Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 October 1898 — Page 6

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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1898.

IN the lexicon of the present Democratic leaders the word "expediency" has moved in and ousted the word "consistency."

Coi,. BRYAN declines to resign his commission as a Presidential candidate and all of Col. Watterson's endeavors in that direction will be unavailing.

LEADER JOE BAILEY says the Republican administration raised too much money for the prosecution of the war. This is the Madrid view of the case.

IT is not the fault of the United States that Spain expended $6,000,000 on a licking. This expense was incurred through the work of Spain's yellow statesmen.

TIIE Indiana Democrats are trying to deprive the soldiers of the right to vote. As the friend of the soldier the Democratic party i6 giving quite a versatile performance.

STAIN wants somebody to arbitrate. Arbitrate what? We know of nothing to submit to arbitration. The guns and the gunners were our arbitrators, and they have spoken.

THE campaign for Bryan and free silver will be opened on November 9th next, the day after the congressional elections. This is official, coming from Bryan himself through the L)emopoposilverite committee.

UNION Democrats voted the Republican ticket during the war and until the union was firmly re-established, Gold Democrats Bhould vote the Republican ticket till free silver and greenback inflation are dead and buried, or cremated.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON is a young man yet but if Providence spares him ior the great work he is doing for the negro he will take his place in history as one of the great Americans. £1 is public addresses, notably those ho made at the peace jubilee in Chicago, mark him as the true prophet of his race.

IN all tho mass of evidence brought out before the commission investigating the war department and the conduct of the war not the testimony of a single witness has been satisfactory lo the Democratic detractors of tho administration, least of all that of those staunch Democrats, Fitzhugh Lee and Joe Wheeler.

The farmers of South Dakota have paid off $40,000,000 of mortgages, North Dakota, 60,000,000, Kansas, $50,000,000, and Colonel Bryan's state $40,000,000 since the election of President McKinley. Official reports show that the value of farm animals has increased $326,000,000 since Major McKinley became president. There are other reasons why farmerB should vote the Republican ticket, but these are sufficient.

THE United States navy has been increased by eight Spanish war vessels now flying the stars and stripes, of which five belong to Admiral Dewey'B squadron. All are small vessels, however, except the Maria Teresa, which has been raised and will shortly arrive in the United States under her own steam. But the yellow papers are acting as though we had been whipped by the Spaniards.

MR. LANDIS had a magnificent meeting in Frankfort Thursday night and scores were turned away from the :opera house unable to gain admission.

The big meeting did not please the Democratic Frankfort Crcsceiit and it says: "When the show's free you can bet the opera house will be full and running over." Before the meeting, which was held on a rainy, cold night, the Crescent had been proclaiming that when Landis came he would ,bo givon a cold reception. In view of this the "free show" explanation is decidedly lame.

THE Democratic war cheBt was at low ebb until Senator Jones, the field marshal of the allied Bilver forces, appointed himself and four other men a ^committee on ways and means and put "Coin" Harvey in charge of the war exchequer. This was done to allay the suspicions of the silver kings, who had refused to contribute to the campaign fund unless assured that the money would b© spent in the interest of free ellver only. The guarantee being furnished', the money cam# forth at once and the workers are now

UWJPF.

OUR STREET FAIR.

The first Crawfordsville street fair is a thing of the past. It had' its virtues and it had its blemishes. The good it brought should be exalted and the evil be made to serve as a warning. The good features outnumbered the evil ones and while the weather was such as to make conspicuous the bad and place an effectual check on much that was brightest and best, still the good was in the ascendency. Tho undesirable features went to further extremes than the management expected or desired, but not as far as at street fairs in other towns and only differed in degree but not in kind from what may be found either at our county fair or at any time in Crawfordsville the year round. The ministers of Terre Haute, we are informed, made around of the shows at the street fair there and sagely decided that if the people wanted that kind of thing they ought to have it. The ministers of Crawfordsville having a better opinion of their town, decided differently. We do not know what was said in every pulpit Sunday but in one at least there was a very sensible and well tempered talk in which the minister recognized the good features of the street fair and. was mercilessly severe on the bad ones. But he abused no one and said nothing to offend. Beyond criticising the city authorities for turning the town over to the committee for the week he charged no one with the responsibility, but said it rested on the whole community. The fairness of his address made it ten times more effective than any wholesale attack on the management would have been. But no remarks from the pulpit or comments from the press, we believe, are necessary to eliminate these bad features from our future street fairs. The feeling had already become general among all classes that they would not be tolerated again. And BO it seems to us extremely unwise to emphasize in a public manner, so that it shall go abroad to the world, those things which we all regret. If the people and press of Crawfordsville denounce the enterprises of the placq, it can be depended upon that the people and press of other towns will not take pains to disagree and to extol our excellencies. The street fair was a legitimate enterprise of the business men of »the '-city and representative business men worked hard to make it a success. They contributed their time, their talent and money and their only object was the good of Crawfordsville. Their motive was entirely unselfish and the benefits they attempted to confer and did confer were shared by those who selfishly refrained from helping the enterprise along. Those who stood aloof from the work from its very inception are mo6t apt to bo found among its critics. It rather behooves them as it does all of us to publicly proclaim the virtues and advantages of Crawfordsville, and in private look to the amputation of that which would disease our fair municipality. Show to the world our lasting strength and not a cancer which is already under the surgeon's knife.

The indications all point to further trouble with Spain in case a Democratic congress is elected. Mr. E. H. Hathaway, a Chicago business man, who has just returned from Havana, sayB: "I was with Gen. Blanco's officers every day and was on familiar terms with them. They talked freely with me. I saw Gen. Blanco frequently and I think he is a great man. The American people have not done him justice. He has been grossly misrepresented by sensational newspaper correspondents. Of course he is working for the interests of his government, just as our people are working for theirs. He is playing a'deep game and is not going to lose a trick. His policy is delay. He has taken no step for the military evacuation of Cuba, and will take none until the conclusion of the peace negotiations at Paris, with the hope that something may turn up for his advantage. I do not know how much he banks upon a Democratic victory in the United States, but if President McKinley is turned down at the November election and the Republican party is defeated I think it will be considered a tremendous triumph for Spain and will prolong, if it does not defeat, the peace negotiations."

Til? RL is now a disposition on the part of some to criticise the city government for turning the city over to the street fair committee for the fair week. The couneil voted to a man to do this and had any man refused to concur in thin matter he would have been denounced by nearly, every one as a "crank" and "back number." There was a public demand th$t this be done and the council merely followed the precedent set by all townB where street faira are held. THE JOURNAL has not a glowing admiration for the majority in the city council but it maintains that in the action in question the members were certainly acting in accordance with the wishes of their constituents. If put to a public vote the meaanre would hard been carried by an overwhelming majority.

THE country is in no mood to place the vietory over Spain on Demo •rati* operating tebl*

EXPANSION.

The expansion idea haB spread BO rapidly since the President came west that it is now beyond control, sayB Wm. E. Curtis in the Chicago Record. The Democratic campaign managerB have called in their antirexpansion speakers and are having them prepare new speeches to whoop it up for annexation all around. The Republicans got the start on this issue, as their posters proclaiming "protection, sound money and expansion" will testify. But the Democrats from this on will claim a share and endeavor to neutralize whatever capital the Republicans have made from it. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, who has just returned from a lecture tour in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and other parts of the west, says that the people in those states will not listen to anything else. In order to hold their attention he was compelled to abandon his regular noteB and talk about Dewey, Manila and the territorial acquisitions of the United StateB. He says the sentiment is so universal that in all his travels he has not found a man whoiB opposed to the annexation of the captured territory, and everybody will be disgusted if our government doeB not keep the whole Philippine archipelago.

Other travelers make similar reports, and if the President himself would talk upon this subject he would say that during his present journey he has found no difference in opinion. Since he left Washington he has not heard a single word against the retention of the Philippines. He is much impressed by this unanimity of sentiment, and the effect will be seen in the firmness of our peace commissioners at Paris.

HON. ROGER Q. MILLS is no longer to be found in the ranks of the calamity croakers. The development of the oil wells on his Texas land has caused the pioneer free trader to take a brighter view of the condition of t^e country.

THE Democratic party was never able to fool the soldiers of the war of the rebellion and it is making very little progress in that line with the men who participated in the war with Spain.

IT is said that one minister yesterday stated that during fair week Crawfordsville was "without a mayor, a sheriff, or police." There were 147iarrests made just the same.

GEN. JOE WHEELER is now a traitor t.o the Democratic party and no hero. And all because he would not lie.

THE Democrats advocate the prosperity that free

Bilver

and irredeem­

able paper money would bring.

Death of James Keuben.

James Reuben, aged 65 years, died of consumption Sunday morning at his home between New Richmond aud Linden. The funeral took place on Monday at New Richmond. The deceased leaves a family. He was a man greatly respected in the community.

AVENGED HIS WIFE

Huslmiul Klows the Top of a Drummer's lload Off For Insultlug Her.

Houston, Oct. 24.—M. Pareira, a drummer whose home is at Albany, N. Y., was shot aud instantly killed by George DeMoss. Pareira is alleged to have offered a gross insult to Mrs. DeMoss and she told her husband at once on her roturn home. Mr. DeMoss then hunted up Pareira, finding him in a store. He walked up to him, asked his name and on answer blew the top of Pareira's head off. The remains were shipped to Albany.

TWO MUKDERS.

Jealous Husband* Kill Their Wives and Then Suicide.

New York, Oct. 24.—Two jealous husbands killed their wives and themselves in Jersey City yesterday. Henry Jones, colored, shot his wife to death aud then sent a bullet into his brain. The police had barely completed their investigation and senc the bodies to the morgue when live shots were heard in a fl.ithouse opposite

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Bridget's church.

Garrutt French, a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive wigiueev, had mortally wounded his wife and wounded himself so badly that he died within a few minutes.

DOOM OF PORTWOOD

Governor Bradley Signs Ucalli Warrant aud FLxos the Dale.

Lexington, Ky., Oct. 24.— George A. Portweod will bo hanged Nov. 30 for tho murder «f Richard Perkins last April, Governor Bradley having signed the death w&rraut late Saturday.

When Poctwood was seen at the jail aud informed that the governor had set Wednesday, Nov. 80, as the date of,his execution, ho said: "Is that so?" Then he continued, without a tremor: "I'm £flad you told me. I am very tired of this confinement. I am growing old, and sinoe I have but one time to die, I «ar& little whnn or how death comes. If I aifi to be punished, and the soul Heir- to the miadoscte'of the body/th^n ij is immaterial to meVw.&ea I am punnhod. You may sayjtiiat w-henevexvthe governor is resAy ^ilbe ready."

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1 l«el 1M» store with a J/argain gpoeccd Tommy as he appvoachad ftom title wefeUten of tha Pftatry, tha lmnradldto surroandiogs of BU mouth being a suspicious dark ced. hatfe matter »y dear?" "Jam teara***—fJwCwil l*ee Praae.

NOT TRUST THEM

DEMOCRATS FAILED TO DO ALL THAT COULD BE DONE WITH INCREASED REVENUES.

In Comparison With Republican Reform Methods Their Financial Record Is the Poor Showing of a Big Bluff.

The Democratic party asks the people of Indiana to restore to it the charge of Biate finances. Why that should not be done can be learned from its own record of failure when it was in power, from its record of fee grabbing, from the officers it elected Serving their own and party interests at the expense of the public treasury.

It should not be done because the Republicans have been faithful to their trust in every instance. The public has been benefited by their legislation and the state treasury has received fees amountiilg to many thousands of dollars annually that Democratic officials pocketed.

It should not be done because an admirable, patriotic and progressive national administration by Republicans expects Indiana Republicans to sustain it. To do otherwise would mean that they want Democrats in 1900 to assume the burden of power with dangerous theories of government as to finance, aooial economy and commercial methods. Since Democrats did not govern the state well, they can not govern the nation well.

Why did they not govern the state well? Because, /or many years their financial legislation was such as to force their state officers to borrow money to meet the state's current expenses.

What was tho state debt previous to the incoming of Democratic financial officers?

Eight million fifty-six thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and twelve cents.

What was it after the Democrats had been two years in officc? Eight million three hundred aud forty-six thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars aud twelve cents.

What was it when they went out of office? Seven million four hundred and thirty-six thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and twelve cents.

Tiiey reduced it then by $910,000? Yes, and paid $400,000 more in January, 1895, just before the Republicans took charge. Making it all $1,310,000.

The Democrats had he ase of a largely increased revenue? Yes, but they used money for the most part paid by the sreneral government to reduce the state debt. Mnch of the increased revenue that could have been applied to the debt found its way t.oward increasing current expenditure*. Had it not been for the general government's money, the Democrats would have been compelled to reduce current expenditures and pay on the debt, or borrow money therefor in the face of increased revenues and thereby increase the state debt.

What has been done by the Republicans Under the administration of Auditor Daily, there has been paid up to Sept. 1, $1,700,000 en the state debt. There has also been paid the extraordinary war expense in connection with the present trouble with Spain, amounting to near$200,000, aud before Jan. 1, there will be paid $300,000 additional on the debt, making $2,000,000 in all. Should the United States government reimburse the state for its expense in connection with the Spanish war, there will be paid upon the debt by the present Republican administration $500,000 additional, before the expiration of the present year.

What other benefit has been derived from Republican financiering and legislation

Under the Democratic administration the state officers, in addition to salaries, had the very rich perquisite of certain fees. The compensation of state officers in at least two instances, from fees alone, reached the magnificent amount of $25,000 each per annum. The Republican legislature of 1895 enacted a new fee and salary law, placing all the state officos upon a purely salary basis. Under the pipvisions'of this Republican fee and salary law, there is saved to the taxpayers of the state, in the salary of state officers alone, nearly $100,000 per annum.

WJjat of the Mull law? The policy of the Republican party in legislation has been to cut. off sinecures and perquisites. It enacted in 1897 the Mull law, which requires an itemization of accounts and the filing of receipted bills.

What w.as the practice of Democrats? Under the old Democratic regime but Mttle attention was paid to the appropriations by fiscal years, and the result was tliat state institutions in a number of instances were allowe.d to use the appropriation of a succeeding fiscal year to meet the extravagant expenses that occasioned deficits in preceding fiscal years. Under the provisions of thevenforcement of the appropriation laws by the present Republican administration, the state i'nstitwtiobs are competted to live witlffn their uieomes, and the appropriating far vioqi years acae not robbed fro malge 33ie rdtoril oc-thfc EfrepqiAioap adnaintetranoa ottfce srtata. m. short, is ooo haa iMMpomted jctt* its jmjlAtaa tfce Bfwne liWtfhieea ot bnftngss aem^utiagia tfeofc dhflwaofciariae tha bosfr oottdjpcitod va BUI'IX'IIMM of. ptirato yfewlits. dtate dejitw tjipiaiyHi

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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

LESSON V, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES,. OCT. 30.

Text of the Lesson, Isa. xl, 1-10—Memory Verses, 2-4—Golden Text, Isa. xi, 9. Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D.

M. Stearns.

[Copyright, 1S9S, by D. M. Stearns.] "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of .Tosse and a branoh shall grow out of his roots." The title of our lesson is "Messiah's Kingdom," and if wo can only got a somewhat cloar idea of what the Scriptures toach concerning this kingdom it will provo a groat blessing to us. It olearly has to do with tho Son of Jesse, and, according to the golden toxt, will fill tho whole earth. Tho throno will be the throno of David at .Torusalom, according to Isa. ix, 7, and Jor. iii, 17, and the King will be none other than the Son of David, the Son of Abraham, of Math, i, 1, of whom Gabriel said that Ho would from David's throno reign over tho house of Jacob forevor and of His kingdom there should be no end (Luko i, 82, 83). 2. "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him." Counting this expression with tho other six in this verse, there is here sevenfold fullness of tho Spirit's power to bo manifest in the King, tho Messiah. The six are suggestive of His power to discorn tho natuc&and difference of things, His power to form right conclusions and to carry out right purposes, His thorough acquaintance with God and sincere adoration of Him. It ploasod tho Father that in Him all fullnoss should dwoll, all the fullnoss of tho Godhead (Col. I, 19 ii, 9). Full of graco and truth (John i. 14). 8. And shall mako Him of quick understanding in tho fear of tho Lord." Othor readings of this sentoncoaro: "Hisdelight shall be in tho fear of tho Lord" (R. V.) "The fear of thoLotd is fragrance to Him" (Del.) "Toirefresh Him in tho fear of Johovah" (Young). Ho could sny: "Idelightto do thy will, O my God I I do always thoso things that pleaso I-Iim" (Ps. xl, 8 John viii, 29). His conclusions are not formed from what Ho soes or hears. Ho knows what is in man. 4. "I3ut with righteousness shall Ho judge the poor and roprovo with equity for the meek of tho earth." What a glorious administration of earth's affairs thero will bo when such a King shall sit on David's throne! Consider Jcr. iii, 17, 18 xxiii, 5, 6, and compr.ro Ps. lxxii and let your heart cry verses 18 and 19. I3ut before this kingdom can como or in connection with its coming thore must bo an overthrow of the wicked one and his associates and followers. This smiting Is referred to in Ps. ii, 9 Rov. ii, 2li, 27 II Thoss. ii, S Rov. xvii, 14 xix, 20. It is seen to be at tho coming of our Lord in powor and glory, and at that time all the saints shall como back with Him (I Thoss. iii, 13 iv, 14 Zech. xiv, 5,1. c.). 5. "And righteousness shall bo tho girdle of Ilis loins and faithfulnoss tho girdlo of His reins." A King shall roign in righteousness, and the work of righteousness shall bo poaco, and tho effect (serviceV of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever (Isa. xxxii, 1, 17). All His doing are bound up in righteousness and faith fulness, and tho fruit is peace. When .Toro miah would reason with God concerninp the prosperity of tho wicked, ho begins In saying, "Kightcous art thou, O Lord, yet (Jer. xii, i. When Xohoiniah bewails tin sins of his people and the consequent judg mentsof .Tehovah, ho says, "llowbeit tlioi art just in all that is brought upon usf' (Noli, ix, 33j, and in connection with the pouring nnt of tho vipjs of God's wrath in tho great day of the L"frd tho testimony is, "Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of nations" (Rev. xv, 3). Wo may always be sure that "As for God, His way is perfect" (Ps. xviii, 30). 6-8. "Tho wolf also shall dwell with tho lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid." This picturo of wild and domestic animals and littlo children living in peaco togethor will surely bo literally fulfillod. As it was in tho garden of Edon, and as it was in tho ark of Noah, so shall it be in all the earth. Thero shall bo no moro doath, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, for all things on earth shall be mado new (Rov. xxi, 4, 5). Tho creation itself shall bo delivered from its bondago, and be mado to onjoy tho liberty of tho glory of tho children of God (Isa. lxv, 25 Rom. viii, 21). It is undoubtedly true that somo people act like wild boasts, oft roaring like lions or growling like bears or devouring like wolves that such people both ii heathendom and Christendom become by the grace of God like lambs, and that often it is through a littlo child thnt God leads them to Himself, but wo must not suppose that tho salvation of souls is al° that we are taught in theso words, for it is only by a figure that wo find that hero.

This earth is to bo wholly subdued by our Lord Josus Christ and made like heaven not by tho proaohing of tho gospel as a presont, but by the personal reign of our Lord Jesus after Ho shall roturn in glory (Rev. xi, 15-19). 9. "Tho oarth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as tho wators cover the sea." This statement is found for tho first time in Nun xiv, 21, thon here, and afterward in Ilab. ii, 14. In the first place, it is in connection with tho forgivonuss of Israel as a nation, and so it is horo (see verses 11 to 1(5), for it is God's plan thnt through Israel all nations shall bo blessed Tho gospel now being preaehbd in all nations will gather out of all nations a people for Ilis name, tho church, Ilis body then, having taken Ilis church out of tho world to bo with Ilim, lie will returr with them for Israel's conversion am. through them tho blessing for all tho world. This is the simple programme clearly set forth in Acts xv, 14-18. 10. "And in that day thero shall root of Jes.se which shall stand for an ensign of tho people. To it shall tho gon'tiles seek, and His rost shall be glorious." Hi's first name in tho New Testament is Jesus Christ, tho Son of David, and His last tho Root and the Offspring of David (Math, i, 1 Rev. xxii, 10). When Ho shall bo King in Jerusalem, to Him shall all nations sook (Jer. iii, 17), and like tho queen of Sheba and the wise mon from tiro oast, they will bring thoir wealth to Him (Isa. Ix, 5, C. Si). Now tho glad tidikigs of*redemption by His Wood is oarried tQ.iHljia.tio'n*, and but few bolieye it, but thou'all nations shall flock to Him or to Israel lxsonuwiot Him, and there shall bo pooo« on o*rtfc, and tfbo nations shall 'feocn War Be moijfc Sttolsa. i, 3, 4 Zeoh. vfit 2^ 23. While wo i*Qlt and work and watabfor ilw oewb^jj at fthe glory of His klMdoia we may fcnu In"heart and life a fordta&a wt and glory if we-prill let CHMft In vi, of glpijy, have full aopteoi at tha rthich Ho has bought tftth HU jpwfcm* blood. Whole mlnrtwn JHm, roady for iiny swtyh Implicit contldatsw wdl surely bring

We have plenty of customers for good butter and therefore we want our friends in the country to bring us all the butter they can spare. Also all other kinds of produce. We pay CASH. JC

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The--* Neatest Barber ....Shop

In town, the place where you feel at home, and where you get prompt and careful attend tion. is the shop of 3C ?C

Sim Bldridge

Month Green Street.

Special

Chinaware Sale. Next Saturday, Oct. 29,

Sale to begin at 9 o'clock a. m. Choice in north window for 10c.

Oat Meal Dishes,

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Cups and Saucers, Cups, Saucer and Plates, Olive Dishes,

Haviland Plates, Fruit Saucers, Fruit Plates.

Come and see the line.

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Cleaning 7Sc Mainspring 7Bc Crystals 15c to 26c

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