Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1897 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED WEEKLY. DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. *1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postofflceat Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, APRIL 29. Harry' R. Moltz attributes the business success of the Boston Store to the generous use ot newspaper advertising. Such testimonials should not be treated lightly by any enterprising business man. New names are daily being added to the Democrat list of subscribers, which shows its growing popularity as a newspaper that circulates the news. Merchants make good investments by taking space under contract or otherwise. According to current gossip, exRepresentative Bellany Storer of Ohio, must be a queer sort of a duck. The story goes that he took advantage of Mr. McKinley’s financial obligations to him to force a promise that he should be appointed assistant secretary of the state. By a marked copy of the Morris, Illinois Daily Sentinel, we note that the democrats were successful in electing their mayor and full city ticket. The town of Morris is strongly republican, but nevertheless the demmies made themselves heard in a very forcible manner. While the great majority of citizens must earn what they get thruogh independent, toilsome and self-reliant effort the power of the government is invoked by the protectionists for the benefit of certain favored ones like the wool and woolen men. Was any such copartnership between the government and private interests contemplated by the constitution? Unless the gold democrats were in possession ot assurance not given to the public generally, or expected the president to abandon his platform, they ought to be satisfied with his financial policy. He promised to maintain the gold standard until relief comes from abroad, and he is doing it in spite of the continued distress caused by such a policy.—William Jennings Bryah.

Searching analysis of the Dingley bill in the New York Herald, ex-Postmaster.General Wil so n pointed out in his most recent article of the series that the ffliactmerij of the measure into law will mean th< immediate enhancement of the pne> of woolens and the degrading of the quality of goods. The American consumers will never quietly submit to such oppression and wrong, he decl.aies, and to suppose that they will is to ignore all pas; experience and underrate their intelligence. The gold bug cukoos of the last administration together with Bill Bynum and a number of other salvation army grand stand democrats, banquet ted in New York the other day. Grover Cleveland was the guest of honor. The banquet cost sls a plate, and after they got outside of this amount of reform, they proceeded to toost themselves the only real democrats in the market today. No doubt they got loud and noisy before the police dispersed them, but up to this time we have heard of no harm done. The Celina Standard is printing the evidence of a libel suit that was recently instituted against that p - per. The suit as originally filed demanded in angry tones that damages in the sum of $15,000 be given the plaintiff in payment ot a wounded pride and a damaged chai' l acter. The damages were cut down to an even SIOO, just $14,900 less than demanded and SIOO more than he deserved. As Bro. Snyder is fairly well “hooked up” with eagle eyed glue, be was a fair sample to work on. This thing of having money isn’t what it is cracked up to be. Having, satisfied themselves that democratic senators would make no further concessions, the republicans accepted the last proposition made by the democratic steering committee, and the vacancies in the Senate committees will all be filled in a few days. Politically speaking, the committees will stand substantially as they did at the close of the last session. An agreement might have been reached before, but the republicans wished to punish the silver republicans for supporting and the demo crats insisted that it should not be done, and it was done.

OUR LETTER BY LOCKWOOD INCIDENTS RECALLEQ. BY DEATHS OF HOLMAN AND VOORHEES. Mlns Hallin Voorhees to Enter a .Convent —Something About Hoosiers Who Are Prominent In the Navy—“ Hub” Smith's Code of Rules For Social Functions —Gresham Monument In the National Cemetery — Culture of Sugar Beets. From Our Special Correspondent. Washington, April 28.—The death of William S. Holman, following so closely upon that of Senator Voorhees, leaves Senator Turpie as the only survivor of the group of Indiana Democratic leaders who have been so potent in the national councils of the party since the war. Hendricks, McDonald, English, Voorhees, Gray and Holman —these are among the great names of the Deiuocrrtic party. Each was considered in one or more national conventions of the Democratic party a presidential or vice presidential possibility. In spite of the fact that those leaders have been commanding influences in every national convention, but two attained a place on the national ticket. Both of them found the honor a disappointment , Mr. English going down in defeat with General Hancock and Mr. Hendricks, after the failure of 1876, finding the success of 1884 even more disappointing, for lie chafed under the limitations of an office not calculated to be satisfactory to a man of his ability ami temperament. But despite this the Indiana De- | mocracy has done more to make the history of the Democratic party during ; the past 30 years than that of any other single state. Mr. Holman’s record as a member of the house of representatives is unique in the history of our country. His 30 years of service exceed by almost a year the longest official life granted to any other member of the lower house. “Pig Iron” Kelly was a representative for over 29 years, and up to the re-election of Mr. Holman so long a period of service was unprecedented. This in spite of the fact that for 13 years prior to his election to congress Mr. Holman had been prominent in public life in Indiana. The taste for public affairs was inherited, for Judge Holman’s father was a United States district judge and at one time missed an election to the United States senate from Kentucky by only one vote. The son was probably the youngest magistrate who ever presided over an Indiana court, having been appointed a probate judge in Dearborn county when but 21 years of age'. Seven years later he participated in the deliberations of the convention which framed the present constitution of Indiana, and among his colleagues were a number of brilliant men, notably Robert Dale Owen and William H. English, who were destined to achieve future prominence in political life. Judge Holman was almost the last surviving member of that body, which was probably the greatest deliberative assemblage that ever met in Indiana. The constitution it gave to Indiana was frame! so wisely and in so progress! ve a spirit that it served as a model in whole Or part for a score of similar charters framed by other states in later years. The fact is not generally appreciated that in this constitution was first incorporated the modern conception of the legal rights of women. The provisions for divorce were so radical a departure from American precedent that Horace Greeley fulminated against the state of Indiana as “the paradise of freelovers.” But Mr. Greeley found a defender of the document worthy of his quill, in Robert Dale Owen, the guiding spirit of the convention, and the editorial controversy which ensued excited national interest. The wisdom of the work of that convention in this and other particulors has been demonstrated by time, for the laws of all other states now conform in spirit to the provisions of the constitution which Mr. Holman helped to frame 47 years ago. Forty years ago the 4th of last March Mr. Holman came

to Washington as one of the youngest members of the Thirty-sixth congress. Since that date there have been but three brief lapses in his congressional career. He returned to Washington this in excellent health, but a fart from a streetcar precipitated an attack of vertigo. This necessitated the surgical operation which resulted in his death. —■*.** — Mr. Holman died a poor man, comparatively speaking, though he was democratic in his tastes and simple in his habits. If any additional proof of the statement that public life is not profitable is needed, Mr. Holman’s career furnishes it. Mr. Holman owned the homestead called Veraestau, near Aurora, which his father left him, however, and was not poor in the sense that Senator Voorhees was at the time of his death. During the last months of his life-Mr. Voorhees was harassed with the fear of helpless poverty, which, in view of the affection in which he was held by so many friends, would not have been a source of worry in one of less personal pride. During the last session of congress an Indianian who visited him as. his home found fiim with his head bent in his hands, a picture of despair. The senator’ said that he knew .his physical inability , to follow his profession, and he feared for the success of his prospective lecture tour. He would retire from office in absolute poverty. Doubtless by brooding over this condition of affairs he hastened his dplth. - The fact that the arrangements were practically completed for his . appoint- . ment to an Indian commission at $5,0(0 | a year only adds to the-pathos of it all, I for Mr. Voorhees knew nothing of his I impending good fortune. It seems a ■ strange fortuity that one who had been . scattering 1 favor and fortune with a free hand during an entire lifetime, should have died within the shadow of pinching poverty. It is said that Miss Hallie

Voorhees, who was the constant companion of her late father, will enter a convent in the near future, she being a communicant of the Catholic phurch. —*** — Admiral Brown was in command of the squadron of American battleships which participated in the exorcises attendant upon the dedication of the Grant monument at New York city yesterday, and accompanied President McKinley as the official representative of the navy. Admiral Brown, who was appointed to the Naval Academy by Mr. McDonald, then congressman from the Indianapolis district, over 48 years ago, is the ranking admiral of the United States navy, and under the old regime would have been in command of the entire navy. Ho served during the civil war as a captain and showed splendid qualities as a naval officer. He has just retired from the active command of the navy yard at Norfolk, Va., preparatory to retirement under the law by age limit five weeks from today. He has not lost his love for his native state and will return to Indianapolis for permanent residence. His withdrawal will make Commodore Howerson the ranking Indiana officer in the navy, He was appointed a cadet from Lexington, 15 miles from Madison, by his uncle; William H. English, then a member of congress. Admiral Howerson has just been ordered from the Pacific coast, where he has been in command of the United States Steamship Oregon, to Boston, where he will take charge of the uavyyard in that city. Another rising Indiana, officer is Captain James Allen, who was. appointed- to WestPoint from Laporte-. He is chief officer of the signal corps department of the oast and stationed at Governor’s Island,

but is now in Washington in charge of the offices of the signal corps during the absence of Major Craig, who is engaged in relief work on the Mississippi. Captain Allen was also prominent in the Grant memorial exercises at New York. —■»** — There have recently been some amusing clashes among the diplomats as regards the question of pnecedence at official functions which have added materially to the gayety of the Washington public. Sir Julian Pauncefote, who considers himself a sort of a vicarious queen of England, threatened to absent himself from the Grant memorial exercises unless he could walk ahead of Mr. Hobart ,iu the procession, a threat which of course created the wildest consternation among the “chappies” of England. General Gresham had away of settling these kindergarten controversies among the diplomats which was refreshing, the eminent Indianian having a Democratic antipathy for any effort to introduce the customs of a European court into Washington. While Mr. Gresham was secretary of state Mr. Hubbard Smith, familiarly known as “Hub” Smith at his home in Vincennes, was a clerk in his department. “Hub” is the author of that touching song about “Johnny Jones and. his sister Sue” and tlifeir melancholic experience with “a peach of emerald hue.” He is also an international Ward McAllister, and drew up a code of rules and regulations which determined when the third under secretary from Guatemala might sit down at a social function without committing an infraction of international law and other equally momentous problems. It was intended that this work should be published in order that the diplomatic corps at Washington might not be constantly agitated by unsettled .questions of this'. character. What Secretary Gresham said, on receiving it is not recorded, but the work is still gathering dust in the pigeon hole where General Gresham thrust it. “Hub” is now a consular clerk in Paris. —— “When the green gets bivk in the trees,” as our Hoosier poet puts it, the national capital is clothed with new beauty. Washingtonin itself a vast park system, and in every part of the city the landscape is brightened by the luxuriant foliage of trees and shrubbery. The wife of one Indiana congressman declares that-nowhere else is the sky so blue or the grass so green, though Mr. Riley has claimed that distinction for Lake Maxinkuckee. The most beautiful spot about Washington, however, is the National cemetery at Arlington, where the great trees stretch away from the old Lee mansion, before which the splendid panorama of the Potomac sweeps for miles. In this cemetery, where thousands of Union soldiers, including many distinguished officers, are buried, a monument to General Gresham is approaching completion. It is a handsome and substantial shaft. There are 105 enlisted men from Indiana buried in this cemetery, and the following officers of Indiana regiments are interred there: Colonel Alien W. Prather, One Hundred and Twentieth infantry; Captain Abram W. Farrar, Thirty-fifth infantry; LieutenJames A. Miller, adjutant Seventh infantry; Lieutenant Linus B. Hathaway, Thirtieth infantry; Assistant Surgeon Finley C. Lattimore, Sixth infantry. Great interest is being manifested by the farmers of Indiana in experimental sugar beet culture this year, and congressmen are being besieged with applications for seed. If, as predicted by the framers of the Dingley bill, the protection given to beet sugar results in the establishment of sugar beet factories in sufficient number to supply home consumption, farmers will find -the growing of beets a profitable venture, paying, it is estimated, between two and throe times as much profit as a wheat or corn crop. It is said that as far as temperature is concerned the sugai beet attains its greatest perfection in a zone of varyiiig width, through the center of which passes the isothermal line of 70 degrees Fahrenheit for the months of june. July and August. This line enters Indiana near South Bend and passes through Michigan City and Chicago. The territory most favorable foi sugar beet culture stretches 100 miles on each side of this line. But then are doubtless many localities outside of this belt in which th< sugar beet will be found to thrive and many within it. which, on ac count of unfavorable soil, will prove un favorable. Seed can be obtained by In diana farmers by applying to the United States agricultural experiment station at Lafayette, and at the end o the season tests will be made at the station for the determination of the sugar percentage reached by eacl grower- George B. Lockwood.

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Senator Jones of Arkansas, said, speaking of the future of the gold democrats: “Some will remain in the republican party and the others will return to us. It is too early yet to predict what proportion will renew their allegience to democratic principles; but I think a very considerable number will. Those who are willing to support democtatic principles will be welcomed back. We shall be glad of the assistance of any man whe believes as we do and votes with bs; that is sound democracy. The gold democrats may not be permitted to vote at the primaries in some places, but that is a local matter determined by local sentiment- Generally speaking the democrats who left the party last ye?r, because of the money question, will be permitted to identify themselves with the organization again, if they will support our platform.

By the report of the grand jury which will be found in another column, you will note the explanation of their investigation of road receipts. Weregretthis inability to discover the guilty, that an indictment might be returned and the criminal brought to trial and justice. Their investigation was square, fair and thorough, however, and we don’t wish in any way, to reflect i upon their integrity and honesty of purpose. Prosecutor Smith had Charles McCullough, president of the Hamilton National Bank of Fort Wayne, summoned before the grand jury. Mr. McCullough is a banker of thirty years standing. His reputation as a business man and an expert of signatures, writing and figures is favorably known even beyond the confines of Indiana. It was for expert purposes that his testimony and advice was sought. Some of the raised receipts were shown him, and also the writing and figures of every one, who in any way, handled the receipts after they reached the court house. The testimony elicited, didn’t throw much light upon the matter, although he took the figures of each one and analysed them, so to speak, before the jurors. Treasurer Bolds was vindicated hy him. That is, he said of the figures that happened to be Boids’, that the person making them could never have made the alterations in the receipts. However, the expert testimony, did not throw any light upon who the guilty was, how it was done, &c. Forthis we are sorry, as we hoped tor more definite information.

Another of Indiana’s sons has passed away. Last Thursday Congressman William Steele Holman died at the home of bis daughter in Washington, after an illness of a few weeks, which was brought about by a severe fall from a street car platform. Mr. Holman was known in congress as the “great objector’’ and is reputed by being such, as having saved the country millions of money. Mr. Holman was born in Indiana in the country at a little pioneer homestead in Dearborn county, called Veraestau, in September, 1.822. As he wrote his autobiography for the congressional dictionary, it is recorded that he had a common school,, education, supplemented by a two years’course in Franklin college, Indiana. Then he taught school and practiced law until 1843, when at the age of twen-ty-one years he entered the public service as probate judge. He was prosecuting attorney from 1847 to 1849, and in 1850 he attended the

constitutional convention. The following year he entered the legislature and from 1852 to 1856 he was judge of common pleas. His congressional career began with the Thirty-sixth congress, and out of the twenty congresses that have elapsed since that time he has been absent from only four, namely, the thirty ninth, forty-fifth, forty sixth and fifty-fourth, an almost unparalled record. The executive committee of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association met at the Grand Hotel at Indianapolis last Friday and arranged the program for the summer meeting, which will be held at Paoli, June 10, 11 and 12. On the evening of June 10 there will be an address of welcome by a resident of Paoli selected by the citizens’ committee, and a Response by the president. Mr. Wilson. Discussions ar. ranged for the succeeding days are as follows; “Country Correspondence; How to Secure and Maintain Them,” R. E. Purcell, of the Vincennes Sun. “Advertising Agencies; How to Handle Them,” W. C. Ball, of the Terre Hau‘e Gazette. “Indiana Newspaper Reminiscences,” Dan McDonald of the Plymouth Democrat. “Legal Advertising,” A. J Dipboye, ot the Colnmbus Herald. Friday evening will occur the banquet and reception to the editors by the citizens of Paoli. Among the toasts are the following: “Democracy of To-day,” J. G. Shanklin, ot the Evansville Courier. “We Women; Our Relations to the Press,’’ Mrs. Emma Carlton, of the Albany Public Press. protective dingeeyisiw. Under present conditions 10,000, 000 yards of a certain quality of woolen cloth are sold at $1 a yard in this country. Part of this, say half, is manufactured here, the rest is imported. Dingleyism enacts a duty of $1 a yard ou thia cloth. The importation drops to 100,000 yards, on which the government gets a revenue of SIOO,OOO. The price of the imported cloth of course becomes $2 a yard. The price of the domestic cloth goes up “as high as the market will bear.” Suppose that 8,000,000 yards of it are sold at $1.50 a yard. What is the n.et result of Dingleyism in this case? . r The government gets SIOO,OOO. The consumer pays $1 a yard on 100,000 yards—sloo,ooo. The consumer pays 50 cents a yard on 8,000,000 yards—s4,ooo,000.

To collect SIOO,OOO the government has taxed the consumer $4,100,0000. And what becomes of this $4,100,000 taken out of the pockets ot the people? Why, almost all of it goes directly into the pockets of a small group of men who run woollen mills. This concrete illustration, understating rather than overstating the workings of Dingleyism, shows how absurdly misleading are statistics of our capita taxatiqn. In this single case, to get the actuai taxation resulting from a nominal taxation of SIOO,OOO the nominal figure must be multiplied by forty-one!—New York World. • The Democrat, advertising columns will stir up trade for merchants when all else fails. An experiment of a few months will convince the m®st skeptical.

The Huntington News-Democrat is now semi-weekly and in running over with news at that. The St. Mary’s Argus and Democrat have consolidated. Both were good newspapers and their combination enlarges the journalistic field, and enables them to spread out. The new paper will be known as the Argus-Democrat. A Wonderful Pill. Uncle Sam—Why, doctor, that looks like the pill McKinley gave me to reduce my revenue. Dr. Dingley—Yes, its ingredients are practically the same, though perhaps they are somewhat stionger. U. S. —But you say this is to increase my revenue. How can it work both ways? Dr. D.r—lt’s a protection and prosperity pill and will produce any effect desired. It’s an infallible cure-for any and all fiscal and industrial ills. If takm. A en in sufficiently large quantities, it will keep all foreign germs out of your system and leave you happy, prosperous add— U. S. —Hold on there, doctor! You’ve said enough to convince me that, like all advertised panaceas, it’s a quack remedy. Besides, I’ve tried it and found it about the nastiest dose I ever took. It’s effects were also bad—very bad. It deranged my whole system and filled it so full of trust germs that I’ve been laid up ever since. I don’t want any more of your “protection” pills and don’t see why they called a protection doctor again. It must have been by mistake. The Protectionist Performance, The following is a part of ex-Con-gressman John De Witt Warner’s criticism of the Dingley bill: “As it stands the most brilliant part of the pending performance consists in eating the words of the same actors in the Fifty-first congress. The McKinley bill of that date was virtually entitled ‘ a bill to reduce revenues. ’ The Dingley bill is specially commended as a revenue getter. The McKinley bill pointed with pride to the poor man’s free breakfast table The Dingley bill puts upon sugar —a single item of the breakfast table—-one-third of the total amount of the tariff tax proposed. The items which are supposed to help the farmer are good examples of so setting your trap as to ‘cotch ’em a-cumin and a-gwine. ’ For instance, we have reciprocity in order to give the ftirmers a market abroad for what it is assumed they cannot produce for home consumption unless they are highly protected, as is done by another section of the bill.” Senator Sherman at His Beit. Every advance toward a free exchange of commodities is an advance in civilization. Every obstruction to a free exchange is born of the same narrow, despotic spirit which planted castles upon the Rhine to plunder peaceful commerce. Every obstruction to commerce is a tax upon consumption. Every facility to a free exchange cheapens commodities, increases trade and population and promotes civilization.—John Sherman in 1868. In the new tariff bill spunk is bn the free list. We have our opinion of a man who is compelled to use imported “spunk. ’’—Philadelphia Call.