Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 December 1896 — Page 4

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E Ju ^tiu County §mot rat tty n. Mod. STOOPS. |tfr THj- Plk* Lanai; Ufmarrat na*. On* tmr* rul rlrrtlailoa «it an) am»[>*|ifr {iuIiIUkh) in ike Count; I AdtertUer* will make a note of thi*r»a! One Tear. In advance. ..H Blx UonU>K, in advance- Co Entered at the postofttae in Petersburg for transmission through Uie mails us secondclass matter. Fill DAY, DECEMBER 18,1896. i Tue senatorial fight in Indiana is growing warmer as the legislative session draws nigh. Fairbanks still holds the lead, although the other candidates are making a big tight. Bexator John Sherman has too intention to give up the tight in Ohio for the senatorship and let Mark Hanna have a chance at it for tin* next six years. The senator does not want a cabinet |>ortfoKo in preference to his old job. v,Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, has atwnt dis ided to . .'ill a sp .-s.il -.'ssi.,n of the legislature to elect a senator to succeed Senator Blackburn, whose term has.expired. The woods are full of candidates. The governor, it i* said, is in the field. President-*: e<t McKixlet will no doubt call a Sp-ciai session of .tongues immediate! v after his inauguration for the purpose of passing a new tariff schedule; There are a nund<er of ambitious young congressmen who have a tariff schedule to present in order that their constituents may know that they are in Washington, D.C. ! - The colored voters of the country arc demanding recognition from the iucoming republican adininistration for their faithful party services, They desire anything from a cabinet j*>situ u down. The colored ract dgmm tin beet there b on the platter from (be republican party. Without their votes the republican party would be unable to carry a mimbr of-- nor;],.v.-imrc they cojjtr"! the balance of puw. r and always .Ai*-. i the ■ !.-e:i«>n> by their votes. It b due t hem.

General Macro, the leader of the in* S surgenta in the OSban war, was killed last week. The rumors were not believed at | first, btit it is now confirmed by-the proofs. ! The war still wages in the provinces. ---:- Ilo.v Jaxks A. Moint was inaugurated governor of Indiana yesterday.—Oakland ! City Enterprise. I 'You are somewhat premature. The inauguration will take place in about three ; weeks. Jrs r now the republican leaders are havj ing a great time in trying to get Teller and other silver repobiioans into line for the purpose of passing a tariff bill. The silver ! men want nothing unless there is a silver attachment to the bill, which will hardly i (« |<os'ih!e in the fifty-fifth congress. Tariff legislation may secure a black eye. , =* | Tuat‘‘confidence" game that was worked before the election is not working so well at the present time. The .laboring men are all hunting for it, the business men are hunting for it, and no one seems to have located tin tel urn of it. If "confidence” ; meant gold no one around these diggings has found any of it. What we want is. ! money and not “confidence." ; The republican party is now between a i j “sweat and a stew.” The managers must j either bring about an international agree-1 tnefit on the stiver question and receive the | ill-will of the tM»iidh'loegs and the money; sharks or tin* condemnation' of.the people, j The pts-^le wan! silver, but the moneybags : of Europe aud Wall Street want gold and’ gold only. What a predicament the g. o. p* is in anyhow. Tit>: campaign of education on the silver question is going right along in-Pike conn- j ty. The People arc reading and posting ] up on the question for future campaigns. J They i. t only read but express, their opin- | i>-us to their li- ighbors and friemis and set them to thinking and trading for them- ] selves. The farmer, and the laborer, and 1 the business man will get together on this1 is>ue in the coming campaigns and will put ; up u fight that will win by a large majority. Silver voters of Pike county, keep np your organizations, secure literal un- and let your neighbors and friends past them- ■ >, V , ; ■ ; r-it will U* the issue <.f future campaigns there can he no doubt. Keep up tlie light and ; be ready, indy**).

The leaders of the gold bolters of the democratic party are Just now haring a little fun of their own. They are liable to have a split in their ranks. Bynum and Hopkins are not working together in harmony. ! Hon. William J. Bryan will be present at Chicago .on Jackson day and will make the principal address. Bvnum. Carlisle, Watterson, et al, will not be expected to take any prominent part in the exercises. It will bo purely democratic. Ix many counties, towns and townships in Indiana the officers have been in the habit of selling goods to the corporation of which they are officials. There is a section upon the statute books of Indiana prohibiting such saUs by officers whereby they will become a sharer. Officials should read up the law upon these subjects. A bill has been introduced in the house of representatives to increase the salary of the speaker from $8,000 to $10,000 |>er year, and of senators ami congressmen from £■>,000 to $7,500. This is a salary grab. Now lets see what the republican party will do, -Another bill to reduce the salaries of all officers ten per cent will likely be offered. Senator Chandler has introduced a bill in the senate for a ten jer cent reduction of the salaries of all Federal employes. The red.uction shall begin on the 30th jof June, 1807. and continue for three years, and shall include all officers ami employes of the United 'States, whose salaries are pai 1 from the treasury, either annually, quarterly, monthly or semi-monthly except those whose compensation cannot bediminished, during .their continuance iti office. Bfhres! ntative Woodruff will in traduce a bill at the forthcoming session of the legislature abolishing the sale and manufacture of cigarettes in this state. Heavy, penalties will lx1 prescribed. The W. C. T. U. unions throughout the state are obtaining thousands of signatures to jnititions urging the passage of such a measure and it is stated that a delegation of Indiana's _representative women will lobby at In liami polls f«»r the enact incut of this'bill j into & law* ^ ‘ j A number of disappoinbxi Port Wayne ! republicans have formed a syndicate U ; build a canning factory for the purpose of j canning prosperity and keeping it on tap ! for the campaign of 1900, says the Portland ! Sntm According to tie most reliable statistics obtainable, there has been 19d.4t>0! men put to work since McKinley was elect-1 ed and there has been 430,700 men cither discharged or had their wages reduced during this time. This is not encouraging to tli*i-.* who voted for the advance agent nf prosperity. Whenever you can get blood out of a turnip then you can have good tit;n-s without money, but not until then.

This country must have more money before we can possibly have good times. People cannot buy goods without money. They do not care whether it is gold, silver or paper, just so it is money. The cry is: Money, money, money. Give us more! money. ^ The citizens of the United States as well' as those of other nations are thoroughly aroused over the Cuban war and think that; it should be stopped. Men, women and : children are l>eiug massacreed as so many hogs by the Spanish forces. Thousands of j of people fum the United Slates have offered their services to put down the rebellion and once more restore peace on the isiand. General Wovler is safely housed at Havanna, while the insurgent forces- are still taking the small forts around about that metropolis. When the war will cease cannot be foreseen unless some nation takes a hand in the fight. Their Views of Hryan. Below are editorial comments from three UK‘trofM.iljtun papers, all opponents of Hon. William Jennings Bryan during the campaign, made since the election, showing that Mr. Bryan’s attitude is anything but that which was hurled at him during the [ campaign. That he was actuated by a high motive-to do naught but good as he saw it, I- now conceded by all. Here is what they have to say of thedefeated candidate: “Mr. Bryan returns to public life with the gm>d will of his opponents. His power,, as an orator is beyond question, the earnestness of his convictions is undoubted, the courtesy of his manner is admirable. Mr. Bryan, we believe is the first of long line of defeated presidential candidates to congratulate a successful opponent. As there has been freaing ami blusteriug on the part of some of his allies or supporters, it .was more than n graceful act, As graceful and appropriate was Maj. McKinley's reply."—Chicago Inter-Ocean. “The magnetic individuality of Mr. Bryan is freely acknowledged by members of all parties. Probably in no other instance in this country was any candidate so subjected to the cat hole rays of public inspection and certainly no other man everpasser! through such a public examination with more credit or renown. Therefore, though beater, iu a fair contest, the American peoplewill. with pride, accord to Mr. Bryan j the tribute due to a citizen peculiarly distinguished by eminent endowments and ' worth."—New York Herald. “Mr. Bryan's attjtpde is a rebuke to j those who have charged him with anarchy and revolutionary purposes, and those who have rashly threatened violence to rectify supposed wrongs against him in the t lection. Were Mr. Bryan such a man as some of his injudicious oprements have port ratted him he could have brought the republic into great danger. But In- has set an example of good eituoTi.dbp. While it hasstrenously opjMiscd him cu the free silver issue, the: i\>st takes off it .- hat-in honorable respect 1 to William J. Bryan.’’—Boston Post. 1

Washington Letter. (From our regular cormpondent,) Washington, Dee. 14,1896. There is a great deal more in theannouncement that the republican members of the house committee on ways and means have begun work on the tariff bill which they are to attempt to pas-, at the extra session of the next congress to lie held early iu the spring, and that the committee are to grant hearings to manufacturers at onee than appears upon the surface. There are reasous to believe that this announcement was hurried upas a part of tine plan to elect republican senators enoUgtithis' winter to raako a majority for that party. ¥he rcpublkau steering committee of ihe senate succeeded in getting Mr. llanna to underthis job of electing senators in Kentucky, Carolina. South Dakota and Washington, and everybody knows that the only lever Mr. Hanna relies upon for success is money*. By giving the men who expect to get big profits through the.*‘protection1* of a republican tariff bill hearings before the committee they can be shown that they arc to get what they want and thus be put into the humor to furnish what Mr. Hanna wants—more cash. The same talk about a “moderate tariff,’* which is now being given to newspaper men was prevalent when work was begun on the McKinley bill. The result wilt be a bill that will probably be more radical than the McKinley bill was. It is true that many of the republicans would really like to set' the bill made moderate, but it is equally true that the men who made republican success possible this • year are determined that the duties shall be high. President Cleveland has gone to South Carolina @n a fishing trip and congressmen are jocularly charging him with having run away to escape the exQueeu of Hawaii, who is coining to Washington to present him with a br^endamages for failure to fulfill his promise, not of marriage, but of a restored throne. The populists in congress are a little shy about expressing for publication any opinion about the rumpus between Senator Marion Butler aud Tom Watson, but it is plain that some of them especially those from the south, believe that Butler will have to >lo something to show his resentment ofdose his influence with the populists of that section. A Georgian, who is not a populist, saul about the .recent phase of it :> “There were fighting words in that signed article of Watson’s and when I was a young man it wouldn’t have been a question of publishing a similar attack upon the other party. To have said that a man tells an untruth merely for the casual pleasure of having deceived would have meant, duelling pistols and an early morning meeting in the vicinity of Illadeusburg in the good old days.” There is no idea that Butler will do anything more than to call Wats ei another: If McKinley is half as wise as his admirers hink him to be he will quickly let it be

known among: tlie republican senators that Proctor, of Vermont, is not to be the administration leader in the senate of the next congress, a position now assigned him by rumor. Senator Proctor is a nice enough man in his way, but he has not, either as a, „ member of Harrison’s cabinet, or as a 1 senator, shown any of the qualities needed, for successful leadership, and there is no reason to believe that he possesses them. There are already a number of republican senators who do not feel over cordial towards McKinley, and if he isn't very careful he will be in hot water almost as soou as lie is in the White"House. The House made a fairly good showing for the first- week of the session, having passed the pension appropriation bill, a number of postal bills, a bill against the sale of liquor in the capitol building, and a whole batch of,private pension bills. The senators held only four sessions during th® week, and it has very little to show for them. At one of these sessions some com- s~}-‘ motion was caused by a motion made by Senator Allen to take up the Pingley bill. The motion carried but the only result was the killing of a few minutes time, at th® expiration of which the bill went back to the calendar uuder the rules. ’ Senator Teller has been quite a busy man since his arrival in Washington. One of the first men he had an extended conference with was Senator Jones of Arkansas, and the subject of the conference was the future policy of the silver men in’ congress., Both j senators declined to be inter; iewevkon the subject and po public announcement is . expected iinu‘1 after the conference of silver leaders, shortly to be held, and it may not ^ be deemed politic then to announce any j formal program?^ How to Prevent Pneumonia. At this time of the year a cold is very easily contracted, and if left to run its j course without the aid of some reliable | cough medicine is liable to result in that | dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no . better remedy to ctilv a cough or cold than | Chamberlain’s Cougn remedy. We have : used it quite extensively and it has always given entire satisfaction.—Olagah, Indian i Territory, Chief. , This is the only remedy that is known to be a certain preventive of pneumonia, Anioog the many thousands who have used it for colds and lagrippe, we have never yet learned of a single ease having resulted in pneumonia. Persons who have weak lungs * or have reason to fear an attack of pneumonia, should keep the remedy at hand. The ‘15 and 5Q cent sizes for sale by J. R, Adams & Son. , d The Democrat job rooms have been stocked up with some fine new faces of job type that are just elegant. Ladies, if yon want fine pi fitted visiting cards, just like engraved work, call ami sec ns. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powdcf / Most Perfect Made

rtsiini.-f&wra ; L .. 3? /- Tlie Greatest Boot atul Shoe Sale ever known in Petersburg. Prices that cause shouts of joy that willbe heard ALL OV Uttered by flpr enthusiastic 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 Anting.

'MX £ •* i X jC • . • ... X3l S30S 3E3i V„-. . . E Boy’s Boots, sizes 5 to 8, Boy’s Boots, well made, size 9 to 12, Bow's Boots, size 23. to 2, Men's good Split Boot; for Men s good, heavy Tap Stile Boot, for Men’s whole-stock Boot, foi 98 J 10 1 23 3 34 198

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 ?82 50 73 44 38 08 : j SO?

Mib^es’ Shoes, solid calf, size 13 to 2, for $ 98 7*2 pairs of Ladies’ Shoes, so id calf and oil grain, sizes 3 and 4, for 74 Ladies’solid Calf Shoe, for 88 Ladies’ solid Kangaroo Calf Shoe, for 1 24 Ladies’ Arctic Overshoes, for 64 Ladies’ Rubbers, for - 24

■ ■ . JtiM . 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 ease Canton Flannel, L\Je per yard; 10 yards to each customer. Good heavy Sheeting at lie per yard; a good Flannelette at 5c per yard; Jeans, 10c per.yard; lied 1 lannel, 10c per yard; extra heavy Shirting, lie per yard; Table Oilcloth, 15c per yard; Floor Oilcloth, 15c per yard; Lined Jeans Pants, 61c per pair; heaty Duck Coats, tor 01c. >\ e positively will hot carry over any of these goods,, and have made the prices very low to close them out quick. NEW YORK BUTZEIEB, Fcopxietox. ■