Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 17, Petersburg, Pike County, 7 September 1894 — Page 4

AYER’S THE ONLY £5arsa|farilla ADMITTED READ RULE XV. “ Articles that are i n any way dangerous or offensive, also patent medicines, nostrums, and empirical preparations, whose ingredients are concealed, will not be admitted to the Exposition.” Arcr’s Sarsaparilla was admitted _ entire it is a standard pharmaceutical 'preparation, and al! that a family medieiim should be. At the WORLD’S FAIR. aooooooooocoooooooooooot Sbrfikr County §emonat Br ,n. Met’. STOOPS. 1^* The Pike County Democrat has the largest elrealation of say newspaper published la Pike County! Adrertiuera will make a note ol this fact! i • l One Year, in advance.$1 &} Six Months, in advance.to Entered at the postoifice in Petersburg for trausmissiou through the mails as secondclass matter. i ' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1891. a neouncements: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. William E. Cox is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eleventh judicial cir-c-uit composed of the counties of Dubois, Gibbon and Pike, subject to the decision of the voters of the district at the November election. $ugar Quotations. From the Indianapolis Journal: Aug 31, 1888. . SK&7* . &MX ■ -6X«f?K . 4>«W5J» 4%WK Hard sugars. Confectioners’ “A Soft “A” . Extra “C” Yellow “C” . hark Yellow Aug. 31, ISM. 5j»

Judge Woods will not manage the elections in Iudiana this fall. Thanks to a deimxsratic congress. The Evansville Standard, Frank Posey’s paper, has turned up its toes to the daisies. Too many papers in Evansville aud the people were unable to support them. The address of Governor Matthews will be fouud in lull on the fifth page of today’s paper. It is masterly and full of go6d points and should be read by every voter of Pike county. The republican press is not rushing to Carnegie’s defense in the arm-or-plate matter. The remarks about the tariff which he made a few months ago seem to h&ve alienated its affection. One ot the-republican organs recites from history the "abort lives of protective tariff' bills. That’s it. Protective tariff require constant tinkering bothers business. The only settled tariff is one for revenue only. While it Is admitted on all hands |hat Geo. M. Pullman would be the logical republican candidate tor president in 189b, his nomination is in tloubt because some of the republican leaders fear he would lose the labbr vote. A free sugar bill would have gone through the senate after the passage of the tariff bill but for the fact that the republican seuators stood ready to filibuster. Yet republican journals are telling their readers that the democrats have put and end to cheap sugar. Populists would make the billiondollar congress look like a runt, jivery man they send to congress has a hundred isms, and for every ism he wants an appropriation. The record of this session shows that a Populist majority would appropriate about $1,* 000,000.000,000. The lobby had a drunk over the deeds of the Fiftyfirst congress. A populist regime would be a debauch, in which the possessious of the uatiou would be melted iu the wine of rapine. And yet, notwithstanding all its vicisitudes and all the bad treatment It received at the hands of pretended friends, it presents a vast improvement over existing conditions. It will certainly lighten many tariff burdens that rest heavily upon tl>e people. It is not only a barrier against the return of mad protection, but it* furnishes a vantage ground from which must he waged further aggressive operations against protected monopoly and governmental favorit* 1?president Cleveland. fill*.—4 k *

, The Press is a yeller from 'wav back. There is :io use for i! fo deny the fact that the republican party in Pike county does not stand on a platform of high taxation and the grabj biug of all lliat it cau get its dutches on. We say and repeat that extravagance is 'the watchword of the party and it cares nothing for the tax-pay-ers interests whatever. Events vdurling the past two years go to show as much. The Press knows all about it hut keeps a close mouth on all couuty affairs. The Democrat called the Press down some months ago on the bridge question and made it admit the fact. You remember it. So it will also admit that taxes are higher now than they were two years ago. The fact stands uncontradicted, and the people found it out after the election two years ago when they went to pay their taxes to keep up an extravagant party. When Rhody Shiel, the noted Irish Catholic republican of Indianapolis, endeavored to pass a resolution in the republican state convention denouncing the proscriptive organization known as the A. P. A. he was promptly sat down upon. The resolution never saw the light of day, but was pigeon-holed in the deliberations of the committee. The Conner does not charge that the republican state convention was controlled by the members of this dark oath-bound political cabal, but the inference suggested by this question is one that is difficult to explain. And our republican friends will find it more and more difficult every day until the November election.—Evansville Courier. Hundreds of extra copies of this issue of The Democrat will go into the hands of those who have never taken the paper. It is an invitation to you to become a subscriber and secure the news of the county each week, besides the local politics which will from now until after the campaign he a special feature. You can not afford to be without the paper. Send in vour names and the money. Only 11.25 per year;65 cents for six months. Take your county paper and thus learn what is going on within its borders.

Let democracy hereafter be kuOwn as the wage-reducing party.—Press. The laboring men of the countn know that the above is a lie. Tht& greatest labor riots ever known in the history of the United States took place under a high protection policy that was to increase the price of laboring metrs wages, but which decreased them and the result wa3 that there was strike after strike against the reduction. All this under high protection to the laboring man, aud which did not protect. Dr. William J. Bethell, of Winslow, was nominated last Saturday for joint-senator of Knox and Pike counties by the republicans at Monroe City, The doctor was a member ot ! the last legislature, but what he ever done to promote the best interests of Pike county will not be told by the Press. The doctor is a politician and I works for himself. The Democrat ; would insist on a joint debate be- , tween the doctor apd William A. Cullop, the democratic nominee for joiut-senator. Joe Armstrong, who has operated all kinds of political papers, lias turned his attention toward Boonville and ! started the Sun at that place.;• The trouble with Joe is that he can't hold office under the democrats all the time, hence his flop to another part}'. That’s all there is in it. We hope that he may make a success of his journalistic enterprise, bnt as to his politics, well we care nothing. Odr republican neighbor of the Press kicks ou the resolutions passed by the democratic county convention, and well he might. They hurt and are to the point. They express just what they mean and go bohind the bush for nothing. They set forth economy in all coifnty affairs and all other measures that will give relief to the tax-pavers. It is alleged that the physician ot Senator Yoorhees has forbidden him to take part in the campaign this year. This is a great disappointment to the Senator personally, and is regretted very much by the democratic leaders who had hoped to have him make four speeches, at least. The democrats of Pike county made a good selection for representative in the person of D. Q. Chappell. Hois a young lawyer of ability and would reflect credit upon the county iu the legislative halls.—Lynuville Chronicle. The republican organs are now writing editorials on the reduction of wages under the democratic tariff. It happens, though, that, the reduction has been proceeding tor months under ^he republican McKinley bill.

MUCH ItOOD ACCOMPLISHED Appr«priatt*ii« KrOnectf, Repeal of tike Farce Bill., Representative McMillin (Dem., Tenn.) has Inserted in the Congressional Record a speech intended as a summary of what the present congress has accomplished. Mr. MiUin’s associates have deferred to him in preparing the statement and it is a semi-official showing from a political standpoint of what the majority has done. After reviewing what laws it has heretofore framed, Mr. McMillin says: “I come to a few' things it has done during this administration. It has repealed all force laws and left elections free. It found a system of oppressive laws on the statute books authorizing troops at the polls and has repealed them. In the dark days of the republic the republican party has enacted a law authorizing the United States supervisors of elections and deputy marshals to be appointed by the federal courts wholly independent of the slates where the elections were held. They were expected to dominate, and did dominate the states. Thousands of men were arrested without cause and imprisoned within the states of New York, Ohio and Indiana in a single election, and imprisoned to prevent them from voting. They were turned out after it was too late to vote without the formality of indictment, presentment, ar-j raingment or trial. The democratic party determined this should not continue. To repeal it foreed an extra session of congress in 1879, and pass-! ed the repealing bill. Mr. Hayes vetoed it. But it has kept up the fight nearly a sixth"of a century and at last has triumphed during this administration. It has repealed1 the law authorizing the president to levy and collect taxes. It cannot conceive of the surrender ot a great prerogative more dangerous and unpardonable than this. We weut torth to the people and denounced it. We pledged them in our platform that, if intrusted with power, we would take this ancient right from the president and give it back to the people’s representatives. We have now kept the promise. .

“This congress has also authorized the states to tax greenbacks" and other United States currency. For I years the exemption of these has been a crying ill. The law authorizing the | issue of greenbacks and the treasury warrants under the Sherman act exempted them trom state, county and muncipal taxation. Hundreds'of millions thereby escaped all taxation. Individuals escaped it by having their funds in bank nominally invested in greenbacks or United States treasury warrants on the day for assessment. Banks accomplished the same object in the same way. No doubt can exist that in some banks the United Stales treasury warrants were placed to the credit of more than one individual on the day for assessment to escape muncipal and state taxes. It is also charged that certain banks would aid each other in different states by changing their treasury warrauts deposits from one to the otta?r to suit the different davs for assessment existing in different states All this is stopped now. Under the bill introduced and passeu by the gentleman from Indiaua (Mr. Cooper) all United States currency heretoforeescaping taxation, will be reached by the tax-gatherer. United States treasury warrants known as greenbacks, and the bills issued under the Sherman bullion purchase law amouut to about half a billion dollars, and me country owes him a debt ot gratitude for his patriotic exertion.*’ * Mr, McMillin next reviews the reduction of appropriations, heretofore set forth by Representative Sayers, of the appropriation committee. He theu continues: “It has passed the most stringent law against trusts ever enacted in this couutry,” he says. “At the same time the attorney-gen-eral has instituted provisions in the courts to try to dissolve illegal trusts. The amendment offered by the senator from Alabama (Mr. Morgan) carries into law the most effective means yet devised for controlling and curbing the power of trusts. A law against them was passed last congress 5 but it dealt with the question in a way so mild and gingerly that it has not been found to crush their combinations that have been fostered under protection. The democratic party was pledged to the euactmcnt of more stringent legislation toward trusts. It has kept this pledge and offers this as a fulfillment. It has inaugurated an income tax, thereby taking the taxes off want and putting them on wealth. It is true, the senate amendments have changed somewhat the feature of the bill and have released some that ought to have been taxed. Still, it remains a great benefit to the American people. It fouud the treasury bankrupt, and by the tariff hill is uot only replenish! ug

- -—— ----—2^it, but at the same time reduciug taxes.” Mr. McMiltin then reviews the repeal of the Sherman law and gives an elaborate summary of the tariff. That resolution passed by the democratic convention Saturday in which it is inttreated that the price of the Pike county jail is #50,(00 is a disgraceful lie that the committee who railroaded the resolution through should be heartily ashamed of, in-as-much-ns the contract price of the jail and sheriff's residence combined is only |SS,50*> The Pike county commissioners must be expert financiers to secure a |o0,0tN) jaiifor 135,50# — Press. The above is one of the oil hand articles which sometimes appears in the above uaiued sheet. It is claimed by those who know that the building of the jail when everything is completed and paid tor will be in the neighborhood of $50,000. Every person knows that the contract price is $25,500. That's a settled fact. They also know that Treasurer Beach sold bonds for the purpose of paying that $25,500. The tax-payers know that they are compelled to pay $13,500 in interest ou the amount borrowed. The editor of the Press also knows that there is a la lire lot of incidental expenses in nil building enterprises. The Press and the people also know that there is a sewer to be built from the jail to some place not named, and for which no contract has yet been given. The sewerage will cost from $2,500 to $3,000. The Press and the people also know that the architect has to be paid tor his services. The editor of the Press also knows that none of these items are included in the contract price of $25,500. If the Press editor will take the time to look up matters he tidght he able to tell the truth to his readers and show them that the building has cost up to this time, including the contract price and the interest, $40,385.90 ami the iail is only one-third completed.

In the campaigns which are becoming hot and furious it is to bo hoped that the Populist Senators—Messrs. Alien, Peffer, Kyle and Stewart—will be invited to Indiana. There are a great many democrats in the state who were disposed to go over to the people’s party a few months ago when it seemed questionable whether a democratic congress would be. able to accomplish anything on the tariff question. Let ns admit that not touch has been accomplished There were a half dozen democratic traitors in the senate who in connection with the lour populist senators and the republicans of the body were able to defeat democratic measures of reform. It would be edifying and perhaps exciting to attend a meeting at which Senator Peffer for instance was advertised as the leading orator. How would he explain his votes in favor of the Sugar Tri^t and against the people? He would be compelled 10 speak on these subjects—how could he explain his record upon them?— Evansville Courier. The Washington correspondent to the Iudianapolis News, republican, in speaking of the congressmen of Indiana who served their first term ha* this to say of the First district rcpre seniative: Congressman Taylor, the First district member, who has been renominated,brought a distinctly new honor.to the State of Indiana and the Ohio river county when he was appointed on the rivers and harbors committee of the House. This honor brought increased appropriations for several Ohio river improvements, including layout) for Evansville and a preliminary survey for that port. Taylor secured the passage of the Pelham claim bill. He made several speeches, one favoring free coinage, another on the tariff bill another short speech in opposition to the allowance of extra mileage for members attending the. extra session The town bonds have not vet been sold. The issue of $2,500 five per cent bonds only received one offer aud that at below par. Nineiy-eight cents was the offer made. The council refused to take it and will worry along as hest it can. Tho Press can take some consolation out of the faet that republicanism “is at a heavy discount at the present time.” Democracy is at a heavy discount at the present time.—Press And when the democratic party took hold of the reins of government It fouud an empty treasury and a big deficit, aud forced the administration to borrow money to pay off*the indebtedness incurred by the Harrison administration. Credit is due the republican party for the preseut panic. It is only fair to say that whatever complaisauce the Gormandized bill displays toward trusts, its kindness to them is very much less than that shown by the McKinley law. Even in the case of sugar, the McKinley law was more favorable to the trust than is the new law.—Indianapolis News, republican. The McKinley bill is wiped out and also a majority of the trusts and combines. True tariff reform is bound to come. Keep np the fight until the traitors to the cause of The People are ousted. . i

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