Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1897 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED WEEKLY. democratic press publishing co LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at, the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, MAY 13. Senator lurpie made a vigorous speech in the senate Monday, favoring the belligerent rights of the Cubans. Paul J., borg is being boomed by his political friends for the nomination of governor in Ohio. Hurrah forSorg. The Portland Sun is getting out a city directory, which when completed will be a very valuable addition to every citizen of that place. •Paul Hooper still has a small quantity of McKinley “confidence” on tap o at his office, which can be had if taken in easy doses. Gold democrats are especially invited. On to Richmond! is theory this week. Decatur and Adams county turned out a very cherishing representation ot blue coated vets, who defended this country during the trials of war. Laverne Stevens’ appointment as postmaster at Bluffton, has been confirmed by the senate of the United States, and in a few days he will enter upon the duties therein. His appointment is very satisfactory —to himself. If you have a bargain, advertise it. Don’t set it in your show window with a pla carded price and expect all the people in Decatur and Adams county to see it. They subscribe and pay for newspapers for this very purpose. Buy a space in the Democrat for a year. The school enumeration just completed speaks very flattering of Adams county population. According to calculations made, Deeatur has 3 population of 5,256,' Geneva 1,636, Berne 1,256, and the county 30,984. Hurrah for Adams, the garden spot, of fertility, and the center of a hustling prosperous people. It is gratifying to us for an opportunity to kindly commend the public schools of this city. At the „ commencement exercises last Friday evening thirty-one graduated with honor therefrom. This large number could well have represented the educational interests of a city five times the size of Decatur, and this fact makes it the more gratifying. Every citizen in Decatur should be proud ot our public schools and the advantages afforded. The big gasser at Petersburg, which is now receiving the atten tion of the press in all parts of the state, is a jumbo, sure enough. It measures 4,000,000 feet in twentyfour hours, and has a pressure of 575 pounds. It is a record breaker, and will opon a field in southern Indiana. Duke Mc.C Stoops is doing some elever newspaper work m behalf of Petersburg, which is surely appreciated by the people there irrespective of race or color or pre vious conditions.' ' The genuine bimetallist is not at all discouraged. While all of those who have ravored the unlimited gold and silver coinage provisions plainly authorized and by implication required by the Constitution ex tremely regretted the defeat of the silver forces yi the late campaign, they are, nevertbelss, far from gloomy now. No one who supported free silver in the late campaign is less aggressive now than when he advocated the people’s cause in the midst ot the struggle.„The bimetallic masses have lost none of their . strength. They ara not ashamed of the 6,360,000 electors who voted for Mr. Bryan. The legislature made several important changes in the election- law, which should be carefully noted. Under the new law the stamp and pad are dispensed with. Instead of a large square surrounding the device at the head of each ticket, there will be a large circle.-Around these , circles will be the words, “To vote a straight ticket make an X within one circle and not elsewhere.” Th£ marking of the ballot will be done ; with a blue pencil, the voter making a cross (X) within the large circle for a straight ticket or within the square alongside the name of each candidate for whom he wishes to vote if he does not wish to vote a straight ticket. Under the new law a candidate’s name cannot appear twios on the same ballot.

S. E. Nicholson is doing some cheap campaigning for Major Steele’s pjace in the lower house of congress. Pernicious activity in politics is the dodge by which the civil service laws are blindfolded, and democrats fired from the government employ. Such a mockery of law is a sin against God and a disgrace to civilized manhood. If indications are not very deceptive the sugar trust is quite as potent in the White House as in the senate. Mr. McKinley has been unable to stand the pressure, and will, there are reasons to believe, save the New York broker (Chapman) who refused to divulge the names ot senators who speculated in sugar through his firm from the ignomy of serving the term in jail to which he was sentenced by pardoning him. If he does, the pardon will indirectly result in saving the two members of the sugar trust who are under indictment for contempt in the same case, as the indictments will probably be nol prossed if Chapman is pardoned. Recent news from Ohio has not been at all satisfactory to Boss Hanna and bis hopes of retaining the seat in the senate that John Sherman -was compelled to give him, and he has gone to Ohio to study the situation at close range, and figure up how much cash he shall put in the campaign. His republican colleagues in the senate showed how transient they regarded him by failing to make him chairman of any committee and by giving him unimportant committee assignments. They could not very well have made plainer their belief that the next Ohio legislature would be democratic and Mr. Hanna’s successor a democrat. It was given out by Mr. Hauna that he was going home for a rest, by order of his physician. The class of men who are mostdeepiy indignant over the republican program to restore the excessive tariff rates of the McKinley tariff bill are the low tariff men who voted for McKinley on the money issue, and who were strong enough to carry a sufficient number of doubtful states to secure his election. Harp er’s Weekly is a good journalistic representative of this class of voters, and this paper frankly says tha the Dmgly bill “is probably the worst tariff bill that has ever been drawn.” It speaks especially of the provision taking from the free list all books except, those for gov ernment library and educational institutions, and is taxing works of art, as making Mr. Dingley as “a protector of ignorance and bigotry, ’ and the measure as “a barbarian assault upon civlization.” The individual merchant’ who objects to advertising in charity or church programmes finds himself powerless to withhold his announcement from such mediums because his refusal to advertise would, perhaps, result in a lohs of customers. When, however, all the merchant- 4 in a town agree not to advertise in programmes of any kind, no merchant is apt to lose any custom, for his rival refuses as well as he, and all are likey to save considerable money. The newspapers in various parts of the country are now recording numerous agreements ol this character. This, plan seems effectually to have solved the prob lem, wider adoption will probably result in more money be ing spent in local newspapers, which will benefit the merchants as much as it will the newspapers.— Printer’s Ink. “Oh, it’s but the regular pendulum swing,” is the substance of what members of the administration say when their attention is called to the large amount of gold —more than .05000,000 —engaged last week for shipment to Europe, and it will come back again in the fall to pay for our crops. They may be right, but those with good memories have not forgotten that Secretary Carlisle and his assistants talked the.same way in 1894, when nearly $102,000,000 In gold went to Europe, and in 1895, when the value exported almost reached $105,000,000, and again in 1896, when it close to $57,000,000, and they know that this gold was only brought, back by issuing $261,000,000 in U. S. bonds. Mr. McKinley has said that he would not issue bonds, but he has also said that Mr. i Cleveland! did right in issuing them when the continued demand for gold caused the gold reserve in the treasury to fall below the arbibitra- | ry limit set without any legal authority by J6hn Sherman, when he was secretary of the treasury. Everybody hopes that this gold raid is not made by the New York and London money changers to force another issue of bonds, but that doesn’t keep people from wondering what Mr. McKinley would ’do, should it turn out that way.

WARM TIME FOff SEEKING OFFICE. STRUGGLE FOR VACANCIES TO BE RESUMED IN MID-SUMMER. TarHT Bill to Be Gotten Out of the Way Before Many Additional Places are Filled—Honors Due Hoosiers BeinK Appropriated by Others—Why Colfax was not In Lincoln's Cabinet—l«ockwood’s Gossip. From Our Special Correspondent. Washington, May 12. —Now that congress has definitely decided that it will consider no further legislation until after the tariff bill is out of the way, at least, and that a quorum is not necessary at the perfunctory house meetings which are held every three days, several of the Indiana congressmen are preparing to go home and there await the action of the senate. The Republican members have for the most part settled their postoffice troubles and may return to Indiana without fear of having their lawns worn smooth by candidates. So far as general patronage is concerned, the president lias indicated very plainly to members of the Indiana delegation that he will take no further action until after the tariff bill is out of the way, except in urgent cases. Upon the adjournment of congress many of the Indiana candidates for federal appointment will return to Washington, and there will be a reproduction of the very lively push for place that was going on at the white house before the president closed the “pie counter” until further orders. Just when that will occur,"of course, depends upon the length of the tariff debate, which will begin in the senate next Monday, and the action of the house committee in regard to the several hundred amendments tacked on by the senate, when the bill goes to conference. Major Steele, the Indiana member of the committee on ways and means, thinks that the Dingley bill is likely to become a law by July 1. At any rate, the next rush for patronage will probably occur during the dog days, and the candidates will have a warm time of it in every sense of the word, for while many people think that Washington is much like paradise during the spring months, all are agreed that so far as climate is concerned it has a great deal in Common with the other place during July and August. Senator Morrill, the coadjutor of Senator Voorhees in the creation of the new congressional library, has recently made a report on behalf of the senate library committee which essays to distribute the credit attaching to the architectural conception of that splendid structure. As "before stated in this correspondence, the original architect of the building, upon whose plans all subsequent work has been based, is John Sinitlnneyer. As i« usual iii public works, there was an effort on the part of the army officer who was detailed as superintendent of construction to wrest the credit from the civilian who planned it. As a consequence, the name of Generaf Casey appears at the top of the tablet.giving the particulars of construction, and the son of General Casey, who succeeded to the of construction at the death of his- father, has given his own name precedence as the architect of the building, a proceeding which has elicited criticism even from army circles. It is a peculiar fact that the new official handbook of the library, ■g'hich was prepared under the suptervision of Librarian Spofford, fails to even mention the name of Senator Vo< rhees as connected With its construction, a strange injustice, in view of the fact that Senator Voorhees was one of the active defenders of Mr. Spofford when the business affairs of the library were" under investigation in the senate two or three years ago. The library is the lifework of Mr. Smithiueyer, and he has taken the apparently successful effort to minimize liis part in its construction much to heart. -***- The death of Governor Porter has elicited many expressions of genuine regret from members of the Indiana delegation. “He was distinctly a type of the gentleman and scholar in politics,” said Congressman Landis, in-speaking of the late politician and diplomat. “I can see him now as he was in his prime, stately in carriage and immaculately dressed, going down Illinois street in Indianapolis, bowing with the utmost deference to rich and poor, high and low alike'. I think the campaign of 1880 in Indiana, leading up to our last October state election, was the most exciting in the recent history of the state, and in that campaign Governor Porter was the central figure. The effort on the part of the opposition was to make him out a “kid glove candidate,’ and in line, with this policy, probably suggested by the election of “Blue Jeans’- Williams over General Harrison fouryears before, Franklin Lauders, the Democratic nominee, appealed especially Jo the farming element. I shall never forget an expression made by Mr. Landers during the course of a joint debate at Monticello which I attended. ‘I never see,’ said Mr. Landers, ‘a patheticker sight than a farmer boy on a rail fence of a frosty morning. ’ But Mr. Porter was a power on the stump and his election turned the tide in favor of Garfield.” Death has indeed laid a heavy hand on the state of Indiana during the past few weeks. The death of Mr. Porter, following so closely upon that of Senator Voorhees and Representative Holman, removes from the scene of action one of the very last of the generation of political giants raised up by the momentous decade comprehending the civil war and the period of reconstruction. Os the Republicans Mortou, Gresham, Pratt, Colfax, Caleb Smith, Orth and many of their contemporaries, and of the Democrats Voorhees, Hendricks, McDonald, English, Gray aud Holman, have joined the silent majority; and there were many others, whose names have been forgotten by the present feneration, who

in the last generation were makers of history. An Indianian who may lie classified as one of this coterie, in speaking of the great mon whom Indiana has given to the nation during the past 40 years, said to your correspondent: “I attended a dinner given at the old Weicker’s Hotfll during the days of reconstruction by Win. Orton, then president of the Western Union Telegraph I company Among the guests was Janies G. Blaine, then speaker of the house, and several men prominent in public life. They were discussing the characI ter of the various State delegations in ' congress and debating with some animation the question of superiority. Finally ' one member of the party turned to Mr. 1 Blaine and said: “Mr. Speaker, you have a better opportunity than any of us to judge of the capability of members of congress. What is your opinion?” “I have no hesitation in saying,” said Mr. Blaine, “that I cmisider the Indiana delegation superior to that sent by any other state.” Though an Indianian myself, I had yielded the palm to Massachusetts, and was surprised at the response of the speaker, and asked him to give the reasons for his belief. ‘Well,’ said Mr. Blaine, ‘there is Godlove 8. Orth, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. He knows more about that subject than any other man in the house. There is John Coburn —we don’t pretend to know anything about military affairs in the house until he has given us the information. John P. C. Shanks, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, knows more about Indians than any of his colleagues. When the house wants to be enlightened on legal and constitutional matters, it is never sure of itself until it has heard from William E. Niblack, Jere M. Wilsou and Michael C. Kerr. James N. Tyner is a final authority on postal matters, and William S. Holman knows all about appropriations. If you want a first class speech, that will set the house applauding and stir the galleries to enthusiasm, just call on Dan Voorhees or Billy Williams. Now there is just one explanation of this, apart from the real ability of the men composing the delegation,’ said Mr. Blaine, ‘and that is that every member of youi delegation has made himself a specialist along one particular line of legislation, and by leaming'more about it than any other man in the house has made himself not only a prominent figure in national politics, but a real power iu legislation. It is a lesson which other congressmen might with profit- take to heart.’ ” —*** — By the way, General Tyner, whom Mr. Blaine referred to in this colloquy, and who subsequently became postnnister general by further following his specialty, has been restored to his old place as assistant attorney general for the postoffice department, which he held under the Hairison administration. Mr. Tyner is the author of the present codification of the postal laws, and is- consequently better posted in this branch of legal learning than any other lawyer in the United States. At the recent dedication of the Grant monument in New York city Mr. Tyner was the only member of the Grant cabinets present at the ceremonies. Os the many men who belonged to the various Grant, cabinets, Mr. Tyner is one of the three survivors. Os the, delegates to the international postal congress now in session here, he is the only one who was present at the Paris convention of 1878. During that convention General Grant visited Paris on his trip around the world, and, as a former member of his cabinet Mr Tyner was a guest of h< >nor at every function given in honor of the expresident. —»*»— Speaking of Indiana members of the cabinet the real reason why Schuyler Colfax failed in his effort -to become- a member of the Lincoln cabinet has never been published. Caleb Sifiith 'aspired to be secretary of the interior and Mr. Colfax, then a representative in congress," sought the pbstoffice portfolio. Both could not expect to bo appointed and there was a spirit ed struggle. The Indiana Republicans had never had any experience with patronage and the opposing factions set about preparing petitions and indorsements about as rival candidates for postoffices are wont to do. Mr. Colfax secured the indorsement of seven of the 13 members of the electoral college and thought he had a reasonably sure thing until the appointment of Caleb Smith was made. It was a fortunate thing for Colfax for he became a Republican leader in the house and was thrice elected speaker. A warm friendship sprang up between Lincoln and Colfax in spite of the disappointment of the latter, and the Indiana leader was frequently in consultation with the president by his invitation. One day Mr. Colfax pressed Lincoln for the reason of his appointment of Smith aS against him. “Well now, Schuyler,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I can’t tell you now, but some day’, before we die, I’ll do it.” \ Only-a short time before his assassina, tion President Lincoln did tell Mr. Col-' fax the reason he disappointed him. •Three of Mr. Lincoln’s enthusiastic friends, during the summer of 1860, had promised the place to Caleb Smith, and though it was without the consent of Mr. Lincoln, he felt bound by their pledges. Consequently Mr. Smith did not share the fate of the gentleman who came to Washington during the early days of the Harrison administration under the impression that he was to be collector of the port at Toledo because of an unauthorized promise made on the part of an Indiana delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888. —*** — Representavives Robinson, Zenor and Miers, Democratic members of the T„. diana delegation, express a lively interest iii the situation in Mr. Holman’s old district. They do not feel that there is any doubt about the election of a Democratic successor to Mr. Holman, but feel that a large majority will be much in their favor in preparing for the campaign of 1898. At the same time they think that Mr. Holman’s personality was a strong factor in bringing about his election last year, and on this account say they would not be much surprised at a disappointment in the direction of a large majority. Geobgi B. Lockwood.

JgX Thin and Cool. r Special suits for the warm weather; Summer weight worsteds made up without lining. They look just as neat and dressy as the hot and uncomfortable kind. They’re called skeleton suits, probably because wearing one is f ust like sittin £ around in your bones. Then there’s the washable LINEN CRASH, about as sensiWe a thin? as a man can buy; light, cool, clean and inexpensive. Or we can sell vxw you a thin coat and vest of A 1 " f HW paca ’ silk or brilliantine ’ SW sorts of thin^s here t 0 help a |||| man through the hot days. Jl/Ir Pete FVolthoUse & Go., Men’s Outfitters.

Peace has been declared between Greece and Turkey, and Henry McLean’s army called in. When the board of equalization meets they will have to “jack up” one of pur school instructors, who refused to acknowledge by oath, her assessment list as given the assessor. Still we live and learn. The Tennessee exposition at Nashville”is attracting people from all quarters of the globe. Persons unacquainted with the progressive spirit of the south, will have their eves opened by a visit to the exposition. We understand that Mrs. E. J. Bailey will be an applicant or candidate before the city council as a member of the school board, a vacancy expiring June 1,,, when A. J. Smith retires after a service of ihree years. Let the campaign open and the log rolling commence. Second and Winchester streets will be bricked, and a contract foT the building will be considered by the city fathers at a meeting next Tuesday evening. Many property, owners along the line of constriiction are dissatified at being further taxed at this time. Their “kick” is entiled to some consideration. John Wannamaker, the Philadelphia merchant pays S6OO a week to the man who writes his advertisements and $5,000 a week to the newspapers which print them. Speaking of the benefit of advertising, Mr. Wannamaker says: “1 made money by it. Advertising is the leverage which has raised my Store to what it is. I do not see how any successful business man can do without liberal advertising.” Place in the Democrat can be secured on more liberal terms. Contract now before the Dingley tariff is added. The gold democracy says. Bryan, “is impotent to bringing any real relief to the country, it is long on platitude and short on performances, ,it reaches its maximum at a banquet and its minimum at the polls. It is the toy of those financiers who prat about national honor while they fatten on the nation’s extremity, and is powerless to protect people from the extortion of trusts and the greed of unrestrained corporations. “Those democrats,” cortinues our leader, “who believe in equality before the law wJI naturally gravitate toward the regular democracy, and those democrats who believe in. a government by syndicates will naturally drift into the republican party, because it offers them the best prospect of success.”

The Mutual Life Insurance policy holders had a meeting at Indianapolis Tuesday, which was attended by over 500 holders of muchroon policies. Many of these were laboring people with an occasional sprinklingof silk glovedraristocracy. Senator Turpie has been assigned to a place on the finance committee of the senate, lie is also a member of the foreign relations’ committee. These are the two most important committees of the senate and it is exceptional for a senator to be a member of both. That Mr. (Turpie has been so unusually honored is an evidence of his high standing among his colleagues and is a fitting recognition of his scholsrsbip and statesmanlike qualities. It also reflects great credit on Indiana to have as a representative in the senate such a valuable public servant as Mr. Turpie. Tariff bills are time consumers as well as expensive to the tax-pay- j ers. Here is the record: Walker tariff bill debated in the senate fifteen days, Mills tariff bill debated in the senate forty-one days; Mcbill debated in the senate forty-four days; Wilson tariff bill debated in the senate ninetythree days. The McKinley bill was in conference about three weeks, and .the Wilson bill remained in conference six weeks. It is*expected that the Dingley bill, after it passes the senate, will be in conference about a month, Senator Lindsey of Kentucky says there is no doubt about the tariff bill passing. “It is the very worst bill ‘he says’ that has ever been considered in congress. As soon as it is put in operation there will be a perfect storm of disapproval. I believe it will sweep out of public life nearly every man who was connected with it.” “There is great discontent here, and republicans are flocking here from all over the country protesting again the measure. I met a large manufacturer from New York. He was at the Arlington Hotel. He said: “T I am sorry I voted for McKinley. I took all of my men last November and voted them tor the republican ticket. If I had known that such a bill was to be given the American people I would have voted for Bryan and free silver. It would be better to be robbed of onehalf of our possessions, if indeed free silver would have done so, than that the people should' be robbed for all JLime for the benefit of a class, With free silver we would have at least known the worst, and after the first shock could have gotten our balance kgain. But this bill blindfolds a inar? while some one goes through his pockets.’ ”