Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1898 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT CVKRY THURSDAY MORNING BY LBW G. ELLINGHAM. PUBLISHER. 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Bn be red at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, JAN. 13. Have Your Name Printed There. Any candidate tor Committeeman can have his name printed upon the regular Primary Ticket, by leaving your name ana fifty cents at this office. This is cheaper than buying “pasters.” Leave your name not later than the first of next week. The Indianapolis Sentinel Almanac for tsen'yfive cents. Leave your order at this office. Wells county democrats will hold their primary election next Saturday, Thirty-eight candidates aspire to the various offices to be filled by election this fall. J. H. Beatty, chairman of the populist party in this county, informs us that a mass convention will be held in this city, June 18, for the purpose of selecting candidates for county offices, to be voted for at the fall elections.

Many new names are being added to the Democrat family of readers, which speaks louder than anything else can, that our efforts in publishing a good live newsy newspaper, is appreciated. We print all the news all the time. Subscribe now. The street < ommissioner has done nobly. Second or Main street shines like a pewter dollar in a mud hole. It was thought for a while that we never again would be privileged to gaze upon that ever famous brick street, but the street commissioner came to the rescue and everybody is happy. Advertisers woo wish to contract for space during 1898, and want their choice of epace should get in early before the best is all taken. There is but one right way of advertising, and that is under contract, fifty-two weeks in the year. The Democrat completely covers Adams county, and is in position to advertise you and your business, as nothing else can.

At a banquet celebration of the anniversary of Andrew Jackson, at Indianapolis last Friday night, the Hon. John W. Kern made the following pleasing remarks: “The question as to the future of the democratic party is one fraught W’ith deep interest. As we look back we see the greatest achievement of Andrew Jackson was when he stood alone and waged battle against the concentrated power and wealth of the country as it then existed. The United States bank was then beginning to assert its power and the people for the first time turned their eyes west of the allegheuy mountains for a standard-bearer to stand for the rights of the common people. And when that still greater conflict arose in 1890, when 45,000 out of 70,000,000 of people owned more than half the wealth of the • whole p' Ople, and when corporate wealth again tried to control the country to the detriment of the people, the democratic party again turned its eyes to the west and chose that second Andrew Jackson, Wm. J. Bryan for its standard-bearer, and he had to fight the combined wealth and corporate power of the country, and he without a dollar to make his fight, and yet he received 6,500,000 votes, or more than Grover Cleveland ever received. And the combined wealth has put a climax upon its whole plot by taking away the right of the people to dictate the volume of their money and transferring it away from the people to the national banks. It is proposed to discontinue the issue of the silver dollar advocated by statesmen of both parties for years and substitute the single gold stand ard; to change a non-interest bearing debt for an interest-bearing debt: The democratic party in the future as in the past, will favor honest money—money that is honest to the debtor as to the creditor. This is not a money that increases constantly in value in proportion to products. The democratic party is for government control of the volume of money. We see in the future a continuance of this fight upon a still larger scale when coercion will have spent its force and the poverty of the people will result m a reaction. We see the effects in Ohio where ’hat colossal boodler is now fighting for life against the revulsion of an outraged people. The cause of the people will win. To doubt would be disloyalty; to falter would be sin.”

THE UNTERRIFIED. Eighth District Democrats Met at Bluffton. Vernon Davis of Muncie. Selected State Committeeman -The Chica go Platform Endorsed.

The democrats of the eighth congressional district had a glorious meeting at Bluffton Tuesday. The only object of the meeting was the selection of a slate committeeman for this district. It was m fact the preliminary opening of the campaign, but if this meeting is any criterion of what the campaign holds in store for us, we may expect to entirely wipe the republican stink from the political surface in this congressional district. Some four or five hundred visiting democrats were present, all eager and full of confidence that this was a democratic year and that the contest would not end until Bryan was ushered into the white house in 1901. It was emphatically demonstrated that the cause of tree silver was not dead, nor dying, but to the contrary was stronger in the minds of the people than it ever was, and that no measure of Hanna coercion

sway its firm and steady step from victory. The meeting was called to order by J. J. Netterville who briefly portrayed the attitude of the party. In the selection of a per manent chairman Adams county was honored by the unanimous choice of the Hou. Richard K. Erwin. In accepting the honor Mr. Erwin made one of his flowery speeches which was well received and frequently applauded. Sam M. Briscoe of Hanford City, was selected secretary. The appointed committee on resolutions was John F. Snow of Adams county, E E Cox of Blackford, F. D Heim baugh of Delaware, R. H. Hartford of Jay W. R. Meyers of Madison, C. C. Smith of Randolph, and Abe Simmons of Wells. They reported as follows: “Resolved, That this convention do reaffirm the Chicago platform on which the Hon. W. J. Bryan made his memorable canvass for president, and that we hereby invite all liber ty-loving voters, irrespective of past political affiliations, who believe in that platform, to unite with us in redeeming this Eighth congressional district of Indiana, bv sending to the fifty-sixth congress a representative to voice that vote for the principle of that platform.” In the presentation of candidates for committeeman, only the name of Vernon Davis of Muncie, was an- j nounced and his selection was unanimous. He is reported to be a hustling democrat and a constant j worker in the cause of party sue-i cess. We expect good services from his hands. Short speeches were made by the Hon. Ralph Greogory, M. W. Lee and Dr. Boles of Muncie, W. K. Meyers of Anderson, A. N. Martin of Bluffton, and numerous others. It was a glorious meeting. Bluffion democrats outdid themselves in extending courtesies to the visitors and entertaining them in true Jeffersonian simplicity.

The Democrat has been favored with a bound volume of the Indianapolis Sentinel Almanac, and after due examination we find it complete with all kinds of knowledge upon every known subject of importance. Especially is this true of Indiana. It gives you more valuable information about the state than yon would gain in a life time residence. It will be found invaluable to every business and professional man, and in fact to every resident of the state. Call at our counting room, examine the production and leave twenty-five cents with vmir order. It is generally conceded that the senatorial fight tn Ohio is the most disgraceful thing of the kind that has ever happened in the United States. Intimidation is open and the corruption can hardly be called secret. It certainly furnishes another strong argument for popular election of senators. If nothing else were involved but the enabling of state legislatures to attend to state legislation, the change should be made as quickly as possile.— Sentinel. When the president appointed a commission to go to England and Europe to beg foreign nations to help the Great American Republic to restore a monetary system, that had been in operation for more than eighty years in this country, prior to 1873, he lowered the dignity of the country, and his commission deserved the snub given it by the English government. As Jackson said: “It is high time that we were becoming a little more Americanized.”

QEORttE FIIKD WILMA’I*. Pointed Farts Kegardlug International Hl-mrlall»in. The following is extracted from the recent speech of George I red Williams at Lincoln, Neb., and is a concise presentation of the facts as to international bimetallism, with their bearing on the question of independent free coinage by the United S ates: “We cross the seas and farmers of Nebraska may visit the republic of France only to find their suffer mg brethren. We may go to as high an authority as the minister of finance of France to learn that the agriculture of France is in such a critical situation as to produce a social crisis unless it be stopped. But a few weeks ago M. Melme, the minister of finance, in the chamber of deputies, declared that in the last fifteen years agriculture in France had lost in the production of wheat alone one-half mill.on of francs, and he added to his statement how it is possible that an iu-| dusiry should suffer in this manner , and not drift into bankruptcy. I “The minister of agriculture of I France has testified that for three years wheat has been raised m France at a loss to the producer. I In Germany, Hammerstem, the min-1 ister of agriculture, has testified | that the farmers of Germany have' raised wheat at a loss and the great

agrarian party of Germany has gained force each month for four years past, until it now threatens the government itself. In England j herself the testimony is no less dis-| tressing. Recently there appeared . from a committee appointed in 1893 i by the British government, the most | significant report that has ever been , issued by a royal commission in I Great Britain; a commission appointed for the express purpose of inquiring into the depression of agriculture in England, appointed in 1893 and occupying four years of consideration of this question. It reports that within the past ten years the capital value of agricul- 1 tural lands in England has fallen 50 per cent ; it f'urni-hed statistics to show that while the population of Great Britain, of the kingdom of I Great Britain, has increased 20 per cent., that agricultural laborers have fallen off 21 per cent. We have the the same testimony them that we have here of farmers, intelligent and industrious, standing by while their farms went under the hammer of the auctioneer; they have fio «ded i the coal mines, these same agricul- ; tural laborers, thrown out of employment, until the miners have come to desperate straits. Such are i the conditions of European agriculture, and you may see and should 1 not forget that the suffering you < have endured here in Nebraska is ; not confined to your state, is not I confined to these union of states, and affects everv country where the i gold standard exists. “I say inter-, 1 : national bimetallism is as import- : ant now as it was in 1896, not, per > haps, because it is now so insignifi i cant to us m our discussion of the ' question of international bimetall-j: ism as a political issue, but because we are, in my judgment, to be aided < in the next two years and, perhaps, I mand eminently respectable by the < agitation of this question amoni; ! < the leaders of thought on the com I tinent of Europe and tne j 1 island of Grreit Britain. “In |i France the chamber of depu- 1 ties has voted or has presented a < petition by a large majority of its i members in favor of bimetallism i The sama vote has passed the lower i house of parliament of the empire i of Germany and the Prussian diet. Why, then, if the people of these two nations are demsnding relief through their representatives in par- . liament, do not these nations move? The ministers of fiuance of France not long ago declared that the settlement of this question rested with England, and the government of G-tmanyhas made it known that Germany could not move in the matter without the co-operation of England. “How is it m England and 1 speak now of the English people, of English industries and not of the English government? It was on March 17, 1897, that there was passed by a unanimous vote in the house of commons of England, a resolution calling upon the govment of England to do all in its power to restore the par exchange, the monetary par exchange between gold and silver, and after the pas sage of that resolution the first lord of the treasury triumphantly declared that that resolution was a notice to Germany and France and the L nited States that England wa* ready to do all m its power to open the Indian mints and assist in the re-establishment of the par exchange. No more solemn promise was ever held out to the world by a nation through its parliament and through its official representatives in the cabinet than was held out by England on that 17th of March, 1896. Time went on and in the year 1897 commissioners were appointed to confer with the foreign

ftn E.vent of Importance! To all who are in need of Clothing. Our annual clearance sale GomnieriGes Saturday, January 15th. Having i list completed our annual inventory, we find in looking through ,r£k! izreat many Odds and Ends. Odd Coats and Vests, odd Pants odd Vestsand odd Suits. Some of the best goods in the house nun/them We have assorted them and placed them on a table Tl'eyan- incur way -nd m.l.t he «.M by the first „f February Price is not considered. We must make room for spring clothing. Notice a few of the Bargains: Fine blue, all wool Pants, regular selling price 13.25 to M.S); this sale 12.50 M. Men's fine Hack and brow worsted dress pants regular selling price *4.00 to 16.00; this sale *2.50 and *3.00. Boys coat and vest., fancy and plain, age Uto 19 regular selling price per suit. SB,OO to sl2 00: this sale per coat and vest, *- 00 to *4 UU. Men’s coats and vests, Caseimeres, Worsteds and Chevoitst the best wearing goods in the market, regular selling price per suit SIO.OO to *IB.OO, this sale per coat and vest, $2.50 to *6.00. Odd coats, men's and boy's, 75 cents to $2.50. . . If you want great worth and value for your money, tins is your opportunity. Don’t miss it. It means money for you. I+olthobse, Schulte & Falß. The Old Reliable Clothiers.

powers upon the possiblity of esiab- I j lishing an international agreement ! “In July the Bank of England expressed to the government its readi- ! ness to hold one-fifth of its reserve in silver, and that expression of ; willingness was made to a cabinet,l a majority of which consisted of I bimetallists. There was no such hope held out up to that time by the English government, and the Eng-, lish people that something could be accomplished, as the Loudon Daily I Chronicle says: ‘One of the most important petitions that was ever! presented by the labor interests to the government went up to Lord Salisbury from 350 labor organize | tious of England, comprising all' trades, begging the government to , follow out the expression of parlia ! ment of the 17th of March 1896. | Fifteen hundred of the mauufac-1 turers and merchants and tradesmen of the Royal exchange of Man i Chester sent up a like memorial to < the English government and crown iug all came the report from the i royal commission on the depression of agriculture. Ten men out of | fourteen, appointed without refer- i ence to the money question after careful consideration of conditions I and remedies, declared that the de- 1 pression of agriculture in England was due to the fall tn prices; that i the fall of prices was due to the 1 appreciation of gold, and that the I appreciation of gold was due to the i demonetization of silver, and that 1 the only remedy which would pre- i vent ultimate bankruptcy for the I agricultural interests of England was the restoration of the par of exchange between gold and silver by international agreement and that commission urged, the government of Euglond to do all in its power to bring aoout that result. ‘ Now, my I needs, that is England as a people; that is the expression, 1 believe, ot the liginmate manufacturing interests ot England. It is the expression of the wishes of labor and ol the needs of agriculture. Now let us look when France comes haud in hand with the United States to the Eulish government to carry out the pledges of that government to the world, what the results are. In July there is no question but that the English cabinet had encouraged the Btuk of England to make the concession of the holding of its re serve, and yet before the month of 0.-.tober there arose a power that was mightier than the agriculture of England, mightier than the laborers and the manufacturers, which laid its strong hand upon the government of England and bade it pause. It was the clearing house banks of London, united under the lead of Glynn, Mills, Curry & Co., that at least rebuked the Bank of England for its concession and demanded of the English cabinet that it no longer follow that policy. It was Mr. Beetrand Curry who for years held the cabinet of England to the gold standard with a strong hand. He is gone, but Mr. Hervey, the manager of that firm, appears as the leader of the Lombard-st. brokers and cankers and declares in somewhat defiant tones, in connection with the protest, that they care nothing about the declaration of the Bank of England, but they make their protest for fear of a changed policy of the English government “Here at last has arisen a power that seems greater than the producing interests of England and which has demonstrated within three months that is greater than the government ot England itself. i The bankers of Lombard-st. have

answered for the English government what shall be done and the English government lies down under the jugernaut of Lombard-st. That is the status of international bij metallism today. A demonstration tnat the power which Mr. Bryan . denounced in the campaign of 1896 as greater than any government, as greater than all governments, a demonstration that Lombard-st - can , dictate the policy of Germany, of England and practically of the whole commercial world and hold humanity under the bondage of an appreciated dollar. That is the decision ot the English government. “Now 1 have a strong affection for the English people. I haye manv ' friends there, valued friends, and I respect the people ot that country, but just so much as I respect and love the citizens of that country who are my friends, just so much I dislike the selfish and brutal policy of the English government. And they must take the responsibility lodav for the fate of international bimetallism. They would hold the. powerful grip of the gold standard | at the throat of a suffering world.! The Engli'b cabinet under the die-1 tation of Lombard-st. has decided , that it will have its pound of flesh - j We cannot prevent it. But there ! may come a Portia that wdl say to | this Sbylock of nations, ‘You may have your pound of flesh, but in the ; cutting if thou sbeddest one drop of | Christian blood thy lands and goods I are confiscated.’ Vi here is the Portia to rise up and give this judgment?! My friends, the Portia lives and hername is Columbia. And it remains for us now, as it was our duty in 1896, to stand for the rescue of humanity from the blighting influence of the gold standard which England would maintain. The late lamented citizen ot Boston, Gen. Francis Walker, declared two years ago that this contest was one between a square mile of London and ■ the rest ot the civilized world. That! has now been demonstrated and that j is not the hope of the world. Who shall move now to help suffering humanity? Who shall hold out the helping hand to the suffering; farmers of Germany, France and England? We, who promised them ! our co-operation in 1896. It is our duty now, as we deemed it then our I duty, to take the only course possi-j ble for the establishment of inter j national bimetallism, viz: The initiative of free coinage by the Uni-1 ted States of America and inde pendenlty of any other nation. What will happen if we shall take the first step? Lord Lidderdale, once president and still director of the Bank of England, said more than a year ago that if the United States should adopt the free coinage of silver as a policy, within eighteen months the commerce of England would leave the seas, and that I believe would be the result. I have no doubt any more than a human doubt that if this country should adopt the tree coinage of silver, within a few weeks the nations of Europe would be forced to follow suit. But if it be that England has declared this warfare against us, we ought to consider somewhat our duty toward England. It has been reported this very day that England, in its complications with Russia and France on the east coast of Asia, is 1 looking for assistance and sympathy ■ from the American government. For one, I say, as a member of the party which would shake off the i domination of England from our . I monetary system, that not a hand ' should be lifted in aid of England

until she is willing to do justice. And if there is to be a concert g/ nations in a great struggle in it £ Orient we Americans have a ng\ to look back over the history of this I country and find who our friends | have been “If Russia and France I are in an alliance in their oriental | policies we cannot forget a Lafa- j yette, we cannot forget that in our I time of trouble at the beginning of | the civil war Rusia was the last to 1 lift her hand against us, and how can England, fresh from her insist- 1 ence upon this brutal, aye, this sanguinary system which she would force upon the whole world, come to us and ask our friendship? If I we are to contest with her in a battle of standards let us not forget the hand of France has already been clasped in our own. Let us not forget that if China, the great silver using country of the world at the present time, has to put herself under the guardianship and protection of Russia, that in an alliance between France and Russia and China ■ we may have avenues of commerce open to us which we know would be absolutely closed if England held the gates. We-must look forward, g my friends, if we are to fight this battle, and England chooses to j throw down the gage that forms our | alliances, upon the lines of bi-1 metallism, then if England chooses | |to fight out the battle, let her fight j it at her cost.” The plaintiff in the Edwarde- ! Coverdale et al., electric light pole lease has been taking a few depositions, the result of which is very interestiting. The depositions were taken before Henry B. Heller, notary public, and in answer to the question as to whether or not they ordered the Edwards electric light poles and wires cut down, every councilman connected with this suit, I refused to answer the question on the ground that their answer would I criminate themselves. Every other I defendant to the suit also refused to answer for the same stipulated reasons. Has it not reached a deplorable condition when public offiI cials refuse to divulge their official ! acts, because to do so, would criminate themselves and make them guilty of violating laws they should not 1 only respect but uphold. j At a joint session of the Ohio j , legislature at Columbus yesterday at noon, Marcus Hanna received just I enough votes to elect him to the United States Senate. On the tir ,[ ballot the vote stood Hanra seventythree, McKissen seventy and scattering two. For a week past cotruption has been public and graceful. The methode adopted by Hanna in securing this election w ere similar to those that were in vogue during the last campaign. As* boodler and a party boss Hanna hw I no equal. For sale: —Breeding pigs- 1 wish to introduce the coming hog via the Victoria swine and have * ( few pigs of both sexes for sale. J . can honestly recommend this breed I of swine to give satisfaction on all I points as I have tested them They i are prolific, good mothers, fatten a I j any age on the lea®t feed of any h<’g ,j I have had. Will grow large and out weigh any hog have seen , i size. I have some now will we!g . 1500 pounds. Are bred by Dan<' J Jim No. 1,239 and farrow by 1 • fiance 20 No. 1,217, and her g I Miss Davis. Come and see me--1 3 John D. Stvltz.