Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 47, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 April 1898 — Page 4

I MOYA! IU «M OQ., NlW VO*K. 8k»apik»(Souttts§f«wtwt Hr HIS. !HoC. UTOOPS. One Tear, in ad ranee Six Mouths, lb « Uvance Entered at tfa i postofflee in Petersburg for transmission tt rough the mails as sceomlclan matter. |1 So «5 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, im. Notice to Democrats. Notice is hereby given to the democrats of the several townships of Pike county to meet in mass convention in their respective townships on BATURDlY, ^rXiiL Cud. 1698, At 1 o'clock p. to.t for t,V j^irposeof selecting one metuijar of'llio county committee and precinct committeemen, aud also to select deiegatr > to the state, congressional, senatorial, representative and judicial conventions. The places of holding the meetings will be a£ fellows: Jefferson township, Thomas school bouse. Washington township, Petersburg. Clay township, Catt school house. Madisoh township, Bowman. Logan township. Rumble. Patoka towi ship, Winslow. Marion towr ship. Spraggins school house. Lockhart to v;n>hip, Slendal. Monme tow i-hi]>, Spurgeou. Each town! hip will be entitled to the following nu nber of delegates to the state eonventi *n: Jefferson 2, Washington 2, Madison 1. day I, Patoka 2, Mouroe 2, Logan J, Loci.hart 1. Marion 1. Each towns hip will be entitled to the following nunberof delegates to the congressional, senatorial, representative and judicial com utionus: Jefferson 4, Washington 4. Mad son 1, Clay 1, Patoka 4. Monroe L Logan |2, Lockhart 8 and Marion 2. Said new committeemen and all democrats will meet at Winslow, SATURDAY, APRIL 9th. 1898. At 2 o’clock lor the purpose of reorganizing the Democratic county committee and the election of a county chairman aud transacting such other business as may come,before them. i U. McC. Sroovs, Secretary. Ed. name as J . Ricuarcsok, Chairman. AuuouncemeiiU coi nty clkre. Democrat—Please announce ray candidate for county clerk subject to tbe decision of the democratic nominating qouvention. Louis E. Trailer.5 It takes {backbone to handle a great question like that of war. RHSHRWSB Hanna is mot in favor of war. He is Bolding dowjt the safety valve. There is <|ne thing that the Pres* and News is agreed on, both being warm supporters off Brumfield for clerk. Beak in rimd tax-payers of Petersburg that your tjxes are being increased from Tear to yean at a rapid rate, and what have you to showj for it? Isn’t it about lime to make a change. The republican sultcommUtee of the house comniittee on banking and currency has proposed the retirement of the greenbacks by tbf substitution of a legal tender note which-tlie banks are to be obliged to assume and for which they are obliged to find gold for redemption.

The attorney general of iudiana in a recent opinion says that all claim? presented to the boards of county commissioners for allowance must be verified. Manv claims ha counties bv commissioners' courts that have never beeu The col district e been allowed in the various sworn to. •red voters of the Indianapolis il! have an independent ticket in the congressional race. They claim that their votes elect the republican candidate to Congress from that district, but that they never receive any crumbs that fall from the tible. They want recognition for their services in the electiou or they will go it alone. From afl prerent indications there will be no war [declared by President McKinley Against Spain. The president's position is yet unknown. Several resolutions have . been introduced into congress to the effect that immediate action be taken to recognize the Cubans. Prominent republican senators and congressmen are not pleassd with the dilatory methods of the president and Remand prompt intervention. It would eeetn thaj the crueLjrar is over in this gountry but the butchery and starvation pp*€ uierrlly on in Cuba.

- — 7 j The democrat* of Monroe township will meet iu mass convention, Thursday, April 31st, to nominate candidates for township officers to be voted for at the November election. Every democrat In the township should be present aud help select a good ticket. ~3 Saturday the democrats of the several townships wi ll meet "and select a member of the county central committee, precinct committeemen and delegates to the several conventions. There should be a general turnout of the democrats at these meetings and select the best men possible for the i various positions. The expenses for the last term of the circuit court which dosed last Saturday were somewhat larger than that of previous courts for sometime past.—Democrat. What has become of that democratic economy song of yours? Kidgway and his deputies are not so economical now as formerly.—Petersburg Press. Say, Thompson, do you want the records of Kidgway and Kinman compared again?

The bimetallic league of the Ohio Valley meets at Indianapolis next Wednesday and Thursday. Among the prominent silver leaders that will be present are Hon. W. J. Bryan, George Fred Williams, A. N. Towne, A. J. Warner, II. F. Bartiue, J. K. Jones and Marion Butler. It is expected that the biggest crowd that ever assembled in Indianapolis will be present on this occasion. _ i The proposition to make the terms o* the members of Congress four years instead of two will not meet with favor among the people, should it ever receive the necessary two-thinls vote in Congress to submit it to the vote of the state legislatures. While it would require the vote of the legislatures of three-fourths of the Union to ratify it, it would probably not receive the vote of the majority of the states. The democratic “bosses'- have fully decided that no political scape-grace shall Ire chairman of their county committee. This bar- certain periodical democrats.—Petersburg Press. Bet your last cent. >^r. Chairman of the republican parry, t-tiat the chairman of the democratic party will not be elei-ted behind closed doors, but the voters will have a chance to elect that official Saturday, April Oth. . There will be no “compromise* in the matter. i,. , u i ■ ■ It is expected that a large number of the deni'X'xjtts of the county will meet at Winslow, Saturday, April 9th,-for the purpose cf organizing the new county committee and the selection of a county chairman to serve during the coming two years. Every democrat that attends will have a voice in all matters pertaining to the organization j of the new committee and the selection of j its officers. From all; reports t he meeting will lie very largely attended. A close organization of the silver forces must be j had in the coming campaign, and to this end the work must la? done in a satisfactory and harmonious manner. Attend the meeting and renew your acquaintances. Brother Stoops of the Democrat,'and Brother Heuring of the Winslow Dispatch, are candidates for the secretaryship of the democratic county central committee. These good brothers are fighting each other to a finish. Each is a dangerous ami cautious opponent of the other.—Petersburg Press. The above is the raving* of the chairman of.the republican party of Pike county. Surely there must be something hurting i the chairman in the region of the waistband J of his pants. However, the editor of this ■ paj^er rests content with the fact that the only “fight” that exists is in the imagination of the chairman who is sore because the silver papers are not at swords points as are the republican organs o'^ike county. Sour grapes. Though the democrats of Petersburg are greatly in the minority they have placed a splendid ticket in the field for the consideration of the tax-payers and voters of all political parties. The ticket is composed of well known citizens who are in every way qualified to perform the duties of the various positions if elected by the voters of the city. The town’s affairs for a number of years have been run on strictly partisan lines and the ta^es have been increased from year to year until they now lack but six cents of being double what they were in 1891. It is time that some action be taken by the tax-pavers of the town of Petersburg to stop the increase of taxation and, the continued drain. It is time to inquire into these matters and stop the in^* crease of taxation and the issuing of bonds every few years. Voters of Petersburg, the tickets are before you for the May ejection, and it remains for you to say which shall be i elected to serve you for the coming year,

These is some talk of an independent ticket being put in tbe field in the spring election here. The Press will support the ticket nominated by the republicans at their primary some days ago. and will not look upon an independent ticket with any favor. It is not right for any man to go into a nominating convention and because he fails to get tLemen for whom he worked and voted then to begin fighting the nominee*. So far as the Press is able to aseer- | tain the republican town ticket is satjsfac- | lory to the republican voters. It is safe to | say that no republican who expects to have influence with his party in the future will ! give any encouragement to an independent ticket much less allow his name placed on such a ticket.—Petersburg Press. Certainly, there has been the strongest kind of talk dbout placing an independent republican ticket in the field. A large number of republicans are dissatisfied with the regular republican ticket as nominated. Of course the aboge from the county chairman’s pen would indicate that harmony does not exist over the nominations made by tbe republicans. An independent ticket is expected at any time.

The political pot in Washington township is hoiling. The republicans have several candidates for trustee among -whom are Dr. Basinger, John Hammond and Dick Selby for trustee. John T. Robling, present deputy assessor, will probably receive the republican nomination for assessor. _ In a recent letter which appeared in the New York Journal Mr. Bryan gave utterance to a thought which is worthy of the careful consideration of every American, no matter what his past or present political afBliatiou. He says: ‘‘No one believes that bimetallism will prove a panacea for all political ills, but the money .question must be settled before other questions can be reached? Financial independence is a condition precedent to reforms along other lines. The power that controls our financial policy can coutrol the policy of our government ou every other subject wherever occasipu rises for the exercise of that control.”

SostE of the papers of the First Congressional district are urging Mr. Tom Dillon of Petersburg, to make the race for the democratic nomination for congress in that district. As Goodlet Morgan of the same town, is likely to be the republican candidate, Mr. Dillon’s friends believe he is the one to “wallop” him. The democrats couldn't select a truer man for the place. He has always been an advocate for organized labor, and denounced the demonetization of silver through the columns of this paper 15 years ago. when he resided in Jasper, and has persisted in it ever since, and is a bold opponent of all trusts and combines.-—Jasper Courier. . Since the inauguration of William McKinley, one year ago, trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, representing a capitalization of $469,000,000 have been formed. Generally speaking, these trusts have been organized for robbery—to increase gains by kjlliug competition and exacting exorbitant profits. While the trusts have flourished, men engaged in legitimate pursuits have barely held their own. The only gleam of hope to those outside the charmed trust cirle came through the rise in the price of wheat, a rise caused by short crops abroad and the famine in India, but beyond the impetus this gave to. business no general prosperity has appeared.. Every man engaged in legitimate business is economizing to make ends meet. Next harvest is looked forward to with much concern by business men, because without good crops and good prices for them this will lie another hard year for everybody but the rich capitalist, whose money is invested in the trusts. A Double Murder. A most horrible tragedy was enacted shortly after three o’clock this afternoon at the home of William M. Fifield, 522 North First stree% and two persons are lying cold in death. Will Osterbage murdered his wife by shooting her in the right temple then biowed his own brains out. Such is the sad termination of an unhappy married life. The pair had been separated for some time and Mrs. Osterhage had gone to Petersburg to stay a few weeks with relatives. Osterhage left Monday for Petersburg telling his mother he would probably be back Saturday and tin* family were surprised to see the couple return this afternoon together. Soon after their return, he asked his wife if she would live with him to which she replied she would not. Osterhage then left the room in a frenzied *state but soon returned and began quarreling with his wife and dnnug the excitement lie whipped out a revolver, told her he proposed to kill her, pulled the trigger and she fell pierced with a deadly bali. Instantly and before bystanders could realize what had happened he turned the deadly weapon upon himself, pulled the trigger and fell to the floor. It was an awful sight and one that will forever haunt those who saw it. Lying at the door leading into the kitchen was .Mrs. Osterhage in a pool of blood gasping for breath, while not ten feet away lay Osterhage gasping and groaning as the life blood fastiy eblx-d away.—Vincennes Sun.:

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CHIEF VALUE OF GOLD. Derived From the Law Making It Legal Tender. . WHAT IT IT WEEE DEMONETIZED?

Deprived of the Fictitious Price Given It by Lssr, Gold Would Lone Ninety Per Cent c>f Its Present Veins—Restore Silver to It* Ancient Right. In tbe discussion of the money question that is now agitating the. people throughout the length and breadth of the land the advocates of gold monometallism insist that we should have money that has intrinsic value, that the material on which the money stamp is placed should possess an intrinsio value equal to the money stamped upon it, tl\a£ gold possesses this property and tliat silver does not, and for this reason tliey favor a single gold standard. Are the premises true? Has gold intrinsic value? If the premises are not true, if gold has no intrinsio value, then some other reason must be assigned for monometallism. The word ‘ * intrim^c’ ’ means international, inherent, not apparent or accidental, opposed to extrinsio. Now, the fact is, gold has no intrinsio value whatever. All commodities have certain inherent or intrinsio properties which tend to make the particular commodity more or less desirable, and to the extent that such properties influence the desire for their possession such inherent properties may enhance their value or" ratio of exchange, but value itself is independent of and extrinsic from all commodities. If value were intrinsic, if it were inherent in a thing, it would not change .or fluctuate. In 1878 371 >4 grains of pore silver were worth as much in all markets of the world as 22.2 grains of pare gold. Now they are worth only about one-half as much. Is it possible that the intrinsio value of one or both of these metals has changed since 1873? Certainly not. The intrinsic properties of gold and silver are the same now as they were in 1873, as they always have been, but their relative values when uncontrolled by legislation are subject to great fluctuations. Value is a relative term. Value is created by the Law of supply and demand. Tbe inherent or intrinsic properties of a thing may be of such a character as to limit the supply, and by limiting tbe supply may enhance the value or extrinsic circumstances may increase the demand, and by so doing enhance the value, but value always and under all circumstances is determined by the law of supply and demand. There are certain properties in gold , that make it desirable for certain uses independent of legislation, but gold derives its chief value from the fact that by virtue of law a certain quantity of it may be coined into a dollar, and when so coined is a legal tender and lawful money. If the demand for it as a money ^petal is increased, as it would be by the demonetization of silver, its value will be increased, while, on the other hand, if gold should be demonetized its value would almost entirely disappear. The stock of gold now in use as money amounts to something more than $3,500,000,000. There is enough in stock to supply the demand for use in the arts for JO years. The artisan will not pay much for material that must be kept in stock 70 years before consumption. It is safe to say that if geld should ; be demonetized, if the fictitions value given it by law should be taken from it, I 22.2 grains of gold would not bring 10 | cents in the markets of the world, that j 90 per cent of the present; value of gold 1 is fictitious and is caused solely by legislation. Considerable space has been^iven to the discussion of the phrase “intrinsic value’* because it has been so long and so persistently asserted by the money kings, and especially by the bold mono- ; metallists, that gold bus “intrinsic ; value,” that it is a “standardof value” | and a “measure of value ” that many | people who have made no .special study of economics have been ar d are deceivj ed, and because no man can understand the true character and fun tion of rucm1 ey until he realizes tbe fact that there is no intrinsic value in anything. | It is claimed by the gold standard ' men that if we restore the silver to its ! ancient right of free ai i unlimited coinage the United States would become the dumping ground of all the cheap silver in the world. If the United States should restore to silver its incient right of free and unlimited cc inage, there would be no cheap silver in the world. The reason why silver is worth less (measured by gold) now th in it was in j 1873 is because and only because of ad- ! verse legislation, and when the laws that discriminate against si lver are repealed silver will resume its ancient

place at the ratio existing p nor to such adverse legislation. lien tell as that we cannot legislate value into a thing nor oat of a thing, bat that value is controlled by the inexorable law of supply and demand. 2?ow, while it is true that value is controlled by the law of supply and demand it is al*o true that anything which tends to increase the demand for a thing, the supply remaining the same, must necessarily enhance its value, and if the j legislative demand is far the total supply, and if the legislative demand fixes ' a price at which the total snpply will be received, it necessarily follows that the value of the commodity so fixed cannot fail belcw the price fixed. It might rise temporarily slightly above the leg-1 islative limit, bat it could not by any possibility fall below it R«pablleaUM tad Baa The trouble with the Republican party everywhere is the boss system buttressed on the spoils system. So long as these systems shall endue it will pass the wit of man to “fix up some harmony” which will stay fixed.—Phil* edelphia Record.

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