Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 January 1900 — Page 4

? fct Uu gottuig gfiawraat mv M. Met!. STOOPS. ^~:—zs:=r.ry-—. ‘.xi=z On,* Year, In advance. .. Biz jMotilbft,in advance .... .. fl 00 aO Entered at the poxioffle.- *n Hefewborg for uransmteaion through the mails as secondclass matter. -a*, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900. No one is so lonely and forsaken that he cannot find somebody nowadays who will give him a calendar. So close is the connection between this country and England that, incredible as it may sound, a failure on Tugela river is a signal for a failure on Wall street. Report has it that Theodore Roosevelt has outgrown the New York governorship. There is a good deal of truth in this, as Mr. Roosevelt makes a specialty of outgrowing things. The spectacle of the government | loaning a million dollars a day to a New York city bank is not ah inspiring one, but it goes to show how the money power has the McKinley administration by the throat. The McKinley administration is so blind that it can see no inconsistency in inviting “foreign entanglements” in China, and at the same time holding aloof from any attempt to mediate in the South African struggle.

The “Democrat has received a copy of . the Brownstown Banner which is rather a unique issue, being printed on brown straw' wrapping paper. The paper gives a descriptive account of the straw board plant and other industries of that thriving little city. ' Just a year ago McKinley issued a proclamation callirg upon the Filipinos to lay down their arms and be- ' Y* come practically the slaves of the P -t United States, but he held out no hope of self-government. If he had. the war that followed would not have been I begun. , ' Reports from the Philippines frequently state that twenty per cent of Colonel So-and-so’s command has been lpst. Notwithstanding the fact that ' «*• lot of brave American boys will never come home, we must keep on “expanding”-to boom the McKinley administration. One of the London papers, in reviewing McKinley’s message on the subject of currency proposals, says that “like all of Mr. McKinley’s proceedings, they are tentative, platitudinous and dull.” We have not seen any better comment than this on this side of the water. Spool cotton has been advanced 10 cents per dozen by the manufacturers. Nails and wire has received another raise of 2T> cents per hundred. Shelf hardware has advanced 11 per cent. This is one of the beauties of the trusts- The farmer and mechanic must foot the bills. 1 =i-L—i—_ It is estimated that should the currency bill, passed by the House, become a law', the value of the government bonds of the country woySd be increased $65,000,000, so desirous is the gold bug following for the yellow metal. For a scheme to play into the hands of the plutocrats, this currency job is entitled to the honors. Senator Jones sees encouragement for the democracy all along the line. He says that there is practically no doubt of the success of the party next „ •. year, and he bases his belief upon the mistakes which the republicans are sure to make, now' that they are entrusted with the full ppw’er of control in the government. New York and New Jersey, as well as Ohio and Indiana, will be found in the democratic column next year, he believes.

Hawaii is now a part of the United States, and the constitution of this country forbid^ “slavery and involuntartaf servitude, except for crime,” in ; anyrterritorv( controlled by this country, yet in Jjawaii, there are 100,000 ■. men held In involuntary servitude. j and the act annexing the island pro- i | vides for a continuation of this unlawful condition. The action of the American Federation of Labor while - holding sessiou in Detroit, Michigan, * in entering a protest against this matter, is both timely and necessary. t -* ' In the presidents message to Congress, in explaining his attitude of neutrality towards the South African war, he said:, have remained faithful to th?v^jfFecepts, by avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of our direct concern.” He evidently forgot the past history of this country, when expressions of American sympathy, both official and popular, were made in favor of Poland, Hungary, Greece, Armenia and (Juba. Now it is England whose feet we would’ tread ppon by any resolution of sympathy that might be passed by Congress, and the republican managers will see to it that no slight is given to the British empire.

Turn over a new leaf and begin to work for the beet interests of your j town am}:county and if there, should come a,h opportunity to better the in-: terestf of the county don’t stand back iud Wait for some one else to start the movement, but put your shoulder1 to the wheel. The Democrat stands ready to do its share as it has in the1 past. Manufacturers will locate in; this section if the proper encour-i agement is given., Don’t wait for! some other person to do all the push- ! ing but when opportunity offers help1 along. V - Next Tuesday, January Uth, the! democrats of the First congressional; district will meet in this city for the J purpose of selecting a member of the > state national committee, said mem-; ber will also be the chairman of the j First district committee. There will j be present quite a mumber of. the, leading democrats of the district to i attend this meeting. The meeting, will be held at the court house and * will be largely attended. There will < be no other business attended to at this meeting other than the election of a chairman and getting things in shape for the coming campaign which will be one of the most memorable in the history of campaigns.

In this issue of ’the Democrat will be found the report of the viewers and engineer* of the proposed stone j roads in Washington township. The report gives the routes of the several roads, together with the cost of each road. .The proposition is to stone the roads of the principal thoroughfares in^the township, and although the cost of the roads runs up into the thousands it will,soon come back to the people in ways of comfort in traveling and getting produce to market in the winter time and during the muddy.seasons of the year. The election is called for February ti, 1900, at which time the voters of Washington township will have an opportunity to say whether or not they want. good roads or rest content with the roads as they are at present. It is for the voters of the township to say what they want. ^ T$he action of the -secretary of the treasury in ordering that the internal' revenue receipts of the government shall be paid over to the National city bank^of New York city, to use "or distribute as it sees fit, is one of the most outrageous acts that has ever been done by any administration from the foundation of this government. That bank is the most powerful,financial institution in this country. Its capital stock is ten millioj* dollars, and its deposits average^more than one hundred millions%/It is a bank made up of railway /Icings. Ifor the favor granted, the National city bank will not pay one cent to the government, and in return will make enormous sums of money, for it is at liberty to put the money out at interest. This was brought aboutthrough the influence of Hanna and his syndicate of bondholders. Secretary O age had better read the past history of the United States. He will find that there was a United States bank issue that made and unmade presidents half a century ago» Now For The Test. There i^ little doubt that the Boer repulse of the latest sortie from the beleaguered British garrison of Mafeking will add emphasis *to the English policy of delaying furtheroperations of importance until General Roberts shall have arrived in South Africa and assumed command of the re-enforced army. The greatest menace of a departure: from this policy is that contained in the int£lligence_that General Buller, anxious to regain his lost laurels before being superseded by Lord Roberts. contemplates taking the offensive again and forcing battle on tjie Boers. It is more than likely, however, that the British War Office will take steps to prevent such action, wisely^ perceiving that there is no good reason for incurring a further risk of injury to British prestige pending a change of commanders in the field.

Unless the rumored British plan of taking control of Delagoa Bay and advancing on Pretoria from anew base of supplies established at Lorenzo Marquez shall develop into unaccomplished fact, the outlook in South Africa is now for a more deliberate campaign that must inevitably prove dangerous to the Boer strength. The forces of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Fx^e State lack the discipline necessary to their being held together in effective organization throughout a period Qf inaction. The danger of disintegration will become imminent under the strain of prolonged waiting. The consequent test of the Boer commissary and subsist ence departments will be most severe. And it is reasonably certain that Roberts and Kitchener tactics will impose I this strain to the uttermost. It remains to be seen if the Boers, I strengthened by Dutch disaffection in 1 the Cipe Polony and Natal, will be I able to checkmate this play by forcing Roberts to action. Taking the offensive just now would be good policy on their part. It is far from un- I likely that they -will fail to see or j profit by the advantages thus offered. — 3t. Louis Republic. ' •

Washington Notes. That queer thing’s occur in politics everybody knows, but nobody ever ex-1 pected to see republican members of Congress ^trying |o get democratic' members to assist them in resisting t what they call an underhanded attack j on the protective tariff system by the ’ republican administration. Yet that ] is precisely what is being done. Re-! publicans representing sections which ‘ pro-negotiated under the Dingley tariff law, which require the approval of the House as well as the ratification of the Senate, are trying to get democrats^ help them defeat the treat-] ies*

caucus wi^dat Representative Mr. McKinley pulled off his New i Year reception without a scrap be-! tween those who have been fussing j for weeks over whether * General; Miles or Admiral Dewey should be given precedence. General Miles was given precedence under the rule which has always been followed. There is another row on between' General Miles and Adjutant General Corbin. It was started by the recommendation of. General Miles that this year’s West Point class be graduated in February, instead of June, in order that the graduates, instead of civil appointees, might fill the numerous vacancies in second lieutenancies in the regular army. For some reason, General Corbin bitterly Antagonizes this recommendation—of course, he, as Adjutant General of the Army, has no personal interest in th£ Appointment of civilians to be second-lieutenants in the regular army. Secretary Root is said to lean towards Corbin a little, although he has not actually decided the question yet- ' \\ While no one in Washington seriously believes that the republican to indorse the bill of ^ninapacker, of Indiana, which proposes to reduce the congressional representation and the electoral votes of a numbered Southern states. Representative WHson, of'4 South Carolina, who i& an able constitutional lawyer, has gathered a number of legal decisions showing ; that Congress has no constitutional I authority to do what Mr. Crumpackj er*s bill proposes, even if it had the inclination, which he doubts. Mr. I Wilson quotes several decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court, one of which contains the following plain language: “The right to vote is a privilege regulated by municipal law, and inhering exclusively in the state.” He also points out that the right to vote has been denied by a large number of states. For instance, an educational qualification is required by Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Colorado, and Wyoming, while the payment of certain taxes is required before citizens can vote, by Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Nevada. Mr. Wilson says the educational qualification imposed by Massachusetts debars a larger number of citizens than are affected by the constitution or laws of any southern state, and that he feels sure the best sentiment of the Country, regardless of politics, sustains the solution wlj^ch the suffrage laws of South Carolina and other southern states have secured to the people of intelligence of those states. Secretary Gage’s expressed willingness tp answer any questions Congress may ask him, concerning his choice of .a New York bank to receive on deposit all moneys collected from internal rfeyenue taxes—about a $1,000,000 a day—and to'distribute the same to banks in all parts of the country, as may be ordered by the secretary of the treasury, is likely to be put to the test very soon, as there are several things About this transaction which many senators and representatives would like; very much to know. For instance, even among those who concede the legal right of the secretary of the treasury to give the free use of government money to some banks and not to others, which many do not, there is curiosity to know why a bank controlled by one of the biggest and worst of, the trusts—the Standard oil company—was made the distributor of these fund4 and how long that

Dante is allow eel to retain tne money before distributing it to the other favored banks, and whether those banks are given the free use of the money for any specified time. It was this same New York bank that bought the old Custom House property in New ; York, and while questions are in ord? er, Secretary Gage will be ‘asked to explain the legal jugglery in delaying the transfer of title from the govern; ment to the ‘purchaser, by which the bank has escaped the payment of city taxes amounting to, more than $120,000. Boss Hanna was right when be said that the talk aliout Secretary Gage resigning was bosh. The interests which put Mr. Gage in the Cabinet have more wbrk for him to do for their profit, and nobody knows it any better than Boss Hanna. Mr. Gage could not resign, even if he really wished to, without queering himself with those interests. Don’t fail to call at the Democrat office for your job printing. We do all classes of work in good style and at lowest prices. Call up telephone 22.

glCHAROROS A TAYLOR. Attorneys at Law. * Prompt attention given in nil business. A j Notary Pablirroniitxttllv In ihenlSh-r. office in Carpenter huildiiwc, Eighth and Msiu-sts, f Petersburg, Indiana. - qeorge b. Ashby, Attorney at Law. Wilt prwflce In nil courts. Special attenllon given t«» all civil i usincss. Notary Public ruiiiitMilly in tin* office. Collection* made »nd promptly reuiitleii. Office ‘h Citizens' state bunk building. Petersburg. Indiana. : S. G. DAVENPORT. Attorney at Law. Prompt intention given to nil business. Office oyer J. K A limns A Son's drug store, Petersburg. Indians. ■——— -b--—- — CHARLES A. COFFEY, , • v * "■ "'pY, . ' .. rOs % Attorney at Law. All klndsof legal business promptly attended L>. Vnnr patronage solicited. Office upstairs in Clltsens* stale bank building. Tel. IB-2. Petersburg. Indiana. £lOX A CROW, Attorneys at Law. Will pructice in all courts. Prompt attention given to all business. Office in Carpeutei b oek, first Boor on Kighth-st., Petersburg. \\ II*SON A GREENE, j. w-. triumr V. ll.liKKKNK Attorneys at Law. Will practi^tHn all co-irTs. 'Office^ In Parker .block, opposite <ne court house, Petersburg.\l ud. T, R. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Discuses a specialty. Office over Citizens’ state bunt, Petersburg. Indiana. I) R. J. \V. COOK. ■s Vitapathic Specialist, Graduate of the American Health College, treats all chronic discuses without drugs by cleansing impurities and removing poisons from the system. Office in Parker building, ^opposite court bouse. In the same office with l)r. Cook ts Dr.G H.Camp, an Edeetic Physician of 31 years’ experience in the practice of medicine.

W H.STONKCIPHEB. Dental Surgeon. Office In rooms6 and 7, hi Carpeuter building. Petersburg, Indiana. Operations firstclass. All work warranted. Aniesthetics used for painless extraction of teeth. K. M WILSON. T. W. TV.NKli. YY ILSON * TYNER, Petersburg Collecting Agency, Collections in all parts.of the Un*ted States. Remittances promptly made. Charges are reasonable. Give us your old accounts, notes, etc., and we will do the rest. Cali on or write ns. Office opposite court house in Parker building, Petersburg, Ind. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendat, - EVERY SATURDAY. To t ransact business connected with t he office of trustee of Lockhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice,. J. L. BASIS, Trustee. N OTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned that I will attend at my office in Otwell EVERY DAY, To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. ROBERT M. GRAY.Trustee. Postoffice address: Otwell, Indiana. "YfOTICE is hereby given to all parties conii cerhed that 1 will attend at my residence , EVERY WEDNESDAY, To transact business connected with tlieoffice of trustee if Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on office days. J. D. BARKER, Trustee. Postoffice address: Petersburg, Ind. 1

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