Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 January 1898 — Page 4

■ Ekr f ik t County fftawrot £> Br M. Mc€. STOOFS. One Year. In advance.H 25 Six Months, In advance. . tto Entered a? the postoftiee in 'Petersburg for transmission through the mails as seeomlclass matter. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14,1898. That there is a growing sentiment among the people in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver cannot be questioned. In the last campaign the question was not thotoughly understood by thousands of voters of the United States, but as the time approaches for the coming elections and the people hear and read more of it they begin to realize that silver must be restored to the place it occupied previous to 1873, when it was remonetized, ft is a question which is now agitating the whole country and while the democrats are as a unit on the issue the republicans are hopelessly divided. Many prominent and lifelong republicans have recently come out in favor of the white metal, and more will follow as the time approaches f<r the casting of ballots, t Such men as Senators /feller, Walcott, Chandler and Cong refill an Towne and others of national reputation, who have been repulslicansnil their lives, are among those who have esqwised the silver cause and deserted the old hulk of republicanism, and are now fighting for the cause of the People. There will be but one issue in the campaigns of 1898 and 1900. Silver must be restored. The People demand it and the People will sec that it is done. The interest that was taken in the campaign of 189d in Pike county has not abated one iota, but has increased in interest. The voters are studying the question now and discussing it among themselves during these long winter evenings. The children talk about it. The goid standard has shown itself to the people; it ha- been weighed and found wanting. The wealth producers want a change, but the money power wants nothing but' the single gold standard. In the last campaign, the corporations and trusts showed their power in coercing voters into easting; their franchises in many cities for the gold standard. The-e voters who were thublibded by the promises held out were fooled. The promises have not been- fulfilled. They will not be fooled again, for at the recent city elections in various states they cast th*-ir ballots in favor of the democratic cai'd...U!-s for .mayors. That was so in Evao-ville, Indianapolis, Chicago, New York The can of 189* will wind up next Novcini<er with a writable landslide in fav-. r ,-f rest, ring silver and without the. aid’or ct nsent of any other nation. The People will vote.

Tm: demand for the return uf Oliver to the monetary system of this country at the ratio of 16 to 1 i« the mie topic of conversation among the farmers and laboring class* ? of Pike county. They want another chance to vote and show shat they can do when they have a chan -e to vote their sentiments. In November, lt96. in Pike county the voters showed by their suffrage that they were in favor of the return of silver to the place it occupied previous to the repeal. Since the agitation c* ticenitog the publication of the ■ list of jsnsioners ha? commenced Commissioner Evans has received several letters from {tensioners requesting a cancellation of their pensions. Une petisiout r in Michigan inclosed his certificate and stated his etesire to have the same recalled, as he was not entitle*! to the government's bounty. He added he would endeavor to return ad the money drawn «nee 1895, wbeti the pension was granted. “Ws can look the •Ihngiey hill over and qan point to nearly a hundred million dollars taxes levied directly u{>on the poor people of the country and placed in the. pockets of the trust-."—Letter of A. L. Conger, a republican am! a member of the stall of ti.'*-n:-.r Bu»hneil m < ‘i.;- . The bimetallic league of Indiana will hold its annual session' in Indianapolis sometime in the s{*ring. Hon. William J. Brvan, Hon. Charles A. Towne. General Warner, George F. Williams and H. F. Barline are expected to be present on that occasion. _,, The Dingley bill as a prosperity maker j is a failure. It neither raises wages or j revenue. The new tariff law is a great disappointment to the republicans.' .. The cause of silver at the legal ratio of 16 to 1 is growing in every tdStnsnip in the United States. The People are bound to *i«t in November.

Or* neighbor of the Press tor the past several weeks has been making war on the democratic township trustees in reference to their levies tor township purposes, hut leaving out any reference whatever to the various republican trustees of the county. The Dkhoc&jlt has treated the subject with the utmost fairness aud has on several occasions given the total tax levies of all the township trustees and corporations. A few weeks ago this paper published the levies of 1896 and 1897. This slewed that all the republican trustees raised their levies. If the editor of' the Press desires to be fair in this matter he will publish the rates of 1896 and 1897. He can also do a little explaining while he is about it and tell the people why the republican trustees raised their levies over last year. Don’t be backward about the matter, but tell it in as few words as possible. Professor, the’taxpayers qf the several townships are very well posted on affairs of county and township. The rates as levied in 1896 and 1897 in the several townships levied by the trustees for the several funds are as follows: 1S9S uar JefTersor . 80 Washington..... 54 Madison . 73 Clay . to Patoka .. 73 Monroe. —. Ttt tops . ...... .. . 58 Lockhart ... . Marion . .... 90 80 The above are the levies as made by the republican and democratic trustees of Pike county. Of the democratic trus.ees the trustee of Lockhart township lowered his levy cents, two raised their levies. Monroe township 1 cent and Madison township 15 cents, and the levies of Jefferson and Marion remain the same as last year Now how is it with the republican trustees? The trustee of Washington township raised the levy 18 cents over last year. The levy in Clay to» nsliip is raised 15 cents, Iu'Patoka township 10 cents, and in Logan township 7 cents. The press editor can now explain why the republican/trustees have raised their levies, and when that is done he will have explained why all the township trustees have raised their levies over that of 1894. And while in the matter of explaining the professor would do the people of Petersburg a favor by telling them why their levy of 1894 of $1.95 Juts been increased to $2.34. The levies as made for all purposes in the various townships and corporations for 1896 and 1897 are as follows : , 1<*M Jefferson Washington Madison i-lay i .—. Moimie \ l/OEHU \ l a ekhari 1 Marion J PetersbunK Wsn>U.\v I €5 1 39 t so 1 53 1 iai 1 35 1 43 i m 1 7.3 2 go 2 10 1897. f l 60 I 1 70 > 1 tv 1 «5 1 51 1 43 1 .50 1 2 34 I » 1 88 | Compare the levies for tbe%*o years.

Ckktautly there is harmony within the J republican ranks everywhere and. anywhere | to read some of the party papers.' For j instance what peaceful harmony exists in j Ohio over tin- senatorial question. And j £pdn there seems to be the most delightful j harmony existing in Maryland over the! election of a Foiled States senator. The j senatorial fight in Ohio among the r publi- j cans is the bitterest ever knowu in that; 'state. Then again in Pike county harmony ruleth supreme. Xit. There may be’; harmony within tiie ranks of the several j factions but that is ainjiit the end of it. j For instance read the following from the Press, one of the republican organs of Pike ! county: A RKPCBUCAX county committee is soon to be selected* Again we desire to urge the republicans to .be careful in making tHeir selections of the'members of the com- j mittce. Let, no man be put on the’ committee w ho is not hit influential repul*- J li£ari. Put no man on the committee in ; rder to hold him in the party. A -political; kicker never has any influence with thinking men. Put no man on the comimiUee ; who is m the lea-t inclined toward the free silver craze. Pit nose nrr isefehucass. on guard ruts year. * * * , , Under the new law which took effect the i first of January childremwil! no lonjger be admitted to the county asylums, rjiiidren should\not be raised up in asylujois or | orphans' rSmie^/tmt should be found1 homes o .‘side whore 1they can have thrown about • them a different influence and « : * r»r they may learn the affairs of life. Section 7 of the new law for the care of children is as follows: “‘That-from and after the first day of January. 16i»8. it shall -be unlawful for any chi!<Tbetween the ages of three and seventeen years to be retained as an inmate of any countv poor asylum for a longer period than ten days, and it shall be the ' duty of the board of county commissioners of every county in the state of Indiana to make such lawful provision for such children as will allow full compliance with the provisions <>f this‘•ection.” ‘*Tue president’s currency plan never will go through,'* says Senator Chandler. ‘Tlis desire to make the greenbacks gold uotes cannot receive the majority of the votes of the two Houses. If the president tded'ThaT'Hie^trewsury exen. option of paying the holders of these notes m gold or silver, instead at accepting the ion of the he kler and paying then} in gold, his recommendations would be readily 1 agreed to. There has been a great deal of talk about the endless chain in connection with the currency question. That endless chain would not exist if the treasury exercised its own option in redeeming greenbacks.” _ A noth xa blessing of the Ihngley bill! As this measure makes the necessaries of life higher than heretofore the Fail River cotton o{-erators have about decided that they can’t afford to strike and will probably accept the proposed cut in wages. Sp we are still within the limits of the peace, and prosperity zone,—Indianapolis News.

Is speaking of the big ditch along Coinnissioner Robinson’s land in Patoka township last week we inadvertently stated that < :he county paid for the ditch.' It was Patoka township that had to pay for the •ominissioner's big ditch instead of Pike xmnty. Nevertheless. Mr. Robihson is responsible for the ditch because he gave a permit for the ditch to be dug along the ade of his land. Why did he not refuse to .rive his consent to the digging of the fitch? The ditch was not put on the west side of the road simply because the owner of the land, and a good democrat, too, woald not allow it. Mr. Robinson should have forbidden the digging at publicexpense of a ditch of no earthly value except to drain his own land. At first we thought we had done Mr. Robinson an injustice but on further thinking we have concluded that it was his duty as a citizen and as an officer to look after the best interests of the people.—Petersburg Press. The writer of the above would make a mountain out of a mole hill. In conversation with Mr, Whitman, president of the board of commissioners, he said that last spring the board told Mr. Johnson, trustee of Patcrim township, that the county would pay forffio part of the ditch. Mr. Johnson went ahead and last fall had the ditch dug. This was done for the purpose of draining the road. If. as the editor of the Press would have it, that the ditch was of “no earthly value except to drain his (Robinson’s) own land.” then why did Tom Johnson, the trustee, have the ditch constructed. Mr. Robinson had nothing to do with the construction of the ditch as he informed u£.If Johnson constructed the ditch and paid for it out of the funds of the township to benefit Joe Robinson's land and not, for the benefit of the public, then he should receive criticism at the hands of the Press and not Mr. Robinson. Col. A. L. Co no kb, for many years one of the foremost republicans of Ohio, and still an active member of the g. o. p.—a close friend and associate of ShCfiian, Garfield, Charles Foster and Governor Foraker—says, under his own signature in a letter to the Washington Post: We can look the Dingh y bill over and can point to nearly a hundred million dollars taxes levied diit^tly upon the poor people of-the country and placed in the pockets out he trusts. Fifteen million dollars is levied annually upon tin plate, and the,proceeds placed in the pockets of the tin. nj^te trust. Thirty millions of dollars a /ear is levied upon hides and leather, j and the money placed in the pockets of the leather trust. i

The Dingley deficit keeps on swelling. ; And instead of this tariff law being a benefit to the laboring mi eu it has reduced their wages. ._ T “Intrinsic Value,” Cant phrases are always employed to bolster up weak arguments. “Sound money" is a favorite cant phrase with the gold clique. It covered a multi-; tude of sins during the last presidential campaign, serving as a cloak for gold monometallism and fooling a large .number of voters'into casting their ballots for Ihe representatives, of a policy thoroughly obnoxious to the genius of this-government. Now, that the advocates of the gold stamlard have become emboldened 4>y the election of a republican president through the influence of the boodle fund collected by Mark Hanna, another cant phrase has come into use. and the people are being instructed as to the matter of “intrinsic value.” Failing back on the false and stupid claim that geld |assesses intrinsic value,, the self-appointed monetary commission lays down the law as follows: - “The standard must have a market value as a commodity independently of any governmental flat and of legal tender laws; it < must be durable; it must be homogeneous: it must have a maximum of value proportioned to its bulk; it must have, as a commodity, s' stable a market value as possible, and m order to secure the stability of that; market value the relation between its supply and demand must.be as constant as possible. Gold alone fulfills these conditions.” This is eluidisb in its simplicity. There | are few people so ignorant as to harbor the fallacy that gold is the mysterious single tiling that possesses intrinsic value. This is arrant nonsense. Value is hot intrinsic. It is a quality which is determined in exchange. Suppose gold were to be demonetized today? What would become of its boasted' intrinsic value? There was a time when a proposition to demonetize gold was discussed in Europe. What has happened may happen-again, but whether it does or not, the fact remains that gold bas value because it is scarce and because it has been given money powers by law.—-Chicago Dispatch. . ■ Barlilen’ti Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is! guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or m<»ney refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. it. Adams k Son. »w StO'tc-— Liberal Offer. To introduce our new monthly publication, American Popular Music, we make the following liberal offer: Send us the names of three or more performers on the piano or organ, and fifteen cents in mouey or postage, and we will mail you sixteen pages of the latest popular songs, two steps, etc., full sheet music arranged forpiauoVr organ, and American Popular Music for; three mooths. ■—__V Address Popctan Music Co.. Indianapolis, ind. Bromoline will cure a cold while you sleep. Xo cure, no pay. &> cents. For sale by Paul Bros, and Bergeu and Oliphant. % ' . . ■ .

WASIIISGTO* LETTER, )or Regular Correspondent Sends In n Batch of Mews. Mr. McKinley, by working overtime and jy using a shovel on the pie, managed to send more nominations to the Senate since Congress reassembled than have before pue in any single week since he took ,-harge of the pie counter, but it has not essened the pressure on him for pie even a ittle bit. For every hungry mouth he has tiled there are a thousand asking to be rilled. There is a suspicion that Mr. McKinley, instead of being dpposed to the warm fight that is being made in the House for a modification of the civil service law, is really in favor of it. Lacking the backbone to use his authority to modify the rules under the present law, he will do nothing. But if Congress adopts any legislation he will allow it to become a law, probably without his signature. The ground for this suspicion is ample. Many of Mr. McKinley’s warm friends arc -engaged in this fight, and every member of his cabinet has gone on record as favoring some modification. The bill now before the House civil service committee limits the law to those positions paying from $900 to $1,^00 a year. —— The Senate has taken up the Hawaiian annexation treaty and, if its supporters have their way, will consider it daily until a vote is reached. —o— Senator Butler of North Carolina, has differed a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would revolutionize the U. S. courts. It proposes that all U. S. judges, including those, of the supreme court, shall be elected by the people. for terms of eight years, and provides for a division of the country into circuits for their election. Speaking of his resoiuttion,. Senator* Butler says: “There was a time when all the states thought it ineumbeut upon them to appoint their judges for life. Now the life tenure of a judge in * state is the exception. I believe in placing the power over the judiciary in the hands of the people. If the system of stated terras is good in the states it ought to l>e equally good for the Federal government.” •o—

Many democrats in Congressfavor beginning the e.mgties>iin&] campaign of next fall at once, on t he floors of Congress, and keeping up a reo ict, progressive tight upon th/ republicans from start to finish. Among them is Representative DeArmond of Mis* scuri. who said on the subject: “We ought to l>e aggressive. We want to iorce the fighting. We ought to lose uo time in exposing the hypocrisy and cowardice of our political. opponents. We can lose nothing by being aggressive. Those who followed the standard of democracy and Bryan in the last campaign are as enthusiastic- and as earnest as over, and we who are here in Congress representing that sentiment ought not to lag.*’ ... . —kO— - Senator Chilton of Texas, says of the civil service hubbub in republican fanks; “In mv opinion, if Mr. Bryan had been elected instead of Mr. McKinley, the fly specks which republican orators in Congress now imagine to be blood spots on the civil service system would have escaped their attention altogether. Their sudden realization that the idea of civil service reform lias been carried too far is due solely to their purpose to get republicans intv> places now filled by equally capable democrats, and no democratic senator or representative should give th«pi aivl or comfort in their designs.” Czar Reed is the one republican in Congress who has never buckled down to Bos Hanna. On the contrary, he not long ago made Hanna eat a big chunk of humble pie. It all catne about in connection with the appointment of a light house ketq>er in Mr. Reed’s- district, a p.ace Mr. Reed had asked.‘for one of his constituents. Instead of the appointment Mr. Reed got a letter from the headquarters of the republican national committee, signed M. A. Hanna. That made him - mad. lie Isu't a profane man. but his demand for an explanation from the treasury department as to what Ml A. Hamm had to do with appointments in his district was as "hot stuff" as anybody on Secretary Gage's staff cared to hear about. An apology quickly followed, as did the appointment of Reed’s man. But that didn't mollify the Czar. He went after Boss Hanna and made him apologize also. Senator Teller fftade a manly and able speech in reply to the numerous newspaper stories alleging that some of the silver men 'in Congress have uo proper conception of the financial question, and are trying to force it to the front merely to make a breach between Mr. McKinley and his secretary of the treasury- He said that it was ridiculous to suppose that Mr. Gage would remain in the cabinet an hour if be and the president were hot in financial accord: also that the republican party was today fully committed to the gold standard. Every eye iu the Senate was upon Mr. Teller when,he uttered these ringing words: “I attack the republican party because it is the party of the gold standard. 1 hepe to see it go down in 1900, and I pledge you that I will do everything in my power to tirag it tUn. Its policy is not such as is demand*4Jjj a great and free people. I have uo quarrel with the president, bat he stands for the gold standard, a policy which in my opinion will impoverish and wreck our people.” ' Twe Well Known Statesmen Talked for months, from a front porch and rear end of a car. Perhar-s the use of Foiey’s Honey and Tar will explain why they could do this, without injury to their vocal organs. It is largely used by speakers and singers. Bergei#* Oiiphant. j

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