Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1896 — Page 5

■i I f Br r cLrdKW ■ Democratic Ticket. for Pr.nidenti.l Electorß-»t-M " I—l L»r<e. ■ | PKM | JOHN B. STOLL. ■ Imml parda D. DRAIN. HH l™J Dlatrict Elector.. ■ . r lM | JAMES W. HENtiON. • MtCTOWD district, ELISHA A. RIGGINS. THIRD DISTRICT. GEORGE B. McINTYRB. 0 FOURTH DISTRICT, TOWNSEND COPE. FIFTH DISTRICT. DELANO E. WILLIAMSON. SIXTH DISTRICT, GEORGE W. PIGMAN. BEVBXTH DISTRICT, MAURICE DONNELLY. r ’"“1 EIGHTH DISTRICT, ■ I dbm BARTLETT H. CAMPBELL. ■ SIXTH DISTRICT, W ■ I DBM WILLIAM C. SMITH. TRUTH DISTRICT, JAMES W. PIERCE. SBI.ItVBX’H DISTRICT, MEREDITH H. KIDD. TWELFTH DISTRICT, FRANK. B. VAN AUKEN. THTRTRBNTH D’RTR’CT, JOHN S. BENDER. For Governor, BENJAMIN F. SHIVELY. For Lieutenant-Governor. JOHN C. LAWLER. For Secretary of State, SAMUEL M. RALSTON. 0- For Auditor of State, JOSEPH T. FANNING. . ■ ■—l For Treasurer of State, ■ Idem] MORGAN CHANDLER. B™ For Attorney-General, JOHN G. McNUTT. ■ 1 For Reporter Supreme Court, ■ I |dbm| henry warrum. H For Superintendent Public InB- struction, WILLIAM B. SINCLAIR. B" For State Statistician, OMAR IL DOWNEY. ■ For Judfre Appellate Court, B- FIRftT DISTRICT, EDWIN TAYLOR. ■ —a— second district, ■ * |dbm| FRANK E. GAVIN. ■ F THIRD,DISTRICT, ■ jIDI J THEODORE P. DAVIS. ■ FOURTH DISTRICT, ■ Idem! ORLANDO J. LOTZ. 0- FIFTH DISTRICT. GEORGE E. ROSS. I INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS. ■I If you want to vote a STRAIGHT DEM ■ OCRATIC TICKET, stamp within the btij ■ square containing the ROOSTER at the ■ top of the ticket, and stamp nowhere ■ else. ■ fit I _ J olk I ■■ — I ■ Temeraber: ( ■ 1. You must get your ballots of the I: polling clerks in the election room. E 2. Ii you want to vote a straight | ticket, stamp within the large square at I the head of the ticket containing the I , device of the party for whose candidates you wish to vote. If you do not | wish to vote a straight ticket you must not stamp the large square containing I the device of your party, but you must stamp the small square to the left of the I name of each candidate for whom you I desire to vote, on whatever list of canI didatee it may be. If the large square at the head of the ticket is stamped, and I the ballot is stamped at any other place, I it is void and caunot be counted, unless there be no candidate for some office in I the list printed under such stamped device, iu'Which case he may indicate his choice for such office by stamping the square to the left of the name of any candidate for such office on any other list. The stamp must be placed within er on the square or tLe ballot is void and cannot be counted. 8. Do not mutilate your ballot, or mark it either by scratching a name off or writing one on, or in any way, except by the stamping on the square or equates, as before mentioned. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. 4. After stamping your ballots, and before leaving the booth, fold them separately, so that the face of them cannot be seen and so that the initial let- ... tors of the names of the polling clerks on the backs thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the inspector, the stamp to the polling clerk, and leave the room. 6. If you are physically unable to etamp your ballots, or can not read English. so inform the polling clerks and tell them how you wish to vote and they will stamp your ballots for you. . But the voter and clerks should not permit any other person to hear or see how the ballots are stamped, and it is a penal offense to declare that you can not read English or cannot mark your ballot, if, in fact, you can. 6. If you should accidentally or by ‘ mistake deface, mutilate or spoil your ballot, return it to the poll clerks and get a new ballot. 7. You must not accept a ballot from any person outside of the election room. Any ballot oatside is fraudulent, and it is a penitentiary offense to have such a ballot in your possession whether you attempt to vote it or not. j 8. You must not attempt to hold any eoaversahou in the election room except with members of the election board and tike poll dorks. y 9. You must net put any marie o< any Hpd on your ballet except with the

TO KILL THE STATE TAX LAW I The Measure Which Added Nearly $100,000,000 of Railroad and Corporation Property to the State Tax Rolls Would Uundoubtedly be Made Null and Void by the Success of the Republican State Ticket. • t OUR OWN COUNTY DEEPLY INTERESTED. The Unholy Bargain Between the Railroads and the Indiana G. O. P. Goldites to Place Additional Burdens of Taxation Upon the Farmers, the Merchants, and the Laborers. The Democratic state legislatures of 1891 and 1898, over the strenuous and united opposition of the Republican party and press, enacted tax laws creating the state board of tax commissioners and providing for the assessment and valuation for taxation of railroad property, sleepingcar companies, express companies and telegraph and telephone companies by which, for the first time in the history of the state, these corporations were compelled to pay their just proportion of taxes. Previous to the enactment of these laws many of these corporations escaped taxation entirely, while the others were Assessed at a merely nominal figure—not more than one-third of their true value. Under these laws the state board of tax commissioners is composed of ths governor, secretary of state, auditor of state and two tax commissioners appointed by the governor. The importance of securing an upright and just state board of tax commissioners cannot be overestimated by the taxpayers of the state. The Republican state candidates, who, if elected would make up the board, have the endorsement of all of the above named corporations and it is natural to suppose that if elected they will favor the corporations which are friendly to them and contributing so much toward their election, and will release these corporations from payment of their just proportion of taxes. It is plain that these beneficial laws should be administered by the friends of the people and the laws and not by their enemies. The increase of assessment for taxation of these corporations alone, made by Democratic state boards, under these laws, Democratic laws, amounts to mgro than $95,000,000. The following table shows the assessment of these corporations under the olcl law and the increased assessment under the new tax laws of 1891 and 1893 as made by the state board of tax commissioners: ■d S . -j S-} is ja Si ~ s a 4 'az gag® •sg<j •§§l* ~ US COUNTIES. o -ugS Rg (2 < C “ — << -3 9. o fl oal ~ $ 471,506 $ 1,281,55*)$ 810,041$ 30,071'$ 840,115 Allen 8,855,674 5,340,747 2,485;h73} 105,034] 2,590.107 Barthniomew 564,316 1,88'1,397 1,260,081 47,7'7 1,313,788 Benton 624.428 1,131,051 Blackford 272,153 720,639 448,1586 27,836 476,322 800ne...... 591,803 1,3«8,u05 T96,2iJ2 1&415 873,617 Carroll 574,842 1,2 i 1 ’.034 636.102 67,5 ii '7i;3,7()3 Cass 1,287,077 8,794,826 1,507.749 111,754 1,609,5<>3 (hark 1,010,873 2,439.062 1,4.2.2,1811- 59,751 1,481,940 ri£v • 689,232 1,426,537 7-17,3-5 43.7'8 791,013 Clint,;;; 781,749 1,787,931 1,000,i.,.l . 78. 9 1,1'84,624 CrHwford . .40:1,137 268,936 8,1931 277,129 Daviess 547,575 1,215.118 667,548 34,795 i 702,338 Dearborn 6*6,302 1,355.733 709.131 33,240 742,071 Deeatur 58'.’,! 15 1,250.962 ! 607.847 . 38,718 706,565 DeKalb/. 1.277,950 2.700,375 1,422,425 61,407 1,483,892 Delaware'"' 641,264 1,482,003 ' 841,399 43,172 884.571 DnhnU <100,124 698,9731 898,849 10,353 409,201 Flihari 1,252,820 2,163,716! 910,896 79,7101 999.006 Fevette■ 312,678 1,029,628 710,950, 34,203} 751,153 Fountain 7(K ' 97 ‘ 1 L 030.248 1 1,176,272} 51,5281 1,227,800 Franklin . 16«,27« 353,979 184,701! 20,109} 2**4.870 Fnltnn 578.016 1,506,684 928,668' 39.978 968,646 Ohio, . 70*1,094 l,&«,403! 803.3(19 42,858 840,107 n‘" n . 683.133 1,514,18,11 831,048 69,131! 900,179 D*n',,e 370,119 1.230,075' 854,556 46,133 900,689 Hamilton W>7l 843,3241 447,753 01,.W5| 512,258 Ha •< -k 631,143 1,757,950 1,126,807 ' 67,007 1,193,814 Harrison I« 7 <-*U 390,639 223,163 8,893 232,056 Henrlrieki 942,8'4 2,227,648 t,284,844 . 75,320 1,360.364 Henrv 961,171 2,658,783 1,696,907 101,808 1,798,715 Howard 480.883 1,087.658 606,775 45,132 651,907 Wnntineton ? 720.150 1,464,234 738,084! 39,535 777,616 larkson 78s < ! ® 1,825,518 1.036,6571 48,778 1,085,485 las.mr . . 838,466 1,426,199 887,733 43,464 931,1.97 7 > 95 1 1,154,464 666,513 39,283 705,795 Tefcraon "- .. 1 91 - 4 " 51 7**7,285 515,834 21,515 587,349 I.Z 637,742 1,74.5,212 1,107,470 42,14)5 ■ 1,149,475 tnhnaoo *M4 7 5 968.208 516,733 39,784 558,517 t-, „„ 775,699 1,779,469 1,003,770 .56.406 1,060,176 I Take g 4,055,800 '8,0)53,21.9 3,997,409 161,371 4,158,780 T 3,340,209 6,430,085 3,089,816 155,119 3,234,93.5 Tawronea 689,63* 1,677,501 987.871 50,4-58 1,088,329 2 ’ 15r<568 89,228 Marirm 3,885.745 11,1.56,172 7,770,427 193,292 7,963,719 Morahail 1,772,628 3,790,932 1,918,3*4 79,135 2,007,439 Varm, 298,1721 666,418 368,246 17,564 385,810 ilanoe - a58,156 Hi11),593 401,437 22,057 424,594 t.’mmn-v 797,614 2,139,1:50 1,341,546 98,264 1,434,810 Mm-J-'n 71! '- 725 24 > 78 •‘S’- 783 Kettnn ". v.. 614,329 1,786,601 1,172,272 39,634 1,211,906 Noble 1,254,346 } 2,462,651 1,208,305 52,660 1,260,965 Xw f 275,258 831,030 555,781 26,387 ‘ 582,168 p*;b. e " 1 63,613 151,350 87.743 1,225 88,968 p°"® r 727,001 1,486,17*) 750,169 49,640 808,8.*9 p°l„k'; 492,045 1,246,521 754,476 38,2(X) 792,676 pTtna,' - .' 1,071,308 2,817,104 1.275,796 72,294 1,348,090 Haednlnl, 910,800 2,305,534 1,454,934 67.50)5 1,522,439 RIXv 1 417,537 901,988 484,451 22,535 506.986 E‘ IP ,, y ... 495.681 1,846,534 1,350.853 , 59,8'*0 1,410,653 - 49,875 1,292.868 309,897 788,411 428,514 7,000 435,514 gE e “if® r 1,140,075 2,557,318 1,417,241 54,256 1,471,497 st Tnsenh 1,406,201 2,860,352 1,454,131 102,390 1,&6,541 ahnb«n P w 54 ; W43 -•-•10,791 20,002 280,793 Hirnivln' Sfc-VSI 1,204,901 672,218 41,876 714,094 SwitkeNand "i - :"/".: »•«» 2.1» Trnneeanoe 1,291.610 2,543,450 1,351,840 117,400 1,369,840 TilmAn 456,552 976,666 520,114 36,814 556, <BB Vanderburah W 2 - 93 ' 2,042,940 1,069,989 45,507 1,115,576 ,m ■.»« gg J® War™ 4A7 ' 049 1,042,947 ,W 5,896 82,188 608,060 Wa£Xk ""..J a* 7 - 984 5 28 - 838 318,664 7,592 828,456 W«M»r'tnn 2 ‘ 29 ' 883 57O ‘ W7 84tl - 278 18 - 7 S» 359,027 Wavne 907 - l “ l 2.884,323 1,426,502 94,480 1,501,982 wS’AI 724,541 1,801,243 1,078,701 51,340 1,08.041 ■WMUey""• 1,094,090 3,191,445 1,097,354 48,831 1,141,186 Tptal jfr9J6B.OT6

S3OO Fine to Offer Bribe, Even If Unsuccessful, Construing above law the court has held (Thoraas-McKinney case) that: "The section of the statute under which this action was instituted defines a number of offenses, namely: (1), For hiring or buying any person, directly or indirectly, to vote any ticket or for any particular candidate; (2), for hiring or buying any person, directly or indirectly, to refrain from voting any ticket or for any candidate; (8), for handling any money or other means, knowing the same is to be used to induce, hire or buy any person either to vote or to refrain from voting any ticket' or for any candidate, and (4), for aiding, abetting, counseling, encouraging or advising either the hiring or buying of a voter either the hiring or buying of a voter ticket or lor any candidate. Any person, therefore, who hires or buys, directly or indirectly, a voter to vote for any picket or for any particular candidate, or who hires or buys such voters to refrain from voting any ticket or for any candidate, or who handles any money or other means to be used to induce, hire er buy any voter, either to vote or to refrain from voting any ticket or for ' M»y candidate, er who aids, abets, oounadb, moovmcm er ahviiii oMmt the . ■ - ■ '

hiring or buying of a voter either to vote any particular ticket or for any particular candidate, or to refrain from voting any ticket or for any candidate, is liable under the provisions of said act. * * • The plain language of the act conveys to the ordinary mind that the intention of the legislatiue was to punish the person who hires the voter either to vote or refrain from voting any ticket or for any candidate, whsthbr THE VOTER FULFILLS HIS PART OF THE agreement or not. * * * The offense charged does not consist in inducing the voter, by hiring him to vote or to refrain from voting a particular ticket or for or against a particular candidate, but it consists in’the giving or agreeing to give to the voter something in consideration that he will or will not vote, and the agreement oh the part of the voter to do so.” Protection Guaranteed. Every voter who knows of any violation of the law relating to elections and bribery should at once acquaint himself fully with the facta and report them either te the chairman of his eounly Democratic eouiinittee or to Parks M. Martin, chairman state Democratic committee, Indianapolis, who will at onoe furnish legal services and undertakethe prosecution of the criminals with aH possible energy, without expense to the informant, or any lion upon the *3OO inc which will be paid the IMtevnaaat h» onto ooMtoMon. f

TO PROTECT THE WORKINGMAN Why the Indiana Laboring Man Is Interested In Electing Democratic Legislators and State . Officials. DEMOCRACY DEFENDS LABOR. To th a laborer* and wage earner* of Indiana: During the last 12 years the Democratic legislatures in Indiana have enacted the following laws for the benefit and protection of the wage earners of this state: 1. The law giving the laborer a lien upon the products of his labor for wages and materials furnished. 2. The law making the wages of the laborer a preferred debt in the case of failure or insolvency'of his employer. 3. The law making a day’s work in public employment consist of eight hours. 4. The law providing for the ventilation of mines and the safety of miners. 5. The law prohibiting the blacklisting of employes. 6. The law protecting workingmen from being cheated and imposed upon by what is known as “pluck-me” stores. 7. The law prohibiting the importation of alien or foreign laborers. 8. The law repealing the “infamous conspiracy act”*of 1881. This wicked law was passed by the Republican legislature of that year. 9. The law protecting the labor union labels. 10. The law providing for a standard coal screen for the protection of the coal miners. 11. The law requiring employers to provide seats for female employes in stores and factories. 12. The law -requiring the payment of laborers every week. 13. The law prohibiting the employment of children under the age of 14 years in certain kinds of factories. 14. The law repealing the law enacted by the Republican legislature permitting aliens to acquire the farm lands of this state. I<,. The law making it a penal offense to bring into this state Urined men, whether Pinkerton detectives or any other armed force, for the purpose of intimidating or shooting down the.laboring people of this state. This law is as follows (Acts 1889 y p. 301): “ Who Ma zße Appointed. (1) That no sheriff of a county, mayor of a city or other persons authori«ed »by law to appoint special deputies, marshals or policemen in this state to preserve the public peace and prevent or quell public disturbance, shall hereafter appoint as such special deputies, marshals or policemen, any person who shall not have resided continuously in this state for the period of one year at least, and in the county where such appointment is made for the peroid of at least six months prior to the date of said appointment. # “Importation Prohibited. (2. > That it shall be unlawful for any person, company, association or corporation to bling or import, into this state any person-or persons, or association of persons, for the purpose of discharging the duties devolving upon sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, policemen, constables or peace officers in tfee projection or preservation of public or private property, or in the punishment of any person violating the criminal laws of this state.” It is further provided that any person violating the above provisions shall be imprjsioned in the state prison for not more than one year, to which may be added a fine of not more than SIOO for each offense.

1(5. The law regulating and enlarging the rights of laborers when, they receive personal injuries through the negligence of railroads and other corporations. 17. The law encouraging labor unions and organizations and for the purpose protecting the members thereof. These 17 wholesome laws, just specified, constitute such a record of practical friendship to the cause of labor on the part of the Democratic party as can be found to the credit of no other party in any state, at any time in the history of the United States. But the Democratic party has a legislative record on other great subjects in Indiana which challenges the admiration and support of all her fair-minded and intelligent people. It enacted the Australian ballot law and other laws for the purity of elections. The law provides that “Who ever, for the purpose of influencing a voter, seeks by violence or threats of violence to enforce the payment of a debt; op to eject or threaten to eject from any house he may occupy; or begin a criminal prosecution; or to injure the business or trade of an elector; or, if an employer of laborers or an agent of Such employer, threatens to withhold the wages or to dismiss from service any voter in his employment; or refuses to allow-to any such employe time to attend at the place of election and vote—shall be lined not more than SI,OOO nor less than SOO, imprisoned in the state prison not more than five years nor less than one year, and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for any determinate period." It enacted the present taxflaw by virtue of which the working, texpaying people of the state will, as the years roll on, be the gainers by many millions. It enacted the scheolbook law and took the supply of books to our school children out of the hands of trusts and speculators. It enacted the law for a state board of charities. These are Mme of the leading features of the Democratic policy, and they constitute some of the powerful reasons, among many others, why Indiana will remain a Demooratto state.

FREE SILVER RALLY! AT DECATUR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, The speakers secured for the occasion are ft*. SIHEJSIt OF* UL.XL.HXTOIS3. [«■ Mffl, OF OHIO. United State Senator Tnrpie, OF HvniAKTA. At 11 o’clock a. m. there will be an immense street rade, headed by Bands of Music and campaign Glee ■nqubs. In the evening a gigantic Torch Light Procession Will be formed and march through the principal streets Everybody is coming, and you cannot afford to miss it. The Work of Preparation, for the Coming Event, is Assigned To the Following Committees.

COMMITTEE ON SFKAKERS:J. F. Snow. N. Blackburn and J. T. France. . ° COMMITTEE ON ADVERTISING; L. Gr Ellingham, Noah Mangold, H. L. Confer.JOra France, Andrew Weifley and Sam Doak. DELEGATION MARSHALS. Michael Miller, marshal in chief; George 11. Kelley, L. H. Boknecht, Martin Miller, James Foreman, C. E. Stuckey, David Mauler. George W. McKean, D. Shalley, B. F Kizer. Harvey Hart, Ed Teinie, M. Briner. Jr.. Peter Kinney and Abe Boch. COMMITTEE QN BANNERS AND MOTTOES! John King. Jr , L. C. Corbin. H. C Cross, John Spuller, F. McConnell. H. D. Linemer, A. D. Welker. John McKean, .Jeremiah Archbold. E W. France. A. J. Porter, C. W, Hocker, W. W. Briggs. Jonas Neuecschwander. Ed Huffman, John Hershey, William firice, Albert Butler, Sam Soldner, F. M. Gallogley, W. E. Fulk. D. D. Coffee and Abe Debolt. > COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS: H. M. Romberg, H. A. Fristoe. A. Holthouse, Jacob Wagmiller, Horace Mathewson, J. W. Hair, John Lose, Clint Patterson, P. P. Ashbaueher, George A. Kintz, W V. Buckmaster, Jerry Coffee, Christ Boknecht, Charles Ernst, J. W. Place, John Yager, Curley

A. HOLTHOUSE. H) THE WAY TO BUY FOOTWEAR IS TO BUYO> THEM RIGHT THE RIGHT WAY IS TO •'xkVJBUY THEM AT HOLT- - HOUSE’ SHOE STORE. OUR FALL AND WINTER STOCK IS NOW IN THE STORE. IT CONSISTS OF ALL THE LATEST STYLES AND SOLID LEATHER GOODS. T‘ 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. » • t ... aadlteu. .. . ■ ■ ~ .

I Rademacher, John Colchin. A. E. Huffd man, E. B. Lenhart, Lane King, D. P. ' | Bolds. Elias C’aiist. Dr. S. C. Clark, J . j A, xYnderson. Emil Franz and J. J-‘ i Moran. • ■ recetion committee: y M. M. McGriff. Philip Schug, C. W F, Battling. Jacob Butcher, George W. Martz. Clark Brothers. C. M. France, - J. D. Winans. Henry Blakey, J. W. ; Myers. Henn Zwick, Wilbert Climer, ’ i Henry Dirksnn. William Shoumaker, Sam Simison. J. H. Lenhart, D P. Heller, Dave E. Smith, Henry Lankenau. David Steele, George Haetling, J. W. Vizard, W. Il. 3 Reed, Jacob' Wechter, George H. • Martz, David ■ Eley, Christ Ashbaueher, David Eck- , I rote, S. W. Hale, H. 11. Bremerkamp, * Conrad Brake, L. L. Dunbar, A. P. Beatty. J. E Mann. Peter Bryan, R 1 K. Erwin. Rudolph Schug, Fred Neaderhouser, William Blacknrn. J. H. ’ • Beatty, Henry Stotler, James H. Knavel A. Gottschalk and Henry Durr. committee on torch lights. 1■ 7John King, Js„ Marshal-in-Chief Assistants—Gus Sellemeyer, James .Middleton, Emerson Adkinson, Albert Butler, Samuel Steele, Albert Garber, Paul Baumgarther, W- A. Wetter and H. A. Durr. J. F. Snow, Chairman County Central Committee. J. T. France, Chairman Executive Committee