Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1890 — Page 4

She democrat JT. DZXOKB UH JT, Proprietor. FRIDAY, OCT. 9 4, IMH>. Democratic Ticket. .; ••■ w ‘ I LI"" • VoT Judffe of lie Mu ;>remc Cou t, . D®flD : JOSEPH A. P. MITCHELL. . 17/"': For Secretary of Statr, JDctn.i 1.. . .: CLAUDE MATTHEWS. For Auditor of State, :Dem.: 1.. JOHN O. HENDEKSON. ■ For Treasurer of State, ;Dom.: ALDEHTGALL. • For Attorney General, - :Dem.: I ..../. ALONZOG. SMITH. For Clerk of the Supreme Court, : Dem.: ANDHEW W. SWEENEY. jr or Superintendent of Public To* :Dem.; struct lon, I: HEHVEY D, VOHIES, :": For Chief of the Durnau of Statistics, :Dem.: WILLIAM A. PEELE, JR. • For sftate Geologist, Dem.: ‘ Jl !•••■• ” For (Congress, 11th District, :Dem,: AUGUSTUS N. MARTIN, :: Os Wells County. :: For Senator, Adams, Blackford an<> :Dern.: Jay Counties, : HA lilt Y B. SMITH. For Joint Reproaentatlve, Adams, :Dem.: Blackford and .lav Counties, :: JOHN BiIANSTREFTEH, For Joint Represents'l ,o Adams and :Dem.: Jay Count ins, : : RICHARD K. ERWIN, For Prosecuting Attorney 3th Judi<*:Dem,: clai Circuit. :: GEORGE T, WHITAKER. , For Auditor, & :Dem.: : WILLIAM H. H. FRANCE. : For Clerk, ’ :Dem.: :: JOHN H. LENH ART. For Treasurer, ;Dem.: :: .PERRY ROBISON. For Recorder, :Dem’,: :: WILLIAM BAUGHMAN. :: For Sheri If, ‘.Dem.: „ ■ ■»’: ; mark m. McConnell. '■! For Surveyor, :Dotn.: : : JOHN W. TYNDALL, j■ ’ ' • ■ For Coroner, :Dera,: : ; OLIVER T. MAY. !: For Commissioner—First District, : Dem.: • : HENRY D. FUELLING. :: For Commissioner -Second District, •Dem.: : ! CONRAD BRAKE, How to Vote. The voter who votes a Straight ticket has but to stump the square at the head of the ticket. If it Is intended to vote a mixed ticket, the voter will then stamp the square opposite the name of each candidate for whom he votes. Inquire how to fix your ballot, , ■■ -- ... jt Leave your lead pencils at home. Bury the tariff robber deep, deep, deep. - to vote the straight democratic ticket. ’ : Vote your judgment; partisan hatred does not pay mortgages. A vote for the democratic ticket is a vote against the tariff rubber. Stamp the little square opposite the head of the ticket you wish to vote. ' A “booster” is the democrat emblem and is at the top of every , democratic ballot. The safe way is to vote the tickpt. No democrat can ' afford this year to scratch. ? See your county chairman, who has samples of the new election ballot, and learn exactly how to vote. The man who scratches and fails to get it right may lose his whole ticket. The safe way is to vote straight. . Stamp the little square opposite the heading “Democratic Ticket” and let it go in. Don’t fool about scratching. ‘ Every Democrat in Adams coun- < ty should vote at the coming election and vote the straight ticket from top to bottom. The tariff robber is on trial; the consumers are jurors; the testimony ol his guilt is conclusive. Let a speedy conviction follow. If the immense sum secured \ from the people through tariff taxes were raised by direct taxation instead, the party which maintains such a system of iniquity would be swept from the face of the earth. Democratic success depends upon Democratic energy. Every man should do his part. Induce one Republican friend to abandon his high tax monopoly party and .vote this time for the good of all. . Thr Jay county Republicans are still running Joe Beery for repre- ./ tentative. Joe, however, has wise-, ly concluded not to allow himself to be a target for Democratic ballots and prefers that P. L. Andrews shall receive the stay-at-home benediction. One of our Republican exchanges says, “Colonel Briant goes before . the people of. the Eleventh district on his own record.” True enough but his “record” in the Indiana legislature is not such as will commend him to the people of this district His “record” which may be found elsewhere in this paper, will be interesting reading.

Rew>mß"k, voter, that a han g e of reference from one pr.ecii ct to anothe will cause you to lose y° ur vote. Hon. David Tubpil. nited States Senator from InJiar will address the Democracy * ■ Fort Wayne on Wednesday owning of next week. It is incumbent upon * very Democrat in Adams corfnty to to polls and vote upon election day. There should lie no stay-at-home or lukewarm Democrats w hen i United States Senator and a legi- dure is in question. Democrats should be Foyal Democrats this year. The Democratic county ticket commands your admiration and cordial support. The candidates present the highest testimonial as to ability, character and general fitness for the offices to which they aspire. Every Democrat can endorse the ticket from top to bottom. The Republican papers of the country are not quite so loud in their denunciation of free trade principles, as applied to Democrats, since Blaine’s Reciprocity scheme with the Latin states of America has been announced. The Republicans seem to understand that Blaine who carries a considerable element of Republican strength is going off on the line of free trade hence it is wise to say as little as possible on that score. ■ Bear in mind that when you come to cast your ballot that the nominees of the Democratic party in Adams cojunty arc worthy of your support and to them and the party every true, loyal Democrat owes his best endeavors. They have been selected by the party for tine offices and as they are all men of integrity, honesty and ability we feel sure that the of County affairs will be in good hands when entrusted to them. ' Vote for every candidate on the Democratic county ticket. 1 n~i There is no excuse whatever for any Democrat to remain away from the polls 'on election day. If an elector does not quite understand how to vote, there will be clerks within tl polling place whose duty it shall, l<‘> instruct persons how to stamp their ticket, so there can be-no mistakes made. Some individuals Have been told that in case a mistake occurs they will be liable lam! imprisonment. Don’t be fooled by such twaddle. There is no linith in the reports. Go to the polls and vote. You will not be mol (listed. The! Republicans claim to have great hopes of carrying Indiana this year. The) realize that they numeration to back them an*l, together with the money secured from the manufacturers, they will posess ample mean! to carry out any desired scheme to continue their lease of power in this state. This is why every Democrat in the state ought to go to the polls and deposit his ballot. Indiana is Democratic everytime the full vote of the party is secured. Let there be no stay-at-homes on November 4. It is now believed that the total population of the United States will bo shown by the census tb be about 63,450,000. The entire count of the country has now been completed, with the exception of nine supervisors’ districts, where recounts are in progress. The work will not be completed before Superintendent Porter’s return which is expected by the latter part of this week. As soon as he returns a bulletin will be prepared showing the population of the country by states and counties. This will be published about November 1. The Republicans want the Legislature and a United States Senator. They want even more than that. They want to gerrymander the state tn such a manner as to debar the Democrats from an honest representation in congress, and also desire to repeal the new election law* and the school book law, because they are measurers adopted by a Democratic legislature which thwart the purposes of monopoly and blocks-of-five methods. Tins is why Democrats should vote the straight Democratic ticket this year, It is to their best interests to do so. In an interview in the Hudson, N. Y. Register, Ben Butler said: “I am one of the largest woolen manufacturers iu the United States. I do not say this boastingly, but to show I am not selfish in the views I hold. “The cloth I wear”—placing one hand on his coatsleeve—“is of my own manufacture, and I notice several gentlemen around me who wear the same. On these goods there is a tariff of 60 per cent. “Republican orators and newspapers tell you this tariff is to protect the mill laborers. Twenty per cent will pay our entire labor expenses. What do you suppose becomes of the other 40 per cent? These same Republican orators tell you it goes into the United States treasury. Not a cent reaches there. “Every cent goes into my pocket,” (slapping his hand on his pocket vigorously to give emphasis to his words) “and every one of you prepaying this bounty to the wool manufacturers.” The whole tariff scheme is an 'imposition, and a fraud on the American people.” \

Briant’s Bad Record A Pliait Tool of Monopoly Up for Congress, His Conns in the Indiana Legislature of ’B9. Voting Against Labor and For the corporations, And Drawing Hi» Per Diem Very Regularly, Facts For the Voters of Adams County to Consider. In this congressional district Cyrus E. Briant, a stave manufacturer of Huntington, is the Republican candidate. The present able representative, Augustus N. Martin, of Bluffton, is the Democratic candidate. Both men have war and civil records. They are even on the war question. One (Briant) came out of the Union army a colonel and the other with lead in his body. In civil life both candidates have filled executive and legislative offices. Briant has been a county commissioner, and represented his county in the lower house of the last two legislatures. Martin held for four years the responsible office of reporter of the supreme court, and is now servftg his first term in congress. They both made good executive officers, but as a representative of the people Col. Briant proved himj self to be nothing more than an “automatic voting machine” operated by the agents of monopoly. In the last house his voice was never heard except to answer roll-calls, when he blindly followed his party leaders and recorded his vote against every reform bill. These are not “campaign lies.” The house journal for.the legislature of‘lßß9 contains Briant’s record in cold type. Atfyone desiring to verify the statements can do so by writing to the state librarian for a copy of the journal of the house. To do the Colonel justice, an abstract of his legislative record is divided into two parts—“active” or “automatic” and roll-call record. HIS “active” record. Jan. io, ISB9 —Appears and ip sworn in as a member Irotn Huntington.—House Journal, session of 1889, p. 4. Jan. 10.—Appointed on a corrunittee of two to notify the governor that the house was organized ready for business—ll. J. p. 14. Jan. ll.—Appointed on committees on banks, affairs of state prison north and Benevolent and scientific institutions.—H. J. pp. 100-10. 1 b, Jan. I r /i'" lor an “act to regulate and license the saie of spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors, providing for elections to ascertain the will of the citizens of the several townships of the state on the question of granting license or no license,” etc. Read first time and referred to committee on temperance.—ll. J. p. 162. [The above was a local option bill which died in committee.} Jan. 18.—C. E. Briant drew $42.80, for mileage.—H. J. pp. 169 1,384. Jan. 22. —“Leave of absence was granted Mr. Briant until to-morrow.”—H. J. p. 240. Jan. 31—Introduced house bill No, 381 for an “act to legalize the acts of the trustees of the town of Andrews, in Huntington county in dividing such town into wards and apportioning the trustees of the several wards of said town and the acts and ordinances passed by the said board ot trustees, ahd declaring an emergency.” Read first time, and referred to committee on education, where Mr. Briant let it slumber.—H. J. p 324. Feb. 15. —C. E. Briant per diem for twenty-two days sl3l paid per warrant N °- 595 —H.J. p. 1.384. Feb? 23.— Signed unanimous report of the commhtee on benevolent institutions, recommending the passage of house bill No, 562, making an appropriation for the institution for the blind —H. J. p 835. March 1, —Joined the majority of the committee on benevolent institutions in a report recommending an appropriation of $84,000 for the current expenses%f the additional hospitals fur the insane.—ll. J. p. 977- . March 11. —C. E. Briant drew $l6B for twenty eight days, per warrant No. 901. — H. J pi,384, .• , ’ March 8.— * * * “Mr- Briant ottered the following amendment: Mr. Speaker—l move to amend by in creasihg the pav of the clerks and doorkeepers and assistants to $6 per day during the session. Which was laid on the table. * 9 —H. J. p. March 11. —C. E. Briant per diem for eleven days paid $66 per warrant N0..933. —ll. J. p. 1,384. This comprises the brilliant “active” record of Col. C. E. Briant in •the last legislature, which summed up makes this fine showing: Sworn in; notified the governor the house was ready for business; appointed on three committees; introduced a local option bill; drew #42.80 fpr mileage; was granted leave of absence for one day; introduced a bill to legalize the ordinances of the town of Andrews and had not sufficient influence to have it reported from the committee; signed two committee reports; offered an amendment increasing the salaries of employes to #6; drew #6 per day regularly. ms “automatic” record. It Mas very unfortunate for Mr. Briant that he could not also make a blank vote record. It is true that he dodged a few votes on labor and other reform bills, but he could not dodge them all. Being a slave to party discipline he blindly followed a few boodle and cprporation leaders of his party, and in every skirm ish and battle between the people on one side and the boodlers and monopolists on the other, he recorded bis vote against the interest of bis constituents as the roll-calls of

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journal will attest. Even when the monopoly forces had surrendered, as was the case on the proposition to tax the telephone, telegraph and sleeping-car companies, Col. Briant stood almost alone for these three gigantic monopolies, which were struggling to escape bearing their shares of the burdens of the government that created them. Let the farmer and the workingman examine Briant’s legislative record before they assist in sending another recruit to Tom Reed’s band of legalized “road agents.” They need not take the following extracts from the journal for granted; let them examine the roll-call ot Ae lasi house themselves. Here are some of Col. Briant’s labor and anti-monopoly votes taken from the House Journal, Feb. 8. A bill passed the house entitled “an act to extend and regulate the liabilities of employers, to make com pern sation for personal injuries suffered by workmen in their service. This bill was demanded by railroad employes and notwithstanding the fact that Col. Briant owed his election in part to the railroad men of Andrews, he voted “no.”—IL J. p. 505. Feb. 14 —Voted to repeal the law limiting the amount of rent telephone companies were allowed t# charge for instruments. —H. J. p. 609. Feb. 14 —Dodged the vote on passage of the eight-hour labor bill.—H. J. p. 607. Feb. 20 —The school-book bill was up for passage. On the vote to engross the bill, which was a test vote, Briant ••dodged” the roll-call, but came in ‘out of the rain” and voted aye on the final passage of the bill.—ls. J. p 735. Feb. 22 —Helped to defeat Foster’s fee and salary bill, reducing the emoluments of county officers —II. J. p. 758. Feb. 26—Dodged the,/ vote on the passage of the new Australian election bill.— H. r - v, I* eb. 26—NoJan's bill to repeal the so--called conspiracy act which was placed on the statute, book by the legislature that sent Ben Harrison to the senate in 18S1, came up for passage. Briant voted “No,” although every railroad employe demanded the repeal of the act —H. J. p. 869. March B—Senator Byrd’s ante “P.uck-me-store” bill was up for final passage. This bill, which became a law, was supported by aid. the labor organizations and was intended to protect the miners from the oppression of the operators. Mr. Briant voted “No.”— H. J. p. 1,042. March 9 —Vottd against a bill to cut down the fees of the reporter of the supreme court from $15,000 per annum to the salary paid the judges.—H. J. p. I, « March 4 —Voted against Lacy’k anteboodle election bill—a bill to punish the bribery of voters. —H. J. p. . March 9 —Voted againstthe mechanics’ lien bill.—H.J. p. 1,3:2. March 9 —Three senate bil's were called up for passage in the house, to tax tele phones, telegraph and sleeping cars. Oh the bill’to tax telephones Mr. Briant and eleveg others vottd “no.”—H. J. p. 1,341. On the Vote to tax sleeping cats—Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. Berry, Bryant and Davis —H. J. p. 1.345 Then the bill to tax telegraph companies was called up and put upon its passage as the last important measure of the session. ‘•Messrs. Briant and Trout voted in the negative. Total—2.”—H.J. p. 1.347. Thus: Col. Briant capped his ing in the “last ditch” for Jay Gould, a god whom the Huntington manufacturer wjould surely serve again if allowed to misrepresent the Eleventh district in congress. Mr. Martin’s record is also in cold type in the Congressional Ilecortl. But not one vote can be found recorded. against the interests of the people. Not a vote did the representative cast for Jay Gopld. The other day the Chicago Herald published a statement to the effect that boots and shoes would be higher under the McKinley bill, and a tariff organ scouted the idea. In Wednesday’s telegrams from New York was the following: About one hundred and thirty shoe manufacturers, representing all parts of the country, met to-day at the Metropolitan hotel and decided that, owing to the McKinley bill, there must be an advance in the price of shoes. This decision was not reached until after a discussion lasting six hours. Consumers will read this sort of thing every day for the next six months. The McKinley bill was prepared by the agents of the banded trusts and combines. Why shouldn’t prices advance? That is what it was intended to bring about. The simpletons who imagine that everything can be taxed for the benefit of manufacturers and that nobody will feel the tax, must live and learn. ' It is of the utmost importance that all voters carefully examine the new ballot and receive full instructions how to vote. It is therefore your duty to consult your committeeman and have him explain thoroughly all points connected with it. He will furnish you sample ballots which should be carefully examined until every point is thoroughly understood. Do not rely too much on your own judgment unless you are thoroughly convinced that you are right; then when you are right, explain to your neighbor and friends all its points. By doing this you can accomplish much in the party’s interest. Your work is necessary. Go in with zeal and energy and victory is ours. The highway robber tariff is already placing handsome profits into the pockets of the protected manufacturers who, in turn, remember their allies, the Republicans, by generous contributions to their campaign fund. And the whole people are called upon to contribute to the 'success of both the Republican party and the monopolist by having to pay advanced prices for their goods. The poor man, in fact everybody, ought’to see through this scheme and vote for lower taxes and their best interests by affiliating with the Democratic party, |

BRIANT’S PARTISANSHIP. OpMoit 0/ the Drmoeratie Expreeaed Im IS 89. • The following article copied from the Huntingdon Democrat of November 1888, when Col. C. E. Briant, the present Republican candidate for Congress,* was making his canvass f • r the legislature should be read by every Democratic voter in the district. Mr. Briant is now asking Democrats to vote for him and send him to Congress. Why should they vote for a man who in 1888>Vilified and slandered them? Mr. Briant is just as bitter a Republican now as he was m 1888. His opinion of Democrats has not changed since that time and the opinion expressed by him then, which we give below, is his opinion now. This article is as follows: BRIANT BURCHARDIZING. STATEMENTS WHICH ME. BRIANT IS CHARGED WITH HAVING MADE. State of Indiana, 1 ss: Huntington Co., Ind. j We, Joseph W. Bonewiti. Aden A. Wiley, Victor A. Schultz, Mattie Stewart. Clara Stewart, Mollie Stewart, Samuel Ellet. Aden Ellet, B. T. Merriman, duly sworn on oath say that we were at a political meeting held in the old school house ins the town of Kelso. State of Indiana, on Tuesday night, the 23rd, day ot October, 1888, and that we heard Col. C. E. Briant use the following language-or words to that effect: “Ninety percent of the manufacturers, drunkards and all persons engaged in the whisky traffic belong to the Democratic party.” “Ninety percent ot other manufacturers, and business men belong to the Republic an party.” J. A. Bonewitz, [ls.] Aden A. Wiley,. [ls.} Victor A. Schultz, [ls.] Mattie Stewart, [ls.]' Lizzie Stewart, [ls.j Ella Stewart, [ls.] Moli.ie Stewart, [ls.] Samuel Ellett, [ls.] Aden Ellett, [ls.] B. T. Merriman. [ls.] Subsc|jb .d and sworn to Detore me this 30th day of October, i858._. Z. T. Dungan, Notary Public. In addition to the above Mr. Job C. Stout, the well-known resident of Lancaster township, in conversation with a Democrat reporter told him that he was present at the meeting ; Rbove referred to and that the remarks of Col. Briant, were as near as the reporter could judge, in sub stance the same as quoted above. He also stated that he met Mr. Briant the nex’ day and remonstrated with him tor making the statement and that Mr. Briant said hewould back it up with fifty dollars. This is sworn evidence which has never been refuted and, if necessary, other affidavits can be furnished. When the “genial Colonel” asks you to vote for him, ask him his opinion of Democrats—then vote for A. N. a Democrat, the friend of the farmer, the laborer and the mechanic and a man who votes as he talks. The appearance of Blaine in the’ McKinley district on the stump, says th€--J\jrt Wayne journal, is one of the greatest farces ever presented on a political stage. Blaine goes to Ohio not because he likes McKinley or his doctrines, but because he fears McKinley’s friendship for Reed. Imagine the erstwhile “plumed knight” mounting the stump to address the farmers before him thus: “There is not a section or a line in the McKinley bill that will open a market for another bushel of wheat or another pound of pork.” Then after explaining that the McKinley bill Causes the farmer to pay higher prices for all be buys and gives him no higher prices for all he sells, let him repeat his recent utterances: “The McKinley bill is the most infamous measure that was ever concocted by any party. If I were in the Senate I would rather have my right arm torn out of its socket than vote for this bill; this McKinley bill is an outrage and ought to be killed in the senate; the men who vote for this bill will wreck the Republican party.” 7 gg P. Leander Andrews, the substitute Republican candidate lor representative, is now engaged in malyng wierd speeches over the county and explaining to the tariffburdened farmers the great beauties of the McKinley bill, *%hich advances prices of all kinds of manufactured goods. Mr. Andrews says he left the old gentleman (his father) and the boys to husk the corn while he tries to do something for the Republican party from the rostrum. The Democrats are surmising that he will do them more good that it would be possible for him to do for his father in the corn field, hence they are encouraging his efforts. When election is over P. L. can resume his corn husking while Dick Erwin goes to the legislature. The New Election Law. Section forty-four of the new election law makes it mandatory upon manufacturers, railroad managers and all who employ men that they shall allow them four hours upon election day in which to go to the polls to vote. That all may thoroughly understand the provisions of the law we quote the section: No person entitled to vote at any general, national,' state or county election, shall be employed upon the day on which such election shall be held in any manufacturing, mining, mechanical or merchantile establishment, or any railroad corporation in this state during the period of four houis after the opening of an election m the county in which [such] person is entitled to vote, except as to works of necessity, in which works ot necessity every employe shall be given some period of four hours betwien the opening and closing of the polls on said day; and any circuit court may enforce the provisions of this section in term time or in vacation by mandate or otherwise, upon the application of any voter. Every officer of any corporation, owner, superintendent, overseer or foreman, who employs or permits to be employed any person in violation of this section, shall be guilty ot misdemeanor, and fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

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