Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1883 — AFOUL OF A BUZZ SAW.—NO. 3. [ARTICLE]

AFOUL OF A BUZZ SAW.—NO. 3.

Hon. Stanton J. Pejblle: Efforts have been made to divert attention from the declared puroose of this oue sided correspondence in the News. In my lirsi letter & discussion of the theories of Ire* trade and protection was expressly waived. I recognize the fact that the active machine politician of to-day has a thorough eon tempt for theories, and tor all men who profess devotion to principle. i therefore pitched the discussion upon a low key, and have endeavored to show simply that the |-o-called tariff revision was impolitic as a party measure. The most abject partisan, the “boss,” the editor who sueers at “pale-Jaced professors of political economy,” THE WARD STRIKER, all of these must see that a law enacted by a party iu the interest of the rich, and which will oppress the poor,i is a bad law lor the parly. I wished to show that tlie tariff law lor which you voted is such a measure, and that if the Republican party would retain the confidence of its supporters it must abandon L.e policy which dictated its passage. A party that has stood so long for the rights of the people must be true to its traditions and princi pies, or pass out of power. It has been remarked that statesmen should possess a knowledge if what the people ‘‘are thinking, hoping, expecting and wishing lor,” and that ‘ they are, for t..e most pari, peculiarly unfortunate as regards the company they keep; that is, unfortunate with a view to gain this exquisite knowledge respecting their own people.” The city of Washington is probably the WORST PLACE IN THE C-vUNTry to gain su«'h a knowledge. You will remember a mistake y ou made last summor You came home from the Capital in dogdays, aud were promptly interviewed by an enterprising newspaper reporter. You gave it as your opinion that the question of civil service reform would probably become an issue in 1884; that the people must take the initiative, and that there was no use discussing tne question in advance. What did you do? You read the November election returns, took your “grip sack,” went to Washiugtou aud, in obedience to the wishes of the people and tne “pale-laced professors of snivel service reform,” voted for Mr. Pendleton’s bill. You discovered that the peopie had taken the “initiative” and had discussed aud decided the question while vou *ere m Washington, wholly Ignorant ot what the people were “thinking, hoping, expecting and wishing for.” It is a sad mistake for legislators to suppose that six months spent in Washington, assoeiating with lobbyists and office seekers ha* a tendency to inform the mind or enlarge the understanding, In beh?lt of the Republicans who do tneir own thinkng I r- sent tbe suggestion that, because A CAUCUS HAH INDORSED A MEASURE, it uis passe I b eyond the range of criti cism. What boots it to me ur any Republican to he at I berty to think if on* is not allovy.d freely to say what he thinks? Mu-f we wait until the Gonventions have assembled the (candidates non*, inaied? Is it a good time tbcalmly consider measures of tariff reform when the processions are marchong, the hands playing, aud you and other honorable gentlemen are discussing the “illimitable perspective’’ amid the flames and iumes ofi he osene in front of a corner grocery? I think not., my brother. This is the “oil year” in politicsjjin Indiana, and it will do no harm to talk treeiy upon matters of party policy, aud it you can be con* viuced that you have made a mistake, I trust you wilj njake haste to make amends as soon aijd as far as you may be able. To the editors who assail me let me say a word; [t does not follow because a "professor” is “pale-faced” that wnat he thinks and wrttes is of less consequence jthan the lucubrutious of a bottle-nosed, ruddy-faced ?qd pot Bellied machine politician or editor. The essential question is doe the Protessor state facts aud are his iqferences from these facts just? If they are, you may be sure he will win the day*. The priests and politicians who make war upon men of thought and independence always come, to grief. Mr. DePauw’s plate-glass organs threaten to read me pqt ofthe Republican party. That is fqnny, When Mr. Qeßatiw sold himself to the Republican party in consideration of the JOO per cent, bounty on the production of his glass works, the plate-gl ss editors vied with one another in applauding tbe conduct of Mr. DePauw and tho shrewdness of the party managers who succeeded in converting so influential a Democrat to the Republican faith. The aforesaid "editors sharpened Amir pencils and made it appear on paper that the conversion of Mr. DePauw carried all the workmen m his glass works over to the Republican party. THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION it was discovered, before the editors were out of bed, that the County of Floyd, which Mr. DePauw was supposed to carry about under hi? hat, had gone Democratic by its usual majority, while the Republicans had made gains in nearly every other County in the state. This points the lesson I am trying to impress upon you. A monopolist is the most expensive luxury a party can buy, and when you bpy a monopolist at even 100 per ct. boupty on hjs products yop are pot sure the men who work for him wifi yote as hel(vote«, „ But I hope you will pardon tills digression. In my last letter through the News I called your attention to the salt monopoly, audjshowed from the census returns of 1880 that the monopolists who run the salt v/qrks pay their laborers less than a dollar a day, and divide 30 per pppt. profits on a capital or S&',QOQ,CfuO. IT IS WORSE THAN THATOne salt monopolist makes 16,(KK) barrels par month at a cost of five cents a bushel, which he sell? to Western farmers at 260 per cent, above cost qf production. Oh! but you say, the salt a man uses aipount? to little nr nothing. 5o you m?y say the taxes Op* peedles, slate pencils, and @h|ogles, and sugar, -and qotton and woolen goods are triling to each peisoa. Does it ever qecqr tn| the comfortable politician that a fe w trifling additions to the burden of the poor taxpayer may make the burden intollerable? Mr. Liucoln said that it was “easier to

stfi^Bwowuosteven at >he end o the yew-JU richness or If his averted com him a little leas, |if his wife's nmdle ted not hem taxed, if the clothier and food of his bnuly had fsvoared* l ia™ the* law you voted for/he might save his little tease from sale.' A deficit of $lO ia the poor man's erche quer la enough. It does net seem huge to a Congressman, bat like Mercutio's wound, ••’twill serve” Ko you see by the trifitog additions you put ou tne .cost of the poor min's living 3 on wrec* him Who profits by Look ttihe lists of ur chasers of these noon nut’s homes at DtuxqcßST TA^ftAXES. Who are they* Bankers hfitt'rich men from whose broad shoulders vou jlifted over SIO,OOD,<*K) of taxes on their eapiui and deposits to enable them to buy at de linquent tax sales the homes of poor people whom you tax at the dictation of monopolists sad on the pl« a of party necessity. ba t It shocking that such things can be done in the uame of a party that has done so much for hunupjyt It. has besn said that: I should address my letters to others who vsied with you. This would encumber the Vsooni, sad I use your name for convenience’ sake, bat as the lawyers say m a bill jin chancery, this correspondence is for the benefit of yourself and all others ia like case who wish to come In and share costs and profits of tile controversy. W. P, Fishback,

Since the death of Govenor Stephens his life romance has lecn learned. In one of the early’years of the ’4os, Mr. Stephens, then a young man, paid a visit to the home of Mr. Darden. ia Warren County. dChere he met a flaxen-haired, blue-eyed girl of sixteen, beautiful in fane/and love ly in character, pleasant, witty, and girted with a mind rarely cultivated. An attachment grew up whioh for years did not pass the format bounds of friendship, t ut whioh was . sacredly cherished by both. Tha boy lover was poor ia this wot Id’s goods ; fragile in frame anfl haras.- e i by sickness, be did not dare to aspire to t'he hand of one whom he bad learned to love and yet forbore tt) claim With womanly devotion the young girl read the secrets ia the young man's eyes. and true to bet heart she could only - wait and love. One evening in 1849 r pkrfy was civen at ’be residence of Mr. Little, in Orawfordsvllle There the two met once more; there they enjoyed tbat sweet communion bern of perfect trust; and there Mr. Stephens found courage to speak the werds whi h tor years had tought for expression, un H at last he could oo longer eontain them. ? r "Are you sure that there lives none other whom you prefer to f»?” asked the maiden, timidly, halt shriektugly, yet only too happy to feel that she was favored in his whole universe there exists not another. * said he,' passionately. Thus their troth was plighted; the day was set tor their marxiage, and ail seamed auspicious for the lovers. Bu tclouds lowered #’**their hopes: matters of a private nature, which it is net within the domain of the pub lip to know, intervened and deferred tbe fruition or their hopes. The one became immersed in politics, and, rooked with physical ills, hesitated to enter a state where he feared the happiness of the ether might be married.

The lady fouud her duty by the side of an invalid mother, who long lingered with o •nfluiog disease.— Thus the years flew by; but tha plighted troth was kept. Mr. Stephens never addressed another, aud ever kept the image of the fair young girl in bis heart The lady w«s the recipient of admiration from many, bnt to all she turned a deaf ear. They have often met since, and while the idea of marriage was abandoned, they felt a sweet pl&sure.in each other’s society. But two weeks ago the lady was at the man ion, and qn taking leave qf her qld friend one of the chairs tripped up, an unfavorable sign,'as the Governor remarked at the time. The lady has for yours been a oitizen of Atlanta, and no one is in more esteem for every quality whioh adorns womanhood thun Miss Caroline Wilkinson.

Iu concluding a long obituary notice ot the late Peter Cooper tbe New York Herald says: HU general character pas pure minded and almost to a degree of effsmiuacy, and he pos sessed a heart so susceptible to the feeling of compaision to others that he would fly to the methodical relief of the if be could do so con* sisteutly with ideas qf order, routine and temperate manner of action. He was no aristocrat, and was ready to see any one who came to him for help or advice. His manner was kind and affable In the extreme and his temper was rarely ruffled. In personal appearance the glow of kindliuess upd good nature that lighted tip bjs countenance ‘ attracted all, His smoothly shaved race surrounded by an oriole of white hair, and bis silken looks that fell in glossy waves upon his shoulders were known to every citizen qf New York, a d their respect and love attended him Wherever he wept- He had the happfness of being one qf the very few great oharaoters privileged to sfte realized ih this life the fruits of their own good works. He anticipated his own Immortality and spent bis declining years in perfect happiness. His decease can not be better described than in bis own words spoken some years previous to his death. “My experipqce qf life,” said fie, “has not dimmed my hopes cf humanity. My sun is not setting in •clouds and in darkness, but is going down eheerfuly in a clear firmament lighted up by the*glory of God, who should always be venerated and loved as the infinite source and fountain of aJHfgbt, life, power, wisdom and goodness.

Mason & Morgan have three very floe specimens of the Siberian bloodhound,‘the largest, Danger, costing one hundred and sixty dollars. They are splendidly twined find very es« fectivc in their work qn the stags. Many people in ipokjng on thtsp hounds confound thsrn with Cubun bloofopaod of They are a larger, and rpp?ed fl. fPPF® ferocious specie?. TJjey am lo irqdupr iqg the n extensively in *», being found lo be w©|? dog ever imported to this country There's macv a two-ceot man who gets a S2OO funeral wh n be dies.

Seed Coro fans xrtiTe*!. It jou want the cniwng kind, give him m«OL . jf'r ■' j t Ladiees call at Leopold's Bazar. and see the new Pyramitical skirts. They are the latest style. Remember, 5 off for cash. “HI! where did you get those trousers!* asksd as Irishman of a mao who happened to be passing with a pair of remarkably short trousers on, "I got them where they grow," was the Indignant reply. ‘Then, be me conscience.* said Paddy, “you've polled them a year too soon:* Silk, Satin, Cashmere and Cloth Wraps, in all shades, at Leopold’s Bazar, 5 off for cash.

I now give 5 per cent, discount on all cash sales of two dollars and upwards. > Every cash purchaser is invited to give me a trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. Do not be misled by my opponents in business, by their telling you, probably, that the discount is put on beforehand, for such is not the case. I wish everybody to know that I buy for cash only, and therefore am able to do what I advertise. I will also sell goods on six months, to reliable parties, My stock of merchandise probably excels any in this market, in quantity. quality and prices. Inviting everybody to call and examine my mammoth stock, and thanking you for past favors, I reman, Yours truly, A. Leopold.