Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 February 1899 — Page 11

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

the matter this year? No

one has as jet reported the peach

IN«18% Wm,

$135

THERE

budB

Jennings Bryan paid

in taxes and in 1898 he paid $322.70. Prosperity seems to have struck Mr. Bryan and

Btruck

him hard.

was a state meeting of the

Democratic editors at Indianapolis yesterday but it seems that none of the OrawfordBville multitude was present

THE

decision of the navy department

that the Merrimac is not worth raising closes the final chapter in the history of that ship. The pinnacle of its renown was inverted and had to be reached by sinking, that having been the most memorable incident with which it was ever associated.

THE

blood oi the American soldiers

who fell at Manila Sunday was in reality shed by those senators and representatives at Washington, who, for the sake of peanut politics, strove to embarrass the administration by talking against the treaty and encouraging the foolish Agoncillo and reckless Aguinaldo. The attack by the insurgents was intended to cause a rejection of the treaty by the senate and it would never have been made but for the traitorous utterances made in the senate chamber of the United States.

Terre Haute Express gives Mr.

Landis an extended complimentary notice on hiB reply to Henry U. Johnson in congress and in conclusion says: "In this connection it is not improper to say that Charles B. Landis is to-day one of the distinguished men of the state. He has, indeed, few equals of his age. He possesses wide information, which he is able at all

LOUISVILLE

THE

timeB

assimilate and utilize, either in a public address or a written editorial. His long experience as a writer has aided in giving him remarkable facility as well aB precision of expression. He possesses a rich, deep vein of humor, which is happily ballasted by strong common sense. His perception is quick and accurate his grasp of a subject strong, and his view many-sided. He has intellectual breadth and depth an.d withal is a man of winsome manner in social intercourse. His popularity on the)stump ist unsurpassed in the state."

Times (Dem.): The most

astounding feature in connection with the debate in the senate over the treaty and»the debate in the house over the army bill is the total lack of comprehension betrayed by so many southern senators and representatives in regard to the needs and wisheB of their constituents. The advantages to the southern half of the union, which the Nicaragua canal and the acquisition of the4Philippines will bring, can not be estimated. Southern seaports will rapidly increase in population and commerce. They will become distributing points for an enormous trade with China. The impulse that will be given to southern industries—to the iron, coal, cotton and other products— will Boon put these narrow-minded and short-visioned aunties to shame. They have been floundering about for a political issue on which to stake the presidential campaign of 1900, and have settled on the most unpopular and unpatriotic programme they could possibly devise.

Indianapolis Journal speaking

editorially, says: "A comparison of the non-state schools with the state schools is decidedly favorable to the former in respect of administration and operating expenses. Thus eight non-state schools, including Butler, Earlham, Franklin, DePauw, Hanover, Moore's Hill, Union Christian and Wabash colleges have a total of 132 teachers, 2,178 students, and were operated in 1897 at an aggregate

coBt

«y-

$154,572, an average

of $70.97 per capita expense to students. Three state institutions, Indiana university, Purdue and the State Normal, had a total of 168 teachers, 2,500 Btudents and were operated at an aggregate cost of $325,273, an average per capita expense to students of $129.80. The great difference in favor of the institntions which do not receive state aid shows that they must be mnch more economically managed. Extravagance does not necessarily argue efficiency, and educational institutions which receive state aid should be held to the same accountability in business methods as are other state institutions."

THE ANNUAL HARBOR BILL.

No more villainous thing is ever done by the American congress than the passage of t.he annual river and harbor Bteal. A

bill

thiB

..15.00 .. 2.50 .. 1.25 .10

10. 1B89.

has jiR*. passed

the houBe, by a vote of 160 to 7,

the

propriating $31,000,000 for the ostensible purpose of improving harbors and rivers, nine-tenths of which appropria tion will be as effectually wasted as if it were cast into the

Bea.

The way

thing is carried on is by the process of log-rolling. Each member gets in an appropriation for his dietrict, and agrees to vote for the whole bill. YearB ago Mr. Greeley used to expose this wastage of public money, and point out

insignificant objects for

which appropriations were made, but nothing has ever had the least effect in checking this farce. We recall an appropriation, once exposed by Mr. Greeley in the Tribune, which was made for the improvement of

river

in South Carolina, which could not be found anywhere on the map, and which, when fully investigated, turned out to be only a spring branch incapable of floating a canoe. No money, of course, was ever spent on it, but the appropriation served to

Eecure a

vote

for the bill from the district in which the spring branch flowed to the mill pond below it. If anyone will take the trouble to procure a copy of this bill and read it carefully, we venture he will find it "chuck full" of abominations.

THE CORRUPT VOTER. Hv

Representative Caraway has introduced a bill aimed at venality in elections which has

THE JOURNAL'S

heart

iest approval, for it coincides with the views expressed in these columns two months ago that the vote-Beller and not the vote-buyer deserves the punishment, and that the punishment should be nothing more than disfranchisement. We sincerely hope that Mr. Caraway's measure, if wisely framed as to details, will pass. As outlined in the newspapers it provides that the man who sells his vote shall be disfranchised for a period of from ten to thirty years, while the person who secures the conviction receives a reward of $100. The county clerk is to keep a list of disfranchised voters. The law punishing the vote-buyer is to be repealed.

The provisions of the bill are as simple as they are just. The vote-buyer is not really responsible and should go free. If there were no corrupt voters willing and anxious to sell there would be no vote-buyers. If there were no corrupt funds furnished chiefly by candidates there' would be no votebuyers. As a rule the vote-buyer is a respected citizen who in the ordinary course of affairs would scorn to do a dishonorable thing. He is simply an ardent partisan who wishes his party to succeed and sacrifices his self respect for one day in order that men, no better than himself may be elected to various offices and that the principles of his party may be victorious The vote-buyer is merely the agent of his party and the party is responsible for him. Political parties cannot be punished for buying votes. Neither will they refrain from buying votes so long as the voters are in the market, for the party that maintains a strictly virtuous position in this respect invites certain defeat in every close county or district. The venal vote holds the balance of power. When the situation is studied it is very plain why bribery laws have been so ineffective. They have all been aimed at the vote-buyer and no community wants to see its good citizens sent to the penitentiary for doing what really the party is responsible for. The punishment is too severe and it is aimed at the wrong person.

Mr. Caraway's bill makes a complete change. It places the punishment on the person who deserves it, but does not make it severe. In fact it makes "the punishment fit the crime" to a It is entirely reasonable and ju6t that a man who demonstrates his unfitness for the ballot by selling his vote should'be deprived of the right of suffrage. To him it is merely the loss of an opportunity to make from $2 to $5 without working. To society it is relief from a deadly canker. No maudlin sympathy need be wasted on the poor man who sells his vote. He is not worthy of it. Every election makes the situation more serious. The "floating vote" is growing with alarming rapidity. It is the cause of increasing assessments on candidates and thus for the extravagance of public officers.

By all means let Mr. Caraway's bill become a law and let us try it at least. We have tried every other plan without succesB.

A CONTEMPORARY declares that Hon. William J. Bryan will continue fearlessly to po'nt out the cause of the country's woe. It wouldn't be a bad idea for Hon. William J. also to point out occasionally the woa itself, if he can conveniently locate it. And while he is pointing he might point out the cause of his own property trebling in value in the last two years.

THE

JsJk-

health of our troops at Manila

during* ih© last seven months has been good. In climate and sanitary conditions the Philippines apparently are better off than Cuba.

THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE.

Some of the Oommunieations Which Keach His Office From the Worthy and Unworthy Poor.

Thero are to ne unpleasant features connected with the office of trustee of Union township and not the least of these is the legal dispensation of char ity. This time of year he has scores of calls daily and receives besides many appeals which come by mail or messenger. Below we publish a few samDles of this interesting literature. They represent, as will be readily perceived by perusal, both the worthy and unworthy seeker of public charity and will serve to give our people an idea of existing conditions in one class of Crawfordsville society.

THE JOUR

NAL does not know the name of a single writer, so the trustee has violated no confidence in giving them for publication:

From a woman—"I will haft to hav a little help for something to eat for I am out and ant got any work till Saturday and I ant anything to eat only bread. When you get my things you needen get any bread stuff, the money you get bread stuff get something else. Send my things right away."

Woman—"Now is down with the grip and she sent to you for an order and you denyed her and Bhe is in bed bad off. Now you send me a order for some of what belongs to me. She can't lay here and die."

Man—"Send me a load of wood and some groceries for we are out and will have to have them to-day."

Sick man—"Please give an order for some groceries for we haven't had a bite to eat in our house since yesterday and I can't see how I am to get anything without coming to you."

From widow—"I want to no if you will please give me a order for only 50 cents. We have not got one bite in my house to eat—not even bread, and I have not asked you for anything this winter. I have went hungry many a time this winter to keep from sending to you for anything, but I can't help it. If I even had bread to eat I would not send to you for anything, but I am sick and can't freeze and Btarve both I hate to send to you for a order as I have not sent this winter, but I can't help it as we are very near starved to death. If you will please jast send me down a few groceries this time I will not send to you another time this winter for anything else, but if you only new how we are suffering I no you could not denie me, for we are plum starving. This will be the last I will ask you fer if you will only help me this time, but I have got nothing at all to eat. Now please send me down a few things this time and I will not ask you for no more, but we are starving. Please send us down a few groceries."

Woman—"This^girl is in want of a cloak very badly, so I trust you could perhaps give her one. Her parents are poor and can't give her one. She is staying at my house. I am sending her to school and getting her shoes and other clothes, and that is all I can afford, so trusting you will help her, I am yours, respectfully," etc.

Woman—"Willyou be kind enough to give my little children a cloak apiece? The three that is in school need a cloak and one is a boy. I thought I would be able to get them myself. I do all I can. 1 am ashamed to call on you, but it can't be helped. I don't want you to think that I depend on you. I would rather take my own money and buy them myself if I could. I would be obliged to you if you would."

Woman—"Please get us 4 comforts, 3 blankets, muslin for 2 sheets and pillow cases, and feather tick

Woman—"Would you please give me an order for some groceries to-day as I am sick and could not work for anyone this week, and did not work any last week, and am in need of groceries."

Woman—"The boys can't go to school unless you get them some shirts and pants." And again, "Please give me an order for I hant able to work yet. I wish you would fix it so I could get some things I could eat. won't let me have only wbats on the order." Also: "Will you give me an order? I hant able to do any work yet. I wish you would give it somewhere else besides he wont let me have anything I can eat."

Woman—"I will have to bother you again for some groceries. Will you please let me have a bigger order. I can't hardly do on a dollar."

Woman—VWill you please see about getting me a pair of shoes I have been sick for two weeks and musent get my feet wet."

Woman—"I did not ask you for the shoes for nothing. I waB going to pay you back in 1 or 2 weeks. But I do not want any man (truant officer) coming upjhere. If you did not want me to have the shoes you do not have to, because my man will have money coming to him any day from our home away off from here."

Woman—"Will you please send me some groceries as I am Bick and can't come myself. My husband's hand is a gettin' better, but not so he can ass it much yet, and pleaBe send me something to do us."

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Woman—"You must let them little girls have a order to get them a pair of stockings apiece, to suits of underwair apiece and a hood apiece. Papa said he wasn't going to let them go any more (to school) at all if you don't let them have them this morning. One of them came homo the other evening a crying because &ne was so cold she couldn't stand it hardly. We muBt have Bome muslin. We have not got any at all. Can't do without it—20 yards at least. Papa has not got the money to buy them and will not have it soon. He is behind with his groceries now. Papa said for you to let them have them."

Woman—"As the rent becomes due to-morrow, we cannot possibly raise it, for I am out of work and my son's wages are the same. I have the rheumatism so bad that I can nj*t get out or I would have come up and seen you myself."

Man—"I would like for you to give me an order for a pair of shoeB for my little girl, so Bhe can go to school Monday morning for I do not ilike to keep her out."

Woman—"Please let have an order to get some groceries. We are all sick and are out of everything."

Woman—"Necessity compels me to ask your assistance again. I am entirely out of something to eat. I am out of flour, meat, sugar, butter, lard, coffee, potatoes, and I would like to have some dried peacheB and some rice and some molasses and beans. Hoping you will attend to this for me for which I will be very thankful to you."

Man—"Would you please give me an order for a few groceries as I have not a thing in the house to eat but a little bread. I have two small children. I have had my arm and leg broke and am not able to do any work. My wife will soon have a place to work—cooking at the but has not been able to find anything before, although she has looked all over town. I was peddling—through the country, until my horse died two months ago and I 'haven't had the money to buy another one since. If you can give us enough to do us a couple of weeks I don't think we will have to bother you again."

Man—"I sent to you for wood last Friday and you have not sent it yet. You only sent me a scant half cord the last load. Now, you must furnish me my wood for, I am out and can't get none, and give us an order for some groceries for I can't let my children suffer for something to eat."

Woman—"We want to get an rrder to get some groceries. My man is only getting a dollar a day."

Woman—"I am about worked out. I will haft to have something to eat right away. If you can get it send it over to night if you please." Also, "I will haft to call on you to get something to eat for I am out. Every cent I make it takes for wood and house rent and so pleaso send me something to eat to-day. I will be every BO thankful to get help from you if you please."

Woman—"I am compelled to have a few groceries as must have something to eat. You must send her something."

The above are only a few of the hundreds of similar notes sent to the trustee asking for aid, and the trustee is obliged to look up each one and see what is right to do. The prevailing sickness is causing some extra demands uton the township for aid. In many of the above cases it was found to be just as claimed.

.. &:

neatness Cannot Be Cared

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, rfnd that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness la caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed deafness Is the resul, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and thlB tube restored to its normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.

Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deaf Dess (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. SenJ for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., ,. Toledo, O.

Sold by druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best.

Are Yon Constipated?

Yon may not know it or at least fail to realize it, but constipation is the greatest enemy to mankind. This condition unlebS corrected, will bring on Indigestion and Dyspepsia This condition places the system in such shape that if you are exposed to any one of the different kinds of fevers you are 6ure to be affected thereby. In this condition a large amount of poiB^onous matter is retained in the system and you are therefore not in a condition to throw off disease. A cold can not be eradicated when the system is clogged. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gives perfect relief for this trouble Try a 10c bottle just once you will be convinced. Also in 50c and $1 sizes of

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