Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 November 1899 — Page 4

Shr apikt Count^emomt Hi n. M«4'« NTUOFK. On«* Yt*r. in udvHnee .. . ... .II <M Siv Mot tll«. Ill Mil V8MCP . 80 Euteivii »i tlie posloflUv III Petersburg for irMnsmlKston through the mulls as eceondclass matter. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1999. Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, has j shown hovr he feels over the election by appointing a democrat to an office. From all accounts the election in Maryland left some deep seated political heartaches, which bear all the traces of being incurable. Frank Posey’s boom for office has been sprung again. Thistime he w’ill be put forth as a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. Senator Hoar feels sorry for his party. He is not alone in his grief, since that Illinois chrysanthemum, Billy Mason, also thinks he must ilock by himself. s ' The mental gymnastics indulged in by John Sherman in order to reconcile His views with his Congratulations on the election in Ohio, rival this statesman’s many straddles on the currency question. The administration in Washington no longer disguises its intention of taking part in the ultimate partition of China. Shades of Washington and Jefferson, wh^t new insanity will McKinley develop? There is small comfort for McKinley in the election returns. To carry not one of the states considered doubtful in an election preceding the presidential contest, is no record for a second term aspirant.

Wriggle whichever wayrh^y may. the fact remains indisputable that the republican party is wedded to imperialism. So -many spouses has the g. o. p. that it is likely to be expelled from Washington for polygamous alliances. __ * Republican candidates for coupty oftice are becoming so numerous that about every time you turn around you will bump up against one of them. There will be five or six for treasurer, and a scrapping time there will be for that nomination. When the size of the republican majority in Pennsylvania is taken into consideration it is hard to understand just what the Philadelphia republicans would want wifti repeaters, and yet a number were arrested at the last election in that city. The election muddle in Kentucky still holds fire. The state election board meets on the 27th when both sides will ^jr their grievences and show up the frauds committed in the battle of the ballots. And it seems that there was some skulduggery practiced. Many of the soldiers now in the Philippines would rather be at home in the United States than tramping in the mud under the rays of the hot sun and also in the heavy rains. But it is probable that the« war will end during the next year and the boys will then do police duty.

I he republican party has gone back on the St. Louis platform which was in favor of bimetallism by international agreement. The party has come out flatfooted for the single gold standard at the present time, but no dpubt when in the national convention /hext year will again straddle the money question. Republican newspapers now want the tariff taken off of tin plate. Certainly. That’s just what the democrats have been contending for. They are not in favor of feeding trusts and “infant industries.” The “infants” should be able to take care of themselves the same as the farmers and Jaboringmen of this country. The combined vote of Jones and McLean, the opposition candidates in Ohio, exceeded that of Nash by over dO,000. Yet the administration feels that a great “victory” has been gained. But suppose the opposition combines between now and next year and the same votes are cast against the republicans, will McKinley feel the same way about it when the votes are counted? Trusts are the offsprings of republican protection. Why any newspaper or public man can say that trusts are beneficial to the farmer and laboringman is what no man" has been able to explain. Trusts tend to* throw laboringmen out of employment by their shutting down of numerous factories in order to stop production and raise prices. In doing this the farmer gets less for his produce because the laboringmen must necessarily buy less, from the fact thiat he has leas work and consequently does not make sufficient wages to buy as much as he needs. Trusts are the ruination ofi United Slates.

“Colonel” Thompson# chairman of the republican party and editor of the Press, has for several weeks been pawing the air about dissensions in the democratic party of Pike county, and also to tearfully say that all was harmony within the ranks of his own party. His ravings have not disturbed the peaceful quiet that reigns supreme among the democratic workers of the party, who always work in harmony and with only one end in view—that of bettering the condition of the whole people, and not that of a few trust manipulators. He has fretted a great deal during the past few months about who w’ould be candidates before the several democratic conventions with the hope that he would be able to create a little ripple of strife, but his efforts have been in vain. In the last issue of the Press the “colonel” blurts out in this style about what he has said on previous occasions: The recent articles appearing in the Press touching upon the volcanic situation of the democratic party in Pike county has caused considerable comment. The democratic leaders make no attempt to deny the fact that the immediate future of their party in this county is any thing'tmt promising. The Press has not exaggerated the situation one iota. The trouble with the “colonel” is that he has seen such turbulent times and knocking out of candidates in Washington township by his one-man idea of running campaigns that he imagines that there is trouble in the ranks of the democratic party. Of course the “colonel” is welcome to all he can get out of his fancied “volcanic situation” in the democratic party at this time, but when the polls close in November, 1900, he can hide out and kick himi self. In the same issue and the same column is another article which no doubt shows the exact condition of the republican party in Pike county, and no doubt it is tr\ie from the fact that the “colonel” has touched up a number of these “old has been” and Lk._a. i_1_3 ___J U -C_M M

vuv-uiuv ivttuvx o cum uiu ivacuio i on former occasions and repeatedly since the election of 1898. l^ead the ! following which shows how harmonious everything is within the republican ranks: ( Any man who claims to be a good republican paid who win go into ai nominatmgicpnvention and assist in selecting trig-candidates to be voted for and thgd delfberately does everything in his power to defeat the men whom he helped to nominate is not a good republican. Such men should not be trusted. There is one man in Pike county who boasts that he assisted in nominating the last republican county ticket and voted against every man on the republican ticket. Such men should not be considered as republicans. “A chronic kicker” is a man who practices kicking for years. Not unfrequently men are opposed to a man from personal grievances. Such men are in no sense classified as “kickers.” Let men who can be trusted be put in the lead in Pike county and the republican majority in the county next fall will not fall short of 300. There is no question but what the “kickers” will again remember what to do in 1900. Stick a pin there. The politicians who have taken the trouble to compare the results of the recent elections with those of 1895, the election corresponding with that just held, being the year preceding the presential campaign, do not find anything encouraging to Republicans, or indicating the probability of their carrying the presidential campaign next fall. Ohio, which in 1895 gave a Republican plurality of 92,022, shows a plurality of but 49,023 in 1899. Maryland, four years ago, gave the Republicans 18,767,,and this year the Democrats swept the State, with

plurality, iseoraska, in lb9-j, gave the Democrats but 2,202, and this, through the excellent management of Bryan and the fusion leaders, was increased to 15,000 this fall. Kentucky went Republican by 8,012 four years ago, and this, at the latest reports, is nearly • wiped out. Pennsylvania shows a Republican loss this year of nearly 140,006, having given the party 241,397 four years ago, as against 100,217 this >month.. $2ven Iowa shows a falling off of 3,000, and New Jersey nearly 5,000. If these be prosperity times as Mark and the “colonel” would lead the people to believe they are, why is it that wheat is going lower. That is one of the principal products of the farmer. Last Saturday the Chicago market dropped to 00Jc for December wheat. These great luminaries of the republican party should see that prices are advanced the same as products of the trusts. _ General Wheeler writes from the Philippines that he will be home to take his seat in Congress. The jealousy of General Otis has apparently deprived this brave old leader of the opportunity he has sought to subdue the enemies of his country, but none the -less, his thousands of friends in the U nited States know his worth and esteem him highly. Don't Hesitate Or fool away your money. " I# you are sick you can’t afford it. Get Dr.Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for constipation, sick headache or any kind of stomach, trouble and you will be cured, for it is guaranteed by the Oliphant Drug Co., the leading druggists of the town. n -, - .. .. • .

Trusts Against Young Men. While Senator Hanna and his henchmen, who advocate the cause of the trusts solely because their hands are in the trust grab-bag, and because they are fed on the stock of these combinations as a bonus for such advoi. acy, are proclaiming far and »ide that trusts are a necessity, thrfttfle working men cannot exist without them, and that the country cannot hope to be prosperous unless they flourish, one feels an air of genuine relief when he reads such utterances as those recently made by ex-United States Senator Washburn of Minnesota, who speaks from an honest and unbiased point of view. In a very re-! cent interview the senator said: ‘•The present situation, to the good | citizen, the good republican and the! man who loves his country, is really alarming,” said Mr. Washburn, “‘and it is more largely owing to the rapid j formation of what is called the trust than to any other agency. This trust craze has changed the whole nature of things. “When I was a young man—I am now <>8—I had the world before me and there was absolutely a fair field for me. Take all of our most successful business men of today, and their experiences were like mine. They entered the race without a handicap, and their grit and capacity won. Now this building up of trusts puts a stop to fair and equal opportunities for the young men of today. The young man just ouf of college has no opening, as a rule. He cannot begin business on his own account against organized capital. He must join the procession.. He must content himself with being a mere clerk and the chances are that he will never get any further, because there are so many in his class. This makes the situation a serious one, and I am sorry for the young man of today. He comes out of school bright, eager and enterprising and runs against economic conditions that are too much for him. I can't help feeling that if he had. the

same cnance tnat i naa wnen i was a young man, it would be a great thing for him. He hasn’t got it. I’ve studied the situation and am sure of what I’m saying.” - Prevented a Tragedy. Timely information given Mrs. George Long of New Straitsville, Ohio, prevented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. A frightful cough had long kept her awake eyery night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but steadily grew worse until urged to try Dr. King’s New Discovery. One bottle wholly cured her, apjl she writes this marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Long of a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cures are positive proof of the matchless merit of this grand remedy for curing all throa*. chest and lung troubles. Only .">0 cents apd $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Stearnes Drug Co's, store. Trusts vs Farmers. No wonder the farmer thinks tlfat that there is a boon in every business except his own. In a few months corn has fallen from about 35 cents to 25 cents. Wheat formerly 70 cents and upwards is now 00 to 02 cents. Hay formerly worth $8 to $12 is now worth $0 to $9 per ton. Turning from what he produces to what he buys, he finds the reverse condition, only a more pronounced difference in higher prices: Stoves have increased 30 per cent. Wagons have increased from four to five dollars.

Lopper nas doubled in price. Fourteen inch plows that sold for $10 now sell for $14. Ropes that sold for 5 cents a pound now sell for 12 cents. A common stove pipe sold for 10 cents; now it goes at 20 cents. Bolts and rods have gone up 75 per cent. Tin has increased from $1.50 to $2 a box. p Cultivators have increased from three to four dollars. Hoes, forks, rakes, shovels, spades and all such articles have gone up to the consumet 45 per cent. Nails, per keg, from $2.20 to $4.10. Barbed wire, galvanized, from $2.40 a hundred pounds to $4.60. Binder twine, which costs 7 cents a pound, now costs from 11 cents to 124 cents. Glass has increased 40 per cent. Other articles of general use show a like increase in cost to the consumer. In every instance the trust has added enormous profits, every cent of which must come out of the people who have heard so much and seen so little of the boasted “McKinley prosperity.” Given Up By Four Doctors. My daughter, after being treated by four doctors, and being given up for lost, a neighbor recommended Foley's Kidney Cure. To-day she is able to walk several miles without fatigue. I feel we would have lost her if it was not for your medicine. Respectfully, Mrs. J. M. Bailey, Beaver Dam; O. J. R. Adams & Son. n For a delicious coffee use Gregg’s standard Java and Mocha. Sold by G. T. Kime. *

JJICHAROSON A TAYLOR. Attorneys at Law. Prompt attention given to all imstness. a Notary Public constantly In Hie office. Office In Carpenter building. Eighth and Main-sis, Petersburg, Indiana. AS1IBY A COFFEY, ‘S' «. II. Ashby, U. A. Coffey, Attorneys at Law. Will practice In all courts. Special attention given to all civil t ustuesH. Notary Public constantly In Hie office. Collections made and promptly remitted. Office over W. I* Barrett’sstore, Petersburg, Indiana. g Q. DAVENPORT, Attorney at Law. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over J. R. Adams A Sou’s drug store, Petersburg. Indiana. I B A CROW, Attorneys at Law. W III practice in all courts. Prompt attention given to all bus*ness. Office in Carpenter b ock, first floor on Elghth-sl., Petersburg. T. R. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over Citizens’ state bank, Petersburg, Indiana. W. H. STONECIPHER. Dental Surgeon. Office In roomsK and 7, in Carpenter building. Petersburg, lndiami. Operations firstclass. Ail work warranted. Ameslbetics used I for painless extraction of teeth. YIULSON A TYNER, f. m. wilson. »" T. W. TVNKK. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collect ions In all parts of the United States. Remittances promptly made. Charges are reasonable. Give us your old accounts, notes, etc., and we will do the rest. Call on or write us. Office onposlte court house in Parker building, Petersburg, Ind. NOTICE Is hereby given to all parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal, EVERY SATURDAY. To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Unekhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASS, Trustee.

( NOTICE Is hereby given to all persons concerned that I will attend at my residence EVERY MONDAY. To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. L. E. THA Y LOB. Trustee. Postofficemddres*: Otwell, Indiana. Notice of Fioal Settlement of Estate. State of Indiana, County of Pike, ss: In the Pike circuit court, November term, 1899. In the matter of the esfateof George Whitman, deceased. Notice is hereby given to the creditors and heirs of Geoige Whitman, deceased, and to all other persons Interested in said estate, that Darius C. Barrett, administrator of said estate, has presented and tiled bis account and vouchers in Anal settlement of said estate, and that the same will eome up tor examination and action of said Circuit Court, at Petersburg. Indiana, on Weduesda.v, November 29th, 1899,^1 which date the heirs, legatees and creditors of said estate and all other persons interested therein, are required to appear in said court and show cause, if any. why said report and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate and all other persons interested therein, are required to appear on said date and make proof of their heirship, or cl dm to said esta’e or any part thereof. Wit ness my hand and seal of said court this 7th day of November, 1899. J. W. Brumfield, 27-3 Clerk Pike Circuit Court. 8. G. Davenport, atty. iorer Coal Co. Having ' leased the Borer Coal Coal Mine^ and being the nearest mine to town, we are prepared to furnish coal at all times. All orders promptly filled. TELEPHONE NO. 16-2. Borer Coal Company.

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FACT Nothing but clean, cold facts. We have a clean, lected stock, bought as low as cash can buy, to offer buying public of Pike and adjoining counties. "T" About Blanket We have the largest stock in town,“and something y< to have this winter in order to keep warm. Note the prices: One lot of 10x4 Blankets, others sell at 48c, our price One lot good, heavy, part wool, worth $1.50. One lot all wool, sells at $3.25, reduced to. One lot extra Lamb wool, 11x4, for. Shoes We are overstocked on some kinds that we offer at prices: One lot Ladies’ Lace, latest style, solid sole, sold at Si == *?§ now One lot Kangaroo, oil grain, Button, worth $1.50, now .JSf 1.25 One lot in Lace and Button Kid, with tio, latest styles, worth $2.56, reduced to_....._^ ......1 J§§llk And Dress Go At prices never heard of before. 26 pieces slightly foiled, that sold at from 40 to 60 cents, reduced to 1 5 and 20 cents per yard. Come in and get your daughter a Dress before they are all gone. ,* -*W.L. BARRET

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