Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 30, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 December 1896 — Page 4

® hr fiKt County Ufmomt I. McC. STOOPS*. _' TIm f*lk« Cwit) Uemori»t ku tie Ur* gr*t eireuUUaa of AMjr »evr%i-»j»«r puMlshfd ta rlk» County J IdmtUMi will wake a note •( this tort! Out* Tear, in Advanee...... ..(IK Bix ilmiUtw, in auvuuee . _ 06 Entered at the puetoflle* in Peter*bur* for lrau*uu**lou through the malts as nceoudclass matter. FRIDAY, DKCKMBBR4,1*96. So Jit of the big factories are still closing down. “Confidence” doesn’t seem to last. Os for Washington is the cry of the officeseekers. It may Ins possible that there will be a delegation go from Ptke county next March. BmriLV seven and eleven politicians in Pike county have their lightuing rods up lor the incoming ad minis! ration. They1 seem to be very anxious for lightning to I strike them with soft snaps in Uncle Sam’s employ. Anything will do. however. Tax politicians are still at work selecting the cabinet for Mo Kink y. and it may .be probable that some of the wise politicians may boas badly fooled over the selections ; that the president-elect will make as the I candidates for the Petersburg postofBce will Cxssvio factories it ts said, are rrsura- j ing. Tliey will not can vegetables. They ; have undertaken the job of putting in tins the “confidence” that was let loose in the United States on Novehiber 3rd. -Up to date “returning confidence” has not struck this part of the territory. -Trot aroUnd . your advance agent. “Say, you fellows seem ready at any tame,” said a prominent republican politician to us the other day, “to fight the battle of l>a!lo?s over again. You never know when you're whipped.” And we answered, “right yon are.'* The siiverites arv ready for the campaign whenever opportunity offers, and when 1900 rolls! around the stiver foroee will come to the; front and battle for the People's cause. 1

McKinleys plurality oxer Bryan is | placed at 320,04S by the official couut of the various states. The plurality has dwindled from 1,500,000 to the present ■ figures. Bryan carried 23 and McKinley j 33 states. Recorder Scmnir holds his office until j February 27th, when the Lockhart town* j ship doctor comes in.—Petersburg Press. | Say, didn't “the Lockhart township ; doctor” run a fine race, aud more than that he will make a splendid official. The newly elected state officers take their offices the first week in January. There will be a number of positions to give out aud the scramble will be immense when the officers go in and the legislature is in session. Pike county will have several ajw plicants for positions. During the campaign William J. Bryan, the democratic candidate for president, made 032 speeches, in 27 j different stales. 447 towns and cities, and he has traveled in making them 13.£31 miles, lie has traveled more miles and made more speeches in a given length than any other American. Factories can not do business on wind. Unless the people hare money to buy the things that the manufacturers made, there is no use hi making them. Until the prices of farm products advance to where there is a living profit left to the farmers, manufacturing can uot be carriedou very extensively. Democratic' heelers who have been out in the stalk field? for a number of years are now thick around theoourt house and their stomachs are becoming puffed up, even as those of plutocrats, with the crumb? that fall from Sheriff Ridgeway’s table.--Peters-burg Press. | And all the little jobs slide out of reach i of the great republican leaders. Come, j Willie, isn’t it a dose of so»r grapes? The gold bug has explained that gold is! the money of ettrilizaticti ar.d how the lead-: ing nations had given up the use of silver, | but when you ask about his platform and ! how he reconciles the declaration for bimetallism when other nations will help make it, if bimetallism is good when it is inter- j national, why is it if the gold standard is such a good thing-,“they want to get rid of it by international agreement and yet say it is a good thing to keep, unless the other nations will help u* to get rid of it.—William J. Bryan.

A Fund of Overbid,000,«0V. Sixteen million dollars! The amount is appalling, but nevertheless, according to the New York Journal it is the amount Mark Hanna had at his command to elect McKinley. Various stories afloat, says the Journal, relative to the recent republican campaign fund have created amusement in political circles, because the sums alleged to have been furnished Mr. Hanna are so far short of the actual cash amounts contributed. Rejiorts from the same source differ, one stating that the republican national committee had $1,600,000 to expend, another raising these figures by $1,000,000. Asa matter of fact Mr. Hanna's committee bad upwards of $16,000,000 at his disposal, if reports of republicans and republican organs are to be credited. This is only fourtin.es the sum usqplly spent bv national committees during a presidential election, aud not particularly large when it j is considered that all the financial institutions, railroad companies, mercantile establishments, protected industries and wealth J in general were opposed to the democratic ticket and anxious for the success of. the republicans. * Chairman Ilanna, who is intensely practical and has frequently said that he conducted the McKinley campaign as he would a business, suggested that assessments lie levied upon states. The agents iu the various states were instructed to divide ! prospective contributors ftito glasses. In j this way a perfect eystem of taxation was j secured. The institutions asked for contributions | were national banks, state hanks, savings | banks, trust companies, railroad companies, j firms representing foreign financial interests and ail kinds of manufacturing concerns having an interest in high tariff legislation. Divided by states the list of republican contributions look something tike this: New York . . f Pennsylvania .......... taatw Oaiar ectlcat . .... Massachusetts . |£du;nuo Maine ...._,.. StM.iM* New Hampshire ... .. . SWtykkl Vermont . .. _-.. sotnoio New Jersey . l.WUMO) Illinois . l.OQojflGO .- l.neuiflon Southern states’ J.ottyov) Western... . 2.5oO,WW Total.. ... tlS.OW.tWO These figures, while large to the ordinary citizen, are trivial in view of the great object to lie accomplished, and represent probably three-fourths of the sums actually collected. 1 In New York, where all financial and mercantile business centers, the republican national committee secured contributions from most of the trusts ami the foreign bankers, aggregating about $2,000,000. Here is a list that represents the leading New York donations: (imikt family $ 50,000 hazard Free* and foreign houses S0i.Uk) Brown Hros.dt t'o. and foreign houses aOlUUO Heidelbaeh. Icaelhetmer * Co. and fhretgu houses 5O.0U) Behuont haukiujj house aud connections ... .... .... 50.000

R. P. Fowler banking house and connections .. 25,000 J. merpout Morgan <& Co. and connections. ... 100.000 Vanderbilt family. £0,000 Vermilye A Co. and connections ... 50.WJ0 Morton. Bliss A Co. and connections 50,000 Presidents of Insurance companies .. 1.000.000 In considering these lists it must be recalled that the states contributed through some trusted agents, and that the firms mentioned acted as collecting agents for; Mr. Hanua. There is some controversy as j to the VauderbiU contributions. One au- j thority says William K. Vanderbilt gave i $150,000, and Treasurer Bliss denied the j statement; but it is generally accepted that the family gave the sum credited $250,000. Relative to Connecticut, ex-Governorj Morgan G. Btflkelev declared, prior to the election, that he had obtained- the million dollars he was expected to collect. His statement was printed in Connecticut newspapers at the time. New Jersey gave liberally, and did it through Garrett A. Hobart, who as a member of the coal trust had unusual facilities for securing contributions. Pennsylvania hail for its collecting agents such successful managers as Senator Quay, Andrew Carnegie and 11. C. Frick. The venerable Colli* P. Huntington acted for many of the western states,, while Mr. Hanna himself looked out for Ohio and Henry Cabot lodge for Massachusetts and the rest of New England. The immense sum thus collected has uot all been expended. There is a surplus of about $2,000,000. It is because of this surplus that the national committee continues in permanent headquarters with an expensive staff. It is the first national j committee that ever wound up the campaign with something left over, for the reason that there was no way to spend it all. Aside from the innumerable expeuses of .the two i headquarters and the regular campaign ! work throughout the country, it. is notorious that in Illinois. Indiana. Michigan, the Dakotas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa the j | sum of $75,000 was given for "special j | work" in each congressional district. The ' amount was also sent into ex-representative j j Sibley's district in Pennsylvania and exRcpresentative Towne’s district in Minne- j Uota. Mr. Hanna was particularly anxious to beat Towne, Sibley and Richard P. 1 I Bland, because of their interest iu the silver ■ cause. - The indications now are that in "98 the | ! republican party of Pike county will pro- j sent to the enemy a united 'rout. All the boys who kicked in the election are satisfied with their work, or rather dissatisfied, j They art' sorry for what they have done and are prepared to wheel into line once more and give the democrats a genuine threshing.—Petersburg Press. Yes, we heard all about that “genuine ■ threshing’’ that the democrats ’were going to get on the 3rd of November, but it failed • to materialize. The boys who “kicked’’-! are liable to make a stronger kick in 1898 ; and make another clean sweep. What they want is a change m the management of j political as well as county affairs.

Washington Letter. (From our regular correspondent.) Washixgtoh. Not. 80,1896. Mr. Bryan has promised\to attend the conference of silver men which is to beheld in Washington a few days after congress* meets and which will try to determine the attitude of the silver men in congress not \ only towards legislation that is strictly financial in its nature, but also towards revenue legislation, which is indirectly financial. Tin? result of that conference will come very near to deciding whether there will be any reveuue legislation at this session, assuming that the republicans' really desire that there shall be any, which is by no means certain. The silver senators are in a majority, and tf they act to- j gether can dictate the legislation so far as the senate is concerned, but there is a doubt as to whether the republican silver senators will agree to act with the silver democrats on revenue legislation and at least one populist senator u also in doubt. These doubts are expected to be cleared up at the conference. v | The luxury loving senators will' have no cause for complaint when they meet in the newly done up senate chamber:. Every- j thing looks spink and span new, and most i of what is in sight is. There are new ma- j hogany desks for the solous and richly upholstered leather covered chairs, all of one j pattern, instead of each being the selection i of the senator who occupies it. The old j wood benches have been removed from the j galleries and folding opera chairs put in j their place, while everything is of a color j harmonizing with the mahogany on the; main floor and, as a wag has suggested, with the noses of several of the senators.! There is also uew ventilating machinery and a fine electric lighting outfit. The: house shares in the last-named improvement, but iu none of the others. The house, which is willing to follow the senate ; iu appropriating money in luxurious fittings i for its chamber hasn't yet been elected. The average member of the house is just a j little bit afraid of the effect of such fixings j upon his constituents. The rept^tbie j>ateut lawyers of Wash-1 ingtou. and, judging from advices received, | of everywhere are awakening to the exist-! ing necessity of doing something to stop j the degradation of their profession by those J who are trying to make gamblers out of I inventors by luring them into paying a j cash fee for entrance into a lottery competition of ideas before making their applications for 1'. S. patents, admitting all who pay the price, even when knowiug that j their idea is not patentable and that its j rejection by the patent office would be certain. In the matter of suspending pateut solicitors from practice before the patent office, the power of the commissioner of patents is limited, even in cases of wrong | doing on the- part of the solicitor, after an ] application is filed in the patent office, and be has no authority at all in cases in which * no application is filed. It is believed that *

—'.■■■■■■ in. nmmumti the organization of a patent bar, with rule* of practice as stringent as those which are enforced in any court of law, would stop such practices, and until there is such the inventor will do well to be certain that his patent business is put in the hands of honorable and trustworthy lawyers. Everybody who knows Hon. John Sherman knows that an iceberg isn't in the same class with him when he is disposed to lower the temperature around his immediate presence. Therefore it is believed in Washington thaMf Mark llaiina carries out his reported intention of offering Mr. Sherman a seat in McKinley’s cabinet if he will agree to jom in the deal to make Hanna his successor in the senate, he will meet the coldest wave of his life. It has been understood for some time by .those who are near to Mr. Sherman politically - that the old man hot only wants to stay in the senate to the end of his present terra, but also to be re-elected to another, and that he has already began to pull wires to bring about his desires. If Mr. Hanna tries to bluff him by telling him that he and Governor Bushnell arid Foraker will see to it that he shall be defeated if he refuses to fall in with their plans and goes before the legislature for re-election two years heme, he may find that Mr. Sherman is somewhat of a bluffer himself. He has already made one by deriving any kuowU edge of Hanna’s intention. There will lie a circas among the republicans when Mark Hanna comes to Washington to appoint tfta chairman of the McKinley inauguration committee, especially if he carries’;out the original plan of appointing Mr. S. W. Woodward, a gold democrat, who was a heavy contributor to the campaign-fund, as he probably will. The rank and file of the local republicans are opjtosed to the chairmanship being given to Woodward or to anybody else who is not a republican, and so hie of those who are not applicantSv for official favors will do some plain talking to Hanna if he sticks to Woodward. . .. •'; • These is a great row going on in Indiana among the republican politicians as to who will lie the next U. S. senator and who will control the state patronage. It is a lovely fight and is creating lots of fun among the onlookers. The senator question will be settled next month sometime. General Wkyler and General Maceo are havtug a rattling fight in the newspapers just now. These generals are doing more mouth fighting than in any other style. Some, country should take a hand and settle the question and give the people a breathing spell. Winslow'has a football team that is willing to tackle anything in the surrounding towns. Petersburg.teems to be too slow in organizing an eleven to contest for supremacy iu Southern imliWfia. but when it comes to baseball our boys are old persimmons. .«

THE LAST INVITATION FOR 1896 The Greatest Boot and Shoe Sale ever known in Petersburg*. Prices that cause shouts of joy that will be heard ALL OVER PIKE COUNTY Uttered by our emhusiestic purchasers. A price that brings goods within the reach of all; such as were never known before. A price that has smashed the backbone of competition into smithereens. Avail thyself of this golden opportunity. So come on the last call for thou are indeed lucky in waiting.

Boy's Boots, sizes 5 to S, Boy's Boots, well made, size 9 to 12, Boy's Boots, size 13 to 2, Men’s good Split Boot, for Men's good, heavy Tap Sole Boot, for Men’s whole-sto^k Boot, for 1 10? 1 23 1 'te I

Men’s French Kip Boot, for Men's Buckle Arctic Overshoe, for Men's Kubber Overshoes, for Child’s Shoes, sizes 5 to 8, for Misses’ Shoes, sizes 8 to 12, for Misses’ Shoes, solid calf, size 8 to 12, for §2 50 73 44 38 68 89 a^S£2XXJb~3*F-X~2r.. X3EJS3EXXX .K3CJC3£:

$ 98 \ ■ ■■ Misses’ Shoes, solid calf, size 13 to 2, for ■ 72 pairs of Ladies’ Shoes, solid calf and oil • *■ grain, sizes 3 and 4, for ; 74 / Ladies’solid Calf Shoe, for 88 I Ladies’solid Kangaroo Calf Shoe, for / . 1 24 i 1 ‘ ‘C > t Ladies’ Arctic Overshoes, for 64 i v \ Ladies’ Kubbers, for ^4 £ZK:Jk.mr. J^~^Q-^-^;a3Cl-Sr3e30KBt.-y>S3e3C3ElE3E3e?»i3E3E3e3gaEUS£35ag:.T'T£a~« xraej

It will pay you to make a visit to our store, for goods are marked down so low that competition is entirely out of the question on Dry Goods. . > One case Canton Flannel, 2|c per yard; 10 yards to each customer. Good heavy Sheeting at 4|c per yard; a good Flannelette at 5c per yard; Jeans, 10c per yard; Red Flannel, 10c per yard; extra heavy' Shirting, 4Jc per yard; Table Oilcloth, 15c per yard; Floor Oilcloth, 15c per yard; Lined Jeans Pants, Ole per pair; heavy Duck Coats, lor 04c. We positively will not carry over any of these goods, and have made the prices very low to close them out quick. NEW YORK STORE, BLITZEE, HPxopiietox.