Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT m? if LEW FvMjlMr e * mmiii ad •.«x • <■ tfe* ■flt-** t: M M''XS’X.fc.M !&».. MttAff >'rul Fira iiiis cscity. THURSDAY. JULY 12. THE TICKET. r a FtssTsrvr. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ro» m nzasert. ADLAI E. STEVENSON. V r •-»•« Jeeuor. FTETSAX B FLEXMOTG. Per Bt*marMK2 re. KSMTWIHMfII Fa» ’ vir- <”:r-.-aa €«rt. KCBA3D KIX3XT EXXIS. Fcr Pfshhcww J£ HX C MORiS Ftar A’wfrew. A A. BOTJ Fw Trw.-e j. a voGUwm. For »-er-». Cashel x. eexim F-. r • • Freyre. 6D0D68 X Mr K EAS Fw Coe '»<*•» Jac Izsmez. JAMrxL DOAZ. Pre Coo* wxe Sri Dstrct. JACOB ASSET. Foe Cueosr. CHARLZ® S. CLAIM. FtarCtMOtr Aewew.f. BUAS CRIST H 'iias for Bryan and Stereostm. Tee denjocratk national platform appear* io this issue. and deserve* the careful study of every cce of oar reader-. Is all probability the notification of both the candidate- for preside®! and vice president. will take place io Indianapolis. and if so, it will be the crowning event of the campaign. Mit a T mgart has been named by National Chairtnan Joo* « a member of the campaign committee, who will have direct charge of the campaign. as promulgated by t:.e natknai committee. Tse Chi--ag Chronicle, which ~is one of the moot potent factors against: the •km>:-ratk- ticket four years ego, will this year be oo- of its aggressive champk®«. The Chronicle has plenty of company. Hom. Hexbt U. Jomraox for manv years a republican representative in congress from the sixth Indiana district. has fie« the coop, and this year will whoop er up for Bryan and the} democratic ticket. G»xd f-jt Mr. Johnson. A dispatch from Anderson to the sentinel, give* out the information that the Madison county delegation to j the Hartford City congressional con-’ vention next Wednesday will vote as a unit for the nomination of the Hon. W. H. Eichhorn. The congressiooi’ convention at ‘ Hartford Qty next Wednesday should be well attended by the democracy of | Adams county. We are the banner j county in the district and should sc assert ourselves in numbers at the Hartford Qty convention. We believe in that expansion whic h ; under democratic rule brought half I the continent as a galaxy of common-I wealth into the Un*nn. We denounce that expansion which by contract overcomes the people of a hemisphere under the pretext of giving them liberty. which governs them by force, whkh denies to them the rights of citizens, which subject the American workmen to the competition of hordes ’ of Orientals from the so-called Amer-: ican provinces to take his place at the forge, in the field, and in the factory —Ad lai E. Stevenson. The convention for the nomination of a democratic candidate for congress in this district, will be held at Hartford City next Wednesday. There are two avowed candidates before the convention, Mayor Joseph T. Day, of Dunkirk. and H. S. Fargo. of Hartford Qty. It will be a red letter day for the democracy of the district, the speakers that will be present hotltg Hen. Charles A Town*. Governorelect Kern. Hous. B. F. Shiveley. Frank B. Burke, and perhaps others. Hartford Qty is making great pre parations for the entertainment f the visitors, and re hope the Adams county democracy will be well represented there. Some of our republican contemporaries are getting humorous about the “sacred rasho” of 16 to 1, but none of them mention any other ratio that they prefer. The ratio of ]f' to 1, is our present coinage ratio, fixed and refixwl by republican laws, and is the csnly ratio we nave had for half a century. Nobody has ever proposed any change in it except the British allies, who talked alx>ut a ratio of 2D to 1, but they backed out a» sotm as we offered to accept it. The quest ion catne up in cougreM several years ago, and votes were taken on several other ratios, but none of them '-ommanded any material support. Th<- simple . fact is that nobody wants any 'Aher ratio. Mr. McKinley has coioed over S47X<jO/I)O of silver at that ratio since Le has been in office.—Sentinel.

Tttosi who assoedec the Eatsas Qty cccvectx® last week oave all returaed. 'tearing with thus a pertien of tie ®lhoK*SEi that was so maa- • .--- to - to ‘..ce re. ami hsnUy expect to im--'.ng enough to witoess .t again. Tie new spapen estimate tee tumnw of ■nstor* there at faan H£ ! to LSG.-' • • The JGsscuri A Pbr.fc railroad aceotnmcdaled -W •> people ax»d as there is sa ether roatos enter.og the ? couveetlia eity it .* safe to preiset that the :..gt—< number meetkued sot exaggerated And It wo«iid -e--o-. too, that everyese there was cser&jwisg with deto-x-rato.; eethasiasel. and that far: if .t is uty drierSoo, i-ertaialy itdjcase the way the wind blows. Upjc three d.lerent at’costojns dortog the proceedings, appiaase broke ferth and lasted for thirty MBDittes time. Xoshlng Lie it was ever heard c 4 before. The Adams county there speak in terms, both of the easveotica a?>l Kar.sa* Citv. which is ice of the most pregreseive ct.es in the west. Mails JgsefmT Dai. of Dunkirk, asd the Irrisess rood of a candidate for the det&imt.c ncc-inat. _.e for '- egrew in this district, wae cuvuiatiAg amceg toe fa.thful T’jeeday alter ndrai. He is toax.ng quite an active canrass Car delegates, and what is he g.v-r e-rideoee .4 iaißf a better and more effective wb of cam t.atoto hustling after next Wednesday, tee da vj * the o' nocaina- •' ttou at Hartford City. Mr. day is a fine appear.ng. aggressive individual and prxnises to make « i> < for Cougr*wa<nan Cromer in -case the oomica- ■ tioc is g.vec ham. He mow presidea cv W the deetto.es of Dunkirk as its mayor, orerxming an adverse ma- } rriy of li*/. 1 He .s in every sense of tne term a self made man and in cc®greee would mow the needs of his cocstitueocy to the letter. While wa are in ztc way champtooing hie nomination. yet we freely admit that be ' wMitd make an excepU'Oual and in fact an ideai candidate and a cccgrewman who would redetl credit in the eighth cougresswtoal district. Tel n:o.:r.vtixs id William J. Bry ■ an of Nebraska, for president, and Adis. E. Sterenscn -_f fl.toto.s, for vice president, is being well recetvod by a , r«inite*f detDteiaer. The Kansas City cocventixt certainly is being . i comtof-iided by democrat from ] l- end c 4 the country to the other. , Where f .ar rears ago contention. s strife and bittemres followed the na- , tkmal conveutioa. this year unanimity , ; and enthusiasm prevails, both over ( tbe nominees and platform adopted, j Soceess seems certain. Where four s years ago leader® and statesmen of . national standing used their infiueoee ] ■ both directly and indirectly, against t ‘ the ejection of Bryan, this year were ; present in person "at the Kansas Qty ( ' cooTention pteoding his cause and ex- i s his virtues, nis ability and , ms honesty The truth can no k-nger , he denied "that Bryan is a statesman ' and a man full if capabilities and : < with an honest purpose. As president I he wil] do right as be sees it. and not | as Mark Hanna. Dick Croker or some xher unscrupulous politiciaa may. in I his divine wisdom, see destiny. The ’ n imination for vice president was also a happy solution. The nominee has . xxg been a conspicuous figure in nai tional life, and is c-xxser. ative, honest I and true both to himself and his party and the principlee they represent. A vigorous campaign will now follow and the triumphant ejection of Brvan and Stephenson is freelv predicted. Let every democrat buckle on the armor and from this time on be the I i champion of these gallant men and the pnncijJes they represent. IThe democratic national piatform as adopted at Kansas City is a strong | and clear declaration and’will appeal to all rotere who love liberty and 1 , their country and abhor the izement of grab and greed as pro- s ; rnulgated bv the administration of President ifcKinley. The first plank is allxted to imperialism, which is further strengthen<-d by being cbarac-1 terired as the paramount issue in the campaign. Demands are made that the promises already given Cuba be fulfilled, which means the feeedom of the Cuban. The policy in the Phil-! ippinre is ooudemned.’and a stable} form of government, independence and protection promised in place of the greedy commercialism, whkh dictates the Philippine policy of the republican administration, and their attempts to justify it on the areump tion that it will yay. Military government and a large standing army is opposed as is also th* extension of our government without the consent of the governed. The monetarv plank gives expression to the free coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of aixteen » to voe. There was some contention 1 ov-rfbe phraseoi >gy of this pan of the platform, but not however, over the fundamental principlee which in volve the issue. The sentiment of the convention was strongly favorable to • bi racialism, but owing to the utter I disgust manifested by ao many inde t pendent voters, it was thought by i rnanv that a simple re affirmation of I the Chicago platform would not aeem - so distasteful to this voting element, and in that uianuef might arid strength to the ticket. But the ideas of both .. contending forces hare practically , the same meaning wit matters but » little which side won. as the men who i reenfpize danger in the arirmnistra- , tion imperialistic policy, will permit nothing to stop him from voting for I William J. Bryan. The platform * throughout is explicit, and ton easilv ( ■ la- road ami as rnsil v understood, ft r is clear and favorable and mid to be > one of the strongest documenta ever promulgated by any party.

Straw Hats. Straw Hqts. To have a cool head secure one of our new Straw Hats. •• * ♦ We are showing all the new stvlish rough braids, at • 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $2.00, All the dressy, smooth braids, in yacht shaoes and flexible brims, at 50c 75c, SIOO and S2>oo. ■“ “ STRAW HATS We have about 25 styles to select from, prices ranging from 25c to $2.00. Complete line of Boy s and Children s Straw Hats. \\ e suggest an early cail before the lines are broken. P. Holthouse & Co. Straw Hats. Straw Hats.

fob covatEss, Tse Sts has the pleasure of pr*senting to the democratic voters cf i Jay county, and of this eoogress:-;cal district. the name of Hc<x. J oseph T. Day. of Dunkirk, as a candidal* for the oaciaatico :f caDgress for the district. Elsewhere io this : paper it wt'i be seeo that Mr Daj s candidacy has been endorsed by the dem jcratic county central ecmm.t>ee by a tmazniDoas vc<e. He also received a simPar endorsement at the hands of the democratic county committee of Rand .lph coantr. Mr. Day is coe of the brightest young men of our county and is peculiarly successful m whatever be undertakes. Having a record as clean an spctjess as can be attributed to ancone, an excellent mixer, he will be a hard man to d'«~n at the Xoveuiher ejc-tion. In shirt, he is a vote getter, as was shown in his race for the office at mavor of the JR jjg r ~ * \ /.f 8... stirring city of Dunkirk in 1898. The Dunkirk Daily Star of September 6. ]"•*-. pays the following L.gh compliment to Mr. Dav: Joseph T. Day. Dunkirk's new mavor. is a represent- . ative type of the self made man. He is a Virginian by birth, but at tbeeany age of ten m»ved with his parents to Itaud-JpL county. Indiana, where th* greater portion of his boyhood and manhood davs were spent. His father died soon after moving to this state, leaving a lartre family of children and a widowed wife to get along M lest they could in a strange land. The -übject of this sketch lieing the oldest of the children, much of the responsibility of providing for the fam- ■ ifv rested upon him. He found employment among the farmers in the locality in which be lived, and by the strictest economy arid hardest work the mother was enabled to keep her children together from the proceeds •arned by her oldest son. Mr. Day is by natural instinct an omni reus reader and a close student, and in spite of almost unaurmountable difficulties, principally extreme poverty, all through his early life, he passed through the various grades of the district public schools and spent several rears in college, which fitted him for the work of teacher. editor and lawyer, which callings h* lias since had' occasion to pursue, with marked success. While ne is a man of quiet tastes and retiring manners yet he has convictions on almost any subject that may be brought to his attention, that have been reached by a careful, anyalatical process of reasoning. He is thoroughly cocseentious and re liable, having made it a rule through his life to guard well his promises, and never disappoint a friend nor , violate a contract. His career in this community is too well known to need any commendation. The campaign anil late citv elections are still fresh in the minds of the people of Dun

i kirk and Mr. Dxy s (.•« carvas? and fink, trismph a: the pelts I apeak vuiuM* far th s enari.--*er :f tie toito who is to pressde j rver the cry admizLssatioa far the . cxning four rears. - Portland S-ro>. _________ The .= this state wi’J probablT be with a speech bv • I David Hill of Xew York. Ar- ■ rangeto-to- have a.ready beea made to that effect. Petpk in this par? erf the state will probably be giveu an ’ opportunity to bear him at Fort' j Wayne. — Mt nosoinxitke coaxes as a great' surprise I nr-er expected the o>xn>nation, fir at do time was I a candidate. Os course. I shall accept the , coll of my part v and shall work for I partv success. I heartily endorse ttte " platform. It is a good document. It • will reunite the democracy. It means . the overthrow of the conspirators j against oar naxknal integrity. It ' means an end to the machinatk® of those who wxtld destroy the republic. i I believe detnocrats tn eoogress will support the tx-ket. I shall do a great deal of campaigning more than I had expected- arid I intend to work hard.—Adlai E. Stevenson. John W. Ke»x candidate for governor. has the following to say of the democratic piatform: “I nave attended every national convention erf mv party, save one. since 1-72. and can truthfully say that in point of attendance. earnestness and enthusiasm the Kansas Citv convention surpassed them all. The demonstration which followed the reading of that plank pertaining to imperialism, concluding with the declaration that this is the paramount issue erf the campaign was the greatest outburst erf enthusiasm I ever witnessed anywhere. The ! pl’.tfortn is a magtficent piece of work. If it is tircad en< ugt for senator Hill. < (rov. Pattison, irenator Jones. Senator Daniel and Mr. Bryan to stand on. it surelv wight to be good enough for Indiana democrats and everybody else who dee® not endorse AfcKin" ley ism. The nominations gave universal satisfaction, so far as I heani any expreesiotu. Os course. Mr. Bryan s nomination was a foregone looclusion. and Steve ns on - 8 high character, adaptable record as vice president and his enthusiastic support of the party always, made him a i most formidable candidate What do > I think of Indiana? If I had had an v : doubt about the result in Indiana I should not be in this race for governor, t It is our tun; to cam Indiana, and of i course we will carry it. About 16 to 1. Our republican brethren seem to be greatly disturbed about 16 to 1 and . they should be disturbed. Sixteen to I one is the ratio fixed by statute forthe I coinage of gold and silver. The re- ! publkans have both bouses of congress and the president. Why don’t i they repeal the statute! Tbev have I it in teair power to get rid of" 16 to 1, > and while they are denouncing it as I idiotic they allow the statute to re i main, and McKinley is going on coin- ' ing millions of dollant every month—l every dollar at the ratio of 16 to 1. . There "teems to be no difference ba- , tween the parties on the question of > ratio. They differ as to free coinage, uto trusts and imperinlha, but on 1 staud ‘otMher. If the , McKinley party wanted to ma .e 16 to r 1 an issue they ought to have r ‘pwijsd » toe 16 to 1 statute and »bou d quit I coining money at the ratio of <6 to 1. i I ntil they do so their noise about ’6 i to 1 rill be about the mart ridiculous thing in politics.”

C>tr,rn-««l CwteatM The democTdik convention of the Eighth cuagresß iaal district of Inliana, will be held at Hartford City. Indiana, on Wwinesdav. the l H th day of July, 1900. The Hon. Charles A. Tiwne ha# been invited and consent ed to be pr&sent and address the con ventioo on that dav. Tr> candidates f r rtate and county thn iighc*it the district have been invited and are expected to be present. The democrats of Biackfora county are using every endeavor to make this the banner convention of the state, arrangebeen made with all the railroads throughout the district for special rates of transportation, and every detail, having in view the comfort of all visitors have beet, attended to. We. the c<xnmittee. extend to you s cordial invitation to be present. J. A. Hexoebsox. A M. Waltz. D. J. HrMMEs. Committee. ~<rr r »wS The democrats of the Eighth congressional district of Indiana will meet in delegate cooventaxi in Hartford Qty. Indiana, on Wednesday, July I*. 1900. at 11 a. m for the pur pose of nominating a candidate for congress of said district. The basis of representation to this convention will be one delegate and one alternate for each 310 votes, and one for each fraction of 150 or more votes cast for the Hoc. John B. Stoll for presidential electer at the election of 18S6. Each county will be entitled to delegates and alternates as follows; Adams 17 Blackford 11 Delaware 21 Jay IS Madison 38 Randolph 13 Wells 19 T0ta1..... 137 Nncesxarv to a choice «9 B. H. Campbell, Chairman Eighth District. The PUrtk>Hß. Mr. Bryan has shown an honesty which is refreshing, as compared with the action of others. Whatever may be thought of his views on the money question, he believes them and believes in advocating them. He has the courage of h.'s convictions, which is always an admirable thing.—lndiuapoiis Press, (rep.) There will lie no denying, and ought to be no disposition" to deny the strength of the democratic statement on imperialism ami trusts. Careful reading of both planks reveal a use of language not to cuncial thoughts. The democrats are not only opposed to imperialism, but they declare pre cisely what they would do with the Philippines. They are not only opposed to trusts, but they state explicitly what they would do with the tariff with reference to the trusts Indiinapolis Nows, (rep.) It is in order to congratulate the democrats upon the official utterance as a piece of literature. It is what the republican platform is not —a re markably well written paper. It was vjnst ructed by men who knew how to express what they had to say effect tvely and they Lave prndneeil a piwxof campaign literature which will t» quoted from liberally by the democratic spell binder.—lndianapolis Journal, (rep.) Tat campaign will booh be here “M everyone should be a reader of tne Demixbat.

Bocnd Nat To Be Outdoax. When President Krugv-r was last h Engkind be received a• - : from the Dnke of Abercvra. H - grace :afurnied Oom Paul that . : —seif U 4 been for years a Timber f the British lower bouse, and that s father bad been lord lieutenant f Ireland. The president evidently that his guest's [reset .t rank was a great rise in life, for h* -xria.iej, hastily. •'Oh. that is n< • my ft tl..<r was onlv a shept--. I, 9 ft. 4 in. mn. There was considerable excitenat among the waiting crow ’s at the various bridges in Chicago the other t girt as the steamer Osceola passed Inta the river, ail cawed by the rai-nstrots size and height of the n.an in mand. Some time later the big fell.v was ashore and visited the tug oSca. He is Captain Fwler and h - ptwtias on the Osceola is that f first nite Captain Fowler is * ft. 4 in. in be.?ki and weighs 340 pounds. In TT.lv M««ey-Getlnt age. rw» “Things go in funny streaks 18 this world. It seems to be mt rely a question of proportions ail round “How’s that?" “Why. bere’s a poet gets S3W f» a poem that he wrote in three bests and the people make more fuss a’oet It a:.d seem to regard it as a vastly more wonderful thing than the schiewwent of a pugilist who won a ptnw of $37 000 in eight minutes and ts<*7 Second*." Memorial Day tn Manila. Memorial I»ay was observed bereu a general holiday. Military nra* les were held at th* vari us stiti® and salutes were fired from the fw at Santiago and Mac. i. A military escort proceeded to the Malate c* etery. where the graves 'M" States soldiers wen t-d. at-» address was made by '>• " Memorial exercises w.-. the theater, at which a L imber «* dresses were delivered I A Doable Kick. I The late R. I>. Black: n coukl ** I er endure to have ads•. l.- ttsptW-M ed ou his books, and w!,. • i bi-apeFß tion of “Lorna Boone " ;«arvJ a flamboyant asserti-n a tb* cover that “Blank's e s-a .« tbet*Wjß be sent a pepjiery letter • • the ;>uU»B er and ended with t'.e ; :uat aJt "M max. ’And. besides. I Lav, .aitodwJH chocolate for some time aal I W* ■ Blank's cxx*ua is the worst." ■ ~ — •"in." i waut to ats y ,,u l '“'' caller said to th- fam J’/' “In all our married life !»ad a bit of trou! I- In ■ ■ mind, but h*’s cross - He sits around and tll!k ’ a h . irU»B body sneaks tn him b- s*? K to be let alone " • “Is his appetite good •' « doctor . H “Just as soo-1 as it eier, “Then there's matter. It's simi'l.". • “That's what I ted Ill,u 6 ■ it’* Ms liver." E Mll...nrV. J Fotne time ago L-n! >a!>*' M a tremendous attack c;»'n -■ of the treasure, and all the mess {! >a< ' " A , war through lack to Ing treasury ofll- a. ■ . n ,i pQj gone to iflfti to f' 1 """; r '‘’ , ndfl out that the ’ r ''- 1! ' l ‘ r ; |,, ri |ship blame. Whereup'U ■ yv-ib.'’ ••Ohl I meant it 3-! f' r E- - to that w ■ (!e “But Welby has e | ; ft." was the n-ply , "What. Is he uot at tne g treasury T’ . en - "No: be retired y. nn»^ . Lord Salisbury h.»'l { r * fID tr I er knew of the rlia,li: '. T 'i for this tale, it >* to show what enti: - '^ a I seed and gifted stab-* E