Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 April 1900 — Page 6

Getting At thr F#rt*. | Wife (after the honeymoon)—Why did you deceive roe about your income? 1 iusband—I didn’t, my dear. , “Yes, vou did. You to’d me you were getting $50 a week when you asked me to marry you." - “Y ou evidently misunderstood me. I said my position wns worth $50—and so it is— -but for some reason best known to the boss ' 4 be gives me only ten dollars.” — Chicago Evening News. Many People Cannot Drink coffee at night. It spoils their sleep. You can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep like a top. For Grain-0 does not stimulate; it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous persons, young people and children Grain-O is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains. Get a package from your grocer to-day. Try it in place of coffee. 15 and 25c. Punishment. “Did your wife scold when you came home so late last night?” “You don’t know what it is to have a wife who was once a school-teacher. She simply made me write 100 times on a slate ‘I must be at home by ten o’clock.’ ”—N. Y. World. The Beet Prescription for Chllle , and Fever is a bottle of Gkove’s Tasteless Chill Tome. Itis simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price,50c. " In teaching the young, be careful not to deceive them; they will catch you at it.— Atchison Globe. The source of many a large river is but a small spring.—Chicago Daily News.

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The State.Court of Appeals Decides the Gubernatorial Case* * for Beckham..

L ■ i CAN NOT QUESTION THE LEOISUTURE. The DmIhIoii of the Returning: Hoard and thrSabirqaent Action of ■ he Legielatare I Inul Whst the Republican Judaea Say—United States Supreme Court to Be Invoked. Frankfort, Ky., April 7.—The court of appeals yesterday handed down iis_ decision in the gubernatorial contest in favor of Beckham, .lodge Durell dissenting. The other two republican judges, Burnam and fluffy, handed down a separate opinion, which differed in its reasons from the, opinions of the democratic judges, but agreed with th°m in its conclusion. Judge Holson, one of the democratic judges, wrote the opinion of the majority eon- j firming the decision of Judge Field, of Louisville. It recites the work of the state canvassing board and of the contest proceedings in the legislature and all subsequent proceedings, and bolds: Cun Riot Question die hejeUlatnre. “We have no more right to supervise the decision of the general assembly in determining the result of this election than we have to^supervise the action of the governor in calling -a special session of the legislature or in pardoning a criminal or the action of the legislature in contracting debts or determining upon the election of its members or determining other acts authorized by the constitution. No Conflict of Action. “There, is no conflict between the action of the state canvassing board and that of the legislature in these cases. The state canvass^g board was without power to go behind the re* turns. They were not authorized to hear evidence and determine who was in truth elected, but were required to give a certificate of election to those who, on the face of the returns had received the highest number of votes. For the state board to have received evidence to imj>eaeh the returns before them would have been for them in ■effect to act as a board for contesting the election, and if they had uone this they would have usurped the power vested in the general assembly by the constitution, for by its express terms only the general assembly can determine a contested election for governor and lieutenant governor. But the certificate of the state board of canvassers is no evidence as to who was in truth elected. Their certificate entitles the reeipent to exercise the of-. ! tice until the regular constitutional authority shall determine who is the de ! jure officer. The rights of the de jure | ofiicer attached when he was elected, [ although the result was unknown until it was declared by the proper constij tutional authority. When it was so de- ; dared if was simply the ascertainment I of a fact hitherto in doubt or unsetI til'd; The rights of the de facto .officer | under his certificate from the canvassj ing board were provisional or tempoj rary until the determination of the result of the election as provided by the constitution, and upon that determination, if adverse to him, they ceased altogether. No Ri&ht Taken Away. “Such a determination of the result 1 of the election by tbe proper tribunal 1 did not take from him any pre-existing ! right, for, if not in fact elected, he bad only a right to act until the result of the election could be determined. Conrt Without Jurisdiction, “We are, therefore, unable to see : liow this case ean be distinguished irom any other, legislative action taken in a matter over which the constitution has given the legislature exclusive jurisdiction, and we are, therefore, of the opinion that the court is without jurisdiction to go behind the record | maife by the legislature under the conj stitution. Sueh a record seems to us j entitled to every presumption in its | favor which the records of this eourt, j kept under its supervision, would lie entitled to receive at the hands of the legislature in a matter before it. The Score of Partiality. “It is also argued +hat the contest board1 was not fairly drawn by lot; that certain members of the board were liable to objection on the score of partiality, and that, therefore, this board was not properly constituted. If any of these objections were well founded, the general assembly had full power to fake such action as was prope er in vhe premises. It does not appear that anj^of the objections urged were presented to the general assembly; but if they were and it refused to make a correction, it must be presumed that it had sufficient reasons for its action.^ Besides, the board was only a preliminary agency to take evidence and report the facts to the general assembly. The assembly itself finally determined the contest.”

CONCUHS IN, THE DECISION. But Scorei the LeKl^latnre and Points to the Supreme Court. Frankfort, Ky., April 7.—Judges Burnam and Guffy, republicans, while concurring in the court’s having no jurisdiction, dissented from the reasoning. Judge Burnam’s separate opinion says: “It is hard to imagine a more flagrant and partisan disregard of the modes of procedure than is made manifest by the facts alleged and re-1 lied on by conteStees and admitted by demurrery and I am firmly convinced.

from admitted facte, that the legislia ture, in the heat of anger engendered by intense partisan excitement, haa done two faithful, conscientious and able public servants an irre£<arabic injury in depriving them of the office to which they were elected, and a still greater wrong to the large majority of the electors who voted under difficult circumstances to elect these servants. “But we are met at the threshold with the contention that the eourts of the state, under the constitution, have no power to go behind the legislative journal and review the judgment of the assembly in the proceedings over w'hieh they are given by the constitution exclusive jurisdiction, and from whose determination of the question no appeal is provided. 1 have been led, with some reluctance^ to the conclusion, and not without some misgtvings as to its correctness, that there is luKpower in the eourts of the state to review the findings of the general assembly in a contested election for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, as shown by its only authenticated records. Many questions have been raised and discussed by counsel for the appellants, but it will be unnecessary to consider them in view ot the conclusion we have reached on this fundamental question.” WILL <iO TO THE SLOREME COURT.

•Not .Disheartened by the Decision of the Coart of Apprah. , Frankfort, Kv., April 7.—Ex-Gov. \V. O. Bradley, chief counsel for Gov. Taylor, last night authorized the statement that an appeal on behalf of Gov. Taylor and Lieut.-Gov. Marshal will he curried to the supreme court of the United States. Mr. Bradley and dodge \V. II. Yost, counsel for the republican state officers, were in consultation with Gov. Taylor for several hours yesterday afternoon, and the above statement was made at the close of the conference. It is stated that Col. \Y. C. P. Breckinridge and republican leaders from different parts of the state will meet Tavlcr in conference here this morning. Ex-Gov. Bradley saidt ‘'We will not take advantage of any technicalities to delay the progress of the case. Thg decision of the coifrt of appeals is not disheartening to us. We will ask for q writ of error to the supreme court at once, and these contests will now be at an end in a very short time.” * . THE PLOT TO KILL GOEBEL. The IionisvilleCou-rier-Journut t.lves What Purports tu Be the Hi»- * , tory of the Crime. Louisville, Kv.. April 7.—The Courier Journal prints a circumstantial story which purports to give the details of the conception and execution of the plot to kill Senator Goebel. The story is based upon evidence said to have been given to the attorneys for the prosecution by Wharton Golden, VY. H. Culton. II. E. Youtsey and others. The story gives thb name of the man suspected jpf having fired the shot that killed Senator Goebel. He is a Clay county feudist. He is supposed to be in the mountains, and has not yet been arrested. The story follows the evidence given by Golden in the prelimin%rj' trial of Caleb Powers as to the bringing to Frankfort of the armed mountain feudists. The men implicated by Golden’s testimony, several of whom are now under arrest, while others are either in the mountains or in neighboring states. The story follows Golden's testimony as to the plan to cause a riot in the..legislature, during which democratic members were to have been killed; tells how the alleged plan to kill Senator Goebel was carried out; of the' purchase from a well-known Cincinnati house of 23 steel bullets and smoldess powder cartridges; the procuring of a 38-cali-bre rifle with which the shooting is said to have been done, the weapon being returned an hour afterward, and the payment of $1,600 in advance to the man who did the shooting. After the shooting the man who did the work is sjrfd to have been escorted to the mountains by a number of armed men. BLACKBURN’S CREDENTIALS. Senator Ileiioe, of Kentucky, SugKe«t« Their Reference to the ■elections Committee.

reading clerk of the senate had read that part of the minutes of Thursday’s session, which related to the i presentation of the credentials of Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn as a senator from Kentucky, Mr. Deboe (Ky.) said: “I was not aw§re that those credentials were presented. I want to know if they are a subject of reference. If so, I desire to have them referred to the committee on privileges and elections.” “I suppose,” suggested Mr. Jones (Ark.), “that the senator (Deboe) will have no objection to the motion going over.” Mr. Deboe withdrew the motion for the present. Will be Called Up Wednesday. Washington, April 7.—Representative Payne, of New York, floor leader of the majority in the house, and chairman of the ways and means commit* tee, announced, yesterday, that the Puerto Ricah tariff bill would be called up next Wednesday. He said the time limit to be placed on the debate had not been decided upon. The vote might be taken on Wednesday. A Pure Food Bill. Washington, April 7.—A bill was introduced in the senate yesterday by Mr. Foster, making it a felony to use deleterious substances in the prepara tion of food.

Short Specials on the Status of AfrO fairs: in the Legislative Halls of the Nation. ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR DEMOCRATS. i ftctlsnutlon at Webateir Davit, Aa> aUtamt Secretary of the Interior, and It* Significance— Blunder* of President McKinley — Democratic Proi.pecta—The Ship Subsidy.

(Special Correspondence.) The protest against President McKinley by his ortft jt»ar.ty continues. The resignation'or&Webster Davis, assistant secretary « the interior, is one of the severest^blows ever given the administration. To put it briefly, Mr. Davis resigns because he wishes to be free to tell the people the exact conditions of the Boers and what, he learned of them , during; his recent visit to South Africa. He cannot do this and retain his important position under this adminisj t,ration. President McKinley is so thoroughly committee} to the Anglo- ! American understanding that he will not allow' an employe of the government to tell the facts about the Boers,, who are making such a brave Struggle for liberty. Popular sympathy has been with i the Boers ail along and Mr. Davis’ course cannot but accentuate the indignation against McKinley for his pro-British attitude. Mr. Davis is an orator of splendid ability. He stands high in the counsels of the republican party. Ife went, to South Africa with an unprejudiced mine?.' He is now enthusiastic in .behalf' of the Boers on account of the things he has actually witnessed. He says the British censorship has not permitted the Boers’ side of the question to be known. He proposes that it shall be known. Mr. "Davis’ first speech on the subject will be given in Washington, but he will be iu demand all over the country. In addition to the recital of a thrilling story of Boer patriotism, every speech will be of necessity an earnest protest against President McKinley's policy. That a man of such ability and heretofore a loyal republican should be arrayed against the administration on so important an issue is enough to deepen the gloom and discouragement which has characterized the republican counsels for some time. McKinley's Bleii:«lers. There begins to be serious question whether McKinley is after all a probable candidate for reelection. He has piled up such a mountain of blunders and has so thoroughly offended the powerful and able men in his owi, party, that even at this late day the republicans seem to be cashing about for a more available candidate. The movement is a quiet one, but there are indications in Washington that the search for the man is being made. The republicans cannot conceal their anxiety over the outcome of the presidential election, and it is becoming more apparent every day that they fear defeat on account of the division in their own ranks. It can hardly be said that any one candidate is being mentioned in McKinley’s stead. In fact it seems difficult to pick one who would combine the requisite qualities for an enthusiastic and- united party campaign. Still the feeling against McKinley has been gathering force. The Webster episode gave it renewed momentum. Democratic Prospects. Democrats in congress are much pleased over the recent action of the, democratic national committee in sending out .warning that all delegates sent to Kansas City should be iust ructed. The nomination of Bryan and reaffirmation of the Chicago platform seem to be conceded without question, but it is thought that no precaution should be spared to make assurance doubly sure. In Washington the loj^al Bryan enthusiasm is very marked and the democratic leadersin congress receive encouraging reports from theirs constituents as to the prospects of democratic success in the campaign. While the republicans are constantly divided by quarrels and seem to be. getting farther I and farther away from the people, i the democratic harmony and enthusl- [ asm increases in like proportion.

No Pretense of Principle.' During' the closing hours of the senate debate on the Porto Rican bill all pretense of principle was dropped and the discussion dropped merely to the plane of party tactics and political expediency. Senator Depew, who bids fair to become as much of an oratorical nuisance as the youthful Beveridge, quoted statistics whose Inaccuracy might pass muster in an after-dinner speech, but they made the republicans look rather weary and melancholy. Senators Spooner and Cullom could find no better arguments than to plead for time in which to let the “great and good McKinley” work out the v.aconstit'-v tional salvation of Porto Rico. The Ship Subsidy Grab. The ship subsidy $9,000,000 grab is before the house. Representative Gi'osvenor. of Ohio,* champions it in a long introductory report in which various arguments are very plausibly put. The only trouble is that the alleged facts on which the arguments are based do not exist at all. From start to finish the bill is a Standard Oil subsidy. It is designed to give every Standard Oil tank steamer a subsidy which would build it three times over every two years. Much ado is made by Renresentatlve

Grosvenor over the high wages to U paid tc American seamed on subsidized vessels. The fact is that . the bill only provides for American officers and the crew may be Lascars or Japs for anything the shipping trust cares., The one thing certain is that the cheapest kind of seamen will be* employed. Conditions and wages are already so bad on American-owned vessels that American seamen cannot be persuaded to man them. The subsidy bill hf for the benefit o2 the trust owners and not the trust employed seamen. ADOLPH PATTERSON TRUST AGAINST TRUST. The Republican Bluff About Action A train at the Monopolistic Combines.

The republican party, which, according to one of its ablest exponents, always knows how to get out of it« dilemmas, realizes that something startling will have 'to be done, and done at once, to assure the American people that it is opposed, to the trusts. The size of the undertaking it proposes may well be realized from the condition of public sentiment throughout the country at the present time. The relations between' the administration and the Standard Oil bank in New York; the abandonment of the president’s free trade position with regard to Porto Iiico, on the demand of other trusts; the exposure of the Idaho bull pep horrors inflicted upon American miners by negro soldiers employed for the purpose at the dictation of trust magnates—these and other like developments have made it indeed no ensj- task for the party in power, placed ip power! by and for the benefit of the trusts, to* convince the citizenship of the United States that its dearest wish is to throttle and destroy the thing upon which it lives and thrives, and to which it owes allegiance unlimited by humanity, honor, law or constitution. When the republican party talks about action against the trusts it is too^huch like “casting out devils, in the name of Beelzebub, prince of devils,” not to be humorous. Still, the party of Hanna, Rockefeller & Co. is not without effrontery,!among its other virtues, and it seriously proposes an attempt to convince American voters that if once more trusted with control of nati nal affairs it will never sleep until the last trust is rooted out of the union. In o’ ler that there shall be no question of republican good faith, or that Mr. McKinley is not a sturdy anti-trust man, just .as in 1S96 he was a bimetallist and a civil service reformer, the proprietors of the administration are being urged to keep their profits and operations as fnuch under, cover as possible until after the presidential election. This method of assuaging public wrath is being pushed to the’extent of inducing the warring partners in the Carnegie trust to postpone their litigation until next winter, when the fact that a protected infant industry can make a profit of $42,000,000 in one year out of the gold mine of Dingleyism will be ho longer harmful to the party for immediate purposes. * < The republican brethren are good, or mean to be; but it is strictly a post facto goodness that they intend. They will onlj' attempt to crush the hydraigaded monster of monopoly with a constitutional amendment, which they; will kill as soon as the proposition has .served its purpose in the campaign.— Washington Times. -The neatneks with which the re publicans have spiked afl „their guns; ia this Porto Rican affair is illustrated when one analyzes the desperate claim that a tariff on island goods is necessary to prevent the United States from being flooded with cheap products, and t ae American laboring man from being smothered under the competition of tropical cheap3labor. If free trade with Porto Rico means such dreadful things, why in the name of sanity has a bill Sjust. passed the senate providing for absolute free trade with Hawaii? Hajwaii is tropical, and it is full of Jap; anese and Chinese coolies, who supply tie cheapest labor in the world. Does SenatorHannamaintain that the American laboring man has nothing to'fear from free trade with Hawaii, whilfe free trade with Porto Rico would mean his ruin? Come, Mr. Hanna, tbeat the American people as if they had some lit :le intelligence.—Springfield Republican.

-We have made a most deplorable departure, under this administration, from the international policy thajt made us the greatest and most envied of nations. We are apparently on the evf of imperialism. We threaten the attempt to assimilate an empire and a republic. We have served notice on the world that we think more of protection than of our boasted love of human liberty and equality. If this be done, we shall have forfeited the moral right to insist that the maintenance of republics in South and Central America must not be interfered with by the pbwers of the old world. We are deliberately inviting aji sorts of trouble.—Detroit Free Press. -Do you kno.w any reason why the government of the United States should take awdy your money, under the coyer of bounty payments, and give it to another? And that other man already rich? This is the ship bounty scheme. Going further* do you know any reason why government should take away your money, under cover of “protection,” in any form, and give It to another? — Portland Oregonian (Rep.). __! 1 -There will be no relief from the robber trusts until the people turn out the rascals who enarct laws licensing these cormorants to indulge in commercial plunder and who render inoperative and useless statutes enacted jto Put a check on their inordinate greed and soulless extortions.—Kansas 4Sty Times.

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