Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 14 August 1896 — Page 7

W. C. HESSLE R, DENTIST,

Office over Western Unton Telegraph office opposite postoiflcy.

MONEY TO LOAN

With payments to suit, the borrower. Interest the very lowest. Klther real estate 01 personal security accepted. Good rioter caflhed. All Inquiries cheerfully answered.

C. W. BURTON.

Office over Mat Kline, the Jeweler.

J.C. McCORniCK, DENTIST

Teeth Extracted and Filled Without Pain. Bridge Work, Gold Crowns and Plates. Has moved to No. 207V4 East Main Street, formerly the Dr. McMecban Oflice.

PLENTY OF MONEY

TO LOAN

On mortgage becurity, 6 to 8 per cent, according to quality of loan.

4. C. JENNISON, Abstracter.

DR. W. T. GOTT.

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Estate of Stebbins Quick, deceased j»(TOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice Is hereby triven that the undersigned has been appointed and duly qualified as administrator of the estate of Stebbins Quick, late of Montgomery county. Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent,

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Dated Aug. 8,1896-3t Administrator.

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The Chicago Chronicle

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Democratic Newspaper. It Is Not Republican, It Is Not Mugwump,

It Is Not Populist.

It maintains the Ipemocracy of Jefferson. Jackson, and Tilden, believing it to b*the salvation of the Republic. It is therefore opposed to Socialism, Free-Silverism and Repudtatlonism.

No dollar Is too Rood for an American. Sample copies free. Address.

THE CHRONICLE.

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CAPTAIN ELI F. RITTER ELOQUENTLY ADVOCATES REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.

Extracts From a Speech Delivered at the Opening of the Campaign at Greencastle, Indiana,

Captain Eli P. Hitter of Indianapolis delivered the first speech, of the campaign at Greencastle, Ind., on the evening of July 31.

The closest attention was given for an hour and a half to the speaker and to his exposition of sound and sensible money ideas. Captain Hitter has a strong following over the state, and ho has never been accused of anything but earnestness and sincerity in any position ho takes.

Among Mr. Hitter's hearers were a number of prominent Democrats and heretofore Prohibitionists.

Captain Ritter began with a review of the present condition of business affairs, alluding to the widespread interest of the people in politics and pleading for a dispassionate consideration of the questions at issue. "The question before us," said the speaker, "is presented in the proposition that the United States government, by an act of congress, shall proceed with the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 with gold, independent of the action of any other government. The production of silver has been so phenomenally large for several years in this country that the market demand for silver metal has been glutted. Silver miners and owners of silver metal are fully at liberty to go into the markets of the world with their product and sell at the highest price. These men have examined the markets of the world and cannot dispose of their metal, and because they cannot Bell their silver at

all,

for

a

or cannot sell it

satisfactory price, we find this

combination leading great hosts of men in an effort to force the United States government to make them a market by an act of congress at a time when it cannot use their production in its own market, or anywhere else, yet they propose to compel tliis government to coin and use silver at a greater price than it is worth in any market on the face of the earth. There is a determination expressed, and in violent terms, to compel the government to enter upon the unlimited free coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold. This presents the question I shall attempt to discuss on this occasion. This can be and is often made a discussion so complicated with figures and fractions and extracts from the history of the world's financial transactions that it gets beyond the comprehension of us common people. Let us see if we cannot find a few plain, simple rules and facts upon which we can act with intelligence and confidence. I shall not attempt to exhaust the subject neither shall I make pretense of profound learning upon the subject. "The United States government, in 1702, when the government was about three years old, was called upon to act upon this question. Alexander Hamilton is recognized by all students as the greatest financier the nation had at that time, and perhaps has ever had up to this day. As our constitution had provided that the government should coin gold and silver, the question then arose, at what ratio it should be coined. Hamilton carefully examined the commercial value of each in the markets of the world, and declared that the substantial relation of the two metals then stood of about the ratio of 15 ounces of silver to 1 Ounce of gold, and he favored the coinage of the metals upon that ratio.

Jefferson's Views.

"Washington and Jefferson and other great men of that day investigate that question and reached the same conclusion-^! quote Jefferson's language. He said: 'The proportion between the values of gold and silver is a mercantile problem altogether. Just principles will lead us to disregard legal proportions altogether and inquire into the market price of gold in the several countries with which we shall principally be connected in commerce, and take the average of them.' The government began the coinage of these two metals at that time upon that ratio. Those great and good men, all of them, made one mistake in that action, the first in the history of our government on that question, in that they undertook to fix au inflexible ratio and adhere to it for the coinage of these two metals. That action worked badly. It drova gold out of the country so seriously'had the workings of this action disturbed the financial affairs of the nation that in 1806, 14 years after this policy had been established, Thomas Jefferson, seeing the mistake, as president of the United States, by an execu-. tive order to meet an emergency in the absence of congress, stopped the coinage of silver. Our government proceeded upon the order of Jefferson in tiffs regard until 1834, when congress passed an act changing the ratio of coinage to 16 to 1. To this action Jackson, Calhoun and Benton, and the Democratic leaders of the day, gave their full support. The reason that controlled Jefferson in stopping the coinage of silver was because silver, in the market of the world, was not worth what the actidn of the government made it worth in coining it at 15 to 1—that is, 15 ounces of silver, at that time, in the market were not worth one ounce of gold. The reason that controlled congress in the act of 1834 in providing for the coinage of silver at 16 to 1 was because that was about the ratio of tho

two metals in their commercial relation at that time. From the time that Jefferson stopped the coinage of silver iu 1806 to 1836 no silver was coined by our government. The act of 1793 overvalued silver and drove away or into concealment the gold. The act of 1834 overvalued gold and drove away or into concealment the silver. Prom 1834 till 1878 we had 110 silver, except subsidiary coin—that is, pieces less than a dollar. During the war, under the emergencies, greenbacks and national bank paper went into circulation and for several- years we had no gold or silver in circulation, only paper, from the greenbacks down to scrip. During that period, especially at its beginning, many party leaders, conspicuous among whom was Daniel W. Voorhees, cried aloud for gold and denounced greenbacks as rag money prophesied that such stuff would become wholly worthless that the government's credit and business generally would be ruined by that action of the government and that we were rushing into the hands of bondholders, capitalists and bankers. That cry was more than 80 years ago. These men proved to be false prophets. After the war, in the '70's, came a loud cry from all over the land for greenbacks and paper money, irredeemable paper money, to be issued by the government and lots of it so that we might be relieved from the hard times and the pressure upon us. Now the land is filled with the clamor for silver, denouncing gold and sneering at paper money.

A Sound Proposition.

"The proposition I ask you to consider is a sound proposition, safe for this day, for any day in the past and for any day in the future. It is this. That the United States government shall proceed to coin and put in circulation by every proper means, gold and silver, at a proper ratio, and paper money. We need them all the gold, the silver and the paper. We hear very much angry talk and declarations against the act of 1873 upon this subject. It seems to give the greatest relief to many persons to call it !the crime of 1873.' The truth of history is that this act was a revision of all the currency acts of the government up to that date—a most carefully prepared act, by John J. Knox, then deputy controller of the currency, and presented to the senate of the United States by George S. Boutwell, then secretary of the treasury. The bill was most carefully considered and acted upon. This measure is more extensively misrepresented and misunderstood by the masses of people than any measure I ever knew. I dare not enter upon the details of the bill, because of its length but hope it will be printed in some form and circulated among the people that they may understand it. Upon the passage of this act in 1873 Senator John Sherman voted against it but you have heard him abused upon the streets by men who are in favor of free silver as a traitor to his country. Senator Stewart of Nevada voted for the act of 1873, but he is revered as a saint by the friends of free silver. This bill was supported almost unani.nously by the congressmen from the extreme west. It seems to be the impression that by the act of 1873 silver was demonetized and its coinage stopped. The act suspended the coinage of the standard silver dollar, but it did not stop the coinage of subsidiary silver that is, pieces less than a dollar. The report of the director of tho mint shows that more silver was coined into dimes' alone iu five years, from iS7o, following that act of 1873 to 1878, than had been coined into standard dollars in all the years of our government before that. The coinage of standard silver dollars was resumed in 187S, and has continued from that day unto this, and these standard dollars are legal tender to any sum. It will be seen upon a careful examination of the reports of the director of the mint that silver has never been demonetized. The mints are running today and have never ceased to grind since 1873, as before, coining silver as well as gold. When Paul was preaching in Epliesus, and teaching that there was but one true God, Demetrius, the silversmith, who made silver shrines for the goddess Diana, seeing that his business was being affected, raised a mob and cried, 'Great is Diana of Ephesus,' and they rushed 011 Paul and beat him. We witness a like scene today, figuratively speaking, when men who are engaged in the silver business fearing that their business will be interfered with, stirred up under the leadership of Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina, are rushing pellmell upon tho president of the United States and all enemies of their cause, armed with pitchforks."

Fiut Cannot Make Money.

Captain Ritter then considered at some length the laws governing the commercial world, showing that no one nation can establish and successfully maintain any given rate of coinage as a fixed rule between gold and silver. "There must," said the speaker, "Ije a ratio and a rule, but both must be flexible." He closed this part of his speech by challenging ar.y man to name any government of respectable standing that is attempting to maintain a double standard. He continued: "I hold up before you now in my right hand a gold dollar and in my left hand a silver dollar, each coined by the United States government. This""gold dollar is so small that many of vou in

this large audience cannot see it from your seats. This silver dollar is largo enough to be seen a square away. The metals out of which these coins are made are of different valuo. The United States government did not make them so 110 other government made them so (he business world made them so. Theso two pieces of money are of the same value but what makes them BO? The silver dollar is more than 16 times tho sizo and weight of the gold dollar. It is not the government stamp that makes either one of theso a dollar. The government stamp placed upon these metals is only evidence, nothing more, that each of these contains an amount of metal sufficient to make it a dollar's valuo. If the same stamp, in all respects, even with tho goddess of liberty, the eagle, tho name of the United States and the words 'in God wo trust'— if all these were placed upon a piece of iron the size of either of these coius the iron would nevertheless be wholly worthless as money in the markets of the world and would be spurned by our own people. If our government, independent of other governments of the world, irrespective of tho market value of these metals in tho commercial world, can determine and fix their ratio as 16 to 1 when the commercial value is 31 to 1 and make' such a law effective and promote business upon it, then the government might say they should bo coined upon the ratio of 1 to 1, ounce to ounce, tuid defy the rest of the world. "I read two extracts from the Chicago platform, as follows: 'Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution named silver find gold together as the money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted it to free coinage at a ratio meas.ured by the silver dollar unit. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.' I am sorry that the boy orator from the Platte and Tillman and Altgeld and Stewart and Jones and Teller can't wait a minute. They can't wait on old Eng laud, that has for 1,000 years been considering and testing this financial question, and Germany and Prance, especially France, where this identica1 question has been more thoroughly tested than in any other government. In France during 100 years coming into the 14th centnrv that government changed the ratio between gold and silver about 150 times by legislation but France long ago settled down to the gold standard as a fixed order. They can't wait on the leading commercial, the educated, the intelligent nations of the earth, composing three-fourths of the whole number of the governments in the world. They can't wait on these governments they are trying to catch up with China and Mexico and the Congo state. Jhese are new leaders of civilization and financial learning. These new and fresh leaders of the Democratic party have pushed the old and tried and recognized leaders of that party out of the procession have defied their conservative leadership and views, and are rushing pellmell into the arms of the great statesmen in China and Mexico."

The speaker then proceeded to show that the business enterprises of this nation cannot be successfully conducted without doing business with other nations, and this business cannot be transacted without some common basis. "Whatever men may say," said he, "the unimpeachable fact stares us in the face that there is 110 such a thing in the world today as a double standard of value either the gold or silver standard is the basis for business transaction in every government. This government was 011 a silver basis from 1792 to 1834, and has been 011 a gold standard as a basis every since that day, and is today in harmony with the great commerical nations of the world. The proposition that this nation can go to a silver basis or a double standard without waiting for the other governments in the world is a heresy and promulgated as a political issue by a party large enough to be respectable, for the first time at the Chicago convention, that nominated the boy orator from the Platte. It is exactly what might be expected under these conditions, that Democrats, real, for sure Democrats, should repudiate this action as undemocratic and scandalous, and call a convention to put a Democratic ticket in the field."

The speaker then compared the condition of workingmen in gold standard countries with that of the same class in silver standard countries, greatly to the advantage of the former

COTl'/tOE GKOVE

MISB Nora Smith is staving at Prank MeNor ton's. Clint Thomas has gone to White eounty to engage in threshing.

Miss Sallie Cook has been visiting friends near Bowers and Colfax. J. E. Hamilton, of San Jose, Calif., is vsiting friends in this vicinity. 'f

Eugene Cook and wifeVisited friends near Lafayette a part of last week. Road supervisor Tribbett has had a force of hands repairing washouts on the gravel roads.

We failed to materalize at the correspondent's reunion, thus are we always missing the good things of life.

Threshing is all done in this neighborhood, Jas. MaGuire and 01 Graham having threshed last Wednesday and Thursday,

The recent heavy rain did considerable damage in this vicinity fences washed out, gardens destroyed and corn destroyed.

W. U. Custer has had his house repainted^ and some new iron fence put up, which adds greatly to the appearance of his handsome country residence.

Last Thursday at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cook occurred one of those delightful social occasions which gladden vhe heart and leave

pleasing memories for all who participate, namely a family reunion. The children and grandchildren including the invited guests numbered about thirty. At noon a sumptuous dinner was prepared and served by the two daughters, Alice and Sallie, who are accomplished in this art but who this day excelled tliemselvee. The dinner was perfection. Although the day was excessively warm a most enjoyable time was spent by all in social conversation and reminiscence of days "auld lang syne." In the evening the friends left for their several homes, hoping that the next annual reunion may be as pleasant as this one. Mr. and Mrs. Cook and the Misses Alice and Sallie proved themselves royal and hospitable entertainers. Those prospnt from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. 10. M. Scanlin, of Chicago. Mr. A1 Lanam and family of Frankfort, and Wm. Cook, of Colfax

TJNKKRSVII.LK.

Mr. Moore is very sick Mrs. Viola Rush is staying at home at present.

Look out for another wedding in the near future. Milton Mjore, of Smartsburg, visited friends here Sunday.

Ella Moore returned home from a visit with her sister last week. There will be an abundant crop of peaches in this vicinity.

Albert Chesterson and wife went to Crawfordsville Saturday. Sherman Moore, of Greenwood, vis ited his father, Sunday.'

We are glad to hear so many had a nice time at the reunion. Albert Chesterson and wife are staying at Wm. Chesterson's.

Elmer McCormick, of Crawfordsville, is staying with his grandpa. Mr. and Mrs. Skelton, of Crawfordsville, passed through here Friday.

If rumor is true Dan Gilkey will again teach the Shady Nook school. Farmers here are through threshing and report lots of rotten wheat and oats.

The late wind and rain has done quite a good deal of damage to the corn.

Mrs. Stamper and Mrs. Chesterson 6pent Friday with their brother, Mr,

Mr. and Mrs. James Chesterson, of Darlington, spent Saturday and Sunday here with relatives.

Harve Bratton will movd on Abner Enoch's place in the spring where Mr. Carroll now liveB, and Mr. Gray will move where Mr. Bratton vacates.

GRAVELLY RUN.

Mr. and Mrs, Lutz were at Colfax Sunday. Mrs. Parsons and son are the guests of the former's father, Benjamin Mar tin.

Rev. Isaac Windle, of Farmers' In stitute, attended meeting here Saturday.

Master Roy Peebles and C. W. Camp bell have been on the sick list the past week.

School begins the second week in September, with Miss Minnie Marshall as teBcher.

Clayton Butler has returned from a visit to his siBter, Mrs. A1 Cuttrell, of Bloomington.

Miss Allie Strawderman is now a resident of this place, her home being at Pleasant Butler's.

Mrs. Chas. Townsend and daughter, lone, of Indianapolis, and Isaac Cox, of Darlington, were here last week,

E. H. Cox, wife and daughter, of Garfield, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Weesner, of Darlington, J. Trimble and son, and Jos. Wheeler and wife, of Flat Creek, attended services here Sunday morning.

Rev. Amos Hanway, of Indianapolis, preached to attentive audiences here Saturday evening and Sunday morning and evening. Although he has reached the ripe old age of 80 years and has for 10 years been a minister, his earnestness and enthusiasm seems to increase with his age, and should he again visit us he will be greeted with a full house.

WHSLBY.

Joseph Pierce has purchased a new bicycle. Joseph Pierce was in Veedcrsburg last Monday.

Little Mary Freeman has been quite sick the past week. H. A. Freeman will move lo Crawfordsville this week.

John and Clayton Remley were in Chicago on business Wednesday, Wm. Robinson sold a car load of cattle to Ira Snyder last Thursday.

Misses Edna Wilson and AltaSchenck visited Miss Maud Bratton, Sunday. Miss Nettie Heath spent Sundav with Misses Leota and Clara Bennett.

Miss Grace Remley spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother I Frank.

Mrs. Lista Patton and children, of Yountsville, formerly of this place, are spending the week with friends litre.

The prayer meeting at this place last Sunday night was well attended. The meeting was led by Dennis Heath. Steve Sweeney was appointed to lead the meeting on next Sunday night. Let us all come and encourage the young people.

I? PARKKK83UKG.~ Misses Anna Goodbar is quite sick. Miss Alice James is improving very slowly.

Look out for about three weddings in tbs near future. Misses Bertha Hyten and Etta Gardner visited near Russellville last Sunday.

The baby boy of Henry Warbritton and wife was quite sick the first of the week.

Rev. Johnson, of Lebanon, will preach here the fifth Sundav in this month.

The C. E. Society at this place will give a literary 'entertainment in the near future.

Miss Nellie and Master Willie Flannigan are the 'guests of their grandmother, Mrs. McLaughlin, this week.

There will be a basket meeting at the Christian church here next Sunday. Everyone cordially invited to attend.

Will Johnson and wife, J. T. Looka-

baugh and daughter and Mrs Lizzie (rardner attended the soldiers' reunion at Wavelacu '"st Thursday,

Homer Glen, tiie ten months' old baby boy of Ollle and Lillio ivichardson died at their home last Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Funeral services conducted on Thursday morning by Rev. Wood, of Ladoga, at the homo of the bereaved parents. Interment at the Lafollette cemetery.

Harve McMurtry and Fred Turner, of Kincastle, while driving home from Russellville last Sunday night, were the victims of quite an accident. In front of the home of 1"). S. Armstrong their horse became frightened and ran away, throwing the occupants out of the buggy and severely injuring them. Mr. MuMurtry's collar bone was broken and Mr. Turner was badly bruised but no bones were broken. Dr. Strauglin was called and set the broken member. The gentlemen were taken home by Mr. Armstrong the next morning.

HUNT'S COKNKLT.

Samuel Hunt is on the sick list. Chas. Hverson's in fa 7, son is sick. Chas. Kverson went to Bloomington Monday.

Considerably sickness prevails in this vicinity. Miss Edna Wrenn is visiting relatives in Indianapolis.

A. J. Stone and Samuel Coulter went to Crawfordsville Satnrday. Harvey Coulter and wife, of Advance*: visited relatives here Sunday. •Toe Nicholson's little boy is verysick of shingles and bilious fever.

Mrs. George Bradley, of Indianapolis, is the guest of her sister, Ellen. Frank Armstrong and family, of Mace, visited at Samuel Hunt's Sunday.

John Cohee and wife, of near Frankfort, visited at C. G. Guntle'sover Sunday.

Dave Vanarsdall and wife visited relatives in Boone county over Sunday.

Jacob Wingert went to Bloomington Monday to see his son, Dan, who is sick.

Miss Minta Hunt, of Crawfordsville, visited home folks Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rev. Kessler, of Fincastle, preached, at the Universalist church Sunday afternoon.

Corb Hostetter and family, of Balhinch, visited at Siman Hostetter's. Sunday.

Mosquitos are more numerous thiB year than they have been for some, time past.

Charley Keys and wife, of New Market, and Wm. Rice and wife, of North Union, attended church at Whitesville Sunday.

Rev. J. A. Johnston, of Lebanon, .preached at the Christian church in Whitesville Sunday and Sunday night and also Saturday night before.

Uncle Johnny Vanscoyoc, an old' resident of this county, died Tuesday morning of old age. He was ninetythree years old. He wab buried Tuesday at Sbilnh.

Everett, the two months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grlsson, died last Thursday morning about ten o'clock of cholera infantum. Interment Friday afternoon at two o'clock in Harshbarger's cemetery. The family has the sympathy of the entire community.

CALIFORNIA.

Jake Swank dug a cave this week. Frank Farley is working for George Thomas.

Ed and Harvey Swank are cutting wood for Geo. Cowan. Daniel Murphy is attending the Normal at Crawfordsville.

Mr6. Martha Cowan, of Crawfordsville, spent last Wednesday at Ab Hawk's.

Charley Patton will move on Alvi'n Breaks' farm now occupied by John Phillips.

Mat Murphy returned from Valparaiso Saturday, where he has been attending school.

Rev. Trotter preached his farewelL sermon at Liberty Sunday night he. having been pastor there for about seven years.

Miss Louisa Brown, of Crawfordsville, who has been visiting in this vicinity during the past week, returned home Monday.

Florence Crea and June Elmore united with the Liberty Christian church Sunday morning, and Mrs. Grubbs, Mrs. Baldwin and Miss Mary Swank united Sunday night.

BKOWN'S VALLEY.

John Goff was in Crawfordsville Friday on business. Charley McGaughey was the guest of relatives here Wednesday night.

Mrs. Mary Fendley, of Danville, 111.x is visiting relatives here for a short time.

Jesse Carrington and wife, of the Shades, will move back here in the near future.

Mr. Ozenbough, of Lafayette, was in town last week putting up a few, monuments.

The oats threshing is not completedin our neighborhood yet, on account of so much rain.

Several from here were in attendance at the old soldiers' reunion at Waveland Thursday.

Robt. Goff and G. W. Hartman were the guests of relatives at Danville, 111., the latter part of the week.

Jacob McGaughey and wife and Geo. Hartman and wife attended the silver wedding at Alf McGaughey's, of Dana, last week.

George^ Hartman and wife and Jim Layne will furnish the music for the old settlers' picnic at Southerlin Springs next Thursday.

GALLAGHER'S GAS WELL,

Howard Gillis, of Darlington, called on Peter Barnhart Saturday. Andrew Gillis and family were the guests of Peter Barnhart Tuesday.

Miss Lizzie Barnhart went to New Richmond Wednesday to visit friends. Several from here will attend the ice cream festival at Mt. Tabor Saturday night.

FOB ncteheads see XIIK JOURNAL CO.. PBIKTKBS.

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