Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1896 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISH Kl> " EKKI.Y. DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. •. . LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. «..M) PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postoflic at Decatur, Indiana as Second Class MaM Matter. THURSDAY, SEPT. 2.1. OtJR TICKET. ■ „ ‘ V for president WIL LIA M JEN NIN GS3J YA N' OF NEBRASKA for vic e -ps e .■> i•; sn ’ ARTHUR SEW ALL OF MAINE ST’tTE TICK ’ T. Governor F. Shively Lieiiteuant-Gov John (’. 1 nwler | Anpelate Ju.l-a't First <!iMr:vi. I. bvin Ta'-, iorts 'eon l .st.. F E Gavin: third <ast.. i l Theodore Davis; fourth dist . Oalnndo Lotz; i filth dist.. G.E Ro-s. Secretary o Sta= .. S. M. Ralston | Auditor ot S »te “ Joseph F. Vanning i Treasurer . f suite. Morgan Chandler j A Attorney-.he.et. l» . •’ •’ McNutt j .Report r Supreme Court Henry Wurrntn Superintendent Public In-'ruction ... .. ' Prof’ " B Sinclair I State Statistician O. ll Downey For Conrre — JOHN R. BRI NT. For Joint Representative J.iy. Adams and t Blue .ford. JOHN P. McGEATH. For Joint Representative—Uay and Adapts. John t. kelley. For Prosecuting Attorney DAVID E. SMITH. For,Auditor. NOAH MANGOLD. For Treasurer. JON AS NEUENSt'H WAN DF.R. i For Sheriff. . PETER P. ASHBAUCHER. For Surveyor. 1 WILLIAM E. FULK. For Coroner, DR. CHARLES S. CLARK. ' i For Assessor. < ELIAS CRtST. ( For Commissioner—First District. JOSEPH E. MANN. . For Commissiontr—Secqnd District. SAMUEL DOAK. POLITICAL CALENDAR. 1 t September 25, at 7:30, Ceylon, J John T. France and William Lata- < morel- £ "September 26, at 7: 30- Decatur, 4 Maj >r George H. Shriner October 10, at 7:30, Hoagland, William H. September 29, at 7:30, Linn I Grove, Hon. John R. Brunt and i John F. Snow * September 30,at7:30, Buckmaster t school house. Jefferson township, 1 John R. Brunt and David E. Smith, t October 1, at 7:30, Luckey school house, Hon. John R. Brunt and John T. Kelley. c Otober 2, at 7:30, Friedheim, Hon. John R. Brunt and W. H. Reed. October 8, at 7:30, Steele, Blue t Creek township, John T. France , " and John T. Kelley. j October 17, Dirkson schoolhouse, Pi 'hie to wnship, John T. France ;,r 1 W. H. Reed (in German.) September 24. at 7:30, at Prairie e school house, Blue Creek town- 1 ship, John F. Snow and David E. t Smith. I Saturday evening, October 10, D 1 E. Smith at Henry school house, ; Jefferson township. Septernb"? 2-9, at 7:30, District i No. 2, llardscrable ecnool house, Union township, Nicholas Cornet, in German. September 80, at 7:30, District No. 4, M >nroe township Flora school house, Nicholas Coronet, in German. October 6, at 7:3o,Pleasant Mills, W. H. Reed. October 1, at 7:30, District No. 3, French township, E Smith. The democratic reading rooms and headquarters are now open both day and evening. All democrats in the country and in the city are earnestly (nviled to call and get literature and reading matter, and make a friendly call. Democrats don’t fail to make this your stopping place. Committee. Notwithstanding the bull dozing tactics and' anarchistic literature of the united gild bug press of New York, the masses of people in that state are alive and active in their agitation for silver. Care will have to be exercised or the very fig tree of McKinley goidbugism will resurrect a Bryan victory. In that event the stink would be awful. Let the good work go on.

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- -—--- Hear 31 jor Shriner at the court house Satirdav ni<iht. Boodle and barrels of criminal corruption is the only hopes left for j a republican victory. The people need a better stimulant this Bryan pictures free at Democratic Headquarters. Every democrat should call and get one. Post ft~ in your window’ and show your colors. But a short time remains until election day. Let every Adams county democrat do his duty. 3. on owe it to yourself, your family and your Goi to do everything honorable for the cause of silver. Prince Bismarck is a student of; bimetahsm and in a public declaration said that shonld the United States take independent action on the question, it would have great influence toward bringing about an international agreement. - Vote for your own interests regardless of party. If you are a farmer, a laborer or a poor man vote for Bryan. If you are a capitalists and your money from the ills that confront the poor man, vote for gold. That’s all there is to it. ' The conspiracy has been lain open, and Holt has resigned. The democrats will now proceed to organize the silver forces for a victory that will be so loud and emphatic, that it will crack the ceiling at the Journal office and slightly cripple a few fond hopes that lie hidden there. Indiana republicans are after no small game. They endeavored to buy up the entire populist party, and were prepared to pay any sum for it. The dishonest methods they can’t think of and won’t use,, are not worth trying to think about in one day. Their barrels of corruption have already tapped. Adams County republicans are resorting to desperate in order to do a little missionary work for that God and morality party. The Sabbath is unknown to them. They talk all day and at night visit the home of some supposed to be a little weak on the subject, and then burden him with their store of wisdom as to what will cure the nation of its present ills. Such pettifoging may appease their minds, but it will not save the country. Vote for Bryan.

Some one may tell you that you cannot buy as much in England with the silver as with the gold in a dollar. Tell him you want money with which to buy goods at hornp: —that you do not expect to go to England. If Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Sherman, or Mr. Secretary Carlisle wants to go to England, h t them pay for their tfip. l eil him that an Englishman cannot buy any more with his gold dollar or pound and shilling in the United States than lie can with our proud mdfipenden't United States silver .dollar. Independent silver dollar, beennsn it dops pot have to be backed by anybody’s gold..

"■ Get a Brvan picture at democratic headquarters. Preserve it for he will he the next president of these United States. Pay the bondholder in silver, the same k'nd of money he would pay you. If it is good enough for the farmer it is good enough for him. Ir's a campaign of education by the advocates of silver, and a cam paign of boodle, corruption, coercion and intimidation by the McGinley forces. Choose ye. The democratic meetings all over the county are being largely atte n ded, and many converts from the republican ranks are coming into the fold and endorsing free silver, honest money and better times. Adams county democrats have taken the matter in hind and will proceed to dish out an old time vignrous campai«n. The-next five weeks and a half will be busy ones. Let every one be nn and doing. Voters must remember that it requires a residence of thirty days in a precinct to be entitled to a vote. The limit is is nearly out. Don’t move until you have stamped the square that encircles the rooster. If you beleive in a free country, free speech and free life from the dictation of moneyed corporations, vote for Brvan. Otherwise you are simply cutting off your nose and ruining yr>nr prospects for any degree of happiness and comfort. The speech of W. A, Ketcham at the court house last Thursday night, has raised a rnkery in the republican camp, and caused the democrats to laugh all over their faces. His ridiculous statements would put to shame any curb stone politician of the slab variety. It was too thin to run, and disgusted everybody that attended. Their troubles are many this year. The coercion of employes by railroads and almost every other large corporation, is outrageous and unlawful. Their open handed methods this year is bringing a storm of indignation from all sources where honest minds are allowed their freedom. They are noticeable even in this city. McKinley buttons are furnished all employes, and demands made that they be worn. The Australian ballot law in this state will no doubt tell many queer tales. The Journal in its last issue says, that silver certificates are a legal fender. This is either again a wi’iful misrepresentation or another case of ignorance upon tne part of the Journal. Secretary Carlisle, whom the Journal and other goldites quote as authority, says in his report sent out July l-» 189 b, on page 7: silver certificates and national bank notes not leg’Sl tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues, <fcc.” .So the Journal has again misrepresented, unless Mr. Carlisle has changed his mind about-it as he did in regard to redeeming standard silver ■ s - ■ =■ . .

McKinley represents the gigantic trusts and money pow’ers who will demand payment of your loans in gold, and wh'-re is the gold. Charles Coffin, the last of the members of the Indianapolis National Bank, is now serving sentence in the northern prison. His sentence calls for six years. Leander Bartling, newsman on the D. &, U. railrofid, ha* received I notice from the Union! Nows Co. I that unless he votes for McKinley, he can, and must, tender his resignation. Bart says that, he will vole j for Bryan.-—Gree'iville, (O.) Advo- | cate. The speaking by Maj >r George 11. Sbriner at the court house next Saturday night, will be in both English and German. lie is a fine orator and will expose republican hvpbcracy on the money question in a clear and understanding manner. Every voter should hear him The great money loaning power cares nothing tor our other misguided moneyed men and bankers. That power wants no new money to come into competition with it. That power now advocates the stopping of the coinage of gold as well as silver in the world as monev. The great money loaning power controls most of that money at six per cent, compound interest, that right doubles in ■ twelve years, It takes that much property. It is like a tar ball in a pile of chips, each time it turns over it gathers a lot more chips. Any- one who has analyzed our money question knows from all past experience that adding more abso lute money to our country will be a stepping stone to more prosperous times. If we will turn in for once and be only United States citizens, we can this fall elect men who will agree to free coinage of all our money metal. Let party drop for once and vote for more money. Bear ’n mind that he who' serves his country best serves his party best. The opportunity of a life time is before us to get our country out of the clutches of the great money loaning power of England and Wall street. Voter, will you avail yourself of it, or will you blindly follow party prejudice and vote against your best interest to gratify your worst enemv —the money power. Standard oil Whitney and Banker Flower of New York, enemy of organized labor, and Banker Frenzel Banker Pickens and Wall street Dummy Bynum of Indiana, tried to get a single gold standard plank in the platform at Chicago. The common people repudiated them. Then they called a convention of their own w’ith the assistance of McKinley and Boss Hanna, and nominated that prince of renegades Palmer for president and that rebel Brigadier Buckner for vice president, and this IS the ticket they call on true (?) democrats to vote for. Oh! shades of Jefferson and Jackson, it should put to blush the man himself a democrat. Palmer calls Bryand democrats “popocrats,” yet be holds his seat by virtue of two popvotes in the Illinois legislature, but for those votes he could not have been elected. Oh, shame on such politics.

The United States does not owe a single obligation for gold except the gold certificates. No bank note ‘no greenbacks, no treasury note calle for gold, either principal or interest. Gold is not mentioned in any of them, except the $132,000,000 Sherman or treasury notes. In these the sec Mary of the treasury is given power to pay them out at his discretion, in either gold or silver coin of the present standard. The secretary represents you, would you pay two pri-ces to get g >1(1 when you had silver tt> pay with according to contract? —Yet this policy is the policy of the gold standard advocates. The law is violated. Payments are made as demanded by.the holders of these demands. If Bryan is elected he will appoint a secretary of the treasury who will reverse this order of things and carry out (he law to the letter.

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The commissioners have issued an order to Prosecutor Hooper authorizing him to proceed at once with a suit against Treasurer Bolds, to make good the amount of road tix belonging to the various townships, as itemized by the recent investigating report, buit will be brought at once to recover the amount. Hill, the New York capitalist and political broker, says the laboring men are all for free silver because they don’t know aaything about the money question. This is untrue. The laborer and farmer have studied financial theories for a long time. They know that under the present system their wages have been gradually reduced, until nothing but starvation is left. It doesn’t take a student of finance to tell them this- '1 he silver eraze did it. Nit! During the month of October campaign oratory will be somewhat profuse in this state. Among the statesmen who will open their oratorical batteries upon the gold bug enemy, we notice the names of the Hons. M. V. Gannan ot Colorado, Henry A. Coffman of Wyoming, Lawrence Becker of Hammond, J. W. Baily of Texas, Gen. P. Wat Hardin ot Kentucky, E. W. Novila of Colorado, William J. Kerr, 8. W. Belford and Thomasß. Buchanan ot Ohio, George H. bhriner of Illinois, Flavius J. Brobst of Chicago, and S. W. Johnson of Pennsylvania.

We were in hopes that some <Xne of the delegates to the republican convention in 1890, which said that the Sherman law was a prudent step toward free coinage would announce his name in the Journal last week, but in this we were disappointed. Come, gentlemen don t be timid about the matter. We believe you can furnish an excuse for your actions then about as successfully as you are now advocating a single gold standard. The three' hundred free silver republi eans °f Adams county who will v °t e f° r Bryan would like to know where you are at.

Voters in this election should thoroughly post themselves how to vote correctly and properly. Don’t take any chances on losing your vote this of all years. Free excursions to Canton, Ohio, are now in order. Employes are shipped there like cattle in a freight car, and instructed to whoop ’er up for McKinley, gold, corruption and h—l in general. The following request was sent out on March 23, 1896, from No. 2 Wall street, New York, to the bankers of the United States: “The executive committee of the bank ers’ association declare unequivocally in favor of the maintainance of the existing gold standard of value and recommend to all bankers, and to the customers of all banks the exercise of ajl their influence as citizens of their several states to select delegates to their political conventions of both parties, who will declare unquivocally in favor of the maintainance of the existing gold standard” These bankers captured the McKinley convenion for gold. They tried also to capture the Chicago convention but failed, then they bolted, and headed by banker Belmont and Flower of New York, nominated the McKinley annex at Indianapolis. The republican corruption funnel was exploded by the Indianapolis Sentinel and democratic state central committee last week. The stupenduous sum of SIOO,OOO is said to have been *f£ised for the purpose of buying the entire populist organization in the state. Several of its members were “seen” in true confidence and gold brick style and offered from‘sl,ooo to any sum they might name, they in return to use the means and support at their demand to prevent a fusion of the democratic and populist forces. It was a stiaight out case of bribery, done no doubt, with the consent and knowledge of the republican committee, but they miserably failed in this attempt at wholesale corruption. The Journal’will no doubt wink at this infamous piece of debauchery, and continue to assail the hofiesty and integrity of democratic government, be it national, state or local.