Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 9, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 July 1900 — Page 5

NEW YORK AND INDIANA Tbeir Turn to Go Democratic In November. PRESIDENCY GOES WITH THEM. In .the Last Seven National Contests They Have Determined the Resnlt. Vote lias Itettulnrly Alternated. Prosperity to De the Republican Dattlecry—The Transport Sumner. [Special Washington Letter.] For the past 28 years New York and Indiana have determined every presidential election. They went llepublican in 1872, 1SS0, 1888 and 1800. They Went Democratic in 1870. 1881 and 1802. It is their turn to go Democratic next November: The swing of the pendulum is toward the Democratic* party. It will be the duty of the Democratic convention at Kansas City to give the pendulum all the help it can. With a certainty that Bryan will be the unanimous nominee outlie convention by acclamation for the presidency, it is tot^* presumed that the vice presidential nomination will be placed with special regard to its effect on the elec|t’ toral vote of one or both of these piv

otai states, The platfprm, while'giving reaffirmation to the principles of the Chicago declaration, will give further emphasis and prominence to the issues which have been created by the McKinley administration and on which a revulsion of sentiment in New York and Indiana has taken those states from the sure Republican column and -tmade them lighting ground for the Democracy. Both states are naturally Democratic. Their traditions and their '"''-■greater history are found in the recI oijds of Democratic administrations. /Maryland and Kentucky are now concededly Democratic and will vote for Bryan. On the basis of the vote? of 189G a change of 23 more electoral votes will be needed to secure the election of the Democratic ticket. . New York has 30 and Indiana 13. • Here are 51 electoral votes, enough to secure Bryan’s election and provide a margin of safety against the possible loss of several minor states in the far west which supported Bryan in 1800. But the Influences which will give New York and Indiana to the Democracy and which restore Maryland and Ken-, tucky to the Democratic column should prove effective in Delaware and West Virginia, Michigan and Illinois. So it becomes more and more apparent that the fight will center upon New York and Indiana, with the expectation that neighboring states will follow* the tide that sweeps them into the Democratic column. The national leaders are wide awake and will go before the country with an appeal tor restore the nation to the conservative and time .honored principles which have made it great rather than pursue tiie imperial will-o’-the-wisp of McKinley, who has led the country into the quagmire of foreign complications and foreign aggression. With China entering upon a domestic convulsion which threatens to make the French revolution pale by comparison with its awful tragedy of bloodshed and barbarous anarchy it becomes certain that the Republican party will have less to say about the expansion of oriental trade than it had intended. The whole orient is about to plunge into a riotous hell, the end of which no statesman is wise enough to forecast. It will be well for the United States if it can hold sufficiently aloof ,to avoid being dragged into the international war which may result. It now becomes more1than ever apparent that the wiles of Lord Salisbury were not. exerted in vain when, lie led McKinley into the foolish blunder of seizing the Philippines. A terrific pressure is even now being exerted ftom London to iuditbe McKinley to usd the troops in the Philippines ns a cgt’s paw to rake the British chestnuts' out of the Chinese fire.

bo the Republicans, abandoning oriental trade expansion as an argument, perforce, are going to make their whole campaign on the issue of “prosperity.” To this end Mark Hanna has directed O. F. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics of the treasury department, to prepare a campaign text book, with “prosperity” for its motto.* This is merely one of a hundred instances in which government money, government clerks,, and government time have been used for Republican ends and purposes. Austin was appointed to; his job in clear violation of the civil service law, without either standing or experience as a statistician, for- the sole purpose of cooking up plausible figures for Republican campaign use. As a twister and juggler of figures he is a marked success. It is undoubtedly true that the export trade of the United States has increased. It has been increasing for many years and makes a specially good showing at the present time owing to the temporarily enhanced prices of a few staple articles, notably iron and cotton and a few others controlled by trusts and similarly a$ected in price. It is equally true that foreign trade the world ow;r is showing marked increases, in other Countries as well as in the United States. McKinley can hardly be given credit for a worldwide condition. But Mr. Austin’s book, prepared in government time, with the aid of government clerks and printed in the government printing office at government expdpse, will be wfdely quoted by the Republican orators, so the Democratic masses may as well be prepared to advance *o consider the source. The public likes to learn certain details as to the way public funds ate squandered, and it is difficult to per

suade some people that reckless extravagance In such matters is not much akin to plain stealing. During the war with Spain the navy department bought a tramp collier called the Cassius, of 2,738 tons burden and of nine knots speed, for the sum of $100,000.' She was a third rate vessel a-t best and in ordinary times $100,000 would have been a good price for her. Last year she was turned over to the Avar department at cost. The war department rechristened her the Sumner and sent her to the Norfolk navy yard to be refitted as a transport. The first estimate of cost of refitting Avas $100,000. A feAA* Aveeks later the estimated cost Avas increased $.">0,000 A little later it increased to $250,000. The final figures ran up to $052,218. It Avas originally intended that she should carry 1,000 troops, • but the otticers’ quarters expanded to such an extent that it was found i>ossible, by crowding to the utmost limit, to get in only 772 troops. An actual inspection of the ship shows that officers’ quarters take up one-third of the available space of the vessel. For the 772 troops and crew there are 10 extravagantly fitted up bathrooms Avith hot and cold water, shower and needle baths, porcelain -tubs and hand laid mosaic tiling, put in at a total cost of over $30,000. There are 20 fine shower Imths for the use of otticers and passengers. There is a carved moliogany sideboard costing over $1,000, and the fittings of the dining saloon cost over $15,000. These sample items give a surface indication of the Avay the taxpayers’ money is squandered for the benefit of a lot of pampered army and navy otticers. *L. A. White. SOLDIERS FOR BRYAN. Issue a Call For a National Mass Convention at Chicago.

The Old Soldiers and Sailors’ Bryan Free Silver club of Denver lias issued a call for all veterans of the civil war to meet at Chicago Aug. US to Sept. 1T The object of the meeting is to perfect an organization of old soldiers and sailors to work for the election of "William Jennings Bryan. The requirements for admission to membership and to the meetings of the convention are that each shall sign the membership pledge of “principles and purposes” of the United States Monetary league, as follows:0 “We, the undersigned, desiring to promote the general welfare of our commou country, knowing that the money question and its intelligent solution is the one thing which vitally affects the great masses of our people and fully believing in the right, justice and equity of the principles of bimetallism and the independent, free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 into legal tender money, ns provided by the constitution of the United States, and the issue of full legal tender paper money to the end that no substitutes for money shall be Issued by private monopoly, and for the purpose of conducting a campaign of education on these lines until the rights we enjoyed prior to 1873 are fully restored, we desire to enroll ourselves as members of the United States Monetary league and agree to participate in such organization and work.” The attention of all veterans is called to the following address: To the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War: The presidential campaign is rapidly approaching, and the'.contestrng hosts will be in array in November for (he battle of ballots. There are issues to be considered in that campaign that are of vital interest to the common people of the United States. Among the most important is the financial question, it is one of deep concern to every liberty loving citizen not a multimillionaire. The money oligarchy, through the medium of the Kcpuhikan party, is busily forging (the chains of industrial slavery with ■which. ti> shackle the limbs of the wage workers and producers. The financial legislation of our country is dictated to congress hv the money power of Wall etreet and is trained solely in thejr interest. Thy control of our currency is being steadily concentrated in the hands of the few. In the currency bill recently enacted into law by our present congress we find the culmii&tio]) of the crime of ’7;!. committed by John Sherman in the inti rest of the money power. The ulterior purpose of Mr. Sherman was to force the country to adopt a single gold standard, because, it being the rarest and costliest metal that can be used as a cireulatini medium, it could be the more easily and read; v hoarded up in the vaults of our modern Shyloc'.and by its-withdrawal from circulation at stated, periods of time they could more easily i rente panics and cuuse a transference of the property holdings of the poor to the possession of the mop ey powers. Panics cannot be precipitated with any such results while silver circulates as money 6ide by side with gold. The free and unlimited coinage of silver at tinratio of 10 to 1 is the Gibraltar against which tinmoney power may hurl its mercenary fori os in vain. It is the safeguard of the liberty, prosper ity and happiness of the common people. For the reasons set forth aboveVand many others that might be adduced we b lievc that the exist ing financial conditions arc dangerous and a men aee to the peace and welfare of our common people. It behooves every patriotic soldier-citizen to seriously consider the situation and to determine now the stand he will take in the coming cam paign, whether for the masses or for the 'classes. For -the purpose of making a united effort for the right and, as -we firmly and truly believe, for the l>est interests of onr entire country, the mem bers of this organization have banded themselves together under the auspices of the United States Monetary league, as the Divan Free Silver club, and purpose with zeal and fidelity to do all that lies in our power, as a unit, to further the cansof the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 in a spirit of pure and lofty patriotism. And wi ask the cordial co-operation of every soldier and Bailor of the civil war to the end that we may yet again become the greatest and most prosperous Cation upon the earth. The pledge of the United States Monetary league, which must be signed by those wishing to participate in the proceedings of the convention, will be sent out to club secretaries and others and furnished applicants at the national secretary’s oh flee in Chicago and at the hall entrance during the convention. 1 J. Wilkes Moore, Corresponding Secretary, 634 Seventeenth Street, Denver. Ko man la good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. "When the white tunn govern* himself, that in self government) bat when he govern* hlniseli and alao govern* another man. that la more than aelf government—that la deapottanm—Abraham Lincoln.

THE CONQUEST OF CUBA Island to Be Placed at the Mercy of Wail Street. SENATOR HALE OH THE SITUATION. Remarkable Statement From On* of I the Foremost Republican Leaders. UruNvcnur Says We’re After Pelf. The Verdict of the Feople Will Be Needed to Decide Cuba’s Fat are. What is this country going to ilo witli Cuba? ’|,'his is a question which many are urging the administration to answer without further ado. When the United States intervened in behalf of Cuba and the American-Spanish war resulted, a resolution was passed by congress giving out in so many words that tills country was uot entering on au era of conquest so far us Cuba was concerned, but since the war has terminated nothing has been” done to carry out the promise then made. Some are growing restless over the matter, mul Senator Hale, one of the stanchest Republicans in the country, uttered in a speech on the tloor of the senate a few days ago these remarkable words: “There are very powerfnl Influences in this country, lamely located la Xcn York city, lamely speculative ami connected with money making; enterprises. Unit are determined we shall neverfclve up Cuba. “I think the time will never come, unless something earnest and «1 rawtic la done hy congreaa, that the laat aoldler of the Inlted State* will be withdrawn front Cuban aotl. 1 do not think tlie preaident favors that, I do not think tlie secretary of ttpr favors that.*’ If sucli a man as Senator Hale has reached the conclusion given above is it uot about time for sober minded people of all parties to awaken to the true condition of affairs?—Austin Statesman. Next to Hanna and second in command of the Wall street tools is General Grosvenor of Ohio, and he said recently on the floor of the lower house of congress in referring to Cuba: “We are going to make all we can oat of It.” . But there has never been any^loubt about what the controlling influences of the Republican party will do with Cuba since American soldiers lauded on the island any more than there is doubt about what a highway robber will do with money that falls into his hands, and tlie writer hereof would just as soon trust a highway robber as to trust the controlling influences of

the Republican party. As to what the country will do with Cuba depends entirely upon the verdict of the people in the general elections of this year. If Bryan is elected, he will not be controlled by the combination of Wall street and London capitalists and will deal honestly, fairly and justly with the Cubans, but if the people allow the re-election of McKinley the Cubans will fare about as those who fall into the hands of highway robbers. A ml the people of Mexico may well thank their stars that the Democratic party was in power at Washington in 1847, as the American flag would not have been “hauled down” from over the City of Mexico if the controlling influences of the Republican party had been in power, and the people of the United States would have been taxed hundreds of millions of dollars annually to hold the Mexicans in subjection. Besides, Texas would never have been a republic if the controlling influences of the Republican party had been in power at Washington in 1830, for American soldiers would have been sent shortly after the battle o”f San Jacinto, while the Texans were weak and bleeding, to take possession in order that the tools of the money power could say of Texas as General Grosvenor said the other day of Cuba: “We nre going to make all we can out of it.” As a result of war corporations have lieen enthroned and an era of corruption In high places will follow. and tlie money power of the country will endeavor to prolong? Its reign by Working anon the prejndices of the people until nil wealth is aggregated In n few hands and, the republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before. even In the midst of war. God grant that n»y suspicion may prove groundless.—Abraham Lincoln. ' I -

MAJOR RATHBONE’S THREAT To Poll Down tlie Colnmns of the Temple on Mark Hnuna. Hero is an extract from a letter written l>y Major Uatlibone. McKinley’s director of the posts in Cuba: “Iff Y nm arrested or if I am molestj oil, I will pnll down the columns of | vhe temple, and, although I perish Jin | the ruins, there will be others who i will go down with me.” When Per^y Heath got that letter, lie ; took it to Senator Hanna. Senator Hanna did s6me hard thinking. He knew who Uatlibone meant .by the word ‘•others.” His plan of action, it is believed, is to keep Uatlibone in Cuba. If Uatlibone refuses to be docile and stay in Cuba, llanua will seek to circumvent him some other* way. The one thing Hanna and Colonel Charles pick do not want Uatlibone to do is to tell what lie knows. Neely's Mistake, Perhaps if Neely and his accomplices. in teaching-Cuba the kind of government McKinley wants the island to haw. had contributed a share of their plunder to the Republican presl- , dentin! mnoiaign fund all would have

JJICHARDSON 4 TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law. Prompt attention given to all business. A Notary Public constantly in the office. Office In Carpenter building, Eighth and Main-sis., Petersburg, Indiana. ^ 1 JO ROE B. AS1IBY, Attorney at Law. Will practice in all courts. Special attention given to all civil business. Notary Public constantly In the office. Collections made and promptly remitted. Office *u Citizens’ state bang buildiug, Petersburg, Indiana. S. G. DAVENPORT, Attorney at Law. Prompt attention given to all busiiiess. Office, in Parker block, opposite the court lionise, Petersburg. Indiana. Q H ARLES A. COFFEY, Attorney at Law. A ll kindsof legal business promptly attended to. Your patronage solicited. Office luistairs in Citizens' state'hank building. T,el$ro-2, Petersburg, Indiana. C lOX 4 CROW, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all courts. Prompt attention given to all business, office in Carpenter block,,IIrst tloor on Eigbili-sl„ Petersburg. \Y 7II.S0N 4 GREENE, J. W. WLUSON V. K. UKEENE Attorneys at Law. Will practice in ail courts. Office in Frank block, over Star clothing house, Petersburg. lud. l>OSEY 4 CHAPPELL. Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all courts. Collections promptly made. Notary public in office. Office upstairs in Snyder building in iront oi Democrat office, Petersburg, Indiana. V AN LEY M. KR1EG, Attorney at Law. All business promptly attended to. Will practice in all courts'. Office in Montgomery building, Petersburg, Indiana. M M, RICE, Attorney at Law. Will practice in Pike and adjoining counties, and in all courts. Notary Public. Office in Dispatch buildiug, up stairs,Winslow, lnd.

J R.RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over Citizens’ state bank, Petersburg. Indiana. W r M. HUNTER, Physician and Surgeon. Office in rear of Citizens’ State bank. Tel. 91-2 residence and office. Office hours—day and .night. D R. J. \V. COOK, Vitapathic Specialist, Graduate of the American Health College, employs all vital and vitalizing methods ot the superior Vitapathic system iu cleansing impurities and removing poisons and causes of disease. Processes covered by State charter and United States patents. Also Electro Thermal Vital Warm Air Baths given. Office in Parker building, opposite court housew J. GLADISH. Hypnotism & Magnetic Healing. Every known disease cured without medicine or surgery, it cures where everything else fails, terms reasonable and all correspondence receives my best attention. If diseased write at once. Office at Rumble, Ind. vy H. STON ECIPHER, Dental Surgeon. Office in roomstt and 7, in Carpenter build* insr. Petersburg, Indiana. Operations tirstclass. All work warranted. Amesthetics used for pain less extract ion of teeth. NOTICE is frereby given to alt parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal, EVERY SATURDAY, To transact bu&iness connected with the office oi trustee of lajickhart 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 office iu Otwell EVERY DAY. To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. Rt)BE RT M. GKA Y. Trustee. Postoftice address: Otwell, Indiana. NrOTICE*is hereby given to all parties concerned that 1 will attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY*. To transact business connected with theottlce of trustee of Madison township. Positively no business transacted except on office days. C. J. ULADTSH, Trustee. Poatofflceaddress: Bowman, lnd.

Don’t tie the top of^bnr jelly and preserve jars in the old fashioned way. Seal them bv the new, quick, absolutely sure way—by a thin coating of pure, refined Paraffine wax. Has no taste or odor. Is air tight and acid proof. Easily applied. Useful in a dozen other ways about the house. Full directions with each pound cake. Sold everywhere. Made by STANDARD OIL CO

A GREAT SALE OF ^nw\ks au&X&Vvses Owini.- to the failure of one of ,hl> largest trunk manufacturers in the East we were enabled to secure.through an agent in Cincinnati a limited supply of their bankrupt stock of , , ■ • TRUNKS, TELESCOPES AND TRAVELING BAGS. NVe will commence at once and continuing for the next fifteen day: A Great Bargain Giving Sale of Trunks and Telescopes. Telescopes with heavy leather come s, two straps, Q O * each........ .. oOC Telescopes made same as above except two inches longer, Telescopes with three leather strap>, largest size-made. Club Bags, made of iiuitatiou leather, brass lock. Gents’ leather \ alises, with two leather straps and brass trim-. mings, each... . .... ... 85c 48c $1.15 Trunks :J0 inches long, covered all over with heavy slieet iron | yg covering, inside tray, with hat box, large size. ' Trunk not one of the band box kind, each Trunk same as above, except four trehes longer,” each. . . 2.25 A very special bargain is an all slael iron covered Trunk. ^ QQ inches long by 20 inches high, with three separate apartments on inside with plenty of room in bottom for clothing Space forbids us mentioning »1 of the many bargains we have in fhts line. We want our customers who are in need of Trunk or Valise to have the advantage of our lucky purcht.se. Bemember.this sale i< for 15 days onlv. ^ m

Star Cloth mg House, PETERSBURG, IND.

* t * * * * * t * <30 TO THE •*STAR • TAILOR ■>* Where the crowd goes, \f you Want anything in the line of Tailoring, Mr. Chirk has secured an expert tailor. Business has been too strong tor him alone. Go ill and see them make your Suitor Pants. All the latest designs t<*, select from. Suits to order. $15-up; I‘ ,nts, $‘3.50 up. Suits pressed, 50c while you wait; Pants, 15c. All kinds of cleaning and repairing at .fewest firjecs. I j. I I. CLAPK, Mosessou's old stand, Lower Main street.

A Telephone in youir Residence, Office or Sto time and make you money. Our present Rates leave no excuse for b modern necessity. Don’t “sponge” on 3 our neighbor. Thi convince you. Place your order now, and hi placed in your residence Let us know your Cumberland Telephone & J. W. THOMAS, Manager.

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4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 *-• $ TIT I T T T)]l DUD Say, ha«e you seen that Wall Paper at L. 11. A VV ftLlL r ArCiA Clark's? He has the-• cheapest the anil prettied \ * patterns in the town. Paper as low as 4 cents f per roll to the finest in the market. a ’• • • A Manufactured independent of pools or trusts. Delivered.'to any part of A the city free of charge. L. H. CLARK, t . . :?v Mosessdn's old stand, Lo?vtr Main stn et.

Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis C. Railroad Time table iu elleet Nov. 28,1807: St. Loins St.Louis Fast Exp. Limited. Stations. Louisville Limited. 8:00 a.m.j 8:00 p.m.; Leave 10:45 a,m. 11:40 p.m.j Leave 11:08 a.m.| 12:01 a.m. Leave 11:22 a.m. 12:14 a.m.[Leave 11:88 a.m. 12:30a.m.;Leave 0:20 p.m. 7:12 a.m.j Arrive. . Louisville .. Hnntingburg .Vfelpen l-v. Winslow Oakland City .St. Louis'. . . arrive arrive | 7:00 a.m. 4:25 a.m. 4:02 a.m! 3:52 a.m 3:37 a.m. 9:15 p.m. I>ouis\ llle F»M.J£xp. 5:45 p.m. .2*5 p.m 2:30 p.m p.m 1:57 p.m. 1 :«*: a.m Night trains 8toi> at Winslow and Velpen on signal only. R. A. Campbell. G.P.A., St. Louis. J. F. Hurt, agent, Oakland City. V