Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 17 February 1899 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1899.

ON a test vote the anti-pass bill was sustained in the hoiiBe by a vote of 46 to 26.

AN unbroken sheet of snow covers the Ohio valley, stretching to the Alleghany mountain tops. When the thaw comes, look out for floods.

SENATOR MASON preaching peace presents a rather peculiar spectacle. People have not as yet forgotten his wild, assinine braying for bloodshed last spring.

THE Porto RicanB continue to celebrate annexation to the United States. They have the good serse to appreciate the best luck that could happen to any community.

FOB fear of "yawning disaster" Mr. Cleveland pulled down the flag in Hawaii, but he will notice that the people elected a different sort of President and run it up again.

SENATOR FOBAKER announced in a public address on Lincoln's birthday that the Republicans of Ohio are now united and that William McKinley would be re-nominated for President in 1900.

THE fellow who has been lamenting that there were no longer any oldfashioned winters, such as prevailed when he was a boy, is in hiding. A suffering public would make Bhort work of such a pessimist.

JOSEPH QUARLES, the new Republican senator from Wisconsin, is a lawyer who has repeatedly refused to appear in court in behalf of corporations. He ought to prove a safe man in the high office to which he has been chosen.

AGONCII.LO insists that the Americans brought on the fighting at Manila. The swaggering of the Filipino soldiers in the suburbs':and around our "jackets has escaped his attention. Our soldiers were surprisingly patient under long and deliberate provocation.

REPUBLICAN politics in Indiana took a distinctly higher ground when Mr. Hernly, the head of the state organization, took a hand in pushing the movement for reform in lccal government. If the Republicans in the house allow Resor and Eichorn to defeat the -reform bills the party will lose all *it gained by Mr. Hernly's action.

NEWTON W. GILBERT, of Angola, and a member of the Indiana senate, was elected president of the Indiana League of Republican Clubs at Fort Wayne on Friday. Mr. Gilbert is one of the coming young men in Indiana politics and deserves the honor. He is modest but "clean as a hound's tooth" and will make the party stronger for bis prominence in it.

THE report of the treasury bureau of statistics for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898, just made public, shows that Great Britain continues to be our best foreign customer, notwithstanding the steady decrease in our purchases. In 1898 we sold goods to the value of 8538,601,787 to Great Britain, an increase of 856,000,000 over 1897 in 189S we bought of Great Britain goods to the value of 8111,361,017, a decrease on the value of our 1897 purchases of $52,000,000. These figures do not make pleasant reading for those who predicted that the Dingley tariff would entirely destroy our foreign commerce, but they strongly vindicate a protective tariff.

MB. EICHOBN, leader of the Democratic forces of the lower house in the legislature, is a shrewd man. We cannot but admire the ability with which he bandies his forces. It is to be regretted that the Republican majority is not under as good discipline. As it is Mr. Eichorn is completely outwitting his opponents, who, although they are in a majoritj, are so unorganized that they are unable to pass a bill demanded by the platform and the leaders of the party. If the Republicans would present a united front for the reform bills the solid array of Democratic votes against them would melt away. Mr. Eichorn knows the party that passes those bills will strike a popular chord and therefore he will prevent the Republicans from getting that advantage if he can. But if he sees the Republicans are determined to pnt the bill through you will see Mr. Eichorn and company getting on the band wagon to get what glory they can.

GIVE THE PRESIDENT TIME. President McKinley WBB bitterly assailed a year ago because he did not precipitate the war with Spain but as his policy developed it appeared plain to all the country that he was right and his critics were wrong. Everyone now admits that it would have been a mistake to begin the war until the continued misconduct of Spain had crystalized public sentiment to support it and until we were prepared to press hostilities to a quick conclusion. It is now apparent that recognition of the Cuban insurgents would have been fatal to the best interests of Cuba. The acts of the President are bearing the test of time and therefore we think it safe to conclude that in certain other matters concerning which the course of the administration is being so violently criticised it would be well to rest easy. For instance, a great many people are having hysterics over what the administration will do with the Philippines and in order to give excuse for their ravings they assume that various different things will be done. Another class of critics scarcely more sensible urge the President to declare his policy. Now all of these people are in much the same position as those who were so noisy against the President before war was declared. They are in too big a hurry and in the course of a few months will appear ridiculous if any one takes the trouble to remember what they said. It is silly to criticise the President's Philippine policy now because he has none except to preserve order. And it is too early to ask him to announce a policy because he has not yet secured the necessary information. It is easy to dispose of the whole matter in a newspaper article or a set of resolutions, but a President on whom the responsibility rests cannot settle the matter so eisily. Give the President time. He has appointed an able commission to learn the facts concerning the Philippines at first hand. Wait for this report and then the President and congress and public opinion will settle matters in a manner satisfactory to all concerned.

MONTGOMERY county finances are now in better shape than they have been for years and it is due to the careful and business like management of the commissioners and the economy observed by the other officials. The county debt has been melting away like snow and will before another Christmas in all probability disappear. Perhaps the reform bills would not very much improve matters with us juBt now. But it was not always thu6. Who does not remember Goben and others of later date and hardly less odorous memory? The reform bills if they had been laws then would have seriously interfered with the highhanded operations of these gentry, all of whom bamboozled the people into electing them into office on the poverty plea. Those good old tax-eating days may come again, in all probability will come again, unless laws are passed to check the rapacity of the tax eaters who by hook and crook get on the tickets of both parties occasionally and thus into office. Our present system works well enough when honest men are at the helm but fails to stand the test of those who add to their salaries by unlawful perquisites.

THE substance of 'the report of the war investigating commission was given out as soon as the report was placed in the President's hands, and an abstract of the report, made by direction of the President, has just been given to the press. Although the report is as a whole, commendatory of the conduct of the war, it contains numerous criticisms of particular acts, which fell short of what they should have been. The abstract of the report contains every one of these criticisms as well aB the reasons for making them. It will require an act of congress to provide tor any distribution of printed copies of the entire report and of the evidence taken by the commission.

GENERAL EAGAN, whose court martial sentence of dismissal from the army was mitigated by the President to six years' suspension from duty, is likely to remain in Washington until the military court of inquiry called by the President to give Gen. Miles an opportunity to prove his charges that bad meat was issued to our troopB in Cuba and Porto Rico, completes its work, as he will be an important witness before the court. The appointment of this court of inquiry shows that instead of being disposed to act against Gen. Miles, the President is disposed to afford him every opportunity to make good his charges.

Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters remaining uncalled for in the postofflce at Crawfordsville for the week ending Feb. 15, 1899. Persons calling for them please state that they were advertised: Edwards Altaf McOlure Miss Gardner Mrs Morris W Hickman Merrltt O'Leary Johnson Bad Purdem Henry (2)

Herman Bering John

Lewis Mrs W Walters William Wilson Flora.

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AGAINST THEIR PARTY

FEW REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ACTING WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON REFORM

LEGISLATION.

They Seem to Forget That Their Party Stands Pledged to County and Township Reform and Assisted In the

Slaughter

One Measure Last

"Week Shideler's Narrow Escape From a Lynching "Smart" Mr. Eichhorn's Endeavor to Defeat the Morton Pension Bill.

[From our Special Correspondent.] Indianapolis, Feb. 15.—The small coterie of Republicans in the house who are operating with the Democrats in the effort to defeat all legislation looking toward reform in county and township business are undertaking a dangerous business for their party and for themselves. I do not impugn the motives of any one them, but most of the people and newspapers will. Two or three of them honestly believe that the bills pending are either unnecessary or unwise but most of them know little and care less about what they contain, but have promised some friend who has stood by them in a political fight that they will vote against them. This friend may be a county or township officer or may not and in either case it is entirely unlikely that any corrupt consideration has been offered, but if these members succeed in defeating the reform measures they will never be able to get rid of the odium of having dealt their party a body blow, nor of the suspicion that they were paid for so. doing. The fight for a reasonable reform that will save the taxpayers thousands of dollars per year has been practically won in the senate, all three of the bills having run the gauntlet of second reading in that body with sufficient majority to assure their passage. In the" house, however, one of them was given its death blow last Thursday on a committee report. The fight was led by Mr. Reser of Lafayette, backed by the solid Democratic minority and enough Republicans to indefinitely postpone the bill, and kill it next day.

The bill that was thus slaughtered in the house was the one providing for a uniform system of accounts to be used by county and township officers. By many it was

regarded

as the most valu

able of the series of three measures prepared by the commission, for it would prevent the common practice of hiding irregularities under an obscure method of bookkeeping that makes it impossible for any but an expert accountant to understand what' has become of the money. The assistance given by Speaker Littleton from the chair to the opponents of the reform came as a startling surprise to most of the Republicans of the state, lmt those who have watched his course in this mutter were not astonished much. In the beginning, before he was elected speaker, Mr. Littleton promised Chairman Hernly faithfully that he would accept his recommendations, but after he was elected it was found that the composition of the committee oil county and township business had been dictated largely by the Indiana and Lafayette bridge companies of Muncie and Lafayette. Then, when the township bill that had been introduced in the house came up on committee report, the speaker permitted and encouraged the personal attack that was made upon some of the best citizens bf the state, by declaring from the chair that the false statements made by one of the members ou the floor were cold facts. It was the accession of the crowd now opposing these reform bills that assured the election of Mr. Littleton as speaker and he seems to be paying a treme mlu is price for the evanescent honor.

Mr. Sliideler, the goodnatured chairman of .he ways and means committee, came near having a riot on his hands a few days ago. On one of those stinging cold days he suggested that if a number of the members would remain in the chamber during the noon hour they might have their lunch sent over to them. About 50 of them staid and Shideler undertook to order the lunch. They waited half an hour and murmurs began to be heard.' When an hour had passed and no lunch appeared, there were cries of "Bread, bread!" The minutes sped on and finally there was a rush for Shideler in the good old Ripley county style and a lynching was ouly prevented by the timely appearance of the minions of the restaurant witu loads of things to eat, steaming hot

The programme for educational legislation is now pretty well marnea out and it is probable that the Hogate bill, which passed the senate, will go through the house and become a law. This increases the membership of the state board of education by three, to be appointed by the governor. One of these must be a county superintendent, and the only restriction placed upon the appointment of the other two is that they shall be known as having educational experience and qualifications. This means no victory for either the state or nonstate factions, though it may, if the governor sees fit, weaken somewhat the dominating influence of the state sohools in the board.

The Democrats of the Uouse are much given to boasting of the acuteness of their leader, Eichhorn of Wells, and he is a pretty bright boy, if the truth must be known. But, like a good many other "smart" people, Eichhorn looks too much to immediate temporary advantage and too little to the larger view th» people who do not follow closely the details of legislative affairs are apt to take of things. He did not do either his mrty or his own reputation any good

last week when he led the lUUrtj tight upon the bill to pension the wfclow of Governor Morton, albeit the hostilities against the measttre were "cutely" planned. He first tried to load it tip with an amendment giving a like pension to Mrs. Ira J*. Ohase. Now Eichhorn and his Democratic conferrees do not care a fig about the widow of Governor Ohase, but the evident desire was to either kill the bill or "put the Republicans in a hole." The pension to Mrs. Morton is based upon the magnificent services her husband rendered the state, as well as upon the fact that he expended large sums of his own money in behalf of the state. While Governor Chase made an acceptable governor during the short time that he served in filling out the term of Governor Hovey, he had no opportunities to render such signal services as Governor Morton and the same reasons do not obtain. When thia effort to kill the bill had been defeated, Hedgecock plainly exhibited the Democratic plan of attack by offering an amendment to pension all the widows of dead governors. Hedgecock had not been properly coached. His amendment was designed by the leaders to be offered only in case the Republicans accepted the Chase amendment, so as to make sure that the bill would have too heavy a load to carry. After the Republicans disnlavod nnnvnsra Bnnucrh to repulse tho first attack he should have kepfhis little popgun out of the skirmish.

The business of the so nate is in considerably better shapo, so far as progress goes, than that of the ho use, notwithstanding the fact that the latter body has worked every Saturday, while the senate has adjourned from Friday to Monday. The senate is a smaller body and composed for the most part of men who have had enough experience in legislative work to understand that very little is accomplished by talk. Aside from Horner and one or two others, it contains but few men who are fond of the sound of their own voices and the speeches are usually confined to brief explanations of a bill or objections to it. In the house, on the contrary, there are a great many members who are enjoying their first session of the legislature. Most of them have come with aspirations to set the world aflame and all have the same monotonous idea that it can be done by talking a whole lot. They are not particularly anxious that the other members should hear them, but they are trying to say something that will find its way back to their constituents at home.

Probably the craziest piece of legislation that has beeu offered for a decade is the antilynching bill introduced by Senator Eph Iuman, the boy wonder of Dubois and Daviess. According to this measure, it becomes the duty of the sheriff upon the first alarm of any disturbance, to supply the prisoner with a whole arsenal of weapons, which are set out in detail in the bill. With a jail full of thugs, the introduction of a large assortment of deadly weapons would be calculated to produce a high degree of safety for the people of the smrounding country.

What with the cold snap and the smallpox scare, life has not been a bed of roses to the senators. Their chamber is on the west sid\ of the capitol and with a stiff west wind and the thermometer toboganning away below the zero mark, it has been almost impossible to heat the senate chamber, and those dignified statesmen have been compelled to sit in their seats with their hats on and overcoats wrapped about them. Then, to add to the terrors of the sitna tion one Steve Yeager, a bootblaclc in the senate cloakroom, sent word one fin? morning that he was quarantined on account of the smallpox, and when most of the solous recalled the fact that lie had blacked their shoes or hung up their overcoats the day before, the te-.-rpr among them was genuine and widespread.

These are busy days for the governor as the bills are beginning to pile in upon him rapidly and he is not in the habit of approving any measures he does not know all about. Added to this is the fact that he has two or three important appointments to make in the near future, and the friends of various candidates are making life pleasant for him with visits of delegations and things. Then he is constantly called upon foi advice and information about the state institutions by members of the legislature. Taken all iu all, just now, there are lots of easier jobs than that of being governor of Indiana.

One of the amusing figures in the senate is Dr. Cregor, fraudulently counted in from the Hancock-Madison-Rush district, who is living in daily terror of being unseated by the elections committee. Cregor is the only member who is always iu his seat on every rollcall, seeming to fear that if he should leave it for a few minutes he would be ousted. He is the first senator there in the morning and the lust to leave in the evening. He will wander about the empty chamber after the senate has adjourned, iike a lost spirit, trying the chairs of different members. On oue occasion he even crept up into the lieutenant governor's pulpit and picked up the gavel in a timid sort of way, but dropped it quickly when lie noticed that one of the belated doorkeepers had his eye upon him.'

The house has a lone Populist in the person of one Thomas Lief of Attica. Fountain is one of the counties where the Democrats and Populists rau a fusion ticket last year and in the division of the ticket the office of representative was given to lief on condition that he would vote for the Democratic nominee for senator. He voted for Turpie with a floundering explanation that he did so because the Democratic party was the only one that had ever befriended the Populists. But on all subsequent occasions he has voted with the Democratic minority, and is one of the most reliable members in the Democratic column.

RUSSEL M. SEEDS.

Dr. Wilson was called to see Mrs. Elizabeth Imel Monday. Miss Grace Howard is in school again after a two weeks' illness.

A. J. Stone visited his sister, Mis. Imel, who is sick, Monday. Mrs. Clara Laymon and Miss Julia Laymon are improving Blowly.

Mrs. Rebecca Everson has been very low with hemorrhage of the nose. Rev. Burkett went to Castleton Saturday to hold meeting over Sunday.

Oar school teachers are preparing an elaborate programme for the. last day of school.

Mr. Me3seB has rented( property of Mrs. Prankie Luster and twill shortly move here.

A series of meetings commenced at the Universalist church here Tuesday night, conducted by Rev. Beckett.

F. J. Nickell spent a part of last week in Indianapolis where he represented the M. W. A. lodge of New Market in the state convention.

On the night of Feb. 28 at the Universalist church at Whitesville will be given our temperance drama. This play is in five acts and will entertain the people for two and a half hours. Admission fee, 15 cents for all over twelve years of age under twelve, 10 cents. The proceeds will be used for church purposes.

BOWERS.

There is considerable sickness here, mostly grip. .• Daniel Clouser has been quite poorly the pa6t week.

Dr. Ware is again able to attend to his professional calls. William Bundy, our blacksmith, is still confined to his bed.

Mr. Bailey, Mary Allen, Mrs. Riley and Arthor Fishero are aU convalescent.

Born to Mr. and Mrs Joseph Fuller, a boy, on the 14th inst. A real valentine.

James Dykes and son Sam shipped a car load of fine hogs to Indianapolis Monday.

The citizens of Bowers are wishing for some kind of an entertainment to strike our town as the town hall is idle again.

THE BEST PRESCRIPTION.

There is some talk of organizing a Red Men's lodge here, which would be a great help to the community. a Mrs. Pettie Hamilton is yet confined to her room with heart trouble, but is thought to be better at this writing.

Joseph Moore, of Montmorency, a half brother of John Careys, visited here over Sunday, it being the first time they had met in thirty-two years.

PhysiciansIUse and Recommend Paine's Celery Compound.

Chicago, 111., Dec. 12, 1898:

Gentlemen:—It gives me pleasure to certify to the good effect from Paine's celery compound for my patients in general debility and liver complaints.

ANDREW L. LUNDGREN, M. D. Why do the ablest physicians in America openly prescribe, use and recommend

PaiDe's

celery compound?

First because Paine's celery compound is not a patent medicine. It is not tfee discovery of some quack doctor of whom his profession never heard it is not a concoction put up by some man who first invented a name, and then adopted a preparation to fit it and it iB not a secret remedy.

But it is, first, the result of the 'lifelong study of the greatest physician America has produced, a man whose reputation was world wide years before he had ever arrived at this wonderful formula a man who has received the highest degrees from the best colleges, who was at the time of his great discovery a professor at Dartmouth and a lecturer in other universities, a scholar and a member of a family which had made its mark in every department of public life in America,—Prof. Edward E. Phelps,

LL D.

Why do progressive and intelligent physicians of every school prescribe

DREAMLAND.

Paine's celery compound in preference to any other remedy? Became it has prolonged the lives of thousands of sufferers: it has made their sick patients well.

The best test that can be applied to Paine's celery compound is to use it.sy If one is "run down," feels without energy, lifeless, useless, fretful, take this great remedy, and note the change.

In its peculiar ability to at once invigorate the body, to make new blood and to regulate the nerves,

lieB

the

great value of Paine's celery compound in all wasting diseases and diseases of the kidneys, liver and stomach.

A neglected complaint, though slight at the beginning, may through neglect cause a lifetime of misery. The ringing in the ears, the backache or the general debility unless the body is braced up again, may teach one by bitter experience that disease can creep through very small holes.

Paine's celery compound stimulates the kidneys, improves the appetite and digestion, drives out any scrofulous tendency in the blood and actively encourages the nutrition of the nerves and organs with the result that the whole body takes on flesh and color— the surest indication of improved health.

It makes people well!

PARKERSBURG.

The grip patients are some better. Mrs. Lydia James is on the sick list. Dr. Hyten and wife are both quite sick

The school here will close in four weeks." Mrs. Mattie Johnson still continues quite poor'y.

Too cold for social meeting last Sunday morning. W. L. Hyten, of Greencastle, was here last Sunday.

Miss Bertha Goff has eight more weeks of school. Barton Griaer, of Roachdale W8S here the first of the week.

J. T. Lookabaugh and family mpved to Cloverdale laBt Wednesday.

Offin Richardson and wife will occupy J. T. Lookabaugh's

proDerty.

Walter Whittaker and Benton McMurtry, of Raccoon, are cutting wood for Benton James.

Rev. Henry Ashley will till his regular appointment here next Saturday night and Sunday.

Our new blacksmith took possession of Dock Bendrick's shop last Monday. He is boarding at S Armstrong's.

Miss Bertha Hyten was called home from Shannondale last week on account of the serious illness of her parents.

A surprise was made upon Mr. Lookabaugh's family last Tuesday night at the home of Robert LaFollette and family.

Mrs. Victoria Welch was called to Whitesville last Tuesday bv the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Clara Laymon.

Dr. Lidikay, of Ladoga, and Dr. Summers, of Raccoon, have been seen in our midst since the grip has been so prevalent.

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