Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 16, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 August 1894 — Page 4

SP' 1,--—•’ —— <£mratg g|rnuurat Hr IH. HleO. STOOPS. MT The Pike C’osstjr Democrat has the larnurdMttitm et id; newspaper ukliihei la flte Mntj! Advertiser* will make a mete of this fart! • t1 One Year, in advance. .|1 85 'Six Months, In advance . . • W5 Entered at the rfostofllce In Petersburg for tnans mission through the malls as sceond'class matter.' : •" • FUIDAY, AUGUST 31,1894. ANNO UNCEMENTS. PR08BCCTING ATTORNEY. William E. Cox Is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial circuit oo in posed of the counties of Dubois, Gib'son and Pike, subject to the decision ot the voters of the district at the November election. *.. [ ’ f*» ■ DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Secretary of State, CAPT. W. ft. MYERS. ' of Madison county. ' Auditor of State, .JOSEPH FANNING, "'ofMarion county.’ * Treasurei of State, ^MORGAN CHANDLER, of Hancock County. “ Attorney-General MAftlON GRIFFITH, orSwltxerland county. Clerk of Supreme court, C. W. WELLMAN, * of Sullivan county.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, S‘ CHARLES W.THOMAS, ' of Harrison county. State Statistician, MASON U. JOHNSON, of Madison county. For J udge of the Supreme Court, • *' 1 Fourth District, JUDGE JOSEPH S. DAILY, of Wells county. For Judge of the Supreme Court, * % First District, JUDGE G. L. REINHARDT, of Spencer county! For Congress First District. f ARTfiltKH. TAYLOR. For Prosecuting Attorney, 1 WILLIAM E. COX. For Joint Representative, 4 1 WILLIAM A. CULLOP. For Repreeenative, pnWlTT Q. CHAPPELL. For Auditor, jFRANK R. BILDERBACK. For Clerk, RICHARD W. HARRIS. For Treasurer. PATRICK H. DeATJY. , For Sheriff. ] THOMAS R. SMITH. For Surveyor. pEORGE B. DbTAR. For Coroner. PERRY W. CHAPPELL. For Commissioner—Second District. JONATHAN J. BOWMAN. For Commissioner—Third District, 1 * * WILLIAM H. BOTTOMS. ... .i

Industrial armies are a thing of the past. Coxey was after cheap notoriety, and having secured it left his party of bums to take care of .themselves. * .The total amount of taxable railroad property in Indiana amounts to 1158,240,873. And the democratic tax law of Iudiana makes these cor3usiKK£sin all its various branches is' looking up and will be on the iin in a very short time. The reports from JJradstreet’s and Dun’s agencies show conclusively that everything is on the look-up. Get a hi)pap on yourselt and do something. The armor plate frauds are coming 19 light. The investigation by a democratic congress shows up the frauds practiced by the last republican administration. Carnegie was the contractor, and he furnished boodlp for the campaign, but was getting even. The exposure is complete. The ticket nominated by the democrats in mass convention is heartily endorsed in every part ot Pike county, not only by the democrats but by ^embers of other political parties, who know the worth of 6very man on it. The republican leaders of the county are also not slow iu saying that it is a good ticket. Voters of J*ike couutv will do well to look to their best interests in casting their ■^allots in Pike county this fall. Mas? ot the democrats who were inclined *o go into the populists ranks liaye returned to the old democratic pope where they belong. They canpot be more exasperated than al! gf>od democrats are oyer the failure to carry out all of the pledges of the democratic p^rty hut they know reforms pove slowly and they know jhajt ^he Courier would be among the jprst to abandon the democratic party Utlieneyer it is convinced that the organiffation can uo longer be made to Iggyct the popular will. The uprising poratious pay their share of just taxation.

of the democratic people of the couutry against jQrorinan, JJyice and Smii^i shows that the democratic masses intend! to resume control of the party machinery and wield it for the advancement of tariff and currency reform in harmouy with the wishes of the people. Stand fast brothers, by the old democratic fi ag.—Evansville Courier. Th* old rumor that Secretary Carlisle was about to retire from the cabinet came out as spry as though it had uot been killed a dozen or more times, during the last three or four days. It was proceeded by the rumor that Secretary Carlisle’s letter to Senator Harris, who is acting chairman of the senate finance committee on account of sickness of Seuator Voorhees, concerning the effect of the bills passed by the house, placing on the free-list sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire, would have npon the revenues of the government if favorably acted upon by the senate, had been written without President Cleveland’s knowledge and that it had caused acoolnes3 between the two men. |Jever was a story built upon a falser foundation. Although Secretary Carlisle’s letter was written in accordance with the routine custom, answer to the usual inquiry made by the chairman of the finance committee of the secretary of the treasury concerning contemplated legislation, it can be positively stated that President Cleveland was fully informed of its contents before it was sent. It contained, by the way, not a word of argument lor or against any bill; merely an estimate of the revenue that would be retained or )os.t. It is doubtless whether any president ever enjoyed closer relation with his secretary of the treasury than Mr. Cleveland does with Mr. Carlisle, and all talk of coolness between them is simply rot, not deserving anyone’s serious consideration.

The Democrat’s words of advice before the time of holding the democratic convention were heeded iu placing a ticket in the field, and especially was it so in regard to the candidates for county commissioners This position is one of the most important in the couuty and none but the very best men should be nominated and elected to that position. As was said before they are th^|ple guardians of the county expenses and can make them high or low, and in this is where the big items pfexpense! comes in. The democrats have placed iu nomination men who will act with the utmost fairness to the people, and yet will watch closely every bill that is presented for allowance. We do not propose to cast any insinuations on any other gentlemen who are on the tickets of the opposing parties. Not at all. But we most emphatically sav that the candidates ‘fthom we espouse stand upon a platform to use economy in every department of Pike county’s financial system. That is all and nothing more.

Congressman Taylor will be home this week and front his arrival lo the rind of the campaign will make a thorough canvass of the district. His record as a congressman is clear and without a spot. His votes in all the important questions have been in line with hi6 party aud for the best interests of bis constituents. In all matters he has beeq prompt and to his soldier constituents he has been faithful at all times. And the world do move regardless of the poor opinions held by the republican papers about us poor democrats. That’s all right and in the sweet by-and-by you will not holler so loud. For instance what do you think of the laws passed by the demo- j cratic legislature which include the tax law, the ballot law, the school book law and several others that we might name. This will be one of the campaigns of campaigns in Pike couuty. To the voters of Pike county the democrats have placed one of the best tickets ever put forth in the county for their votes. They stand pledged to reduce the expenses of the county to the taxpayers and will readily do it if elected to serve t he people. | Republican panics are hard nuts to crack, but the years of democratic government has about spcceeded. The revival of trade has begun, pnanutacturers are not scared a bit, capitalists are impatient to invest and everything favors a rapid return of normal activity. Hon. C. W. Fairbanks, the Indianapolis millionaire, is to open the campaign in Pike connfy for the republicans on the 6th of September. Mr. Fairbanks was a candidate for United States senator two years ago [and ia a very tair campaign talker.'

CLADDE MATTHEWS Sounds the Key-note in an Address. v . Decreed by God and Designed by Our Fathers, that America Should be the Hone of Civil and Religious Liberty, Democratic Party the Uncompromising Foe olKnownethlnfitm. JTroin .Governor Matthew’s convention address: “It was decreed by God and designed by our fathers, that America should be the home of civil and religious liberty. This is the great underlying principle in the liberties of a people, and of free represenative government. It has been not the least of the mission of the democratic party*to jealously guard this sacred privilege in the past, aud it shall continue in the future to raise its voice against the unholy and tjnAniericau prejudice that would stir up a feeling of hatred, bitterness and animosity toward one religious sect —a feeling that is wholly at war with fraternal charity. Christian sentiment can never find a resting place in the bosom of democracy, uor in

GOVERNOR CLAUDE MATTHEWS.

the hearts of true American citizens. Before this can be, we first must blot out from the pages of our history the glories reflected upon our country by many of its Catholic citizens, in the founding of the government, in peaceful legislation and on the fields of battle. We will have to forget that in Catholic Maryland religious tolerence was first proclaimed on the shores of the western continent; strike the name of Catholics from the list of signers to the declaration of Independence, and lose to memorv the deeds of Lafavette, of Steuben, DeKalb and others. We will have to obliterate from the panes of history and song, the matchless march of Sherman to the sea and the glory of Sheridan’s ride. Pass into oblivion the hero of Gettysburg!!, forget the last command of the dying Mulligan, failing at the head of his Catholic brigade—“Lav me down and save the flag.” Level the graves of the thousands of Catholic patriots, who fought so well in defense of the honor of their country and the glory of its flag. No, no, we caunot spare these names and these memories, and the democratic party shall continue to be the sanctuary where brotherly charity shall coutinue to dwell—with no restrictions as to religious belief, and no standard save that of good citizenship and love of couutry. Tho democratic party was the uncompromising toe of knownothingism and it shall breathe its vengence against all similar organizations.”

As to State Finances. The Journal makes a most malignant and unjustifiable attack on Governor Matthews in connection with his remarks on state finances in his address before the state convention Gevernor Matthews stated the simple truth in that speech. The larger portion of the state debt was created by the republicans and their predecessors. the whigs. When Goyernor Hendricks came Into office, in 1873, the state debt was $4.880,830.3Q. He was the first democratic governor after the war. The figures given by auditor for that year are less than that amount, but the Journal knows, or ought to knoyr, that the auditor's figures did not include $712,852.18 of old internal improvement bonds, which were, in fact, paid by Governors Williams, Porter and Heudrjcks. Governor Baker referred tq this

omission in his tuessage of Jan. 10, 1873, and stfid 'hey should have been included. There was no increase of debt whatever during the admi nistrations of Governors Hendricks and WUliapas. When Mr. Porter was inaugurated the debt stood at $4,876,60834. In Porto.r’s administration the contracting for necessat^' public buildings was begun and those were all completed and paid for by democrats. The party has no apology to make for this work. On the contrary, it points to these buildings as the full value of all the debt it created, and to thetr use to the state as full compensation for every cent of interest that has been paid ou that debt. Look at the list.: Insane hospital at Evansville. Insane hospital at Richmond. Insane hospital at Logansport. Insane hospital for women at Indianapolis. Soldiers and sailors' orphans* home at Knlghtstown. School for feeble-minded children at Ft. Wayne, New building at institute for the blind. New bu,ilding at Institute for the deaf aud dumb. New building at Purdue university.

New buildings ft state university. burnishing au0 equipping state house ($707,50^). State soldiers and sailors’ .monument. No question has ever been made as to the sirict honesty and economy with which all this work was done. No question has ever been raised as to its necessity. Indeed a lepubljcan supreme court has said *his of It: This court, has knowledge that the state has been engaged for several years In providing public buildings and necessary state institutions, and that unusual and unforseen expenditures have beeu required calling for appropriations of public money. We also take notice that a public law has beeu euacted under which a suitable memorial to the valor patriotism of Iudiana soldiers is in process of erection at. the capitol of the state. All these are subjects which pertain to the public welfare of the, people. [Hovey, governor, vs Foster; US Ind., 502.] The democratic party did build all these nobel structures, and it is proud of them. It also is proud of the new tax law and the gradual pa>ment of our public debt under it. It is not true, as staled by (lie Journal, that “the money (used in paying debt) came out of the pockets of the people/’ It came out of ihe corporations that had been escaping just taxation under the republican rule. The total increase of stale taxes under this law was $1,069,772 23. The increase of railroad taxes alone the first year was $987,203.28. The increase of taxes of other corporations that caine before the state board of tax commissioners was $41,914 05. And the increases by county boards of review much more than cover the balance. There are still a few corporations lhat have not been brought up to the commonly conceded that this lax law is the tairest and most equitable that was ever enacted in the union, It is a “magnificent showing, a glorious history of legislation/’ and the people of Indiana will hardly consent to the present republican demand tor its removal from our system of government.— Indiana|Kilis Sentinel.

The Democrat ibis week has placed in its job department a fine large paper cutter of the latest improvement. It cuts paper thirty inches wide like a knife entling butter. The job department is now as well prepared tor turning out firstclass work as any office in Southern Indiana, having during the past year added a lot of new faces of job type. Come and see us and we will be bound to please you in every respect. Prof. Boyce may be cranky upon governmental affairs but he has an eye to business nevertheless. He wants his nest to havp a silver lining and he knows the populists are dupes enough to put up the silver dollars for the lining. Prcf. Boyce is not making this race with the slightest expectancy of being elected to congress. He's running for the pioney there is in it for Boyce. Only this and uothirg more.—Princeton Free Press. The democratic campaign In Pike county will be opened in the next three or tour weeks. Notice of the meetings will be given through the columps of The Democrat when they are to occur. Levi P. Morton has lost two toes by am^tation. There are a great many other republicans in the country and still in federal offices who ought to lose their heads in the same way. CpNGRESSMAft Holman, the watch dog of the treasury, was renominated for congress last week, He is one of the ablest men in thq House and Will be 6Q)it back again,

S^HAX BUTTER S BULLETIN. A 30 Day’s Sale! The Closing Out of the Balance of Our Summer Stocks. All kinds of prices have been quoted In this city for the merchandise we are now advertising: ' But never has there been, in this or atay other season, such prices quoted as wa nowoffer Read every item and satisfy yourselves that you can save money here. ■-N 10 inch butter colored Lace, worth 40 cents—27^ cents. ’ 8 inch butter colored Lace, worth 35 cents—22}i cents, 6 inch butter colored Lace, worth 30 cents—17^ cents. Nice butter Colored Lace, worth 15 cents— cents. )S5r All Embroidery bqth Swiss and Hamburg, go at HALF PRICE. 500 yards of nice dress Ginghams at 7% cents, worth 12^ cents; 41! our fine French Gingham 12% cents, worth .20 cents; All our 20.25and 30 cent white goods at 8%, 10 and 15cents; 5,000 yards of Indigo Blue prints for cents. » t>' All ladles’ Oxford patent tip Slippers will be sold at one-thinl cheaper during sale. Ladles patent tip Shoes for only 06 cents Nice fall Dress Goods, all shades, centB. LL Sheeting 4% cents. ‘ ■' Just received a nice line of f v.; Ma^e bv the best tailors In Cincinnati, and wiU be sold 25 per cent cheaper than former prices. Don’t forget that we carry the l?est and cheapest line . of Gents’furnishing goods In town. Don’t look for bargains only on Friday, but look for them from Monday until Sunday. * Proprietor N. Y. Ope Price Store. Petersburg, Ind.

Application for Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Benjamin Bishop, a male inhabitant ol the state of Indiana, and not in the habit of becoming intoxicated Jind otherwise a fit person to pe intrusted jyilh the barter and sale of intoxicating liquors, will make application to the board of t'ommlssioners of Pike county., Indiana, at their neyt regular session in September, 1S94, lor a license to sell spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors In less' quantities than a quart a£ a time with the privilege of alloying the $ame to be drank on the premises where sold for one year. My place of justness is in the one-story frame building situated on the southeast corner of the following described real estate, to-wit: One acre out of the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter or section thirty-one (SI;, township number qpe (I), south, range number scyen (1), west, in Pike county, Indiana, near the tows of Ayershire in said county and state. Bkkjax:n Bishop. Modes of Application for Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned. Joseph Maher, a male inhabitant of t he state m Indiana, over twenty-one years of age, who is a fit person to be intrusted witii the sale of intoxicating liquors and wito is not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, will make application to the Hoard of Commissioners of Pike county, Indiana, at their next regular session in September, ISM, for a license to sell vinous, malt, spirituous and other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time and with Hit privilege of allowing the same to be drank outlie premises where sold, for one year. The prem? ises where I propose to sell said intoxicating liquors is on the ground floor of tin* story and a half frame building fronting on Third street on the east end of lot number s’xty-three <H3; in the town of Velpen, Marion township. Pike county, Indiana. JOSEPH MAHRK.

The Jpdinnapolis Daily and Weekly 8en‘:* nel circulation has readied immense prop* r tions by Its thorough service in receiving ail the latest news all over thp State and from its dispatches trim foreign countries. Every reader in Indiana should , take a State pan*:-’ and thkt The Sentinel. LARGEST CIRCULATION OK ANY NEWSPAPER JN TIIE STATE, TERJf-S OF SL’BSCRIPrtOB. Daily ope year , .00 Weekly one year ....- .. .. lid THE WEEKLY EDITION HAS 12 PAGES! SUBSCRIBE ^OW AND MAKE ATI. RESJI TTASCKS TO THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. Notice ot Administration. Notice is herei y given, that the underr signed has been appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Pike county, ijtnie of Indiana, administrator of the estate of Martha E. Shandy, late of Pike county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. July 17, ISM. OKLANIMt r. SlfANpr, 10-8 Administrator, Posey A Chappell, attorneys

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