Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 December 1898 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1898.

WHILE the jurbrs in the Fullenwider case were about it they should have given John a certificate of good character.

MB. BRYAN will soon be able to express himself fully on the subject of expansion, and, unless he has changed his mind Bince a former utterance, he is opposed to it, Porto Rico and Hawaii included,

EXPOBTS of manufactures for every month this year have broken all previous records. At the present rate of increase the foreign demand for American manufactured articles will soon reach $1,000,000 a day.

THINGS that Dewey has anything to do with have a way of turning out all right, and it's a safe bet that the Isla de Cuba, which has left Manila for Hong Kong under her own steam, will not meet the fate of the Maria Teresa.

MB. DING LEY predicts that a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific will be built across the Isthmus within ten years, and that in the course of time it will pay for itself. Properly constructed the Nicaragua canal will be an excellent investment.

THE navy department has just turned an unexpended balance of #13,000,000 into the treasury. The navy department has made a reputation during the late unpleasantness with Spain fur thrift. It has taken all fish that came to net and has been economic in the expenditure of life, ships and treasure.

WHEN Bailey, of Texas, arrays himself against Fighting Joe Wheeler, he demonstrates himself the ass he has long been accused of being. He is no longer the leader of even a minority faction and the little prestige left him after his traitorous utterances in congress last spring has been dissipated by his present manifest malignity against the Democrats who attained enviable distinction in the war.

THE legislature will make no mistake if a law is enacted authorizing county commissioners or city councils to buy voting machines. In this way they can be tried in a few places and if satisfactory the next legislature may make their use obligatory over the entire state. A look at some of the wonderful mechanisms known as cash registers will convince anyone that a voting machine can be made to work well

THIS opposition to the creation of new offices is in the main very wise, but it may be carried to a point where it is unreasonable. As the population increases and especially aB the scope of government enlarges, more officers area necessity. If a business man took the stand that he would hire no more help than he has now, hiB business would never grow. The cry "no new offices" Bhould be succeeded by a better one, "no useless offices, new or old."

THE Fort Wayne Gazette, the leading newspaper champion of Judge Taylor, keeps the following paragraph standing at the head of its editorial column: "For United States senator, Robert S. Taylor. 'A gentleman who never discusses any subject without illuminating it, and never addresses any audience, however cultured or educated, without instructing it.'— From ex-President Harrison's introduction of Judge Taylor to the audience at Indianapolis law school commencement."

NOT the least interesting feature of Lieut. Hobson's account of the sinking of the Merrimac in the January Century will be its unconscious revelation of the author's'personality. A distinguished naval officer recently remarked that^Hobson was almost the only man he had ever known, no matter how dauntless, who did not feel any unusual sensation on going into battle. This coolness does not seem to have deserted him for a moment. Once when the ship was sinking, he thought that the dryness of his tongue betokened fright, but on feeling his pulse, he was surprised to find it normal. The roar of heavy guns, the rapid fire of automatic artillery, the crack of rifles, the explosion of mines and torpedoes, the rending of the metal sides of the collier and herjfinal submersion were insufficient to cloud his recollection of the minutest details of the manoeuTer.

THE TJSLEGRAl'H AND AMERICAN HI8TOKY. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Owing to the six hours' difference in time between St. Louis and Paris the signing of the treaty of peace at 8:45 on Saturday night was known in this city several hours earlier in the day. Had there been an ocean cable in 1812 the war with England in that year would probably not have taken place, for the British orders in council, which were the chief cause of the war, were revoked five days after the declaration of war by congress. An ocean telegraph would have told that fact in this country instantly. It would also have told before war was actually declared that the British government was seriously considering their revocation. If there had been a telegraph then the news of the signing of the treaty of peace on December 24, 1814, would have averted the battle of New Orleans, which occurred fifteen days later. This would have prevented the only really creditable military episode of the war on the American bide, have kept Jackson in a comparative political obscurity all his life, and probably have prevented the reconstruction and nationalization of the (Democratic party which Jackson's ascendency brought. As close communication between Europe and America at that time, such as exists now, would have altered history in several important particulars.

GOVERNOB MOUNT'S dignified and firm position in regard to the senatorship is certainly to be commended. He conceives it to be his duty to serve the people in the office where they placed him and where he is Berving them so well. We trust and believe that no combination of circumstances will swerve him from thiB course, because it is not his best and truest friends who are trying to make him senator. It is Haggard and his followers. Haggard wants Mount out of the way so that he himself may become governor. Haggard is a spoilsman of the purest ray and if given the power of governor would bring the Republican party into disrepute and do untold damage to the state. Mount cannot afford to be cat's_ paw for Haggard, and we predict that he will not.

NEARLY every country neighborhood in Montgomery county is organizing rabbit hunts to chase the poor, inoffensive bunnies to death. THE JOURNAL would suggest to the sturdy yeomanry of the Shannondale neighborhood that they give the rabbits ft rest and devote their nimrodian talent this year to beating the bushes for the reprehensible John Bratton who played such a scurvy trick on the innocent and unsuspecting John C. Fullenwider. Bratton is a bad man and is to be classed, though not confounded, with the New ROBS catamount which has been eating Joe Booher's hogs,

THE Democratic editors of Crawfordsville are using harsh terms nowadays when they have occasion to speak of each other. Each one avers that the others are traitors, We commend to each of them as a high example of literary style the following tidbit employed by the Kay county (Oklahoma) Sun, in scoring a political turncoat: "Had we vitroil for ink, a sword for a pen, and the fires of hades for brains we could not do justice to an Arnold who has turned traitor to his party. Let his political

aBhes

rest in

peace, but let no decent man look him in the faceP]

A PHYSICIAN connected with the Hawaiian board of health writes to the Medical Record that false impressionB are held abroad concerning the health of the islands. Epidemics are no more fatal in Hawaii than in other

partB

of

the world since proper medical care has been given. Forty years ago the native cure

for

whooping cough was

to bathe the child in cold mountain brooks. Leprosy is declining under the strict policy of segregation. In the last ten months the number of lepers discovered and sent to an isolated island was seventy-five.

THE irrepressible reporter was never less repressible than in Cuba last spring. Capt. Sigsbee promised Qen. Blanco that no American newspaper correspondent should be permitted to make any investigation of the Maine. What must have been his amusement, then, when he saw an American correspondent, a few days later, seated in the boat of the Spaniards own divers.

A Peculiar Error,

On Saturday Mrs. J. W. Stroh went to Stuben county, called by a message announcing the death of her mother, Mrs. Lucina A. Clark. Her surprise and joy may be imagined when on her arrival there 6he found her mother alive and well. A sister-in-law had died and the man sent to the telegraph office to send the news made an error in names.

Deatli of Mrs. Carter.

MrB.

Carter, one of the oldest ladies

of Scott township, died Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at her home, onehalf mile west of Parkersburg. She left eight grown children to mourn her death. Her age was 94 years. The funeral occurred at the home Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment at Masonic cemetery.

VERY FEW LEGISLATORS

PLEDGING THEMSELVES IN THE CONTEST FOR THE SENATORSHIP.

The Five Aspirants For Turple's Place Each Have a Fair Organization Throughout the State—Part Played by the Washington Correspondents.

Democratic Caucus at Which Tears Were Shed for the "Dear People," but Which It Is Said a Stand Was Taken Against County and Township Reform Indianapolis Street Railway Question Will Again Occupy the Attention of the Lawmak ers—"New Democracy" of Croker, Taggart and Harrison.

[Our Special Correspondent.]

Indianapolis, Dec. 14.—The senatorial race grows rapidly warmer as the days go by. All the five avowed candidates now have headquarters in this city with managers and things and there are almost daily meetings of the supporters of this or that candidate from over the state. Senator Wood is here looking after the interests of Mr. Hanly, Senator Gilbert is in charge of Judge Taylor's canvass, Senator Osborne is marshaling the forces for Steele, John Wingate is grooming Beveridge and the Evansville delegation is booming Posey. It is one of tkoso political races where everybody is happy, for each candidate is sore to win if one believes what his friends say. Some of them have even begun to tell how many votes their favorite will have on the first ballot, but they are careful not to name the men who make up the list. The peculiar point about these claims is that each candidate will have "about 20 votes" to start with and a large number to follow when the general break-up comes and releases members from their pledges to local candidates. Most of these hopes are built upon assurances given not by members of the legislature, but by friends of the candidates who think they will be able to control the vote of this or that member. As a matter of fact those members who have not a candidate in their own district are very much at sea as to where they will cast their votes and very few are pledging themselves.

Each of the aspirants has by this time a very fair organization throughout the state, with representatives in nearly every county that has a Republican senator or representative, and through these organizations as much local pressure as possible is being brought in favor of each. The canvass remains entirely good-humored and will probably continue so to the end. Indeed, each candidate must retain the good-will of his opponents if he hopes to win, for the man who succeeds must do so by virtue of his "second choice" votes. None of them is likely to conie into the caucus with less than 10 or more than 20 votes.

There is no longer any room for doubt as to the attitude of Senator Fairbanks in the struggle. Those politicians who have been unwilling to take his word for it that he would be equally satisfied with either of the men mentioned for a colleague and would take no part whatever, have been watching eagerly the trend of events for any indication of his leanings. It had been said that he would not want Steele, because the latter might interfere with his control of the Indiana patronage, and yet. Senator New, who is one of Mr. Fairbank's closest friends is pledged to Steele it had been said that he would be against Beveridge for geographical reasons, and yet a number of his warmest friends in Indianapolis are supporting Beveridge. Others of his close friends are supporting Taylor, Hanly and Posey, and there is every reason to believe that the senator is standing absolutely aloof from the contest.

Lieutenant Governor Haggard is carefully nursing the Mount boom and it is not unlikely that a few scattering votes may be cast for the governor on the first two or three ballots, but the general impression is that the prize will go to one of the five avowed candidates. In modern politios as in modern business, a man does not get anything without going after it, unless it be the measles.

A rather amusing feature of the contest is the persistency with which the Washington correspondents handle it at long range and bring out every day or two anew member of the Indiana delegation in congress as a dark horse. Thus do the corresponders '^jolly" their friends among the Indiana congressmen without doing harm to anybody. There is no more lildiliood that the legislature will pick up one of the members of congress not aspiring to the honor and force it upon him than there was in that woolly story of a month ago to the effect that a New York millionaire, who has not resided in Indiana for 20 years, would come out here and make a desperate effort for the honor.

A majority of the Democratic minority held a funereal sort of caucus at the Grand hotel last Saturday to determine upon a 'policy.'' Inasmuch as they are in a heavy minority in ooia nouses ana not in a position to do anything in partioular the story of their caucus would naturally come in the category of things "important if true." It appears that they did not decide upon anything further than to oppose the movement for township and county government reform, in the hope that the agencies opposing the reform movement might be able to control enough Republican votes to make it fail. It is bat natural

the Democrats should oppose anything calculated to reduce the spoils of office. A party without any great issues must depend upon spoils and the hope of spoils for a cohesive force that will hold its organization together, and if the fat jobs and contracts and loose administration are no longer to enrich the county and township offices that have already been stripped of their excessive direct emoluments, there will be nothing worth wliile in politics for the average Democratic political worker. The meeting gave a chance to John Kern and Leon O. Bailey to "thrash around" and talk in the same old strain about the salvation of the people lying in the hope of Democratic victory, but the people are too busy at work just now to fret about being saved in the Democratic way. The question of the complimentary vote for senator was not openly discussed in the gathering, but enough was said around the edges to make it practically certain that the empty honor will go to Turpie and the Indiana Demooraoy will thus again officially indorse the silver heresy. Hon. Luther U. Downey of Gosport, whose seething brain has scorched all the hair off his head in thinking great thoughts for the benefit of the Democratic party, wants to capture the complimentary vote for speaker and with it the putative leadership of the minority in the house, but whether he catches this honor or not, the real burden of leadership will fall, as it did two years ago, upon the shoulders of Eichhorn of Bluffton, whose keen intellect and enormous industry makes him the hardest man on the floor to meet upon any proposition.

It is not unlikely that the Indianapolis street railroad question will again occupy not a little of the time of the legislature this winter. A story was going the rounds last spring that the Philadelphia directors of the Citizens' Street Railroad, company had set aside the great sum of $1SO,O0O for campaign and legislative purposes, but no particular foundation for the rumor has yet been discovered. Then there was a story that the company had contributed $5,000 to the Democratic campaign fund, and that it had instructed many of its employes to work for the Democratic legislative ticket in Marion county. Though this latter story was confirmed by some of the employes, the responsible managers denied it vigorously. The company usually contributes to the campaign funds of both parties, but the Republican committee got not a dollar from it this year, and if it contributed to the Democrats the directors certainly had some very bad advice as to which party was likely to carry the legislature, for a child could have seen that the chances were three to one that it would be Republican. Since the Republicans have carried it, it is likely that the offer of the presidency of the company, which was once offered to D. M. Ransdell and mysteriously withdrawn, will again bo offered to him on account of his prominence in the Republican party.

The speakership contest is going quietly ahead without reference to the senatoiial fight. Sliideler of Grant county did not withdraw upon the announcement of Steele's candidacy for the senate, any more than did Littleton of Marion county upon the announcement of Beveridge. These two, with B. M. Willoughby of Yincennes, F. T. Roots of Connersville, and John W. Baker of Columbia City are maldng a vigorous canvass for the opportunity to wield the gavel and appoint the house committees. The speakership will be decided before the senatorship and all the candidates for speaker have found it necessary to declare that, in case of success, the senatorial contest will not be permitted to influence them in the makeup of the committees. While there are numerous candidates for the minor places, the pressure for small appointments will not be nearly so heavy as it was two years ago for there are not nearly so many people without permanent employment, and comparatively few young men are silly enough to give up a permanent position for temporary employment in the legislature.

The "New Democracy" preached by Croker of New York, Carter Harrison of Chicago and Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis, does not seem to make much headway in Indiana. It never will and never can. from its very nature accomplish much in the west outside of the great cities. Founded upon the Tammany model, purely upon spoils and the hope of spoils, it cannot hope to succeed except in large industrial centers where a part of the population is too ignorant and the other part too busy with business matters to give that serious attention to political matters that is the duty of every American citizen, and permit political matters to drift entirely into the hands of professional politicians who sustain their power by building up a close machine, whicli is in turn sustained by the contributions of big corporations, who are in turn sustained by the privileges of public robbery purchased from legislatures and municipal authorities by means of these contributions. This is the whole story of the Croker machine in New York, the Harrison machine in Chicago and the Taggart machine in Indianapolis, and it is duplicated in some form or other in every large city in the country, as well as throughout whole states in the east, Pennsylvania, for example. But it will not "go" in a single state west of the Alleghenies. The masses of the people outside the cities take a keen interest in politics and the masses of the people everywhere are honest. These two facts are fatal to the "New Democracy" that would throw principles to the winds and depend for its success upon the cohesive force of the spoils of public robbery holding together a combination of bossism, machine organization and the prostitution of power for corporation purposes.

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RUBSEL M. SHEDS.

NORTH MACE.

J. Frank Dice butchered hogs Tuesday. Miss Myrtle Galloway is at Willie Dice's.

Sam Finch says rural delivery is just the thing. Rural mail delivery is the fineBt thing out.

Roads were never known to be better that at preBent. Seth Crowder is somewhat interested in the Dice estate.

Chas. Weaver lost a 8150 horBe Monday by getting on a picket fence. Wheeler Linn and wife Bpent Saturday night and Sunday at J. W. Ward's.

Anew girl arrived at the home of Wm. E. Dice and wife last Saturday night.

Charley and Jesse Ward visited their grandparents in Crawfordsville Saturday night and Sunday.

Rev. Riley will conduct a series of meetings at Kingsley's Chapel beginning Sunday evening, Dec. 25.

The literary at Mace was well attended last Friday night. The question for to-night is "Resolved That the American Indian has Been More Cruelly Treated Than the Negro."

One day last week while Otis Robbins was examining a toy cannon it exploded throwing powder in his face and eyes and injuring his Bight. The last report was that he was improving.

Last Saturday

A Tremendous Success

OUR

Wm. Dice delivered hogs to Edwards & Linn last Tuesday. The Yankeetown crop of hogs was marketed at Mace this week.

Fire Sale

Dight

60 06

IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BIGGEST THING IN THE LINE OF

CLOTHING Hats and Furnishings,

That ever struck Crawfordsville. We actually had to lock the doors last Saturday to keep the crowd back.

The Reasons are Plain:

1st. Goods but slightly damaged. 2d, At such big discounts—25 to 60 per cent. 3d. At the very opening of real winter. The goods are going fast but remember the stock represented an investment of $30,000, and therefore can't be sold out in a day or a week. First comers get first choice, but second choice is just about as good as first Goods not charged during 'this sale, for obvious reasons, and no money re' turned, but goods may be exchanged. Store open each evening until 8 o'clock. Saturday until 10.

OOOOOOOO

We Want Your Trade.

OOOOOOOO

EDWARD WARNER,

One Price Clothier.

was one not to

be forgotten soon by the Mace detective company. Otis Stafford drove to town and not intending to stay very long, hitched biB horse on the street. When he came to get it, horse and buggy neither could be found, so after hunting tbe town over be came to the conclusion that they had been stolen, and came out home. His father, Wm. Stafford, aroused tbe detectives at once. Frank Dice was BO excited when he called. He said he was thinking of butchering, mistaking Sunday for Monday. The horse and buggy were found near James Campbell's on the Noblesville road. Capt. Fletcher got him in an hour and fifty minutes. It had been borrowed and used by some one and the horBe turned loose and wondered around to where it was found.

MACE.

Mrs. Mullen 1B very poorly. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Dice, a girl baby.

A large crowd attended the debate last Friday night. A series of meetings will begin at Kingsley Chapel Christmas night.

Linn & Edwards shipped two car loads of hogs to Indianapolis Tuesday. QHarve Morris sold a fine lot of hogs andLaheep to Linn & I Edwards Tuesday.

The rabbit hunters held their oyster

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supper at W-n Myers' last Saturday night. There will bo an oyster supper at Kingsley Chapel on Wednesday night,

Mrs. Peterson is here from Washington attending the bedside of her sick mother.

There has been a street preacher here this week. He did not have many bearers.

Rev. Tharp will preach at the Christian church Sunday evening at three o'clock. Come and hear him.

Mrs. Mollie Armstrong returned home Monday after spending a few days with her aunt in the city.

There will be a Christmas tree at Mace hall on Christmas eve for the benefit of the Methodist church.

Remember the Christmas play called "The Cantata" to be played at Mace hall next Thursday night, Dec. 22.

There will be an oyster supper at Mace hall on New Year's eve for the benefit of the Walnut Chapel church.

Messrs. Will Lollis, Joe Everson Frank Lauter and Misses Minnie Snyder, Laura Owen and sister spent Sunday evening at George Hugelheim's.

BROWN'S VALLEY.

Miss Jessie BoyJand is on the sick list. Wallace Wilson, of near Waveland, was the guest of relatives here Saturday and Sunday.

There will be a large rabbit hunt here Saturday and the supper will be during the holidays.

Wm. Lydick, of Crawfordsville, waB in town Tuesc'ay night. He is a diummer for cigars now.

Miss Pearl Guy, of Waveland,

the guest of

MiEses

waB

Ora and Nannie

Davis last Thursday night. ffrffir'1-, Please remember the Christmas en. tertainment at the Baptist churchThey will have a boat this year and the admission is 10 centP.

Rev. O. W. McGaughey will preach here Sunday morning and evening at the Christian church. Everybody is cordially invited to attend.

The Christian people will give an entertainment on Christmas eve. They will have a throne and a good entertainment. It will be free and every body is cordially invited to attend.

The box supper last Thursday night waB well attended and a grand success. Will Ogelsbee got first prize and Ina Spaulding second. Miss Maude Allen got a nice ice wool shawl for being the most popular young lady present. All seemed to enjoy themselves.

Gates Mexican Tonrs.

On Jan. 17th and Feb. nth, 1899, a special train consisting of sleeping, compartment, observation and dining cars will compose the Gates' tours special. An eighty page illustrated itiner ary will be furnished upon application free to persons contemplating this trip The undersigned has been appointed the authorized agent of Gates' tours for Lafayette and vicinity and will be pleased to give full particulars relative to this trip.

THOS. FOLLEN, Pass. Agt., Lafayette, Ind.