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tertiou and faithful ally.” Grover should explain why the present administration is working so hard to discontent labor, and thus derive capital of its best protection and faithful ally. It seems he has been creating some “class legislation” himself with his little Wilson bill.

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The following from the Crawfordsville Journal contains some good suggestions: The price of wheat is down to bed-rock. It is down to cost and freight; that is, it actually costs the farmer as much as he gets for it, and leaves him no margin of profit. It does not cost so much to raise it in India, Russia and Argentine. Hence our farmers will be wise to devote a part of their acreage to other products. Every farmer should raise a diversity of crops, so as to make something, in- : stead of risking all on one crop— wheat—which the world has been [over-producing for years. Our farmers cannot live on wind and ! rice, as they do in India and else-

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I .1 V KUREX—JACK SOX PRICES. Democracy has sent prices of labor hack to what they were in the days of Jackson and Van Buren, the farmer presidents. Thcie is no better method of illustrating a point or adorning a statement with uncontrovertible features than bringing it right down home. And it is here. Here in old rock ribbed Putnam, the home of democracy and democratic ineorapetency,where

ADVEKTisiNG. |democracy has been enthroned for Kates of display made known on application. | SO long: here IS where tile effects

of this great democratic wage-re-ducing, mismanaging udministra tiou are now apparent. Several weeks ago the county commissioners advertised for teams and men for the repairs and maintenance of the free roads of the county. What's the result? Two hundred and forty-nine bidders falling over each other and trying to break doors down, piling up bushels of letters and baskets full of bids, some of them running as low as per day for a team and driver and 60c per man for a laborer! These are democratic labor prices. In republican times a man with a team could get $3.00 per day for a day's work on the roads, and was not anxious to do it at that, for the reason he could make more at home on his farm in ordinary pursuits. If the democrats could make their odious methods work so the faithful could get good prices and the republican workers poor prices howhappy they would be. But fortunately the hard times hit democrats as well as republicans and the result is there is much able-bodied swearing among democrats over the outcome. There is nothing making republicans faster than this wage question, and in this agricultural district it seems that the farmers are feeling it on the road wage question the same as some factory hands are in manufacturing districts. If not, why this rush for work at prices that are simply starvation itself? Here's another chance for a column explanation in

a democratic paper.

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KEPI lll.MW N CITY Tit KKT.

For Mayor.

JONATHAN BIRCH.

For Treasurer,

JOHN GILMORE.

For Clerk,

JAMES M HURLEY.

For Marshal,

WILLIAM E. STARR.

For Conncilmen,

First Ward—THOMAS ABRAMS. Second Ward—EDMl NT) PERKINS. Third Ward—JOHN R. MILLER.

The best features of the Wilson bill are that each paragraph contains a separate and distinct reason for the defeat of the measure.

Not the least of the democratic things to get shaken up these days of democratic- discontent is Col. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, sub ! One of those numerous “object lessons” democracy is teaching this year lias been learned in Putnam county in the way of wages. Sixty cents a day for day laborers is a great coming down from republican

prices.

The city elections were held at Louisiana, Pike county, Mo., last week, and the republicans elected all of their candidates for city ollices with the exception of one lone councilman. At the presidential election of 1892 the vote for county stood: Democrats, 3729; republicans, 2522. It looks if that “object lesson” has been

learned.

Cleveland said in his second annual message to congress that “Contented labor is capital’s best pro-

T A RIFF IX THE SEX ATE. At this writing the Wilson tariff bill has not been placed before the senate, either as originally framed in accordance with the mandates of the president, as amended in the house sub-committee, as amended by the house ways and means majority, as amended by the house itself, as amended and re-amended by the sub-commitee of the senate finance committee. After its varied career and manifold moldings it is doubtful whether the original framer, President Cleveland, of the measure that “has been prepared on the lines suggested ii, his mes-

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sage." will be able to recognize his ow n offspring, and it may he that the infant will disclaim the parent. Almost eighteen months have elapsed since tne presidential elections of 1892. By the time the tariff monstrositv can have been discussed by the senate, he recommitted to the house and finally become law there will be less than six months intervening before the next general congressional elec-

tions.

Should the tariff be changed it will be fully three years before its free trade features can lie obliterated. We believe that the best interests of the country and of the people will be served by prohibiting the passage of any tariff Dili until after the elections in November next. Give the people a further chance to declare themselves at the polls. Every legitimate effort should lie made, in the senate and elsewhere, by all friends of protection to stop the further progress of the socalled Wilson bill. After the policy of prostration has been drag ging itself along its destructive course for a year and more, the news of a postponement of the tariff question till after the next elections would be welcomed with shouts and hailed with joy in every corner of the land. The wheels of commerce would revolve, labor would be busy, and the voice of the people would he decisive, in November, that protection must

stand.

THE REDCCTIOX OF WAGES. The revival of industry from the terrible depression that came upon it last year is slow at best, and beset with more or less doubt and lies itancy. Mills are starting up here and there, and a new business enterprise is occasionally started : but it is easy to see that the conditions of discouragement are still present, and that there is a general inclination to avoid risks that would readily be taken under ordinary circumstances. The worst feature of the situation is that wherever a factory of any kind resumes operation the scale of wages is reduced ; and this lowering of the returns of labor extends over the whole field of employment. During the past nine or ten months, there has been a readjustment of wages in all the leading branches of industry, and in every instance the result has been a loss to the wage earners. There has been no case of an increase of pay for any kind of hired service, but a uniform tendency in the opposite direction. The reductions have averaged about 20 per cent. That is to savq one-fifth of the proceeds of labor has been taken away, and the working classes are just that much less prosperous than they were before the hard times ensued. The depression has cost them that amount in the actual shrinkage of their wages; and there is no pros pect of material improvement in that respect for some time to come. It is not to be expected that the passage of the Wilson bill will stimulate manufactures and make labor more remunerative. On the contrary, it is calculated to prolong the present condition and keep wages down to a low standard. The employers can not afford to pay as much as they paid when legislation was friendly to them; and the employes will have to take what is offered or they will get nothing. Assuming, then, that a reduction of 20 per cent, at least, is likely to be the rule under the new tariff law, it is easy to compute the aggregate loss that must fall upon the workingmen by reason of the democratic anti-protection policy. Such a reduction of the wage fund of the I’nited States amounts to $2,000,000,000. and it means the circulation of that much less money in the various channels of trade. The blow wdll be felt not by the laborers alone, but also by the dealers in all kinds of products and merchandise. It signifies a general reduction of sales and profits, because it implies a general lessening of the purchasing power of the people. This is what democratic tariff reform comes to when practically considered. The voters of the country were promised better times if they would elect

Cleveland, and this is the way in which the promise is being redeemed. There is to he one-fifth or more, subtracted from the earnings of the labor, and the burdens of taxation are to lie monstrously increased, in order to carry out a scheme of hostility to protected in dustries. The simple statement of this fact tells the whole story, and at the same time presents the reason why there is a reaction throughout the entire country against the party that is thus trifling with the interests of all classes.—Globe-Demo-

crat.

The Bannek Times says it is charged that polities is cutting some figure in the bastardy prosecution against Allen. From this we are to infer that the B. T.is either prosecuting or defending in this case. When it wants some one convicted or some one acquitted it raises the cry of politics.— Democrat. The Banner Times did say that a relative of y oung Allen stated on Wednesday “that polities is cutting some figure in the last prosecution," and we want to remark again that the gentleman interviewed made the statement. Just where the Democrat can distort an interview into an editorial opinion on that matter we are at a loss to understand. In this ease the gentleman interviewed advanced the opinion, and not the interviewer, and it was clearly printed so. Perhaps the Democrat isn’t advanced far enough in newspaper ideas to know one kind of statement from the other. We see no other sensible reason for its foolish remark. It has a fit, however, whenever this paper mentions politics, and we are getting accustomed to some such a break at every opportunity. On the night of the last presidential election, in displaying the returns to the anxious multitudes, the New York World used a large electric search light. If the news was republican the light's rays were turned to the north and if democratic to the south. About ten o’clock the landslide began pouring in and the search light was turned due south and anchored that way the rest of the night. It seems there was considerable meaning in the manipulating of that light and it was very appropriate to turn it’s rays south when the democratic news came in. It is still pointing south and the democratic party it might he added is pandering and entering to the south on tariff matters. It's Wilson bill is for that section and every other measure that can be worked is made in the south's interest. The democratic search lights are all pointed south and are industriously being used to find some brigadier who wants something.

Theke are few things for democracy this year to take the offensive side of. They are all on the defensive. In trving to get away from the political issues of the day the Democrat has worn itself out on the A. P. A., but its last statement shows it is not posted, as usual. In Marion county there are 5000 members of the order, 1500 of whom are democrats, as a gen tlenian from this city was so reliably informed to that effect in Indianapolis last week. This makes a little mathematics necessary. If in it's one statement that “every republican io not an A. P. A., hut every A. P. A. is a republican,” the Democrat has misrepresented the matter 1500 times, as shown above, how many tons of encouragement would the paper need to deliberately prevaricate in the matter?

No newspaper was more thoroughly tickled all over than was the Philadelphia Times whep Cleveland was elected president, with both branches of congress stronglv democratic. But inside of the first year we behold even the TDnes sick of its bargain. In a late issue the Times says: The only one conspicuour. result of the present congress thus far is an impressive lesson given to the American people that the democratic party is unfit to govern the republic. It has politicians large and small, but mostly small, while statesmanship seems to have become a lost art in the councils of that organization. It is now more than six months since congress

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met, and the single thing that it has accomplished to meet the busi ness necessities of the country was the repeal of the silver bill. Here is an opportunity for another diagnosis by one of our Greencastle democratic newspaper physicians. Some of the Irish democratic hoys did not get to go to Indianapolis to the St. Patrick celebration tins year, as is their custom. In a talk with one of them Saturday, in answer to the question ns to why he was not off to the celebration this year, he said lie was not financially able and then proceeded to open up a tirade of abuse against the party in power such as is seldom beard, even in these days of tirades. The gentleman wound up by swearing by everything green that he was done with the democratic party forever. He has the popular chord, it seems.

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good polities from a democratic standpoint, but it will hardly prove profitable, as there is so much democratic dissatisfaction this year that the democratic papers would have to give all their space to the idea and then some. They would have to enlarge their papers to give the subject full consideration.

The present congress, though democratic root and branch, has made more republican votes than any other since the war. They probably see their inability to cope with the great questions of the day and want some more republican brains and experience to help them out of the rather close box they have gotten into. It is now a fad with the local [democratic papers when a demo|crat is found to he wavering to boom the aforesaid democrat for some local office, such as councilman, assessor or the like. This is

The letting of a pauper physician contract for Greencastle and Madison townships has been continued. Now, Mr. Commissioners, why on earth don't you act like men in this matter? If you want a physician for this work hire one or quit advertising for bids. Are you afraid of losing a vote for the democratic party or have you had enougli bids? It seems three bids are not enough from which to make a selection. The New York Herald says editorially: “If an election were held now the democrats would he sw'ept from power by a tidal wave of popular indignation such as the country has not seen for twenty years.” The Herald cun read the handwriting on the wall without the aid of a magnifying glass. The Herald ought to be “classified” by the Greencastle Democrat. Akmies like Coxey’s were unheard of during republican administrations. They are exclusively democratic products.

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