyof Indian apolis, is visiting relatives here. Miss Katie Goble, of Waynetown, is visiting friends here this week.

Miss Bessie Allison, of Clark's Hill, spent Sunday with her parents here. A Mr. Beard, of Fickle Station, has moved in the corner brick in old town.

Robert Milburn and daughter Maud, of Manson, were in town Wednesday. Joseph Stunkard has bought a lot in Newtown and is building a residence

Miss Katie Scanlon, of Clark's Hill visited at Mrs. Lenliam's Wednesday Quite a number from here attended the old settlers' meeting at Sugar Plains.

G. C. Ilarbaugh and wife were in

of Upper

Mr. and Mrs. Will Everson Ofiiel, are sick. A number of young people are enjoying life at the Wilhite cabin.

Joseph GohmanJ with his best girl, of New Richmond, were here Tuesday night.

Some of the young people were disappointed in their hopes of going to the Shades Sunday.

Mrs. Miller, of this place, and Mrs. A1 Pair, of Crawfordsville, attended the funeral of Mrs. Copelan at New Richmond Sunday.

Miss Annie Gohman came from Cincinnati ou Tuesday in time to assist in surprising her brother, Theodore, on his fortieth birthday.

We are in favor of meeting our fellow scribes and THE JOCRNAI, force on Aug 29tli as spoken of by our editor in last week's JOURNAL.

Even Mr. Durham passed down the creek fishing last Tuesday. Now, we think if (leu. Manson would come out for a picnic we. would have most all the noted persons of Crawfordsville visited our beautiful valley.

E. D. Stephenson and wife who have been visiting here last week, returned home Wednesday..

Swamp College, for pity's sake don't thresh as long as you plowed corn this summer and spring.

Sam Jenkins went to Frankfort Sunday, and as Swamp College would say, went to see his lady love.

Miss Ilattie Sehooley, of Thorntown, spent Monday here visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Payne.

Mrs. Kate Shannon, of Clark's Hill, and Mrs. Mollie Dun, ol' Indianapolis, visited relatives here Wednesday.

Main street was the scene of another great battle. James Leslie filled up 011 tangle foot and proceeded to do up his better half when the marshal was called in and Jim was yanked up before a Justice and fined the enormous sum of §5.

AVAV ULAN I.

H. E. Pratt has gone back to the barber trade. Two of Wm. Milligan's children have the scarlet fever.

The school house walks are having a fresh coat of gravel. A Japanese -gave an interesting lecture at the hall Tuesday night.

N. J. Glover is having his house remodeled from trop to bottom. Waveland and Bonkhouse played ball here Wednesday, Waveland winning.

Wm. Durham and Ban Wasson, of Crawfordsville, attended the funeral of Lee Wasson Tuesday.

COMING SOON! COMING SURE! Wednesday, August 29.

There has been a good deal of new building iand modernizing old buildings here this summer.

Tom Ball, Bert Kritz, Ed Scott and wife and George Dillman and wife are camping at the Shades.

Ye editors of THE JOURNAL have most happily suggested the day for the reunion, the 29th of August, for every correspondent wants to see the elephant.

The postoffice has a new delivery window. We know of but one improvement made by the Democratic administration and that is in the keeping of the postoffice at this place.

Lee Wasson died Monday at 12 o'clock of typhoid fever. He was playing ball last Friday a week when he w&s struck on the temple by a ball, which probably hastened his death. He was 0 IS years old with a very promising future before him. The funeral was held at the M. E. church, conducted by A. C. Geyer. The remains were laid to rest in the new cemetery.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH,

SELLS BROTHERS'

Enormous United Railroad Shows

Augmented by all that is Great, Grand and Gorgeous. A Cyclone of Success. The Big Half Dollar Show has Lowered Its Price Within the Reach of All.

Cents Admits to Combined Shows Qn Circus, Menagerie & Hippodrome ZD

A Remarkable Record Breaker. Thousands Turned Away at Every Performance. Colossal Three-Ring Circus. Royal Roman Hippodrome Sports, Huge Elevated Stages, 50-Cage Menagerie, Gladiatorial Combats, African Aquarium, Australian Aviary, Arabian Caravan, Spectacular

Pageants and Trans-Pacific Wild Beast Exhibit.

Crawfordsville, Wednesday, Aug. 29.

Frankfort Sunday visiting friends and relatives. Miss Emma Dawson, of Fremont. Iowa, is visiting at W. E. Dawson's this week.

Presenting Every Act and all New Features as Represented, Embracing all of the Celebrities of the Arenic World. 200 Startling Acts in Three Separate Rings and Two Elevated Stages. It has all the Great Equestriennes, Equestrians, 30-Horse Riders, Educated

Jlorses, Trained Ponies, Performing Elephants, Trained Seals and Sea Lions. Trained Hippopotami, Trained Storks, Rooster Orchestra, Com ical Clowns, Jolly Jesters, Gladiators, Jockeys, Charioteers, Bicyclists, Leapers, Dancers, in fact, all the champion performers of America and Europe Grouped in an

Unprecedented Programme.

SELLS BROTHERS' BIG SHOW OF THE WORLD

Is the Generous Master of the Situation.

Progressive, Perpetual, Popular Peerless, Princely, Pre=Eminent.

Wait for It! See It! Don't Miss It! It's Like Is Not On Earth!

Grand, Glorious Free Street Parade at 10 0'Clock A. M,

On the Day of the Exhibition. Two Performances Daily at 2 and S p. 111.

Cents Admits to the Combined Shows Circus, Menagerie and Hippodrome. 0

Seating Capacity 12.000. Everybody Provided With a Seat. Special Excursion Kates on All Lines of Travel. Branch Ticket Office at

COTTON & RIFE'S DRUG STORE.

The People's Exchange.

m-M:,

$40

EXPENSES

piiitl good salesmen. Sternly em

ployment. the year round. Sure success to good workers. Address Die Assurity Nursery Co., Geneva, X. Y. [Mention this paper.!

FOR 8ALK.

IJ^OK

SALE—A mastiff male dog, six months old. Call on or address J. T. Miller, Darlington. Iud. d8-7 wS-lS

INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.

The Live Stock Market. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16.

CATTLE—tfecelpts250 head. (Shipmentslight. Export and shipping cattle we iuote: Good to choice shipping steers, $4.00® 4.50

Medium to good shipping steerB, Common to fair steers Choice feeding steers Fair to medium feeding steers.. Common to good stockers

HOGS—Receipts 3,000 head. 2,000 head. We quote: Good to choice medium and heavy$5.40(g.5.f.5 Mixed and heavy packing 5.20(a,5.4u Good to choice lightweights 5.40© 5.CO Common lightweights. [email protected] Pigs 4.(j0fi5.25 Houghs 4.0u

SHEEP—Receipts "J0 head. Shipments light. Choice to extra lambs 83.25(3,3.50 Common to good lamhs [email protected] Gocd to choice sheep 2.50©2.75 Fairto medium sheep 1.7503.25 Common sheep 50©1.50

Tlie Grain Market.

WHEAT—Quiet, No. 2 red 48c bid. No. 3 red 45c, wagon wheat, 48c. CORN—Steady No. 1 white 55c: No. 2 white 55c, No.3 white, 55c. No.4 white 52c. No. 2 white mixed 52J4c. No.3 white mixed 52c.No. 4 .white mixed 50c. No. 2 yellow 52c, No. 3 yellow 52c, No. 4 yellow 5lic. No. 2 mixed 51V6C, No. 3 mixed 51^e, No, 4 mixed, 50c, ear 50c.

OATS—Weak No. 2 white 33£c. No. 3 white 31^e, No. 2 mixed 30c, No. 3 mixed 29c, rejected 27@30c.

R*E—No* 2 40c car, 35c wagon lot. BRAN—812.75. HAY—Choice timothy 810.50, No. 1 810.00 No. 2J 89.00, No. 1 prairie 80.00. mixed, 87.00, clover 87.00.

Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Eggs—Fresh, per dozen, 10c. Live Poultry—Hens, 7c a pound springs 1894 8 cocks, 3o turkey hens, 5c: toms, 3c ducks, oc: geese, full feathered,84.00 per dozen for fancy large.

Local Markets.

Crawfordsville dealers were paying the following prices for produce on Thursday: Wheat per bushel 48 Corn 00/a^o Oats, new Uyg OO Timothy Hav [email protected] Navy Beans Lard per pound WS» Butter Chickens per dozen 2.00®2.50 Country hams 8@10 Side meat 7 Eggs 2 8houlders Best quality wool 1=