Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 13, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 August 1900 — Page 4

iktfiktCmmtgimwnt Mr HI. ncC. STOOPS. On© Tear, In advanee.91 00 Six Months,in advance. .... 50 Entered at the postofflw in Petersburg for transmission through the malls as second* ' class matter. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENTS. n>K suKMirr. We are authorised to announce the name of William S. Thompson of Patoka township, as a candidate for the nomination of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. We are authorized to announce the name of Everett Crow of Patoka township as a can didate for the nomination of Sttrriff. subject to the decision of the democratic county convention. FOR RECORDER. We are authorized to announce the name of William A. Battles of Patoka township as a candidate for the nomination of County jRecorder, subject to the decision of the democratic county convention. We are authorized to announce the name of Floriau liartl of Jefferson township as a candidate for county recorder, subject to the decision of the democratic county convention. for corntY assessor. We are authorized to announce the name of J. L. Capehurt of Jefferson township, as a candidate for the nomination of county assessor. subject to the decision of the democratic county convention. FOR CORONER. Please announce the name of Orace D. Harris of Jefferson township as a candidate for county coroner subject to the decision of the democratic county convention.

Really, Mr. McKinley, it is cruel to keep Neely in suspense any longer. Tell your hired men to put him out of his misery and have done with it. The Petersburg bosses are now worked up for fear that the slate ticket will not pull through at Winslow on the 11th. The outside bosses, however, are working with the Peters'btfrg" gang. Why, of course, the republicans are not bigoted. They are perfectly willing that every man shall hold his own opinions, including those on silver, if only they agree with the tenets^of the Philadelphia platform. General McArthur's violent protest against sparing any of his troops for China and his request for reinforcements, does not look as though the “rebels" were tumbling over each other in their haste to “amnesty." MArk Hanna is wondering whether s those prot.ub^rant teeth of Roosevelt indicate wat^the Governor is likely to take the bit between them and blurt out some uncomfortable truth that Mac and Mark want suppressed. It must make • old John Hull more arrogant than ever to see Uncle Sam sweating like a horse over the job of distributing the anti-Boer literature of the Imperial South African Association of XT). t><> Victoria street, Westminister, London. There is considerable bad feeling among the voters over the Washington township convention last Saturday. The bosses, are now hard at work trying to patch matters up. The boys are tired of being bossed by political wjre pullers. It is announced with a great show of fairness that Cuba will be set free 1 in eight or nine months- if—arrangements can be made to do so within that time. Although it is not so stated, the need of withdrawing troops from Cuba to send to China is probably at the bottom of this sudden determination. ,

Governor Beckham of Kentucky and John W. Yeikes have been named by the democrats and republicans re-| spectivejy, as rival leaders in the race this fall. \ erkes is about the strong- ■ est man that the republicans have in the state and he will make a good race, but it is very doubtful whether the people of Kentucky will consent to place in power a party responsible for the crimes perpetrated by^he republicans under Taylor. The Press in its writeup of the republican convention of Washington township said that much harmony and enthusiasm prevailed. Well, from the events that took place it was no Sunday school picnic and that harmony had gone visiting for the day. But in another column appears an article which gives an account of a scrap that occurred on the grounds. The editor shys that the town marshal should have been “at the place where trouble was likely to occur.” Senator Vest says: “The situation in China, whatever the outcome, must not be misunderstood. If the Chinese government has sinned against civilization, it must be punished swiftly and terribly. But this will be the'act of the American people, not of the republican party alone. Democrats everywhere must keep alive to the fact that the conditions presenting themselves in the Orient are not to be confused with the fundamental principle of our present great light. The Chinaman, if convicted, will be punished by the American people,not by McKinley and Hay.”

Helix?! Rathbone has been arrested in Cuba. Will be tried or whitewashed. Neeley is still in the United States. , Hon. Frank B. Burke has" been nominated for congress by the democrats of the Indianapolis district. He is one of the ablest men in Indiana and there is no doubt of his election from that district. ~7~ The only question in the campaign this fall is the broad one of Republic or Empire. Beside it all other questions sink to insignificance. The commonwealth that our fathers founded shall not be subverted. The gold democrats are quietly stealing back into the old home in their stocking feet. They don’t care to attract^any attention just now. but next year they will be proudly stating that they helped to elect Bryan. . The German Americans will not submit to imperalism. They know what it means and by what insiduous steps it advances until its victims are powerless t^r throw it off. They did not leave the^ir homes and come three thousand miles to aid in placing upon their necks the same yoke that they left behind. “Moke soldiers wanted,” is the cry from Manila, where 05,000 Americans have been trying for nearly two years to discharge the task for which Spain never employed more than 20,000. Are Americans worse fighters than Spaniards, or has the administration of things’ over there been shamefully mismanaged?

--r- V ' The alleged message from Minister Conger leaves the world almost as much in the dark as before by reason of the doubt of its accuracy. If it was indeed sent in reply to the dispatch of .the state department, it seems grange that it should contain no reference to that dispatch, and nothing to show the date when it wras sent. __ Can you name one law that made it j easier for you to make a living, unless j you have office? The corporations! that have been given fat contracts j and subsidies of millions can name you laws that have made it easy for them to make a living, and a pretty good one, too, and not do a useful lick of labor, and the working people are a majority. l*ublic lYess. }*ike county is democratic by from one hundred to two hundred in the coming election. Townships that have given republican majorities will roll up democratic majorities in November. By thorough organization and a pull altogether on the part of the democrats and all them who are opposed to trusts and imperialism and bossism Pike county will give a rousing majority for Bryan anti the cause of the people. ’ Mr. BttYAN takes the right stand J on the Chinese question. He endors-] : es the action of the government in ! sending troops to China to rescue our imperiled citizens and in holding that the United States need not go to war unless it is demonstrated that. the Chinese Government was a party to the attacks on them. If it was, he thinks that congress can find a remedy. But congress will get no opportunity to pass on the question until next fall. Until then. McKinley will be the whole thing. Make a dote of this.

W. B. HalwSKMAN, owner of the Louisville Courier Journal, has witlp drawn from the gold democratic br-? gamzation. In his speech to the committee Mr. Halderman said: “This republican administration seems to love England more than it loves its own country- the great republic— which today is first in power, honor and'place amongst the nations of the world. We cannot, we must not encourage a weak and corrupt adminislration to barter free institutions and civil liberty in a combination with the most autocratic, arrogant and selfish power in-all Europe. 1 am compelled, with a sense of what is due to the free America that I love, to earnestly, actively support an American whom I believe loves his country, and whom I believe to be the highest and best type of an American citizen, and, thus believing, I shall vote and support William Jennings Bryan.” ’76-Democratic Doctrine-’99. We hold these truths to be selfevident—that all men are created equal; that they are e.ndowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: thht to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Bismark's Irqn Nerve was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are npt found where stomach, order. If ywu want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 2oc at Stearues’ drug company. bowels are out of

A* to Trusts.

Democratic Plat forta Adopted at Kansas City. July V rate monopolies indefensible and intolerable. Thev de stroy competition, control the price of material and of the finished p r o d u c t. thus robbing both producer and con sumer. Thev lessen the employment of labor and arbitrarily fix the terms and conditions thereof, and deprive individual energy of their chance of betterment. They are the most efficient terms yet devised for appropriating the fruits of industry to the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, and unless their insatiate greed is checked, all wealth will be aggregated in a few hands and the republic destroyed. The dishonest paltering with the evil trust by the republican partv in state and national platforms is conclusive truth of the charge that trusts are the legitimate product of republican policies; that they are fostered by republican laws, and that thev are protected by the republican admiuistratiou in return for campaign subscriptions and political support. W e pledge the democratic party to an increasing warfare in nation, state and city against private tnouopolv in every for^m Existing laws against trusts must be enforced and more stringent ones

tor publicity as to the affairs ot corpo rations engaged jn interstate commerce and requiring all cor {stations to show before doing business outside the state of their origin, that they have no water in their stuck and that they are not attempting to monopolise anr branch of business or the production of any articles of merchandise, and the whole constitutional power of congress over interstate commerce, the mails and all modes of interstate communication shall be ex ercised by the enactment of comprehen sive laws upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should be amended by putting the products of trusts upon the free list to prevent monopoly under the plea of protection. The failure of the present republican administration, with an absolute control over all the branches of the national government. to enact any legislation designed to prevent or even curtail the absorbing power of trusts and illegal combinations, or to e n f o r c e the antitrust laws already on the statute books, proves the insincerity of the high sounding phrases of the republican platform. Corporations should be protected in all their rights and their legitimate interests should lie respected, but any attempt Incorporations to interfere with the public affairs of the pet>ple or to control the i sovereignty which j creates them should ! be forbidden under such penalties as will ! make such attempts impossible. \ve condemn the j Ding ley law as a l trust-breeding raeas- | ure. skillfully devis- j ed to give the few ! favors which they do i not deserve and to j place upon manv ! burdens which they 1 should not bear. <

Republican Platform Adopted at Philadelphia. June at tWO: .

We recogntie the necessity and propriety of the honest cooperation of capital to meet new business conditions, and! especially to extend our rapidly increasing foreign trade, but we condemn all conspiracies and combinations intended to restrict business. to create monopolies. to limit production.or to control prices.and favor such legislation as will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses, protect and promote competition, and secure the rights of prtnlucers. laborers, and all who are engaged in industry and commerce.

Rathbone's Carriage. llathbone, under whose administration as director general of posts in Cuba, Neeley made his record, seems to have kept pretty close account of his outlay for a carriage, if he was rather loose in his supervision of Neeley. Here is a bill sent in by llathbone for payment by the government: Cost of carriage. $850 oo Amount jvaid to coachman while employed us such..... out -jo Salary paid to footman . i«0 l)» Kent of office. coachhouse, coachman's room and stable, to Seratina Moliner UeJerrin.... 715no Rubber tires for the carriage... uv> oo Manuel Valles and others, miscellaneous bills incidental to the carriage and outtit. Aggregating. 442 a* Repairs to the ladrriage and to"a hired carriage.". -.*53 on One set double harness and fixtures . 3oe 88 One set single harness and fixtures... 220 so Hat for coachman. H S3 Hoots for coachman... 31 At Suit for coachman. 13 35 Jipijapa hat for coachman... If 38 Panama hat for footman... 3 88 Shirts for coachman. 8 50 Uniform for coachman. 40 43 Livery tor coachman. 20 83 Rain coat for footman. 2li 50 Suits for coachman and footman. 74 00 Paid extra to hostler..s.. 15 oo ! Laundry for coachman, paid bvNeelev .*0 00 j Laundry for coachman, paid bV Neeley '.*8 oo

Total...«444V yt It is clearly a mistake to say that Rath bone was ignorant entirely of what Neeley was doing. At any rate, he was vigilant enough to find out that one of the things Neeley was doing was paying the laundry bills of Rathbone’s coachman. Cl.ay City, Ind., Jan. 14, 18UT. Dr. W. B. Caldwell, Monticello. 111. Sir—I have used Syrup Pepsin for dyspepsia and constipation with great benefit to myself. Some days 1 was not able to do my office work. I had run down to only 13a pounds. After taking several bottles of your wonderful medicine I now weigh 185 pounds. I now feel like a new man. I have recommended Syrup Pepsin to my friends and will answer any and all letters of inquiry I may receive as to the merits of .your medicine, yours respectfully,Wm. H. Shirley, proprietor Kline hotel.' For sale by Oliphant drug company. a

Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar* Safeguards the food against alum. Alun bating powders arc the greatest menace rs to health of the pracot day* _worm, mum xxnxw ca. ew yo»k._ Will Wstory Repeat Itself? Four times has the occupant of the j White House been a candidate for rej election against the man he defeated ; fouF years before, says the Chester i Herald. Never yet has the president been successful in the second contest. Johu Adams defeated Thus. Jefferson an even century ago. Four years later Jefferson won easily over Adams. John Quincy Adams made Andrew Jackson taste the bitterness of defeat. Four years later “Old Hickory” larded the lean earth with Adams. Martin YanBnren defeated William Henry Harrison. Waiting hjs four years Harrison defeated Van uuren and left him easily at the start. Benjamin Harrison defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888. In 1&>2 the “Stuffed Prophet” beat Harrison and never turned a hair. Four years ago William Jennings Bryan was defeated by William McKinley. This year they will face each other again. And Bryan's will be the hand that will slant back the McKinley brow, and loose and let down the brutal Hanna jaw. . Vplcanic Eruptions ; arc grand, but skin eruptions rob life ' of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve,.cures j them: also old. running anil fever I sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, ■ warts, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, j chapped hands, chilblains. Best pile j cure on earth. Drives out pains and aches. Only 25 ceuts a, box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Stearnes’ drug store.

Suggests a Candidate. En. Democrat: Within the last few days Mr.Elmer Woods has decided t to have his name used as a candidate | for the office of sheriff of Pike county, and will go before the democratic nominating convention asking for that nomination. It is not known who the people will choose as candidate for the office of sheriff when the convention assembles, but what I wish to say is that the democratic party of Pike county has not got a man that would make a better sheriff than Elmer Woods. I speak what I know of Mr. Woods when I say he is honest, temperate and industrious. * No man would discharge the duties of the office with more dignity and honor to himself and party than would Mr. Woods if elected. His even temper and congenial disposition would make for him friends without number. You have only tq know him to respect and like him. He is a man in the prime of life, being thirty-four years of age, was born and raised in Pike county, is, a son of John Woods, who fought in the war of the rebellion and made a good soldier. Elmer has been all his life a straightforward democrat and has never until the present asked any favors from his party. He is a man of family and being limited in means would very greatly^ appreciate the honor of being nominated, and would be such a vote catcher that although the republicans might trot out their fastest running horse against him the county would have a democratic sheriff for the next two years. Yours truly. J. L. llOBJNSQN. !

It is a Curse. ■ t j, Constipation ts a curse, and afflicts too great a portion of the American people. There is no excuse for it, either, as we sell a remedy that will banish the Curse, and with moderate use will keep you well. It is I>r. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Sold 10c, 50c and $1 sizes. For sale by Oliphant drug company. a The Voice of Jefferson, Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. No national crime passes unpun- j ished in the long run. No government can continue good but under control of the people. Independence Can be trusted no- ] where but w ith the people. A single good. government becomes a blessing t<J the whole earth. We are never permitted to despair of the commonwealth. A respectable minority is useful as censors. „ The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them. !«—Thomas Jefferson. !

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STOCK REDUCING - SALE.! , 'i ' * * 5 . . A In order to make room for a large fall stock we Kaye decided to sell aH our Summer Suits and Pants at Greatly Keduced Prices; aU > better grade Straw Goods. ->SEE THEE PRICES^ Ntfcn’s $1 kjo Suits, at $8.50. Men’s 30.50 Suits, at 7.75. Men’s 9.00 Suits, at 6.75. v Men’s ijkoo Suits, at 5.75. Men’s t-oo Suits, at 5.25^ Men’s , 3200 Pants, at 2.35. 0 v >. Men’s 2.75 Pants, at <2.10. Men’s 2.50 Pants, at 1.85. , - Men’s 2.00 Pants, at 1.50. V ^en’s 1.75 Pants, at 1.25. Men’s 1.50 Pants, at 1.20.*' Come and buy a Suit and a nice pair of Pauls and you will save money. Come early and get first choice. '< Sow, OTWELL, NDIANA.

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