Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 May 1898 — Page 4

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By 51. IHcfL STOOPS. One Year. In advance. 81 x Months. In Advance Entered at the postoffice In Petersburg foi trausmliwt.m through the mails as aceomlelaaa matter. » FRIDAY. MAY 90,1808. J - 1 "" ' """" democratic County Ticket. For Congress, First District, TVo&S'V* IK** For Joi.M ritiUeliej'Htor, ^DW A RDF. Kit H^KDHON. For Clerk. LEWIS E. TRAYLER. For Auditor. WILLIAM U. SCALES. For Treasurer, ONI AS O. SMITH. Fur Sheriff, W. I, KUKIWAY. For Coroner, ALLEN HUMBLE. For Surveyor, A.G. CATO. For Commlsaloner. First District, JOSEPH l.. ROBINSON. For CoramlsalQuer, Third District, WILIJAM It. BOTTOMS, Dk*ev, as a naval fighter, stands at the jhe&d of the list. T«k Spanish fleets.arc tlodging Sampson *! Anil §ehley. Perhaps it is better. Thk democratic congressional convention at Bormville last week was the largest evei held in the district by any political party. Thk United States is fighting Spain, and has no difference with France; but if that jCountry has that “tired feeling*' Dr, Dewey can prescribe for her on the shortest [possible notice. Congressman Jim Hkmenwat will have rather lively opposition at the Princeton jconvention. A. J. Clark of Evansville, ibeing pushed forward by the Posey faction of the republican party. *1 * IK Thompson's new fangied convention knocked Sam Smith out of the nomination for sheriff. Sam l;as been a hard worket in the republican party all his life and was never rewarded for his services. Gold bond< will hardly be issued to .carry-on the war, but greenbacks and silver certificates will be issued. The btnd grabJ>ers don't like it a little bit, but the majority of the senate is true to the people. ——1.^111 ; . The republican county convention, which traa run by Chairman Thompson, forgot to say anything about the gold *tandard or the Cuban war which is now engaging the attention of the United States navy and army. The republicans of Pike county meet Saturday to select delegates for the congressional, senatorial, judicial aud representative conventions. The fight promises ] to be a lively one as to delegates to tbej congressional convention, and especially is ] this «o in Petersburg where there is so much j opposition to Hemenway. There is likely to be a dark horse sprung at the convention. !

Wukit reached the remarkably high ; ©rice of #1.75 at Chicago Monday. We nave not a« yet observed any quotation on j direr for that date.—Petersburg Press. Up to the time of going to press *e have ! not observes) that the wages of the American workingmen have been increased by the millionaire manufacturers. Wheat is bringing three times what it did five years ago, ret wage? have been on the decrease. Start up the wages in the same proportion, professor. This is a land of paradoxes. With , an .overproduction of food the peojde starve. With an abundance of land U»ey are home-, Jess. With an abundance of labor to per-j form there is no one to hire. With an' abundance of people wanting money the jbaoks hold millions of idle capital. With; a powerful nation, capable of creating its pirn money, it goes to ruin for the want ofj With mountains rich with silver and Progress elected to coin it, the Congress demonetises it. With a people capable of /treeing themselves at the ballot box they gpotinue voting themselves into slavery

Edward P. Richardson, the democrat^ nominee for e.nator from the district composed of the counties of .Pike, Vanderburg and Warrick, is a native o! Pike county, being a son oi Eider J. W. and Mary (Pergusou) Rjcba dson, natives respectively of Warrick ai>d ?ike counties. His father is still living, b it his mother died in 1864. He lived on a farm in Monroe township until 1868, w ien he began serving iu the auditor’s office, his ancle, J>vi FeTguson, being at the time auditor of the county. His*education was obtained in the public schools of the county, and at Owensville, and other phoes. He read law during the time he was in the auditor’s office and attended one term in the law department of the state university, i He was admitted to the bar of his native county in 1878 and formed a partnership with John H. Miller which continued until 1884, when Mr. Miller'moved to Princeton, ami since then he and the Hon. A. H. Taylor have been and.are now partners. He and his partners have always enjoyed a good share of the practice of the county. Mr. Richardson

has always Jeen au arqeDt deufiocrat and was chairman of the democratic ceptral committee of Pike county in 1878,1880 and 1881, and a: each election of that year all of the nominees were elected. In 1883 he was nominated and elected state senator trorn the senatorial district of Pike and Warrick counties, and while in the sessions of 1883 and 1883.served on the most important committees of that branch of the legislature, lu the legislature of 1883 he was a firm friend and worked for Evansville in having the Southern Indiana hospital for the insane located near the city. Mr. Richardson was a member of the democratic state central committee from 1886 to 1890, and for a short time in 1888 was < hairman thereof, lu 1887 he was appointed by Governor Gray one of the commissioners of the board’of the additional hospitals for the insane to succeed Hon. John C. Robinson, and he served on that board until 1889 when Governor Hovey appointed his successor. and during his time tlie hospital at Loga&sport was completed, equipped and patients admitted, lu 1893 Mr. Richardson was one of the delegates to the democratic national convention held at Chicago, and which resulted in Cleveland’s nomination and election. Mr. R. that year^was opfiosed to the nomination of Cleveland, but voted for him iu the eouveutiou in the interest of harmony in the party. Mr. Richardson has been a resident of Petersburg for thirty years and his standing as a citizen has never been questioned, and among his personal friends and clients are many of the most influential republicans of Pike county with whom he has ' ransucted business for many years. His democracy has never beeu questioned, and since he arrived at his majority and even for several years before he has always taken mi active interest in the jmlitics of his eountjr and state a- the record above will show. That Mr. .Richardson will be elected by a large majority wi the district is conceded by men of all political parties. Thk chairman of the republican party, j who IS the editor of the Pres.J, gets exceedingly wrathy simply because the democratic ounty cun vent inn passed resolutions on the money question, showing exactly where ! ;t stands. Had the edi.tor of the Press while he was acting as the chairman of the j republican convention had resolutions | adopted .-bowing where his party stood he might pos-ibly have something to say. Hut as it is the republicans of Pike county have no (flatform and did not adopt any re-oiutions at their county convention. The democrats of Pike comity stand on the j issue a.- made at the Chicago convention in j 1896, and ask the voters who favor the] re-toration of‘silver to the place it occupied j previous to 1873 to vote with them in No-1 vetuber next. The editor of the Press would like to make the present war a political issue, and if it were possible for him to do so would array the democrats and republicans against each other on the ques-1 lion. But that is small business and will : not work. Both democrats and republicans j have gone to the front and offered their I -ervices in the fight to free starving hu- ! inanity. It is not an issue and cannot be when the people of (he United States rise up in their might and say that Cuba must I be free. The democrats in the halls of i Congress l;avc urged the matter for a long I period, but the moneyed class shouted | "peace at any price.’’ If the republican I county convention adopted any resolution! on the Cuban que>tion or any other question, will the editor please state at what point m the proceedings they were adopted, j

The time will soon be here when the ‘ town trustees will elect a new member ofj the school board to fill the place made va- ' cant bj the retiring member. The Demo- j crat would suggest that-the custom of* having a-woman on the board, adopted in so many towns, be given a trial in Petersburg. We have all confidence in the trustees that they will appoint some one who is eminently qualified fur the office, but we believe it would be serving the best i interests of the school to have the mothers represented on the board. As long as we employ women in our schools it seems al-j most necessary that a woman be a member of the board to whom they can go with the many questions coming up which a woman would best appreciate. There is doubtless not a teacher in our schools but would be glad to have a woman on the board. ■" -sun ",]-!» . The prospects for republican success grow brighter every day. It looks now like “the land will slip again'' in our favor | this fall. Let ’er slip.—Rockport Journal. The prospects for a republican victory in the town and city elections a few weeks ago was giveu a regular Dewey knockout. It yjll be ** ditto” in November.

■PJ-. T%e democratic convention which met at Boonviiie last Thursday unanimously renomitjated the Hon. Thomas Duncan pf Princeton, ns the standard bearer for the democratic hosts in the First.songressional district. Although not a candidate for the nomination in 1896 he was nominated by the convention which met at Evansville, and made an aggressive and .gallant fight against great odds. He is a MIf made man in every respect and commands the respect of all who know him. During his canvass in 1896 he made many wsttpi frieuds in every county regardless of past party affili- J atjons. On the question of finance he j stands with the people and is an able j ehampiou of the cause of bimetallism, and I should he be elected by the People of the ! district will first, last and all the time stand ; by the principles of the Chicago platform. Mr. Duncan was born in Patoka township. Gibsou eouuty, May 5, I860, and was raised on a farm, receiving his education in the country schools. He taught iu the district schools for several years, in which he was very successful. In 1884 he graduated from the Danville college, taking the classic

hikI scientific courses, lie beguu the reading of law and was admitted to the bar of Gibson county in 1889, since which time he has practiced his chosen profession. Politically, he has always been a democrat, and in 1892 was the democratic elector for this district. He has always advocated the cause of the people, and in every campaign took an active interest. His many friends throughout Pike county will be glad to learn of his nomination by acclamation and will lend their efforts to secure his election in November by a rousing majority. Wheat reached the remarkably high price of $1.75 at Chicago Monday. \Ve nave not as yet observed any quotation on silver for that date.—Petersburg Press, Wheat has reached a higher point than that by ten cents, but thtin it is only the gamblers that are reaping any benefit, ■‘Futures” do not make (he prices of that commodity, it is supply and demand. Jif wheat is worth the above price Pike county farmers should at least be receiving $LG5. For the past three years there has t*een A shortage in the several countries of the world, and the I’uited States being one of the great wheat producing nations is supplying a portion of the shortage to other countries whose crops have been failures. Such tomyrot as the above amounts to nothing as far as it goes for political effect. The farmer is capable of and does know that with a shortage iu foreign countries the price of his products must go up. but without this foreign demand the price of his product must necessarily go down. » Democratic congressmen oppose issuing bonds. They say that the silver seigniorage on hand which amounts to $50,000,000 should be coined, silver certificates should be issued immediately for that amount to furnish ready money. Also $150,000,000 in greenbacks should lie issued, and they say, would give us all jhe money we will need. No doubt they are right too. Do that and business will revive. Laborers would have employment at remunerative wages. The machinery of factories would lie put in motion, and general prosperity would return to our land. These are some of the things a demoeritlic policy would do for the people of this country. It is an easy matter to sjiot a Spanish sympathizer. The present war is against Spanish oppression and to free the people of Cuba. This being the case it »s easy to spot the enemies of freedom by watching the Spanish sympathizers who favor an issue of bonds to enslave the American people in their humane war to free the Cubans. No intelligent and patriotic American who thoroughly understands the situatiou can possibly advocate or be a supporter of any proposition to have this government issue bonds for any purpose, at the behest of the Shylocksof Wall street, Hanna, Gage & Co. Charles, L. Jewett got his reward Monday for deserting the denna-ratie party last year. President McKinley apjaunted him one of the judge advocates of the army with the rank and- pay of a lieutenant colonel. The duty of the judge advocate is in connection with court raarfials.— Huntingburg News. This is an excellent opportunity for the editor of the Petersburg Press to register a kick. The idea of a hew recruit getting an appointment. Several companies of the Indiana troops have been sent south, and the remainder of the companies will soon follow. Indiana has furuished her full quota of soldiers, and should there be another call by the secretary of war the quota would be made up in a week’s time. In nearly every county in the state a company could be ranged to go to the front to give the Spaniards a good souud threshing.

The editor of the Press has taken tc letter writing in great shape. For in.'tance in the last issue appears two articles, one signed “Sevetai Democrats” and the other “Uncle Jake” which are too ridiculous to even take up a passing notice. When the the editor of the Press learns a little more about the newspaper business he will be a little wiser. . From every part of the county comes j words of praise for the democratic county ticket. The gentlemen who compose the ticket are worthy in every way and will no doubt have the support of the tax payers of the county at the polls in November. Splendid Success * j Has been had in pases of colic, diarrhoea, ’ etc., by using Dr, Caldwell's Svrvp Pepsin.; As a household remedy for such troubles it: is invaluable. Buy a 20c trial bottle and J you are bound to be convinced. To be bad I of Bergen ii Olijphant. m I

WAKCIIKKTO* gBTTEK. Oar Kegalojr r«m«p«nd«ni Send* in a Bmtcl^of News. Spain fooled us good in that game of hide and seek it played with its Cape Verde fleet, and it is greatly feared that the fleet now has it ip tts power to choose whether it will fight Admiral Sampson’sfleet, which battered the forts in the batbor of San Juan, Porto $ico, a few days ago, or Con»-« modore Schley’s flying squadron, which is now for the first time acting upon its name, enter a Cubjtn harbor without fighting, or make a dash for some of pur coast cities. This stale of affairs would be .exasperating were it not* for the satisfaction .everyone feels in knowing that this Span i*tr fleet is actually in American waters. It in^y dodge us for awhile, but it is bound to be our game in the end. The end will be at once if the Spanish fleet dares to fight either of our fleets. One man’s guess is about as good a* another’s about the intention of the Spanish fleet, but a few days will show them.

The postponement of the sending of troops to • Cuba made necessary by the presence of the Spanish fleet in American waters is less aggravating titan it appears to Iks In fact, it is a good thing for us. Had the original plan of landing troops in Cuba last week been carried out, we should not. have been able to land a sufficient number to capture Havana, which is defended by something like SO,WO Spanish soldiers, owing to the inability of the government to furnish equipments needed by the volunteers; and any delay in whipping the Spaniards out of Cuba after our army goes over there will be calculated to lessen our prestige among the nations of the world. Dewey’s men at Manilla and the succession ot brave and daring deeds performed by the men on the ship engaged in blockading Cuban ports have plait'd our navy among the foremost fightirs of tin world, and it would be very humiliating foi our army not to make an equally creditable 'howiug when' it g• es to Cuba. It is. thereiore absolutely necessary that a sufficient number of men properly equipped to accomplish what they go to do should be sent to Cuba. The delay will serve to place the j army on a proper footing. Just to give an 1 idea of the deficiency in army equipments, it may be mentioned that the govejyunein ; 1 has puh.-hased.the entire visible supply ot tenting canvass in the country and yet In..-; only enough to make about one-half the; tents the army will require; the wills are working on the rest. The war revenue bill reported to tin Senate from its finance committee is in; many respects a marked improvement upoi j wliut it f.-.- when it was sent ov.r from tie . House, it now provides for the immediate j issue of $1.'>0.000,000 in greenbacks, “am | tor issuing :$42,u00,000 m silver certificate- i to repiestiit ilie seignorage on the silver bullion owned by the govermiient, which n directs to be coined. It taxes all sorts ot corporations,and strikes out the authority for issuing bonds. A caucus of the democrats of the Hou-» may be held this week for t,he purpose o discussing the joint resolution providing for the annexation of Hawaii, which habeen tavoiably reported to tlie House, ami deciding upon the advisability of making ii i a party question-. There are a number o’, democrats in the House who are opposed it annexation. It is the same in the Senate, but the democrats ot the latter body long ago decided not to make annexation a: party question., and the chances are that the same course will be followed- in the House. To attempt to do otherwise would, be to compel those democrats who favor annexation to bolt the action of the party i caucus. It is, of course, in the power of a majority of the democrats in the House to make opposition to annexation a party question, but it is not in their power to control democrats Who have committed themselves to annexation. There was no sign that the democratic party as a whole endor-wd President Cleveland’s anti-annex-ation policy; on the contrary, there were many signs of opposition thereto. If there ever was a time that opposition to the annexation of Hawaii could wisly have been mode a party {>olicy, it has long ago pa-setl. The fear that Mr. McKinley would give staff commissions in the volunteer army to incompetent men. because of his inability to stand the pressure pf ,l-he political and social influence brought to bear upon him in their behalf, was fully realized. It would have been an impossibility to have found men more incompetent than many of the civilians named for positions on i ic staff. This incoinpetency was fuliy recognized by Mr. McKinley, as he selected enough officers from the regular army to do all the work that is likely to be required of the staff, which will leave the incompetents to do the ornamental. A fight is being made by the tobacco men against the projmsed increase in the internal revenue tax on tobacco from 6 to lfl cents a poumi. They say that the increase to 12 cents, provided for jn the House bill, would have put upon tobacco more than its full share of war taxes, and that it would be unyust to push it up to 16, as provided for in the bill reported to the Secate.

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[>ICHAROSON A TAYLOK, Attorneys at Law. Promptattention given to ail business. A Notary Public constantly in Ov office. office in Carpenter building, Kighthgyui Maln-sts., Petersburg, Ind. A SKitY A COFFEY. G. B. Ashby, C. A. Cotrey. _Attorneys at Law. Will practice in »li .courts. Spcctytl attention given to all civil-business. Notary Pub!ic constantly in the tvfii-e. Collections made <nd promptly remitted. Office over W. L. Barrett's store, Petersburg, ind. 1) 11,1.ON A GKEENE. T. H. Billon ' V. U. (ireeue Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Will practice in Pike and adjoining counties. Careful attention given to all business. • \dleotLMis given prompt atteiitjiAi. Notary Public ^.Iwavs in <K2Uv. Oftice iutlic Burner block. Petersburg, fud. G. i>AV ENPOg-IT, Attorney at Law. Pmtnpt atte.tii.io;i given to all business, i >rtice over J. U. Adams A Bou’s drug store, Petttrsburg, Indiana. M. A C. L. HOLCOMB, Attorneys at Law. Will practice to all courts, Prompt ntteniongK.cn to all business. Office in Carpenter •lock, fust tloor.on Eighth-M,, Petersburg. E. WOOLSEY, Attorney at Law. All business promptly attended to. Collect* ions promptly mailt-and remitted. Abstracts >f Title a specialty. Office tn Frank’s build* ng. opposite Press ,*jttiee. Petersburg, Ind'.V It, RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Ciironjc I d sea sea a specialty. Office over Citixi»s’State llVnk. Peteis diana. p W. jlASINCEK, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Bergen A Oliphaut’s drug store, room Petersburg, Ind. , * All culls pron.pl ly answered. ~ Telephone No. si. office uml resideijue.^V -.-rAM All A WATERHOUSE, Eclectic Physicians and Surgeons Office over the star (.’.lathing House. Tele^tioue No. *4 Petersburg, ind. |yt. A. B. KNAPP, Eye, Ear, Hose and Throat Specialist, of Washington. Indiana, will beat the PikeJ Hotel ou Friday of each week. ^y ll. STON EC I PH E R, Dental Surgeon. Office In rooms*) and T, in Carpenter build* ing, Petersburg. Iiuliaua. Operatlo/is firstclass. All i#ork warrunutd. AntesUieik's used for painless extraction at teeth. Q C. MURPHY. Dental Surgeon. Parlors in the Carpenter building, Petersburg, Indiana. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.

N OTICE is hereby given to Mil persons Interested that 1 will attend in any office at my residence EVERY MONDAY. To transret taptiness connected with the office ot trust**** of Marion township AH persons having business with said office will ideas® take notice T «’ NEJ»SON. Trustee Postoffice address: Winslow. 'V'OTICE Is hereby given to all parties eoue-’ eerned that I will attend at my tesidcuc* EVERY WEDNESDAY. ’O transact business connected with theoffice ot trustee of Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on office days. j. D. BARKER. Trustee. Post office address: Petersburg, led. > N OTICE is hereby given to alt parties Interested that 1 will attend at. my office in stendal. EVERY SATURDAY. To transact business eon nee ted with theoffice of trustee of Lockhart township’.' All persons having on si ness with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASS. Trustee. V OTlCE is hereby given to all parties cop- *’ eerned that 1 will be at my residence EVERY MONB.yV To attend to business connected with the office.of trustee of Monroe township. J. M. DA VIS, Trusts/ PQwtoffice address: Spurgeon. V OT1CK Is hereby given to ail persons eoncorned that i will attend at mV office EVERY MONDAY \ ' To transact business connected .with the office ot trustee of Jefferson township, L K TRAYLOR, Trustee. Postoffice address: Algiers,£nd. ♦4FRED SMITHS Dealer in all kinds of FURNITURE! i

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