Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 September 1898 — Page 4

> ijcucii 6ouu>, the American mlJioaairwm, has won tor herself the Siting title of Camp Angel, by ministering to the seeds el our (buffering heroes on the battlefield. Thu hundred and fifty officers and Hridisrs <4 the United States armv were kilted in battle or died of their wound*. Over 1,500 perished from disease and neglect and thousands are still eiek and hungry. Why?_

HiKiuoy Scalh, the democratic nont*j in«e for auditor is oa* among the j^puiar men in Patuka or Lockhart township, lie will a splendid official and possesses, .every qualification for the position to which be will be elected. Tu* farmer with a big mortgage ou his wheat selling for 58 cents, the gold standard promising but uerer doing, and tto Letter to take ap his cause, is not goiag to Tote the g o. p. ticket this fall unless he is motets plating suicide ill the near future. Two yearn «g»> the g-u P- t»a»le several changes in the ticket before it was fiually and ready fur the elections. From all indications it looks like there might be a few changes this year, or else a change in the management of affairs. It would look funny. Speaking of the French Revolution Carlisle said. “A changed France have we." The same might be said now of Franec. New light has been thrown upon the Dreyfus case, and characteristic of the French people the public mind U at fever heat and France is on the verge of a revolution.

PfcEsitHMT McKtstxr visited the soldier? At camp Wickof la*t Saturday, giving them a kindly greeting, making a speech And Visiting the sufferer* in the hospital even going through the danger *uil. Hi issued aii order direct tug the regulars U> return to their station east of the Missixdpi. lie congratulated General Shafter ou the Santiago campaign-_ .? Uoa. Tuosas bvKcax, democratic can* didate for congress, was in the city a few hours last Thursday. He is much eucouraged At the outlook for victory in tins congrwri ms) district ami is very confident of election. He received much encouragement while here from gentlemen of other political parties. He wilF soon make a trip through the county when he will be able to meet the enters.__ When the brave boy* were called to arms it was “Rememher the Maine.” Now that the war is oyer it is “Remember the administration.'* Huudreds of the brave boys mho went to the front to fight tor liberty y«»t humanity should now be shown a little humanity by those who hare the power to do it. Thousands o' the soldier boys have died from neglect and starvation. Tha daily press is full of the most startling accounts of suffering. Kucnoy day this year falls as late as it is possible for it to come. In legal phraseology it ootues on “the Tuesday after the ’ first Monday in November.** As November oomrs in ;t»u Tuesday the first Monday will be November 7 and the Tuesday following will be November 8. According to this those who naive from one pssciact to another should do so before Semtetnber 8 if they would not loae their vtit*a». The qualifications of votes in the state of Indiana are rix months in the state, sixty days tu the county and thirty days in the precinct. Sixes the election of William McKinley as preaideat of the United States trusts have increased in tin- country to such an extent that uearly $2,000,000,000 of capital are represented. Republican supremacy is responsible for this state of affairs. The republican party fosters and protects trusts. It went into office through the influence of the trusts, and it is now paying its campaign debt*. It is the duty of every man who loves his country to vote against every republican candidate, to look beyond the man and to strike a blear at the trust which is behind him.—Laporte Bulletin.

“War prey# upon two things-—life ami property; but he prey# with a partial appetite. Feasting on life, he licit# hie ja*s and tays, ‘More by your leaver Devouring property, be ray*, between grin and glut, 'lilts is so good that it ought to be paid fort' Into the vacuum of the wasted life rash the moaning winds of grief and desolation; into the vacuum of the wasted property rashes the goblin of debt. The Wasted life is transformed at length into a reminiscent glory; the wasted property becomes a hideous nightmare. The heroes fallen rise from their bloody cerements into srverinsting fame; the property destroyed rise# from the ml and flame-swept field as a spectral vampire, sucking the still warm blood of the heroic dead and of their posthumous babe# to the tenth generation. The Dame of the vampire is Bond.” The foregoing is from a well known writer on polish*. At the preerat time what a thought j—rnhertt ia

tacw Tx*Vlt*, democratic nuididntp forj is omIeu^ ® splendid canvass over encouragement fraTiBM^ow. He pea. HIM W8TI (jnllflctUM tO IBtkt t Splendid dark of the eimtrt court | To color a lie with a shade of truth is said to be tile worst hind of if ing. The editor of the Pres* of this city has in two different Issues of that paper quoted a part of phrase which appeared in the Dbuockat. | ia omitting the other part the meaning b reversed. The campaign in Indiana will open up ! within a few weeks in the old-fashioned ; way. At present the weather is entirely i too warm and the people are very busy j : getting work laid by for the winter. The [campaign will be short and fought to a finish. The cause of silver must win ia every county in Southern Indiana. All indications poiut to very stormy turns within the g. o. p. ranks In Pike | county. Quarrels are a common every day occurrence between the supposed to be new leaders and the old war hones who have been the mainstay of the party in all past campaigns. Of course all this is what the Press calls “sweet harmony." And we suppose it is. mmmmmmmmmmrnm■—mmm The Nashville American suggests as the j democratic ticket iu 1SW0 George Dewey of Vermont, for president, and Joseph Wheeler ( of Alabama, for vice-president. There is I no definite information as to Admiral Dewey's politics, but it might be.entirely safe to | I run him as a hero. General W heeler has a i good democratic pedigree and a military ! record as well. Ml I

Statistics carefully gathered by the ! labor organizations show that tme million ; men in the United States are unable to get work. Not tramps and criminals bat expert workmen, tradesmen* ami men with families to support. Think of it. voters, this fall before you cast your vote. One million men unable to secure work in a country Uke this, in this year of prosperity, under a gold standard and a republican administration! Tuns was a large crowd of people here show day. To the local republican sheet that is evideuc* that established beyond all reasonable doubt the fact that prosperity and confidence are abroad in the land. If the editor had eousulted the proprietors of our hotels, last Tuesday after dinner, they could have enlightened our brother. Of that immense crowd but eight took dinner at the two hotels. The farmers simply cannot afford to take their meals at the hotel* as they u*ed to before the gold standard was pressed down upon them. llos. James A. IIemkxway. our Jim, is quoted by the Courier-Journal as saying that we democrats of Indiana won't be in it at all in the November election. He attributes the great victory which is townie to the g. o. p. to the great industrial revival that has taken place since the passage of the I>iugloy bill. We people of the First Indiana district, where Jim is supposed to be acquainted, are not eujoyiug the industrial revival. In fact the preachers have ala iit abandoned theeJfort to force one It looks very much as if/Bro. H. was ‘‘talking through his hat <Rockport Democrat. The money question is the issue of the present campaign. The republicans can accept it or not accept it, just as they like. The people have decided just as they decided in lt>96. when the republican managers tried to dodge the real issue. The war is over. It was carried ou successfully, not because the republican party was in power, but because tie- people are patriotic and determined. The republican party in power did nothing more than their duty, anything short of what was done would have been treasonable. The people know this, and any war dodge will be quickly detected and prom |>tly rebuked. ' “The truth is that by the Statute of 1793 the dollar was made to exist iu the gold coin, but that dollar was a dollar only by its conformity iu value to the silver coin whieh was the oue standard uuit of money and account. Our metal money existed in both kinds and^tbe system was biemetallic to this extent, that the debtor might pay in either, but the unit existed in silver only. To abolish that unit, to strike it dowu, to canoe! it. and to substitute another therefore was a crime.0 It has been rightly so branded by the American people, and it will be so written w history.’—John Clark Kidpath. _

It i» astonishing bow the question of intrinsic value stumbles some people. Them is no such thing ns intrinsic value. In other wonts, nothing in existence has intrinsic value. Says Ely, a well known authority on economics: "If a man desires • thing it has value, no matter whether it cost anything or not, and if he does not deeire it it has no value, no matter what it cost.” The fundamental facts in economies oome not from the thing but from man. It depends upon a man’s wants whether a Hung has value or not. The goldite would have ns believe and tries hard to oonvtnee us that he believes that gold has intrinsic value. They claim that if men should cease to want gold, have no desire for it; that gold would continue to have a value, and that value would, be just about what it Is new worth. The fallacy i» obvious. Takeaway man's deeire for gold,or any article of value and it has no value, intrinsic or any other kind. The thing itself j Is nothing hut of the earth earthly. If the; thing have value that vaiaa exists solely in the mind of man. The desuv must exist in the mind before he reeds any value into anything. Value «nm* from man rather than from the thing. C |

— .----- ----- - ■ Owe* Smith is wt poplar with the people of Pike county. Be has served then as treasurer and lor that poeition he will undoubtedly be retained for the coming two years. He has made an accommodating official and been Tory attentive to his duties as an officer oi the county. k is to be hoped that aa investigation of the camps of the soldiers will be made ami the responsibility fixed upon the guilty officials. U makes no difference upon whom the blame lies. The evils would be brought to light aud hereafter that part of the public service made more efficient. Billy Kiuoway, the present popular sheriff of the county, is a friend to all who know him and they in return are his friends and will see that he is re-elected in November by a large majority. He has made an efficient officers ami one in whom the people have the utmost confidence. The Press should reprint some of its editorials of early last spring about the miners employed in the mines being so prosperous and baring plenty of work The boys would certainly enjoy some of those prosperity articles. The average republican says “have more confidence.** Ho*. Jos* W. Srcicsa, democratic chairman of the First district, was iu the city last Saturday. While here he met a number ol the democrats of the county. He is very confident of victory iu Noveml*»r for the silver forces, and sees uo reason why there should not be a large majority in this congressional district.

The candidates on tbe democratic county ticket are receiving strong encouragement every day from the voters throughout the county and the whole ticket is assured of eleotiou in November. The men on the ticket are well known citizens and who are worthy the support of the voters. They are all self-made men and popular with the peopl*- t During the last campaign wage earners were told that the gold standard would cause a rise In wages from ten to twentylive per cent. Like all promises made by the gold cormorants, they have not beeu kept. The truth is, as all wage earners will testify in November that there has been a gradual reduction of ten to tweutyfive {>er cent. During the heavy rain Sunday some of the street sewers ami eulyerts became clogged. On Monday several of our citizens were kicking to the marshal because of certain overflows. Yet those same individuals would not give a penny to have the sewers improved. Should a tax be assessed against them for street iiuprovment they would die of asphyxy. Robinson and Bottoms for county commissioners are the right men in the right place. They are ecvuimieal in their owu business affairs and are splendid managers. Mr. Robinson has served in that position since December 1896, and by his strict economy has saved the tax payers thousands of dollars. The tax-payers know this ami will again elect him in November. Well, really, what is the matter with the price of wheat under these glorious eon fidence-prosperit y-gold-standard times ? The Dingley tariff law has raised the price of everything the farmer has to buy, but when he comes to sell his crop of wheat he is compelled to take gold standard prices. Where is that #1.86 per bushel wheat that was quoted last May? The editor of the Press cau take bis time in answering. A trip through tbe country reveals the fact that there are a large number of farmers who have not yet threshed their wheat crop, but are waiting for the promised prosperity prices which the gold standard was to give them. The cry of the gold standard was a fraud and a snare to catch the votes of the people in 1896. The voters will not again be caught by such silly t waddle. The farmer is now receiving gold standard prices for his produce. Petersburg lias now reached a point when it is necessary for her to take a decided step forward. You can hear our citizens say on ever hand, Petersburg never will be anything but a dusty dirty lifeless •loppy-weather weed-patch town. Another years lethargy will prove the truth of the prophiev, Clean up. wake np, dont be selfish, oast a few coppers into the till of public spirit, and before another year rolls around Petersburg will have water works and improved streets.

And bo* come farther reports of a shortage of currency and a statement that gold wtli have to be used for the transportation of the crops. Only a short time ago we were to hi that the West was flooded with money and especially Kansas, which was offering to buy up Eastern mortgages ou Kansas farms. Where has it gone? What has occurred? The most notable event was the hast; sale of $300,000,000 of war bonds when the war was practically ended and when everybody knew it was ended, in consequence we have had a rapidly increasing “cash balance” in the treasury. Money bn been drawn out of circulation all over tbs country and forwarded to Washington j to pay for bonds whose issue was entirely unnecessary. That will account, to a large extent, for the shortage of currency that now exists. But in the meantime Wali-st. has the bonds and the end of the move has been aceomplisked. It will not be the first time the county has suffered on account of the qnBnla»oe*~'i iidiawip'dw J ia..- ... m rM$ :mr.*

Kvery indication points to a grand silver victory next November in the county and state ctoctiona. The kboringraen have | been patiently waiting for the man who holds the key to unlock the doors and give them plenty of work. As yet the key has not been turned. Probably it needs filing down. Those big window hangers that were stuck up around Petersbuighave been carefully hid away or burned up. Tnx Press has been taking a very active part during the past several weeks in nominating Rev. Josephus Lee for congress on the populist ticket. It was the silver votes in the last campaign that were cast for Lee that defeated Duncan, the silver candidate, for congress, ami the republicans are again hopeful that the same game can be accomplished this year. But the republicans will be badly fended. The game Won't always work. ___ 1st time all things are miute known. Secretary of war Alger, a man of millions a plutocrat to the core, was given a position in the cabinet to reward him for liberal contributions to the corruption fund of 1S96. Be has no qualifications for that important office. Indeed he is so small that he used the war department in a time of national peril as a means to get even with old political rivals. Hwd there been i no war Alger would have passed four years of time serving very acceptably. But when the opportunity came for him to show him- | self a man, he proves to be a low peanut ; politician. Verily, what is in a man will I always come out when tried.

The I*itb *f Cera Stalk. Every one expected when Col. Holloway went abroad as a consol of the United States he would enlarge the European market foe our com, but it was hardly expected he would be able also to sell the corn stalks. He has just reported to the state department at Washington an experiment comlueted at Poligon. uear St. Petersburg, which was witnessed by I>r. H. VV. Wiley, cheif chemist of the department of agriculture, and some officers of the Kussian navv. This is quoted from the colonel’s report: *‘A coffer dam six feet long, six feet deep and three feet broad was packed with blocks of cellulose made from the pith of Indian corn stalks. The material was supplied by the Marsden company of Philadelphia, and the dam was packed under the supervision of the experts of that company. The cellulose within the dam was compressed until it weighed eight pounds for each cubic foot. A six-inch solid shot was fired through the dam. striking it a distance of about twenty inches from the bottom. The shot struck the dam at a velocity of one thousand feet it second and passed clear through the iron walls and the eellulose;j»acktng. Less than half a pound of the cellulose was carried out by the projectile. The wafer compartment of the dam was,filled, giving a pressure of nearly five feet of water on the perforated surface. In just half an hour a moist spot began to show on the outer surface of the dam, but it was evident that the moisture had corac along the bottom of the packing and not through the path of the >hot. In four hours no water had come through the shirt’s path.and only six gallons had passed under the packing. The experiment conclusively demonstrated that a ship provided with a coffer dam packed as was the one used in the experiment could t>e |>ertorated five feet below the water line without the least danger of the eutrance of water.”

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¥ allow Jaandiee Cared. Suffering humanity should be supplied with every mean* possible for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the following: “This » to certify that I was a terrible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over six mouths and jras treated by some of the beet physicians m our city aad all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters, and after taking two bottles was entirely cured. I now take g*m pleasure in recommending them to any person suffering with this terrible malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky.’* Bold by J. B. Adams aad Son, draggirit

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Revenue w» (Ireen backs. From present indications, if the voiunteer army be soon reduced, as already annoanced. to about 100.000 men. there will be ere long a very Urge surplus in the treasury, ami a demand lor reductions next winter in the taxes. The new internal revenue law is yielding very liberally. It yielded about $13,000,000 in July, and the August yield will be nearly as much. The entire yield of the law lor a year will proh. ably reach $150,000,000. Two hundred millions of dollars from the new bond sales have beeu added to the treasury balance. The balance in the treasury on March 81, 1808, including the sums received from the sates of the government interest in the I'nion and Kansas Pacific railroads was some $336,000,900. The actual war expenses to the present time have been some

thing like over $150,000,000. Adding to this ascertained npvnws-otlk'r items yet to ! be settled ami pah) the total war exjamsrs | would be swelled to about $175,000,000. Asa credit against this sum we have the proceeds of the bond sales and the new interna) revenue taxes for the current fiscal I year, aggregating some $350,000,000. In other wonls, the war excuses will fall below the special war revenue about $200.000.000. If the receipts front customs under the Pingley tariff bill and the old internal revenue taxes should be sufficient, as Mr. Dingley and other republican leaders claim, to meet the ordinary excuses of the government, there would be an addition to the surplus existing on the 31st pf March last of $900,000/100. * It is, however, estimated by some financi rs that the new policies of United State*.

garrisons in Cuha. Porto Rko and the Philippines would involve an addition •# $100.4)00.000 to the old annual government expenses of the government. Even allow* trig for this largo addition to lb* charges of the national government there would he a very large addition to the stock of money ^ to he piled up in the treasury. These subjects are beiug discussed hy gentleiuen familiar with the operations of the treasury department. One of these, Mr. (.Vaunt. is of the opinion that a repeal of some of the new internal revenue taxes will become necessary. He thinks that the stamp taxes mav be struck at. it is further suggested in this connection that the revenue will be augmented by a revival of tatsiness activity a ml more prosperous conditions, enabling the )«eople to consume more imports than lor some years past, but whether this will occur remains to tw seen. It is apjeuent. however, that an effort will be maile to take ml vantage of the treasury surplus by urging a retirement of the greenbacks iu wh*de or in part, la any event it looks as if the uext session of congress wfiidd witness a great financial discussion on the tax list and public expenditures. and probably a vigorous effort to reduce taxes.

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