Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT _ BTVBT YVCVSKAY BY G. ELLIN GMAM PcfcAsWr. *t ’■« PIR TEAS IS ADVANCE. lawn-'! m ’We s- *- * -* Itd.iaaa BBieCOßxu-'.'.Asw SLA. XMkr OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CCb'ATY. THURSDAY JULY .•' THE TICKET. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. F •» HCZ FXt';3Eyr. ADLAI E. STEVENSON F" ♦ CosAßwes. JuCTFH T PAY F r -;»te Seaarar. sTEPHEN B FLENMiSG. For ri- i»---e tu: tt, HENEY DIRKSON For '.. '<• * • recit CVaarr K/CHAED KINNEY ERWIX. For Prr-«*eßtcr JOHN ■:. MORAN ~ .t A utter. A. A. BOTH For Treamrer J. H. VOGLEWEDE. Fcr Shari*. DANIEL N. ERWIN Fcr Srraayor. GBOBGE E. M KF AX For CoatE ** set it : {Mamet. SANTEL DOAK For CcmsWener Ird Dstnet. JACOB ASSET For Coroaar. CHARLES S. CLARK. ForCecßty Aa*MK>r. ■LIAS CRIST. The national election will occur November 6. Indiana gives evidence ,f producing’ an old time democratic- majority. The eleventh district congressional convention will be held in Huntingtec. August 15. The campaign in Adams countv will be the livliest that ever happened - from a decrx-ratic point of view. The national committee have opened headquarters in Chicago and quite soon the campaign will be. on in earnest. Pert democrats are beginning to talk un their barbecue, at which thev hope to have David B. Hill as an at traction. The New York Tammany have a campaign fund amounting to fiaOO. 000. Whether this is mostly wind or cash, is not stated. The assignment of spell binders" in Indiana will not begin before September I. and from that time on oratory will be profuse. At a meeting of the national gold democratic party held yesterday, it was finally decided to place no ticket in the field this year. — The Illinois democrats will fight their campaign almost solely upon the issue of trusts and in so doing are making the most of a very favor ■sd>-s sittiali' n.

I —July Specials—| 5 H _ . ■> l A good suit of Balbriggan U underwear, Shirts and Drawers, Special Ik Sale only ----5 0 c *1 ■ " Men's Linen Suits, good quality, Coat, Pants and \ est, going in our • Hi *• • • Special sale at only ------ $2.50 H H H Men s White Duck Pants, Best Quality, the proper thing for warm OhAfl H weather, only ------- SI.OO 6 \ Fancy Percale and Madras Shirts, Cuffs or Collars to match, at H > OPbulll Only -------- 50 t<Bl Stiaw Hats in Yachts and Soft Brims at -25 c, 50c, 75:» $1 and $1.50 « Al If Wool Sweaters, in all the new college colors, these are good *4 ill ones at only - soc, ,$i 50, $2, and $2.50 ® I Llln — I C Special Reduction in our Tailoring Department. r\ » Fancy Striped Trousers, former Price $6.00 to $8.50, cut price... Jr pnn 53.50, $4.00, $5.00 and 56.00. 1 HI Fancy Suiting, Fine All Wool Worsted and Cheviots former price <22.00 $30.00, W lIvUU. Cut Price $15.00 to $22. S H ' 1 We have many other specials, but haven’t the roon to mention them all A & look will convince you that we are selling good merchandise far below any other house. Respectfully, I P. Holthouse & Co. I

j W * ... 5 s ■ S i pro-Ofc.-Ze that Henry Watterson will also be beard. In order to curtail pt-'dee-tx®. tbe trust has el -el many f the ” c mill. This trust is also a sanctified , •c-ntrrc.iv.r to the Hanna campaign ■ ut of employment Among the gold bug papers who I supported Palmer and B*xkner in ! 1*96. and this year are in line for i Bryan, can be mentioned the Chicago Chronicle. Tied Bee. Louisville Times. Fort Wayne State Zeitung and Louisville Courier Journal. Represent sTirz "Gesbul" D?:k. wh managed Lie M Ki:, lev <’aL.psi.g-_ under Hanna- in ISS»-. has been replaced this year by Perry Heath, late first assistant postmaster-general. Dick will Lave charge of the Ohio campaign under Hanna . and Heath will do Hanna's shady work in the national campaign. It is said that Charles A. Towne is for Mr. Brvan. when same is necessary. and for this rea.-<n he will prove one of the most conspicuous figures in this campaign. Mr. Towne is cue among the most brilliant and brainv men of the day and Mr. Bryan could not find better company. Ba fax has remained the uninjured target of the most unscrupulous erit ieistn and the undaunted leader of an unended contest: whose belief in the people and faith in God. whose ability, eloquence, sincerity and courage have enshrined him in the hearts and intrenched him in the confidence of millions of his fellow countrymen — Charles A. Towne. The supporters f Mayer Day in the Hartford City convention are ex pecting the livliest campaign ever inaugurated in the eighth ccngressonal district, and in this tney will not be disappointed But while much is expected of Mayor Day. let us admonish every democrat that he likewise has a duty to perform and that duty is not merely the act of voting on election day. What has become of that severe an >t relentless prosecution of the carpet bag appointees of the republican administration who stole mere than •?K» ‘ OUO in cash .ad nearly SKDjOOO worth of stamps from the Cuban postal funds, which the president promised to push so vigorwtsly when the huge embezzlement was first uncovered ’ The hullabaloo made by the president, by his organs, by his mouthpieces at both ends of the national '-apitol appear to have merely been a case of "thundering in the in dex."—Kansas City Times. Ex-President Harrison gave it as his opinion that Bryan would receive a heavier vote in the east this year than he did in I*<l6. He thought that the chances of the democratic leader in Indiana were much better than they ever had been, and he said that it would not surprise him should the state go democratic this fall. The ex president did not think that the republican party had pursued the right course with regard to the trust question. and thought the administration was playing fast and loose with the people on that matter.

Pereara tbe greatest e. areal! :ti vet held was the ceil Crawfcr.is* . - Tuesday, when Captain D. F AJetf Frank? rt. was nominated by *eehmatKD. The l cl>*- .- _ » in the Phfiippsr.es. but had previously annonaceci bis acceptance. Among the speakers was George Fred Wil - iams of Massachusetts. The democrats hare high bcres ,f carrying the ninth district w Crairxan Mastin if tte state cceiouttee. wifi this year detDocistrate h..s ability as an organiser ami campaign mar.4ger. He never h&i been able to sh:.w L> freais the kind < mettle he is made cf. being worse than hartdicapped in the two fermer camptfigns in whkh he acted as chairman ■:i tae state committee But it is different new. and we predict a gcori shiwjng fr m .ar worthy state eha.rman. Five times as many trusts in amount of capitaiizati<Tn hare been formed since McKinley was elected as had been firmed in all ’he rears bed:rv. S, rapidly in deed are the mists sweeping over the country and at~ -» dC g every known interest, field of ia.instry and avenue ?f employment, that the New Yorfc Herald vestures upc® the prediction that at the rare at which this xnceutrar. n is pr:gresA-.ng. if unchecked, individual enterprise r ownership will in a few rears be a thing f the past.

•s We keenly feel the humiliation and disgrace that has been put upon this congressional district •- 3 by the dishonest acts of C. W. F. Neeley in Cuba. -• We hold Congressman Cromer responsible for recommending and procuring the appointment of such ►- 3 a knave whose true character we believe was well Z -• known to said Cromer at the time he so recom h mended him. yet we recognize such acts of dishon »- 2 esty and corruption as the natural outgrowth of T- -• the carpet-bag government now being maintained in Cuba. - Resolution adopted at the Democratic ►- Congressional Convention at Hartford City. £

Gt. J -SEP- E.-s-e« K. editcr o f tb? Palmer and Buckner in !*<•>. both on tbe stump a&i in his anDounces that this veer be will gi~ his support t-: Bryan and St-v-Ls: r. Col. Eiboeck is a strong sound money man—none stroncer in lowa - and e : man has been more <urage. us in tbe cause. But he is convinced that free silverism is nc longer an issu- S believ.ng and be.ng uncompn ■ - ngly opposed to tbe administrate n s imperialistic policy, be has gone back to his old party and will give it most beartv support. —Des Moines lowa Leader. While tbe getting together of tbe sings of tbe democratic party is a matter for rejuicing an> ng the democrats and is helping to encourage them at tbe opening of the campaign, it is proving to be gall ard wormwood to the class of republicans who were basing their hopes t victcrv upon the continuance of deoxx ratio dissensions. The Tribune's pitiful wail over former Lieutenant Governor Nye's presiding over a democratic ratification meeting is probably a fair sample of the com ment that mav be expected from republican papers whenever a democrat who supported Palmer and Buckner in 1*96 gives the least iutimatioa that he will support Bryan and Stevenson in 1900.- South Betxl Times

The rcL-i .■atk® :: Bryan assd fiwvrtiSCC will IV A3 CVVE.I IE iEC-A-A p.fit:.* shit vfil AHrac-t munr ‘ p.v th-v Slate cap-.ta.l The rid rtads tire ilrwtdv iadxraied i’laS tix'y will -.sue half fare v. kets. and tta* will prove a nreaas of iiKMMSing ■nradauce. It is probable that this in n«litv will ip-’- the eampaigj in :L> -talk v_ l fr.-m t-airiare _cß’» wi li hew L _ The t» - ■ rat democrats will > - . - - \’> -I- : speak at Rome City August Ift, demo- - - at R..<i.- City at this tine-?, .t - ■»••- • predict feat 11-- pcpiiiati.u if rartiera Indiana wtl* universally be - snieutrai": ttc-e A- th* 1 nomi n---s w.fi br at imiiaaaj’.vi* . e August ' t -th -tht taat there me pr:._tv hamg them at Rime City. NcrsES x egress a-cr the president made an he:.-st e* rt t. t ?-wn the tr-ists Th— anti rnist amendment farce in the be use deceived do ne It was a pi-xe of pc.;tical bunctMnbe that amuse.: the trust managers quite as mu- h as it d-.sg. sled the people. What can ’be peipieexpect in the wav of protertk'C against er.minal trusts as *1 ,ig .s Wfi .im McKinley. ?ne :! their own creation, and a republican eongrees. tool of their own manufacture. are in cwtrfi.

J a k Hernley expects to gv into the “rough rider" business on an extensive scale, this being about tbeic'.v kind of argument left. The ChicagoTimes Herald ridicule’- it. and say’ it is a losing game. Tbe Herald for once - right. S ke :f th- m:re thinking organs :f tbe plutocracy pay a doubtful compliment t : their partv when thev attempt t< ’hew that the adoption of the Kansas C ity piatformfwas followed immediately or a rise in “industrials" •on Wall street. "Industrials ' is tbe street name for trust stocks The arg .ment is that, in the opinion vs the Wall street gamblers, tbe adoption o( the democratic platform insured the elect-’fl <>f M’K’- ev which would be so favorable totbe trusts as to enhance tbe value of their securities. The Wall street gamblers are quite right as to tbe sympathy between trust securities an: republican success, but tbe arguments of their newspaper organs serve tbe useful purpose of revealing tbe hoi lowness of the so-called trust piank in tbe Philadelphia platform. On this subject the republicans in national convention declared on June "A 1 ; “We condemn a’l conspiracies and combinations intended to Restrict Busm-ss, to Create Monopolies. to Limit Production or to Control price* Tte trusts understand tbe real value of such republican condemnation. So do tbe people.

AS TO TRCSTS. Pai- I Republican Plat- • k at f”O-< Adopted at MhaaCttj! July N I IJiiadeipbia JuneM. p-iraoe m.-*w’>F> ; -es ■ are ;:Ml<eferrfsb.e and 1 erabie They <le- ■ n xpetinon. control tb« pnee ot siAteriai at»a ! “ e tE-.’nei p r o J u cI. the- robbing both producer and con<i<’ T hey le»s-n rhe emr-opaent of ai»-r and arbitrarily Si the terms and eon•rioes thereof, and pt re individual I eeersy ot tb e I r ’ chance ot betterment j Tsev are the RKxt | eT ent terms yet , ,d«vi«ed for appropn- i at::.x the fruiu of industry to the bene- : St of the few at the eiy-r-e r.t the many, i and unlew their in- j sai.ate greed is checked, ail wealth w.:i be arrresnted in I a few hande and the republic destroyed. The diebonest paltering with the evil trust by tbe republican party tn state and national platforms is cooclusive truth of the charge that trusts an- tae legitimate product of republican policies: that they are fostered by republican laws, and that she; are pro- ■ tected by ibe republican administration tn return for campaign subecrlptions ao.l pci itica! support. We pledge the demscar tic party to an increas.nz warfare in nation, state and ..ty against private j We recognize the srt’nst trusta’muM necessity and fropriL- -a *..1 :n * lOTetgD i FIOC. e ra““ ‘‘<l rn y rf-fOFs- OOB®pirßCi€® & u u <g bumneas out•y' o* Xt Uf ‘they %.Triite mX nave no wa'erin their opoltea.ro limit pro- < the 1 ; <1 uetjon. or to crmtrU - . _ nf hnti MrMID MDG kVoTrae produr- »-b abuses, pro uon ot any articles JTfi P ,TT ’ of merenandwe. and Tr ttse wLoie constiturLt'iUk'te aSd^b"' ♦ ESSre “e m." r^ duftry and all mole- of in ■ aßd commerce. terstate communication -ball be everi cised by the enactment of comnrvhen- I sire a»s upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should ’ be amended bv puti ting tbe prod net* ol , trusts upon the free list to prevent mon- : opoly under the plea :fprotection. The faaure of the preset-t republican sdm ristratiou. with ' an absolute control ever a . tbe branches .X the uatloaa* gov- ■ ewment. ro enact any iegisiatica designed to prevent or even curtail tbe absorbing power of tm”« an*d illegal combinations, or to i enforcetbeanti-trust law® a.ready on the statute bocks, proves the Insincerne of tbe h i g b sounding pbarses ot the republican piatforn.. Corpora tons should I be protected in all . the r rights and their Ultimate interests -bou.-d te respected j tut any attempt or eorponatione to mtertere with tbe public affairs of tbe people I or to control rise vovI eigr.ty which creates i then, should be forbidden under soch renames as inll make such attempts uaouasiblh We condemn the fMnrley law as a trust-breeding measure. skillfully devised to give the few favors which they do not deserve and to I place upon many burdens which they ' should not tear SIXTEEN TO TNB. If 16 to 1 is not the correct ratio for adding silver dollars to our stock of metallic irredeemable money, whv does not some "sound money’' writer explain: 1. Why President McKinley and Secretary Gage, during Mav.’ 1900. coined 3,162.496 silver dollars at 16 to 1! 2 Why President McKinley and Secretary Gage have ordered the mints to coin 3,120.076, silver dollars at 16 to 1? 3. Why President McKinley and Secretary Gage, from January 1.1900,1 to June. 1900. coined 14,416,111 silver' dollars at 16 to 1 ? 4. Why President McKinley and Secretary Gage, since March 4, 1H97, have coined 44.299,661 silver dollars at 16 to 1! 5. Why President McKinley and Secretary Gage hare ordered the mints to run night and day coining each day over 100,000 silver dollars at 16 to 1! If the republican partv is not in favor of coinage at this ratio of 16 to j 1; if the “sound money’' men of the country are not in favor of the coinage I of silver dollars at this ratio of 16 to 1, why is it done by their representatives. Mr McKinley and Mr. Gage? Why has no objection been made by them, why is this wholesale coinage ■ of silver dollars at 16 to 1 lauded by | them as “sound" finance, and why are these 50-cent silver dollars called sound money!" What honest objection can a republican or “sound money” man have to the ratio of 16 to 1 ? It is his own ratio. It is the one he believes in and uses. Not one re publican or ‘ souutl money" man lives who has ever prvpured any change in this ratio of 16 to 1. which has stood tbe test for years, and which cannot be changed without destroying the financial systems of all countries. Nor does one live who has objected to coinage at this ratio, providing he could do the coining and reap the "prosperity" that followed. Has Mr. McKinley coined 44.299.662 silver dollars at 16 to 1 for any other purpew.- than to increase our "prosperity!” Has Mr McKinley worked off on the

people, or “put in cire u ) a ti On » • past three years, ai.034.914 a these silver bricks, than hw? 1016 , us l«J7in fie-republican and - . ] Unn g? objection to the democratic o< their own ratio at 1H to 1 ; Uo P l| Ga jiariisan. If the democrats ed anv ther ratio than that , by common sense, th- n-.-i.i- ---• 'ild hav« Id tl ■ j s! -' fought a winning fight for thrir7 *’ correct ratio of 16 t > 1, an I i- r r '" n attention f rom the point at is a question of coinage, n, tan.’. of ratio. Tbe republican - mid money men have c 4-r> 61N.052 siiver dollars at 16 to 1 are irredeemable legal tenders f« r ~ debts (except the bondh. Mersi money of final redemption h t | lieen fiat coinage of fiat money ' only 60 percent of its face, to raii ’ a yell over the ratio in order to di™ attention from the manner of coina " may be very good politics, but t not honest, or even decent n I perfectly safe to class the man wU ; objects to 16 to 1 as a knave ~r a f J He must be one or the other The wise man will let him alone. ’ The Union township democratswill hold a convention at an earlv data » which time their township ticket will be completed. Committeeman Spwl er will make the event a opening that will be worthy thecauw they so earnestly espouse. A very pretty store is told about the visit of J. M. Kerns, of South Bend. Indiana, to Bryan. Mr. Rems is said to be a traveling man f ura large eastern concern which etnplovs 350 additional traveling men. Th e 351 salesmen held a banquet recently and a vote was taken on presidential preferences, resulting 347 for Brnn and 4 for McKinley Tb« banqueters instructed Mr. Kerns to cal! personal upon Bryan, extended greetings and promise him their support this fall. He stated that four years ago 300 of the 350 men he represented voted for McKinley and prosperity. In an interview Kerns said: "There is nothing for traveling men to do except vote for Bryan. Th- same spirit of centralization and greed that has brought about the trusts is behind the administration in its imperialistic policy. Traveling men need w 4 be told that the trusts are not a menace. They know better. Trusts have been sqeezing the commercial travelers, and they will squeeze the small merchant and manufacturer still harder. People are beginning t >ee that the republican i>art; is in l-.»gue with the trusts. I look for a landslide that will elect Bryan by the greatest popular majority of anv presiaent chosen.” SOWN BY GUNPOWDER. A-Carioaa War of Covering a Rocky Cra« With Plant Life. In tke grounds of tbe Duke of Atlwl and near Blair castle. England, stands a high, rocky crag named Craigiebarns. It looked grim and bare in tbe midst of beauty, and its owner thought bow much prettier it would look If only trees, shrubs, etc., could be planted in its nooks and crannies. It was considered tmjxMslble for any one to scale its steep and dangerous acclivities, and no other way was thought of to get seed sown. One day Alexander Nasmyth, father of tbe celebrated engineer, paid a visit to tbe duke s grounds. Tbe crag was pointed out to him. and be was told of tbe desire of tbe duke regarding ftAfter some thought be conceived bow It could be accomplished. In passing tbe castle be noticed two old cannon. He got a few small tin ca .isters ™sde to fit the bore of tbe cannon and filled them with a variety ot tree, shrub and grass seeds. Tbe cannon was loaded in tbe usual way and fired at tbe rock from all sides. Tbe little canisters on striking the rock burst, scattering tbe seeds tn all directions. Many seeds were lost but many more fell into tbe ledges or cracks where there was a little moss or earth. These soon showed signs es life, and In a few years graceful trees and pretty climbing plants all sown b! gunpowder were growing and flourishing In nearly every recess of the ft* merly bare, gray crag, clothing it with verdant beauty. Tke Name Stem. The Indian name Sioux. •• ***" pears In such town names us SlonX Falls. Sioux City and Sioux Rapids, is usually pronounced "Soo, but sometime*, In tbe east chiefly, that simpw pronunciation Is not known. A co®" mttteeman not long ago visited a scb'>o in New England, where he beard pupils aay “81-ox" with complete re suranre. At a favorable opportWW be quietly spoke to the teacher of u* error, saying. "You know. It -s y OO, ■whereupon she asked tbe attention the school and soteronly “You have all been pronouncing word wrong. It is not ’Si-ox.’ b«* - “ ox.’ ” Tbe comraitteenisn lac **\. courage to pursue tbe subject fu —Exchange. Friend-Ob. by tbe way. 1*" ***!! curious to know whether you we e cessful with that strange patient ; were treating last winter. Doctor—l was. partiallypaid almost half of bls Gill-— pbfa Catholic Standard and FunesCalves are never killed !n because of a popular noth’" h prived of them the cows wouiu to gtve milk. If Justice ruled. ’ rh *‘* Job* there would be -Milwaukee nab ——