Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1898 — HERE’S THE COMPARISON [ARTICLE]

HERE’S THE COMPARISON

Mr. Dingley, defending his tariff Jaw in an interview with an Associated Press reporter one day recently declared that critics of his tariff measure ‘do not dare to make compar sons between the first months of the Wilson act and the first months of the present act.’ He insists that it will not do to compare the first months of the pi esent law with the last months of the Wilson act. He cha lenges comparison of the results of the Wilson and Dingley laws foi the first months of their operation. But the comparison which Mr. Dingley insistsyipon is fatal to his conteneion that the Dingley law is a tetter revenue producer han its predecessor We p iot a table showing returns of customs under the first four months ot tne two tariffs, the figures being taken from treasury department reports; Wilson Act. Dingley Act. F.rat month, $15,564,990 $6,987,702 Second month, 11,962,118 7,943,100 Third morth, 10,250,692 9,713,494 Fourth month, 11,203,949 9,830,025 Four monthH, $48,990,849 $34,474,321 It is to be added that in its sist 1 month the Wilson tariff produced $17,301,000 customs revenue, in its sixth $13,334,000, and in its seventh $14,929,000. These Wilson law revenues were produced at a peiiod w en business was practically paralyzed. The receipts of the Dingley law come at a time-if Mr Dingley and his Republican colleagues know what th-y are ta king about, —of “restored confidence” and business activity. Not only do the critics of the Dingley law ‘dare to make comparisons,” but there is not a comparison to be made that d esnot characterize the present tariff as a signal failure, both afe a revenue producer and a God-send to labor-

The Lafayette Journal says that “It is expected that the rule of ‘‘putting none but D mocrat- on guard” will be observed” in the selection of Democatic chairmen and committees in t the several cou ties, the districts and the State. Those who have been posing as democrats, and at the same time in tra ning with he “rule or ruin” element of the poculist party must take back and the populist leaders must rot be per mitted to di state to the Democracy. If thev cannot trust the democratic party to br ng about p'edged reforms suffleienty to vote with it without presuming to dictate, Jet them drift into some other organization . We will be the better with ut th n m

The Republican reports Frank Haulev a republican aspirant for senatorial nouors as saying, in a. an interview: “T e Jtlepublicars in the state should stand by their position on the mo .ev question until it was settled ioi good. In our part of the state,” said he, ‘‘the soundmoney sentiment is stronger now than it was last year.” Hanley is counting without bis host. lake Jasper county as an example- the boss goldbug of Rensselaer now favors nothing but silver It 11 his solitary plank

The Renasalaer Lecture Club announce as their fourth number John R. Clark, the humorist, iu “Hits and Mieses," Jan. 10. Fire broke out in Milliron’s bake slioo early Monday morning but was was’ soon put out. Damage light. Advertised Letters: James Evans, John H. Thompson, Bar h White, Mrs. C. Williams, Mrs Jas. F. Warren, Hurry Thom as. George M. Robinson has been recommendetl by congressman Ci umpacker for postmas.er in this city, George is capable and will no doubt fill tne bill as satisfacto rily as any that could have een named on that ride of the political fence. John R. (.lark oratoi, vocalist, mimic, will deliver his famous lecture on “Hits and Misses” at the Opera House, Monday evening, Jan 10th. Hugh L. Gamble h sbeen ap pointed city engineer, made vacant by resignation of L. A. Bostwick Hear Clark, at the Opera House, Jan. 10. D. E. Hollister has been.elected engineer for the p mping station at the water works. Babcock’s plan’ng mill was destroyed by tire early W dnesday morning. Loss about $4,000. It is probable A he new court house will be tutned ovei to the commissioners next week. JJ'BOONE,” The World’s Greatest Hypnotist and Mind R ader. Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 11th and) 12th. 25, 35 and 50c. Seats on sale at Huff’s Opera House, Jewelry Store. ! M sb Emma Grace, daughter of James 1 P. Overton, died at the homu of her sis- ! ter, Nrs. Wm Childers, in this city, 1 st Mondav uight, in the year of her age.— ;■ Funeial sei vices were held in the M. E. chflrch Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Shepherd, of the Christian church, in charge; and was largely attsndud. Interment in Weston cemetery

In the approaching c ampaign in fact in all future campaigns, we j earnestly trust and hope the De i mocracv of Jasper county will not be hundica ped by any more sdocimers of elongated inefficiency. Hanna will lack six votes of reaching the senafi. Mark our piediction. Bossism is doomed. By the way, what has becomeof that court-house-inyest'gating-committee, anyhow?—Remington Press. The members of that committee are engaged in solic.'ting ’ubscr.ptions for the “What-You-May-Call-It!” of which they are to be the managing editors. Theyaie 1 promising awful disclosu es of corruption, etcetera, and-so-forth, and-so-OD, in building the court house. If they find nothing of the kind, they promise to manu« facture scandals to order to gratify the desire of all opponents to the new courthouse enterprise. E. T. Todd, of Rensseloer, is' fillkg a clerkship at Little & Co’s. —Goodland Herald. Forty-four muscles are cal ed i into play in the product on of the human voice. The two little islands of Znnzi- ■ bar and Pemba furnish four .fifths | f the cloves consumed by the world. If rubbed with fresh lemon or ; oraage peel knives and f oiks will be thoroughly freed from the taste of fish. To brown a baked custard sift slightly over the ‘op r little nowdered sugar as so n as the surface is cooked enough to bear it up. The Coudersport (Penn.)clothes pin facto y has n-ceived an rder , for 16 car loids of clothes pins I This will take 80,000 feet of beech ' logs Nine cases out of ten of ordinary colds can be cured in the early stage by a hot bath and drinking a 1 glass of hot lemonade immediately before go : ng to bed.

In 1857 Mies Mary E. Martin, now Mrs. C. B. McLellen of 128 North El jvenlh street, Eas + on. Pa., attended Sunday school at Williams! urg, L. 1., and for eciting perfectly the shorter catrchrin was awarded a Bible. Her nare ts moved away before the Bible came and she did not get her prize. L st i summer she learned that her teach I er of long ago was living in Newark, N, J and wrote to her. In i her first answer her teacher spoke of the Bi' le incident, which Mrs. McLellen had long forgotten, but! which the te«cher, Miss A gins: . unlap, now Mrs. Andrew White, had not. Mrs. White s<?id the Bin b’e w uld bt sent, and wr.s received just forty years to the day after ibwas awarded. Good warm lunch at Kennel Bro’s restaurant and bakery, for 15 cents.

‘Hits and Misses,’ t the Opera. House, Monday evening, Jau. loth. Me understand thut our friend Shields has been eirculatii gll report that a J urge uu rubor of our papers had berti returne ito onr box marked "refused”, since hi» agitation for a new paper began A coup la of weeks R: » ,ui eissibiant in njnk’iig up tie mailtf by mistake iu hided ru; ■ > half »k,z.n “refused delinquent ”, These, of course were, very pvope. lj fu r : ; d into our box so m.ftk> d. ' ■ ui how did Shields fiml-it ? But on paper, in ma:sv weeks baa been returned to uh ‘*rei'nsnd’\ and that one bore t e r une of a brother cf eur friend sin -ids.

About a year ago N . S. B ites then chairman of tne Democratic county committee, s.'jit o > written notices ta the niamln is thereof to select a , new eom. , This was conti ary to ri p- oprietynnd precedent Properly, each town ship should hav been notified and directed to s< lect cohimitteemen. At the appointed’tune ab nt a half dozen met in-, rooua a, the Newi els hous . Mr. Bali,a announced that be did not desire to h rve as chairman ani lc .■ ’tr Shields di ; and was on lu ~d to accept the honor. He was directed to see that each towns ip b<> i epi cs nted O', the committee. This he failed to do. If he did apytLiug it was to train with the poi'nli t commit‘ee. For all the rinting requited of us, we received m-thiug. flow much the Pilot (the populist organ in which S »vnstis pckholder) received, v i have n<> moans of knowing. He ha never ma e any report of rece: Is and di bursein ents.