Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 7 April 1899 — Page 5

MIDDLE OF THE ROADER Injustice of the Position He Has Assumed. QUESTIONS MOTIVES OT OTHERS. Overlooks the Feet That Political Reform In Sometlklaic More Thao Dlsenssioi of Priseiples—Sahntantlal Result*Caa Only Come Throagh Concerted Action. Those People’s Party papers which oppose fusion are fond of asserting that a “middle of the road Populist’’ is one who will not surrender principle for the Bake of getting into power and a chance at the luxuries of the pie counter. In this they overlook the somewhat im

portant fact that it is impossible to accomplish anything in the way of reform without getting into power. It takes “power” to work out results. If political reform meant nothing more than an academic discussion of abstract principles, the “middle of the roader” might be justified in mounting a lofty pedestal of superiority and refusing to come down a single step. He could with propriety insist that he was right and refuse to yield a point, because by doing so he would injure nobody. But the struggle in which we are now engaged involves the happiness, the prosperity, and even the industrial freedom of the American people. In the midst of “McKinley’s prosperity” millions of them are in distress because of a monetary system which is robbing the debtor and the producer for the benefit of Jthe money lender and the non producer The Silver Democrats, Silver Republicans and probably fourfifths of the Populists have joined hands to give them relief along lines of monetary reform. The “middle of the loader” professes to favor this reform. He admits that it is a good one, but he says that it (loes not go far enough. He wants some ether things, also, and unless the allied forces accept the whole of his creed die insists upon going it alone, keeping in the “middle of the road. ” His position is analogous to that of a hungry man who refuses to accept a meal of beefsteak, potatoes and bread, or to permit others to accept it. because of the absence from the table ' of some other things which he likes.' , This is not only unwise, but it is unjustifiable. Its unwisdom and impropriety cannot be concealed by questioning the motives of other people. When the “middle of the roader” finds himself abandoned by four-fifths and perhaps nine-tenths of his former party associates, instead of challenging their honesty he should indulge in a little serious reflection as to the correctness of his own course. He is not asked to surrender his convictions op any question of principle. He is only asked to remember that civilization was not born in a day, but it is the outgrowth of ages, and that political reform will go on as long as civilization advances. A house is built one brick or one piece of lumber at a time. Reforms are made one step at a time. We make no attack upon the honesty of those Populists who refuse to join in the great movement for monetary reform, but we do not believe that they are traveling the middle of the “road” that leads to substantial results. It resembles a race track rather than a turnpike. It begins nowhere and. leads tc nowhere. Let up join hands and do those things that we can do. That is sound common sense and good practical politics. TO BRING PROSPERITY. Wkat Is \ceded Is * General Rise In Prlees All Over Ike World. Money is so cheap that a bushel of wheat will buy nearly twice as much of it as it would a year ago. Money is about the only thing that is getting chea;>er nowadays.—New York Mail and Express. And yet, according to The Mail and Express, we are literally loaded down with “prosperity.” A year and a htjlf ago “cheap” money was going tc “ruin” us entirely. Every prominent Republican and every administration organ in the land now claims that the rise of prices is a sure indication that “good times have returned." The Mail and Express distinctly recognizes a fact which ought to be plain to every one— namely, that as prices go up money goes down, gets cheaper. Wherever prices have risen during the last few months they have stimulated business.

xne iron Die is mat me rise nas not been general. Scone things have gone up, some have remained stationary, and some have gone down. Consequently the rise has been a positive injury to all engaged in producing the things that have not shared in the rise. Moreover, even where there has been a rise it has resulted from causes that are of necessity temporary and that ought to be. We have no right to prosperity which is built upon the misfortunes and sufferings of other nations). What we need is a general rise erf prices both at home and abroad. This can only come from a breaking down of the single gold standard and the restoration of silver to full monetary use. Money Cannot Win It. If the Sugar trust or the Standard Oil trust would give us flU.000,000 to make a campaign with, our cause would be lost. It would be Clevelandism over again. Even if We won the election our moral force would be gone, and we would accomplish nothing. It is the ardor o^devotees that shakes empires. and we must win this fight by a self sacrificing manhood. Men with fieshpota cann ot help us. 1 hear the derisive laughter of Mar): Hanna at the mention of manhood. But American manhood will yet survive to throw the deodorizing lime of oblivion upon his gram — Jofin P AltgekTs Day Speech.

FRIi.E SILVER BLUNDER. ! ' « Try I tsr to Esp«M It m GoM P»>tr Falla In to a Ditch. The fr»-* silveritea i|r* always talking ft boot ] the scarcity cl money, as though by the “da- ; monetm ion" of surer the tountry had been j 4epriv«l of a large part of its circulating ! medium. The fact is that there has been a ’ great and steady increase in. the amount of | money in the country—an increase considerj ably grea ter than the increase in population. ' In Scpsr-: ber, lb:>7, the total stock of money in the United States was +2,olO,lC5,ah. This is tar ice as much as in 55ent ember, 1800, when the amount w as Here is an increase of almost $70,000,000 a year, while the population increased less than 1,203,000 a year. The amount cf money in the 17 y* trs has increased by 100 pe.r cent, while the population has increased by only #i per cent.—Indianapolis News. It is "cry seldom that an extreme gold or. au attempts*to expose a *‘free silver. 1,under’*' without itself falling in a blind ditch. The above is no exception to the rub?. We shall not take, the trouble to closely analyze the foregoing piece' of wisdom and make an

elaborate reply to it, but we will call attention to. the fact that the total amount of money in the country is overstat;d $500,000,000 at the very lowest estimate. No allowance is made for export and loss of gold, or for the destruction ;*of greenbacks and other forms of paper money. It is broadly assumed teat all the money supposed to be in tike United States in 1880 and all that has since been created is still here, except the gold that is actually kijpown tc have been exported—that is. of which a record has been kept In making uf> that total the gold stock is placed at almost $700,000,000, whereas i leither the Indianapolis News nor the United States treasury can locate $400,000,000, a difference of $300,000,000 i a single item. Nor can they trace within $500,000,000 of the amount of pa pci money claimed to be in the country, making a difference of not less than $500,000,000 between the amount i. imed and the amount that can be found. Of what we actually have, whirh may be liberally estimated at $*3,000 000,000. nearly $800,000,000 is positively known to be locked up in the treasury. If we assume the balance to be is circulation (which it is not), it only leaves about $1,200,000,000. or less than half the sum stated by The News. Not only this, but about $450,000,000 of it is in silver and has been virtually boycotted as redemption money, both Cleveland and McKinley holding it or fit for redemption purposes. The former issued $202,000, OOO in bonds, which, with interest, will amount t about $500,000,000, rather than use a single silver dollar for redemption purposes. It is not the mere fact of money being in existence that is required—it must be used in order to give ns the benefit of it. TO THE -POINT. How 1 merlean Prodacer Suffers l»y the Si»(fle Gold Standard. It has be?n repeatedly shown that in 187o an ounfce of silver would buy a bushel of wheat in India and lay it down in tb English market. It will do the same t. ing today. Briefly stated, it may lie s|id that all producers of wheat; receive in the English market the equivalent of an ounce of silver for a bushel. Therefore the East Indian or the Russia; gets substantially the same price as he has been receiving for many decades. Ijfe gets it in silver, but that silver will pay as much debt “or taxes and buy as much of other things except gold as it ever would. As ac rule he buys no gild, and therefore be suffers no loss. The American, on the other hand, in converting his silver into money on the gold basis ; r receiving the gold equivalent for an ounce of silver, which is the same ;:hing, loses more than onehalf. In other words, he has suffered all the loss which came from the general fall : i prices, while at the same time he lus sustained a special loss from the competition of those who produce cn a silver basis. This whole matter has bt on repeatedly explained. It can be found in many speeches made in congress a: d elsewhere. The writer of this article adverted to it in 1801 in a report made by him as a member of the coinage committee of ^ the house of representatives, and indeed it pervades the entire discussion.

t Sllrer Mtkt School Lesson Leaflets. In respccise- to inquiries from persons who desire to take part in the organizaI tion of silver night schools in the rural | districts Mr. G. Br.rr Smith of the sil- | ver night school department. Unity i building, Chicago, makes the following j announcement: The lesions are furnished to the press . through the various plate matter bui reaus and may be reprinted by your lo- ; cal editor n leaflets for use in schools, 1 Among tho publishers in Chicago who j have agreed to print leaflets for special | use in the schools are Charles H. Kerr | & Co,, 56 Fifth avenue, and the Ly1 ceum Publishing company. 53 Dearborn ! street. Leaflets for a large school may ! be had for a trifling sum. A little later ! in the campaign we hope to furnish tne j lesson leaflets free of charge in districts ! which may be properly termed missionary di tracts—i e., where the local- ! ity has ilotmerlgr been a Republican ! stronghokl Organizers who devote j their entire time to the work will re- | ceive compensation. However, inmost i localities this will not be necessary, as ; there will be some one in the place who : will exphin the examples in each j schoolhouid in the township. P’ V *'■ "" ■ StimtetpH Omenklik There ure hundreds of things that the public cannot da But there are a great many that it can, should and must do. 11 has been demefcstrated that ; municipal 1 ties ean successfully and very profitably wa and operate water, gas j and elector I j light plants, street railway systems and a number of other things, and the American people are prepared ' to move fc i ward along this line, and every such step by listping the people will j help the L mocracj,—John P. AltgekL , ' .......

PREDICTION FOR 1900. I - i I *- i Chairman Jones Says the Senate Can Be Regained. | .--— MAJORITY ICR BIMETALLISM. If tike Oppo*?iU af the Stacie Standard Sarrrrtl la Electing; the Xext Prealdeat. the Cratml of the t>*er Bone la Aaaared—Hopefal OatlMk For Silver. Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee, has issued the following statement in reply to many inquiries that hare come to the headquarters of the Democratic national committee: '

The claim of the Republican papers that the senate is already irrevocably against silver and will so stand until 1903 at the earliest is. like many of their extreme claims, in my opinion, not well founded. Upon the passage of what is known as the Teller resolution of Jan. 28, 1898, which declared that the bonds of the government axe payable, “principal and interest, in silver dollars, coins of the United States, containing 412 3 i grains of standard sil- | ver.” and that “to restore to its coinage such coins as a legal tender in the payment of such bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditors, ” there was a majority of 15 votes in the senate in its favor. This may be reasonably accepted as a test vote on the silver question. A gold man has since been elected from Oregon to fill a vacancy, which reduces our majority now to 14. Of those who voted in favor of that proposition at that time seven senators wiD be succeeded on the 4th of March next by senators opposed to the unlimited coinage of silver—namely. Senators Allen of Nebraska. Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy of New York, Reach of North Dakota. Smith of New Jersey, Turpie of Indiana and White of California. This will leave the two sides equal, and the deciding vote will be in the hands of the vice president. This condition of things hardly warrants the triumphant claim of the gold men that they have captured the senate and will hold it for many years to ccma This year an unusual proportion of bimetallists, who come from close states, have had their terms to expire. In 1900, however, all this will be evened up by a larger proportion of the gold men retiring who come, from close states. What is likely to be the condition of the senate in 1901 can be easily seen. The terms of 30 senators expire at that time. Of these 30, 11 who are now friendly to silver may safely be counted as absolutely certain to be succeeded by silver men. These senators come from the following states: Alabama. Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas and Virginia. The following states may be expected to elect gold men to succeed gold men at that time: Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. New Hampshire is now represented by a silver man, whose term will expire in 1901. Much will depend in that state upon the personal popularity of the present senator, Mr. Chandler, but if he should be succeeded by a gold man Louisiana and Kentucky, now represented by gold men, are certain to send two bimetallists in their stead, leaving the advantage so far with the silver men. In two states—South Dakota and Delaware — where we now have silver senators there will be contests, and the most that can be claimed by the gold men is that we are not positively certain to hold these states, while the following states, now represented by gold men, can certainly not be claimed as sure to return a solid gold delegation, namely- Iowa, Kansas, Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon. West Virginia and Wyoming. From all this it is perfectly safe to assert, without fear of contradiction, that if the bimetallists succeed in electing the president in 1900. they will unquestionably have a clear working majority in the United States senate. Very truly yours, Jakes K. Joxm

Futoa Means Victory. Whatever any man may think con - cerning the relative merits of the different articles of Democratic. Populistic and Silver Bepublican faith, all must admit that if the forces of reform do not unite they vrill be beaten in detail We need about 7,500.000 votes for 1900. How are we to get them? Simply by uniting upon those things concerning which we are agreed and leaving other questions in abeyance for the present. By joining hands on those things concerning which we think akke we will naturally create friendship# and political sympathies which will at least bring ns more closely together c<n other points. We cannot do everything at once. TeleskM* Moa a poly. The controL of the telephone lines throughout tire United States is practically vested in the few corpor ations named below l feptt&J.. American Bril Telephone company -*af .WXQflO New England Telephone and Tele graph company.. 11,000,0(0 Ceatpal Unjpn Telephone ( Chicago), i i.63,a0 New York and New Jersey Telephone. eempany — .... 4*!».«« Brie Telegraph and Telephone com panj...:... i vt«MX»

TAX EXEMPTIOH LAW, Tl»e Taxation of Real Estate Encumbered by Mortgage. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of tbe state of Indiana. that any person being the owner of real estate liable for taxation within the state of Indiana, and being indebted in any sum. secured by mortgage upon real estate, may hare the amount of such mortgage indebted* ness, not exceeding seven hundred dollars, existing and unpaid upon the first day of April of any vear.deducted from the assessed valuation of mortgage premises for that year, and the amount of such valuation remaining after such deduction shall have been made shall form the basis for assessment and taxation for said real estate for said year. Provided, that no deduction shall be allowed greater than one-half of such assessed valuation of said real estate.

oecuon z. Any person aesiring to avail himself or herself of the pro* visions of this act shall, between the first day of March and the first day of May of each year, file with the auditor of the county wherein said real estate is situated a sworn statement of the amount of suc$i mortgage indebtedness existing and unpaid on the first day of March of that year, giving the name and residence of the mortgagee and shall also give the name and residence of the assignee or bona fide owner or holder of said mortgage, if known, and if not known said person shall state that fact, and shall also state the record and page where said mortgage is recorded, and a brief description of the real estate upon which such incumbrance exists. Section 3. The county auditor with whom such statement is filed, in case the money, note or credits evidenced by such mortgage indebtedness be liable for taxation in any county in the state of Indiana other that the one wherein such real estate is situated, shall immediately certify and transmit a copy of such sworn statement to the auditor of the county wherein the mortgagee, assignee or I>ona fide holder or <j>wner of said mortgage resides, or wherein the money, notes or credits evidenced by such mortgage is otherwise taxable. Section 4. Any person who shall willfully make a falte statement of the facts provided for in section 2 of this act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty .nor more than five hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for any Herm not exceeding six months. Section k Whereas, an emergency exists for an immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in force from and after its passage. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the county recorder's office during the past week: Shelton Shepard to Joseph H. Loveless, s hf ne qrsec 20. and pt w hf sw | qr nw qr sec 28. town 1 south, range 18 west, 93| acres. , Salem F. Hammond’to Neven Hy- | slop, pt lot 10, Canalport add, Petersjburg. Jesse Simons to Orley and Minnie E. Griffith, pt sw qr nw sec 5. town 1 south, rangy 0 west. 2 acres. Charles Deffendali to Daniel Lindsey, pt sec 3. town 1 south, range 9 west. Harvey C. Julian to Daniel Booker et al. w hf se qr se qr sec 12, town 3 south, range 8 west. Charles P. Ferguson to James W. McCord, nw qr se qr, and pt seqr nw qr sec 4, town 2 south, range 7 west. 30 acres. Elizabeth and Grant Black to Mary M. McGregor, w hf se qr se qr sec 23, town 2 south, range 8 west.21) acres. Elizabeth Black et al to Grant Black, s hf se qr se qr sec 23. town 2 south, range 8 west, 20 acres, and pt n end w hf ne qr sec 27, town 2 south, range 8 west, 30 acres. Grant Black et al to Elizabeth Blr.ck, n hf se qr sw qr sec 23, and cen part w hf ne’ qr sec 27, town 2 south, range 8 west, 43 acres. ; Ben]. F. Thacker to Harriet Sim- ! mons, lot 23 Demsey's add. Otwell.

Scott Davis to Jonathan I. Aiexani der et al, pt ne qr se qr sec 22. town 1 ! south, range 8 west. 38 acres. S. J. Haines et al to Anna Morrison, pt sw qr sec 23. town 1 north, range 8 west. S. W. Chappell et al to Thomas Meadows, pt se qr ne qr town 1 south, range 7 west. j William F. Eodimel to George W. | Holtsclaw. pt aw qr se qr se qr sec 23. i town 1 north, range 8 west. 6 acres. Anna L. Morrison to Simeon J. Haines et al, lots I and 10. Petersburg, j Clarence C. Jones to August E. J Sackel, se qr se qr and ne qr se qr sec : 8. town 3 south, range 6 west, 80 acres. -.- . ’ Vincennes University. ! The spring term of Vincenn es Unit versity begins March 27th and closes ; June 14th. The University has 2 buildings. U> instructors. 4 laboratories j and 7,000 volumes in the library. Besides the regular courses there are two courses for teachers; the lementary and the advanced; fees $!'. board and. *2.50 per week.

The Boston Store Next Door to Burger’s, PETERSBURG, INDIANA h others. Our ster#;^)kQureally at trueof bargains and big Values hitched to are amazed at unprecedented underwhore everything m our tine we deem to visit us. ft wilt par you. CVniher concerns: Mens spring-weight Suits*day worstS. well matte and well lined, piped edged, worth #5.5®, f»urprice _.......... ... .... $2 S19 Men's Spring Suits, Brown, worth #7.0®, our price.... . 4 9® Men’s Spring Suits in cassimeres and elar worsted. single t*f double breastett, everything firstclass, worth #10, our price ... ii.___?4» Bovs' Knee Pants Suits, sues 4 to 15, wort h #1 is, our price . ........... 95 Boys’ Kne^f Pants Suits, in light colors, worth #1.85, our price ........ 1 34 Boys’ Suits, extra quality, double breasted Coats, well made, worth #2.75, our Pnte..... V.. gH ., ►>PANTS^ Men’s Cotton Pants, worth 85c, our price.... A,.. ... Men’s Cheviot Pants, worth #1.00, bur price ..,.... Men’s Pants, light colors, up-to-date goods, well made and worth #2 50. our price... ...... . Men’s Dress Pants, clay worsteds, neat ehecks and stripes, all new, up-to-date gnods, French waists, side or top pockets,worth #4.50.our price.. 2 50 Bovs* Punts from 10 cents to 40 cents. _GOOD^| f 1 _ j Men’s Suspenders, 15cent kind, our price... ...__... Men’s Suspenders, 25c kind, our price_i. .... Boys’ Suspenders ____ 1____.„ ... Men’s and Boys’ Work Shirts, 30c kind, our price__ . Men’s Laundried Shirts,' with detached Collar, worth 50c. our price Men’s colored Dress.Shirts are worth 75c, our price. Boys’25c Waists, our price Boys’ 50c Waists, our price Boys’75c Waists, our price Men’s Dress Shoes, all styles and sixes, worth #C25, opr price.. Men’s Shoes, all styles, worth $1.65. our price . . Men’s Yfc4 Kid Shoes, cloth tops, worth $2.75 Men’s Vici Kid Shoes, worth $3.00, our price . ___ Ladies’ Shoes, lace or button, worth $1.25,our price. Ladies’ Shoes, lace or button, worth $1.8®, our price... ... Ladies’ Shoes, lace or button, worth #2.00, our price.. Ladies’ Shoes, late or button, up-to-date goods, worth $2. Boys’ Shoes, coin toes, all sixes, worth $1 25, our price. ..." Bens' Shoes, com toos, all size:-, worth $1.20, our price,.. also handle a full line of Children’s Shoes. i

> Non-Resident Notice The State of Indiana, Pike County: In the Pike Circuit Court, April term, Moses Frank, admtois*i xrator. de bonis rod of I the estate <if Elijah • Hightower, deceased, J vs. t Samantha 1.Hightower, j Lyda Hightower, Oli- > ver Hightower. M*»r-f ton Hightower.Thekla t Hightower, Charles! Hightower, Prent ice j Hightower anti WH- 1 iiatu Hightower. j Now cotties the plaintiff, by Posey A Chappell, his attorneys, ajad files his petition herein, together with an affidavit that said defendant. William Hightower, is not a resident of the state ot Indiana; that said action is a petition pray ing for *an order and decree of said court authorizing the sale of certain real estate Belonging to the estateofsuiddecedent, and described in said petition to make assets tor the payment of debts and liabilities of said estate, and that said uhu-resident deifendaut is a necessary party thereto. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, last named, that unless he be and appear on the h>th judicial day of the next term ot the Pike circuit court, the same being the 2Zth day of April. 1899, to he holdeu on the second Monday of April, A. D. 1899, at the court house'.B Petersburg,in said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard aud determlugd in his absence. * - W ituess m v name and the seal of safe! court, affixed at. Petersburg. tbisARh day of March, A. I>. 1$»>. J. W. BRi xrttLD.Clerk. Notice of Administration. t Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has t een appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Pike county, state of Indiana, administrator of the estate ot Mary E. Youug. late of Pike county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Sami'kl P. Howard. April :>, 1899. ; Administrator. IRATENTS PatOmec ts Opposite u patent in less photo.. free We tlOtt. Our fee pot till charge. with How to Obtain Patents, ofsamem U. free. ON

Ceaditms Powders for aesttonie. Mood ptmfiec P*|ceoBtcf‘r»t« «*otd*' rwicE -AWEEK YOU SHOULD HEAD IT Because It Has the Best News Service— It Has|||e Best Market Page— | It Has the Best Sporting News— It is Democratic and ; - -v- Fearfesspp ":, •:, It is Enterprising and the /:r'BesS All-around Newspaper Published. It contains the Finest Best Short ALWAYS on the right side at the gre<* Questions of the day-v Prints just what it means in an intlep-ndent. stralghtforwarc manner. Our aim is to make a paper fot the people just as we -find them—good healthy, buoyant and full c f human inter' est. ONLY SI A YEAR ■? 104 ISSUES. Seat! for Sample Copies. twice a wb|s CCUiUHiJ. EVANSVILLE. IND. Sktn Diseases, For the speedy and permanent etrreof tetter, salt rheum ana eczema. Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without art equal. Itirelieves the itching and smarting almost jpstently and its continued use effects a permanent • cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch. scaH head, sore nip^fes, itching plies, chapped hands chronic sore eyes granulated lids. •• Dr. Cedy*s horses are the and -eimffuge f