Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1896 — Page 5

TO SCARE THE FARMERS. STARTLING INFORMATION AT HAND. SHOWING DESPERATE METHODS OF THE EASTERN MONEY SHARKS. The Dkmockat has mformrtion from a trustworthy source coining from New York, that during the week before election there will be sent out every money lending firm in the east, letters to each per son indebted to those firms or corporations of.the most threatening character. ')ur informant states that he is somewhat on the inside workings of these fellowsand tnat they have millions of dollars to back the scheme. Borrowers will be told that if Bryan is elected no loans will be renewed unless a gold payment clause is put in the notes This party says that eastern inonej lenders say that if Bryan is elected it means that interest will conndown, and tnat is what the monej lenders of the east will tiy to pre vent. We hope that no farmer who owes money to any one will be scared by any such methods. It is simply a lost cause struggling for a little longer Existence. A borrowing man grasping at straws, and no one should despicable mathods. Most of the money now borrowed is on long time, live years, and so long as the interest is paid no action for foreclosure could be brought. In those eases coming due in one or . two years from now. Should Brvand be elected and these sharks should want their money, some one else will stand ready to loan it to the farmers at even a less rate ol interest, as money will be more plentiful. But no danger of those money lenders calling their money in. What would they do with it? Those people are only too. willing to keep it among the farmers of the west when they get from six to eight per cent, of interest, more than they can get in any other investment, unless it would be in a bond swindle. We had occasion to interview Messrs. Schurger, Reed & Smith, who are handling eastern money extensively, and were informed by them that their company, one of the largest in the east, is now filling all applications in the usual way, without asking any gold payment, and that they have information that all loans coming due on o January next, will be extended for five years upon the same terms that ■ they were made without a gold payment. The acts of these cor porations louder than any campaign lies that can be invented to frighten voters. Further than this the supreme court ot Indiana has held in a num ber of cases that a contract payable in gold can be paid in any money that is a legal tender, and the reader is referred to 26 Ind. Reports, page 116, also 46 Ind. Reports, page 495, and cases there cited. So it will be seen that the whole scheme is based upon something that really has no foundation to stand upon, and we therefore call upon all liberty loving Americans to pay the shglitesattention to these scare crow circulars and letters such as are now being sent out by these destroyers of American freedom.

Two Hundred Adams Countyltes Take A Peep at The Next President., Agent Whinrey of the Clover Leaf was kept busy yesterday morning counting cash and selling tickets to excursionists who were bound for Kokomo at which place William Jennings Bryan, made one of his celebrated speeches. Two hundred people from Adams county enjoyed the distinction of seeing the distinguished national wonder, orator and statesman, and also of hearing him address the multitudes of people who assembled there. It was the largest crowd that Kokomo has entertained since its infancy. The people were packed like sardines in a box, which left them scarcely available breathing room. The train started from this point,, many of the cars being decorated with streamers and other available decorations. Among them to be noticed was ‘‘Old Adams county, 2,000 majority for Bryan,” supplemented with numerous others of a similar and striking nature. The old city band of sixteen pieces was decidedly numerous by their presence. The musicians were “dressed up” in blue overalls, plaid jumpers and straw hats. They looked real handsome this morning when they first appeared, and will po doubt capture the town, regardless of politics, religion or previous couditon. Those who were fortunate enough to have a dollar, and took advantage of the opportunity, will see the greatest statesman of the present nineteenth He is eloquent, able and honest. The time will be profitably spent in going that distance to see him and to profit by his burning words of truth and right. Excursion rates to Washington the fourth of next March, at which time he will be inaugurated president of these United States. Selah.

Wrt.i.'tiiKKTs, the Berne hustler has been employed by the republicans to bring a crowd to the Mount rally here Saturday. As Will is an old stager at the business and can hustle better than any ten men in Adams coun’y, they ought to have a fair representation. It’s tough luck though when a political party is compelled to employ an expert to drum up a crowd for a political demonstration.

“I have told them that I would not be willing, as an excutive to hire any banker, foreign or domestic, to protect the treasury of the United States; but, on the other hand, I would trust to the 70,000,000 of people to protect that treasury, and I believe they are strong enough to do it, even though the financiers try to consp ire against the nation’s welfare.”—Bryan at Indianapolis.

ANARCHISTIC! ARE YOU A “DEAD BEAT'’ OR A “DEBT SHIRKER?" The Following Letter is Being Issued from the Republican County Committee Rooms ’• Office of the Republbcan Central CoMmiTTEE of Adams County, Indiana. Decatur, Indiana, Sept. 7, 1896. Dear Sir: : —Will you help us a little during this campaign? While it is true that our chances of victory, now look very flattering, yet the battle is never won, until the last shot is fired. To be again defeated means a financial crisis such as the world never saw before. It means ruin and disaster to all business interest that have survived the free trade policy of the last few . years. And it may mean more than that. It may mean revolution, it may mean civil war. It may mean the wrecking and ruining of this, the greatest government under the sun. I am not a calamity howler, but I want to say to you, that a party, that in its platform censures and condemns the supreme and federal courts of the United States; a party led by such leaders as Tillman and Altgeld—that openly avows itself the enemy of competency, prosperity and commercial thrift; that seeks to array the west against the east; that seek to array class against class; that appeals to the debt shirker, the anarchist, and the dead beat, is to say the least a dangerous party to put at the helm of this government. The “free silver” trap has been set. It has been devised and invented with all the ingenuity of the arch fiend. Its purposes are to detract the public mind from the ruin and misrule of the free trade policy of the present administration. A few Republicans have been mislead by this. We want a list of their names in your neighborhood. They are known as “Free Silver Republicans.” And there are some Democrats honest enough not to be mislead by this will-o’-the-wisp, and are known as “Sound money Democrats.” We want a list of those in your neighborhood. Two blanks tor these names are sent herewith. Now, please do this work for us, in the interest of * Republicanism, humanity, and prosperity. This letter is sent only to leading Republican citizens, not because we are unable to get information from our committeeman m your precinct, but we want to make the canvas thorrough in every road district, so that no one shall be overlooked. In filling in the blanks, use your best Judgment, and class a voter the way he talks. Fill out the blanks as soon as your work is completed and return to this office in the envelope sent herewith. Be complete and thorough as possible. Thanking you in advance for this favor and hoping to be able to reciprocate at some future time, we remain, Yours Truly, Paul G. Hooper, ... ! Chairman. P. L. Andrews, Secretary.

The Democrat’s exposure of the tyramcal and rebel methods of the republican managers last week stirred the animals. It was just like stirring a skunk nest with a fish pole. The more you stirred it the more it stunk. Chairman Hooper and Secretary Andrews tried ex planation, but the more they explained the worse they made it. All liberty loving people slhoud sympathize with them.

Wk reproduce this week the letter of treason and anarchy, that is being sent from republican headquarters by Pop Gun Hooper and Pistol Loaded Andrews. The letter will tell you more plainly than we can, that any one who is in debt and complains, is a “debt shirker” and a “dead beat.” This devotion of republican managers will no doubt be cherished by every poor man in the county.

SILVER MEETINGS. ADAMS COUNTY ENTHUSIASM. LARGE AND ATTENTIVE AUDIENCES GREET THE SPEAKERS BRYAN A MASCOT. • . The silver meetings in Adams county still continue to produce an unusual smount of enthusiasm. Everybody is in earnest this year. The speakers all report laige and attentive audiences, and reports show that the interest and feeling is universal for more money. Let the good work go on. MOON EYE The meeting an'Moon Eye school house Friday night undressed by Charles Battling and John T. France was a great success. There was over seventy-five voters present. FKIEDHEIM The meeting at Friedheim on last Friday night was well attended and the sledge hammer blows made by the speakers John It. Brunt candidate for congress and Wm. 11. Reed were very telling amt will have the effect of bringing a solid democratic vote from that precinct next November. LUCKEY SCHOOL HOUSE The meeting at Luckey school in Union township on last Thursday evening was a hummer. The speakers were the Hon. John R. Brunt and J. T. Kelley. The school house was packed with enthusiastic Bryan “rooters,” who applauded every mentidh of the candidates names. BERNE The hall at Berne Tuesday wouldn’t hold the immense crowd of people who flocked to hear the gospel of Bryan, free coinage of gold and silver and prosperity for the poor as well as the rich. R. K. Erwin and L. C. Devoss spoke for two hours to an audience that listened to every word that was spoken. BUCKMASTER SCHOOL HOUSE John R. Brunt and Dave E. Smith orated to the people of Jefferson township last Thursday evening, and they report Bryan stock there as being away above par. The meeting was an enthusiastic aud enjoyable one. FRENCH TOWNSHIP The democrats of French township are alive, and the fact* was □ever better demonstrated than on last Thursday night when David E. Smith made one of his stirring speeches on behalf of the common cause now at issue. French township will cast her vote solid for Bryan. SALEM John T. France and J T. Kelley addressed the voters of Blue Creek township at Salem Saturday evening. lhe attendance was large, enthusiastic and in earnest for the cause at issue. Both speakers were well received and applauded.

MONROE Nearty all of Monree township were out Saturday night to hea> Clark J. - utz and David Coffee discuss the issues at Monroe. The attendance, and enthusiasm could not be discounted, for the hall was packed like sardines. BLUE CREEK Bryan’s election seems to be the universal wish of the average Blue Creek township voter. Monday evening one of the largest political demonstrations ever held in the township was made manifest at Wechter’s- ’Wie speakers were David E. Smith and C. M. France who spoke upon the leading issues and explained the benefits to be derived from the free coinage of silver. The audience listened with earnest attention and showed a wonderful interest in the subject. Blue Creek is decidedly all right. DEBOLT SCHOOL HOUSE Debolt school house in this j township was swarming with people Tuesday evening. John T. France of this city, and J. Fred France of Huntington, thoroughly exposed the republican gold fallacy and their methods of repudiation, intimidation and coercion, among those who are employed and are at the mercy of the corporations of wealth and corruption. The meeting was large and the people there earnestly inclined to vote to redeem themselves and their homes from corrupting stigma of wealth domination. HARDSCRABLE David E. Smith presented convincing arguments in favor of silver coinage and better times to a crowded house of farmers at Hardstable Tuesday evening. Great interest is being manifested there by the people who beleive in more

HON. JOHN C. SHANKLIN, Indiana’s Gifted Democrat, will address the people of Adams County at DECATUR. IND. Friday Afternoon, OCTOBER 9, ’96. G’■ ' * - The issues of the campaign will be thoroughly discussed and explained. Be Sure and Hear Him. ... - -9 A. HOLTHOUSE. . ‘ ‘ . ''A • ’ THE WAY TO BUY FOOTWEAR IS TO THEM RIGHT j THE RIGHT WAY IS TO >\vJbuy them at holtHOUSE’SHOE STORE. OUR FALL AND WINTER STOCK IS NOW IN THE STORE. IT CONSISTS OF ALL THE LATEST STYLES AND SOLID LEATHER GOODS. WE BEAT ’EM ALL ON PRICES. SEE US BEFORE BUYING. A FEW BARGAINS IN THE OLD STOCK THAT WILL BE SOLD IRRESPECTIVE OF PRICE OR COST. COME QUICK. * JL. HOLTHOUSE.

■ I money and its equitable distribution. Dave made a commendble speech, which was well received. T7” pleasant mills. Silver agitators are thick at Pleasant Mills, and they a 1 ! turned out Monday evening to hear Lewis C. Devoss give a few scprcing facts ' upon the all absorbing and import«i ant subject. It was a rousing meeting and a pleasant time. They accorded the speaker their atten- J tion from beginning to ending. COREY SCHOOL HOUSE j. Fred France and Dan N. Er- j win turned the naked light ot truth upon the hypocricies of the gold i standard at Cory school in j ' Union township last night. They I ’ report a good crowd, and lots of free ! 1 silver enthusiasm that precludes 1 all shadow of a doubt about the ; probable success of the righteous cause. I ELECTION SCHOOL HOUSE John T. France and John T. Kel- 1 ley talked silver to a large crowd at Election school house in Kirland township, last evening. Everybody in Kirkland seems to be for free silver and are not afraid to say so. The speeches were well received and the speakers didn’t lies itate to do justice to the occasion. GENEVA The Bryan club rooms was [ crowed from roof to gat ret last ' Thursday night at which time Lewis C. Devoss spoke upon the issues. The people there are all | united on the cause and will vote nothing but Bryan ticket*.

I■- v . Adherence to the gold standard means dearer money, and dearer money lower prices. For the gold standard McKinley islands. Hence his election would be inimical to the interests of the wage-earners. On the other hand the restoration of silver to its place as money means that we shall cheapen gold, not in the United States alone but the world over, arid as we cheapen gold prices will rise. For the restoration of silver to its place as money Mr. Bryan stands. Therefore, the welfare of the wage-earning classes is bound up with his election. “Thk single gold standard seems to us is working ruin with violence that nothing can stand. If its influence is to continue for the future at the rate of its action during the twenty years since the gold standard took possession of the world, tome generation, not very remote, will see in the broad continent of America only a half dozen overgrown cities keeping guard over a mass of capital and lending it out to a population of dependent laborers on the mortgage of their growing crops of unfinished handiwork. Such sights have been common enough in the world’s history, but , against it we all rebel. Rich and poor alike! Republicans, democrats, populists, labor and capital, railway, churches and colleges—all alike, and all in solid good faith, shrink from such a future as that.” .—Senator J. Di Cameron to National Republican League, June tly j 1894. -