Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — Page 1

VOLUME XVIII.

Why Was It that Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, out of the great of similar preparations manufactiSwi throughout the world, was the only medicine of the kind admitted at the World's Fair, Chicago? And why was it that, in spite of the united efforts of the manufacturers of other preparations, the decision of the World’s Fair Directors was not reversed? BECAUSE According to Bulb 15—‘'Articles ® that are in any way dangerous or o offensive, also patent medicines, O nostrums, and empirical prepara- ® tions, whose ingredients are con- o coaled, wfll not be admitted to the o Exposition,” and, therefore— 2 Because Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is not a O patent medicine, not a nostrum, and not 2 a secret preparation.] o Because its proprietors had nothing to ° conceal when questioned as to the for- o mula from which it is compounded. O Because it is all that it is claimed to be o —a Compound Concentrated Extract of O Sarsaparilla, and in every sense, worthy q the indorsement of this most important o committee, called together for passing O upon the manufactured products of the 2 entire world. o Ayer's oX Sarsaparillai Admitted for Exhibition ® AT THE WORLD’S FAIR g

The Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Sentinel circulation has leached immense proportions by its thorough service in receiving all the latest news all over the State and from its dispatches from foreign countries. Every reader in Indiana should take a State paper, and that The Sentinel.' LARGEST CIRCULATION Of any Newspaper 11 THE STffl. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily one year - - $6.00 Weekly one year - - 1.00 The weekly Edition Has 12 PAGES! SUBSCRIBE NOW And make all remittances to The SENTINEL CO Indianapolis, Ind. This paper will be furnished with the weekly edition of The Indiana State Sentinel for $2 00. G K. Ilollingswoith, will loan you money n personal mortgage, or chattel security , for long Cr shot t time at local bank rates. These loans can be paid back at any time, and are more desirable than bank loans, because interest is rebated.— We have unlimited capital and can accommodate everybody 11. years there has been a growing interest * among the women of the state in the State r" Fair and this year the display in the Woman’s department of the great Fair fete*! x promises to be more than interesting. From all parts of the assurances have already been received of large displays in all of the classes, and the ladies are showing remarkable interest in the work. The Woman’s building will be the center of attraction to thousands, and the display 'will be well worth the trip to the city. ,♦ The musical features of the State Fair for 1894 will interest all of the ladies. A fine orchestra has been engaged for the Woman’s buildifig, and the big band concerts will be given at such a point as to be an interesting feature of that part of the grounds. The best bands in the country will doubtless be attracted to the Fair by the liberal prizes offered by the management. The great spectacular production, “Last Days of Pompeii,” will be among the interesting features for the evening entertainment. The wonderful spectacle will be reproduced on a grana scale, better than ever before seen in this part of the world. No expense will be spared to make it attractive, interesting and instructive. No one can afford to miss a visit to Indianapolis during Fair week. The railroads will all run excursions, and the rates will be exceptionally low. Remember the dates, Sept. 17 to 22, and make your arrangements to attend.

The Democratic Sentinel.

THE GREAT TARIFF REDUCTIONS

John Wanamaker (late republic can postmaster-ger eral, and ore of Pn.’adelphia’s most successful merchants) is continuing his eloquent testimonials to the effect of the tariff reductions on clothing, and for fear that malicious persons may claim that his firm and not himself is making the advertisemeats he prints a letter of thanks to the collector of the port of Philadelphia over his own name, thanking him foi his courtesy and promptness in getting out t oods. The letter concludes as follows:

We purposely left ourselves short of foreign goods in view of the tariff changes, and having so manv cases yet in bond with several hundred more afloat soon to arrive, it will be a great favor to us and our customers if you will this week let out our packages as rapidly as possible. Yours truly, John Wanamaker. He says many kind things of the new tariff rates, as, for example: Everything that free wool [and tariff influences can do to put prices on a lower level has been much more than discounted in the handsome ne'w dress stuffs that are crowding so the counters every day. But while Mr. Wanamaker is telling these wholesome truths to the nation his enterprising competitors, Strawbridge & Clothier, inform the Dublic that they have been wiser than even shrewd old John. They say: As for ourselves, we have sought, without screaming i bout it, to conserve the interests of our patrons, and for months past we have prepared for a tariff even much lower than the present—purchasing only on the basis of the house bill, or below it. We have reasoned that this quiet service was more in the interest of our patrons than the other course referred to for while newspaper advertising is quite proper, some one has to pay for six or eight column cards at from 5 to 20 cents per line—and it is usually the advei tiser. Hundreds of cases of foreign goods held by us in bond nave been, and are now being withdrawn. All were bought at lower prices abroad than ever before known, and all are, of course, to be distributed on the same basis. No time could be more opportune, in the irterest of our patrons, for the reduced duties to go into effect than chance has decreed- at the yery outset of the season; and we now submit the result of preparations, greater than ever in the pist, to the examination of the public—-soliclti-jg criticism and comparison with any stocks in the American market.

It must be evident to any person that this system of purchase wo’d give Strawbridge' & Clothier a great advantage over their competitors, and the fact is a demonstration of the much greater advantages that would have been enjoyed by the public if the Wilson bill had b'en passed instead of the Gorman bill. We quote one paragraph from these enterprising merchants:

Today we inaugurate a saie of strictly reliable hosiery at prices never before heard of. No broken lo 1 s uro included. Without exception all are new goods, purchased by cur buyer this summer, at the great hosiery centers of Europe, at the low:-st prices ever known. The goods were landed under the new tariff, and ai;e now offered out patrons at even lower prices than we. c mid buy the same grades today—prices have already mateiially advanced in European markets.

It does not seem possible 'hat Wanamaker can compete with such exce t onal advantages, and the probabilities are tnat he wili suffer until his opponents’ dock, bought at Wilson bill prices, is exhausted. This first week has beeu productive sig" iflea-t movements. He<e in Ntw England the woolen mills report orders for he ivy poods, while the trade is selling tfeeh, indicating a ’evival of consumn tion. A 1 this is fostered bv the grant of free wool, which the new tariff makes. And the inf n mce is f *’t in oh r lines, ir dicat 4afa r fall business from the very start) The western cente r s ’of trade report distinct gains in the volume of business . Iu th J iron and steel manufacture an increased output is n »Ld. From Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, c”tnes the same story of increased demand and healthy t ade in all lines, la spite of t, e drought—which undoubtedly has been exaggerated as to its de-

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structive effects—the far West reports a larger trade and better collections And in Chicago, where a vear ago 100,000 men were out of employment not more than 25,000, or the usual average, are idle. — Boston Post. Hall's Hair Renewer contains the natural ford and color-matter for the hair, and medicinal herbs f or the scalp, curing grayness, baldness, dandruff, and scalp sores.

THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

During thefyear ending the 30th dav of la>t June $10,869,896 was taken from the Treasury of the United Stotes and paid to the sugar planters es Louisiana. The total amount so paid including Louisiana and a few other States—was $12,099,889 The cane sugar bounty|of over $11,000,000 was divr e I among 578 producers, thus making an average of $19,000 to each producer. The beet sugar bounty, which amounted to $852,000, was divided among seven producers, miking an average of $ 121,71 4 to each producer. It is no wonder that the men who were favored in this outrageous way squeal when their privileges are taken from them. The bounty was a great thing for them. But it was an infamous tax upon the people of the whole country levied in the interest of a handful of men for the purpose of keep* ing them in business. T 1 ere is no question ok the price of sugar, for the home product has no influence upon price. There was no revenue involved. When Hie pcple of the whole country are asked to submit in order that the seven beet sugar producers may make $121,000 each in a single year, it seems to us that they would deserve to be “held up” by every mendicant industry in the country if they did not resist the imposition. We believe that the people are getting tired of being taxed for the benefit of every man who finds it impossible to run his own business at a profit. —lndianapolis News, rep.

People who live in new countries are Hable to be prostrated bv malarial fevers. Inhabitants of cities, by reason of bad drainage and unwholesome odors, suffer from similar diseases. Ayer’s Ague Cure is warranted a specific for all malarial poisons. As reviving trade is muzzling him the calamity-howler has less of a snap than ever. —Philadelphia Times. The wholesale crockery and glass dealers announce that their business has greatly increased since the passage of the tariff law. The rax on china, porcelain, earthen-« ware and stoneware has been very high, and its red iction has stimulated trade. Retail dealers and householders are filling up their depleted stocks. —N. Y. Times. Tn account of the Inf iana State Fair, rate on the Monon from Rensselaer to Indianapolis and re~ tarn will be $3 30 for he round trip.

The Winamac Fair will be held this year on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 25 to 28. The prospects are goo 1 for a better Fair there this year than ever before, because the Association has a well earned reputation for paying every purse in full and dealing square with every exhibitor and horseman. The purses are larger than ever before, the track in the pink of condition, and th re will be racing there that will fairly cut a hole in the wind.

RACING

NE thing that will make the ®tate Fair at Indianapolis interesting this year will be the racing. Thebigpurses offered and the splendid track w ih doubtless attract a large number of the best horses in the country. Records will be smashed and the best horses will win. The dates, September 17 to 22, are exceptionally propitious as no other big racing meeting will interfere. All lovers of fine track sports should attend the State Fair. The show of fine horses promises to eclipse anything ever seen in the State and the indications for a first-class show of all kinds of stock were never better. The $30,000 offered in premiums will attract exhibitors from all parts of the country, and competition will be strong in all departments. The people of the State should take more interest in the State Fair than in late years. It is an institution worthy of support, but it can only be maintained by the interest and attention of the citizens of the whole State. Look out for further announcements and make your arrangements to attend.

■‘A FIRM AD ENO 3 TO CORRECT PRINCI LBS.”

RAILROAD TAX SUITS.

Origin, Object and Results of This Famous Litigation. Most Important of the Kind That Ever Engaged the Courts. .AX£I4l The Democratic Law Fully Vindicated. Valuable Work of Attorney General Smith —An Adverse Opinion Would Have Bankrupted the State—Full and Succinct History of These Great Suits and Analysis of the Law They Were Intended to Nullify. Prior to the passage of the tax law, approved March 0, 1891, the subject of taxation in this state was practically misunderstood. Those who paid taxes under the old system did so upon valuations fixed by themselves, without the slightest legal restraint or desire to fix a value upon their property representing either a fair or true cash value. Every person had been educated to the belief that it was right to force valuations down, because it was generally understood that the policy of taxation in this state rested upon the principle that to force a low-valuation of property was to escape, in a measure, the payment of taxes necessary to support the government. This principle was manifested most clearly in valuations fixed upon all classes of corporate property. The owners of this property, being able to present their contentions more fully before the taxing boards than the owners of other property, always got the advantage of the situation by representing a condition which caused the authorities to place the lowest possible valuation upon their property, and this fact was known to all the taxpayers of the state, and, to counteract its evil consequences, the owners of real estate and other small possessions entered into the spirit of the times and fully competed with the owners of corporate property to the end that values should be made as low as> possible, and in this competitive struggle for low values the land owner and the possessor of homes and small holdings were necessarily the sufferers from such a system. They could not, and did not, compete in this matter with those who held large property interests and controlled the corporate wealth of the state. Therefore in a short time the concentrated wealth of the state received the largest benefit from this system of pressing down the values of the taxable property, and the owners of other property were necessarily made to bear the largest share of the public burden. This was the condition of things when the legislature of 1891 met to consider ways and means to raise a sufficient revenue to carry on the affairs of the state government, to pay the interest on the public debt and to gradually reduce the principal. The principle of taxation, that justice and equality can only be maintained by placing a fair cash value upon all property, had been lost sight of, and those most fortunate in the scramble to avoid taxation bore the least share of the public burden while, as in all such cases, those who were most numerous and .farthest removed from the taxing authorities were made to bear the greatest, as well as an unequal, share of the public burden. Prior to 1891 there was no such thing as equality in assessment of taxes in this state. The constitutional provision which provides for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation had been lost sight of or totally disregarded by those who may have misunderstood it.

Another principle under this system of taxation, which had been forgotten or disregarded, was that an increased and equal valuation of all property does not necessarily increase the amount of taxes to be paid by the citizen, for the reason that where all property is placed upon the tax duplicate at its true cash value all citizens will pav equally, according to the property which they own, and the higher the valuation the lower the rate of taxation; so it is a fundamental truth that the proper way to reduce the taxes, which the citizens must bear as a reward for good government, is to place upon the tax duplicate all the property of the state and attach to it a value according to the cash basis, which alone can equalize the burden of taxation. But this was not the rule prior to 1891, and the principle of equality having been destroyed by a violation of the constitutional rule of taxation, the burden of government fell most heavily upon that class of property which never can escape the eye of the tax assessor, the homes and farms and tangible personal property of the people, while railroads and banks and great corporate interests, the value of which is most difficult to understand, bore but a slight portion of the public burden in comparison to what the people necessarily had to pay by reason of this misapplication of the equity rule in taxation. In 1890 the property of this state was valued so unequally that it scarcely pro- • duced a revenue sufficient to pay the ordinary expenses of state government, and did not produce sufficient revenue to carry on the public institutions of the state and pay the interest on the public debt, necessarily requiring each year a temporary loan, at a high rate of interest, to meet these public expenditures. And it was this condition, which was known and severely felt throughout the state, that prompted certain persons to demand of the legislature of 1891 that the entire tax laws of the state be revised, and to cause a re-valuation for the purpose of taxation of all property, real, personal and corporate, to be made in the year 1891. The revisions of the tax laws of that year did not essentially differ in principle from the laws that have always been in force in this state. In fact, they had the same machinery for valuing railroad property and equalizing the value of real estate and to value small holdings and personal property of the citizens prior to 1891 as is incorporated in the tax laws of that year. But the laws concerning the valuation of all

property for the purpose.-, of taxation in thia state had not been faithfully and honestly executed. The principle of valuing propertv according to its true cash value and placing all property upon the tax duplicate had not been adhered to, but had been abandoned, and the question was sharply presented to the people of the state as to whether the government of Indiana should be supported by means of a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, or by going into the market every year and borrowing money to support the government, ana thereby going into debt and increasing the state debt each year. The lesson taught by the passage of the tax law of 1891 was the lesson of constitutional taxation based upon a uniform and equal rate of assessment. As soon as the law was passed its execution assumed a partisan phase. One political party of the state, at least, denounced the law as infamous and retarded its execution and enforcement in every wav possible; and so fierce were the assaults made upon this system of taxation by the Republican party that even the friends of the law despaired of its execution and, at times, were almost willing to abandon the effort of constitutional taxation in this state. While it was not a new law, yet it was a new enactment, and being a new enactment, its enemies urged against it all the objections that might have been made against an original and new law. It became necessary, to carry out the provisions of the law of 1891, that nearly every section of it should be defended and construed by some one. This defense began early in the spring of 1891 and was vigorously prosecuted by the attorney general until all the values for that year had been fixed and placed upon the tax duplicate. The contest which was waged during that year against the tax system by the corporate interests of this and other states having property in this state was the fiercest and most unrelenting that has been witnessed since the organization of the state government. From the tax boards, who fixed the values upon the property of the rich and wealthy, appeals were taken to the courts for the purpose of having the salient features of the law declared unconstitutional. It was alleged in the courts that this law violated nearly all of the provisions in the constitution of Indiana, and that it violated the most essential provisions of the constitption of the United States; that it denied due process of law to the corporations; denied the equal protection of the laws to them; that it was an invasion of the constitutional provision that the states shall not regulate or place a burden upon interstate commerce. It was alleged by these corporations, who sought to break down this system, that the valuations fixed upon their property were so high that, in themselves, they constituted a fraudulent administration of the law and, for this reason, they asked that the power of the court be exerted in their behalf. It will be remembered now, and a history of transaction has been written, that the valuations of all property in this state, including railroad property and other corporations, was the result of the labors of the attorney general, who gave such construction to this system of taxation that, when the values were increased upon real estate by the local authorities, it became absolutely certain and necessary that the values of corporate property under the jurisdiction of the state board should be increased by that body. There was no escaping the proposition that prior to the passage of the law, real estate had borne the heaviest share of the public burden, and although it was not valued at its true cash value, still it was valued proportionately higher than corporate property within the state, and that since the local assessors valued real estate at a sum deemed to be its true cash value, thereby increasing the value over 46 per cent over the value of former years, that the authority charged with the duty of valuing railroad property must increase the value of that property in such equal proportions as to bring it up to the level of a statutory cash value. The action of placing a value upon property for the purpose of taxation is merely an executive or administrative function which, if honestly performed, must proceed in the line of construction given to the general system, so that one class of property shall bear the same relation to the public burden as any other class of property shall bear. Prior to 1891 railroad property in this state had been valued in the aggregate at 169,000,000. It was admitted by the railroads themselves that this valuation represented only three-fifths of the true cash value of such property, and to bring it up to the true cash value it would require a large increase to be placed upon all railroad property. This increase was the result of the general contest which was waged in behalf of the law by the attorney general of the state, who fought the corporations on the basis of equal and just taxation at every inch, and contested with them every step from the passage of the law to the values fixed by the assessing boards. And with this contest the values on the property of railroads were increased from <69,000,000 to $191,000,000. This increase represents the difference between the true cash value of the property as fixed by the board under the construction given to the law by the attorney general and the values which they themselves fixed upon their property. The per cent of increase of 1891 over 1890 was 130, and it was this increase that drove these corporations into the courts, where the attorney general appeared and fought them from the circuit court through the supreme court of Indiana ' and to and through the supreme court ' of the United States, in one of the most bitterly contested lawsuits that has ever been brought or concluded in this coun- ! try, and the success which crowned the efforts of the attorney general in these lawsuits is written in the history of this state. The amount involved, directly and indirectly, in the litigation which resulted in the supreme court of the United States holding the law to be constitutional and refusing to interfere with the assessment of the taxes against these corporations is, at first blush, fabulous. No such consideration was ever involved in any tax litigation in this country. The law was assailed because it was unconstitutional, and if the courts had held that it was unconstitutional all the taxes assessed under it would have been null and void, and where any of them had been paid the state would have been obliged to refund them to the corporations. The amount involved in this litigation on the day the supreme court of the United States decided the cases in favor of the state was $7,101,827. Of this amount at least $8,000,000 had been paid under protest, and since the decis-

ion of the case by the supreme court of the United States there has been paid into the county treasuries throughout the state at least $4,000,000, thedirect and necessary result of the victory won by the attorney general of Indiana over the corporations of this state. No such victory was ever before won for a state in the matter of taxation. The contest which resulted in bringing these taxes into the public treasury of the various counties of this state was directed, planned and executed by the attorney general and by no one else. He commenced with the beginning of the controversy and first laid open to the people of this state the doctrine of constitutional taxation in the great bank controversy, which originated in the superior court of Marion county, wherein the beat lawyers of the state appeared for the purpose of getting a decision not so much affecting the banks, but a decision that would break down these laws and destroy their force in the matter of railroad and corporate taxation. This contest was carried on by the attorney general, not for any good result that might come in the so-called bank litigation, but for the purpose of asserting the constitutional power of taxation and maintaining it, so that when the threatened suits, which were afterwards brought, should be commenced, that this policy of buttle should be continued all along the line as against them. And it is not forgotten that the fight made in the superior court and afterwards in the supreme court in the bank oases resulted in the establishment of the same constitutional doctrine as was afterwards asserted and settled by the supreme court of the United States. These contests on the part of the attorney general in asserting the true doctrine of constitutional taxation has set at rest forever the objections raised against the law involved in these litigations, and the amount of taxes which the settlement of these questions will produce to the people of the state of Indiana in the future cannot be well or accurately calculated. They are like Tennyson's Brook. They will flow on forever, and if the public servants selected to administer this law in the future will adhere to the doctrine as asserted by the attorney general, and execute the duties of their trust with fidelity to the people, it will not be 10 years until this system of taxation will produce sufficient money not only to carry on affairs of the state, but to pay the interest on the state debt and to wipe out the principal. And it is to be hoped that the lesson taught by this great contest will never fall upon deaf ears, nor be forgotten by the taxpayers of Indiana, and it is the prayer of all good people that neither time nor jealousies, the egotism of some or the vanity of others, will ever deprive the real author of this blessing to our state of the merits due him for nis labor and fidelity in standing by the cause of all people in behalf of just, uniform and equal taxation, to the end that every citizen of high or low degree, of much or little property, will be required to pay his just share or the public burden and feel that when the taxpaying time comes that he has not been called upon to contribute more to the maintenance of good government than his neighbors have been required to do.

PULLMAN IN INDIANA.

Th© Great Magnate Now Han to Pay For Hi* Privilege*. The public generally will learn with surprise, if not disgust, that the valuable franchises of the Pullman Palace Car company in Indiana were enjoyed for years without the payment to the state of a single dollar for the privilege. His cars were run on every railroad in the state, enjoying the protection of the laws and making enormous sums of money for the owner, and yet there was no statute requiring any return for this. What was made was clear profit, and if other states have been equally generous there need be little wonder that this corporation found little difficulty in accumulating a fortune. Exemption from taxation is of itself equal to a good per cent on investment, as everything is receipts and no expenditure, and the making of fortunes is greatly simplified. Not only Pullman, however, but the telegraph companies and ths express companies were equally fortunate in this respect. The only taxes they paid was on their office furniture and other appurtenances of this kind, which amounted to little or nothing. But for using the territory of the state for their lines and other privileges of indispensable value to such corporations these companies, like Pullman, went scottfree of taxation. During the last session of the legislature Attorney General Smith drafted a bill to remedy this omission and to add the favored companies to the list of state taxables. The bill was drastic in its provisions and supplied a long felt want, but it was by no means allowed smooth sailing through the legislature. On the contrary, it met with most determined and angry opposition. A robust and well paid lobby was on hand to fight it at every stage. The Western Union and the express companies, as well as the redoubtable Pullman, were on hand “by attorney” to see that the bill was scotched if not killed. It was a formidable array of lawyers, professional lobbyists and interested parties that confronted Mr. Smith, but the plucky attorney general succeeded in defeating the “army of occupation” and finally got the bill passed, ft was not, however, until the very last day of the session and after the hardest kind of a fight that the new statute became a certainty. As a result of its provisions the state of Indiana has been made richer this year by SIOO,OOO, and this off of property which was never before a subject of taxation. It was not without a struggle, however, that the tax was collected, even after the law was passed. The companies refused to pay, showed fight and the attorney general was compelled to enter ‘ suit against them. It is in the nature of corporations that if allowed to enjoy special privileges for a term of years they eventually come to consider them vested rights. Abuses of this kind become entrenched and i it is always difficult—sometimes impossible—-for the state to dislodge the possessors with all the machinery of the law at its back. The new law above described makes a valuable supplement to the general tax law of the state, and for both the Democratic party deserves full credit. It has done invaluable work in the last few years in, teaching various corporations that the state has some rights which they will be compelled to respect.

Hon. J. B. Collins Will open the campaign, on the part of the Democracy of Jasper county, at the Court House, in Rensselaer, on the evening of SATURDAY, SEPT’MBER 22. on the political issues of the day. Everybody come out and hear him. Senator Peffer is severe in his denunciation of the tariff bill, but a question as to why he voted for duties on salt and wool makes him stutter. From the heavy cut in prices of goods advertised by merchants consumers are beginning to realize that undec the Democratic tariff they are only called upon to pay ‘shoddy’ prices for woolen goods; whereas, under the late McKinley bill they were required to pay ‘woolen’ prices for shoddy goods. inasmuch as Mr. Culp has de* clined the Democratic nomination for Commissioner from the 3d district, the county chairman suggests that the Democrats of the 3d district arrange to meet and select a candidate for the vacancy. We think this the right move in the right direction, and should meet the approval ot every demo* crat in the county.

There is nothing to prevent any one concocting a mixture and calling it “sarsaparilla,” and there is nothing to prevent any one spending good money testing the stuff; but prudent people, who wish to be sure of their remedy, take only Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and so get cured. The Indiana State Fair will hold its regular annual meeting this year September 17 to 22 inclusive. Thirty thousand dollars are offered 'o* premiums in all of the departments, and many special awards of diplomas will also be made. The racing program is complete; the purses so large as to attract fir it;lass horses, and there is no doubt >ut that the racing will be most interesting. The Woman’s building will be :ull of attractions to the women of he State—many important changes laving been made in the catalogue and rules. Many things new in art and household effects will be displayed. A fine orchestra and land will lend attractions to the program in this department each day. In fact the Woman’s department at the State Fair will be made one of the attractions.

Th 3 city of Indianapolis will be I n carnival colors during the Fair. The citizens .nd merchants have awakened to the importance of entertaining and interesting the visitors. The grand evening spectacular production, “The Last Days < t Pompeii,’’ the electrical illun minati- ns and many places of interest will all afford the visitor excellent entertainment. The low rates on the railroads should certainly make it the time for a visit to the capital city. The Democratic law which makes the big corporations pay their just share of the tax burdens is distasteful to Republicans. They would repeal it and remit the state back to the system formerly prevailing when the small fish were caught while the big fish slipped through. Remember, that without the aid of the whole Republican membership the few Democratic traitors in the senate could not have obstructed tariff reform. The Republicans were the British, while the "masquerading Democrats” played the role of Benedict Arnold. What position are the Republicans going to take on the tariff question, anyway? Will they demand the repeal of the new bill ana insist on reopening the whole subject in congress? It is almost time they were announcing their intentions. Republicanism in the far west is for free silver. In the east it is for the single gold standard. Anything to get votes. They promise the people whatever they want, provided, only in return that they will give them the offices. The Democratic state platform enumerates the great reforms effected by the party in the interest of labor and the people generally. The list is long and covers a series of measures of the highest importance. Tom Reed recently opened the Republican campaign in Maine with his jaw. If any one wants to know what little exouse the Republican party has for continuing in existence, he should read that speech. By virtue of a Democratic law Pullman now-has to pay for the privilege of running his cars through Indiana. In other states he goes free, as he did here under Republican legislation. Thanks to the Democratic party Johnny Davenport and his myrmidons Will no longer supervise elections. The states will regulate such affairs without federal interference. Republican prospects wane as the campaign progresses. That party, like a young robin, is biggest when firstborn.

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