Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT IVIBY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. SI.OO PER YEAR IN AIVANCE. Entered at rhe pos,t< flirt- at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. THE TICKET. ® O For Representative. For Judge Vdams Circuit Cort, RICHARD For Prosecutor. JOHN C MORAN. For Auditor. <a A. A. For Treasurer. J. H. VOGLEWEDE. For Sheriff,a DANIEL N. ERWIN ® For Surveyor, GEORGE E. McKEAN. For Commissioner 2nd DlstitCt, SAMUEL DOAK. For Commissioner jjtrt District 1 ,- ® JACOB ABNET. ® For Coroner, ® CHARLES 8. CLARK. Her County Assessor. ®<i ELIAS CRIST. The republicans have nominated A. L. Sharpe as their candidate forjudge in the Blackford-Weils ciiviiit, wt a convention held at Montpelier last Saturday. The Methodist brethren while at Chicago. Ifltard that President Me- <> Kinley had the "tobacco heart,” aqj immediately appointed a committee to sympathize. ® — • Speamr put ou the gloves with the administration, and as mjght lie predicted, he came out second best. The partv of Hanna beik<e in nothing that is not ma .it* made. The taft if D< >1 liver for Gov. Roosevelt's place as ft running mate for President McKinley, is permitted to go the even tenor of its wav, without fear of molestation. It no doubt tickles Dolliver, Wid reallv doe* no harm. = ■ The ticket is a splendid one. the platform aft right and everybody saU isfied. Now for work until Novembers when the democrrtic rooster will crow umtil late in the month, when the Tnanksgiving turkey appears for discussion.— Sentinel. young and progressive democrats in this district whom we might mention as desirable candidates for congress, the name of the Hon. E. M. Fitzgerald county, stands pre-eminent. He is qualified and would make a vigorous campaign. The»HoUS Benjamin F. Shiveley is now being seriously mentioned as a canifciate. It was certainly demonstrated at the convention yesterday that the democrats of Indiana are greatly attached to him and would like to see his name adorn the presidential tigket. In answer to a question as tn when he thought that the Philippine war would be qyer. ex-Speaker ftßeed has answered: where?” Jhe speaker is still bitterly opposed to • imperialism and the purchase of •‘yellow bellies at -?2 a head.” and points to the Cuban scandals as proof that his misgiving? on the subject were true. The Hon. Samuel if Ralston added not a little*to his prestige yesterday by his manifest ability as a presiding officer. His speech was a model presentation of the campaign issues, and nothing could by more beneficial to the party on ;i*-coiint of tf*- wide circulation it will have at the outset of the campaign. Mr. Ralston has jfldded to the obligations to him under which the party rests. * It seems that there is some politics to be Jhjected into the work of the census enumerator. Some high mogul about thk size of J. P. Goodrich, eighth district commmittoeman for the g. o. p. met the enumesitors for Adams county last Thursday, and gave thejp valued pointers as in formation they are to solicit, the same sto lie given /or the free use and disposition of said g. o. p. As # suggestion we will say that Bob Bell does not need to go to the Kansas City convention as a delegate at large. The eighth congressional district has the honor as well aa the pleasure of being represented by the Hon. Doughmy, who will look after Bob’s interests, at least to the satisfaction of the democrats of Edanos county. The district delegates from this congressional district aftA. M. Waltz of Hartford City, and Lew G. Ellingham of this city. A crime is committed in Cul>a, and the lawyers and judges of America are unable to suggest how, when and where the perpetrator shall be pun- ■ inbed. Aral when the indictment comes to be framed, the question must be answered, whose money was stolen? Is it the money of the United States? If so, why was it being disbursed without entering the faded treasury? And why was it lieing•expended except iu obedience to acts of congress and upon warrant regularly drawn in persuance of law?

GOV. KERN. >■ u Indiana Democrats Nominate a Winner. ® THE CAMPAIGNeOF 1000 PRESENTS STRIKING EVIDENCE OF V,C > RY ‘ • • • William J. Br\an Still the Idol, the Endorsement for President —Platform Inanimously Great Convention. For Governor >)HN W. KERN, Os Marion County. ® For Lieutenant Governor— * JOHN G. LAWLER, of Washington Comity For Secretary of State— ® ® ADAM HEIMBERGER, Os Floyd Count y. For Auditor of StateJOHN W. MINOR, Os Marion County. Fof Treasurer of State * JEROMKHEPiFF, Os Miami C< wty. For Attorney-General— CHAS. P, DRUMMOND. ' Os Marshall County. For Supreme Court Reporter— H. G. VERGIN’, Os Henry County. For Superintendent of Instruction— CHARLES GREATHOUSE® Os Posey County. For Stare Statistician— EDWARD HORUFF, © Os Jefferson County. For Judge of the Supreme Court Fourth District— J. W. ADAIR, « Os Columbia City.

The largest, the best and the most enthusiastic ci sWentk>n ever held by the aemocracy of Indiana, was that of yesterday. Tomlinson's hall would not in comfort seat the massing throng of democracy th;tf assembled the» for the purpose of sounding the keynote and pledging anew the faith of our fathers to that grand and noble document, thedegjaration of independence. To one there. it seemed that none had remained behind. The old wheel horses in the ftdiapa democracy fully asserted that they never saw the equal in size and enthusiasm as was manifested in the large gathering of democrats yesterday, ft reminded manv of the state convention of 1892, which later turned ouf as a landslide for the democrats, it being carried by Cleveland by more than 7.U00. It was a pleasant spirited and harmonious gathering, not a jar nor a spirit of discord being manifested. The platform and other business of the convention was discharged in a very orderly and business way. the* best of feeling existing between all factors present. The Hon. Samuel M. Ralston received a giea* ovation permanent chairman of the convention, and his speech was a masterpiece and was well received by Al. The fir»t over flgw of enthusiasm cam* in his tribute to Bryan* Pandemonium reigned and for many minutes that old hall rang with cheers for the leader cf dcmocra cy in the nation. A ticket was nominated, and it consists of the salt of the earth. Expressions on every hand were of one mind,* that never was there a better ticket or better men honored ata the hands of a demo;jrffttic state convention. We are gratified at the expressed condition of the party. From every county and every voting precinct’ in Indiana, came striking evidence of earnestness on the part of the voter. It was certainly the best convention ever held, and eeverv democrat who attends! was benefited by the storm of enthusiasm that was manifested. Those from this Bounty who attended and enjoyed the wftne, were John P. Spuhl»r. Herftan Reinking, Lewis (Jine, Samuel Steele, E. B:- 1 Haefling. Dr?J. W. Vizard, James Foreman, Gerry R. Martz. John P. Steiner. J. W. IleastSu, John H. Runyon, Sam Simison. f Judge-elwt R. K. Erwin, L C Miller. Sheriff Erwin, Godfrey Christen. E. Burt Lenhart, E. L. Vance, Charles Simwrke, J. T. Merryman, ft. G. Ellingnam and several others whom we do not call to mind. t Those democratic brethren of Indiana who still to call themselves “gold” democrats should fall in with the procession ittfi&ad of standing aloof and “resolutiug" comprehensively against everybody and every--1 thing. A negative platform never won a battle and the position of our Indiana friends is one of pure negatation. They are opposed to Mr. Bryan and the Chicago platform. They abhor McKinleyism liecause, to use their own language, “there is hardly a democratic doctrine which the pros ent republican administration has not violated or attempted to violate.” i This is not a year for simple opposition to everything. It is a time for very positive and aggressive action. Men cannot lie neutral. Sooner or later they will take sides With which side will the Indiana gold democrats align themselves? They have hail airiple demonstration of the treatment

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may expect if they cast their fortunes once more with that McKinley administration which has violated every democratic doctrine. Will they tempt fortune again? Hie issues of the coming campaign are already made up and the democrats are on the right side of every one of them. trusts, maladministration at home and fs the islands east t*d west, the protective tariff robbery and excessive taxation these are the things which the republican party will have to defend and which the, democrats will attack. No democrat can afford to sulk in his tent while the battle is going on. Hie gold democrats of Indiana should get in line. They <<n call themselves "gold” democrats if they like: because this year the term excites no feeling one way or the other. But as democrats without their prefix their place in the ranks of the grand army which is moving against McKinleyism and all its works. No democrat, gold or silver, or greenback for that matter, can be spared from Jiis place in the coming battle. Oik’ago Chfbnicle. st ■ President McKl!W.ex notified his ‘friends in congress that he did not want an investigating committee sent 1 to Havana in connection with the scandals tfiere. McKinley feared that the committee would turn up so much rascality that there would be a revolt in the republican rank and file that would result in his overthrow «at the polls. The evidence so far adduced ho shown that the entire insular postal service was organized from the first upon a Grosvenor basis of “we*re going to make all the money out of the transaction we can.” The man who said “we know our business” named the gang who have brought the country into disrepute. The head of the clique of money-makers is Perry S. Heath, the first assistant post-master-general and organizer of the Cuban department. Behind him is his brother Fletcher S. Heath, president of the Seventh National Bank, of New York, and director of the North American Trust Company, both of which profit by the power arid influence of the first assistant poss 4 master-general. ine Seventh Nationaf Bank ha&been chosen as the deposit ory of the New York postoffice. This business is so large that it requires the services of 101) clerks. The North American Trust Company was made fiscal agent for Cuba by Secretary of War Alger. That meant a business of millions a year, but was not enough. Gn May 28, 1899, there was a mysterious shake-up in the North American Trust Cornpar y, The purpose, it was explained, was to extend the business. A big block of stock had changed hands, but the name of the new holder was not disclosed. On August 22, 1899, the capital was increased from 81,000,000 to 82,000,000. On October 25 Fletcher 8. Heath was elected a director. The North American Trust company's total business in Cuba now amounts to many millions of dollars a year. Practically all of the appointees of the postal service were selected by First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath, and, as matters have turned out, have been selected to justify General Grosvenor’s startling statements made in the house of representative. Charles F. W. Nerty was Heath’s choice for treasurer of the [xistsl service. Neely, too, was hard pressed by creditors when he left Muncie, Ind., for Cuba. When he was arrested he was able to deposit two 810,000 bills as Irail, and stories are still coming out about mysterious packages, containing as high as 816,000 which he

sent home. These stories do not take into account the extraragant invest ments which Neely had made iu various Cuban and South American enterprises. The profit of the Neely Printing Company from government work has been as high as 810.00(1 in a single month. Landing of Forces. Tien Tsin, June I.—A special train ha* gone to Pekin with the following Torres: Americans—Seven officers and 56 men. British—Three officers and 72 men. Italians—Three officers and 39 men. French—Three officers and 72 men. Russian—Four officers anil 71 men. Japan—Two officers and 24 men. The# foreign contingent also took with them live quick-firing guns. Point of View. The beautiful Griselda deprecated bls passionate pjaise. “I am bn? a worm, after alt” she sighed, the traditions of her Puritan ancestry being strong upon her. “But you look nice enough to eat!” protested the youth. “Oh, you’re a bird!” the shy girl faltered. as If to Indicate that she deemed hfs attitude of mind largely a matter of point of view.—Detroit Journal. Suapfeloas Approval. He—Why don’t you wear your new bonnet, my dear? She —Oh, there's something with ft and I can’t find out what y Is. He—Then how do you know tliere is something wrong With It? She—All the women In the neighborhood say It Is just too lovely fSr anything.—Chicago News. The price of oil has varied greatly during the last ten years, running from 25 rents to |2.50 per barrel of forty-two gallons. At present It Is comparatively steady at about $1.1)0 a barrel The increase of consumption Is so far keeping up the pace with the increased production.

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