Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 21, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 September 1898 — Page 4

Dmaomiie Ticket. I ♦'or S»ate. SAMUEL RALSTON of Boone county. For Auditor of state, JOHN W. MINER .of Martou County. For Treasurer of State. H fH» H DOUUHKKTY of Wells County. For Attorue.v-fienwrml, JOHN U. JdrXVTf of Vigo County. For Clerk of the Supreme Court, HENRY W.vHHl'M of Marion County. For Superintendent Public Just ruction. W. H. Hlncutr of Starke County. For State Statistician. JAMES S. GUTHRIE of Brown County. For State Geologist. EDWARD BARRETT of Hendrick* County. For Judges of the Supreme Court, let DUt.. LEONARD J HACKNEY of Shelby County. 3d Diet., a AMES MiCABR of Wam*n County. *h Dial. TIMOTHY E. HOWARD of st. Jomn#goq«*y For Ju<t*r*Offtp A,***'.’late Court, 1st DLL. jEKli’tY TAYfcOR of Go inly. At dU.,C J. IC0I.LMK\’EK trf Barthokmu-u County. M Dhrt., EDGAR BROWN of Marion County. 4th o:**., W. S. DIYKN of Madison County. 5th DIM.. JOB ASN KS KOPKLKE of Lake County. For Conrrm, Fir*t l»i*triet, THOMAS DU SC VN. For Joint-Slat* Senator. EDWARD P. RICHARDSON. For Proaeoutin* Attorney. KERR TRAILER. For Joint Represent*.!:ve, SASSER SULLIVAN. For Clerk. LEWIS K. TRAYLER. For Auditor, WILLIAM H. SCALES. Kdr Tn iMM.rer. ONI A* O. SMITH. For Short rt. . W.M. RIDGWAfV For Coroner, VIXEN RUMBLE. Fur Surveyor. A. G. CATO. For Coo, im** loner. Fir*! PLtrtct. JOSEPH 1~ ROBINSON. For Commiaaioner, Third District, WILLIAM 11. BOTTOMS.

Dr«wr»ttr le^Uao. lion. Thomas Duncan, ilwiuiciaticcandidate for congmst will make a series of afavches in Pike oouulv at the following place* and dales: Pteasautrilie, Wednesday, October 5th, at S k in. Slemial, Wednesday. tVjtobcr 5th, at night. Veljaui, Thursday, October 6ih 2 p. m. (1 rev’s church. Thursday, October Oth, j at night. Poor Kami. Friday. October 7th, 2 p. ni. < Avrshwv, Friday. October 7th at night, i . Winalow.Sal urday, October Hi h, at 2.p ni 1 Rumble. Saturday, October 8th,at night. Everybody invited to attend these meet-, i&gs and hear Mr. Duncan on the issues of the »Jay. W. J. Ri.-iuansox. Chairman. M. JlcC. Stoops, Secretary.

To* democratic county ticket is making new friend* each day as the campaign p**' Along. Hue candidates are men well known | all over the county. Their honesty and integrity has never been questioned by any person. They are men who have the best interveU of the taxpayers 111 view, and In ( the past two years the county affairs under the democratic management baa ben » administered as to reduce the expense* several thousands of dollars. It will l>e the aun to so reduce them as to bring the expenditures within the receipt* and stop the issue of interest bearing county orders. The levy was reduced by a republican board while there was over #13.000 in uounty oWers float mg just before the board wa< made democratic, but going to work in a business-like manner the expense* were reduced and will he further reduced during the coming year. The tax-pavers are invited to examine the records ami see that this i* cort* t. Under republican managment the surplus was swallowed up and a deficit mad* in but a few years time. The records will show that. It behooves the tax-payers of Pike county to elect the democratic ticket at the November elect »ou. Tit* republican party was elected upon a political is»ue known as the money question. Up to the present tune it ha» failed absolutely to take any action upon that que*tiou, but on the contrary the extra session of congress was called for the purpose of bringing prosperity through burdening the people with higher taxation The Pingley bill ha* proven to be one of the moat transcendent failures for the object sought to be obtained., that has aver been known in the annals of American history. « SrerBKx A. Docausa, son of the "Little Giant,'* who has always voted the republican ticket, will stump Indiana in the •interest of democracy. The worthy son of ' a- noMe sire cannot stomach fin de siecle republicanism. And there am "others.” fjt-feet, the wood* am full of them.

Wtuv the Hon. JonwA. Hmr»oot*t wr done f»>r Pike county miaous? This, » a gaewkxn that is being frequeut)v asked by republicans. It is reported that el Matanzas. Cuba, ! from January 1st to September 13, there have been 331 births and 3,SW1 deaths. And that 30 per cent of the deaths resulted from hunger and distress.

When that barrel of boo»Ue comes from republican headquarters the boys will hare a good time helping to spend it. The boys knew they bad it in 1896 and know that it will be forthcoming in a few weeks. Is nearly all the city and state elections since 1896 the cause of silver at 16 to 1 has made tremendous gains. The same thing will ooour in November. The people ami the cause will not down by the trusts and bondholders. Eteri department of the army should be investigated thoroughly and no whitewash business should go. Thousands of soldiers, the pick of the country, have died from neglect during the Cuban war. Those guilty of this dire neglect should be made to suffer. The Oakland City Enterprise, one of the leading iTpublican papers of the First district, made a vigorous fight against Jim ; Heiuenway about a year ago. Since the congressman's renoiniuation the Enterprise has not hoisted Jim’s name to the top of the editorial column. The people of Peru were victorious iu their fight for cheaper gas from the New York syndicate. The court sustains the Peru ordinance fixing the gas rates which makes a redu^pn of about oue-ihird the company's rates. It is encouraging to know that the fight of the people against monojM)) j has some effect. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in! answer to an inquiry says that Dewey,! Schley and Hobson are democrats. That accounts for the decisive victories. The | democrats are always good fighters. Tlieu j there is “old fighting Joe” who took an j active jpart in saving the day at Santiago by his bravery and coolness. An agent of the Hanna boodle club will! soon visit this county to dwtribute the stuff j i with which to carry this congressional district. In the last campaign there was thousands of dollars seut to Pike county which no doubt was contributed by the trusts and combinations, and a similar amount is looked for this year. Ten thousand is no small amount.

Tui ktkkn republican congressmen art* the ho(M- of Indiana republican* thi^ fall. Ami the people are intending to just that many tocongress to sustain the administration, too. — Washington Gazette. Now, Frank, wouldn't one do? The republicans cannot hope to elect a single congressman except in the “old burnt district." That’s all ami no more. Each of the several districts will send silver congressmen by large majorities. Ilox. Thomas Dt'XCAJf, democratic nominee for congress, commenced his canvass of the district this week m Spencer county and has been greeted with very large audiences. Next week he will begin his canvass in I*ike oorntty and tlie voters at eac h point should not fail to hear him discuss the issue* of the day iu a fair and iui(*art;al manner. He is a forcible s|>eaker and haudles the questions in a masterly style. G * and hear him. A list of th* *p[»uiiitincntLs will la? found in another column. What demon of ^mischief jpossesses our mlitig [towers to force them mto economic ertofs so oontrarv to every interest of the people? What prudent businessman will make investments when the whole founda- | tioti for credit is liable to be drained out of j the country at the dictation of a foreign money power? How can this nation hojw to prosper with all its great business resting on t he basis of a slender and insecure supply gold. every dollar of which can be taken at will by a'single European banking house?

C**T. Sasskr Sullivan. of near Velpen, Pikt cntuntv, democratic candidate for joint* rr|>iv.'f)ttKtire of Dubois «nl Pike, wa? in town, Monday, mixing with the loys. The captain is a very “me* old man.*' a hero of two war?. Hi^ democracy can not be questioned, hut its no use for him to rim against Uncle Jim Coates, the republican nominee.—Jasper item. We suppose not. The captain will earn Dubois and Pike counties by $500 majority. He has a dead cinch and will represent the district with the largest number of voters in the state. The republican gerrymander mode his election sure. Uncle Jim Coates is a very “nice old man.** and a veteran, but he is nominated in the wrong district Hos. Jons W. Kkkn. in the opening speech of the campaign at Indianapolis ia<t Friday night in speaking of the manage* moot of the war, made use of the following: • • • The private soldiers who were at the front and who periled their livce in defeuseof the honor of this republic are the ones who know whether these chargee are true or not. AU 1 protest now is the effort of republican candidates for justice of the peace and county recorder and men of that kind to stifle the free voice of the American soldiers who fought in that war. (Appiausr.) 1 protest uot as a democrat, but as an American citizen against the imprisonment of Private Kerr out here at the state fair grounds today became he exercised the right of petition, a right that is not denied to the convicts of tha penitentiaries of the country. * • * The Private Kerr mentioned in the above is the son of Elder Kerr of Patcka town* sk ip, who has three sons who enlisted in U* present conflict.

The campaign is now coming to a close, only &re weeks yet remain. The Pueas should hurry up the price of wheat or it will not reach one dollar lor campaign purposes. __ Republican orators in 1896 promised dollar wheat. For several days young Loiter made dollar wheat possible. The republican press coutrihuted the price to McKinley. Loiter went short several miihons. The farmer is now selling wheat for 57 cents.

Tuk prosperity howlers point to the immense amount of money locked up in the treasury as au evidence of prosperity. If locking up two hundred million dollars in the'trcasuiy increases prosperity, why not continue to issue and sell bonds until we get all our money locked up. so that we can be prosperous in the highest degree? Thk republican party is in favor of a v‘better money for the bondholder.” That is the way the general manager iu chief expresses it. The duty is in favor at nothing for the masses. They are not in it only when it comes to voting and from reports throughout the couutry they intend to so vote in November that they will hare something to say besides the bondholders and the combinations. Our democratic friends should not fail to ask the farmers about the price of wool aud cattle.—Petersburg Press. Now that the price of wheat is so low the chairman of the republican rmrty is harping 6n the price of wuol and cattle. When oue article goes up he harps about it, but when it goes dowu he loses his chirp. Mr.Chairman, ask your republicau farmer friends about the price of wheat. .. I toluntrerkh to come orer here to nurse members of my compauy. While in the typhoid fever ward I saw hopeless patients lying covered with flit's with no oue to help them. 1 remember a man from the Ninth New York in ward C. He was covered with insects. I have seen (>atients go from the eveniug of oue day until the noon of the uext without ice or medical attention.— Testimony of Samuel L. Hunion of First Mississippi regiment. Fakxkrs are i>rosperous. They understand that the aute-cleetion promises of the republican party have been verified.Petersburg Press. Tl»e ante-election promises have all been fulfilled to the trusts and corporations that furnished the money to carry the election. But the promises made to the farmer and mechanic have never been fulfilled and never will be. The farmer has wheat to sell, ami instead of the one dollar promised he is willing to take 57 cents for it. Vote against the party and combinations.

The farmer* are stiil wailing fur that premised era of prt*f»enty that was to shine down on them as soon as the administration gotiutojgood working order. Fp to date the machinery has not hen pirf iu good trim and the (armors are holding their crop of wheat for that one dollar poT bushel that the Press flowed so much about last spring, instead of selliug for 57 cents. But the Press says the farmer is so pr«>s|>erou» that he is able to hold the wheat.' What a miserable poor excuse this is. In former years two thirds of the crop was sold from the machine, but now that the fanner ha> put the wheat in bins waiting for the promised dollar the prtee is gradually dwindling down. If the Press has any other excuse to offer it should at least make a better one than that the farmers are in a prosperous condition and able to hold their wheat.

The farmers of Pike county received a fair price for their wool this vear. The enhanced price was due lo the Dingley law. Jim 1 lenten wav voted for that measure.— Petersburg Pres#. The republican chairman talks as if wool growing was the chief industry with the farmers of Pike county. The total wool clip of the county will not reach more than $5,000 or $6,000. The principal industry of the farmers of Pike county is that of raising wheat. If the Dingley law has made *J»e price of wool so high why is it that it lias not raised the price of wheat to the promised dollar per bushel? Jim Hem* enwav voted for the Dingley law, a law in which trusts and combinations have a! strong [mil. Thousands of dollars have been lost to the fanners of Pike county by the falliug price iu wheat in the last six J months. When wheal was worth $1.19 per bushel in Petersburg the Press gave the full credit of the price to the administration and ihe Dingley law. .Now that the price is low, well—that's alt. PgcvMa* indeed that the republican party should change their campaign methods so often. Some few week* ago the campaign was to be carried on the tariff question, relegating the money issue to the rear. Then the war was to be made the leading issue. Now that the country is rife j with scandals growing out of the war they ; have decided to drop the issue and take up j the mouey question. They will no doubt; change their plans again within the next few weeks.* The managers want but little1 to do with the war problem since it has; been fully demonstrated that the veterinary surgeon who doctored Mrs. McKinley's pet dog is at the head of the corps of army * surgeons. The Dingley tariff-prosperity- j confidence bill is a dead letter, as it is a deficit producer and nearly all products have slumped under it. The prosperity racket is a dead letter. The managers now fall back and rely on the money question. The voter# will attend to that question themselves by selecting congressmen at the November election who will pass a new coinage lav making the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the legal ratio. The People should have what they waat regardless of the bondholders. The common people should be first nerved.

to* Hutdekoper is a veterinary surgeon he should not be at the head of the army to administer to the brave boys. No whitewash should be smeared in the investigation of the firesent war scandals. The true facts should be known no matter who it strikes. The soldier boys know where to lay the blame no matter what the committee dt**s.

That Dtngley prosperity wove is now sweeping over the country. Just think of the price of wheat and during this era oi prosperity which republican papers are wont to apeak so much about. The Press should form another excuse. The old one is ahout worn out. Thk free and unlimited coinage policy grows more popular every day. Not only is it gaining advocates in Indiana but in every state in the Union. The people now want a government that will be run in the interests of the whole people and for the American people. . Right they are. Thk national republican committee is becoming desperate. Every officeholder in Washington City will be sent home in a few weeks to take an active part in the earnpaign. The government, of course, will pay their expenses while home on this mission working for the combinations and bondholders. Thk ‘‘glories of the war’” upon which the republican party expected to retain its majority in congress, will turn out to be the nnik upon which it will perish. Every sivk hoy who returns home from the feverstrickeu camps, chargeable to the incompetence of McKinley’s war department, will get square with the administration which gave willing audiences to “pulls'' and turned deaf ears to the pleadings of the boys in the ranks. And thev do say that Comma Houehin is going to lie the next treasurer of Pike county. He has never held a county office, but, being a graduate of the Oakland City high school, he is competent D make a good officer.—Petersburg Press. It doesn't always take a college graduate to make a oouqietent official. Owen Smith received his education in the common district schools of Pike county and ev» ry o se admits that he has made a competent and courteous official in every resjieet. ■■■■■■ ■■ . ."--j'B. Leopold Lrvt. the republican candidate for state treasurer, is writing to tl»e Jews in all parts of the state asking their sup port on the ground of religion. This will keep thousands of Jews from voting for him. Acaudidate for office who works the religious lead usually gets defeated in this country, and it serves him just right. No good American f>elieves in making a religious test iu politics and the Jews of this country aie good Americans. His proj osition is s» at variance with good government and with American political traditions that Mr. l<evi will lose more votes thatl he will gain among the Jews.—IjaPorte Argus.

It is reported that the democrats of Pike county already have $5,000 for caniiiaigu purposes. The press is me lined to doubt this, but if hew Tmyler can only sell Ids farm he will furnish Ids part. The floating democratic voters with prices rangiug from f 30 down will haw a picnic iiefore that t&.l’OO is pme. Won’t the liquor flu» lively?—Petersburg Press. The above is one of the heavy-weight editorials of the chairman of the republican party of Pike county. Is it not a dandy? The chairman must not go so much on reports, as during the last campaign in Pike cmmty it was reported that the republican committee had thousands of dollars to throw at the birds. From all reports that committee still owes several hundreds of dollars, some of which was for liquor that flowed freely. The chairman should pay those debts off with the stuff on hands.

Somk of our democratic contemporaries lira prone to accuse the republicans of dodgiug tfie main ts>ue of the present campaign. Do our democratic friends know what they want? It was only a few years ago these fellows warped nothing but tariff reform. Two years ago they wanted nothing hut free silver at 16 to 1. Mow are the people to know what our deluded friends want? Talk abou; dodging the issue of free silver! The free silver proposition is too dead to even raise a stench.—Petersburg Press. Just so* The republican party has been dodging the money issue. It was in favor of silver by international agreement. It has hedged on that, and is now opposed to legislation of any kind, but in favor of the single gold standard, but the gold bug orators will not discuss the subject from the platform and the metropolitan gold bug press is very mum. The masses are in favor of tariff reform, lender the Wilson tariff laws mere revenue was raised than under the Dingley laws. The Press says “that two rears ago these fellows wanted nothing but free silver at 16 to i,*i That's so, and thev want it yet and are advocating the cause just as strongly today as they did two years ago, and will advocate the same question in the present campaign and that of 1900. The people are just as strongly in favor of it now as they were then, only that the number has been greatly increased as lha vote will show at the elections in November neat. The issue is very much alive in Pike county and in every county in the state. The chairman of the republican party says the Usue is dead. He made the same or similar statements to the voters from the rostrum in the several school houses of Pike county in the last campaign and what was the result? Did his speeches turn the county from the republican column into the democratic column? Tba voters of Pike county votad for ^be free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the legal ratio of If to I without the aid or consent of any other nation. They are still in linear of the same issue and will so speak at the polls.

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A CRITICAL TIME During the Buttle of Santiago. Sick or Well* a Kush Night and Day. Tb*l*«rker« at tbe Haiti* *f Kami- «*• *1* Into w.rt* alt Mar***— 'I'belr Heroic* Ullarb la UrltlMf Iwaviillle* am It ml out. la lb* I'raMi >avc»l the May. P. K. Kiiller of pack-train No. &. writing * frvilu Snntlatin dv I'ulm.m. July Sid, says “Weali hud diarrhoea in iiuHVor Imvitilri t loi ua. au<i when uv lainh-d hail no time t« »o* a iIocUmt. lor It was » i-twaf rush and nisti uhtUt ami day n> k«*ep do* troupe supplied with ammunition amt mliuits, nut thank* t. , Phnmbcriniti’s t'Olle; ami diarrhoea Remedy, Mft* wen* tlili* to ko*p at work anil\ , keep oar health; ill fact. I sincerely belie ve'vfcI that at out* rrtlleal time this meduMite war , . 'tin* indirect saviour or our army, tor if tin ! iMo-kers hast been mtable to work there would " 1 have been no way of i'HMuc supplte* In the ! trout. There were uo roads that a tracen t tniln eon Id use. My comrade ami mysel* hart the stood tor time to lav in a supply ot Ihi I medicine (or our pack-train before we left : Tampa, ami 1 know in four eases it absolutely j saved life ** The a Dove letter was written to the tnnnufaetunrsnf this medicine. the Uhainherlaln Medicine 4\i., IVs Moines. Iowa. Pur sale by J. U. Adauis £ Mon. Notice of Administration. Not tee H hereby itiven that the undersigned has beeu appointed l*y the clerk of the eireult court ot Pike county, State of Indiana, ad* ministratorof the estate of Polly A. Humphrey, late ot Pike county, deceased. Saul estate la supposed to lie solvent. MiNJ. A. HUMPHREY. Sept. 2, 1S8B. AUtniulatralor.

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