Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 11 January 1895 — Page 7

LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

SOME SPECULATION ABOUT THE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.

Denison House Lobby a Scene of Turmoil. A Banquet That Will Not Come Off. The Apportionment Bills—Jackson Day

Banquet.

[Special Correspondonce.]

INDIANAPOLIS, Jau. 8.—It is possible now to come pretty near sizing up the situation as it will stand on the first ballot for speaker. Merritt will have the Twelfth and Thirteenth districts, with a few scattering votes elsewhere. Adams will have nearly all of the votes of the Seventh district and a following in the Sixth, Ninth, Eighth and Tenth. Stutesman will have the Eleventh district, with scattering votes in the Ninth and Tenth. Holloway will have the First district solid and Cardwill is certain to get most of the Third. The Second will divide between Allen and Willonghby, and both will get some outside votes. The Fifth will divide between Remy and Moore, and the latter will draw some strength from the Eighth, as two counties of his joint .district lie in that territory. Newhouse will have most of the Fourth, while Stakebake and Hunter will get their votes from their respective districts, the Sixth and Ninth. Leedy will get some votes in the Tenth and some in the Seventh. The candidates will start in with followings ranging from one to 23 votes, and I predict that there will be at least three or four ballots, with a fair possibility of a long fight.

All other legislative questions, usually discussed in hotel lobbies, are now swallowed up in the all-absorbing contest over the speakership. There has been no diminution in the number of announced candidates. The friends of J. C. Adams of Marion declare with a great deal of confidence that their man has a "sure thing," but for the life of me I can't figure him out with more than 20 votes on the first ballot, and subsequent ballots are always more or less problematical. The successful man must have 42 votes in the caucus, and no candidate will have anywhere near that number to start with. Mr. Adams has declared to me that if W. H. Leedy, the second Marion county candidate, gets any other vote outside of his own in the delegation from this county then he (Adams) is willing to withdraw. The impression is very general that there will be some effort at a combination of the candidates from the rest of the state. As yet, however, nothing in that direction has taken shape. But it is asserted that unless something of that sort develops Marion county will carry off the plum. A great many keen political managers and manipulators in the state are in the Adams "push," aud they will spare no efforts to land their man.

The senate is strongly for him, and thereby hangs a little tale about the date of the house caucus. A few days ago one of the senators gave a local reporter the information that the senatorial caucus would be held on Tuesday night and that of the house on the next evening, and the programme was so printed. The senator was all right on the date of the senatorial meeting, but he had no authority to set the time for the house. Most of the members of the latter body are impatient of anything like dictation by the senate and prefer to have their caucus at some time when the senators would be too busy to interfere. Accordingly when enough of them arrived on the ground they set about to overturn this scheme by circulating a petition calling the house caucus for Tuesday evening, the same time as the senatorial caucus.

The Denison House lobby is a scene of turmoil. Not only do all the legislators make it their loafing-place, but the aspirants for minor places and their friends are there in force. It seems to be a settled fact that R. B. Oglesbee of Plymouth will be the secretary of the senate. He is the only candidate for any of the minor offices that has no opposition. For assistant secretary D. H. Olive of Lebanon and W. S. Ennes of Princeton are in the field. Mr. Olive was said to have enough assurances to elect him until it was asserted that he was to be appointed to the land department by Auditor Daily. That fact has made his canvass a little more difficult. R. E. Mansfield, secretary of the state Lincoln league, whose name was sprung by his friends for assistant clerk of the house, promptly appeared on the scene and announced that he would not enter the race. There are a whole regiment of candidates for doorkeepers of the two houses, as well as for the smaller jobs, and their success or failure will depend largely upon luck and circumstanoes in the caucus.

The question of a banquet has been agitating the Republican as well as the Democratic mind for the past few weeks. About a month ago it was suggested that the Lincoln league give a big spread on the occasion of its annual meeting on Feb. 12, and last Thursday the district managers met at the Denison to consider the matter. It was a free-for-all gathering, and all Republicans who happened to be about were invited to join in the discussion. The proposition for a banquet was warmly opposed by R. M. Seeds, W. H. Leedy and Union B. Hunt of Winchester, and just as warmly upheld by J. J. Wingate of Shelbyville, J.. J. Higgins of Terre Haute and W. H. Ripley of Indianap olis. The motion that a banquet .be given was finally lost and the preliminaries of the annual meeting were left in the hands of a special committee of five.

The indications are that the making of the congressional apportionment will lie largely in the hands of the house oommittee on apportionment. The house will probably accept without question tftie legislative apportionment bill which Senator Wishard will present. It is not very greatly interested in this anyhow, as there will be comparatively few joint representative districts. But the senators are intensely interested, as nearly all the senatorial districts are likely to be affected more or less. In return for the courtesy in accepting a iegislative

bill originating in the senate, the house will expect the upper body to accept the congressional bill prepared by its committee. _***_

Senator Boyd is said to have a new fee and salary bill ready to introduce as soon as the senate begins business. It is a remodeling of the present law, with the changes based partly upon population and partly upon the amount of business done by the various officials of each county. Senator Boyd believes he has cured all alleged inequalities, but he will doubtless find half the officials in the state demanding more as soon as the details of his bill become known. "l believe," said one of the prominent members of the house yesterday, "that the county officers would fare a great deal better without a lobby than with one this year. It will only irritate the members and do more harm than good. There is a disposition to treat them fairly, and if let alone the legislature is apt to do a lot better by them than it will under the pressure of an effort to control its action."

The county officers, however, have gone ahead with their organization and have their plans all laid for an active campaign. Their executive committee held a three days' session at Logansport last week, at which it drafted a bill which the lobby will try to get through. At this session the following officers of the association were elected: President, H. C. Wyand, clerk of Fountain county; secretary, G. M. Fountain, clerk of St. Joseph county treasurer, Edmund Johnson, clerk of Madison county.

Governor Matthews after about two weeks' work has finished his message, which will be read in both houses as soon as they are fully organized. The message is a bulky document and gives a pretty thorough review of the operations of the state government during the past two years. The governor congratulates the assembly upon the excellent condition of state finances. He praises very highly the management of the state institutions under the present boards and calls attention to the recommendations of the state board of charities for two new intermediate institutions for the care of the mildly insane and the first offenders in crime. He reviews the history of the great coal and railroad strikes of last summer and recommends a larger military appropriation and a more extensive establishment of the state militia. He commends very highly the discipline and loyalty of the troops who "fit into the war" at Shelburn and at Hammond. Then he dives into the question of winter racing at Roby and tells the legislature that this disgrace to the state ought to be wiped out. For this purpose ho strongly commends a bill whicn has been prepared by Attorney General Ketcham forbidding winter racing, prizefighting and certain other brutal sports and conferring upon the governor full power to enforce the provisions of the act where the local authorities fail to do so within a reasonable time.

The Roby people have begun their campaign by sending to the members an anonymous circular defending the racetrack and declaring that it has no connection with the old prizefighting organization.

Within three or four days after the legislature meets the Republican majority in the senate will probably be increased by one. In the Huntington and Wells district J. W. Rineer was declared elected over Adam Foust, on the face of the returns, by a margin of 49 votes. Foust was the Republican nominee and Rineer the Democratic. Foust's attorneys have prepared papers for a contest, setting forth certain alleged irregularities, which, if sustained by the evidence, will throw out more than enough votes to unseat Rineer and seat his Republican opponent. It is not likely that the Republicans will miss this opportunity to gain a holdover senator and thus increase their prospects for a majority on joint ballot two years hence, when a United States senator is to be elected.

When a party of 25 or 30 young Republicans gathered at the Bates House early in December and spent an evening in discussing lines of party policy the event created something of a furore. It was stated in some quarters that this meant the pushing aside of some of the older party leaders, and in others that the assemblage had political significance of another character. A special committee was appointed that evening to call another meeting in the near future. This committee met at the Denison House on Monday and decided to call the next conference about the time of the Lincoln league in February. _***_

One of the most inexplicable things about politics is that geography should be such a factor in nominating conventions and in the disposition of appointive offices. It never cuts any figure in elections, aud yet this matter of geographical location has knocked out many of the brightest and best men in public life.

Both the house and senate contain a very large proportion of young men this year. It was a fact often noted and commented upon during the campaign that more young men were participating than ever before.

When the senate committees were being made up a peculiar blunder arose from the fact that the committee in charge of the work was not informed as to the occupations of the various members. Senator Gostlin of Lake and Porter counties had expressed no preference for any particular committee. He has been a successful distiller for a number of years, but does not believe in mixing his business and his politics. Therefore, when the caucus met to approve the selection of committees he was astounded to hear his name read at the head of the committee on temperance, Gostlin protested at once and explained that it would be a difficult matter for a distiller to accomplish much for the cause of temperance. His appointment, he believed, would be taken as a direct slap by the temperance element of the party. Tke caucus saw the' point at once and Senator Gostlin was relieved his place being supplied with Senator McManus, the poet-politician from La grange, one of fne strongest temperance counties in the state' UNO,

THE NEW TARIFF

NEW TARIFF.

279. On flocks, mungo, shoddy, garnetted, waste and carded waste and carbonized noils or carbonized wool, 10 p. c. ad valorem, and on wool of the sheep, hair of ihe camel, goat, alpaca, or other like animals, in the form of roving, roping or tops, 20 p. c. ad valorem.

280. On woollen and worsted yarns made wholly or in part of wool worsted, the hair of the camel, goal, alpaca, or other animals, valued at not more than 40c. per lb.. 30p.c. ad valorem; valued at more than 40c. per lb.. 45 p. c. ad valorem.

281. On knit fabrics, and all fabrics made on knitting machines or frames, not Including wearing apparel. and on shawls made wholly or in part of wool, worsted. the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals. valued at not exceeding 40c. per lb., 35 p. c. ad valorem; valued at more than 40c. per lb., 40 p. c. ad valorem.

282. On blankets, hats of wool and fiannels for underwear and felts for printing machines, composed wholly or in part of wool, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca or other animals, if valued at not more than 30c. per lb.. 25 p. c. ad valorem; valued at more than 30c. and not more than 40c. per lb., 30 p. c. ad valorem; valued at more than 40c. per lb., 35 p. c. ad valorem; provided, that on blankets over three yards in length the same

Wool Dress Goods

50 pieces half wool Cashmere in Browns. Tans, Greys, Greens, Blue and Black former value was 121/2c, in this sale ................................................$.06 1=4 25 pieces Fancy Illuminated Novelty Suitings, beautiful colorings; real value 25c, choice.....................16 2=3 8 pieces Henrietta cloth, fine finish and twill, not all shades; worth 35c, to close quick..............................16 2=3 25 pieces-English Cashmere, good line of shades, the usual 25c kind, in this sale........................................14 All wool Serges and all wool siik finished Henriettas, 40 inches wide, in good assortment of colors worth 50c yard, choice in this sale....................................25 50 pieces extra fine, all wool Henriettas and Serges, 40 to 44 inches wide in all staple and fancy shades, worth 50c, 60c and 65c per yd, your choice in this sale at........................................................37 1=2 All wool French Serges, 48 inch, in all shades and black, actual value $1.00, at.............................................57 1=2 54-inch Storm Serges, broad wales, in all colors, worth $1 a yard, in this sale.............................................59 10 pieces Camels Hair, fancy mixture, worth 75c choice at........................................................................37 1=2 39 pieces 38 and 40 inch-Black Novelty Weave, all wool, silk finish suitings, value up to 81.25, choice of this lot........................................................................50 Full line of shades and black in the genuine Frederich Arnold's all wool, silk finish Henriettas. We are the sole agents for this county. They cannot be bought outside our store and our price has been $1 for 46 inch and 80c for 40 inch. In this sale prices will be 671/2c and............................................57 1=2 On Priestly black goods, for which we are sole agents, as well as all other Wool Dress Stuffs not mentioned above we will give discount of 25 per cent.

Silk Department.

30 pieces Moire Silks in all stylish shades, worth $1.00 and $1.25 yard, choice for 4 pieces Self Figured Habutai Silk in black, 4 designs, worth $1.00 and $1.25 yard, choice 28 pieces Black Moire Silks, lengths 8 to 21 yards, worth $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 per yard, also 2 piec«s Black Faille Silk, 24 inch wide regular price $1.00, choice of this lot Come quick or you will miss this bargain. 24 inch Black Satin 24 inch Black Armures worth $1.25 yd. choice 24 inch Black Pean DeSoie 20 inch Black Satin Rhadamer worth 85c yard, in this sale Lot 1.—Printed Chinas, black and colored grounds, worth 25c to 35c, choice Lot 2.—Printed China Silks, black and colored grounds worth 50c yard, choice Lot 3.—Fine printed Chinas, black aud colored grounds worth (50c to 75c, choice Lot 4.—Art Printed China Silks, best $1.00 quality choice in this sale

Hosiery and Underwear

Infants' Black Cashmere Hose worth 20c, for Ladies' Red, all wool, Hose worth 25c, for Men's Red, all wool, Half Hose worth 25c. for.... Ladies'black Ribbed,all wool Hose, worth 25c, 35c, Misses'black, all wool Hose,all sizes 25c, 35c, Men's black English Cashmere, Hose worth 35c, Ladies' Extra Fine all wool Hose, in Black Boys' Extra Heavy all wool Hose. Infants' Fine Black Cashmere Hose Regular prices 40c to 50c, choice Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Union Suits, in all sizes Camel's Camel's Hair Vests and Pants Men's Ladies' Hair Shirts and Drawers, non-shrinkable, all wool regular price has been $J .00, any garment Men's extra fine Jersey Ribbed Shirts and Drawers regular price (35c, only About five dozen Men's Skirts and Drawers in white and grey, odd sizes worth 50c Children's Heavy Cotton Underwear, Shirts, Pants and Drawers

Sizes i8t 20, 22, 24, 26,28, Worth 25c & 30c. 35c & 40c.

Present Price 15c.

Our business is not making political speeches nor writing political essays. We do not print morals nor say "I told you so." Onr business is selling Dry Goods and Notions as cheaply as we can many times for less than other merchants will sell them to you, and always with the view of making as much money from our business as possible. We have just completed the most prosperous year of our business life. We have sold goods with a smaller percentage of profit than in rormer years, but have increased our sales so much without increase of capital, or in other words turned our stock so manj more times that our net profits are more than any previous year. This vast output of merchandise has enabled us to show only the latest styles and sell them quickly without the necessity of carrying over large quantities to be sold at or be*ow cost at the end of the season. In fact we make money on almost every item even in our Cut Price Sales, because many of the grandest bargains we have offered were bought for the occasion for cash at prices that would enable us to sell them for ess than our competitors and yet make us a very good profit. This is our idea of profitable merchandising

Perhaps you have noticed we have always given good reasons for every special offering we have made. Circumstances have again made it possible for us to offer some grand bargains in fact the best bargains we have ever offered. Some of the items are from our regular stock and these we sell at cost or less that they may conform to others that we lave just bought for this sale.

THIS IS THE CAUSE

Text of the Textile Schedule of the Senate Bill— With the New Rates. SCHEDULE K—Wool and Manufactures of Wool.

!m'kinley tariff.

30c. per lb. on woollen rags, inungo and llocks, 10c. per lb. roping, roving and tops, times th' raw wool duty aud 40 10 50 p. c. ad valorem.

Yarns valued at 30c. per lb.. 27J^c. ner lb. and 35 p. c. ad valorem valued not more than 40c. per lb., 33c. rer lb. and 35 p. c. ad valorem valued over 40c. per lb., 38J4c. per lb. and 40 p. c. ad valorem. Value not exceeding 30c. per lb., 33c. ner lb. and 40 p. c. ad valorem value not exceeding 40o. per lb., 38V&C. per lb. and 40 p. c. ad valorem: value above 40c. per lb., 44c. pur lb. and 50 p. c. ad valorem. Value not more than 30c. per IK, 2C^c. per lb. and 30 p. c. ad valorem value not more than 40c. per lb., 22c. per lb. and 35 p. c. ad valorem value not more than 50e. per lb., 33c. per lb. and 35 p. c. ad valorem blankets and hats of wool valued more than 50 per lis..

085.

A careful comparison of the above will reveal a reduction of about 29 per cent in the cost of goods mentioned. Of course Free Traders will emphasize the good points of the bill and Protectionists will point out the disadvantages without altering facts or convincing the other of their error, with all of which we have nothing to do. Our business is to protect you one and all with the following prices. It will be noticed that in many instances our cut is far more than 29 per cent, we more than protect,

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SPECIAL MOTICE—During this Bale we will sell for Cash only, orders or railroad fares from the small towns during this tale.

"THE Bid STORE"

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NRW TARIFF.

duties shall be paid as on woollen und worsted cloths and on tlaunels weighing over four ounces per sq. yd., the same duties as on dress goods.

283, On women's and children's dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloth, bunting or goods of similar description or character, and on all manufactures, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca or other animals, including such as have India rubber as a component material, and not specially provided for In this act, valeed al not over 50c. por lb., 40 p. c. ad valorem valued at more than 50c. por 11)., 50 p. c. ad valorem.

All wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, lis, and all wool and hair on

alpaca, and other like anitnat .... the skin, noils, yarn wrste, card waste, bur waste, stubbing waste, roving waste, ring waste, and all waste or rags composed whollv or in part of wool, all the foregoing not otherwise herein provided for. FltKK.

297. The reduction of the rates of duty hero rrovldod for manufactures of wool shall take elfoct JANUAltY l. 1895.

Blankets and Flannels.

100 white and grey Cotton Blankets.

49 All wool Scarlet Blankets, worth $3 per pair... 27 White and grey Woolen Blankets, worth $2.50 to $3.50 per pair 15 Scarlet, grey and plaid Blankets, worth $3.50 to $4.00 per pair 17 White, red, grey and plaid blankets, worth $4.50 to $5.00 per pair choice

Bed Comforts worth 50c

Bed Comforts worth 85c.

Bed Comforts worth $1.00 and $1.25.

Home made Comforts worth $2.00...

Home made Comforts?'fine Satine, worth $2.50 Ladies' large size all-wool Skirt Patterns, worth 75c Ladies' full size all wool Skirt Patterns, extra heavy, worth $1.00 7 pieces All wool and Union Flannels in Scarlet, grey mixed, etc., worth 20c and 25c per yard 0 pieces Extra Fine all wool llannels in Grey, Blue and Brown mixed, Scarlet, Navy, etc. worth 35 and 40c

Gloves and Mittens

Wash Stuffs

000 pair Ladies' extra fine All wool Cashmere Gloves, Navy and Brown, worth 50c pair

Ladies' Yarn Mittens worth 15c

-McKinley Duties Compared

53 pairs Men's Heavy Leather and Woolen Gloves and Mittens worth 50c to 75c, choice 12 button length Ladies' Undressed Kid Gloves in Tans, Browns and Black worth $1.25 Ladies damaged Kid Gloves all sizes, Black, ®niy the $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 qualities choice Men's genuine Foster lacing Kid Gloves, all sizes Browns and Tans warth $1.50, choice

30-inch Cotton Covert Cloths worth 15c

Domestics.

25 pieces Light and Dark ground Percales worth 12% and 10c ItjO pieces Windsor Pongee Prints, fa^t color black grounds with neat colored figures have sold in this city at 8.%c, our price was 7c: choice

Good light and da rk ground I'rints. per yard

Best White ground Shirting Prints, per yard All our best Prints, Simpson black. Turkey red, fancy colors: all at

Good Apron Ginghams, per yard

Best Apron Ginghams (Amoskeags), per yard

Good quality Check Shirtings worth 5c per yd...

Fine quality Domets, extra heavy worth 7c, per yd

Hrown and Grey Canton Flannels worth 8}tfc ,« per yard lixtry heavy Unbleached Canton •Flannels sold at 10c and 12/^c per yard

30-inch Brown Muslin worth 5c: per yard

K1NLEY TARIFF.

38^e. por lb. and 40 p. o. ad va loroin.

Value not exceeding 15o. sq. yard, 7c. per sq. yard nud 40 p. c. ad valorem value exoeedlng IGo. sq. yd., Ho. per sq. yard 50 p. o. ad valorom llannels weighing over 4 ounces to sq. yard, 44e. per lb. and 50 p. c. ad vrlorein.

IVool, first class, 11*. por lb., 2d class, 12c. peril). 3d class, 32 p. o. ad valorem, not exceeding 13o (per lb., but exceeding l.'Jo.) 50 c. ad valorem. Nolls, yarn, waste etc., 30c. per lb.

Pspperell Brown Muslin, worth 7c, per yard .. .04 0-4

Farmers' Choice Bleach Muslin, worth 7^c, per yd .0 0

Masonville, Fruit of Loom, and Lonsdale Bleach Muslin

9-4 Brown Sheeting, sold at 15c per yard at

Positively nothing charged to anyone. We also cannot pay postage or expqeaealge on mail

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127-129 Main St., Crawfordsville, Ind.