Hope Republican, Volume 2, Number 51, Hope, Bartholomew County, 12 April 1894 — Page 2

MOFK HUFUBhiCAN. By Jay C. Smith. HOPE INDIANA A New York swell indulges in charity from purely selfish motives.; His theory is unique and original.: While he admits that indiscriminate’ giving tends to increase beggary 1 and is often an injury to the pauper who iiegs, he regardu any outlay that he may make in answering to the calls of city vagrants as a good investment. He alleges that if he encounters a woe begone beggar on a stormy night, after he has himself dined in style, and fails to give him something, that he is haunted by the face of the miserable pleading wretch to such an extent as to destroy his own comfort, whereas i( he contributes relief he finds a serene satisfaction which adds immensely to his own comfort. The swell does not wish to be regarded as a philanthropist, nor as a generous man even, but avers that he gives to the poor solely because by teo doing he adds to his own peace of imind. This can hardly be called a new discovery, but rather a verification of the scriptural saying that “it is more blessed to give than to ro ceive.” The same feeling probably actuates a great many people who pose as philanthropists and greal benefactors of the human race. There is nothing so comforting to a man as to be fully convinced in his own mind that he is a real good fellow. It is hardly good taste to make sport of the afflictions and misfortunes of others, yet the vagaries ol the insane are sometimes so ridiculous that people, in whom the disposition to laugh at the amusing side of even the saddest circumstance can hardly be repressed, will draw from them the inspiration for a feast of mirth. In the absence of the unfortunate victims of strange hallucinations and their immediate friends this may be pardoned, and this is our excuse for giving to the public the utterly absurd ideas of ah Indianapolis bookkeeper which have resulted in his incarceration in the Central Hospital. The deluded man became imbued with the idea that he was vastly wealthy. He owned a dog which he valued at $10,000, and he pawned a valuable watch for $2 to get money to buy ribbons to decorate the “purp,” after which he started to the city offices stating that he intended to rent Tomlinson hall in order that he might exhibit the canine phenomenon to the public at so much per head. He was placed under restraint and euroute to the asylum confidentially told the officer that he had repeatedly refused $10,000 for the animal. Such incidents are sad indeed, but we can laugh at the humorous side of the matter when by so doing we will not offend the parties most interested. Greatest Teat on Kecord. John Donnelly, a Chicago merchant, has just acquired a new porter whom he thinks is a wonder. This porter is as black as stylographic ink when the pen works all right. He used to travel around on the steamer Peerless and was employed in the culinary department of the boat. He was not exactly a cook, but he was a sort of a conk’s understudy, as he peeled the potatoes and shucked the corn. Well, he is the undisputed proprietor of a pair of feet which are literally a burden to him. When he gets a job he can do nothing but save up money to buy shoes. On the Peerless ho used to wear carpet slippers, and they were constructed of ingrain, as Brussels cost too much. Ou one occasion a terrible storm arose. The man was terrified. Rushing up on deck he strapped two life-preservers on his ample feet and appeared on the bridge, satchel in hand, ready to battle with the cruel waves. The ciptain saw him and tore the satchel from him. Pulling it open he found that it contained only the black boy’s shoes. There was no room for anything else. The life-preservers were stripped from his feet and he was told to go below at once, which he reluctantly did. Had he jumped overboard the weight of the shoes would have conveyed him to a watery grave. But John says ho id a good porter. The Benefits of Treed. Smith —“That was a very interesting lecture of yours on the Catacombs. Did you write it while you were in Rome, or after you returned home.” Spo liter— ‘‘Ob, no, I wrote it before I went Wanted to get it off my mind, you know, so that when I got abroad I’d havo nothing to do but enjoy myself.” Where hot retorts are plentiful—In a gas-iio use.— Boston Herald,

THE CAMPAIGN. Looks Like It Will be a JugHandle Affair. The Republican Year. Indianapolis Journal. “I do not believe that the politicians fully appreciate the situation in this State,” said a Republican whose business takes him among the people in the manufacturing towns. “They cannot unless they go among the people, and particularly wageearners in all lines. There has been a revolution in sentiment. I everywhere meet men who voted for Cleveland two years ago who are anxibus for the day to cOme when they can vote for a Republican candidate for Congress. Every day I meet men who declare that they have cast their last Democratic vote -not one here and there, but many. If men openly make such declarations, what will hundreds of .the silent men do in the privacy of the voting booths? I have put the Republican plurality in Indiana at 30,000, and every day confirms me in the opinion that it will reach that figure. You know that I was not a hopeful Republican in 1892, and it was because I mingled with the same people who are now so decidedly heading toward the Republican party, and then they were in doubt. Then they were listeningto theories; now they know. The man whose wages have been reduced from $1.50 to $1 a day is in no frame of mind to be treated with more theories. He has Just two facts in his mind, which are that he had full wages under Republican rule, and that he has lost one-third of his wages and full employment under Democratic rule. He will stay Republican until he gets his wages back. No, I will not put the Republican plurality in Indiana less than 30,000. Nor would you if you could hear what I hear on my trips.” . How Veterans Were Cheated. Indianapolis Journal. At the time of the National Encampment of the Grand Army in Washington, in September, 1892, the Democratic outlook was disheartening. It was there ascertained that the bulk of the veterans in the North were in the Harrison column and that thousands of veterans who had been Democrats were likely to vote for Harrison. What could be done? That was a question which a few Democratic politicians, some of whom were veterans, wrestled with in a secret meeting during the Encampment. As the result, it was agreed that a secret personal effort was to be made to bring Democratic veterans, back into the Cleveland fine. A movement was made to organize a “Veterans’ Tariff Reform League.” Circulars were sent out from a New York headquarters, in one of which there was a headline, “The Right to Pensions in Regarded as a Contract.” In one of these circulars the following questions were put in bold type. “Can the "Government, if it desires, repudiate the right to a pension? Can the payment of a pension be avoided? Are they not in the nature of a contract between the people and the pensioner, which continues during the life of the beneficiary?” These questions were followed by opinions to the effect that a pension is a contract, Then, in black type, came the sentence: “No pensioner need have any fear that his pension will be taken away.” To make assurance doubly sure. the final declaration is made in these words: “A pension is a contract, and because thereof, during life, a vested right. No, no. The country is safe —the pensioner too —with Mr. Cleveland.” With this circular in hand active Democrats in nearly every township in Indiana saw and convinced every wavering veteran of Democratic antecedents that Mr. Cleveland was, in fact, as staunch a friend of the pensioner and the veteran as was General Harrison. By this means several thousand votes were, secured for Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland permitted these representations to be made, and then, when hi*came to select members of his cabinet he fell upon a sectional and natural foe of the Union soldier for the department in which is the Pension Bureau. One of the first acts of. Secretary Hoke Smith was to repudiate the theory that a pension is a contract by assuming, in an executive order, that all of 300,000 pensions, under the act of June 27, 1890, were illegal and void, and to set aboai’d selected for the object to review them for the purpose of suspension. Commissioner Lochren has informed the House that a pension is not a contract, and if the country had not rebuked the suspension of pensioners it would not have ceased when thirteen thousand had been dropped but would have gone on until the larger part of the 300.000 had been cut off. In this State, by far the larger part of those pensioned under the law of

1890 were Democrats, because Democratic Congressmen pushed their claims, consequently two-thirds of those dropped are men who voted for Mr. Cleveland. Democratic Congressmen may restore them, but they cannot again fool Indiana veterans as in 1892. Change In Hawaiian Policy. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The news from Washington is cheering. President Cleveland has learned that there is an American sentiment that demands effort on the part of the administration for the protection of the American interests in all parts of the world. It is one of the very many inconsistencies of President Cleveland that while he is so ignorant of the trade and commerce of the United States as to talk about “our narrow home market,” which is the best and largest market of the woi Id, and to advise neglect of it while undertaking the quest of markets with poverty-stricken Asiatics, he has been the most neglectful of all Presidents in maintaining the only means by which the foreign markets which he covets can be gained. We had a favorable commercial treaty with Hawaii: under Mr. Cleveland’s administration it is ordained that this treaty shall be abrogated. We had favorable commercial agreements with Germany, Prance, Italy, Brazil, Cuba; under Mr. Cleveland’s administration it is ordained that they they shall be set aside. “Lose what you have, and try to get something of less value” see,ms to be the Democratic policy, both as to home and to foreign trade. Foreign commerce is carried in ocean-going ships; the Democratic policy denies the United States a merchant marine by which foreign goods may be imported to and domestic goods exported from this country. A merchant marine needs coaling places and harbors of refuge. The Democratic policy has been to neglect to acquire control of new harbors in foreign lands and- relinquish those that have been acquired during Republican administration. This country had gained .a coaling station and port of refuge at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Cleveland, after doing all that he could to provoke a quarrel with the Hawaiian government, which had it come to pass, would have lost to us control of this valuable property, has been compelled by stress of public opinion to change his policy. A large sum is to be spent at once upon works at Pearl Harbor, with a view of making it in fact as well as in name a port under protection of the United States. The President has been for twelve months past in possession of funds for the beginning of this important work. His delay in ordering its expenditure already has resulted in loss to trade, and may have led toward political complications that may cloud our title to the harbor. But as it is never too late to begin to do well we commend President Cleveland’s tardy resolution to complete the work so wisely begun by President Harrison. Senator Morgan’s scheme for a tariff commission would undoubtedly settle the tariff question—on a protection-to-trusts basis. —Sentinel. We do not credit the report that President Cleveland is satisfied with the Senate tariff bill. President Cleveland is a tariff reformer. —Sentinel. Good Roads Without Stones, Colman's Rural World. The advantage of properly built and well maintained dirt roads seems to have been largely overlooked in the movement for the improvement of our country roads, and it has been said, with some reason, that the movement in favor of good roads has been hampered to some extent by a somewhat too enthusiastic advocacy of broken stone roads, either macadam or telford. The cost of such stone roads is absolutely prohibitive of their adoption in many parts of the country where, perhaps, improved roads are urgently needed. Comparatively little is said about dirt roads in the discussion on improved construction, but it is certain that very excellent roads may be made of earth by a proper system of construction. Both surface drainage and sub-drainage are essential in obtaining a durable road, and intelligent maintenance, is another essential, which latter is rather difficult to insure. The mere dumping of piles of earth in wet spots or low places is not j maintenance, but is a waste of elieri gy due to carelessness or misdirect- ( ed zeal. With a good dirt road once i completed, it would probably 'be found economical and advantageous to intrust its maintenance to a few skilled and intelligent men paid for their services, instead of leaving the maintenance to the spasmodic attention of the farmers and their hired men.

I COXKY’S HOSTS. ! I Great Enthusiasm Prevailing Along the Line. i Soven Thousand People Greet the Crusaders ot Beaver Falls, X*a. | “On from Ohio at break of day t Bringing to Washington fresh dismay 1 fee affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald In haste to the Capitol door, I The terrible grumble and rumble and roar Ot the groat parade that was on once more. With Coxey several miles away.” • % The commonweal crusaders marched from Columbiana to East Palestine, Ohio, Eriday, and ware given a cool reception. Coxey went to Pittsburg but promised to return. Marshal Browne found it necessary to read out some very stringent orders and place the men under severe discipline. All infractions of the rules laid down will bo punished by the forfeiture of a meal. The camp at East Palestine was made on the fair grounds and the men spent the night under canvas. All men who hereafter desert the ranks and ride on freight trains will be dismissed. Seven thousand people on foot, in vehicles and on cyclos, met Coxey’scommonweal at Heaver Palis, Pa., when the army entered the valley,Sunday afternoon. The crowd was curious and cordial. A delegation of mounted citizens mot Coxey and escorted him and his followers in a parade through the town. Camp was then pitched near the Beaver river on College hill. Meetings were held on the grounds at once and $30 collected by Marshal Smith. In the evening the usual meeting was held in the opera house, and after the audience left the army, 370 strong, was marched there and put to bed in the theater. By 9 o’clock 135 recruits had joined, necessitating the formation of a new commune, called the “Cyclones,” named after astrologer Kirkland, who has figured the number to arrive in Washington as 37,685. Eighty of the recruits were potters from East Liverpool. Marshal Smith told his men that any of them caught begging would bo dismissed and prosecuted. One man was dismissed at Darlington for begging and another at Beaver Palls for drunkenness. The march into town from New Galileo was uneventful. Before leaving Camp Marion Butler, a religious service, witli music, was held on the field. Pood enough ■ to last the army for two days was contributed by the citizens and the officers entertained by a hotel keeper. The leaders aro Immensely pleased with the reception and the big batch of recruits. The police force was on the alert and twenty-five special constables were on duty. The commonwealcrs tramped eighteen miles, Monday, from Beaver Palls to Sewickley. At Economy the procession was greeted by the Aliquippa Steel works drum corps and a procession of sixty-one workmen and oscortbd into town.DAt Sewickley a cold reception was accorded the army. No donations were received and not o+en a hall could be obtained. a The Commonweal army reached Pittsburg at 3:30 p. m., Tuesday, and went into camp at Exposition Pant for two days. The army was met at Allegheny City with bands and a delegation from the Iron Molders’ Union and other trade organizations. At least 25,090 spectators witnessed the entrance at Exposition Park. Many houses were decorated, and along the route to the park the army was cheered by the crowd that thronged the sidewalks. A feature of the parade was 100 bie.yclists tarrying banners inscribed “Coxcy’s Brigade.” A Pittsburg museum manager secured for his stage color-bearer Jackson, “Weary” Her, “Cyclone” Kirkland and Bunker Hill, the dog. Those curios will pose before Pittsburg audiences until Sunday, when they will again join the array. The commonwealcrs had a rather uncomfortable time at Pittsburg. Tuesday night at least forty “veterans” were locked up as vagrants in the city prisons. Wednesday several received workhouse sentences. Thirty new recruits were enrolled. An attempt by the “army” to parade', the streets ot Pittsburg during Wednesday was headed oB by the police and the procession was compelled to re-' turn to camp. Notwithstanding this, however, an immense mass meeting was heid on the Monongahela wharf. Coxey anl Browne made their customary speeches. The army atte,mpted to go to the Palace Theater, Wednesday night, where Coxey was booked for a speech, but was again headed off by the police and returned to camp. ROTES. The Texas contingent of the army of peace arrived at Jefferson Barracks. Mo., Tuesday, under command of Gen. Frey. There were 600 men, who appeared to be orderly and respectable. They wont into camp in the railroad yards at Ivory station, near St. Louis. President Boyd, ot the St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange, started a collection to supply the, men with food, and a generous sum was realized. Gen. Frey, and two of his lieutenants, appeared on ’Change and much interest was manifested. Gen. Fray was asked what they intended to do when they readied Washington. Hosaid: “We will ask that immigration be stopped; that the government issue $1,000.0)9.010 in money and that wo bo given employment by the government on ’the construction of roads or anything else. What wo want is work and a chance to earn a living.” When asked what his men could do ho stated that they were, all mechanics, except two, who were preachers. There aro sixty-seven Knights of Pythias in Frey’s army. Customer--Gimme ’bout half a dozen dynamite cartridges. Dealer —What do you want with them ? Customer--Want to blow up some stumps. Dealer —Oh, you are a farmer, eh? I was afraid you might be a college student. —Indianapolis Journal.

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