Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1899 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT tVEKY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0. ELLINGHA.M, Publisher. SI.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. AUGUST 24. THE DEMOCRAT AND SENTINEL ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Our announcement last week seems to have struck the right spot. Renewals and new subscribers have been many in number they all coming without personal solicitation and they likewise all took adavantage of the excursion rates and for the next year will read the Democrat and Weekly Indiana State Sentinel -both papers one vear for one dollar. The newspaper readers of Adams county were never before offered such a bargain. They never have been offered so much reading and at the same time such good reading, for so little money. One dollar pays for the Democrat and State Sentinel one year. No one can . afford to be without a county and , state paper, when so little money is , required to pay for them a whole year. If the opening days continue, it will be but a short time until our fondest hopes are realized and the j Democrat will enjoy a weekly reading constituency that far exceeds the number we dared to expect. They will all be people who have paid for their paper in advance, thus making a new field for our merchants who advertise. The Sentinel offer is only good for a limited time. Read the Democrat and Sentinel, both one year for one dollar. Switzerland county will send a suit to the supreme court testing the constitutionally of the mortgage exemption law. The formal resignation of Congress-I mm Reed has been received by the I governor of Maine, the same to take I effect September 4. Thr greatest bargain in the way of reading comes through our announce- : meat of the Democrat and Sentinel t both one year for one dollar. It is given out that Mayor Taggart will lie a candidate to succeed himself as mavor of Indianapolis. If cor- | rect, this decision is of late origin. E. W. France of Pleasant Mills, has been appointed by the state truancy board, as the tiuant officer for this county. The appointment is a good one. John R. McLean seems to lead all competitors for the democratic nomination for governor in Ohio. When the convention gets down to balloting, however, the storv may be different. The public announcement and platform upon which Toledo Jones will stand, is expected to appear in public print in a few days. His candidacy ' for governor of Ohio seems assured. =• — lx a published interview appearing | yesterday morning. Colonel Bryan; very emphatically says that the issues i for next year should be sixteen to one. I This is not news, however, as he never contended anything else. C. A. Bookwalter has been nominted as the republican candidate for mayor of Indianapolis. The nominee is originally from Fort Wayne, going to Indianapolis several years ago when he received the appointment of a governmental position. The gold bug administration organs j are fond of figuring how much the | country has “lost” on the purchase and coinage of silver under the Sherman act. A few figures on what the country has lost on McKinley's Philippine investment and has yet to lose, would make good reading. NeXT week we will begin the publication of a very interesting love story, known as “The House of Isstens.” The story is from the pen of Theodore Roberts, a writer of much prominence. It will prove interesting to our readers, so read the opening chapters in these columns next week. Captain D. F. Allen of Frankfort, former state tax commissioner, has cabled to Manila to ascertain the condition of his son Joe. who is in the army there, and who has been lying in the hospital seriously ill of dysentery. No direct word has come from the sick soldier for some time,and the letters from his comrades speak of him as in a dangerous condition. The message cost 52.42 a word, or about §SO. An answer is expected today or tomorrow. Joe is a noble young man, largely imbued with the military enthusiasm and valor of his father.— South Bend Times.

The Democrat and Weekly Indiana State Sentinel for one dollar a year. The latest is a soft coal trust with a capitalization of 564,000,000. This is ! a great administration for trusts. The Democrat and Weekly Indi- ! ana State Sentinel one year for one dollar. It is the greatest bargain of the age. Anderson is just completing a directory in which her population figures 27.231. When it is known that in 1892 the population of this city was but 12,000, the greatness of the gas region can lie slightly comprehended. Madison county is the third county in the state in point of , population. The state tax board has decided the valuation of Adams county should be increased, and in accordance with their view placed lands at a three per cent, and lots and improvements in this city at ten per cent, increase. This, oil its face, does not appear very much, yet it is plenty. But it beats a twenty per cent, increase all hollow, so if there is any consolation in this fact, all is well. Ex-Gov. Altgeld seems to be considerably disturbed over the announcement that Richard Croker has spoken in complimentary terras of William Jennings Bryan. Altgeld has his suspicions aroused. He seems to suspect that there is a well-developed ' Ethiopian hidden somewhere in the j political woodpile. Maybe there is; bat what's the use of fretting over a matter like that?—South Bend Times.; The Pennsylvania Railway Com-1 pany have put into force and effect ! a system of pensions for aged and ; disabled employes. This can not appear in the light of charity but is one | that appeals to justice and will tend j to remove the prevailing opinion that I large railway corporations are noten- j tirely soulless and void of anything resembling a human|heart. It is one too | that is worthy of emulation not only I by other railroads but by other cor- ] porations.

The conspicuous features of the anti-Gobel convention in Kentucky, was the presence of the Louisville Nashville railway passes in the hands of most of the delegates. F. Wat Hardin, Goebel’s principal opponent for the nomination, will take the stump in behalf of the regular ticket. Goebel's fight is to rescue the state from railroad and other corporation domination. He will win in spite of all opposition. The national leaders are emphatically for him. In a Paris interview Ex-President Harrison savs: “The United States have no desire for war or conquest. Their attitude is limited outside of their own boundaries to the safe guarding of liberty. Our people are opposed to new ventures. Ideas on colonization have been attributed to us that are not ours. America wishes to grow by expansion of her commerce, by exporting her products, not by force of arms. Our true position is to guarantee the liberties of the people, but to dictate their laws.”

The republican politicians have not fulfilled any promise made in 1896 and are not formulating any new policy. It occasionally comes to the surface that thev expect to carry the elections next yoar on the mistakes of the democratic party. Democratic party management is not infallible. The Enquirer hopes that there will be fewer democratic mistakes this and next year than usual, but even if the party's worst record for error should ; be maintained, the republicans this I time bid fair to play a bigger game of foolishness. —Enquirer. The platform adopted by the lowa democrats at their state convention is causing great travail of spirit to the republicans. The administration press has lieen weeping crocodile tears ; for months because it feared the demi ocrats were wedded to 16 to 1 and could I see no other issue. Now here come the lowa democrats with a ringing declaration against imperialism, a searching analysis of the trusts evil coupled with a demand for state and national restriction, and finally an emphatic re-affirmation of the Chicago platform. Bryan even suggested that other important issues might claim I attention in the next campaign along J | with those mentioned in the Chicago platform an exhibition of his natural i good judgment which the republicans I had declared quite impossible. Before Richard Croker, the Tammany chief, had reached the dock in New York the other day he gave out an interview which knocked the I anti-Bryan movement at Saratoga into the Amen corner. He simply declared that Bryan was the inevitable nominee and that he was for him. i The little anti-Bryan plotters couldn’t get away from Saratoga fast enough. Croker is one of the wisest politicians 'in the country. Gov. Hogg’s stampede of Tammany at the recent banquet showed Croker that he had got I to lead the way the rank and file of I Tammany wanted to be led or he would lose his job. A little eonfab with ex-Speaker Reed on the way over, in which the latter gave it as his opinion that McKinley’s imperialistic policy practically assured democratic triumph next year clinched Croker in his conversion. Following Corker's announcement half a dozen I democrats of more or less prominence who had been giving forth anti-Bryan mutterings, wheeled into line and declared for Bryan with great unanimity.

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GOVERNOR RALSTON. While the newspapers and politiIciansas well, have undertaken the serious task of making presidents and j outlining future party policies, the Democrat from mere choice, jumps into the political arena, unfurls the red shirt, dips it in “bind" and illu-. minates the political horizon with the ' name of him whom it doth us proud • to honor. It is with no timidity or | modestv that effaces this our intro- ; ductory. Neither will we array our-j selves in sweet smelling words or | visionary, sky scraping pronunciato. In true democratic simplicity we will draw the curtain and permit you to gaze upon a figure of familiarity in the circles of Indiana democracy. It is none other than that statesman, leader and democrat, the Hon. Samuel M. Ralston of Labanon. He is quite well known to the party in the state. | He is an acknowledged leader, a true and faithful democrat, a speaker whose wisdom and eloquence is unsurpassed, and an ideal man to head the democratic ticket in 1900 and lead it onto victory. But it is useless for us to argue his virtues and his character,

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and democracy needs no defense. It is simply plain, every day Sam Ralston, whose popuaritv grows with age. and every day counts. But you all know him. He is a democrat of the old school but he is living in the present age. For years he has been a favorite on the stump in Indiana, but never more so than in IS9G and 1898. two memorable campaigns that will long be remembered in political history. During the campaign of 1898 many newspapers over the state commented upon him as resembling in appearance, manner and character, the lamented Claude Matthews. While upon the platform he is loaded to the brim with sarcasism. humor and wit, and the way he handles our friends, the enemy, is a caution. He thori oughly understands himself and can I entertain an audience longer than he I can stand it to speak. He is a selfmade man and a lawyer by profession. That he would make an enviable can--1 didate for governor of Indiana, is , certainly acknowledged by all. That he is deserving of such recognition by ‘ the great democratic party of this l state, is also a fact undisputed. That

any man thus honored should accept gracefully, will also not admit of much argument. In presenting the name of Mr. Ralston we do so from mere choice, and at that we are not egotistical enough to think him the only martyr in the ranks of Indiana I democracy. But we do think him ; one of the most deserving as well as i one of the most prominent democrats . in Indiana and he possesses the qual- ; ifications of leadership, so very neces- [ sary and essential to success. The j democratic party in Indiana needs a leader of the Ralston type. One in whom party confidence could be reposed, and one too, who can me >t the enemy on the field of battle and shake the dry bones to a finish. In this Mr. Ralston has no equal and if the party wants to sustain itself and maintain its high standing and usefulness to ; the state as well as to the nation, it will not sptnl much time in party bickering, but with one proud acclaim will buckle the armor on our fearless leader, surround and fortify him with our counsel and at the same time honor him, by making him gov , ernor of a great state.

The Trusts Flourish. During the past week the price of beef and other meat have been advanced from two to five cents a pound bv a combination of western packers. There is no pretense that beef is scarcer or that it costs more to make it. It is admitted that the price is raised arbitrarily in order to make good to the trust its temporary losses incurred in establishing a meat monopoly in England. Meanwhile trusts continue to multiply in all the other necessaries of life. Within the week there were organized: A Cotton Goods Trust. An Ice Trust. A Hide and Leather Trust. An Asphalt Trust. These simply supplement the hundreds of other trusts and monopolies formed during the present year, seeking to control the production and fix the prices of nearly every article of ; general use. The latest combinations cover: The food we eat. The clothing we wear. The shoes for our feet. The ice required for health and

> !fi < ■' / ■ 1 ;or* WlTWBii %. < wm?-* > “>56.25 MB® From LaOtto, Ind. Every iM man. woman and child she ttld 1 ' j have an outing at least once yZ|<’M ill a year. Niagara Falls is the I z Jr I ; &'| I greatest natural wonder of \ f . . ’I i the world. If you wish to V r I® II: 3 visit this exhilarating and recreative spot, you will never have a better opportunity than on August 24th When the Wabash railroad will sell tickets at the above rate. Arrange for your vacation to commence on that date Take the whole family. It will give you a new lease on life and will be an education for the children (half the above rate if under 12; if under 4 free.) A Good, Long Limit Os 15 days will give you plenty of time to see all the sights at Niagara and to take advsntage of some of the many Attractive Side Trips Which will tie offered at greatly reduced rates. The Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, famed the world over for their picturesque beauty, can be visited at an additional cost of $6.50. A visit to Toronto, the queen citv of X ietoria’s “American Domain,” a grand trip across lake Ontario, will cost but SI .00 additional. Canada's great industrial fair at Toronto opens August 28th. The Special Train. Lunch car—A car stocked with delicacies and substantiate, sold at very low figures, not to make money, but simply as a convenience to patrons, will be part of the equipment. Sleepers and free chair cars will make up the balance of the train. Sleeper fare $2.50 each way. Our Niagara Falls Excursion Leaflet L Gives time of tbe special train, list of attractive side M nips, bhl of fare or the lunch car. railroad and s eepK\ wlMil x log car rates, tells how to see nil the wonders N - Vi— - agara to xhe best advantage. list of hotels and their * V—rates and an estimate of necessory expenses while at Y the Falls. Ask nearest Wabash agent for one, or write to C. S. CRANE, G. P. & T. A. 2312 st. lioui«. IMCo.

comfort. The modern improvements for our streets. Are there no laws against these “conspiracies in restraint of trade”— these combinations of Greer! against Need? “Oh. yes! There is a stringent anti-trust law, and most of the states, including New \ork and Illinois, having statutes of a similar character. \\ hy are not these laws enforced ? It is as easy as a thimblerigger's game. The attorney-general of the United States, the official charged (under the | president) with the duty of seeing that i the laws are faithfully executed,” i says that the regulation of industrial combinations “is entirely a matter of I state control,” and that” “unless the ! the functions of interstate commerce are interfered with I would be superofficious to attempt a crusade against affairs with which I have no business.” To the lay mind of the ordinary plundered citizen it would seem that the

Meat Trust organized in Chicago, a not only supplying the markets o' our eastern cities, but actually sei i r meat cheaper in London than it 111 in New York, was engaged both ■* interstate and international coinin’ i ■ So of the lee Trust, reaching frou Maine to New York. Philadelp • Baltimore and Washington. »o the Hide and Leather Trust anjy hundred others. And yet. "■ • trust lawyer as attorney-general a president to whose campaign t protected monopolies contnbn million dollars, the chance of ttie p : pie to find relief in the federal • about equal to the chance of sa < . a roost of chickens guarded b) . Fox and Br’er Coon. N. V '' orl It is a matter hardly worthy of o tradiction that the breeder of a is a high potective tariff- j f r have prospered and fattenc its kindly hand.