Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1896 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED WEEKLY. DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. J 1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered nt the Post office at Decatur. Indiana ns Second-Class Mail Matter. THURSDAY, OCT. I. POLITICAL CALENDAR. October 10, at 7:30 Hoagland, William 11. cd. Otober 2, at 7:30, Friedheim, Hon. John R. Brunt and \\ . 11. Reed. October 3, at 7:30, Steele, Blue Creek township, John 1. Prance and John I . Kelli y. October 17, Lhrki-on school house, Preble township, John 1. France and W. 11. Reed (in Herman.) Saturday evening, October 24, D E. Smith at I u y school, bouse, Jefferson ’township. October 6, at 7:30, Pleasant M ills W. 11. Ried. John T. France and David E Smith, Debolt school house, Washington township, 3 iiesda'y evening, October 6. Ociobei 6, at 7:30, District No. 2 Hardscrable school house, I mon township, Nicholas Cornet m tierman. O tober*, at 7:30, District No. 4, Monroe township, Flora school thbus’e, N’cholas Cornet, in Germar R K. Erwin and Lewis (7 De VO>S at Berne, Friday, October 2, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. J W. Ymrage, of Ft. Wayne, court room, Decatur, Holiday evening, Oct., 5 Monroe, Saturday evening, Oct., 1 3, Ola k J Lutz and David Coffee. Dn. J. W. Younge at the court room Monday evening. See the letter ■ 1 Paul G- Hooper and P. L. Andrews published u this issue. Who are the anarchists? There will be war, says Chairman Hooper. AX hat is more anarchistic than such repudiation am: threats against American freedom: Those people who are unfortunate enough to be in debt, are alluded to by Chairman Hooper as “dead beats’—and “debt shnekers.’’ This is very kind. Chairman Hooper wants a list of all “sound money democrats'’ in your neighborhood. All “dead beats” apd “debt shriekers” need not apply, however. One republican m Adams county has openly repudiated the rebel methods of the republican party managers. It is safe to say that there will more on election day. If the demonetization of silver increases the volume .ot gold, .-aid Barnev Kifvariski, why is it that the dehoruization of common cattle doesn’t raise the- price of Ttxas steers. This is not original.

More money tor your saleable ( products will make better times. ( Better times is a necessary evil right now. A vote tor Bryan will bring about these cherishing results. Let ’er come. John R. Brunt the next con- , gressman from the Eighth district ot Indiana, was in the city and county several days this week look- | ing up votes. He reports his chances of election assured. Not one lone, solitary individual from this city took advantage of ) the cheap excursion. 10 Canton,! OhiQ, last Thursday. Verily the I enthusiasm for Mckinley is gradu-: ally, slowlv but surely dying out. 1 Democrats are charged with seeking, to array the west against * the east and to array class against class. \Ve wonder what Paui G I. Hooper and P. L. Andrews are seeking to do'. See thei'r letter in this issue. - Ji Chairman Hooper of the Adams 'count-y republieab committee, says in a letter over his own signature tha't you are a “dead beat” and a “dent shrieker?* if you are.poof or in debt..and contemplate a vote for ~~silver and mr>re rnotiey. * The republican • ams now-predi'-t nothing short”'of.a, revolution They are mad and want to fight. The rivers of b!o<d are a contemplation that wontcause even the marvelous nerve of St. Peter trim"se Ifto ■li dddder. • a. ■ After ali the delegations that have visited McKinley--by reqiieat —and after all the soft soap he has indulged in, nothing has he sain ot a serious nature of the evil effects of the present hour. He offers no sensible cure. This is no time tor silly nonsense.

The political sky looks bright and the election of Wm. J. Bryan is now an assured fact. Ihe masses of people demand his election. The Standard Or! Company now say to their employes, “vote for McKinley if yon expect to preserve your jobs." This is so'me more republican patriotism, Anarchists aid repudiate™ are abroad ii'i the laud. Read that letter and then swear allegiende to the constitution of a republic, that should be governed by a free and unselfish people. Judge l ou ier is he new democratic cai l didte for Governor of New York, and he is a free coinage of silver agitator from the bottom up. New Y >rk will now proceed to count her eb cto’ial votes for Bryan. The Journal s y that “Hie Democrat has a wav of writing our editorials for us.” Ihe acknowledgement is accepted with thanks Subscribe for the Democrat, the newsiest newspaper on earth—or elsewhere. The Journal is unfair and dpsy honest when it says: “The reptlhLean partv is pledged to the use of both gold and silver as woifcy.! The democratic platform is too uar-j row to embrace both. 1 hey wish nothing but silver.”

Chairman Hoofers letter is a grand, noble and patriotic document —in a pig's eve. The patriotism there unfolded will bring tears to the eyes of the meek and lowly. Bro. Hooper will now pray for those howling “dead beats. ’ In the letter ot Pusillanimous Gall Hooper ami “Persimmins Linctompoop Andrews, they say that free coinage has been devised and invented with al! the ingenuity of the “arch fiend.” How do yon like thaiuMr. Farmer and laboring man? Dr. J. W. Younge, of Fort Wayne, will address the people of Decatur at the court room, next Monday evening. The Dr. is one ot the early silver agitators and a forcible speaker, so you may expect, to hear something good on the sub. ject. _________ We wonder why the chairman and secretary of the republican central committee of Adams county wants a list of the sound money democrats in the county. Is it possible that the republicans and the so called sound money democrats are fusing and clogtng together. After an ungemlemanly and unjournalistic season of bali-braying about the anarchistic features of Candidate Bryan and his “ignorant half-breed following” the modest republican newspapers including the Journal, now complain about a few severe and just criticisms Mr. Bryan gives th»-ir seducive press. It makes all the difference in the world whose ox is gored. The Journal seems to give much weight to the fact that one Gustof Yager had a letter from a friend in Canton, saying that the free silver club at that place had only 600 Well, in answer we will say that Will Reed has a letter from Alien Cook, the secretary of the tree silver club of that place, who is an old school mate of Will’s, which says that the membership of all free silver clubs in Canton is OVefTGO'U. TETs statement is also further verified by the “Associated Press” report. So “you pay vour money and take your choice,” as to which you will believe.

WEeordially commend the action of republicans Ju congress on the subject of free coinage. The law recently enacted was pas’sed in spite of perebu-nt democratic opposition. Under its beneficent influence silver has rapidly approached the g»ld standard of value, farm products are advancing in. price, ami commerce is fi d-jpg the inipujse of in-, creased prosperity. It will add more than <50,000,000-annually of sound cun ii-y to the amount in circulation among tne people, and is a long, ■ prudent- step toward free co’mim. J.mhana republican platform, i -no. • JiiKho lii plum <~K.-rt.iion that ( oin HSirvev <!)<■* <2,500 in geld from dsji« in hank A1- m-io-d it up in a saf. y4ettpMt vault, (jo! i only denial and explained, but -whetryou b) thii.k of it, it’s" 'too absur I I r-consideration; There is no bank who would pay ..that sum !of . jnqm-y m. go),] , ( , a depositor, ■ unless by special Amnlract.or agreement. and that isn’t at alt probable . m this case. explanation given Iby a numb-r,.) a „-i r ,. liable jou?,jai s - this does not in | elude the (’h l( . ago newspapers .--,8 that be gottfmm the bank a fewgold coms to use for illustration in his speeches. This was only mag nified and made the large sum above mentioned.

Herr Most, Pusillanimous Gall Hooper and Persimmins Linotonipoop Andrews, three of the greatest anarchists in the U. S. ■ , Indiana is safely democratic. Our information comes direct from headquarters where a complete compilation of tacts and figures have been made. Verilly, the silver craze refuses to die or to even look like any kind of a pale faced corpse. A. J- .Houck of Marion, made a ringng silver speech at the club rooms last night. It was full of good, wholesome food which will bear careful study and thought. He explained the necessity ot having both gold and silver for money standards, and the benefits derived therefrom. According to his analysis twenty-one persons can corm r and bold all the gold m this coiintry. What do our readers think of such financial Hidep 'iidence for i country like the United States? Let’s rid ourselves of such mouopi I lies, which are to say the least danI gerous and unsafe for the masses of people. , J. TfW M ERR yuan is authority for the statement that a gentleman called at his office and showed him a release of mortgage which had I been received direct from London. England. Who knows how many more farms in Adams county is mortgaged in the same manner. The eastern loan associations receive ti eir niotjey from the English money kings,- and many times when you think an eastern loan company owns your mortgage, it then lays in the hands of some London bank. If the gold standard continuts much longer they will not only own moitgages but I all the real estate in this country. It is tiinetokick them where Jane kicked the calf. Why does FL gland favor the single gold standard? Because England is dependent on other conn tries for the bulk ot her food sup plies and raw material tor her: factories'. She is also 'the great! creditor nation of the world Nearly all nations pay her interest tribute! on borrowed capital. Seven hun-j dred million dollars is a conservative estimate of the amount ot interest she annually receives from investments abroad. This is paid in food supplies for her people and raw material for her factories. By

persuading other nations like the United States to adopt her single gold standard policy she nearlydoubled the purchasing power of this interest, so that she now gets these supplies from debtor nations like the United States at practically half prices. A nice thing indeed, for English credit mongers by enslaving to the American farmer who has so large a share of it to pay. And yet a few patriots (?) will vote for such a system. “1 do not think that this country holding so vast a proportion of the | world’s supply of silver in its mountains and in its mines, can afford to ■ reduce the metals to the situation of mere merchandise. If silver . ceases to be used as money in Europe and America, the great mines of, the Pacific slope will be closed and dead. Mining enterprices of the gigantic scale existing in this country cannot be carried ors to provide backs for looking glasses and to manufacture cream pitchers and sugar bowls. Avast source of wealth to this entire country is destroyed the moment silver is permanently disused as money. It is tor us to check that tendency and bring the continent of Europe back to the full recognition of the value of the metal as a medium of ex-change?-’—Blaine in congress 1878. Con. record, page 821. If Blaine were living now and make a speech Hike that, he would be accused of | owning several silver mines, and perhaps called an anarchist. t The appearance of Major Shriner at the court house last Saturday evening, was the means of filling the court room with people, the most of whom were enthusiastic for ; the cause <>f silver. The Major is lan old tinier from away back He is now seventy-seven, years old, and has participated in campaign j work for over fifty years He has also personally known all the great dem Cratic leaders from that dime to this He recited some ancient political history, that i brought recollections to the minds of many of Adams county pioneers who were present. Despite his I age, he had ac ear, distinct voice, ' and made an earnest appeal in be j half of silver coinage equal with i gold. He branded party traitors and in allmade a\speech' that

greatly pleased and satisfied the multitude present. The 1 Hon Solomon Daridsohn of Chicago, also spoke fdr thirty minutes in German, and we are ready to testify as to its being decidedly all right.

JOHNNY GETYOUR GUN. The heirloom ot “protection and sound money” in Adams county, as engineered by the republican states men, is in a deplorable Condition. In their desperation the anarchistic document signed by Chairman Hooper and Secretary Andrews, which you will find elsewhere in this edition, was penned, signed and sent to a number of the reliable republicans in the county, 'hie of them found its way into the hands of an honest republican. All His life he has ever proved faithful to the cause as emancipated by the ! g. <>. p. He was devout in bis , reasoning, sincere in his belief, but honest in his convictions and teachings. When that letter—tilled with its rebel intent—reached him, he could not for a moment swallow its revolutionary thunder, or assist it by word, action or deed. Hu Drought the letter to this office, loudly exposed the methods adopted and said that no such dishonorable means should prosper by his aid. He will also vote for Bryan, the first democratic vote of his life. So much for that.* Now let’s dissect ! and disc-Uss m the shortest manner possible, that letter. It begins by saying “to be again defeated may mean revolution, it may mean civil wah” What can be the meaning or interpretation of such language? Can it be possible that the republican party leader^, mean to win this political contest, even though human life may be sacrificed to bring about their desires. Can it be .possible i that should Bryan be elected, the money powers of this country intend to bring disaster, ruin and war upon our people? Can it be posnible that such methods can be adopted and aided by American people ! in this nay and age of intelligence. The latter seems true. But let it ! come. The American people are bigger, better and their cause more just and righteous than all the moui ey, corruption and classical conspir- ! ators in this broad land. If it means war, there never was a better time than now. The thousands of

idle men who want honest toil, and the millions of others in whose breasts the kindled flame of pride and independence ever burns, will sacrifice their lives, if need be, to uphold the honor of a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The letter also says: “a party Jed by such leaders as Tillman and Altgeld, that openly avows itself the enemy of competency, prosperity and commercial thrift; that seeks to array class against class; that appeals to the debt shneker, the anarchist and the dead beat, is to say the least a dangerous party to put at the helm ot the government.” What think you of such language? Is a man a “dead beat” who wants labor and can’t get it under a gold standard of money. Is a man a “debt shrieker” who has a mortgage on his farm, and can’t under a gold standard of money, realize sufficient from his labor and produce, to pay the interest on that mortgage and keep his family. The patriotism of the Belmont-Morgan syndicate of gold bond buyers, and the money speculators ot Wall street, does not compare to the patriotism of Governor Altgeld to the poor people of Illinois. The Wall street bankers have robbed the tax payers of this country out ot millions of money. The masses ot people condemn them and their methods, and for that condemnation are alluded to in this republican bugaboo, as trying to arI ray class against class. The appeals illuminated in that letter aie the same that are being indulged in 'by the aristocratic newspapers and paid and employed mouth pieces of I the money centers, who tor years have amassed fortunes and made themselves millionaires by crushing 1 the poor- It is the appeal of Mark I Hanna. We are surprised, however, that in Adams county.any one would indulge in such rebellious methods. They”are not only rebellious, but unpatriotic and un-American. They ■ are not for the ultimate good of the common people. It is representative of the rich, and says in sub stance that if you don’t uphold and continue their power and cut-throat policy, that war will result, your homes blasted and future hopes and prospects ruined. This is a fine lot of patriotism tor the republican party in Adams county to indu ge in. They have tr(ed coercion among railroad and other employes, and now they seek to promulgate the same style of gun shot methods among the farmers and daily laborers in agriculture. The ietter is genuine and can be seen at this office by any one who cares to convince himself that no fake is being worked. It is signed by both Paul G. Hooper as chairman, and P. L. Andrews as secretary of the republican county central committee, and to say the least is a disgrace to them It is enough to open the eyes of any farmer, laborer or poor man. Such letters as the one iff reference are never intended for the good of any cause or people. The only way to subdue such anarchistic measures and people, is to vote for Bryan.

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Will P. G. Hooper and P. L. Andrews please tell us through the columns of the Journal who they mean and what they mean by sound money democrats. Pop Gun Hooper and Pistol Loaded Andrews say in their letter that if the republicans are again defeated “it may mean civil war.” What? are the republicans going to fight if they are defeated? What about anarchism? Pop Gun and Pistol Loaded? Be careful, you may be called anarchists. William Jennings Bryan will, without doubt, carry Indiana and its electorial vote. The democratic politicians have so figured it, and John K. Gowdy, chairman of the republican state committe has verified it. He sent a cypher telegram to the republican managers in New York which said that Bryan would carry the state by 30,000 to 50,000. This wonld be an overwhelming victory, but the signs of the times verify it, and enthusiasm displayed by the people of all political parties verify it. The millions of money to be used by the republicans can not check the tide for silver. The hand writing is on the wall.

Jerry Rusk, secretary of agri culture under Harrison, in his report of 1890, page 8, in speaking of the effect that the enhancement in value of silver bullion following the passage of the Sherman act had upon the price of American wheat, says: “ Tne recent legislation looking to the restoration of the bimetahc standard of our currency, and the consequent enhancement of the value of silver, has unquestionably had much to do with the recent advance in the price of cereals. The same cause has Advanced the price of wheat in Russia and India and in the same degree reduced their power ‘of competition. English gold was formerly exchanged for cheap silver, and wheat purchased with the cheaper metal was sold in Great Britain for gold. Much of this advantage is lost by the > appreciation of silver in those countries. It is reasonable, therefore, to expect mnch higher prices for wheat than have been received in recent years.” Uncle Jerry was a student of politicaleconomy, and well understood the relation of money to products. If we could have had free coinage of silver instead of the Sherman law, that which he hoped for would have,been accomplished.

JOURNAL’S SILVER POLICY. Administration platform: Sacrifice all but save Wall Street and gold,— Journal, Oct., 18, 1895. Democratic platform: The Wall Street millionaiies must be protected, but the laborer and farmer must compete with the world. —Journal, Oct., 18, 1885 » The leaders of the democratic party are irrevocably committed to a gold standard. Cleveland. Whitney and Brice command its officers and their dictation is law. The republican is the bimetallic party. It believe in both metals and the limited use ol’ paper money.—Journal. Oct., 18, 1895. In the year of our Lord 1895, the present editor of the Journal very bravely and patriotically edited and printed the above paragraphs in his republican Journal. The precious paragraphs bear the djy;e of October 18, 1895, less than one year ago." At that time he personally and editorially felt it a sin against God and man to think of gold alone as our standard of money. Silver on a parity with gold was the proper and only salvation for the country at that time. That was a whole year ago, and was plenty of time for him tochange his mind. He has changed and changed radically. He is one of those republicans who now tell yoii that the country is going to the damnation bow-wows incase Bryan and free silver should succeed in disrupting the Wall Street capi talists. The very thing he so strongly opposed a year ago, he just as strongly advocates now, and does it too, with a seemingly clear conscience. Such deliberate turncoating was never so noticeable before, and we will add too, that his sins here committed will never be forgiven. Wm. J. Bryan, the greatest American orator of the day and the next president of the United. States, will tour Indiana next Tuesday and Wednesday. The latter date he will be in Indianapolis where the greatest political outburst of the campaign will take place. The people in this part of the state will be sorry to know that his travels will be elsewhere. lie comes mon the J. M. & I-, through New Albany, Jeffersohvilje; Seymour, Columbus, Indianapolis, Noblesville, Tipton, Kokomo, Logansport, North Judson, Crown Point and Hammond. The national committee is being severly criticised for not prolonging his stay in the state. Hoosiers want to see the noted statesman and hear him discuss, in his cool, clear way, the issues paramount in this campaign. v