Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 April 1898 — Page 4

$bt fUu County Utmacrat Hr 31. McC. JiTOOm. | One Year, tn advance. .. .fl *■> Six Mouths, in advance ... US Entered at the poatofltce In I'eteraburg for transmission through the mails as sceonddaas matter. FRIDAY. APRIL 8, 1898. Announcement. OOUNTT CLERK. Eh. Democrat—P!ea«e announce my name as a candidate for county clerk subject to the decision of the democratic nominating copvent;*\u Tbavler, -..-I .11,. ... »,H — The Dtifoi jut'V udwcrijition list has grown very rapidly during the past month, more than 100 new subscribers being secured, and there art yet hundreds of solid stiver democrats who are not taking any paper who should take the Democrat and heep posted on the politics of the nation, state and county. The subscription price has been reduced to $1.00 that all can take the Democrat during the present hard times. The list should be increased to 2,000 by the first of June and if every persou pow a subscriber will say a kind word for us it cau be done in tfhe nett six weeks. If you who are not subscribers should perchance read this and want the paj>er addressed to you send us one dollar and we will do the rest Silver dollars, paper dollars or gold dollars will be taken. Subscribe now. What is Senator Hanna doing about war? But little is heart! from him at present. Possibly he ;> after Cuba. W. C. Bea>n, editor of the Iconoclast, published at Waco, Texas, died Saturday night from gunshot wounds, received at the hands of Capisin Dark. The men engaged in a street duel the day before, both receiving fatal wounds. four every senator and congressman who opjosas and obstructs American action for the freeing of Cuba and the punishmeut of the nation guilty of the Maine infamy. Such men have no place in au American Congress. They are not Americans. The legislature of Ohio endorsed the action of Senator Foraker in presenting his Cuban resolution, but when an amendment was offered to endorse President McKinley it was promptly voted down, air was also a resolution endorsing the president on bis stand in the Cuhan matter. Pat«»ka to’* n-tup has four republican candidate* for town-hip trustee ai d several have not yet made up their minds. G. W. Brenton, Amos Burch, Lincoln Falls and Alonzo Martin are now making an active canvass for the nomination. The voters will elect a democrat to that office iu Patoka township next November.'

Cosoressuax Hxwwjway of this district, who w(u louil for Uuban jnd^Modraw a few weeks ago, voted againd the resolution offered by Mr. Bailey cf Texa>, declaring Cuba independence. The resolution *a* voted down by the republicans, only two voting in favor of it. The Petersburg Press should explain to the pt^de. Patuci IUnky in his famous speech proceeding American independence, and which holds good at the pre.-eut time, said; <-Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery ? -Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not wbat course others may take; but as for me. give me liberty or give me death.* ■■■I. I— ——■ ■ ■!— ’ Thk May election will soon he here. Vote the straight republican ticket.—Petersburg Press. Sure. “Vote the straight republican ticket/* And by that have your taxes increased from year to year. Vote Vr straight aud get a chrorao in the shape of increased taxes. The rate in 1891 was 80 cents on the #100; now it is #1.54. Ii a bill, which ha- bren favorably, reported to the House, becomes a law, ex- . Confederate soldiers who may hereafter serve ninety days in the United States anny or nary will be entitled to all the benefits provided for ex-Uniled Stales soldiers in the act of 3 une S7, 1890, generally known as the “dependent pension act.” The bill fs originally introduced merely provided as an inducement for Union veterans of the late war to enlist for the war with Spain that enlistment should not operate to stop pensions uopr being drawn, but the computtee thought the ex-Uonfederate veterans Would also make desirable recruits, and it amended as aboyc.

Ax Indianapolis correspondent to the Evansville Tribune has the following to say concerning two of Pike county’s citizens: Sasser Sullivan will be the democratic candidate for joint representative, from Pike and Dubois counties. Mr. Sullivan represented -Pike in the last legislature and was the oldest member of the general assembly. He was in the Mexican war and is 80 years of age. E. P. Richardson of Petersburg, is#a candidate for the democratic nomination of senator from the counties of Prite> Vanderburg and Warrick. He is said to be a staunch democrat in favor of William J. Bryan for president in 1900 aud the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 18 to 1. He is quite popular. mmmmmm^BBSSSSBSSm Last Saturday -the democrats met in the several townships to select members of the central committee, precinct committeemen and delegates to the several conventions. The reports from all the meetings are that they were largely attended and very harmonious, and the outlook very encouraging for success at the November election. The members of the new committee are .all excellent gentlemen who stand well in their communities and with the people of the county, and are willing and energetic workers for the cause of silver at the legal ratio of 16 to 1. The precinct committeemen and the delegates to the several conventions ate men who are held in the highest esteem by all who kuow them.and the fnee ■diver voters of the county can rest assured that they will work and do their utmost for the success of the cause of the people. Saturday the new committee will meet at Winslow and elect a county chairman, who by virtue of his position, will also be a member of the district committee. The meeting will no doubt be largely attended by the voters of the county.

Vengeance is at hand. There is to be too more dilly-dallying with lying Spanish diplomats. I’fiele Sara is going to take Spain across his knee and give it a thrashing it has so long deserved at our hands, and. the cowardly and dastardly massacre of our sailors and the destruction of our battleship is to be avenged. Even Mr. McKinley is now convinced that Spain has been playing him diplomatically for no other purpose than to gain time. Mr. McKinley acknowledged his failure to secure the independence of Cuba by diplomacy, and now it is the turn of Congress, which this week will either declare war against Spain or adopt legislation that will | lie equivalent to a declaration of war. A last frantic attempt is being made by the : bondholding element to muzzle Congress, but there is no possibility of its succeeding. Congress knows that the end of the patriotism above the stock ticker of Wall street has been reached and that the time of action is at hand, and it will act; and its action will mean war. which the country is now in a position to fight to a victorious end m short order, if it only has Spam to contend with, and is determined to win regardless of what it has to contend with. It is the duty of the (republicans of Petersburg to elect the enkire republican town ticket at the May e^ction by an unprecedented majority.—PetersburgPress. That's just what they huve beeu doing for too long a time. And what has been the result? Taxes have been increased, bonds issued and nothing to show for it. For instance the taxes have nearly doubled during the past six or seven years, as the tax duplicates will show for town purposes. Read and compare the tax rate for Petersburg for the years 1890 to 1897 inclusive: law*, rate on the *100 .. * 9u IS91. rale on the. *100 ... Kt» 1S«I. rale on t he 1100 .. „.. 10! 1*4*;, rale on the Sieu . ...... HO 1SSM, rxle on the *U«> .1 UK ItiM, rute on the 1100 .. _ 1 2» !*»;. rale on the SUW. .1 :«.*> , imp. trni* on the fibt .*.;. .1 &l From the above it would seem that there should be a change ijh the management of affairs. The democrats have put out splendid men for tlie various offices, who are capable and efficient, and would be of i great service to the people in lessening the i expenses of the tax-payers **/ Petersburg. I l*rge sums of money are raised in Petersj burg each year for the various funds, bonds 1 are issued every few years to take up the i floating indebtedness of the town and yet ! witfi the increased rate of,taxation the town ! is as badly in debt a.- it was six or seven years ago. And the chairman of the republic*!! party says “vote ’er straight."

i What is the reason the democrats did 1 not declare for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 at their | mi's convention last Friday night?— Peterslmrg Press. j * The only reason, professor, that resolutions were hot adopted was that the meeting was so enthusiastic and largely attended that it was not nece>sarv to take up time. There have been numerous republican meetings held so far this spring, hat none of them have passed resolutions in favor of the single gold standard, bimetallism, “better money for the bondholder.” or even endorsed the S}. Louts pUtfonp. The republicans are so badly mixed up on the monev question that they do not exactly know “where they are at.” The People certainty should know on just what kind of a platform the republican* will stand. The United States Senate voted that the bondholders should be paid w"coin,'’which means gold or ‘ silver at the option of the government, while the House voted that the bondholder should be paid in gold, that is to say. a “better money” than the people are required to take as silver is a legal ten* der for all debts, both public and private. The single gold standard partr says a ‘‘better money* for the bondholder, while the free silver party says “opin’* for the bondholder, and which means either gold or silver at the option of the government The •‘better money” party will be put out of the way m November nejt and in 19QQ.

Bixexalm$x is ao absurdity. There is no such thing as a certain number of grains of silver having at all times the same value as a certain number of grains of gold. The value ai the two may at times be eqnal hut this happens only when the value of the less stable of the metals varies to such a degree as to be at times coincident with the value of the other. The idea of having two yard measures one 30 inches and the other j 36 inches is not any more ridiculous than than the idea of bimetallism as proposed by i Bryan and his followers.—Petersburg Press. What! Bimetallism an absurdity, and the republican party for yq*rs in national convention adopting platforms in favor .of bimetallism, and President McKinley send* ing a commission abroad with Senator Wolcott as chairman to secure it by international agreement. Don’t change horses quite so often. Silver has been at a premium anti worth more than gold, but by legislation it has been forced down in value. It has been discriminated against since 1873, and before that year the silver dollar contained 100 cents worth of silver, while today it only coutains something over 50 cents. The exact position of the republican party on | the money question could not be discovered with the mammoth telescope at the Lick observatory.' But theu it was always thus, j Sometimes the g. o. p. stands for bimetallism, the single gold standard, “better money,” etc. At present it stands for the bondholders and for the Wall street and English bankers. And if there is any difference between the (Cleveland administration and the McKinley administration on these questions it isn’t disceraable. The people are demanding that silver shall be restored to the place it occupied previous to 1873. aud wid so declare at the November elections.

Thk ilefieit for the first half of March was $4,337,447. The record of the Pingley bill to date is as follows: Kxpemiitures Receipt* . S»4,352.tt5 241,OHo.»»I Dingley deficiency . t j3,26ti.lt>4 It will be remembered that the Dingley law was passed by a special session of Congress called for the purpose of enacting a law to take the dCit* of the greatly abused Wilson law. , Itytbis ease the cure is worse ! than the diseasd. In discussing the relative merits of thKtw^oiils the Pittsburg Post says: l^et ut compare the Dingley inea«ure with the Wilsbnjaw “failure” as a : deficit breeder: j Deficit under Dlngleyjaw, 4 months and IS day* ’ t o.‘i,;)C6,164 Deficit under Wilson law, two full years, iSftVST 4.%22M!>!> Dingliy excess.. . $ 10.040.t55a Thus it is evident that the deficiency under the Dingley law in eight and a half months is $10,010,665 greater than under the Wilson law for two years. Thk editor of the Press and also chairman of the republican patty says that a correspondent to this paper attempted to correct an editorial' in his paper ip reference to the teachers in Monroe township teaching for 43 cents a day the last two days of the term under Trustee Davis. The editor ami chairman of the party was taken to task about tlie matter by W. B. Osbprn, a teacher in the Monroe township schools, and who, by the way, is a republican, in a way that the aforesaid editor and chairman makes an apology in his last issue by saying that he has since been informed that the teachers received 73 cents per day. The editor of The Press seems to get his foot in the matter every time he attacks the trustee of that township when tike teachers are in any way concerned. The teacher? have etdue to the front each time and defended Mr. Davis. lx an interview with a Washington correspondent, a few days ago. Congressman James A. Hernenway, of this District said: “l do not see how a conflict can be avoided. The conditions in Cuba are terrible, and the duty of the United States is clear. We must insist that Spain withdraw from the island, and back up our demand with force, i War is a terrible thing, but dishnrable peace is worse. If we must fight. Indiana will be found well to the front. There are !a large tiutnlier of men in iny district ; anxious to fight.” And-when the opportunity wus offered in the Ilou-e Jim voted against Cuban independence by helping to defeat the Bailey resolution. But two republicans voted in favor of the resolution.

Duncan's Prospects. The Democrat has hail the pleasure of meeting: two prominent democrats, one from Pike and one from Warrick county and from each we get the same information relative to the candidacy for Congress of our fellow townsman, the Hon. Thomas Duucan. They represent that the people are unanimously for his renominatiou and his election is touted. It is gratifying to Mr. Duncan's friend# at home to know there iso much unanimity in his favor. If it were possible to endear him to the people of this county, where he was born and raised and toiled for an education and finally for a lucrative law practice, his recent lecture delivered from the pulpit of the C. Pchurch on Oliver Ciorawell has brought him more favorably before the citizens of this city. We predict for Mr. Duncan a unaiii nwus nomination and triumphant election over any one the republicans may nominate.—Princeton Democrat. A Great Demi ; Of unnecessary expenditure of time and money may be saved if you will only keep a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in the house. Nine-tenths of all ordinary sickness is from the stomach; keep that organ in proper condition and ail will be well. Syrup >l’epeia is a specific. Trial size bottles 10c. large sizes 50c and $1.00, of Bergen and Oiiphant. a A Life far *Q Cent*. Many people have been cured of kidney diseases by taking a 50c bottle of Foley’s Kidney Core. J. R. Adams & Son. a

Foreign Influence in American Pol ;ies. • The Hon. William J. Bryan in the ipril number of the Arena, comments on and a<J«ls to the significant editorial tin ; appeared in the February number o:: the Be view of Reviews, an ultra gold o jan. The gist of the editorial is that thecoa tion of European bankers have influenced the Chinese loan, slaughtered the Armen ans, wrought the discomfiture of Greece ant are now showing their hand in the Sparish-Cuban-Atnericau affair. Mr. Bryan shows how the foreign ffuanciers hare absolute control of the financial policy of the United States by causing this government to adopt the Rothschild-Morgan syndicate’s plan of changing the coin bonds into bonds specifically payable in gold. L On March 17, 1896, the House of Commons adopted a resolution farorable to international bimetallism. This action of Eugland was used by the republican party to hold that wing of the party who hoped for an international agreeiueut. To this end they cited the adroit line in the repubj lic*n platform of 1896 to show that a vote' j for the republican uorainees was a vote for just what the bimetallist so much desired. I Then after the election England flatly refuses to co-operate with the United; States and Frauce, to carry out the resolution passed on March 17, 1896, and tht^s disappoint the bimetallist. “To the advocates of the gold standard,’’ says Mr. Bryan, “this is proof positive that

international bimetallism at present is impossible, and upon this failure the prce n on need monometallist predicate their demand for a permanent maintenance of the gold standard.” We believe Mr. Bryan should have said instead of “upon this failure,” upon this treachery of England. Sajis Mr. Bryan, “when it is remembered t hat the failure of our commission to secure international bimetallism was largely due to a protest signed by the London bankers, it becomes evident that the financial policy of seventy millions of American citizens is being determined bv a handful of |»ersons who owe no allegiance to our government and have no sympathy with our institutions. ‘‘A few rich American tourists returned from England announce that confidence in our securities cannot be fully restored until we »vtire ali govermneUt paper and substitute national bank notes. They threaten us with a panic if we. be guilty of the presuinptious sin of independence. No European nation boasts of its willingness to allow its policy iu financial questions, or hideed. upon any other question to be determined bv the i>eople of the United States. Why, then, si ton Id tjie United States assert the helplessness of the Ameri* can people to devise a safe financial policy? “Washington said in his farewell address ! against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens), the jealousy of a fire people ought to bo constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the mo>‘ baneful foes of republican government. Has the name of Washington lost its charm? Was ho a demagogue, seeking to play upon the {uissiops and prejudices of his countrymen?” c Buck leu's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, anti all skin eruptions, and positively cures piies or no pay required. It is guaranteetl to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. Money Made Uuick at Home. We have work for grown people or young people at home. Bright boys and girls are easily making ten dollars aud more each | week, and you gun do the same. You will be sent a sample yase ami complete outfit j with fall instructions. No experience is i required, but merely follow instructions j sent with outfit. We are thoroughly in j earnest about giving you easy, profitable j work and a permanent income for years to j come. The editor of this {wper will tell i you so if you inquire. Send fifty cents toj day in stamps or silver to pay po>tage on Simple case and outfit to Up To Date, Chicago, III.

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