Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 September 1898 — Page 5

TIE STATE mm Um VtrlMi Ihum mt Um Um KifiWtow and DaBMTklto Caiapalcu An Hmvtlk la Paraila! Cali DEMOCRATIC. hjr T^M«u REPUBLICAN. THE WAR

We, the Dwwarxy of Indian*, in convention ■ stem bled, now, as always, loyal to (Mir oonntry and oar flag, affirm that the cause for whiah the United State* 4a engaged in war with Spain ia Just and righteous. Wo recall with grid* cha early espousal and onited and persistent support of this cease by the senators and representatives of the Democretio party in oongre— We oougcutor late the oonntry upon the universal patriotic uprising winch has swept away the last vestige of sectionalism, and revealed as to the world as s nulled pen-! hie. We rejoice m the heroic deeds of j Dewey, Bag ley. Bobsou. end their brave comrade*. which hare added new luster j to the American name. We demand,; now. as heretofore, the most vigorous ! prosecution of the war until it shall' nave ended in vindication of the national honor, the absolute relinquish-' meat by Spain or possession or control j of any part of the western hemisphere, anr\ the formal acknowledgment by that kingdom of the independence of the Ou-< baa republic. We favor the prompt recognition by the United States of1 such independence as a war measure, ' and as an act of justice to a brave peo* | pie, straggling for freedom. We urgej the immediate increase of the volunteer j forces of odr army and navy to any ex- j tent necessary to assure speedy and de- j cisivc results, and the appropriation of I all the funds requisite for the adequate equipment and support, and for the corn tort of our gallant soldiers and sail- ] or* iu armed conflict against the public j enemy. The supreme duty of the hour | is to relieve the perishing victims of Spanish cruelty and secure the oom-1 plate triumph of the national arms, j When this shall have beau accomplished j the justice and wisdom of the American people may be safely trusted to deal j With all questions which may grow out ef existing complications, in such a way I as best to promote the objects for which | this republic was founded.

While era sincerely deplore the necraitj of mi, we believe the president and congress acted wisely in demandi ng the oowplete withdrawal ot Spanish sovereignty over the ieiand of Cuba and in proceeding to enforoe the demand with the military and naval power of the government. And now that our army and navy, through their splendid nchievdmanta. have blessed onr nation with tnnniphs not excelled in the world's hl$u>rv, rendering many names iUustrioas end immortal, and adding preettgean^giory, limited only by civ* filiation, to oar great republic, the occasion is one of supreme gratitude to the great ruler of nations We extend to the brave men on land and sea who have gone forth to battle for the glory of oar flag and the cause of human liberty our deepest sympathy on aooount of the sacrifices they have made and the hardships they are called upon to endure, mid our warmest praise for their unconquerable valor. n We honor, congratulate and applaud our country’s heroes who have once more proved the matchless intelligence, devotion and courage of American manhood. They have proved to the world that the tJnited States is a nation, one and indivisible, without sections and without classes, whose purpose is “to deal justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God.” We commend My. McKinley'# conservative and patriotic course In earnestly hoping uud negotiating for peace while yet prudently preparing for war. And we further express our most earnest approval of his vigorous prosecution of the war. and our pntire confidence in his ability to secure such terms of peace, now happily near at hand, as will advance human liberty and comport with the dignity and honor of the American people.

THE NAVY.

We favor soob a permanent strengthening of the navy of the United States and/such improvements of oar system of oeest defenses as shall assure adequate protection of the oonntry against foreign aggression.

Having achieved it* manhood, the re* public, under God, is entering upon its greatest penod of power, happiness and responsibility. Realismg the mighty fntare of wealth, prosperity and duty which is even now upon us, we favor the extension of American trade, the reformation of our consular system accordingly, the euoouragemeut by all legitimate int an* of the American merchant marine, the crentiou of a navy as powerful as our commerce shall be extenrive for the public defense and security, and the establishment of coaliug stations and naval rendezvous sfherever necessary.

PENSIONS.

The Democratic party of Indiana, now. a# in the past, advocates liberal pensions as wail to the disabled surttvon of tba Uuioa army in the civil war. and their widows ana orphans, as to the victims in the present conflict, and those who may be dependant upon them. We houor alike the valor of theee who suffered for the flag in the gigantic contest of 1861-66, end of those who have now gone forth to do battle la the eaose of liberty and humanity.

* We hold in undying honor (he *oldiera and sailors whose valor saved the life of the nation, and (hose who were bat reoeutlv called to arms in vindioadon of their country's honor and the cause of hnraan liberty. Just ami libera! pensions to all deserving soldiers are a tiered debt of the nation, and the widows and orphan* of those who are dead are entitled to the care of a generous and grateful people.

THE NICARAQUA CANAL.

We are in farur of the oonetruenoa and control oi the Nicaragua carnal by this government. when ira feasibility shall aave bean determined; bat we are opposed to a loan of the aatioual credit to aay private oorperatioa for that par* pose.

We most he*rttlr approve of the an- ; uexation of the Hawaiian islands as a wise measure; we recommend the early construction of the Nicaraguan canal under the immediate direotion and ex* | elusive control of the United States ; government—the importance and ue- | cesstty of the canal having been employ ; stand by recent events commuted with ! the present war with Spain.

THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.

W«na9m aad araphaaiBe the platform adopted by the -national Democratic convention of 1KM at Chicago. We are ia favor of the tree and unlimited coinage of both gold aad silver at the writing ratio of lb to 1, without the aid or conaent of any other nation. We are unalterably opposed to the ■ingle gold standard, aad we specially protest against the declared purpose of the present Republican secretary .of the treasury of applying that policy more thoroughly. We believe that the practioe of the treueary ia paying treasury notes la gold only, in violation of law, and in surrendering the option of the government. reserved by the statute, to pay iu gold or silver, is chiefly responsible for the great money depression now, and for so long a period, emitting ia this country, is destructive of business enterprise, dangerous to the public credit and the prosperity of the people, aad a serious uvenaos to ths nations I honor. i

The Republicans cf Indiana are on* reservedly for sound money, and are therefore opposed to the heresy to which the Democratic party is wedded, of the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of Vi to 1. which we regard na absolutely snre to debase our money and destroy ov private sad public credit, and cause general bnsinea* disaster. We recognise the necessity of comprehensive and enlightened monetary legislation and believe that the declaration in the St. Louis nations! Republican platform for the maintenance of the gold standard and the parity of ail our farms of mouev should be given the vitality of public law and the awney of the American people should be mods, like ail its inUtutions, the best in the world. We felicitate the country on the fact, when In the exigencies of war it became necessary to issue #400,000,000 of government bonds to meet tho extraordinary expenditures, a Republican administration had the good sense and wisdom to put the loan within the easy reach of the people, where it has been wholly absorbed, furnishing n splendid fertility for their savings, awakening a new intereetdn the permanency of oor government and the sonadaees of its financial svatem.

THC INHERITANCE AND INCOME TAXES.

We Insist feat the wealth of the ooautry should bear it* just share at the pnbtic bordeui Aw that reaaoo we aHtote the inheritance tax recently adopted throegh the effort* of the Democrats ia c* agrees and we favor the principle and policy of an income tax. The demoat tiaatton of stiver and the Jadioial denial of the power to tax inoomee have materially impaired our re. aonroae for war perposer. We favor the xeim position of an »*», so that the question of its validity may ba reviewed by the snpreme oonrl

. the tariff.

the Democratic W*i doctrine Uut all tarUf laid far rereoae a* their sole object utd purpose, aid tre do at this time eeptcully dtKeosee aad oendemn the high prohibtturr rates of the Repablican tariff, com mealy called i Dialler bill, ander the operation of have

WfeqNflUUfooamwdtIupmMM! and oatgtfM far A* prompt pungeof a wise revenue law to accordance with the round BtpeWou dootxiue of reciprocity and protection ta Aaericu indnatriee and boon labor, and express oar anbonndad ooafldaaoa in the bestftdal reaaltt predicted far this taeaaare ly pQy r“^T Hr nr. tTtrtaarmiflf ihlob

DEMOCRATIC— multiplied. tiM com of the necessaries of life 1ms leea increased and the wages of labor have not been advanced, and which has entailed upon the country a deficit of many miltious to be made np only by additional taxation in time of war. thus imposing, iusteod of a benefit, at) onerous burden upon the people of the United States.

—REPUBLICAN ara daily accumulating in the way of renewed business prosperity aud amp to revenue (or ordinary governmental expenditure*. We, therefore, reaffirm our belief in the dootriue of rseiprocity and protection to Aawvicau labor and home ; iudustrieeand condemn the Democratic doctrine of tariff for revenue only as unsound and nnanited to the best in* tereets of the oonutry, a doctriue the falsity of which has been demonstrated by our experience under the Wilsou revenue bill that plunged the nation into commercial and financial distress, from which it is fast recovering since the change from that Democratic policy.

ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS.

w® roaarm ana emphasis® oor r®. petted declarations la favor of the alec* tiou of United Slates senators bf the people.

LABOR.

Wp sinoesely sympathise with orgautxed labor in it<t efforts to adjust differ* euoes between the employer aud employe. We denounce the incorporated trusts which hare overcome these efforts by cruel and unjust methods aud We favor a system of equal and disinterested arbitration as a means of adjustment of each differences. " We tube pride in the loan list of laws enacted by Democratic legislatures for the benefit of the wtirkingmeu of the state, including the 8-hour labor law. the law prohibiting “pluok-me stores,” the repeal of the infamous Republican intimidation laws, the law prohibiting the importation of Pinkertons, the law prohibiting “blacklisting,” the miners’ law providing for the proper ventilation of mines and the use of honest weights and screens; the law protecting workingmen in the right to urganiae for mntnal defense, the co-employes' liability law, the mechanics’ lien law, tfie law prohibiting the forced collection of feee from employes of railroad corporations to sustain oompany hospitals, restaurants, eta. the law guaranteeing the ; civil rights of all citiaens, aud the law j prohibiting the importation of paupers and aliens under ooutract into the state who have no purpose of becoming citisens thereof. We demand a more thorough enforcement of the 8-hour and other laws in the interest of labor by the public officials charged with that duty. We are opposed to the contract labor system in prison, but we believe that to maintain convicts in idleness is inhuman and unjustly burdensome to the people. We believe some plan should be devised for the profitable utilisation of their labor without bringing it Into competition with free labor. The projects for its employment under the public account system or in the construction of a shin canal connecting lake Michigan with the Wabash river, or in some other enterprise of gTeet public utility should be carefully considered and that plan which promises the best results and is open to the fewest objections should be adopted by the next legislature. Wo approve the child labor and factory inspection law. and favor such amendments to the same as shall render It more effective.

We favor the enactment and enforoemen! of laws restricting and prereut* ing the immigration of sooh undesirable foreign population a« U p>>;*dicial to free American labor.

THE DEMOCRATIC TAX LAW. *

We congratulate the taxpayers of In* i diana upon the rapid decrease In the , state debt, and beg to remind them that j the revenues with which the payments : thereon have been made and are being made result from the enforcement of j the Democratic tax law of 1891, which | was enacted by a Democratic legislature . over Republican opposition and protect, : which was assailed by a Republican state ' convention, denounced by Republican orators and the eutire Republican press, I but which was sustained in the highest court of the nation through the efforts of a Democratic attorney general. Every dollar paid on the .state debt by Republican officials is cumulative evideuoe of the stupidity, or worse, of the Republican organisation in its bitter opposition to the law which made such pay* meut possible, and which, since coming into power, they have made no effort to *oeal We also recall that a Democratic legislature enacted a law creating a sinking fund of 8 cents bn the $100, to be applied exclusively to the extinguishment of the stare debt, and that under these laws the Democratic administration of Governor Matthews, in 1895 and 1896. set the pace by reducing the state debt more than #2,000,000.

We commend the wlae, prudent, patriotic and eoouomioal administration of Governor Mount and the Republican state officials under which, with a reduction of £2 per centum in the state tax rate within the last 18 months $920,000 of the state debt has been discharged ; an anny of over 7,000 men has been equipped and placed in the field at an expense of over $£00,000; the laws have been enforced and the name of Indiana honored throughout the lamd.

GENERAL STATE ISSUES.

The Democratic party feel* a just pride in I the other great hwUiatlvo reform* it ha* ae~ I corni dished for the people of Indiana and , points to their continuing benefits as certain j proof of their wisdom. «V call attention to i the Australian ballot law, enacted attains! He- i publican opposition and at ill having a great ’ purifying effect on elections notwithstandingI the Kepuoifcan amendments lessening its safe- ! guards: to the board of state charities law for j the supervision and retculation of our penai { and charitable institutions, to the school book ■ law. by which the gnat school book trust has ■ been driven from tee state, the price of the 1 books u-ed in public schools has been reduced over oue-half and the frequent changes in book*. formerly so burdensome to the people and detrimental to the schcsds, have been prevented: to the fee and salary law and other great measure* of reform which the state of ludiHtia owes to the Democratic panv. We call attention to the record of the last two legislatures, each Republican in both branches, which made scarcely a law- at material benefit to the people. Both of these legislature* were marked by corruption and debauchery so scandalous that even Republican organs were driven to denounce them. They j have to their credit the iniquitous special ver- , diet law—made in one and repealed in the other, the prvseut legislative gerrymander, by which the senate is gmn» Si member*, in violation of the constitution;; the antitrust law. inspired by trust attorneys and purposely made so worthless that He publican state official* dare not attempt to enforce it; an oppressive garnishee law, which undertook U> deprive wage-earners of the state of their constitutional right of exemption: and the outrageous parti— n measure# to extend the term of the appellate Judges, couaty superintendents end township trustees.

Id for the tint ttme slime 1W8. owing to the vicious system of enacting npjiuruonmeut laws, * hereby the minority might still control thr majority, the Kepubllcan party found itself in condition tu legislate for th* state, and the laws that it wisely enacted and the other measures which it still more wisely refused to pass, constituteauepoch in legislation that V an enduring monument to the faithfulness and intelligence of the party which the Fifty-ninth and sixtieth general assemblies represented. Among the many wise and just measures of legislation that stand upon the statute books as the result of the labors of those two general assemblies, are the acts creating a labor commission: providing means hir the settlement of disputes between employers and employee by arbitral mu; abolishing the prison contract system: taking convict labor out of rompetitnm with free :ata>r; providing for factory inspect .on and the pri*teetion of the lives and health of mierattve* and prohibiting the employment of child labor; providing safeguards in the auditing of public expenditure*; complying with the constitutional mandate that the penal code »houid be founded on principles uf reformation and not <»f vindictive ju-tK-e; providing for the protection of the people against Incompetent and inefficient protensiuuni men; making permanent in rouuty and extending to state otfic.. ’* the provision that officers shall be paid w ording to their services, and not constitute-a harden upou the people by reason of excessive fees ana salaries; the taking uf the benevolent institution* out «»f the purview of partisan politics, whereby the poor and unfortunate wards of the state are assured competent and humane treatment: and above all. the enactment uf an honest, fair and constitutional apportionment law. These acta emphasise and illustrate the intelligence and integrity of the Stkh and «Hh general a»«rtnhlirfc.am! we congratulate the Republican part y and people of the state on their action.

PRIMARY ELECTION REFORM.

We in earnestly u> tsror at hfitlttiaii far the regulation sod Mom of tvuaarr elecboss.

W* favor. ■* a supplement to our present election lew, the enactment by the next letfia* Uturr uf such n primary election law as will recur* to the people a full and free expression 10 the selection of their oaodidala* tor office.

COUNTY ANO TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT.

W> nmpte the existence of grove defects In the lews governing counties exul toern* ship* of this state. \Ve favor a complete and evoeuatic revision of sach laws to the end that pubiu business wajr be teeaaartod with greater efficiency and economy.

nettevin* tint t lie re w d^m ck retorm la wont)- ami tuwnahip uovenunent. and that a vaat aavin* of the nubile money caa lit nmla byhetter method*, ere favor early ami thor- . 11 hi* i ou*h re vision of the law* upon thl* subject. ta the tod that the people of Indiana may hava the heat ami must irt“Mii*‘ffli***W* of iocal affairt*

THE TRUANCY LAW.

We favor ma aa amend meat of the truancy lane, which now require* a ten* and unnecessary eapendKui* of public money*. eo aa to transfer the duties of such ofBrtals to towuebu shall perform the same further coiapenaatfen.

PERSONAL LIBERTY.

W«4 km firmly to tb«- toaetUnin ud ™ of the JDniMmUc pony u» tow of foot imn—t of personal liberty ear ■ opiiJ5“i 3 - with, or rntolaiioto of. matters Iho domain of

THE CHICAGO PLATFORM. n ^PHMdplM will B* ViJdto^d. If the Democrats do not control the nest congress by an overwhelming majority, it will be because of inefficiency and timidity in leadership. The reaction certain to be forced by the radicalism of extreme plutocracy has already begun, and it is making itself ! felt in ah unmistakable way. What it ; means is illustrated in these comment* on the proposed “AngloAmerican’’ imperialism and on the bond deal-adopted the other day by the free coinage Republicans of Kansas in their platform: We behevtj this government to capable of attending to its own affairs without the aid of any other nation oa the earth. We believe emanating alliances with tomes nations to be mimical to the best interests of this nation and that the teachings of Washington, having proved so wise in tue past, should be strictly observed in the future, and Cor this reason we are opposed to the suggested AngloAmerican alliance. The Republican party haring obtained an unnecessary bond tame Is place of the bimetallism It promised to secure, we demand that the administration proceed to prosecute the proeeuatp-ar which it has so reluctantly undertaken. The pace set by Admi cel Dewey suits us. We believe that manhood, not money, should be the controlling factor of this nation aud that all corporate interest should be under strict government control, aud to this end we extend our oo-operet >a to any- party that honestly and fearlessly attempts to restore the affairs of the government to the people. In Kansas. in Nebraska, in South Dakota and throughout the west generally pluttxxutic radicalism in the conduct of the war has broken down “mid-i | die of the road" Populism on the one hand aud on the other lias destroyed all possibility that the Democratic party can be controlled by the Palmer-Buck-ner bolter*. Instead of changing the issues of the Chicago platform, the bond dealers aud imperialists at Washington are forcing the fullest co-opera-tion among ail the elements which 1 uuited in full support of Bryan in the last campaign. Hanna, Morgan, * Whitney. Gage, McKinley aud Rothschild are co-operating to force a more complete and effective union of ail force* of opposition to plutocracy than seemed possible six mouths ago. The Chicago ! platform stands for the constitution and [ the laws, for justice, for liberty, for i Americanism, for civilization. Its j principle* are about to receive an overwhelming vindication.

AN INSULT TO GERMANS. filudfr Ii the Only Ontlttd* the Republican I'arty Knows. In thd name of the Democratic party and the 6,500,000 voters who cast their ballot for Bryan in 1806, we protest against this vicious attempt on the port of the combined Republican press of the United States to throw discredit on the German race and character by repeatedly charging that Germany is against us in the war with Spain. It is an insult to a nation that has always been ocr friend, an insult to a class of our adopted countrymen who have always been loyal to onr ting. This base slander is uttered in the interest of the proposed Anglo-American alliance, the i one great object of the Republican 1 party. | The fact that the victims of the in* I suit on this sidoof tho Atlantic have in the past supported the Repnblican party seems to hove little weight with the Republican press. The only gratitude it knows is slander. The day of reckoning is approaching. The German-Aiuer-irnns are having their eyes opened. Once they believed that the Repnblican party was the best for this country. Now they see it is narrow, bigoted and anti-American in its politics. That will not suit the Germans. They are coming to understand the Democratic party. Events of the past few years have taught them a lesson. Wo welcome the German-Americans to the ranks ofj Democracy And this is not merely be- | cause they will make victory for us cer- ! tain, but because we love the study and ! unflinching characteristics of the'race, j It was this same low contemptible bigotry that drove Irish-Americans into j our ranks where they have ever found i the hand of true brotherhood as well as 1 a chance to labor earnestly for a cause that is God’s. When the Republican j party finds its true level, tt will be i mainly composed of a few Anglo-1 maniacs (those what is its that look so I uncomfortable in male attire) and their | progenitors the trusts and newspapers i established and supported here by Brit- j ish capital. —National Democrat.

Watch the Trcwanr Department. Another peculiarity of the war reve- t nue is that it makes no mention for j what purpose the bonds are to be issued. ! It >is not provided that they shall be ; used to obtain money to prosecute the • war It authorizes the issuance of the 1 $600.000.000 of bonds, or so much there- j of as may be necessary, and the see* ! retary of the treasury is made the sole judge of the necessity. Mr. Gage has often declared that it is necessary to retiro the greenbacks and treasury notes, and it would not be unreasonable to suppose that with such views Mr. Gage would issue the bonds to provide a basis for bank circulation in order that greenbacks might be retired. Mr. Gage is a banker and has repeatedly declared that national bank circulation is * necessary to a sound financial system, j and the bonds provided for in the bills ' would go a long way to meet that necessity.—East Oregonian. Direct DsWatiM Met a Panacea. No; direct legislation is not a panacea I for all national ills. In fact, it la not a panacea at all. It is merely a spoon i with which the panacea could be administered. Specific legislation la the panacea far political ills, and direct legislation is the method by which it can be secured. A sick man may need a < I different number of medicines, tat they 1 ; ran all be administered with one spoon. ! If, the nurse went to get a spoon with I which to administer the medicine, you i would not say that she considered the f spoon the panacea for all the sick man’s ills.-New Era.

-5 Democratic Ticket, For HwrKtry of • -SAMt’KI, RALSTON of Boone county. ' For Audttnrrrf State. JOHN W. MINER of Marina County. For Treasurer of State-. HHJH DGITUHERTY of Wells Count v. For Attorney-Oencrul, iOHN«.WcSUTf of V%o Coualy For Clerk of the Supreme Court. HENRY W.AHttCM of Marlon County. For Superintendent Fuhtto lnstruetloa. W. H. sine air of Starke County. 1 For State SratlMtctaa. J.VMKS S. lit'TH H1K of Krowu County. F«ar State Geologist. KDWA1U) BARRETT of Hendricks County. For Judges of t he st.«wuif Court. 1st DUC, LEONARD J HACKNEY of Shelby County. 3d »1*L..»AMES Met'A BE of Warren'County. Sh IHat.. TIMOTHY Hk HOWARD of si. Joeeptt County For Judaea of the Appellate Court, 1st Wet.. EDWIN TAYLOR of YumL-rhurg Co tnty. 2d WKt.,C J. KOLLMRYStt of Bartholomew County. 3.1 ni*t.. KlX5AH BROWN of Miutda County. «h ItUt.. W. S. U1VKN of Madison Ohouty. 3th Hist,. JOH AN NFS KGPELKE , of Lake County. FOrCoUereaa, First District, THOMAS DCNC AN. For Joint-State Senator. EDWARD F. RICHARDSON. For Prosecuting Attorney, KKBU Tli.AVl.KIt. For Joint-Reprenentatlva, SASSK.lt Sl’UlVAH. For Clerk. , LEWIS K. TRAYLKR. t. . For Auitknr, WILLIAM H. SCALES. For Treasurer, ON I AS O. SMITH. For Sheriff, W. M. K IDG WAY. ^ For Coroner. ALLEN RUMBLE. For surveyor. A. 6. CATO. itrj^X N1 For (Yon wissuvuer. First tMat JOSEPH L. ROBINSON. For C«Mnint»stoner. Ttiiol District. WILLIAM II. BOTTOM*.

m IssSssi w >W are the children this summer? Are they doing well ? Do they get all the benefit they should from their food? < Are their cheeks and lips of good color? And are they hearty and robust in evecy way? If not, then give them ■ < Scott’s Emulsioa of cod tivtr oil ‘with hypophosphites. It never fails to build up delicate boys and girls. It gives them more flesh » and better blood. It is fust so with the baby also. A little Scott's Emulsion, three or four times a day, will make * ► the thin baby plump and

^prosperous. It < [furnishes the ( w young body with just the material necessary for ( growing bones < and nerves. <

«JFRED SMITHS Dealfr Id »ll ttatta of FTJR1TITTOE!

Funeral Supplies a Specially We keep «»i lukixl nt all iliiHt (tur Km of PRrlnr »ml Household Ktirniture to be found hi the rrty. Bed mom and H»rtor Malta • specialty. In ftiueml supplies we keep Caskets, Stirood*. ete.. of the beat make. Hail road Election. Notice U hereby given that ttieannnal eter* tlon ot the stoek holder* of ttie Springfield, uhin Hlver mid Hnn>h A tin title JtellwRjr t'on|«u). will he held at the office «»t ttoW minpiai> . at VImmim*, Imilana, on Thinsday. September UW> tit .toVloek p. m . fhr ttie purpose of ■■tti'tllil thirteen director* for the ensuing year and .the transaction of sueft other business a* may mine before Hie meeting. KtiWAMh Watson. 1st \ tee-President. Aubkut K. ItooK*. Becretnry. ’