Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1904 — Page 7

|on. h. g. davis’ ■letter of acceptance Elkins. W. Va., Oct. 3, 1904 K el , .John Shari) Williams, Chairman, hand other Members of the Committee p ear Sirs —In accordance with cusjm. and my promise when notified your Committee at White Sulphur , c rings, on August 17. of my nominafor the office of Vice-President, ! Sll >un:t the following * observations on some of the questions now before |j ■ , ountry. •times Propitious for Change. times are propitious for the rest tatement of the Democratic party ■ control of the Government. The ■ bl.e mind is being disillusioned of pretension of the Republican «; -ty, so long and so arrogantly made. I^K a - the material prosperity of the I ir.try depends upon its own ascend- :■ -V- Thoughtful and patriotic peoI ■ are becoming more and more distr stful of the heady and personal eleI nt of the present administration, I ilB, 1) |.W . HENItT 1». DAVIS. Bpd are more than willing to see it , we;laced by one that better recognizes Bonstltutlonal and other lawful rev tfraints. They demand that the j>r> sent wasteful extravagance in tl ■ expenditure of the money, by taxation from the in■ustry of the people, shall cease. *: 1 that economy and honesty in the j>> die service shall be again regarded I ft virtues in the high places of the fjxjenses cf Government. • ' The expenditures per capita of the C eminent are increasing at an 41>-ming rate. When the present AdI pinistratlon went into power there ■ ras a large surplus, but notwlthstandS ng the enormous taxation, the revenI les there£rorn are got now adequate B o meet the demands made by reckess appropriations. The revenues 9 'ell short during the last fiscal year. cf over $40,000,000. In the first sixty days of this fiscal year the expenditures exceeded the receipts by $24,®0".000, and if this rate of ex"cess Should continue, the deficit for the present fiscal year would be in the neighborhood of $140,000,000. This fer -u^ 8 18 ~ e *° extravMRancs of the Adm.nlstration, and War. only be met by imposing additionft! axes or selling bonds, thereby Increasing the interest-bearing debt of -jßbs government. Which course will Republicans adopt? The cost of ■pvarnment during the fiscal year was I" 4 per capita, which means that She average tax paid in some form or Another by every family of five per■bens toward the support of the NaWlcnal Administration of public affairs fwas over $25, which, In the case of iTage earners. Is a considerable percentage of their entire earnings for Whs year. No more money should ba /taken from the people by taxation. diBeet or indirect, than Is necessary for ft'- needs of a government economically administered. To show the rapid ■growth of the cost of government it ■ p only necessary to give the total expenditures in the last fiscal year of | fchs following administrations: Per * Capita. ■ Buchanan, 1860. $63,000,000. .$2.01 | Cleveland. 1892, 345.000.000. . 5.29 I Roosevelt, 1904, 582,000,000.. 7.14 ■Army. I In answer to criticisms upon the size Band expsnse of maintaining the Army. Bthe President has said that the num ■ber of soldiers now is no greater per ■capita than In former times. But an I Army then was necessary to protect i ■settlers from the Indians and to do ■other police duty in the unsettled par Htlon of the country—conditions which J ■do not now exist. The Army, however. Bhas greatly Increased In cost, much ■ faster relatively than tt has in num ■ berg. The expenses were: ■Tinder Buchanan in 1860. . $16,500.60(1 ■ Tnder Hayes in 1880 38.000.000 Binder Roosevelt in 1904.. .115,000,000 S Pension Order. Millions of dollars have been paid ■ ®ut of the Treasury to Pensioners B ttpon an Exegjtlve order, the force of ■ Which yi to supplement the law and ■•upplant the wisdom of Congress. A ■ body of eminent lawyers and citizens ■of New York, of both political parties, ■after careful consideration. pro-■-houEcid this order “unconstitutional,

lawless and most reprehensible" The conclusion set forth in the report made , on thls sub^ect was . in effect ■ that the pension order of the President was legislation by executive usurpation. Panama. " e al) hail as the harbinger of the new era in the commerce of the world the Inception of the great work of building the canal that is to join the two great oceans; but we deprecate the action of the present Administration, which inflicted a wound upon our national honor by its disregard of the rights of a weaker nation, in order to gain a doubtful credit for energy in forwarding that, great enterprise. Territory of a neighboring Republic, with which we are at peace, was seized by a band of revolutionists, protected by the guns of the United States Navy and erected into a State overnight. which the President promptly recognized as axi independent nation A gross offense against a friendly republic which it was helpless to resent, imperialism. These and many other unwarranted things that belong more to an empire than a republic, have occurred under the present Administration, and brought deep concern and alarm to thoughtful and patriotic minds. They must be regarded as first fruits of Imperialism, and show how fast we are drifting toward absolutism and cen tralized power. The effect of the imperialistic tendency of the Republican party upon our foreign affairs is in opposition to the teachings of the founders of the Republic, and so impressed was Washington with the importance of keeping aloof from the affairs of other nations, that in his farewell address he warned his countrymen especially against foreign entangling alliances Imperialism is hurtful and abhorrent in a free government and subverse of free institutions. The policy of imperialism—if it can be said to have a policy—is always dangerous to liberty. Its powers are first exercised in far off territory and on conquered people, but once adopted for acquired and distant possessions, it becomes, sooner or later, the rule of the home government. Liberty and free government have always been secured at the cost of great sacrifices, bnt history teaches us that both can be easily lost without the knowledge of the people.

Tariff. Our Federal Constitution has appropriated to the exclusive use of the general government the power of Indirect taxation, coveted by the popular designation of “tariff duties.” In excluding the States from this domain of taxation, there is an Implied and wise partition of the taxing power between the States and the Federal Government. Except in the exigencies of war the taxing power has_be§n exercised by Congress largely in the direction of Jhe Imposition of duties upon Imports. No one expects to change this arrangement, which has proven so convenient to the general government and so conducive to the interests of the States, whose resort to other sources of revenue is left untrammeled. Indirect taxation, however convenient, needs, by reason of its Indirectness, to be watchfully guarded, lest abuses should attach themselves unknown by the people. That many of the existing tariff rates ariTexcessive ajtd enable powerful combinations to extorTjJnjußt and oppressive 1T.22 th * P?°2'? can not be controverted, The tariff is undoubtedly too high upon suefi iftides as enables the manufacturer to sell his product cheaper abroad than at home. Steel rails are a conspicuous example In this respect. It is admitted that they are being made for sls a ton. A few years ago they were freely sold In this country at sl7 a ton. They are now selling at the mills here for home consumption at S2B a ton, and for the foreign market at from $lB to $22 a ton. This unjust discrimination against our people is made possible only by a tariff that on this article is entirely too high The average selling price of a hundred articles, taken principally from the Iron and steel list, is found to be about 20 per cent, higher in this country than abroad. Relief from these conditions will only come through tlje success of the Democratic party, which stands for a wise, conservative and gradual change in the tariff laws, which will equalize the burdens of taxation and make honest competition possible. But in making such changes its purpose will be to legislate with a due regard for the labor and capital involved in industrial enterprises. It should not be forgotten that in the long regime of the Democratic party, from the days of Jefferson, in 1800, to the days of Lincoln tn 1860. during which it administered the Governs m ent to the peace and prosperity of the country, the expense of its maintenance was paid almost entirely from revenue produced by wise custom laws, while now nearly half of it comes from Internal taxes. Under those Demecratle tariff enactments the people were prosperous and contented, no unlawful trade combinations existed. and competition was free and Unfettered. Trusts. It is estimated that there are In the United States between two and three hundred combinations of capital and corporate interests, known as trusts, which have grown up in the T®st few vears under Republican They are not all antagonistic to the public welfare, but some of them are s ° c 01 ’ ducted as to be pernicious harmful to the general Interest. With the power they are able to exert, they e? fewer! competition, control regulate to their own advantage the

law of supply and demand. Individual effort Is helpless against such strong rivals, and the natural right of all persons to barter and trade is unnaturally restricted. The effort of these trusts Is to control or monopolize, and these monopolies, when unrestrained, seem to produce conditions which bring about strikes and disorders, and disturb the business affairs of the country. Local Self-Government. Local self-government, that came to us not. as a gift of the National Government, but as the legitimate outcome of the reserve powers of the States and of the people, is the very corner stone of our political structure, and the best assurance of liberty regulated by law. It can only be maintained by strict observance of the limitations of the Federal Constitutipn. The Democratic party has always resisted, and will continue to resist, the encroachment by its enemies upon the fundamental right of the people of the several States. All power comes from the people, and should be surrendered only in the interests of the people, and whenever this power is used for selfish interests it is not only an abuse, but usurpation. Arbitration. The declaration in the St. Louis platform in favor of arbitration is one that appeals to my sense of fairness. Nations and States have employed to advantage this method of settling disputed questions. States have invoked its aid with good results, and individuals frequently have resort to it in adjusting questions of difference. The Hague Tribunal, representing the sentiment of conciliation, is the highest practical expression of intelligent thought on this subject. The principles of arbitration are the same, whether governing in the great Court of Nations or applied in the affairs of industrial life. Its permanent establishment as a part of the industrial system of the country, upon a basis of mutual consent of all parties to a controversy, would insure more friendly relations between employer and employed, for the interest of the workingman and the employer Is identical, it affords a safe and equitable method of determining differences that may arise, and has been called “a reasonable and natural mode” of settling such disputes. The spirit of arbitration is kindred to the love of law" and order. It is the arbiter of peace Instead of war, and makes for happiness instead of sorrow. Race Issue All lovers of their country must deprecate the rehabilitation by the Republican party of a disappearing race Issue, at a time when every effort should be made to promote rather than retard the progress which was being made In tne States where slavery had existed, toward kindlier relations between the two races. The revival of this Issue, with all its attendant evils, must of necessity retard the development of the Southern States, whose people are struggling manfully with conditions left by the war, and seriously interferes with the industrial progress of both races. Fraud in the Public Service. Peculation and fraud in the public service u’tfer the present Administration, especially in the Post Office and Land Departments, reached such proportions that knowledge of the evils practiced became jtmilic property. Prosecutions naturally • onowejt but X thorough and impartial investigation by Congress, projfcsed urged by the Democratic minority” was fefused by the Republicans at the mandate, ft Is believed, of the Administration. Congress adjourned earlier than at any long session for many years for the purpose, it Is believed, of preventing further agitation of the question, and In an effort to curtail expenses. Civil Service. Offices are created and filled in pursuance of law to carry on the government, and not to further party ambitions and the selfish purpose of any citizen. Many of the hundred thousand Federal officeholders servants of all the people, while under salary, are now’ vigorouslv, some covertly and some openly, working and contributing in the present campaign to secure the success of the Republican party, in defiant violation of the Civil Service laws, rules and regulations. Several members of the Cabinet and other officials of the Government, fori saking their duties and the Depart- | ments at Washington, are spending their time in making speeches and I using all the influence and power of ; their official positions to elect their ' Chief. Judge Parker. | The late Democratic Convention, and its candidate for President, have given signal exhibition of a mutual respect and confidence almost unpreceI dented in our political history, and our party has received new Inspiration and hope in its appeal to the people, who always appreciate and admire courage, character and discretion In their leaders Our candidate has 1 these qualities and can be depended ' upon at all times to observe that self-control in speech and action which is so necessary to safe reasoning and sound judgment. With unabated trust in the efflclen cy of the card’nal principles of our great party, when applied to the practical administration of government, to realize 'the blessings of peace and prosperity for all. and believing that the people will correct the present abuses of administration by a change of partv in power. I await with confidence the result of their judgment at the polls. Very truly yours. H. G. DAVIS.

JOSEPH H. SHEA. Joseph H. Shea, Democratic candidate for attorney general, is one of the well-known lawyers of Indiana, , and will bring Jo the administration I of that office a conspicuous ability. ■ Ha is a native of Scott county, where ; he received his education in the common schools, afterward graduating at the State University. For ten SO jSw • R A .Or * & &' >- r JOSEPH H.MIK.I. years he practiced his profession in Scottsburg and then removed to Seymour. where he now resides and where he* has taken rank as a leading lawyer of southern Indiana, there being little litigation of importance in which his services are not sought. Mr. Shea has always been prominent in the Democratic politics of the state. He was prosecuting attorney of Scott, Clark and Jennings counties for two terms and served in the state senate during the terms of ’97 and ’99. For the last twelve years he has been a director of the Indiana University, in which institution he has taken a great interest. Everybody Feels It. The increased cost of living due to the Republican policy of exorbitant tariffs, is felt in every home in the land. Housewives know that because, for example, of the beef trust, meat costs from 3 to 10 cents a pound more now than it did formerly; workingmen know that their clothing costs more because of Republican high tariff taxes; mechanics know that the tools and implements of their trade cost more than they should?or would, cost but for Republican policies; business men know that the typewriter for which they must pay SIOO costs only $55 when sold to a foreigner; railroad men know that American steel rails are sold in Japan for $lB to S2O a ton, while from American railroads the steel trust extorts S2B a ton—in ' short, th? Republican tariff system is devised, not as falsely claimed to protect labor, bnt to enable certain huge consolidated institutions, known as trusts, to bleed the American people. By pooling interests at home the trusts eliminate domestic competition, and there is no foreign competition ' because of the high tariff taxes imposed by a Republican Congress and t enforced by a Republican administration. • The order of President Roosevelt td the heads of departments at Washington not to give out their estimates of ' expenses for the comjng year show’s , conclusively that lie is afraiS of thk effect which extravagance will hare upon the people. He declared in his , letter of acceptance that the deficiency was mythical rather than real, and he tried to defend the ever-increasing expenses of the government. But he evidently don’t want to do It again, and he therefore orders that the estimates be withheld. With Senator Beveridge looking for some good trusts after having sat on the right hand of Governor Peabody of Colorado, when that executive was banqueted for having deported miners, the picture for Indiana ought to be complete. Senator Fairbanks says he wasn’t there and. maybe, he wasn’t, but Mr. Beveridge makes no denials. Perhaps his position on the right of the Colorado executive was too conspicuous to admit of any afterthought statements. When Senator Beveridge begins his speaking next month and gives his list of good trusts, he ought, by all means, to include the Republic Iron & Steel Company which has dismantled plants at Terre Haute. Marion, Frankton, Alexandria and New Albany. These plants were torn down and the machinery sold as junk for no other purpose than to get rid of competition. The Indiana Senator would do well to enumerate them in his “good” trust list and point out to the people where the benefits to them come in. There are many workingmen, now out of a job. who would be glad to listen to a tale of prosperity as resulting from dismantling factories and throwing them out of work. For supplying the money-order forma for four years from September 4. 1903. the bid of Paul Herman was $44,948 less than that of the Wyn koop Hallenbeck Crawford Company. James T. Metcalf. Superintendent of the Money Order System, asked Her man to withdraw his bid so that the Hallenbeck Company, where his son was employed, would get the contract. He assured Herman that if he did so h*’would have him reinstated in the position he formerly held with that company. Metcalf knew that such withdrawal would cost the Department about $45,000. , •

AN OLDJV.EDIGINE IN A NEW FORM PHYSICIANS AFE pleased Druggists Smith, Yager & Falk Say Vinol is a New Form of the Oldest and Best Tonic in the World. “Science conferred a great boon on humanity when two eminent French chemists discovered how to extract from the cod’s liver all the curative elements contained in cod liver oil, | but without a drop of oil or grease. I and thus produce Vinol. “It-is no longer necessary to load i the stom rch with old fashioned greasy I cod liver oil or emulsions to obtain the curative proper 1 ie? of cod liver oil, for j Vinol is like taking the kernel from I the nut. the oil or the grease in which ! the curative elements were enveloped i has been discarded, and we offer the ’ people of Decatur the concentrated essence of the medicine found in eod liver oil, without a drop of oil or grease to upset the stomach and retard its work. For centuries doctors and druggists alike have looked upon eod liver oil as the best tonic, strength creator and body builder in the world, but have acknowledged that its ore great drawback was the grease which it contained. With this grease all eliminated, we offer the people of Decatur in Vinola perfect cod liver oil preparation as delicious to the taste as a fresh orance.” Mr. J. B. Kenner, Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court, Atlanta, Ga., writes: “Vinol is the ideal preparation of cod liver oil; it purifies and enriches the blood, induces a good appetite, promotes indigestion and ; invigorates every organ in the body.” i “Therefore, in the strongest manner we indorse and guarantee Vinol to increase the appetite, cure stomach troubles, give strength to the run-: down, tired and debilitated, invigorate and build up old people, make rich, red blood, cure chronic coughs,' colds and bronchitis. If it fails, we! return your money.” Smith, Yager & Falk, Druggists, TO ORGANIZE. At the meeting of the State Central Committee last week the necessity for a compact organization was discussed ; and the belief was generally expressed : that this would assure Indiana’s re-[ turn to the Democratic fold. All the members pledged themselves to their; best endeavor in this respect, and in ! every precinct, township and county in the state the work is now in progress. But the chairmen of these sev- J I oral political divisions cannot do the ‘ work alone. They need the assistance . of every Democrat in their respedtive' jurisdictions, and if this is given and ■ given cordially, and every Democrat goes to work and works with a will, there will It- no question of the result. Indiana is naturally a Democratic state. Among its voters are thousands of farmers who are oppressed by an iniquitous Republican tariff; and thousands of laboring metj who are dependent upon the zaprlcious will tb.S tariff-fostered trusts, and thousands of salaried men whose incomes have been decreased in the past ten years by abnormal advances in the prices of the trust products. These classes are all replying against the Republican policy through which they are burdened and which Mr. Roosevelt has defiantly declared will be continued if he is elected. The Democratic party has set its face against these 1 things, and its candidate for the presidency is pledged to correct the existing and constantly growing evil. Every tariff-oppressed farmer, every trust-burdened laboring man, every salaried employe, who feels the stress of present conditions, can be reached by the local organization and made to ' realize that the remedy is at hand if I he will only avail himself of the opI portunity to lay hold of and improve it. A close, efficient organization can reach these classes, and it is the only kind of an organization that can. It behooves every Democrat, then, to go to work and labor earnestly to accomplish that which is so essential to success. Let organization be the watchI word and let every Democrat see how ' many Republicans in his district will ' aid him in overthrowing the party that has added .millions to the burdens of ! the people both in state and country in the last eight years.

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JAMES R. RIGGS. James R. Riggs, Democratic aontfnee for Auditor of State, is a nativa of Sullivan county. He was educated in the common schools of the county and early entered upon the business career which has made him conspicuous in the business life of the county, and he is now president of the SulliL" IF Wi ■ aSA JAMES K. RIGGS. van County Loan and Trust Company, one of the sound financial institutions of the state. He is a man of affairs, closely attentive to business, but genial and companionable. Mr. Riggs has been a life-long Democrat and has always served his party whenever an opportunity presented itself. In 1894 he was elected Auditor of Sullivan county, and filled the requirements of that office in an ideal manner. In every way Mr. Riggs is well qualified to serve in the capacity for which he was nominated by his party. He was the nominee of the party for State Auditor two years ago, and made an excellent race. Senator Charles A. Towne, in a speech at Fort Wayne last week, had this to say on the money question: “Now, I was not in love with silver as a metal. I never hated gold as a metal. But I did want gold to be a little more sociable, a little less retiring. I did think gold ought to come out more as money at critical stages in our business. I thought it ought to be more in evidence. In fact, I thought we needed more gold than we had. But since then new gold mines have been discovered, new processes of refining have been invented that have made mines formerly unprofitable worth working. New ,abor-saving machiner.v has I een put into use until last year the output cf g 11 alone was larger than roe ‘ I" ‘ ’b' ;h ..old and silver was in ’’ ' d’-v ”' n n • ' began ♦o demand free s'i"°r roinac r ' Today ten millions oi ~.1 are able to do twenty-five million < 11. ' > more b -■• ness than they were to lo befo-o, because there is just that proportion of increase in the metallic money of the country.” « >.*■, ; ” • A Republican board of state tax commissioners nas practically reduced tl: 1 railroad assessments $16,000,000 in nine years. If the rates established by the Democrats had been maintained and the Increased mileage of main, second main, sidetrack and rolling stock assessed on that basis, the railroads would today be paying taxes on a valuation of $188,000,000. But the Republicans have sought *x> keep tho assessment down to the minimum and, notwithstanding the increased mileage have added bnt $7,000,000 to tha assessment in nine years. But tha same board has voluntarily increased the assessments on farm lands and improvements on lands as much ai 50 per cent in some counties. Tha judgment of the local assessing officers and of the comty board of review was set at naught and increases made regardless of local conditions. The Republican party has declared the law “odious,” and they are trying to prove the assertion. The trusts ha.’e decreased the proflits of th” small storekeepers, while rents and household expenses are higher than ever before, and the opportunities for increased business are monopolized by the great department stores, who can purchase of the trusti at much less than the small storekeeper has to pay.