Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 34, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 December 1899 — Page 4

Ehtfik* Countg frauaxt By 1*1 • U»C'. STOOPS. One Year, tn advance .. ..fl 00 Mix Month*, In advance .... 50 Entered at the poatofflc* In Petersburg for imoMiniitKiou through the untile as meomloltiKH matter. Fill BAY, DECEMBER 29, 1899.

The Democrat wishes its many readers a happy New Year, and may it be a prosperous one lor each and ail. The money trust seems to be getting in ifs- work on the people, and the parly in power seems to be helping it along. The money trust is frying the fat out of the people. Must be {jetting ready to contribute to the republican campaign fund. It is a pretty safe guess that when England goes to war again she will place someone besides Joe Chamberlain at the starting gate. We predict for the financial bill an unpleasant surprise when it reaches the Senate and the Hon. William V. Allen of Nebraska, discovers its presence there. Turn over a new leaf on the first day of January and subscribe for the Democrat, the biggest paper published in Pike county. The price is only one dollar per year. It strikes us that the selection of Philadelphia as the place for holding the Republican National Convention, is another straw going to show that tie convention is expected to be a “tame old affair.’’ Those Washington correspondents, who have been writing to their papers that Billy Mason's speech on the 'subject of the Boers did not create any excitement, evidently were not present to witness that gentleman when he was in the act of delivering it. It is stated that the Republican nominations in Philadelphia next June, are to be made by acclamation, which makes evident the fact that the politicians of that city will not have a chance to do any ballot box stuffing such as they resorted to in the late election. °

Hon. W. V. Allen returns to the United States Senate. It is safe to predict that there are several shivers causing annoyance to the gold bugs about this time. Mr. Allen knows the , currency question from A to Z and will be able to let in much light on the fallacies of the majority. In the light of recent events in the Transvaal the people of all nations are begining to get their eyes open to the fact that the silver cause is coming to the front stronger than ever. There is not gold enough to carry on the business of the world, not even the United States alone. Attorney General Griggs is said to cast longing eyesQtoward a seat on the supreme court bench and his good friend, McKinley is anxious to reward him. Incidentally it may be mentioned that in his last annual report, Mr. Griggs recommended; that the salary of the supreme court judges be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 per year. Professor Dean V. Worcester of the United States Philippine commission sees in the Philippines a splendid field for the growth of cotton, climate and soil being declared especially advantageous for the crop. How will the south like this new rival in a Held that it has held practically exclusive for years':' There has been too much of this benevolent assimilation business; it looks more dike belligerent extermination. Several of the republicau papers in the First district have contained very complimentary articles concerning the candidacy of Virgil Ii. Greene of this city as a candidate for the republican nomination for Congress. The Press of this city,for some reason don’t publish the clippings or have a word to say in favor of Mr. Greene. Mr. Greene is one: of the orignal single gold standard men. The postmasters, of course, all favor Hemenway,

Upon the same day that the republican congress passed the new gold standard bill there "was a great collapse in the New York exchange. Will the new gold standard bill create a panic in the country? Looks a little that way. In 18}M> the republican party was pledged to international biraetalism, but now it is pledge^ to the gold standard at the dictation of the holders of gold, who are trying to bring it to a premium. A short time ago there was some gold coin in circulation, it is now being held. From the present outlook the United States senate will not pass the bill in view of the condition of things since it passed the house.

The alleged Currency Bill is not a currency bill at all. It is a bill to retire and destroy the greenbacks—the best and safest currency the people of the United States ever had—a currency that bears two per cent, premium in Berlin, one and a half per cent, premium in Paris, and one per cent, premium in London. And in none of these European cities can National Bank bills be circulated at any standard of discount.

Every old soldier has been snubbed by the McKinley administration. These old veterans have not been recognized in the distribution of the oflices, and worse than that the granting of pensions has almost stopped. It is so cold about the pension office for old soldiers that they almost freeze when they ask for an increase. McKinley’s pension commissioner is carrying out Mark Hanna’s peunious policy toward the soldiers and if the administration does not hear from them at the polls next fall we shall be greatly mistaken. The new gold standard bill of the republican party has presented the country with a line Christmas present. For instance, last week the Globe national bank of Hoston, the Produce exchange trust company of New York. Broadway national bank of Boston, John P. Squire Company of Boston, Henry Allen and Company of New York, Charles A. Vogeler Company of Baltimore, and the shrinkage in copper stocks were among the failures and entailing a loss of $21(5,000,000. The gold standard is a great thing, and the money trust still fattens. The sympathy and support of the newspaper publishers of the country will go with Representative Bellam’s (of North Carolina) effort to suppress the greed of the paper trust: He has introduced a bill providing for the repeal of all duties on wood pulp and other raw materials used in the manufacture of paper and also providing for the reduction bv one-half of the duty Ion manufactured paper. This bill is a sturdy blow at the paper trust, which has taken advantage of the tariff to increase prices and create a practical monopolistic grabbing.

Before the industrial commission in Washington City recently, W. H. Griffith, tin plate maker, testified that while tin plate was selling at $2.<>0 he made a profit of 20 per cent. The trust then raised it to $5.05 and has since matte another advance! And the countr^is prosperous! Wonder how many farmers pay all the wages for time on the farm and make even 10 per cent? But' then farmers and laboringmen will see that the trusts get a lick in 1900 by retiring the republican congressmen and electing William J. Bryan president of the United States. The democracy of the First congressional district will meet in this city Tuesday, ^January 9th, for the purpose of selecting a chairman of the committee for the district and who will also be a member of the state central committee. The district has several good men for the position any one of whom will make a splendid organizer and member of the committee. At the meeting will be a number of prominent workers of the district who are always in attendance at the councils of the party. It would be well for a large number of the workers and those who take active part in the county campaigns to be present at this meeting. Another striking proof of thelove of the republican party for the “dear working people’’ has just been given by the administration. The war department has issued an order discontinuing the making of uniforms in this country, for the soldiers in the Philippines, thus depriving many deserving persons of needed work. And ’ before they were warned to keep mum officers of the Quartermaster General’s office have told why—simply because the uniforms can be made che^pef’ in Hong Kong, where Chinese\j*eap labor can be had, than in the United States. But republican stump speakers will go right along talking about saving their hearers from the competition of foreign “pauper labor.”*

, Whenever the Wall street gamblers get in a tight place they don’t hesitate to ask the government to help them out.In the recent money panic in Wall street the government was called on and went to the rescue of the gamblers by placing large sums of money in the New York banks and also taking up bonds. But on the other hand, the farmers and the laboringmen have been suffering for help and what do they get? Well, from the condition of things, it looks like it is the “cold shoulder.” But then it is ever thus with republican administrations, always pandering to the trusts and monopolists and stock ^gamblers. When has the republican | administration passed any legislation I beneficial to the farmer or laboring- | men of the country? Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, the I great stomach remedy, is now sold *y 1 the Oliphant Drug Co. d

I Washington Notes. The most notable thing about the present attitude of the Ilanna-McKin-; ley machine is its apparent recklessness in arranging for legislation that will result in the extravagant expen- j diture of public money. They seem j to take it for granted that the peo-1 pie are too dazed to see through their j schemes, one of thet most costly of j which is the ship-subsidy job, which is: to be started with an appropriation of $100,000, to be disbursed in ten years. This job was endorsed by Mr.1 McKinley in his message, and by the republican National Committee at its recent meeting, and it is to push it along that Assistant Postmaster General Perry Heath, and Comptroller of Currency Dawes have been selected so long in advance of the campaign, and in absolute defiance of the Civil Service law, to prepare literature to be distributed by the National Committee. The principal duty of this republican literary bureau for several months will be to try to fill republican papers with demands for the passage of the shipsubsidy bill by Congress, in order that the weak-kneed republicans in Congress. who are disposed to balk on this subsidy business, may be made to believe that the press of their party is demanding the legislation. If this job goes through Congress, and is signed by Mr^ McKinley, it ought to and probably will, make thousands of democratic votes in the Presidential campaign. And that isn’t the only contemplated job. In fact, it looks as though the Hanna-McKinley machine, in its recklessness to spend public money in the interest of its favored supporters, would furnish a first-class lot of vote-making democratic campaign material.

Boss Platt has already half won his tight against Secretary Boot as the nominee for Vice President on the McKinley ticket, as Boss Hanna has publicly said that there was no disposition to force Mr. Root on the ticket, if he was not acceptable to the New York delegation. But Platt is not to have everything his own way, and it is practically certain that he will not be able to get his man, Timothy Woodruff, on the ticket. Hanna] played a strong anti-Platt card when he got a boom started for [Cornelius Bliss, who was Mr. McKinley’s first Secretary of the Interior, and who is every bit as objectionable to Platt as Root. And he drooped a hint for Platt when he said that if New York wanted the second place on the ticket, it would have to present a united delegation at the convention; otherwise the nomination would go to some other state. Already. Attorney General Griggs has a miniature boom. That Mr. McKinley does not regard his re-election as an assured thing may be judged from the fact that he has already partially made arrangements for an across-the-continent stumping tour, similar to the one he made last fall. The excuse is to be the launching of the battleship-Ohio, at San Francisco, which is to take place sometime in September or October. Mr. McKinley will attend the launching on a special train, going by one route and returning by another, and will make rear-platform speeches wherever the party managers may consider them necessary. Similar trips are to be made to the New England states, all of which shows that Mr. McKinley isn't expecting the walk-over that less shrewd members of his party are predicting. Subscriptions to the fund that is being raised for the widow and children of Gen. Lawton, who was killed in the Philippines, are coming in quite rapidly. The total now exceeds $25,000.

The administration has refused to order Gen. Wheeler either to remain in the Philippines, where h'e is said to be much dissatisfied with the command given him by Otis, or to return to Washington. He got a friend to endeavor to get Mr. McKinley to drop a hint on the subject and that is the sort of hint he got. If General Wheeler returns, he will have to resign his commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers. Senator Marion Butler, Chairman of the National People's party Committee, has sent a circular letter to each member of that committee, asking for their views as to holding a National Convention to nominate a Presidential ticket. He thinks a convention will be held and that it will nominate Colonel Bryan. Speaking of the convention, -Senator Allen, of Nebraska, who is a member of the National Committee, said that it made no difference whether the Convention was held before or after the democratic convention, because it was already settled that Colonel Bryan would be nominated by both conventions. Senator Allen says the Bryan electors will carry Nebraska by 25,000 majority.

That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands, of sufferers have proved their match* less merit for sick .and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and bufld up your health. Easy to take try them. Only 25 cents. Money backiif not cured. Sold by the Stearnes Drug Co.

JJICH A RDBON 4 TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law. Prompt attention given to all business. A Notary Public constantly In the office. Office In Carpenter building, Eighth ami Maln-sts , Petersburg, Indiana. ASH BY 4 COFFEY, G. B. Ashby, C. A. Coffey. Attorneys at Law. Will practice In all courts. Special attention given toall civil i usinesa. Notary Pu»»llc constantly In the office. Collodions made and promptly remitted. Office over W. L. Barrett’s store, Petersburg, ludiana. Q G. DAVENPORT. Attorney at Law. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over J, K Adams 4 Son's drug store, Petersburg. Io.liana. tOX 4 CROW, Attorneys at Law. Will practice In all courts. Prompt attention given to all business. Office In Carpenter b oek, first floor on Eighth-*!,, Petersburg. '■J'* It. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over.Cltliens’ state ban*, Petersburg. Indiana. D" J W. COOK. Vitapathic Specialist. Oraduatc of the American Health College, treats alt chronic diseases without drugs by cleansing impurities and removing poison's from the system. Office in Parker building, j opposite court house. I n the same office with Dr. t ook is Dr.U H. Camp, an Eclectic'Physician, practices with or without medicine. II. STUN EC I PH Elf, Dental Surgeon. Office In rooms8 and 7, in Carpenter building. Petersburg, Indiana. Operations firstclass. All work warranted. Ames the tics used tor painless extraction ol teeth.

\Y IL»ON A TYNER, k. m. wii.son. »* T. \V. TYNKR. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections 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 ouposlte court house In Parker building, Petersburg, lnd. NOTICE Is hereby given to all parties interested that I will attend at my office In Steudal, EVERY SATURDAY, •To transact business connected with theoffice ot trustee of Iswkhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASH, Trustee. VJ0TICE Is hereby given to all persons con1 s cerned that I will attend at my office In Ot well EVERY DAY. To transact business connected with theoffice of trustee of Jefferson township. ROBERT M. GRAY, Trustee. Postofflce address: otwell, Indiana.

vrOTICE Is hereby given to nil parties con11 cerned that i will attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY, To transact husl ness connected with theottlce of trustee Jt' Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on office days. J. D. BA RKER, Trustee. Postofflce address: Petersburg, Ind. 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. Barer Coal Company. •4FRED SMITH** Dealer in all kinds of FURNITURE!

Funeral Supplies a Specially We keep on hand at all times the finest lint of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suits a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets. Shrouds, etc., of the best make. Eureka Harness Oil is the best preservative of new leather and the best renovator of old leather. It oils, softens, blackens and protects. Use on your beet harness, your old harness, and your carriage top, and they will not only look better but wear longer. Sold everywhere In cans—all Slaes from half pints to five gallons. Hate by BTANUiair Oil. to.

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ly you will say when you look through our large stock that before has it been your good fortune to have such an oppc ty offered »o you to buy as high grade goods at such low as we now offer. We have A BEAUTIFUL Line of fine White Shirts, fancy Colored Shirts, Ties, nn< Suspenders, Gloves, fine Handkerchiefs, Fascinators, Ice Shawls, Ladies’ Gloves and Mitts and fine Dress Goods Me for Christmas presents. Our line of Overcoats, Clotl Hats, Caps, Boots, Bootees, Felt Boots, Rubber Goi Wool Blankets, Fancy Cotton and Woolen Hosiery and wear was never more complete at the approach of CHRISTMAS Would be an excellent time to open up your heart, as„ your pocketbook, and buy some of the above articles, need them now. Don’t put cff happiness ’till tomorrow or 1 year, it maybe too late. Besides can’t you think of jc friend that has not been so fortunate—that Providence smiled upon so cheerily, that would appreciate a nice PRESENT II you do, the only question for you to decide is what and to buy. Our large stock and very low prices leave no rc any argument qn these points. We can please you. W< just received a large amount of Gold Aluminum'Tablewi.. we are giving away to our customers. Call aad get your Remember, it is given absolutely FREE -h With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a HappiS Year, we are respectfully, -*W. L.BARRE »w mi

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