Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW a. ELLIN'JHAM. Publisher. SUM) PER YEAR IX Al ' AXCE. Eiitereu .a the po*i office at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16. THE TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADLAI E. STEVENSON. For Congress. Joseph t. day. For State Senator, STEPHEN B. FLEMMING. For Rep-estntative. HENRY DIRKSON For Judge Adams Circuit Court. RICHARD KINNEY ERWIN. For Prosecutor. • JOHN C. MORAN. For Auditor. A. A. BOOH. For Treasure r. J. H. VOGLEWEDE. For Sheriff, DANIEL N. ERWIN For Srrveyor,

GEORGE E. MCKEAN. For CommlMlouer 2nd District. SAMUEL DOAK. For Commissioner 3rd District, JACOB ABNET. For Coroner. CHARLES 3. CLARK. For County Assessor, ELIAS CRIST. Hon. B. F. Shiveley will open the campaign lor the Indianapolis democracy on August 31. Committeeman Taggart and Chairman Martin were in Chicago this week, in consultation with the national committee. “If you want to extinguish the trusts you have got to take the extinguisher out of the hands of the trusts. Wil liam J. Bryan. THEdemocrats will open their speaking campaign September 1. Meetings will be held in every congressional district except the seventh. S!! « It is the opinion of the republican senator from Maryland, Senator Wellington, that McKinley is wholly unfit for the office of president. De.ias Deming, president of the First National Bank of Terre Haute, is another republican who refuses to support an empire, and will vote for Br y a a. Auditor Mangold this week publishes the estimated expenditures for Adams county for 1901. The county council meets in annual session next month. Do not worry about me. I will not be sent back to Cuba. I have Mr. Rathbone in mv power, he has M. A. Hanna in his power, and Mr. Hanna has Mr. McKinley in his power, so you seel will not’be hurt much.—C. W. F. Neeley.

Price Tells the Tale... fe "*" b ■ H The prices presented today are better than arguments, and appeal with stronger force than columns of talk with nothing to back them. It is the fixed purpose of this fln store to start each season with an entire stock of new goods. In order to close out all H broken lots we will offer great inducements to buyers for the next two weeks. I I A FEW SPECIAL PRICES 1 Broken lots of coats and vests in all wool Chevoits, Worsteds and Cassimere, former S price 5—53.50,4.50,5.50,6.50,7.50,7.50 and 11.00, § Reduced prices—s2.2s, 3.00,3.50, 4 00, 4.50 and 5.00. fiß Broken lots of pants in staple and fancy patterns, former S fe prices—s2.oo, 2.50, 325, 4.00, 4.50 and 5.00. |a Reduced prices—sl.2s, 1.75, 2.25, 2.75, 300 and 3.50. Great reductions in STRAW HATS, and other lines according. All summer goods must go in this sale. Be sure and come early and get first choice. I P. Holthouse & Co. |

Editor Morss of the Indianapolis Sentinel, is on his way home from Paris, and the remainder of the campaign will give his personal attention to the Sentinel. Mabe Hanna says there is no such thing as a trust, but then Mark is a ; sly dog, aud his statements may always be taken with a good round concoction of allowance. The national meeting of democratic clubs has postponed its meeting until October 3. Indianapolis is the place of meeting this year. Delegates to the number of 40,000 will be in attendance. Jesse Overstreet, republican chairman of the congressional campaign committee, admits the weakness of his cause, by the claim of but four majority in the next lower house of congress. ■ It republicans say it pays to sacrifice our soldiers to gain trade, you tell them you are not willing to trade one American boy for all the trade of the (bient.W. J. Bryan's speech at Indianapolis. Hon. Henry U. Johnson of Richmond. for many years a representative in congress, and a republican, makes the plain statement that his vote and will be for Bryan and the democratic ticket. The Baltimore Sun. another bolter ! of Bryan in 1896, is now an earnest

and enthusiastic supporter of the Kansas Citv platform and candidates. The state of Maryland may now be relied upon to cast its electorial vote for Bryan. Our sympathies are this week extended to Major John R. Simpson and his estimable wife of Paoli, who mourn the death of a son. a bright, handsome and promising young man, twentytwo years Old. The family was one of the happiest within the broad state of Indiana, and thus their sorrow is multiplied. One of the most conspicuous figures at the Indianapolis notification meeting, was Webster Davis, who recently resigned a position under the McKinley administration as assistant secretary of the interior, and renounced the . republican party, because of its policv : of imjierialism. Mr. Davis is one of. the best orators in the country, and I this campaign will tour the west for | Bryan. Bryan is absolutely right on the one great issue involved in the cam- ] paign. and with the money question ! at rest tor four years, he is a bigger, a 1 lietter and a safer man than McKinley. Even if the money question was not settled, Bryan is a man of too much sense to undertake to tamper with the currency. Bryan is certain to be our next president, and I shall beSglad to see him elected.—Senator Wellington, republican. The poor old Standaid Oil Trust have declared another dividend payable September 15. This is the thin! fruitful production this year, in March they divided the spoils with a twenty per cent dividend, June ten per cent.: and September eight per cent This means a division already this year of 538.000.000. It is anticipated that still another dividend will lie declared this year, which means that §48,000,- | 000 in profits will lie apportioned the I few stockholders of this gigantic trust, during 1900.

Addtional deserters of the McKinley empenal household and who will vote for Bryan are Mayor McKis-on of Cleveland, Mayor Jones of Toledo, Col. William E. McLean of Terre Haute, Dr. H. Z. Leonard consul to Clifton Falls. Canada, under Harrii son, James Alexander of Lockport. Illinois and so it goes. The list is too long to go into detail, and we could not name them all, if we would work hard all day. The republicans are carefully avoiding all joint discussions in this campaign. Congressman Overstreet and Congressman Watson have both been given opportunities to meet their democratic opponents before the people, but will not do it. Both of these men have much to explain to their constituents and it would really be very embarrassing to have either Frank B. Burke or Judge McKee around when the explaining is done. Union township democrats will hold their first political demonstration on Thursday evening. August 30. | Committeeman Spooler has arranged for a township convention, beginning at six o'clock, at which time an assessor. township advisorv board of three, and supervisors for the first and thin! districts will lie selected. Following the nominations speeches will b - made by Hon. R. K. Erwin and others. Union township democrats are proI gressive and will come up smiling ! with an increased majority for the , democratic tickets.

The majority of people in this city , seemingly have faith in an electric railway, and in this they are perhaps . displaying good judgment. At least 1 it is fair to assume that ere long the country will be plastered with electric lines, and our people will have the opportunity of going every which wav. ' at most any time. That being true, it is certainly the part of wisdom to get into the swim early, and not wait until we are surrounded and have lost I trade, business and prestige. If the i roads are bound to come, we are certainly favored in being au early dog in the fight. When a party reaches a point where it finds it necessarv to denounce the Declaration of Independence as a "revolutionary document,” and to reI fer contemptuously to the Constitution :as an instrument fit onlv for the day !in which it was made, you may lie sure that it is contenfplatiug ’ some new and dangerous policy. The republican party has done this. The new and dangerous policy is the acquisition and exercise of imperialistic power. Shall it be empire or repub- ' lie? No more serious question has , ever been presented to American citizens. Let it be settled onee for all time in November. The campaign in Adams county opened last Friday evening with the raising of a Bryan hickory pole at the home of James McDaniels, a resident just south of the city. Mr. McDaniels was formerly a republican ami a supporter of McKinley four years ago. but being an old soldier and a believer in a republic. Be openly avowed , his intention of supporting Bryan and the democratic ticket. The event was thus celebrated. A soventv-five foot pole now proclaim his allesrience to the men and party who represent the American ideas of government. The i orator of the occasion was the Hon. David E. Smith who made one of his usual characteristic and happy speeches.

THE OERTANS FOR BRYAN. 1 Jacob Ingenthron, president of the central inmitte- ■ f Ger:.. ms v. '■ - , of Chicago. was asked what in 1 opinion would be the attitude of the ) German voters in the present cam- - paign: . "As far as my observation extends s amongst my many acquaintances, ■* Mr. Ingenthrown answered, "I can I only confirm what has been claimed all along by democrat!? leaders and the democratic press, that many Germans ■ who were bitterly opposed to us in 1896 are ardent democrats now. with I the true zeal of recent converts." i What in your opinion has caused ■ this change and how will it effect the > coming election?" > "In my opinion, the defection began ■ with the close of the war with Spain, and the purchase of the Philippine is- ■ lands. The German of average intel1 Igence was disgusted with the frauds of the embalmed beef syndicate, the inhuman treatment of the soldiers, and I ' 1

i f’*'”.<l*s WILLIE AND HIS PAPA. ' a®' /Il TRusrs Jr Don t be frightened. XX illle. Papa will look out for you and Teddy. See What a big life preserver papa's got.”—New York Evening Journal.

the incapacity of the war department under Alger. The purchase of the Filipinos, at so much per head, with a view of retaining them as subjects, is repugnant to the German idea of liberty, and does not conform to his construction of the declaration of independence. The Germans were united against slavery under Lincoln, and thousands sacrificed their lives to free our land of this curse, and our German population views the acquisition and the treatment of the Filipinos as subjects as an attempt to undo the great work of Lincoln, who believed that no man was good enough to govern another against his consent.” "What about trusts?”# "The German is a close observer and a deep thinker, and as such he cannot fail to hold the republican party in the main responsible for the trust evil, as republican tariff legislation has developed and fostered them. He sees all trust interests united in support of Mark Hanna's party. He sees the moneyed power, the chattie mortgage sharks, the money broker, the

board of trade manipulator, and ail i the prosperity howlers, the watered; stock jobbers, in short all the ele-i mente of exploitation united for the adv,sbe agent of pr. -peritv. The mass of the German voters are mechanics, artisans, laborers: as such, they have failed to experience the prosperity so loudly heralded in 1896. | They find that wages have fallen, and ; all the* necessaries cf life have ad- i vaneed fully 50 per cent. They see that the trusts are in a position to | dictate the wages and the price of ail I products. They see the American peo- | pie in a condition where ten per cent of the population controls absolutely , the means of production. They seel that the life of 90 per cent is one continuous drama, while that of the favored 10 per cent is burlesque opera.” "What about silver?” “As to the money question, I believe | that the Germans will pay very little attention to it. as thev know that this 1 1

question cannot disturb monetary affairs for the next six years. No, the German abhors militarism. He looks upon it as a dangerous step towards empire. He also condemns the attitude of the McKinley administration towards the heroic Boer republic, as it violated all American traditions in refusing sympathy with sister repub- , lies. In conclusion the bulk of the Germans will vote against McKinley because thev love America. They love its flag and institutions. They revere the constitution and declaration of independence. The events of the past two years have taught them that McKinley is the tool of Mark Hanna. Mark Hanna is the high priest of the trust combine: that the trust combine is the real power—the government de facto, that dictates legislation, rules the courts and hypnotizes our executive officers. Under such conditions he realizes that the paramount issues are: Republic's Empire; Citizenship vs Subjects: Declaration of Independence vs Imperialism; Volunteer Soldier vs Standing Army.’’ There must be something radically wrong in the party household when two such able republican leaders as ex-President Harrison and ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed so conduct themselves as to leave any question as to whether thev will actively aid their party's candidate for the’ presidency. Both of’these men have received high honors from the republican party and both would naturally like to aid it in its battles. The fact that they hesitate to declare themselves is in itself a condemnation of McKinleyism and Hannaism. They may conclude to do something yet, but it is by no means certain that they will, ft is known that General ’Harrison denounced the Porto Rican tariff bill as “a serious departure from correct principles." It is known also that he has dissented from other policies of the weak men now in control of his party. Mr. Reed has shown open contempt on many occasions. If thev take any part in the campaign it will . certainly nut be because they believe McKinley jHi£maiHoMhepr“i-idency. To urge that the McKinley crown colony policy is not imperialism is j only to "plead the baby act” in another wav. Two federal judges, one in I New York and one in Chicago, and both republicans, have recently decided, one as to Porto Rico and the other as to the Philippines, that these lands are not within the protection of the American constitution, but are foreign countries subject to the sovereignity of the United States. That is the '•elationship that McKinley is trying to perpetuate, and it is the essence of imperialist!}. It is the relation that the empire of Rome established with her provinces. If “Imperialism” is is a distasteful term to our fastidious imperialists let them use another. They might prefer "forcible annexation,” “criminal aggression” or something of that kines But they would be no better off. It is not the name but the essence of the thing that shocks the republican sense of America; and the essence of it is that Mr McKinley would have the American republic extend its sovereign power over jteoples to whom it denies citizen ship rights and who would therefore be American “subjects.”—The Public

lin extraordinary s«s S >’on • n?t «8 ! lam inaugurated, and -'p, Buon M ! immediate declaration of ti I I purpose: First, to establish ' form of government j lltl „. ~a „ s ta ble i Islands, just as w. . • the island of Cuba, s,. t , ~( 1 in I I dependence to the Filini,’.™ B^111 , we promised to give indent Jus,as | the Cubans; third, to p rotev ' t p®?. ce io ! from outside interferem-.. Ji-i plno> i work out their destiny j Ust „‘ e ' b « ! republics ~| cXh | South America and are . ,ro<* doctrine, pledged to protM,??' | •J- Bryan at Indian;,pol iB . Üba - Church Benefit Sale Receipts Friday, Aug Io n- | Baptist church Decatur. s'{'m / lrst i receipts until now, i s ,js? n bre | among the churches i k Fnday Au " 17 'Pgoes tn t , Presbyterian church of nt atu v be day Aug. 24th goes t.. .r b Fn L ' Chapel, United Brethern * p““‘ b Gus Rosenthal. Decatur. K Sp, ‘ At a recent editorid~^; eilti minister arose and offered the Ln ing tqast; -To save an X° * starvation, take his p aper . p > fr ° m ruptcy, advertise in his p aper ijS ly; to save him from despair SWt n b every item of news you can X of; to save him from profanity, vour correspondence plainly; 0 saw him from mistakes, bury him, people never make mistakes.” Get your gun ready. A swindleri, abroad in the land, offering i JOXCO ’ taming 36 pieces of soap for one dollar and g»-es as a prize a rublier door mat w.th the initials of the purthm on it He delivers the soap which is, fraud, and promises to deliver thennt as soon as it can be manufactured with the purchaser s initialion it col- | lects two dollars and vanishes to be : seen no more. Introduce him to the family dog if he calls. For the first time in ten vears the semi-annual report of the Indiana Grand Army, issued Tuesday, shows an increase in the membership of the order in this state. The increase shown during the last sii months is 196. It is said to be due to lietter organization. The total membership is given at 16,811 and the number of posts 450. The number of deaths in the period for which report is made was 210. Few of our people know that there are four state officials who receive larger salaries than the governor. The auditor and the attorney-general each receive §7,500 per ann um. The secretary of state and the treasurer receive §6,500 each. Clerk if the supreme court receives a salary equally as large as the governor, whose salary is 85,000. Each judge of the supreme court receives .§4.51 »i and the income of a supreme court reporter is au even §4,000. Free of charge. Any adult suffering from a cold settled cm the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung troubles of any nature, who will call at Page Blackburn’s drug store, will lie presented with a sample bottle of Boechee.s German Syrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents. No throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Bos chee's German Svrup in all parts of the civilized world. Twenty yean ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will tell you its success was maivelous. It is really the only throat and lung remedy generally endorsed by physicians. One 75 cent bottle will cure you or prove its value. Sold by dealers :» all civilized countries. ts One of the pleasant events of the season, and one that a great maar people of the county annually attend is the Mercer county fair which com* off next week. Aug 20 to 25 incluaiwThis Association is in the front ro» in the matter of holding fairs ami this year §6tooo worth of now bui.oings have been added to their already comodious grounds, and pieople attend the fair will surely be well cared for. The race program calls for §3OO purses, and the entry fee to their running races is free. This J a new and novel feature and it P* without saying that the woods will i* full of jumpers. People that enjoy a realy up-to-date fair, with good nting should not forget Celina, Ohmnext week. If you are interested any of the show classes or y nt ff a refreshment stand, send to C Halfhill for premi urn list or tu.orß- . ation. November 6, 1899. Syrup fop®® Co. Dear Sirs:-I feed it mv dutv» write to you and let vou know ' much good your medicine Las do 'for me. Twenty-three y«trs ' I was taken with some kind of > trouble and I tried everything of. They did me but httle g ■ Three years ago neuralgia s *' ‘ r me and I got so poor and weak »& a '' could hardly walk \ any. Mv husband received a through‘the mail, advertising medicine, and he sent our Httle the drug store to get one of you cent bottles. 1 began to use it. strange to say. but it s the bu , second dose I took gave me lo , . lief. I kept on using it un ?* mnMt lj it nearly one year mid now I aml l as strong as I used to lie an< 1 ‘ ‘to any kind of work. I recomn u all, for it seems to me it > w anybody. I hare gothm se ■ ( use Syrup Pepsin and they a has done them so much k’ 1 "" bless Dr. Caldwell and his y 0llt » for doing me so much Fre e with respect, Mrslsabe 1 town, Jackson county, Ind. - & Smith, Yager <Jc Falk.