Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 February 1898 — Page 4

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t 1 Democratic Committee Meeting. There will lie a meeting of the democratic courtly committee at the court house at Petersburg, Saturday, March 5th,for the purpose of mm u>g <?, : > for sdectmlFk new central eommiiuand for the transaction of unv other buHiaw.- lh;d may come before the committee, V. J. Kit harikson. Chairman. M. McC. Stoops, Secy. The Spanish trouble is growing more complicated each day. Something must and should lie dime. This prosperity that our nesghl«>r o' the Press talks so much alatut is an awfulthing on the laboring men of the country. While the lalwring men of the New England j states have no work the miners of Pikej county are averaging about two days a week. 1 H m. Thomas Duncan of Princeton, was ( in the city la-t Thursday evening looking after hits j-'litical fences. Mr. Duncan will be a candidate for the nomination for congress in this district before the next detnocratic convention. He made a‘splendid race :n 189ft asainst great odd*. Kept reran aspirants for county office are bobbing up from every precinct ;n th. county. The ‘‘little bosses’' are somewhat concerned about the ring made ticket which they hare slated for’nominations lest soma of the new candidates should wrest the laur-is of a nomination from their |<et candidates. The republicans will not hold a primary election this year, but will try their hand I at the old time mass convention. It docs’nf make much difference, however, the,gang ! ■will control the nominations a* it has in previous years. There are some republicans wlio are of the‘Opinion that it would be better to let ilte November election go by default. Is another column will be found the call! by J. W. Richardson, chairman of the democratic county committee, fora meeting i of tbe county central com re,, t tee to meet in this city Saturday. March 5th, for the pur- j pose of setting a date to elect a new county committee, It is carries!iy desired that f every member of the old committee be present at that t ime. Now is the time to subscribe for the j Democrat. The campaign will soon be on j and to keep posted on the silver side of the j issue yon must take a {.taper that advocates the interest of t he j pit. The Democrat is tbe advocate ,,? the People of Pike county and at ait times is found fighting for their be-t interests in politics as well a' the upbuilding and for the future of the people and the county. Oslt a few *wk> ago the Press of Petersburg was telling the miners of Pike ; county how pr^erour they were under the ; MclBBpy administnUibn, and giving the rep<qj* ans much credit for. giving the miners steady employment at good wages. For th« past few weeks the Press has been very silent on this matter. If McKinley made them prosperous and plenty of work whatV tbe matter now? Something’s wroug.

lx Andrew Jackson's farewell address in 1837 be said: “My humble effort® hare nol been spared during my administration u> restore the constitutional currency of" gold and silver, and sometimes I trust ha? been done toward, the accomplishment of this most desirable object, bat enough yet | remains to require u!i vour_ energy and perseverance. The power, however, is m your hands and the remedy must aud will be applied if you determine upon it.” Ov* national debt on ^September 1, 1865, j was $2,750,000,000; it could then have been paid off with I8.0u0.000 bales of cotton or 25,000,000 tone of bar iron. When it had • been reduced to $1,250,000,000, 30,000.000 bales of cotton or .32,000,000 tons of iron would have been required to pay it. In j other words, whtie a nominal shrinkage of about 55 per cent had taken place in the debt, it had. as measured in either of thes* two vhsrid's staples, actually been enlarged by some 50 per eent.—President Andrews gt Brown l uiversitT- x

k Dangerous Mistake. The Courier dislikes very much to appear in the role of a critic of the methods adopted to control democrats by the central committee chosen to secure the greatest success for the party in Dnbois county, but the gravity of the situation, and the importance of securing the election of democrats as senator and representative in the legislature from this district must be its excuse, if excuse be needed, for reminding democrats that the “unit rule” as adopted by the committee upou the instance of Chairman Koeruer on Tuesday last, has proven injurious to l he harmouy and best interests of the Dubois county demca-racy heretofore, and the fact that the re-election of ;U. S. Senator Turpie by the nest legislature may be determined by a foolish adherence to a rule which resulted in the defeat of Hon. W. A. Traylor for judge in 1896, and his consequent retirement politically, by illadvised “friends”on the committee, should be a warning to those on the committee not to produce the same friction in the party this year.

1 here cannot be aquestiou wan tnougnifui | arsons that democratic division in this senatorial, representative and judicial district this year is the opportunity for republican success, and that the attempt of Dubois county democrats to compel their democratic brethren, with equal rights, with their own, of Daviess and Pike counties, to submit to any dictation on our part, will result in tbeelectiou in November of a republican senator, representative and prosecutor in this district, no matter whom we may nominate, and the two votes thus lost to the democrats in the legislature, will imperil the election of Hon. David Turpie as his own successor in the U. S. Senate, and may result in a defeat of all legislation for the benefit of the common people. It was a humiliating admission made by Chairman Koerner in response to a question on Tuesday, that he “had written fifteen letters to the chairman of the democratic comm it tee. of Pike county duriug the last canvass and failed to receive an answer to any of them, and that he did not intend to writ® again.'* This was the effect of the "unit rule,** and shows clearly what should have been known before, and of which he was informed before he wrote, that a little conciliatory recognition of the equal rights of brother'democrats of other counties interested, would be much more productive of success, and the harmonious selection pf candidates, than an attempt to compel a minority to submit to the interested dictation of Dubois county democrats. “ You may lead a horse to water, but you can’t compel him to drink,*' so you may lead a party to the "jumping off place,” and insure its defeat. The first letter of Mr. Koerner to the chairman of the democratic committee of Pike’county, saying that the "unit rule” had been withdrawn by the Dubois county committee, and it was willing to meet the Pike county committee and adjust their differences in a fair, brotherly, 1 democratic way, would have, no doubt, met a hearty response, and the writing of fifteen letters w>mld not have been necessary, and possibly Mr. Traylor might have been chosen as the nominee of the district, end been today the regular judge,a position he would have honored. But a moie deadly »nd certain course could not haw been devised for laying him on the shelf, than the :>ne that was pursued, and there are democrats who firmly believe it was purposely j done to accempiish that en<l, that he might 1 be removed from their path of ambition, j Be that as it may, the same course will! result in the defeat of democrats thi* time, and the party cannot afford it. Hence this warning voice of the Courier now, while there is yet time to secure a victory for |>arty principles, where a victory is of the utmost importance, and i* qot a personal^ matter, blit is far-reaching in . its' effects. In the judicial rate two years ago, it was a matter only of preference between two c ompetent gentlemen, both loyal democrats. ' It is diffrrent this year. . ° It is fortunate the new committee for Dubois county will be selected so early in the canvass, and at its first meeting it should reverse the action of the eomtuittee of last Tuesday, aud put ii in the hands of the chairman who maybe chosen to bring about, by friendly consultation with the Pike and Daviess county committees, that condition of harmony which will insure With this 'object in view the chairman selected should be a democrat who is not bull-headed,and has no pride of consistency with past error* to maintain, that would prevent him working for harmony in the party rack*, and who has a strong enough confidence - in the wisdom of the Chicago platform to be willing to welcome to the democratic ranks all who will vote to insure the .success of the principles therein embraced. This course pursued, the democrats will succeed. Otherwise the strongest probability exists (hat the senator, representative and prosecutor to be elected, in November, will each be a dyed-in-the-wool republican, to the everja-tiug shame* ofs democrats.—Jasper Courier.

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FOR UNITED ACTION. Silver Leaders Issue Stirring Addresses. Chairmen of Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican Parties Deelare the Straggle Between Bimetal* lisiu and Bold Staudard is at Hand. The People Kallying fora Big Vic* lory io November.

The addresses ou behalf of the democratic, |>opulist and silver republican parties, which are the results of the conferences which have been in progress among the leaders of these parties at Washington for the {Mist few weeks, were issued Monday. They seek to uuite the members of the three parties in future elections upon the financial issue as the question of paramount itn|>ortance and are separate appeals to each of the parties to consolidate ail along the lines for this purpose. The address to democrats is signed by Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the democratic national committee, and is endorsed bv the democratic congressional corn in it tee; that to the populists by Senator Marion Butler, chairman of the populist, national committee and the twentyfive other populist members of the Senate and Flouseand that of the silver republicans by Chairman Charles N. Towne, and the silver republicans in the Senate and House and also by ex-Senator Dubois. It would be a matter of great interest to give our readers these addresses in full, but as they are very lengthy we can notice them but briefly, and note only what each says tn regard to united action. Chairman Jones of the democratic committee, says: In view of the great principles involved, and of the danger so close at hand, we urge tjie people everywhere to arouse themselves and at once to take steps to save themselves and their children from the fetters now being'openly forged to bind them. In recent years there have been a number of instances of congressional districts where the ad#Kates of gold and monopoly were largely outnumbered by their opponents and where, nevertheless, by a failure to unite and act together, friends of the gold standard have been siiecessfia. Thus, us the result of a personal or partisan wrangle, the cause of truth and justice has been overshadowed, the interest of humanity ignored and the greatest good to the gov-, eminent subordinated to an ignoble strife. We appeal to you to let this not be the east- again; our onl^dancer is in division. If we are in earnest wo must have harmony among ourselves. If there should be those who would divide us, let them be summarily and emphatically rebuked by the people, who have none but Thigh and patriotic motives. After the bold declaration of the administration in favor of the gold standard no sincere bimetallist can gver again, by his vote or influence, give aid or encouragement to the republican party. The issue is joined; we cannot avoid it if we would. Either the friends of bimetallism or the advocates of the gold standard, trusts and monopolies must succeed. Who i- not for us is against tis. We are asking no mau to abandon his party or change his polities; we a>k no one to yield any principles, but in this great contest we appeal to all good men.t<> stand solidly together for liberty and humanity and strike down forever this conspiracy of gold and monopoly. On the same point Mariou Butler, the chairman of the populist committee, says: The only hope of the enemy is to divide us. Therefore, let us be more united ami baumonioU' than ever, and further-let us organize wit hout delay a vigorous campaign in every state and congressional district, county and precinct.

i here are t»ut two sales to mss mtgnty and portentious conflict. CAll of those of whatever party whofavur industrial slavery, aide-spread poverty and national destruction should be on one side, and ail of those of whatever party who oppose this deadly design, u ho love truth and right, wh<* love their homes and firesides and who believe in the sacred principles declared by Jefferson and reasserted by Jackson and Einecln should be on the other side. On this side we solidly stand. Then let us, maintaining at all times, party integrity, invite the harmonious co-operation of alt seeking the same end. The ominous dangers threatening the institutions of the republic make this the highest duty. The line of battle is clearly drawn. \Ve cannot avoid the conflict if we would. Therefore we appeal to all citizens and to all organize ions and parties that oppose this conspiracy—that oppose a government of tbe-mists, by the trusts and for the trusts, that oppose and will not submit to the despotism of sordid wealth—to come to the rescue. .Patriotism and manhood are not dead. A large part of the American people realize the wrongs and comprehend the dangers and are ready and anxious to fight this system to the end.* The spirit of *76 is abroad 10 the land and the friends of

liberty everywhere are awaiting the patriotic call to fight against a common foe. Let this be done and we can crush every traitor as did the men of the American revolution; let this be done and we shall drive every tory to ignominious defeat. Let this be done and we shall re-establish what is almost overthrown—a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Charles A. Towne, chairman of the silver republican party closed his address with these words: “Patriots and Citizens: We call upon you to unite iu this great common service of citizenship and patriotism. No man need surrender his party convict ious. No existing organization need be abandoned. While striving to overthrow a common enemy, no puprose is served by emphasizing* points on which we differ. But until his~ final assault of the enemy Upon the ramparts of our industrial and social independence is repelled, until the control of the money system of the country is rescued from tiie hands of special interests ‘and secured to the whole people, the great armies of political reform in every part of the UnitedJ States should act in mutual justice and harmonious co-operation for the general welfare. To this object thusurged ! upon our friends everywhere, we hereby pledge, jointly atid 'severally, our earnest t ami constant endeavor.

Saved His Life. 8. F. Fritz of 677 Sedgwick street, Chicago, says: ”1 hail a severe cough which settled on my lungs'. I tried a number of advertised remedies and also placed myself under treatment of several physicians ^ith no benefit. 1 was recommended to try Foley’s Honey and Tar. With little expectation of getting relief, I purchased a bottle. I had taken but a few doses when I felt greatly improved; I was enabled to sleep, spitting of olood ceased, and by the time I j had taken the second bottle l was entirely well. It saved my life. Bergen and Oli- | pliant. f Political Comment. General prosperity will not reach the j common'people until the volume of tinmey among them is increased soffit iently to | bring up the price of their products or bring ! down the power of the dollar.—Ilockport | Democrat. —o— News from all over the state is to the i effect that the democrats and populists are going to get together and battle against the plutocrats more effectively than ever. Tiltscales have fallen from the eye’s of the j>eo- ■ ple. The light is shining in the west. | There’s a glorious time a coming soon.— Washington Advertiser. The, republicans of the bo ise. with a single exception, have put themselves on record for the single gold standard. Now. if the country re-elects a majority of the house, in the face of that record, they will have aright to claim that a majority of the voters favor the gold standardi?— Hunting burg News. The Ding ley law deficit amounts to the snug sum of $51,901,823 for seven months. At this rate the shortage for o full year would be $85,000,000, and yet republican papers tell us of the grand results of the Dingley law.—Portland Sun. — j! ' And now a paper trust has been formed and the price of paper is to l>e advanced per ton. This wijj mean prosperity (?) to publishers.—Lagrange Democrat, —o— Now that the two houses of congresshave declared themselves pro and eon, on the Teller resolution, why not, with equal alacrity, take a vote on a proposition to provide for the free and, unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, “without waiting the action of any foreign country?” This would enable the country to see [exactly where or how the two houses of congress stand on that question. But, pray, don’t inflict any of those windy speecches upon us. Of those we have had 1 more than enough.—South Bend Times. i In the campaign of 1896 the republican | commute plastered, the town with huge i cartoons with the legend “Open the mills and not the mints." The New England (cotton mills and many other industries that are now silent were then in operation. Who lied, any way?—Blufftou Banner. -o— It is a remarkable good season for trusts. New ones are springing up here and gbere every day and flourish like a green baytree. The tendency to the consolidation of capital and monopoly of trade has received a notable impulse since the revival of McI Kudeytsin. It is an administration favor- ‘ able to the rich and enslaving the poor.— | Shoals News.

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