Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1893 — Page 4

®he democrat , X. BLAOKB ÜBN, Proprietor. FRIDAY, OCTOBER <>, 1893. Bates of Subscription. On* Year, tn advance f 1 J lO Six Months ’ ,r> Four Months fth All subscriptions not pan! during the year will be charged at the rate of 12.1X1. Otßoo In Democrat lluilding, east side of Second Street—ground floor NEWSPAPER SPACE. For the information and guidance of those who arc unfamiliar with the “Space” of a well regulated printing office we will say that: The space in its columns is so much capital. From this Space the machinery of the office is kept oiled and Lee from rust. From this Space t>e employes of the office receive their weekly allowances which gives support to themselves and family. From this Space everyti mg pertaining to the wear and tare of the office is supplied and k -pt in motion. In this Space everything of a newsy nature that ttkes place from day to day in the n. ighborhood is put on exhibition ai.d transmitted to its readers. In this Space all fiiatter of a private nature such as Obituary Notices, Card of Thanks, Mairiages, &c., &c., that exceed ten lines, are charged for, unless written up by the office as news. Children will now be admitted to the great World’s Fair for ten cents; heretofore the price was 25 cents. „ Notices are out that Oscar Wilde is coming to this country in Novem?er. It is to be hoped that the na- < onal quarantine knows its business. Cold lead administered from Winchester rifles, or even less violent firearms, is conceded to be one of the best possible preventitives of train robberies. Those who suffer from an annual visitation of the hay fever are now among the happiest people in the land. The first frost does more for them than can be attained with all the drugs and nostrums in christendom. By request of several of the old soldier boys we publish m another column of this paper, the famous poem written by General Charles G. Halpine, (Miles O’Reilley) entitled, “We Drank from the same Canteen” The rain that set in the first of the week and Continued until all the earth in Adams County was humidified, will be of great good to the wheat; —not saying anything a 1 out vhe dry w T ells and cisterns that have been replenished thereby. Senator Palmer is evidently 8; icere in resenting Senator Stewa. r’s charge that the Senatorial supporters of the administration have been rewarded with patronage. Mr. P timer has been supporting the administration earnestly and has got nothing. The Fort Wayne Journal of last Tuesday morning mentioned the probable change in the Leadership of the First Regiment Band. Mr. . Gart Shober, editor of the only “Monday Morning Times,” of that city, is the gentleman alluded to by the Journal as likely to receive the appointment. “Congrats,” Brother Shober! There is an abundance of gravel ir creeks and streams in Adams County that could be collected and bailed onto public highways and ir ade good roads of. Borum Run, B< ulh of town is furnishing a great q lantity ol the very best .of this n atenal, and we feel confident that o ter creeks and streams in the County possess as good material. Let our farmers go prospecting for this very needful article. Senator Stewart, like the Old S Man of the Sea, has fastened him- || eels about the neck of the Senate, which does not seem able to shake him off. But the irrepressible power of public sentiment is after the disgruntled sac simile of Santa Claus, and he will eyentually be dropped so Lard as to assure against 5 his reappearance as a professional obstructionist and as the embodiment of the obnoxious doctrine that the minority may rule.

, SALE DAYS. For some time we have bad in our min,d tbe introduction of an idea that would greatly benefit our farmer friends, it once they became ■ accustomed to and familiar with this mode of doing business. It is f a time-honored custom in the South ■ and also in States in the North, r among the farmers, to hate a day set aside every month for the exchange and sale oi anything that they have in the stock or produce ■ line. These sales are generally held on the first Monday in each month. We have attended a number of these sale-days in the South and also in the North,and have found them to be a source of great benefit to the farmer and others who havq anything to dispose of. These sales are always held m towns or cities where the county seat is located, and once they become established, the benefits will be readily recognized by all who have any stock or produce to sell or exchange. \Ve would be pleased to have our farmer friends give this matter some consideration, especially so the fanners who attend-lhe County Institute, and give their views on the matter through the Democrat. When a creditor nation seeks to change the terms of the debts due it by attempting to enlist the services of the debtor nation in its efforts to strike out of the contract one-half of the kind of money lent, it is attempting to perpetrate tbe crime of robbery. That is just what England is endeavoring to do now. It has loaned gold and silver to the extent of thousands of millions of dollars to various enterprises in the United States and is now seeking to compel payment in gold only. That is all there is in the silver question. It is admitted on all sides that if England would consent to take in payment of the debts due her in the United States, the same kind of money she invested, bimetallism would at once be universally established. Republican organs are again raising the cry that it is the fear of Tariff legislation that has produced the hard times. But the times are improving every day and the election of last year are not yet so remote that people have forgotten the overwhelming victories that were gained by the Democracy upon the declaration that “so-called Protection is a fraud; a robbery of the many fbr the benefit of the few.” There has been no change in popular sentiment upon this question and the pretense that the people have grown afraid of abolishing a system that lays taxes upon all the necessaries of life, not even for revenue, but for private advantage—is too flimsey to be treated with respect. But Republicans must say something, no matter how weak it may be, lor they nave no measure to offer that the people have not repudiated. The purchasing power of money depends upon the ratio which the total volume of currency bears to the total production or supply of the commodities changed by it. Prices have been tending downward since silver was demonetized in 1873, because of the scarcity of gold which enhances its purchasing power as anybody can see. The people of the United States must prepare to accept European standards of living if we are to adopt tbe European purchasing power of money. That is to say, we cannot have a dollar with the same purchasing power as an European dollar without reducing the people to the meaner grades of living that obtain in Europe. The United States ought to have their own measure, and it should be the debt-paying paper dollar that always pays tor exactly 100 cents of value, leaving the natural law of supply and demand, not the Usurers who-have cornered the world’s gold, to fix the prices of the country’s products. The theory that the real value of a dollar is represented by its purchasing power, is an invention of the note-shav-ers. It is the di::> -paying power that fixes the yalu ■ ot a dollar and when the material in which a dollar . is coined becomes more valuable than 100 cents of debt-paying given , it by the law, it ceases to be used for paying debts and becomes a-basis i of usurious credits. Tbe measure of values should be fixed, by law , and be valueless in itself. But of whatever material it is made, it ceases to be a reliable measure of values when tbe m? .crial in it is worth more for other purposes than it will command in debt-paying-power. ’

A negro town site in the Chorokee Strip will give variety to the landQ scape. And in the course of events n it is destined to give variety to r politics and morals. c . j It is safe to say that the arraigns meat of Popqlist Stewart will not cause tbe President to lose flesh. Something stronger must be tried if ' r Mr. Cleveland is really in need of a reduction. 1 Mr. McKinley, who recently failed for more than he was worth, ' is discussing the silver question before the people of Ohio. He should have Charles Foster of the same j State as s side, partner. Such a pair could hardly fail to enlighten the country as to safe financial policies. ’ The Plymouth Democrat of last week contained a six-column article ’ on the Silver Question written by ’ Hon. Charles Kellison, of that city. Mr. KeWinon was a member of the Adams County Bar frit several years along in the early seventies, and is a gentleman- of rare legal ability. Considerable patience has been ■ contributed by. the people ot this country to the Congresses of the United States for their snail-like ' way of disposing of the silver quesj tion. We are ol the opinion that the second relief will have to be called out before a final disposition of that question will be reached. The administration has begun to focus its eagle eye on the glowing West. The appointment of a Democratic Collector of the Revenue for Illinois leads to the hope that other appointments in this section will follow. The “rascals are fully prepared and waiting to be turned out. Say the word Mr. President. J. Sterling Morton sounds bad. It is.not only a split in the middle, but the term Sterling has its disadvantages in Nebraska when tbe public mind of that great State is lashed to fury against the English system of finance. It would relieve tbe public to know the worst, even though the J stands for Jack-pot. Race-horse husbands seem to have become the fad. Os late several of the blue-grass belles have succumbed to the blandishments of men who court fortune on the turf, and the father and mothers of Ken tucky’s four hundred are seeking for ways and means to stop the craze. Henry 11. Meyers and a number of the farmer residents along the Mud Pike who commenced tbe graveling of that road a short time ago and built about eighty rods, before harvest, again commenced the good work Wednesday morning. We-are pleased to note the enterprise manifested by those people, and hope that others will do likewise. The Fort Wayne Journal lor several weeks past has been .saying a lot of good things about our Base Ball team on account of having defeated all comers for basq-ball supremacy. However, the Journal doesn’t believe in letting it go at that, and imagines that the editors’ nine will have to be put to bat in order to retrieve the lost games. Come on, gentlemen, we will have the Band at the Depot to escort you to the field of slaughter. When President Cleveland stands with the people as against any favored class as he does against the silver barons, he must expect personal abuse, such as he has received from Senator Stewart. But enmity thus incurred only means a stronger hold upon tbe masses, and a warmer plane in the hearts of those who hold tbe best interests of the whole country dearer than anv selfish consideration, bo it persou'll or partisan. Tun: anxiety of the advocates of repc::’ for immediate action appears ito be based wholly upon tbe fear that the panic may- disappear entirely before their wishes are consummated. And there is good reason for this dread, because it is qiyte plain that the busineflaof the country is resuming its wonted pros--1 parity in spits qf the Sherman bill. Report?’from every quarter are of the most encouraging kind and the more flattering they are, the more ■ are the demands of th® gold advocates that ’the silver purchasing clause shall be repealed at i. ojjet, The situation is almost comical.

i Discouraging Train Robbers. The industry of train-robbing is a not as attractive as it was but a few weeks ago and it begins to look as though those engaged in the business would bo induced to& entirely abandon it. The development of the trade makes an interesting his- ‘ tory, but the advancement made by those engaged in it has received a 1 sudden check which, if the former victims follow their advantage up, , will put an end to this survival of frontier lawlessness. When tbe Janies brothers engaged in tra n I robbing every passenger aboard tbe fated train received personal atten- . tion and was relieved of his valuables. There wgs an occasional exception made pa favor of some poor and handsome woman, but the rule was to carry off everything to be , found. Latterly the passengers have been exempt from annoyance and robbery. Nothing has been ( required of them except to sit still I and patiently wait until tbe bandits have interviewed the express messenger. They ascertain what train is to carry a large sum of money, hold it up and depart with the i plunder. i It was formerly recognized with i the strong-armed fraternity that the : bolding up must be done on the ■ plains or in some wild and secluded spot where help was not obtainable and the chances of escape were supposed to be improved; but experience exploded this delusion. The most notable train robberies ot late have been in thickly, populated sections find in or near some town. The ease with which the operation was performed induced a good many amateurs to engage in the business, and the promised result is that it will soon be a thing of the past. The defeat of the bandits at Centralia was in tbe nature as a setback and what happened on the St. Joe Road in Missouri Monday was a veritable wet blanket. In the latter case the robbers ran right into a trap and furnished all the men killed in the express car. Prompt surrenj der would have saved them, but they did not realize that they were bping fought by fire. • The Senator who wanted the Government to look after this class of offenders has misconceived the functions of Government. The States have laws sufficient for the punishment of the criminals when caught. It is tbe catching of them that is the difficulty, and for this business the States arc as well equipped as is the Government. If the making of laws could prevent crime, there would be none of it. Safety lies in their prompt enforcement, and for this the States will do better to depend upon themselves. The express companies are the most directly interested and can best meet the demands of the emergency. They should meet force by force. When they are carrying large sums of money they should have a reliable guard to protect itA few men properly fortified and of the right mettle can defend a car against almost any number of tram robbers, and a few experiences like that on the St. Joe Road would soon drive the desperadoes to some other calling. Heretofore escape has been almost certain. Let death be made equally certain and there will be no train robbers. Is Your Title Clear? Here’s the way the Methodist Advocate speaks to its members: “Just at this lime our country needs a religion that will make a man pay his debts. Shouting don’t settie old accounts with God or man. We want to bounce right on to a fellow and put him out of the church if he goes to a ball or theater, but never say a word to tbe pious scamp who never pays bis debts. Preacher and people who never pay their debts are doing the church more harm than dancers or drunkards, lor there are more in ■ church than elsewhere. Reader are we getting pretty close to you? Then lay down amt go and pay up, and you can read at ease. And 1 don’t stop paying because the open ' account which you made was for bread and meat. You must pay cash, or God will make you pay it in tire and brimstone. God knows 1 no such excuse as home exemptions. When you raise that excuse to ' keep from paying your debts you can stop singing, “When I can read ' my title clear.” You’ve got none up there.’’ , They have had rain in tlieCherokeelstnp. Itjnay have been caused by the volleys fired all around that t country on tbe opening day m recog- ■ nition of the order against carrying firearms into the Territory.

Protection and Coinage. i , Senator Cameron insists that tbe j protected industries could bettor afford free coinage of silver under r the McKinley law than a single gold p standard without that law. Tariff barons are not particularly r interested in the finances of the country if they can continue in operation the laws which give them control of the home market. That ’ market may become restricted dur- ( ing periods of money stringency, ' but if the circulating medium has ! a fixed and determinate value the men who have a monopoly of the market will not run i> >• r|«k of sur rounding it for a change of the monetary system. They will let what is well enough for them alone. The Pennsylvania Senator is doubtless voicing the sentiment of his protected constituency in making declartion. The Senators who represent them will vote to defeat the repdal of the bullion purchase law if by so doing they can defeat the repeal of the McKinley law. Both laws will be repealed and then the Democratic majority in Congress will be expected to enact, in place of them, a tariff law to give revenue to the Government and a coinage law to give money to the people. Congress should as rapidly as possible admit tbe Territories to statehood. The highest public interest is, as a rule, conserved by creating a State Government in the place of that form of regulation which does duty as government in Territories. There may be objection in the East to the creation of States which shall exert equal power in the Senate, but there is hardly a Territory now applying for admission whieh would be, as a State, less entitled to full Senatorial representation than is Rhode Island. Whatever the political considera tions involved in any of thes cases, it is a duty the Government owes to the people of the Territories to give them as soon as possible the right to govern themselves. Statesmanship in the United States Senate has degenerated into a matter of endurance, and it is to be hoped that the champions of honest money are in the pink of condition. JTI). HALE, DEALER IN—r— Grain Oil, Seeds, Coal, Wool, Lime, Salt, Fertilizers, Elevators on the Chicago lc Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and Retail store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson streets. PATBONAGE SOLICITED. .!!■■ A, I || AND SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND. FORT WAYUU, IND, Send for handsome illustrated catalogue. T. L. Staples Pres. <3-0 TO H. M. ROMBERG JE’oi’ Your LIVERY. The Best Rigs and most Reasonable Prices, tttf

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