Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1894 — Page 4

ph. Socratic <JPre33 PCBUSHED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. 51.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1894 To vote a straight democratic ticket, stamp the square that encircles the rooster.

Sugar Quotations. Oct. 18, Oct. 18. 1893. 1894. Hard sngars f> 1 4@7‘4 5 @sq Confectioners’ "A" sX@A}> Sof t "A” SM@6H 4%(?U% Extra ”C" SHOW 4>,<WM Yellow “C” 4Y&H* 3N@4 Dark yellow 4%®4X 3H@3X Do not move from one precinct to another until after you vote, one week from next Tuesday. The tariff is a tax which is added to the price of the goods and the consumer pays it. Republicans are saying “nit.” One w eek from next Tuesday is election day. Be sure you vote and stamp within the square that encircles the proud and august chanticlier. When you mention sugar to a republican nowadays he turns green around the gills, and gradu ally dies off. Twenty pounds for a dollar I The date of the Peru democratic barbecue is October 31, and we are assured beyond any and all doubt that Vice-President Stevenson will be present and address the multitudes. Republican orators are very weak in their explanations of the fall in the price of sugar and the increase in the price of wool. They have pledged themselves that should the atrocious McKinley law be repealed sugar would go upward, wool down. The law is repealed and now the country is enjoying cheap sugar and the reverse in i wool. Who lied ; Mr. Republican. — - Republican newspapers who are inclined to display themselves on free sugar under the McKinley law, should carefully read the following paragraphs of this law: “There shall be paid to the producer of sugar from beets, sorghum or cane grown within the United States or from maplesyrup, a bounty of two cents a pound.—Paragraph j 231, McKinley law.” “All sugar above number sixteen Dub’h standard in color shall pay a duty of five-tenths of onecent per pound.—Paragraph 237, McKinley law.” Republican campaigners this year seem to represent everything bnt the truth. Read Auditor France's statement in another column, for it seems that his opponent wants to make out a discrepency of about s9oobetween his public state- ■ ment and the records. If any voter gives <me moment’s thought to this current report, he will know it is false with hair on it. Who would want to take chances with the law for S9OO, besides everybody knows that Auditor France is strictly honest, any way. Stamp within the square that encircles the rooster. The democratic party has always contended that to remove the tariff on wool and make it free would increase the price of American wool. Wool is now free and its price is already coming up in the market. We notice in the telegraphic dispatches from Washington, Pa., that orders have been given to local! agents of Marked Bros, to purchase 350,000 pounds at anything between 20 and 25 cents. Word also comes from a Woodsfield, Ohio, wool grower that he has sold his wool of which he had 10,000 pounds, at 26 cents per pound. Besides it is a well known fact that wool has always been lowest in price under a protective tariff. The reason for this is that the American and for eign wool differ in kind and that' the two products are mixed by the manufacturer when he weaves wool into cloth. This being true, whatever causes more foreign wool to be used w ill increase the demand for, and therefore the price of American wool.

Indiana Laborers. Indiana has a record of legislation I which it is eminently proud of, and especially so in regard to what they have done for the laborering man: “Indiana is far in advance of most states in the matter of legislation i designed to better the condition of the laboring classes and all the laws having for their object the betterment of the conditions of the laboring people of the state were passed by democratic legislatures. The democratic party passeel a I law making it unlawful for corporations, etc., to import alien or foreign i labor under contract into this state. It passed a law that when the ' property of any firm or corporations ■ is seized by creditors or goes into > I the hands of the assignee or re- i eeiver, that debts to the amount of i 850 for labor shall be a preferred claim and paid first if its assets are sufficient, if not, then pro rata. It passed a law giving all persons• who perform labor in grading, ' building bridges, etc., or perform- 1 ing labor of any kind in the con- j struction of any railroad, or anyonei furnishing material for such purpose, a lien on such railway for the value of the labor performed or ma-! terial, etc., furnished. i It passed the eight hour labor' ' law and the law against any corporI ation, etc., contracting or in any i way paying their employes with i i merchandise, food, groceries or sup- i j plies, or operating what is commonI ly known as “pluck me stores” and | compelling them to pay their laborj ers in lawful money. It passed the new election law by | which every laboring man can go I in secret and cast his ballot without | ' in any way being intimidated by | | any boss or corporation. There ' | never was a law passed that means more to the laboring man than this i election law. It passed the new school book law. i The school monopoly for years had the peopleof this state by the throat j and compelled them to pay two prices for schaol books, but after a I hard struggle it was driven from the state and now the poor man i can furnish his children—the pride j of his life—with books for half the | prices that were extorted by the j monopoly. It amended the mechanic’s lien ' law by which all persons performed [ labor or furnished material for any ' house, mill, manufactory, etc.,' should have a lien for his wages and | it made the wages of all laborers i employed in any mill or factory a I lien on all the machinery, tools, j i stock of material on hand, etc., and if the firm is in failing circumstances such claims shall be a preI ferred debt whether notice be filed , or not. It passed a law making it a penal I offense for any corporation, etc., to J ! prevent or attempt to prevent any j discharged employe from obtaining i employment, or What is commonly ; called blacklisting its discharged j employes. it passed a law regulating the weighing of coal, providing for the j safety of employes and the ventila-' tion of coal mines, and it passed the j law i equiring every corporation, i etc., engaged in mining or mauu- j factoring iron, steel, lumber, staves, headings, barrels, brick, tile, agri-! cultural implements or any article! of merchandise, etc., to pay their hands at least once in every two I weeks in lawful money of the United States. It passed the tax law of Indiana by which nearly one hundred million dollars worth of railroad prop- 1 erty of the state was placed on the; tax duplicate that had not been! paying taxes before. Under the! operation of this law the railroads, sleeping car companies, telephone companies, telegraph companies, in-1 surance companies and banks doing business in this state are compelled to pay their share of taxes, something they had escaped before the law was passed. It passed the new fee and salary law and thereby reduced the salaries of all the county officers nearly one half. It passed a law to protect em- i ployes in their right to belong t<> labor organizations and make it a ! misdemeanor to prevent employes from forming any lawful labor organization, or discharge an employe because of his connection with any labor organization. It passed a law prohibiting the Pinkertons from coming into the state and acting as deputy sheriffs.” — The effect of the new tariff law on! the necessities of life are already being made manifest. No sooner had the bill became a law than ExPostmaster General Wanamaker caused notice to be given that on i account of the new tariff he would ’ lie able to sell his goods much cheaper than ever before. We no '; tice in a Chicago republican paper! the advertisement of a wide awake Chicago merchant stating that owing , to the tariff bill he was able to sell i 79 cents per yard, cloth that he had formerly sold at $1 per yard.

; The Press Rioter t i UNTIL JAN. 1, 1895, i’ ' 25 Cents. I I [ I One week from next Tuesday is , election day. Get ready to do your duty for democracy, by voting and working for our party’s supremacy. The doleful voice of the republiI can calamity, calamity, calamity , howl is being unmercifully drowned by the busy wheels of industry in i all parts of the country. After j twenty years of national control and power the republicans succeeded in j bringing the country into one of | the most disastrous financial panics i ever before experienced during the I history of our republic. Class legislation in behalf of the few caused . this direct attack upon the business ! and progression of our country. The I people will never again wish a return of this sovereign rule, and in ; order to avoid it will vote the democratic ticket from top to bottom. The Journal had a bad case of wind colic last week, and in consequence their grist of stink was something awful. It seems to lie a I true saying, if not a wise one, that 'it makes all the difference in the I world whose ox is gored. The friends of Candidate Peterson have : been making all kinds of represenI tations about Judge Heller. This ! was all right in the Journal’s eye. ! This paper retaliated by stating a i few facts which are matters of rec- | ord, and then how different, yes how different. But then there was 1 great argument in the little minded balderash, and we suppose the public will give due credence of i appreciation. ' -- The outlook this far in advance lof an election was never better. Onr ! meetings this year have been much larger with more enthusiasm dis- ' played than even two years ago in I a presidental campaign. W ith the I full vote of our party polled we are ■ sure of success. We have nothing ; to fear but from ourselves—in the i stay-at-home vote. Ido not believe j this will occur. In stating my bei lief in and hope for success, I do ! not underestimate the danger of an | off year, that often comes to the j party in power, but the earnestness !of the democrats and the determination to win is so strong that it ! gives encouragement —Gov. Mat- ! thews. Congressman Martin was in town Monday and Tuesday looking up his fences and shaking hands with his friends. His health has been considerably against him for j some time past, and it is by persistence and will power that he has ! kept up his canvass. He has I spoken upon the political issues i twice every day for a month past! I and will keep it up until November ! 6, the date set for his triumphant; ! re-election as the eleventh Indiana ; I congressional member of the United I I States lower house of congress. He has been an active and persistent I worker in this branch of our law; making power ever since his inau - I guration into this honorable and trustworthy position. No duty was! I too great, no work too hard. The I i voters of Adams county appreciate! the noble work of Mr. Martin and will cast their ballot for his return. General Harrison’s appearance in this city last Friday didn’t stir the g. o. p. with any marked degree of enthusiasm. He came in on a special train over the Toledo, St, Louis and Kansas City lines at i o’clock in the afternoon. He was transferred in a carriage to a i platform erected near the Grand , Rapids depot from which he addressed the vast multitudes, consisting of several hundreds. No enthusiasm ofjany distinguishable note was apparent, and after talk | ing for tpn or fifteen min nt* a mounted the steps to his special coach, smiled very pleasantly from beneath the ancient rim of grandpa’s hat and sped away. The dem | ocratic party of Indiana should feel very grateful to the managers lof the republican machinery for i sending General Harrison in a spe- ; cial car to various portions of the i state to lend aid to the republican party. Such demonstrations links that party and the gigantic corporations more closely together, and [ places them in the true light where people can see without using opera glasses. General Harrison’s personal appearance indicated that he was withstanding the tide of time very gracefully.

Steele Crawfishes. Major George W. Steele, the republican candidate for congress, in this district, has followed close.) in the footsteps of candidate Owens, and will not discuss the issues at stake in this campaign with any democratic oratoi or candidate tor , public honor. The following letter j will explain itself: i - 1 Hon. George W. Mivh- : >' Dear Sir:—As you well know you repre- d sented this, the eleventh congn ssiona V."'- 1 trict. in COMMM ] i weklncelection for ■ Mth term the 1' 1 lie V-u here since bet n govt r- | ’; nor of the territory • » [ i one of the board of managers of th.- national j home for disabled voiunieer soldiers. I MM ’ serving my third term as representative of . I this district, and am a candidate for the , j fourth term as the democratic nominee- r Wln-n yon were nominated in May IM* you | ' sougl.t and accepted that noadnation aptm a . platform which especially and personally accuses me of having officially favored meas- | ( nxesin .---ncn-ss injurious to bu-iness men. ■ t laboring men and farmers of the district, and , also accuses me of unpatriotic and unmanly I hostility towards the defenders of the union, t Uy doing this you not only put in Issue my tit,-'.al record, but also your own. Ipresnme j | you are ready to defend your own official ; I record. Ido not like to criticise that record I j in your absence, alt hough I have a right to do >uiii a fairway, thi-refort- i invite you "’I 1 meet me In a friendly manner In at least one ■ I public meeting In each county in the district | ! to discuss the living issues of the day. the ■ record made by the sessions of the 53rd eon- j II gress. your official record -and mine, if you I choose to accept the invitation I propose that i tile times and places of meetings and the [ order of debate shall be arranged by the re- ; I ; gpeetivechalnnen t'.. tjemocratic and n-1 rj publicancommitteesofthedistrict. Although j I have arranged already for meetings for my- , ' self for every week day until and Including ) Nov. 3rd coming. 1 will alter my program to L meet your convenience. Awaiting your early [reply. I remain very J respectfully, yours truly. 1 : A. N. Martin * ' In due course of events an [*■ answer came to the above letter, and eveiy one of our readers can ’ now easily guess its contents. It. took eight or ten sheets of writing paper for him to inform Mr. Mar- ; J tin that he preferred to “make his J own canvass in his own way.”| I That means simply that he is a | , | coward and afraid to meet our can-1 f! didate face to face aud with him i discuss the issues as they really are, I ' and which every voter in the dis-! | trict should know. He wouldn’t - do it, he couldn’t, he dare not, for ' the republicans have no issues in II this campaign save aud except ca- 1 • i lamity, calamity, etc. At present ; -1 writing our able congressman is i !. thoroughly canvassing the district j i! and meeting with a rousing recep- : f tiou whereever he goes. I Tnr. licneflts of the new tariff l:.w becomes ' I the more apparent by the extensive display | ' i I advertisements by such noted and widely I L known merchants as Wanamaker, Marshall 1 ■ Fields & Co.. Pirie. Scott & Co., J. V. Farwell i I A Co., and others. All these men are typical ‘ 11 business men and know precisely what they I I ate doing when they HlustMte to the jK-opl’e !. J the adv intuce-. of a lower taritf. The crash I • Jin prices is purely business with them, not i ‘ I |>ol:ti<-.-,. Pemsf ft WOf their e,e-openera :I, lu new all wool dress goods, cheviots Imported I to sell at $1.50 and S> per yard are reduced to i 50 cents; cashmere aud cheviot plaids Impor- , ted to sell at and r-’down to U>cents. All wool sacking goes from 50 to 3P4 cents per ' yard; sail cloth from 75 tooocents; French - and worsted serges from $1.25 to$l; bengalines - from $1.50 to SI; silk figured taniises and ba-I tistes from $1.50 .to 75 cents. Broadcloth, in I I all colors, is cut from S 3 to $1.50. Women’s I wash dresses, in duck, pique and the like, that I have ranged from $3 to sic. are put down to a I uniform price of s.* and a vest goes with e-n-h ' : suit. AU silk sal las follows: SJ per yard to 7.5 cents; SIX cut tolXlecuts; 81.81 eut toSl.::ii; BScuttOsl4o; Si | cut to $3.50 cut to Si.Bs. On silks the cuts average higher, ranging from 33 toso percent I off all along the line. In shoes the reductions | are as heavy as In fabrics. Women’s calf OxI ford ties go from $2 to $1.30; infants’ shoes go I from $1 to 30cents; high cut Romeo slippers, i In all sizes and colors, are reduced from $3 to j J si.si>. on linens of all kinds the art rage drop! lis 20 per cent. On ribbons it Is 40 percent. Ou i I carpets it is 30 per cent. On silk curtains It is I over 50 per cent. On children’s clothing it is , over 40 per cent. Wall papers go ail to pieces I being from 80 per cent in higher grades to 5o lin the lower ones. Men’s clothing goes down j 25 to3o percent, and youth's clothing still i lower. The republicans who have already lost I their voices telling you that the foreigner : pays the tariff tax, will now have to crawl in their hole and pull It in after them. Political Meetings. Major Kidd—Monroe, Saturday evening, Oct. 27; Pleasant Mills, Monday eyoning, Oct. 29; Lynn Grove, Tuesday evening, Oct. 30 • Geneva, Wednesday eve., Oct. 31’ John T. France and A. P. Beatty Hard Scrabble school house, I nion tp., Saturday evening, Oct. 27. ! R. K. Erwin and D. E. Smith, |Gerke’s school house. Root town, i ship, Saturday evening, Oct. 27. John T. France and J. W. Tyn-dall-Preble Station, Wednesday evening, Oct 31. R. K. Erwin and C. P. ColeBerne, Saturday evening, Nov. 3. Business is reviving, factories i are running on full time with a full pay roll, new factories are being built and millions of money are be invested iu them. The democratic sky grows brighter as the days go by. The past month has been a boon in the ranks of democracy, and by the sixth day of next month the curtain will drop on a democratic victory. Democrats, be sure you vote.

Pever Wdi! to Fong INTERS will soon be here, so prepare and be in readiness. An interested customer while passing through the Department yesterday cle erly likened the handsome assortment of Fur Capes an Jackets. We are receiving new garments almost daily, and you cannot but help to find something to suit you. The varieties are continually changing and none grow old. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN UNDERWEAR AND DRESS GOODS. NO OLD GOODS IN OUR ESTABLISHMENT. NEW GOODS AT NEW PRICES.

JESSE NIBLICK & SON. .pd*d’d’d*d*->d*d-d , d , d , d'4’*!*d-d-d*d > d’d"d’d*d*-L4-DEALER IN And all kinds of SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCOS. NEW STAND—Everything Fresh. Fourth door west of Auams County Bank. Call in and see me. w. E. SR.OWN | to the fro IN T! ! GRAND RALLY! "governor CLAUDE Matthews Ourjm DECATUR, NOV, i ST , 1894. AUGUSTI’S K. MARTIN! — WIU al *° Present and the people. THE Hour Major kidd OfW^wiUad d^thp “ UQre «the crowd at night. ‘ everybody is invited.

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