Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 November 1897 — Page 4

8 hr §f ilu County grmorwt m» n. nvi . stoop*. Oo« Te*r, In advance .••••—• — G 85 Btx Mouth*, in advance • **> Entered at the pnstoffie* tn Petersburg for iransmiasion through the mails a* sceondclaw matter. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER J6,1^7. ClOTtUnD has reached the lowest price iu tunny years, bringing from $‘.’.00 to $‘.’.25 per bushel. Is this the result of the Mi-Kinky administration. The average republican editor lays claim to the advance in tie price of wheat. John R. Scott.> famous colored politician and republican leader in Florida, and who opened the national republican convention at St. Louis with prayer, was arrested last week charged with murdering another colored preacher. H anna just now is having the fight of his iife to be re-elected senator from Oh.o There are several raeuibcrs-elect of the legislature who will refuse to enter the caucus, and without their votes Marcus cannot la* elected. The'- is much talk of Bushnell Wing elected. The Dingtey tariff laws still continues to enlarge the deficit iu the treasury at the rate of about $10.000,(KX) a month. And still the republican j<artv says that such laws are just what the people want. The government will soon be compelled Ui issue bonds to pay off the debt. The fool with his mouth hath said free silver is dead, but in his heart be knows that his mouth - t telling the truth.—. Louisville I>is{*atch.» The al>ove will apply to a few republican editors in Southern Indiana, who before tV recent elections said the cause of silver was dead. Or course everybody knows that President McKinley’took hold and pushed up the price of wheat, potatoes and apples in the United States, says an exchange. But ulessotiotn of his summer excursions he surreptitiously slipped across our borders, how did he manage to rain*- the price of the same article* in Canada. England and France The following are the names of republicans of the state who have their eyes on a chair in the United States Senate: Hen. ls?w Wallace, Judge li S. Taylor. Major George W Steele, Will Cumhack and J. Frank Hanley.—Petersburg Press. And by the wav. it should uot be overlooked that among the First congressional district republican* there is Col. Frank li. Posey and Col. Jim Hemingway who would not object to the senators hip.

Thekk is now a. possibility that thoro will be a special session of the Indiana legislature for the purpose of remedying some of the law* passed by the last legislature. In making a change in the prisons of the state the prisoners jof ’.he northern penitentiary will soon have nothing to employ their time and will U in idleness. The extra session would he called upou to provide some means whereby the prisoners might be employed. Uixet.iu.is* as proposed by Bryan is as impossible as for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.—IVtersburg I*ress. Bimetallism as promised by McKinley was not acceptable to the money kings ot London, hence the return of McKinley’s committee. Bimetallism as proposed by Bryan and the democratic party does not need the consent of any other nation, bat that the citiiens of the United States are able to maintain gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. PrrtasncEo citiiens are beginning to I realise that a system of water works is a necessity and that they should be put m during the coming year. That's so. In no town in the state are the citiiens more able tv support a water works plant than in Petersburg. The citiiens are progressive and public spirited enough to maintain a good plant. Such a plant as would be able to supply the needs for several years to come could be put in at a very small cost to the ”iv.„*stor'. Ih.ritig tjn ;<*>: summer water works would indeed have been a great In x ary in nwrv wars thau one. The house-wife, the merchant and the mechanic were compelled to wade through the dust at all tiroes of the day—in fact everything was wared with dust during the cutire dry season. It was next to iaipossible to keep anyth'Cg dean and free from dust. With a system « f water works all would have been different. Water works is what lit# people need.

From all direct bus come complaints about the tremendous rise in the price of almost everything, excepting the only article that more than half of our people have to sell—their labor. An expert says of the effect of the Dingley tariff upon the price of men’s clothes: *‘A suit of clothes that could be bought last year for $15 cannot be duplicated now under $20, and that fact is an annoyance to dealers and ••ustomers. With men of ample means, who have their clothes made by fashionable tailors, $5 or $10 advance on a suit is hardly noticed, and if noticed evokes no complaint. It is very different, however, with those who have to be carefnl in their expenditures, for to this class $5 represents a considerable sum. The number of men who buy $15 and $20 suits is largely in excess of those who pay $40 and $50 for a suit, and it is from the poor and the middle class that the kick against the Dingley tariff is sure to come.” Tub gifted republican orator, Johu J. Ingalls, recently spoke of William J. Bryan as follows: “Mr. Brvan is not to be catalogued as an uninteresting person. He was the star actor ■ one of the great dramas of our time. He was one of the chief figure* iu the most important political campaigns since the close of the civil war. Against tremendous odds, without combination, experience or fortune, he won the most signal personal triumph of our age when political leaders generally are in the cradle nr kindergairteu. Through the contest for the presidency he displayed courage, endurance and versatility that have uot been surpassed, and he accepted defeat with dignity and composure. So we do not need look far to discover the causes of Bryan's popularity. People like pluck in friend or foe, and Bryan is young, poor, and western born, which is a stroug prescription even with those who reject his ideas and methods.** If the silver craze is dying out as the republican press says it is, why does it harp so much about it. If it is dead why say anything about it. But the facts are that is it now the one leadiug issue before the people of today and will be until it is settled by the election of a democratic congress and a democratic president. The issue was a very live one in Pike county during the last campaign when hundreds of republicans voted for the Bryan electors. Those who voted for Bryan and silver were uot deluded but voted their sentiments and will do so again whenever occasion presents itself. The People know what they want, and in every farming section the-,vote showed that they were in favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and under the same conditions that we now have the coinage of gold. But according to the republican press the silver isj>ue is dead. Well last fall numerous speeches were made on the question of finance, but the county went from goldbugism to the free c-oinage o! silver. And the silver craze is dying outwell wait until the votes are counted out in Pike county iu November, 1896, when the result will be known.' Thx republican party in national convention in 1896 adopted the following money platform aud went before the people; The republican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enactment of the law providing for the resumption of specie payments iu 1879; since then every dollar nas lieen as echxI as gold. We are unalterably opjn>sed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are. therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and till such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved. AH our silver and paper currency must la* maintained at parity with gold”, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States, and all our money, whether coin or p*i*r, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened uations of the earth. The republican party were successful in receiving the suffrages of the people ou this plank iu tlu r platform. To “promote'’ international bimetallism a commission was sent abroad to impress the European nations. The result of_ this commission was a failure. The question now resolves itself as to how the present gold standard is to be preserved, in other words, what will lie done next * To a great many fii^ancie-> it look** that another bond issue will be the result in the very near future.

In a Nutshell. New York, New Jersey and Kentucky cast fifty-eight electoral votes for McKinley, one of Kentucky's votes going to Bryan. New York, New Jersey and Kentucky all went democratic last week. Had McKinley been a candidate last week instead of last year the popular vote in these three democratic states would certainly have been cast against him. Now, deduct these 58 electoral from the 271 which Mr. McKinley received, and there are left 318. Add these 58 votes to the 178 of Mr. Bryan and he would have 234. That is a majority of 21 in the electoral college. Iu other words, the democrats do not need to gain another state. They need ouly retain these three—New York. New Jersey and Kentucky—and they will elect the next president.—New York Worid. Every man, whether farmer, merchant or mechauic, should have his address printed on his envelope, to insure its return if not properly directed. Many a letter has been lost or miseeut, causing the sender to wonder why he did not receive a reply. This office will furnish and print 100 lek quality envelopes for 50 cents. School | teachers should also have them.

WASHINGTON LETTKK. Oar Hrfvlar C«m*rM4*nt Seats Is • Bstehsf News. When congress meets in session on the first Monday in December the prospect is for a general assault all along the line of the national sentiment and policy which Osar Reed suppressed by his despotic rulings during the extra session. Many vital issues must come np for consideration and action, among which will be our duty to the Cuban Republic,the Nicaragua Canal, | the annexation of Hawaii, the question of the British boundary in Alaska, and the Behring sea seal fisheries. These are all international matters. In addition to ' them there will be the fractional topics of internal economy. For instance the con. I duct of the administration in completing j the deal made by the Cleveland gang with the Union Pacific “reorganisation committee” will be something for earnest discusssion and investigation, and the conI spiracy finally to wreck the money of the constitution, which Carlisle inaugurated and his very fit and appropriate mugwump successor, Gage, is attempting to carry into execution. From the present indications the great battles of the coming session will be fought on international lines, and except in- one iustance between the American people and the individuals and syndicated robber trust interests which were counted in over the will of the majority as expressed in the ballot box, to rule them. It will be a sessiou full of interest to every true American patriot. The report of Secretary Gage, circulated on the eve of election iu the commercial towns' and cities of Ohio, Maryland and Kentucky, had two objects, one to effect the result, and the other as a feeler to govern the president in the policy he should recommend to Congress. The Gage scheme to destroy the money of the constitution and place the banking system of the country in the hands of the natioual bank shy locks, fell still-born. Outside of the subsidized press not a prominent republican journal dared defend this policy, and the result will be that the president will touch this question with great tenderness. Only a few days ago the great republican leader from West Virginia, Senator Etkfatt, made a special visit to the president, during which he warned him against indorsing the Gage policy, or his recommending any other to Congress, as any recommendation | he could make would, to put it in the curt ' language of the senator,“place him between ! the devil and the deep sea.” Mr. McKinley will most likely take the senator's advice, unlete in the mean time the “Business Manager” should object and order it otherwise. —o— The latest advises from Ohio are that # Mark Hanna, with his unlimited supply of 1'prosperity,r the aid of the combined civil, military, naval and financial powers’ of the natioual administration and $ Mark's bull whip, that he will silence Fire-alarui Foraker, bulldoze Bushnell again, squelch Kurt*, smash the mayor of Cleveland, pacify the sixteen recalcitrant republican legislators, and walk into the Senate of the l' nited States to dignify, adorn and render illustrious the seat that Corwin, Ewing, Chase and Thurman^aml poor John Sherman made such failures in attempting to develop oratory and statesmanship, and reflect honor and distinction upon their state. The New York Herald observes that unless the Cubans can be induced to submit within the next few weeks the country will ( be lost to Spain forever.

Hon. Albert S. Berry, the stalwart democratic successor to ex-Democrat John G. Carlisle in the House, has recently returned from a visit to Hawaii, and from careful observation and a thorough investigation of the subject, is fully imbued with the idea ‘ that annexation is bound to come. PriI marily, Mr. Berry says, in an interview, - that he would prefer an independent re- ! publican form of government at Hawaii, but his visit to the islauds and his studies of the conditions there, have proven to him that the government of the little republic is not sufficiently strong to withstand the encroachments of the powers who look with jealous eves upon the fruitful and delightful little spot in the middle of the Pacific. For this reason, and realising that some nation must take it under its protecting wing, Mr. Berry favors the immediate action of the American government. “I believe that many of the objections raised against annexation during the last administration and during the last session of Congress have been removed and that the Senate will promptly ratify the treaty now pending before it,” said Mr. Berry. “If the Senate should be dilatory in this matter, then I am quite certain that the House would be will* iug to take up and pass a bill which has been introduced providing for the accomplishment of the same purpose. The islands are essent ially American and should be ours politically as they are commercially.” A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, bot there is ! really no trick about it. Anybody can try 1 it who has lame back and weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he J can cure himself right away by taking Elec* j trie Bitters. This medicine tones up the I whole system, acts as a stimulant to the | liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier and j nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild , laxative and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be ’ convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents a bottle at J. B. Adams k Son's drug store.

Fifty Years Ago. This it the stamp that the tetter kort Which carried the story far and wide. Of certain cure lor the loathsome sore That bubbled up from the tainted tide Of the blood below. And 'twas Ayer's same And his sarsaparilla, that all cow. know. That was just beginning its fight oI lame With it* cures of 50 year* age. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the original sarsaparilla. It has behind it a record for cures unequalled by any blood purifying compound. It is the only sarsaparilla honored by a medal at the World’s Fair of 1803. Others imitate the * remedy; they can’t imitate the record: 50 Years of Cure*.

«<ERI DIMIO Brims, hn, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Pays the highest market price for Coun- ! try Produce of alt kinds. Keeps a general stock of merchandise. Giro him a call. Hosmei, Ind..

■A Chance of the Season at W. L. Barrett's. The Greatest Bargains the Gonntry Has E?er Known Amt if you are thinking about the purchase of Clothing of any kin4 it will pay you to visit his Store. He is over crowded anil must sell by December 25, ■•■•■••■•■•■•■•■•■•I

Complete Wreck of Prices^ Men s Suits in Fancy Checks, Plants, Blue and Black Cheviots, Correct Styles, Single and Double-Breasted, Worth #7.50; for.. ... $4.98 Men’s All Wool Cassimer and Cheviot Suits, made in the newest Shades of Brown Mixtures in Plaids and Checked Patterns, and 0*77 PA cut in the latest styles of Single and Double Breasted. A Suit / fill that retails for $10.00; will go at....... .. ... YliW Men s' All Viool ( lay Worsted in Blue and Black, nicelv made, extra quality. Sells everywhere" for $10.00; will go at.... Boy’s Short Pant Suits in neat dark colors, both Reefer and ami Double Breasted styles in Cheviot, Plaids. Cheeks and Brown Mixtures, well trimmed, age 3 to 15 vears; from. Men’s Overcoats, made of a good quality of goods in Blue. Black and Grey, lined throughout, durable, velvet collar: for only...... Men’s Overcoats, made of Pure Wool in Blue, Black and Browu Kerseys, good Serge lining and Silk sleeve lining; f t only .. Men’s Overcoats, made from a high grade of Beayer. heavy Serge lining, extra quality of Silk sleeve lining; " ° Regular price, $13.00, for... $6.75 42c to $5 $3.75 $4.75 $8.50 Come and Examine Our Stool. Prepare tor the Cold Ware. W. L. BARRETT, ^PETERSBURG, IND<? •■•■•■•■•■•I

iro'cra iD^'srs sajle '^v-^'The Greatest Sale that was Ever Known will be at—' MOSES FRANK’S WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 st, 2nd 3rd and 4th Four Days Sale of Winter Goods at Prices never before equaled, and the purchasin': power of the dollar will be fully shown in the amount of goods you can buy at this Great Sale. Never before has such seasonable merchandise been offered to the people for such mere trifles. Clothing, Dry Goods, Woolen Goods, Comforts, Blaukets, Shoes, and in fact everything in our store will be sold at remarkably low prices. Everything we ail vert ise we guarantee to be just so. Our great stock must be reduced before invoicing. Run your eye down this list of bargains.

Yarn, AU Wool, all Colors, per skein.$ 3 All Colors Storm Flannel..... 10 | Extra Wide Canton Flannel.. 5 ! Full Size. All Wool Flannel Skirts.... 55 ' An Extra Size 12-4 Blankets, per pair... ... 48 I Wool Grey Blankets. 1 39 All Wool Red Blankets......1 8? AU Wool Grey Blankets... 1 84 Extra Size SatteenComforts...o...1 23 A Good, Full size Comfort.... 79 Ladies’ All Wool Hose... 17 Fleeced Ladies* Hose... 8 All Wool Dress Goods........ 23 | Heavy Double Capes, Beaded... .1 22 : Double Cape, with Fur Trimming... 2 19 i Shawl Fascinators...r. 23 Ladies’ AU Wool Black Mittens .. 10 New Style Ladies’ Jackets, 50 cents on the doUar.

Men's Mackintoshes, Waterproof ami with Capes.__-$3 23 Children's Overcoats.... . 9? Men’s All Wool Beaver Overcoats.. 4 Men's Blanket Lined Duck Coats.. Men's Lined Heavy Gloves, per pair. Our 50-cent Men's Undershirts ....;. Men's Drawers, Knit or Canton Flannel. Men's Winter Boots.... ..1 Boys'Winter Boots. ....X Men's Wool Work Shirts... Men*? Heavy Sweaters ... Boys’ Sweaters.... Men's 50-cent Caps, sale price.. Men's Fancy Black Suits, Square or Round cut, Suit... 4 All Wool Men's Jeans Pants... Cotton, per roll ........ Heavy Yard Wide Floor Oil Cloth.. Clark’s Thread.

Don't fail to attend this sale. Thi* is a grand opportunity for you to buy all your winter goods cheap. Don’t put off buying your heavy goods any longer, for winter is here, and now you can buy cheaper than ever. More goods for a dollar than you ever before bought. Come early, for the best bargains always go first. An extra corps of clerks will be employed, thus securing yon prompt service. Bring this paper with you and you will find every article just as advertised. Remember these many bargains can be had only at «The Cheapest House in the County** •^PETERSBURG, INDIANA^