Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 April 1898 — Page 4

Wu £ik* Canstg gnwwwt By- l«. !lcC. STOOPS. «>e Tear, in advance.. ■ $1 85 x Month a, in advance. . #o Entered at the poatbfllc* In Peteraburg for transmission through the mails as m-eond-class matter. FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1898. Pemociatie Ticket .

-For Town Marshal, ADA# ' For pr jgpr^i . f»F.HUY A• C*M AjkV£4 4r For Tow* Tmuaioer, WILLJAM LI IBS. For Town Trust**— Fii>t Ward. WILLARD A. FLHKIXU. % For Town Ttuate*—-Third War#, PLEASjANT(>. SMITH. ii_i. —j'ijjj-u—. ~Jm A nun qu cement. COY JsTT-CLERK. Ed. Democrat—Fie&se annoapoe my Dame as a candidate for county clerk Subject to the deoi>ion of the democratic nominating contention. Locus E. Trayler. . Ed. Democrat^-Please announce my same as a candidate for county clerk, subject to the decision of the democratic nominating coiwention.to lie-held April 28. M. B. Thomas. Democratic Mas Convention. The democrats of Pike county will meet in mass convention, on THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898, At the town of Winslow, for the purpose of nominating democratic candidates for the following offices: County Clerk. County Auditor, County Sheriff, County Treasurer, County Coroner, County Surrey or. Commissioner, First District. Commissioner, Third District. All democratic voters and-all other voters who endorse the democratic platform of 1896, and who agree to support the nominees of the convention, are cordially invited to take part therein. The conventnou will be organized at 10 jo’elock a. u. * W, J. RtCHARDsox.Chairman. M JLC. Stoops. Secy. Democratic convention, Thursday, April 28th. Get ready to attend and make your selections for county officers.

Thf.uk is a growing feeling tbat the next democratic national convention will nominate W. J. Bryan for president and George Fred Williams for vice-president. It would make a strong ticket and insure a great victory for bimetallism. . IU-4 l~ LMI— 1 JJP-'IBB! Kiuokju of the DaxocasT ibis weak will have the pleasure of reading the remarks made by the Hop. William Jennings Bryan pt Indianapolis last week. It gives the principal points m both his afternoon and evening speeches and should be read by pvery siiverite in Pike county. When you get through reading the speech pass the paper to your neighbor. Under the head of announcements will be found the name of M. B. Thomas of "Clay township, as a candidate for county clerk. Mr. Thomas is well known through .the county having served as county superintendent Of schools for four years iu which position he gave excellent satisfaction. For several years be has been a teacher in the public schools of the county and is a splendid citizen. Thi call for the democratic county oon-1 rention will Ibe found in another coluutu of today's issue of the DcMociuT. The call extends a cordial greeting to all those who stand upon the platform adopted by the Chicago convention in 1396, and who will .support the nominees of the convention. While there are not marfy candidates before the convention for nominations it will be a large and enthusiastic gathering. The candidates mentioned so far are all worthy and capable to fill the positions which they seek, and w hoever should be selected will; po doubt recei ve the hearty support of the People at the polls on November 8th. Re-pm-mber that the convention will he held f)»fwdaj. April 38t*.

'Has republican candidates are making things bustle as the convention day draws nigh, which will be one week from next Saturday. The bosses have the “slate” made out and it will likely go through without being broken or in* the least scratched. The caucuses are now becoming more numerous and quitf lengthy. Tbs republican bosses are having some trouble with their ohoice for state senator. Up to date there are three candidates in the field for the honors and the fight is quite lively, and whether Dr. Bethell. James Coates or Jay DeBmler will be the one remains lor the bosses to say. Old ’56 says Coates is the man, Voter says DeBruler is the logical candidate, while Bethell, who has been in the “push” for several years, is being backed pretty strong. The fight is a pretty one and the swiftest runner may get there. There will be a hot time at the convention for the honor. Mr. W. J. Richakdsok of Logan township, was re-elected chairman of the democratic committee by an unanimous vote iast Saturday. Jack made tbe party a splendid chairman in »he last campaign, devoting much time to the work and with tbe assistance of his committeemen won a great victory in 1896. He is a good organizer and is well acquainted throughout tbe eouutv. In tbe coining campaign the chairman will and should have the united I support of every voter who believes in free j add unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio I of 16 to 1. Tbe campaign is an important one for the whole people. The issues are made up and the battle will be fought to a finish. The convantion made a wise selection, and when the votes are counted out in NovemWrSt will be found that the silver cause has again won a grand victory.

The dctn^Serats of Dubois and Pike counj lies are ikying mean things about each other. The :*ress did not know, that the Dubois county democrats are so outrageI ously mean until a conversation was overheard the other day in which a Pike countv democrat was heard to say that he would not trust the Dubois county democrats as far as a bull can bfe thrown by the tail.— Petersburg Press. The Press is entirely too meddlesome. We will wager two beers to a toothpick that the above remark credited to a Pike county democrat was never made. The democracy of Pike know that the insinuation is absolutely false and the News does ! not believe that there is an intelligent democrat in ’Pike county who would make the statement. The democrats of the two counties are not saying mean things about each other, either, Mr. Press man. You have got enough knitting of your own on hand to be wasting space in printing such balderdash as the above quotation contains. —Uuntingburg News. The free silverites are not so jubilant now as they were two years ago. A convert to‘any new doctrine is always wonderfully enthusiastic for a while, but as the absurdities of the new faith present themselves the enthusiasm dies. So it is with silver monometallists everywhere. — Petersburg Press. The chairman of the republican party says the enthusiasm dies. Well, the big gatherings of the friends of silver held on the 2nd instant proves to the contrary. No such meetings were ever held in Pikecounty before, being enthusiastic and largely attended. And then for instauee, there were ; a few enthusiastic fellows t hat held a inerting at Indianapolis la>t week. There were only a few, perhaps m the neighborhood of 20,000 from cities outside of Indianapolis were present. Among them such men as the Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Hiarles A. Towne, George Fred Williams, John Gilbert Shatiklin and hundreds of others. The dead silver cause that the chairman of the republican partv harps so much about must have been resurrected to bring out such an array of silver enthusiasts. If the j silver cause is dead the said chairman j should let it rest in peace.

Parity. In 1896 M. Cernuschi said: “The free ooinage of silver at 16 to 1, re-established by the United State* without the concurrence of Europe, would be a step in the direction of international bimetallism. Under the regime of the uew standard the productive power of the United Slates would receive so enormous an impulse and this development would have such a disastrous effect upon the economic and financial interests of England and other European ! nations now governed bv the gold standard, j that it may be confidently predicted in ad- , *ance that the course of .events would force J the adoption of international bimetallism . as the ot*ly true solution, even upon those • who today deny the possibility aud efficacy | of it. ft is said that the present wide separation of the metals precludes the possibility of our con&dering so narrow a ratio of 1 to 16. " hajt has caused this separation of the metals? It certainly cannot be attributed to any change that has taken place in their relative production. At the beginning of the present century j their relative production was a little more than three of silver to oue of gold. At the middle of the century it was nearly equal. ; and in the '50s their relative production was nearly four of ^>id to oue of silver. But these changes did not produce any practical effect upon their relative value. They were linked together by the operation of the bimetallic principle, and they rose together from 1809 to 1849 as the inflow of silver diminished, and afterward they fell! together as the inflow of gold increased. I An increase or decrease in the output of ! either metal simply had the effect of increasing or decreasing the volume of primary money, without disturbing tn any practical degree their relative value.—Chicago Chronicle.

Bimetallic Resolutions. The following resolutions were adopted by the bimetallic league which met at Indianapolis last week. They are to the point and will be endorsed by every silverite in the land: ‘^Resolved, by the League of bimetallic oluhs of the Ohio valley, in annual convention assembled at Indianapolis on April 7, 1898, That we regard the financial question as the paramount political issue of the day, and hereby .pledge ourselves to continue the battle for bimetallism until the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, with full legal tender quality, is secured1, without waiting for the consent or co-operatson'of any other nation. “We are unalterably opposed to the single .gold standard and the so-called reform of the Indianapolis monetary convention and all kindred projects. “We .believe that Congress alone has power to coin and issue money, and that this power should not be delegated to individuals or corporations; that the power to control and regulate a paper currency is inseparable from the power to coin money, • and that all currency intended to circulate as money should be issued and its volume controlled by the general government only. M We believe the co-operation of all persons who believe that the finanoud’questiou is the paramount political issue, and urge that all other domestic questions be held in abeyance until the principles enumerated in the foregoing resolutions shall be embodied luto law. “We express our continued confidence in the brave and sagacious leader of the bimetallic forces in 1896. William Jennings Bryan, whose high character, eminent ability, uuimpeachable integrity and dauntless courage, inspired with unparalleled devotion. the democratic, silver republican and populist hosts in 1896. “We extend our sympathy to the struggling and starving Cuban patriots in their contest for liberty, and are in favor of immediate intervention by the United States to secure the absolute independence of the Cuban republic. And while we deprecate war, unless necessary to maintain the national honor, and to enforce the rule of civilization and humanity in this hemisphere, we favor such a vigorous foreign policy as will preserve the dignity of the nation, secure proper respect for the stars and stripes, and prevent in future the cowardly assassination of our brave and gallant sailors.”

WASHINGTON LEl'TEK. o Our U«|nlar Correspondent Sends in n Katcli o( News* Congress has weightier business on hand than to fjnd fault with the reasons which Mr. McKinley says caused him to ask for armed intervention and let it go at that, knowing that every man who fires a gun in the war with Spain will fee! the sentiment expressed by Col. John A. Joyce in the following verse from a poem dedicated to1 Capt. Sigsbee: “Remember the Maine in the midst of the battle; Strike down to the death where black cannons rattle— On ocean or mountain, on valley or plain— Remember forever, remember the Maine!” To tell the truth. Congress is so much relieved by the action of Mr. McKinley in sending in that much (*ostpoiied message in favor of armed intervention that it is willing to forgive him more serious sins, both of omission and commission, thau saying that we are net making a war of vengeauce on the Spaniards. They feared that instead of getting the message they would get another excuse for another postponement, on account of that trick armistice that Spain has proclaimed in Cuba. To show further that they have no desire to quibble because the message did not contain everything they would have liked it to contain, Congress is going to make that intervention resolution exactly what

Mr. McKinley asked for—no more, no less. A solid front will be presented to the Spanish, and all differences will be left to be settled after the Spaniards are disposed of. Consul General Fitz Lee, having completed the task of getting all the Americans w{io desired to leave out of Cuba, is now on his way to Washington to tell Mr. McKinley and Congress what he thinks is the best and quickest way to get the Spanish out of Cuba. It is understood that he also brings evidence that will convince even Mr. Me Kiuley that we have good reasons to seek vengeance on Spain. In addition to insulting the country hy refusing to see General Lee on the day of his departure from 1 Havanas, General Blanco has done some j other things that General Lee will tell | about when he arrives, but the most im-! portant thing he will bring is the evidence J making it absolutely certain that the Maine j was blown up by a Spanish official in j Havanna, although be will also probabh j bring other information that he did not care to make public while there were numerous Africans in Cuba liable to be made victims of Spanish treachery. While not possible at this time to specify the exact time that our big fleet of warships at Key West will start to Cuba, they will certainly get off next week, unless there shall be some delay on the part of Mr. McKinley in carrying out the authority that will be conferred upon him by Congress, or the Spanish shall announce their recognition of Cuban independence and intention to evacuate the island. Naval officials regard the taking of the seaports of Cuba as an easy task, and are impatiently awaiting orders to proceed. The so-called army reorganization bill, which provided for increasing the regular army, whenever in the opinion of the authorities there was an exigency, to 204,* 000 men, is virtually dead, the House having voted po send it h*ek to the committee

—•-—-— - on military affairs, which reported it. It was an administration measure. In response to a request for information on the subject by Representative Cooper of Texas, Secretary Alger stated that the work of fortifying the coast of Texas was being pushed rapidly to a .conclusion and that sufficient heavy guns had been allotted to Sabin Pass to protect that port from any attack the Spanish could make upon it. The democrats in')Congress are ready to vote the government all the money that will be needed to thoroughly thrash Spain, even to the extent of an issue of from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 in coin bonds, but they have made it plain,to the schemers who have been sounding Congress on the subject that even if every gun owned by Spain were trained upon the Capitol building, in easy range, they would refuse to vote for the issue of one single gold bond. Their position on this question, iu winch they are supported by aU the populists and a considerable number of republicans, stopped all talk about the issue of gold bonds, and the bill that will be reported from the ways and m«uu$ committee,to the Rouse as soon as the afetual fighting begins, will provide for 8 per cent coin bonds. Judge B. F. Buckner of Kentucky, who is well posted ou Kentucky politics, says: *‘Our people are not satisfied with the republican regime, state or national, and Kentucky will get back into the democratic* column at the earliest possible .date, to remain there permanently. The legislature that will elect Senator Lindsay’s successor will in all probability seud Hou. J. C. S. Blackburn back to the Senate, where he would be still but for one of those unaccountable political accidents that gave Kentucky its first republican senator. Col. ’ Jed Hotchkiss of Virginia, who who participated in more than 100 battles in the civil war says: “We have ample justification for war and will wage it, but I do not think the crash will be severe, for the Spanish government too well understands its inferiority. It may make a semblance of fight ju order to appease the home ramble, but with the absolute certainty of being crushed, it will speedily bow to the in v it able.”

Communicated. Ed. Democrat—It is about tiuje that the trouble between Dubois and Pike counties was being settled. Such a course as has been pursued has a tendency to injure the success and growth of the party ui both counties. It may be that the democrats of Dubois made a mistake iu adopting the unit rule unconditionally in the-first place, but my information is that afterwards they offered to correct it. but could, by nothing they could do, get even a hearing, which refusal raiser! their “Dutch" blood to fever heat, and it seems that thev have not as yet eooled down. But, if two years ago mistakes were made, that is no good reason for the democrats of Pike to show their willingness to keep up the trouble: and besides, it may be doubted, that had Pike county had a' clear majority as did Dubois, if it had not pursued the same course; especially when we take into consideration the fact that there had already been a contest between Mr.. Elv and Mr. Traylor for the appointment to the judgeship before the governor. Judge Traylor had been defeated onye, and he and his friends would not run another hazard of beiug defeated again. This was but natural. The writer is an old democrat, but he has vet to learn that it is the unjwirdonable sin for any local district to adopt the unit rule: it is not at all an uncommon thing. True, it may not be the best way to keep good feelings, especially ^he feelings of the person or persons that the adoption of the rule defeats. The writer used to be well acquainted with the old men of the party in Dubois county,aud will venture to say that unless their sons have departed from the teaching of their fathers, no serious injustice would be done to the democrats of Pike county by meeting them in convention; aud neither would injustice be done us now. It is a principle of the democratic party to meet in convention to nominate the candidates to be voted for, and whoever gets a majority is declared to be the nominee, and it is the duty of all to abide by the decision; and whoever departs from this is-not a loyal democrat. The legislature of the state passed the laws that made Pike county “the tail end of the kite,” as has beeu said, but so far as the writer is concerned, he had as soon be placed with Dubois county as any eouuty in I he state. i Let us ail stick to the ticket when made, and let the racket cease. Oi.d Liner.

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N OTICE is heiebr given to all *persans interested that 1 will .attend in mv office at my residence EVERY MONDAY. To transit t business connected wit h the office -of trustee of Marion township All persons ! having business with said office will olease lake notice. T C NE1.SON. Trustee Post office address: Winslow. \7 OTICE is hereby given to all parties coneerned that I will attend at tny residence EVERY WEDNESDAY, To transact business connected with theoffica of trustee of Madison township. Positively uo business transacted except on office days. J. D. HARKKR. Trustee. Pt>stoffice address: Peteisburg, Ird. NOTICE is hereby given to alt parties interested that I will attend at tny office in Stendal, EVERY SATURDAY. To transact bus i ness connected with the office of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having oils mess with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASS, Trustee. "V OTICE Is hereby given to all parties coneerned that I will be at my residence EVERY MONDAY To attend to business connected with the office of trustee of Mon roe to windup. J. M. DAVIS,Trustee. Postoffice address: -Spur"eon. NOTICE IS hereby given to aH persons concerned that l will attend at my-office EVERY MONDAY To transact business connected with the office of tmstee’vf'ietferson township. L E TRAYLOR, Trustee. Post office address: Algiers, lud. «IFRED smiths Dealer in all kinds of FURNITURE! ■ .

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