Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1894 — Page 5

They Just Want the Offices. Democrat* don’t be deceived by Republican promisee; they are canvassing Adams county this fall asking you to vote for them, saying that they think there ought to be a change, and that if they are elected to any of the offices in the county or district, they will unearth great frauds. These promises are simply made to catch votes, for they know full well that there are no frauds to be linear.heJ, ar.d that everv office in the county will bear the most minute scrutiny. There is not a county officer in Adame county but what courts a thorough examinati- n of his otlieial record by any Republican in the county. Mr. France and all,the other county officers have offered One Hundred Dollars to any Republican who will find a single mistake in his official record; yet not one of them have the manhood to examine the records. The Republican party has always been a party of accusers, as well as a party of promises. Last March when they met to nominate candidates for the various city offices they passed a number of resolutions, of which the following is one: Resolved, That we recognize the great financial depression that is at present paralyzing industries. Therefore we favor a readjustment of the salaries paid the City officers so they are placed on an equality with wage Workers, and that the salaries be reduced prop Ttionatiy with the salaries of laboring men.” On the 4th day of May 1894, the following Card of Thanks was published in the Decatur Journal, after having elected the entire Republican ticket, .with ti e exception of City Marshal. THANKS. To the Voters of the. City of Decatur: Recognizing the impossibility of the Republicans of this city, in and ot themselves to elect any one of their number to any i city office, we the undersigned, take this method of expressing our thanks to the Republican, Democratic and Prohibition voters of this city for their assistance and ; votes in the municipal election last Tues- 1 day. We also desire to express our thanks j to the A. P. A organization of this city for I their services in our behalf. We enter upon our duties feeling the great responsibility that devolves upon us, and shall so | try to legislate and act, tnat the people 1 who gave us their suffrage may have no regret for placing us in the various positions to which we were elected. We will use all honorable means to carry out to the letter the platform adopted by the Republicans at their convention held in this ' city. We do not enter upon our duties tn the interest of any party or faction, but I shall labor to the best interest of the whole people of this city. Yours respectfully, B. W. Quimn, Mayor-elect, Albert Bktttsox. Clerk-elect. Chas. F. True, Treasurer elect. J. 8. Covekiiale, Councilman-elect John W. Vail, Councilman-elect. Jut>, W Teei*le Councilman-elecf Re-affirming the promises made in their platform adopted in March, let us see how they kept those promises so solemnly made. Within 30 days after they had been installed, the salary question came up lor disposal. A resolution was introduced with the salaries blank. Motions were made for the filling of the several blanks, and the Republican members of the Council made all the motions, and a ten per centreduction was made. After' the blanks were all filled and the resolution ready for adoption, Mr. Niblick for the Democratic members offered a substitute resolution cutting all salaries 50 per cent, and some of the salaries over 50 per cent. The Mayor’s salary was fixed at §IOO. The Councilmen at SSO; and others in like proportion. But here the Republicans love for their platform appeared. Dr. Coverdale became very wrathy, and declared that if the Democratic members with the aid of Mayor Reed passed the ordinance proposed that they, the Republican members, would get qven with them when their mayor came into power. They declared they would cut the marshal’s salary down to nothing because he was a democrat, and keep the salarys of the republicans up to what it was at that time. The other republican members also became warm under the collar because the democrats tried to keep them from breaking their pledges. Bnt when the resolution proposed by Mr. Niblick was voted on the Republicansjvoted solidly against it. Did you ever see a Republican keep his party pledges? Dr. Coverdale then declared that he would vote for the salaries as they were fixed under democratic administration,as he thought they were not too high, anyWav, and the other republicans tumbled jover each other in their haste to agree 'with the doctor. One democrat believed that the republicans should be given the opportunity of carrying out their pledges and voted against fixing the salary the same as it was, but Dr. Coverdale wasn’t bu ill that way. He was a councilman for revenue only. The republicans theu showed their fealty to their platform by raising the tax levy. How they kept their promises to the working men ci opped out at their meeting Tuesday night. Henry Chronister, it seems unknown to any one but himself, had been boiling over with indignation all summer, and the awful hot weather we have had has kept the boiling pressure awav up. Mr. Chronister was present at this meeting. The water works was under consideration. He was invited to make some remarks. The most connection his remarks had to water works were that they were boiling hot. He addressed himself to our dignified Mayor Quinn and said, “Last spring, before the election you promised if I would vote your reform ticket that you would give me a steady job all summer at $1.50 per day. The mayor’s pale face turned to a ruby red, red enough to make any old

toper'sface turn green with envy at sight of, as he blurted out to Chronister, “We couldn’t give all vou fellows work.” The reply came straight from the shoulder: Why thed 1 did you premise everytxdy for.” The council adjourned. The republican county and district nominees are trying the same game in the county that the republicans did last spring in the city. They are telling all kinds of i untruthful stories about our county affairs. 1 bey are a part and parcel of the same re- ■ formers elected in the city. If democrats were fooli-h enough to elect these republi-' cans now aaking for support, they would Ido exactly as ii,e republican city officials are doing. The res&n why is plain. They know to a certainity that they can never by any possibility get elected again, and they propose to skim ail the “official cream” within their reach. Their county I brothers, if elected, will do likewise. From Mr. Martin. To my political and personal friends in this congressional district: On Thursday night, October 18, j 1 was suddenly seized with a severe illness involving my right lung and liver, causing me such pain and i weakness as has obliged me to remain in bed to this date, under a physician's care. My canvass was a pleasant ami inspiring one and J hope to yet resume it before the close of the campaign, but of this I have no present assurance. Under the circumstances I appeal to you, to give my candidacy for con- 'j gress your especial care, and to' leave no honorable means untried to insure success. I have entire confidence that we ’ oth can and will succeed. Yours truly, A. N. Martin. Taffy on a Stick! The first issue of The Demo cratic Press has reached the Commercial's desk. It is a bright, newsy and neat sheet, and Bro. Ellingham ought to meet with success among the democracy of Adams county.—Portland Commercial. The Democratic Press is the name of the new Decatur publication, edited by Lew G. Ellingham, recently from Winchester. A number of the first issue found its way to our tables this week, and is a spicy 6-eolumn quarto chuck full news.—Ossion News. The Democratic Press, Decatur, Ind., is a newcomer to our table. It is a clean newsy sheet and makes a creditable addition to the numbers of Decatur's papers. It ought to a liberal patronage. The only thing we don’t like about it is its polities. L. G. Ellingham is the editor.—Delphos Courant. The | Democratic Press, Lew G. Ellingham’s new paper at Decatur, came to our table last week. It is a 6-column quarto, bright, clean, and full of news, got up in Ellingham’s breezy style. It tills the field at Decatur pretty full, but we wish him the success that his push and energy deserves.—Pennville Gazette. The Democratic Press of Decatur, is the title of a neat 6 column quarto issued by The Press Publishing Company with our old friend L. G. Ellingham as chief manipulator of the pen and paste brush. Lew will give the people of Decatur an up-to-date newspathe Jacksonian I iemocratic variety.—Geneva Herald. The first number of the Democratic Press, L. G. Ellingham’s new paper, has been received. It is a handsome six column quarto, with lots of local news. Its editorials, though, are corkers, and show that the usually mild and placid young man has been filling up on raw beef and blood since he left here, and aspires to beat the record of Brick Pomeroy and Pat Donan in saying mean things about republicans.—Winchester Journal We are in receipt of the first number of The Democratic Press published at Decatur. This is the new democratic paper edited by L.' G. Ellingham, and if it holds up with the first number the people of Adams county will have no cause to grumble. Lew always had a knack of getting out a good, live paper and we guess he will keep it up. Success to you, Lew.—Parker City News. We are in receipt of the first number of The Democratic Press published at Decatur. This js the Winchester Democrat under a new name, the outfit of which was recently moved to Decatur. The paper has been enlarged and is a big improvement over the former one published at Winchester. Brother Ellingham will surely meet with success in his new field if he keeps future numbers of The Democratic Press up to the standard of the first. —Red Key Times. Don’t fail to call and examine the nice patterns of Wall Paper which Blackburn & Miller are closing out at cost, l-2w.

From the Geneva Herald. ; To the democratic party of Indiana belongs I | the credit of first enacting the tax law and i then enforcing it with vigorous impartiality ’and stern justice to all. In Indiana, since the new tax law went into effect, the foilowr i ing payments have been made on the state i I debt; ; Amount of past payments $ 710.000 00 i Payment for Nov. J, '94 2UU.UUO (X) ] Payment for Jan. 1. *BS 300.000 00 Total paid up to Jan. 1. *95.. dgj.210.000 00 Over »>O.OOO of this amount is solely the re- ‘ suit of the new tax law. ( in Adams county alone there will in* over * ss.ooo collected of delinquent tax tins fall hat 1 has been on the duplicate for three years, of 1 j such people as the railroad companies, Pull- ] 1 man car company, telegraph companies and < ' telephone companies. They will have to pay : ; their tax just the sama asa farmer, merchant : 'or laborer. I ask the calamity howlers who ‘ ' made and enforced this bill ? It was the noble 1 democratic party that lias made monopoly ( ! understand it was not king of our great and , ’ noble country. The administration of the’* ; !::*.v was resisted by one of the most powerful ‘ I •■•HiiHin.it ion ever formed for such a purpose. 1 ; All the railroad companies of the state united < lin refusing the payment of taxes, and in a ( ; suit to deciare the law unconstitutional and i void, this litigation involved more money j than any other tax case ever tried in the p United States. j j • How it was fought through for the state and i ] I and finally won by the democratic attorney- i j geneJal. how the railroads were compelled to | I come to time and settle their long withheld j * ' dues, are matters of recent history and form ’one of the proudest triumphs es the demo-i j ; cratic party. Valuable as was the service to , I the people of enacting such a law. the honest I * , ami fearless enforcement of its provisions I 1 I constitute a still stronger claim for public 1 I approval and public gratitude. Many rich | | corporations, such as the Pullman car com- j ; puny, telegraph, telephone and express companies, have escaped taxation altogether ’ although doing business in the state on a|l scale and enjoying the protection of her laws 1 and getting the benefit of her rich resources. K they returned not a dollar to the treasury for ! taxation. The attempts to remedy thh •1 2 just system long proved vain. The repub- ; 5 licon party, though often in power, refused to !, do anything. The demands of the people I ( - were unheard or unheeded. The old code, | , out of date and unjust to the lust degree, was j - allowed to remain on the statute books. t Tl.e average rate of taxes on the following 1 counties and that Adams county leads them ( all in low taxes. | . Adams county, democratic, average rate ’ $1.29*4 on the 1100 valuation. ( Delaware, republican. $1.61; 31!4c. more than i Adams. j Gia tit. democratic, $1.48; 19*4c. more than j Adams. Huntington, republican, $1.91%; 62c. more than Adams. 1 Marion, republican, average rate $1.41; ll 1 ,4 c. | more than Adams. t Randolph, republican, $1.35’,i; 6c. more than Adams. J Jay, republican, $1.45; 1614 c. more than j Adams. < Weils, democratic. $1.37; BS£c. more than Adams. Since the new tax law tookeffect it compels the corporations to pay enough tax in Adams county to pay our state tax. which amounts ■ to about $23,000 a year, and the taxes in the ■future will not be any greater, for the expenses will be less. We have no county buildings to build and no republican high-priced officers to pay since the fee and salary bill 1 was passed by the democratic party and what taxes are paid hereafter will be distributed in your own townships for schools, schoolhouses and bridges. Adams county is the banner democratic county in the state and the banner county of low taxes among her neighboring counties, and tlie reason why is because we have l.xou ( democratic majority, and if every democrat i does his duty on the 6th day of November, Indiana will go democratic by at least 15.000. Dan P. Bolds. For Sale Cheap. The Democratic Central Committee hare on hand a job lot of unredeemed ante election pr mis s made by Mayor Quinn, when a candidate last spring, contributed by the workingmen of this city, to be sold to help defray the expenses of the campaign. Also ’ an assorted lot of ante-election promises I made by the republican candidates on the j county ticket, to young democrats of the county. They consist principally of prom- i ises of deputy hips. About one hundred ; and fifty have been received to date and every day adds to the list. They will be sold without reserve at | ; Democratic Headquarters on the night of i' November 6. By order of the Central Committee. JOHN W. TYNDALL, Chairman. For a nobby hat go to D. Oberman’s, New York Store. For a nobby hat go to D. Oberinan’s, New York Store. Buckwheat flour and maple syrup i at Donovan & Bremerkamp’s. Men's and boy’s boots at your; own price at A. llolthouse’s. 1-4. For boots, shoes and rubber goods, go to D. Oberinan’s New York Store. For a first class suit of ready I made clothes, go to D. Oberman’s i New York Store. For a first class suit of ready made clothes, go to D. Oberman’s: New York Store. For Sale.—Two lots near the Clover Leaf railroad, on Line st. I Enquire at this office. If you are in need of school shoes; go to A, Holthoute, the old reliable shoe store, where you can find the very best of school shoes for the: least money. l-4w. For Sale or Rent.—A twostory frame dwelling house, two; i lots with fruit and shade trees, ! ■ grape arbor, good well of water,; | cistern, stable and everything in i first class condition. Enquire of John Rice. Rubber goods. Go to A. Holt- i house he has the best in market, 1 the 'Woonsocket Rubber Boots ami' the Wales Goodyear Overshoes are the very best made. Prices as low I as any other house in the city. 1-4 j

Martin Endorsed. We lx*g pardon for using our local columns for any matters po litic, bnt lieing somewhat overtaxed with matters of this relations, we are thus compelled to overstep the lines long enough to say to the veterans of Adams county and any other county in the Eleventh Con gressional district, that you have not, nor never will have no better friend or representative in the lower branch of our National con gress, than your present servant, the Hon. A. N. Martin. A repub lican I nion veteran of Wabash, has written an address to the soldiets of this district, bnt its length at the late hour received, forbids our publishing it. He is for Mat tin, and alludes to him as the “John A. Logan of the Fifty-third Congress,” and to prove his asset- \ tions he gives a detailed comparison of the two men and their work j in Congress. Among other things, : however, this ad<lress says: “1 wish to say nothing disrespectful of his competitor, Major Steele, as this js not a campaign of mud slinging. But certainly when you wish to contrast these gentle men as they pose before you as friends of the soldier, yon will be forced to opinions which willchrystalize into unmistakable convictions, that, regardless of party lines or affiliations, any comparison between them must result intnieis urably to the disparagement of the j Major. At the hearing before the sub-committee on appropriations, January’ 11, 1894, is an admission on the part of Ma jor Steele that he ■ favored taking away all pensions of members of National Military homes, in excess of a few dollars. George W. Steele stands committed to the measure and can get neither out of it, over it, around or under it. As this point has been much in controversy, I call your attention to this fact: The proposition to confiscate the lion’s share of your pension moneybought by four years of the hardest service the world ever saw, can be found on file in Congressional Record of the 47th Congress, 2d session, pages 307(1 to 3079 and • the damming evidence of Steele’s vote on page 3247.” This is only a small “fry” of the j many convicting evidences favor-' ing the re-election of Congressman Martin, and the Union veterans of Adams county should look well to | thi ir laurels. Notice to Contractors. The following resolution was adopted by the Council of tin* City of Decatur viz: Resolved. That notice for two weeks In* j published in two of the weekly pajiersof the city that bids will l»* received on Tuesday j evening. Novemlx-r 13. 1894. until 7:36 o’clock , p. m. for the furnishing of 130 maple trees for | the City Park, and planting the same under I the direction of the Committee on Public Ini- ! provements. All trees shall be thrifty and without blemish and shall not exceed"three I inches in diameter. All contractors will take notice of above. | Albert Bkiitson, City Cierk. For good, solid foot wear go to j A. Holthouse. l-4w. The cheapest clothing in the land. See D. Oberman of the New York Store. The clothing in the laud. See D. Oberman of the New York ■ Store. For boots, shoes and rubber: goods, go to D. Oberman’s New York Store. Henry Deimer has removed his business to the room opposite Pori ter’s Second-hand store. Mattresses made and repaired. Upholstering and all other work in his line done at reasonable prices. 1-lw Cabinet pure Rye Whiskey I at Curley’s. 2-4 w. Re-imported Old Crow sour mash whiskey’ at Curley’s. 4 — Crushed Oyster Shells for Poultry. Will make your hens lay in winter. Ensures a healthy and profitable poultry yard. For sale by J. D. Hale. TO THE PUBLIC. We must move to accommodate our trade, and have leased the building now occupied by Welfley & Son, and will occupy the same Nov. 1, 1894. Our building will be enlarged to the alley, with a fine bake oven attached in the rear, which will enable us to furnish our patrons better bread and everything in the bakery line better than heretofore. We intend to give more goods for the f money than ever, as our expenses will not be any higher. Call Phone No. 1, and get goods delivered to any part ! of the city free of charge. Give us a trial and be con vinced. COFFEE BROS.

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