Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1899 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORSIXG BY LEW G. ELUNOKAM, Publisher. 11.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the at !>ecatur. Tn ana as second-class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. DEC. 21. There can be no efficient remedy against trusts so long as there are high protective tariffs in this country. The fountain must be cleaned out i>efore the water in the stream can become pure. The Kansas City Times very properly styles the republican gold standard bill “an invitation to feed Wall street with fresh issues of government bonds whenever that gambling den may feel the need of more bonds to supply its investment trade.” The assessment of candidates for countv or township offices, before the coming primary, is due not later than ten days prior to January 12, The same may be paid either to Chairman Elmer Johnson. Secretary G. H. Kelley or Treasurer C. E. Stuckey. At Philadelphia on June 10. the republicans will m-.et in national convention so decided the committee having same in charge, at a meeting in Washington. The democratic convention will probably go to Chicago, although many cities are asking for it. When Cannon, a republican, was elected to congress from Utah, although an avowed polygamist, he was admitted to his seat by the vote of the republican majority. The statement was openly made on the floor of this congress by Mr. Roberts, the ousted member, that President McKinley had appointed to important federal offices in Utah men who were openly for polygamy. Now comes George V. Kell, one of the numerous senators of Allen county, and upon a wholesome stack of holy script, swears that he is not a i successor of Senator Bobelia. resigned, but the duly elected senator for thei joint district of Allen-Huntington counties, and that Ryan (it should be spelled Rhine) is the unlucky of Bobelia‘s senatorial toga. In this event there will be a senator to elect from this senatorial district. It seems probable that thi- is a dispute that can be settled only by that body of law makers comprising the state senate.

Mougey ..FOR.. ...Holiday Shoes and Slippers... We have a nice line of Ladies’ or Gents’ PATENT KID SHOES that would make a beautiful Christmas gift. Our line of Slippers is complete, and if you have a friend why not make them a present of ..OUR SLIPPERS.. We have them in all colors. Buy them this week while the assortments are unbroken... WE OFFER - SPECIAL PRICES on all Shoes and Slippers from now until Christmas J. H. Mougev. W. Side Second St. ’Phone 162.

The St. Louis Star wants to know •What will congress do?" Well, the Lord i >.iy knows. Since it is repui ; lican. it may be assumed, however, that it will loot the treasury and lay the foundation for the administration party to get everlastingly walloped in the next campaign. Tresis create the scarcely with which they make the excuse for their ' extortions. They destroy competition, which, left free, would equalize demand and supply. They deprive the ! young and the poor of equality, of opi portunity, which is the underpinning of our political system. They degrade labor by impairing its independence: they are public enemies and their existence is a reproach to civilization." John J. Ingalls in New I York Journal. The western justice of the peace who objected to having Blackstone read to him in court because the court knew more about the case than Blackstone ever did. was disarmed by the ; counsel’s reply that he "only wanted ;to show the court what a fool old Blackstone was.” On the same prini ciple somebody might lie permitted to , read to McKinley a few extracts from the writings of George Washington just to show the executive what a fool Washington was. - There are hundreds. J trusts in this I country similar to that of the pool of the six"pipe companies which oursui preme court has just declared t? be ■ illegal. Some of these are the anthraI cite coal, the steel rail and the structural steel trusts, the National salt i company and the iron ore trust, called the Bessemer ore producers’ associa- , tion. None of these trusts are paying : any attention to the decision, but are i proceeding with their business of fixing prices, restricting production and dividing profits. The iron ore and salt trusts have recently doubled ! prices. The farce of trying to kill trusts by negative laws while they are ; encouraged by laws like the Dingley I tariff, which grant special privileges, is evident. Sentinel. Owing to the death of Senator Hayward, of Nebraska, his success r must be app:inted. and it is announced upon unquestionable authority that W. J. Bryan wants the appointment. Mr. Bryan is certainly wise in this. A senatorial bird in the hand is worth a whole bush full of prospective presidential birds to a man of Brvan’s calibre. —Journal. William Allen was appointed to fill the vacancy mentioned above, and the appointment was made upon the recommendation of W. J. Bryan. Such mis-statements are becoming so numerous with the Journal that its reputation for unreliability will soon become firmly established.

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DISTRICT TEETING. The democrats of the eighth congressional district will meet in delegate convention at Portland, at one o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, January 9.1900. For the purpose of selecting a member of the State Central Committee for the ensuing two years. The basis of representation fixed by the State Central Committee will be one delegate for each 200. or fraction over 100 of the vote cast for Samuel M. Ralston for Secretary of State in 1898. According to this apportionment, the basis of representation of the several counties will be as follows: Adams 13 Blackford 9 Delaware 18 Jay 16 Madison 36 Randolph 10 Wells 15 Total 11" Necessary to choice 59 The delegates from the several counties shall lie selected at the time, and in the manner prescribed by the chairman or committee from each county. Vernon Davis, District Committeeman. Those people who have been hoping for an early reduction of war taxes will find little comfort in the report of the commissioner of internal revenue. In that official’s annual report to the secretary of the treasury, he gives the receipts for the year as 8273,484,573, which is an increase over the previous year of-8102,617,000. Notwithstanding this enormous increase Commissioner Wilson urges the amendment of the revenue law so as to require the stamping of receipts for individual deposits in banks. A citizen cannot even be allowed to draw his money out of the bank for his own use without paying tribute to the war against the Philippines. Still the telegraph companies and the express companies, which have derived large benefits from the war. are exempted from the burdens which are placed on the individual citizen.

Marcus A. Hanna, republican senator from Ohio, chairman of the na- 1 tional republican committee, and President McKinley’s adviser and manager, says trusts are not a political question. Mr. Hanna was no doubt prompted to take this position out of tender solicitude for the trusts which put up so handsomely for his boodle fund in "9G. On the same subject John J. Ingalls has this to say: “Isl any political economist, or interested shareholder, or party Ixjss. supposes that the American people do not take this issue, and do not intend to deal with those brigands, he is listening with credulity to the whispers of fancy. A few weeks ago the philanthropists who have monopolized the product of window glass suddenly closed their works, discharged 10.U00 labor ers, and raised the price 50 per cent for the benefit of the poor. In the past year wire nails have been raised 200 per cent, with but slight increase in the cost of the production. The impudent falsehood that trustj and monopolies cheapen products and I benefit the consumer is disproved by the fact that the prices of wall paper, rubber goods, food products, furniture, fence wire, agricultural implements, coal, glass and innumerable other commodities controlled by these monsters have been arbitrarily increased for no cause except to pay dividends on fictitious capital by methods that make larceny respectable.”

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The Democrat wishes all its readers a merry, merry Christmas. At the district meeting at Portland January 9. Adams county will be represented with thirteen delegates. The democratic national committee will meet in Washington, February 22, to set a date and name a place for holding the democratic national convention. The Journal complains of Trustee Schug, of Monroe township, and says he is too economical. Judging from the universal praise that is always being showered upon Mr. Schug by the taxpayers of Monroe township, we are lead to believe that he suits them pretty well, even if he does not meet the approval of the Journal editor. The death of of that brave Indiana soldier, General Lawton, brings sorrow to Indiana his home. He was shot by a Filipino sharpshooter, while leading a command several miles from Manilla. General Lawton was a brave and fearless soldier and admired by every one who was tracing the achievements of our army. Many expressions of grief are being expressed. The additions to our announcement columns are Jacob Abnet for commissioner in the third district, Drs. M. F. Parrish and C. S. Clark for coroner, William Blackburn and T. S. C iffee for trustee in Washington township, L. H. Boknecht for trustee in Root, and Lewis Kleine for trustee of Preble. For assessor in this township W. A. Wisner and Theodore Kennedy, and A. A. Campbell in Union township. The passage of the currency bill through the House does not by any | means clear the decks for the Presi- ' dentiai campaign. The polygamous and slave-holding Sultan of Sulu, the ; cost of a war of conquest, pestiferous : stamp taxation, a large standing army, alliance with Great Britain, lack of sympathy with a struggle for a re- ; publican form of government in South Africa: and a good many other topics >of moment, are yet to come up for consideration in Congress. Enquirer.

The action of President McKinley in going out of his way in his message to specially compliment Germany shows the real character of the man. Mr. McKinley knew that there was wide-spread hostilitv'aniong the Ger-man-American voters against his policy of imperialism and the avowed friendship of the national administration for England. The hospitality had become so universal as to threaten republican success in states which gave McKinley sweeping majorities in ’96, notably Wisconsin and Minnesota. Mr. McKinley was so alarmed by this revolt within the party that he set diligently to work to ascertain its extent and counteract the hostility. Although it is a well-known fact that the McKinley administration is in full sympathy with England in the war against the Boers, and that the colonial policy of England is one of the ambitions of the Mark Hanna dishonesty, the presided gushes over Germany in his annual message and, descending to the plane of the smooth politician, undertakes to use a state paper to placate party defection. Mr. McKinley will find that GennanAmericans are unalterably hostile to imperialism, that their ” sympathies are with the brave Boers who are 1 struggling to establish an independent i republic, and that they are not to fie ' caught by the cheap flattery of John I Bull’s righf bower.

Announcements. FOR REPRESENTATIVE. We are authorized to announce the name of Henry Krick, as a candidate for re-election as representative, subject tj the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12.1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Henry Dihkson. of Preble township, as a candidate for Representative of Adams county, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primxrv Election, to be held Friday. January 12.1900. FOR JUDGE. We are authorized to announce the name of Clahk J. Lctz, of Decatur, as a candidate for Judire us the Adams Circuit Court, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12, 1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Amos P. Beatty, of Decatur, as a candidate tor Judjre of the Adams Circuit Court, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12, 1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Richard K. Erwin, of Decatur, date for Judire of the Adams Circuit Court, subject to the decision of the Democraiic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12, 1100. One term only. Uy this announcement. I inform the Democratic voters of Adame County that lam asking the nomination tor the office of Judge of the Adams Circuit Court. The office is yours to give. Do what you think right and I will cheerfully abide your decision. Yours truly. James T. Merryman. FOR PROSECUTOR. We are authorized to announce the name of John C Mohan, of Berne, as a candida c for Prosecuting Attornev. subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12,1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Lewis C. DbVoss, of Decatur, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, subject to the de cision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12.1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Jacob Butcher. of Geneva, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12. 1900. Twenty years experience in the practice FOR AUDITOR. We are authorized to announce the name of David RUNYON, of French town-hip, as a candidate tor Auditor, subject to the decision of tiie Democratic Primary Election, to be held January 12,1900. One term only. We are authorized to announce the name ofA. A Boch, of Washington township, as a candidate for Auditor, subject to the dt vision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12. 1900. One term only. We areautborized to announce the name of H. A. Fristob. of Decatur. a> a candidate for Auditor, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election to be held Friday. January 12, I'jOj. One term only. We are authorized to announce the name ot Phil Schug. of Berne, as a candidate for Auditor, subject to the decision «.f the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday January 12. lift). One term only. FOR TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of John F. Lachot. of Berne, as a candidate for Treasurer, subject to the decision of ihe Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12,1900. We are authorized to announce the name of J. H. A oolewede. ot Decatur, as a candidate for Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary E ection. to be held Friday, January 12,1900. We are authorized to announce the name of John D. Stults. of Union township, as a candidate for Treasurer, subject to thedeciI sion of the Democratic Primary Election, to beheld Indav. January 12, 1900. FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce the name of Daniel N. Erwin, as a candidate tor re-elec-tion as Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Fri- ; day. January 12, 1900. FOR SURVEYOR. We are authorized to announce the name of George E. McKean, of Decatur, as a candiSurT *yo r - subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12, 1900. We are authorize! to announce the name of I lz .. ER ’ °* H ar tford township, as a candithI O iL UrVeyor r 0t u Ada " ls county, subject i?il,c decl6 *°o'Of ’he Democratic Primary Election to l>e held Friday. January 12,1900. FOR COMMISSIONER, w e are authorized to announce >h<- tt-tne of » Washington township, as ?h??nd d nuiss. r r U 'Jk n,y Commissioner from tv™ IB- * v L subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12, 1909.

WE A SSL RE our Lady ‘ Purchasers courteous at- [ tention and as low prices ! as are consistent with high-class ! qualities. We do not urge you ! to purchase—come in and see ! our offerings—we are full of sug- ‘ gestions and are willing to help ' you make Xmas a joy and pleas- ‘ ure to the men folks. We will cheerfully lay aside all I parcels until wanted and will • willingly exchange anything pur- ! chased during the holidays. j 1 ____________________ M <^ s ”‘ ~ i ■4 i Respectfully, j ! P. Holthouse | & t ■anaaMMaaMNMMa

We are authorized to announce the name of Samuel Doak. of Washington township, as a candidate for re-election as County Commissioner I rom the 2nd District, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12, 1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Dye Ferguson, of Blue Creek township asa candidate for County Commissioner from the 2nd District, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12. 190 \ We are authorized to announce the name of Frederick Reppert. of French t wnshipjas a candidate for re election as County Commissioner from the 3rd District, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 12 1900. We are authorized to announce the name of Harlo Manx, of Monroe township, as a candidate for County Commissioner from the 2nd District, subject to the decision ot the Democratic Primary Election to be held Friday, January 12. 19 0. We are authorized to announce the name of Jacob Abnet. ot Wabash township, as a candidate for County Commissioner from the 3rd District, subject to the decision ot the Democratic Primary Ekcticn, to be held Friday. January 12, 19t0. FOR CORONER We are authorized to announce the name of Dr. M. F. Parri-h as a Candidate for Coroner of Adams county, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be he*a Friday. January 12,1910, We are authorized to announce the name of Dr. C. S. Clark, of Decatur, as Ja candidate for Cororner of Adams county, >ubject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Fr.day. January 12.191". FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR. We are authorized to announce the name of Anthony Wertzberger. of Union township, as a candidate for County Assessor, subject tn the decision of the Democratic Primary Election to be held Friday. January 12.1900, We are authorized to announce the name of Elias CRi'T, of Washington township.asa candidate for County Assessor subject to tne Democratic Primary Election to be held Friday. January 12,1900. FGR TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR. We are authorized to announce the name of Theodore Kennedy as a Candidate for Assessor of Washington township, subject to tne decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 12 1900. We are authorized to announce the name of W. A. Winner, of Decatur, as a < candidate for Assessor of Washington township, sunjeci to the decision of the Democratic Pr.inarj Election, to be held Friday. January I-. l.w. We are authorized to announce the name ol A. A. Campbell as a Candidate for f of Union township, subject to the dec .-ion » ! the Democratic Primary Election, to be nt j Friday. January 12. 19u0. FOR TRUSTEE. I We are authorized to announce the _ ca . , !}.; 1 ,°2 Joshua R Parrish, asa candidat 1 toi iiu» tee of Washington township decision of the Democratic Primary F.ieci to be held Friday. January 12,1900. We are authorized to announce the name ot I James K. Niblick ot Becatur.as a cam idarn I for Trustee of Washington township, suoj to the decision of the Democratic I[• > i Election to be held Friday, January 1-. L • i We are authorized to announce the name James H. Smith, of Decatur, as a eanama for Trustee of Washington township, sunjwto the decision of the Democratic 1r • Election, to be held Friday, January j * We are authorized to announce the name of Jacob Huseh. as a candidate for TniDei f Monroe township, subject to the deci- “ the Democratic Primary Election, to be Friday, January 12,11*00. We are authorized to announce the nami & Wm. Jaebaker as a candidate for Jr 1 ot Preble township, subject to, ,liede ' 1 ', > held the Democratic Primary Election to • Friday, January 12, 1900. We are authorized to announce the Fred K alueway as a candidate forTru.t , Bnion township, subject to the lie f'' ,",4 f r iDemocratic Primary Election to be day, January 12,1900. We are authorized to announce the William Blackburn as randid»te tw the tee of Washington township, subject j on decision ot the Democratic 1 rI “. to be held Friday, January 1-. 191 ,J ' We are authorized to announce the naaie T. S. COFFEE as a candidate tor Trin . n Washington township, subject to tn be of the iMmocrstic Primary Election held Friday. January 12, 1900. We are authorized to Rnnounce the Lkwis H. Boknecht as a I a ? dida, h e ., decision tec or Root township, subject to tl) lie ot the Democratic Primary Elect held Friday. Jancary 12,1900. ♦ Vio miir. C bf We are authorized to announce tn' - (ee o f Louts Kleine as a Candidate ™Tj 10110 f (he Preble township, subject to the dec • ( j.. rl _ 1 Democratic Primary Election, to be | day, January 12, 1900.