People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1894 — Page 8

INDIANA POPULISTS.

Address to the Pet pic l»j Chairman of (he Stale Committee. In assuming the duties of chairman of the state central committee of our great and growing party, I do so knowing full well the importance and magnitude of the work before us. and we shall use every effort, and all the energy we can command to carry forward the principles we advocate and to secure a complete victory at the polls. It is only necessary to lift up our eyes .and look on th - fields, to see that they up rirm already to harvest. Di- • •'•: ••m, a slate of unrest pi■ “im everywhere. A disposii ■ <n: the part of the poop'.* si. at 1 act f»r i •*> •« sc.v s. want v.' : • i <■ worker--. r- i • * • ■' i* . Linders all our nume ■■ the work at ■ ■ whole armor. • n.- v. vigorously in .; the stale. The .eut county committees, legions, clubs and other various organizations with t!ie membiT.-.-hip are the great power behind the throne. The state central committee can do but little without assistance. They are only the > -mcutivo force i.i the forum : 1 of plans and

seeing that ;l.- rk is carried forward -11 oof the state, ]f. : ' ' ' ‘St of the cm .. . i . - -•rotaries of the comity committees, dis tc./t committees, clubs and other organizations to write to the secretary of he. stale central committee often so that we may Lt kent po--.Au a;? to the cot uiiio!; of the work in t e dilmrimt lo c‘dities of the st t?. We want to be able to : iicng:’:: ii the weak plam . s< ml or secure workers l:i mi z d cotur ies. make an equal and proper <im trubuo ' : mm literature, to do any a ...i vo rk r.e .m t j carry on an in tel igen*, a gg;-< ..

slve and tri u>.oba-r. cn rm.:-; 1 ’ We have a rigutm; ,m ■. ; plat.orm ...--lids itseil to the minds and hearts of the great... </i i.. ye .pF <-f the stat ■. • •: . poem; ictiei aid we want ••! -:t cvmy im.n on iimliel; Biethien w L . .. • •le on you. «i. < v.■_* a :ac tiic moth er.-. wi\m : t> . . d.. ighlcrs to heli us a ihieve a victory in l. diana. an 1 r- m-eui our slate and counir from its poisem depressed ant deplma>ie c'l.iiil ion. The firs meeting of the sta;-.• central com uiittee will be held some tiim between the first and the midd e of August. We will then takt steps to organize every county in the state, not at that time organized, and fix a time ar. I plact f>r opening the campaign. ■ we favor securing the • of some of our senator:- • • <■ senlatives to make thr*' •■ >

speeches in the slate places where the mes c m he raised. In vie' / g ’eat work before us. an 1 that we may not. Le in its nndp>-t;i,kiiig. and '• i that money is j.ist as re to i’S accomplishment- a n and sunshine i> to the success: ul gro vth of a crop. lir re’ore v e issue this ell: pvery county in the state, througi their. county organizations, afar as possible. bvxOie tae Ist o August send to lie e reiary of lue .->lale central < jmm'.tLee ten (slb dollars, to be used as a campaign fund. Many counties h «ve already pledged this a.uouui. and we respectfully ask iad '/’duals wtio cat) to assist by t eir hberalii v m increasirrr this fund. I see that M. C. Rmikin h -s made a grand start in this direction. I favor establishing a roll of honor for all persons who will pay -?5 and upwards to this fund. We earnestly recotnnvnd that the different county central committees secure solici us in the various townships oi t )• cv„uty, to take subscrip l,ivu and collect funds for local

work, and to aid the state central committee. Our county (Randolph) adopted this plan with success, paid their $lO to the state committee with money ! left for county work. Again we I heartily indorse the organization 'of legions, in the bounds of (every voting precinct in the state. It shall be the purpose of the state central committee to ( keep our advancing lines strictly j in the middle of the road, and at ( the same time reaching out in •every direction for help. \Ve cordially invito all persons reigardless of party who are disI satisfied wit'n the present condi- : lion of governmental affairs, and realize that wo can get no relief (from either of the old political parties, to aid us and vote with u- in oi;y efferis to again place I the e ni,.-at in the hands of • p..,; ;v . N. T. Butts, nmmr ot s‘ ‘.t.e central comi a line picture of m., e‘ wait lor palace ear

cl b’imalfield Get your binding twine of Collins & Randle. Buckeye binders and nr- a • at Collins & Randle's. . bettermade t han them fiettl lAittie 'i‘e am-m Robert Parker to Am L MuColly, 10l 12, blk. . ' !'s ad to Remington; ■; 7;. >. Reuben K. Peltti a riett E. Barker, lots i. Seabrighl's ad >■ ■•n sst)o. Aina J. j ;e> • Lara F Griffeth, 1 it 2. Reining, ton, Mi Susan C. Rensselaer Strong to 13. i g'.ison, lots on Van R Si., Rensselaer, S3OO. B. F. lo < mto J- C.Mc Colly, lot on •, an Rensselaer St. Rensselaer, ■. 2 G. ;■ ante t< lame, S2OO. Joseph Long to May D. Fulleulovr ■ se o-31-7, 80 acres. •Sl. M. L. Smiler to Anna Tuteur, lots 5, (j, blk 20, Rensselaer,

•7750. C. Autiersou, South Bend, Silky-plow, F. R. Brainer), Si’tilloville, Stovepipe-joint, P. J. Harrah. Bloomfield, Vehicieshafl holder, E. M. Harrington, Miller, Machine for making tubular edgings, G. J. Hcrthand G- Bouen’nergcr, Evansville, Mine trap-door, S. Kahlenbeck, Pleasant, Baby-cmwier, D. L. Lon.-, Crawfordsville,, Steam Iran and feeder, M. B. Morris, iuogmisport, Animal-trap; F. r’rox, Terre Haute. Steam boiler. 71. Roberts. Fort Wayne. Rail-way-rail joint; C. Schiiieriy. Fort Wayne, Fruit caa; T. J. ■diearer, Indianapolis. Cistern: ’’ C. Shoemaker, Richmond, i'• ■■ -e- machine.

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ACROSS THE HEEP.

The Continental Sunday. Train our Special Correspondent. Berlin, May 15, 1894. One of the most important and weighty considerations in the determination of national character is the manner and habit in which the nation observes its Sundays. Or in other words the same law will apply to the nation which we are so accustomed to avi'lyto the individual, as the nation is the combined expression of the individual life formed v. join its limits. This law is ‘he estima:- of individual worth i•' iiiet*sii. ■ the manner in iiich t. given person uses his leisure time. Life is compos* 1 of two great elements —time and .opportunity. The latter is everywhere in more or ■ess significance, but the first is limited, and its judicious and effectual use is certainly the controlling factor in determining i he results to be expected of any person. So the question of the licious employment of the me that we are accustomed to

all “leisure" is a problem that has vexed reformers, legislators and students of social questions in all countries and times. In the modern nation it has grown to be a more important question than at any other time, and especially the Sunday question has forced upon Europe an important consideration. In coming to a conclusion as to what one should do with his “leisure" time is to understand what we shall include under that word. From the

laborer's standpoint the word is made to include the time in which he is free from his assigned task, and outside his regular working hours. For the business man those hours in which he is not forced to be within his shop or store. For •he farmer, usually the hours in which lie is not engaged in work upon the farm in any capacity, b'or the professional man those hours in wiiic'i he is not directly occupied in his professional business. And so- on through rhe whole.list of the.callings of life. Of course the hours of actual employment directly with one’s business varies necessarily will; the kind of business, but the advance has been along the line - of a shorter period of actual working hours in nearly all branches of employment. Especially lias this been tr'de of the day laborer in the factories of the larger cities. This Ini.-

ucen accomplished by legislation and voluntary or force grants oi employers. The actual vvoi icing period on the farm has. been shortened by’ the use of be tto < machinery until »ho accomplishment of a giv. piece of work’ i- , performed to day with far less severe toil t';.w a few years ago. j So, with this n-ral shorten:’’: | of the labor hour, has resulto-d. logically tiro increase of what •• t •t : •• p.c ' uc j call tno no’n. i •‘leisui Ihe judicious e • ployim. ut of f/.S time is a s /,, .- dous cnostkm lor the stale tirtti society to consider. VGiet’... , one shall employ this tm o whittling str-re tones, in idle u’ossin, in exercise, in ado id.', I in state in reau mg, in social data-. in I individual culture, etc., i.; ;■ I question to be considered by | state as well as' the in.d .' bed {and it is the select ioh of the employment of this “ext ra time . which is in a measure to decide i trie efficiency ol ins real ,ioi..ing ! hours. 1 i So from the s'an Ipoint of this {“leisure” lime 1 de.-dre to notice ; that phase of the general prob- { loin which falls within the “Sunday question.” Ry legislation, {as the result of the general ad- ! vance of a humanitarian spirit, {it has ) followed that man was, jas a rule. allowed to have his I Sunday fi ce from any hindrance. This can.- - always follow, es pecially i.. the large cities and tin official duties. So, with al-

most absolute freedom, with the , exception of employment of time ’ in labor, the individual begins to seek a manner in which he shall use his Sunday. This is, as a whole, decided by the consensus of public opinion, and especially in older societies do we find all people doing about the same thing on every Sunday in all seasons of the year.

So we have come to look upon the Sunday in different countries c. ‘be “national Sunday.” What a man should do and what he does do on this day is as variable as the customs and habits of the different people. And it follows that it is often very difficult for one nation to appreciate the manner in which its neighbor observes his Sunday, as we often find with individuals. The Germans accuse the Americans. and especially the English,

of possessing an overweaning tend eicy toward piety cn Sunday mid wonder what else we do •n. ihat day. I passed two Sunday.-; in England, one in London and one in Co van try. In the latter place I found a Sunday which I suppose cannot be duplicated in any other quarter of the globe, except England. In the many Sundays that I have passed in cities I never experienced one in which such absolute quiet reigned as in this city of some 20,000. It was as quiet as in the country. London was much the same and considering the size of the city the “Sunday rest," as it is known in Europe was most complete. I have gamed a larger appreciation of the English people for those two days spent within her borders. On' the other hand an American suddenly introduced into the midst of a “continental Sunday,” as we find it all over Europe, and especially in Germany and France, would be so shocked at the sights he would meet that he would be led to despair as to the results of the better forces in man’s nature, and would likely become a pessimist and utterly disgusted w’th the possibility ol man ever reaching a very high ethical or moral or moral standard under such conditions. It is not necessary for me to enter into any extended description of .1 Sunday on continental Europe.

Those who have ever visited the “beer gardens” of Chicago have a fair knowledge of what the German Sunday is. No prevailing religious system is responsible. for Catholie\ France goes to the same in the free .. rd liberal employment of the “day of rest," as protestant Germany. it is true enough that the Catholic attends church on SunLay, which the Protestant does not always do, and especially mre in Germany, where it is : insidcred among the Protestant

mment as only the duty of the ..'omen and old men to attend ■snrch service, and as a general . rie they carry this out in practice, for three-fourths of a Proi • ;“:nt church audience is made -,p of women, while the other fourth is principally old men ana •■so past, middle age. It is -burning how few young men visit ilie churches and they real- { ... consider it, seriously, as something which does not concern ; them. The Catholic, in Gerl well as in Rensselaer, attends his church service, but after this lie has no visible resifyiints, whatever, to determine ihis conduct for the rest of the {time, and lie goes and does the ■ same as his Protestant brother. , So the prevaiiingrcligious s.entii inent is powerless alone to han- ‘ die this question and is, indeed, not responsible for it. It is a result of national character and { long process and influence of certain prevailing habits and customs of a people's life. In the country districts of America, where the population is principally native born we have a much different conception and practice of observing Sunl day than in those parts which

have been influenced mostly by a foreign population. I take it that it has been the influence of this country life that has given a destructive character to our American Sunday. The Sunday of our large cities is more European in its tendency, and the hope in a thoroughly quiet and consistent observance of the Sabbath is anchored in the influence that* the country and town is to exert on our future national life. The country has no influence on the national life of Germany, because it has no country life as we understand it. It is a difficult thing for a German to believe that the people live on the land and not in villages as they do here. Village life takes the place of our country life and with this we have an altogether different atmosphe • which determines the relate

of the individual. He meets hi:neighbor oftener and is mon sociable, likely, in his way. With this phase of life is developed those elements, which after his way of thinking, are essential to good fellowship. The greatest and most important ol these “social” institutions is beer glass with all its vast and powerful influence upon Ger man life. I want to offer a word of explanation. In writing of German life I will be compelled to make frequent references to the beer habit here in vogue and Ido not want to be misunderstood as attempting to seek opportunities of referring to thi.habit, which rightfully is so disgusting in the eyes of the majority of native born Americans. But I want to say this as a truth which is as undeniable as it is unpalalatable, that to write of German life in its social, moral or church relations without constant reference to his beer drinking habit would be creating false impressions. A German without his beer is absolutely unthinkable. This habit in relation to Sunday is, I believe, most ruinous in its effects. A beei garden is the most frequented place on Sunday. There are ii. Berlin over 1,600,000 people and it is perfectly safe to say that al least 1,599,000 of these spend some part of their time in a place where beer or drinks oi some sort are sold. This may seem to many a very foolish statement, but one has only to go on the streets, in the parks and out in the suburbs of the city to see thousands upon thousands of humanity sitting around the beer tables, all classes and both sexes, sipping their nation al drink and observing each other.

From another point of view the German Sunday loses many of its distasteful features. The habits of the German to hunt a “beer local,” has made him. a great walker. This is a habit which the American could copy with good result. The Germans accuse us of staying at home and sleeping, and there is a sentiment abroad at home among many that one should not walk out but should be in absolute rest. This is certainly the influence of our country life, for those who are continually in the open air find greater pleasure in a “lounging” Sunday than an act ive one, but where the person has been shut within doors all { the week a Sunday walk or ride ' from the point of view of health in body and mind and conse- { quently in soul, is certainly not to be condemned by all well thinking people. I veiily believe that- the worst effects of the beer drinking habit is overcome by these frequent and long { German walks. They walk hours and miles. All those who have the time take their long walks each afternoon. I will always remember my first German Sunday. It was in that sleepy old city of Jena. The German family with whom I was staying kindly invited my friend'-- and myself to accom jpany ihm ■. . k. The par-

jty was made up of f :r young I ladies, the son, three Americans 1 and two old ladies—the mothers lof the young ladies. We started ito a little village and walked lover hill and valley, through I forest and meadow till I thought .we would never get there and i after we arrived at the place a distance of about four miles the whole purpose so far as I could see was that the German members might pay their latest respects to Bacchus and then begin the return. It was a good introduction into that favorite pastime of the Gormans, and since then I Lave considered it an easy task to walk four or five ’im--; a t ;.y. i room a mile and a half it -m the University. A very convenient distance. Of all influences which we ni. to avoid in America it is e introduction of the beer ele-

ent of the German Sunday into <:r observance of that day. We ive it in all its bearings in the urger cities and it is doubtless due to a native public sentiment, expressed in legislative acts that prevent a phase of it in our smaller towns and villages. It is certainly to be hoped that no drink will ever fasten itself upon our American life as the beer habit has upon German life.

The county convention of the W. C. T. U. met at the M. E. church, of Rensselaer, on Wednesday of last week and held a very interesting meeting. It was well attended by the members from various parts of tha county. The meeting was op&u< ed at 11 o’clock Mrs. Calkins, acting as president and Mrfe Nellie Harris, as secretary After a song by the convention and the reading of the 9th chapter of Jeremiah and discussed as the foundation of the W. C. T. U., prayer was offered by Mrs. Calkins. A half hour ivas spent in bible reading, which was very interesting. Noontide prayers were then offered, after which the convention adjourned to do justice to the appetizing lunchwhich the ladies had brought with them. At 2p. m.. the convention was again called to order and reports of the president and treasurer were heard. The society was then reorganized by electing Mrs. Bolles, of Remington, as president, Mrs. Nellie Harris, of Rensselaer, as secretary, Mrs. Allie Porter, of Rensselaer, as treasurer, and Mrs. Sample, of Valina, as corresponding secretary. The meeting then • adjourned and again met at 7:30 p. m. and listened to a splendid lecture by Mrs. Calkins. Those that were not present will regret that they were not there as a great deal was said to their interest regarding the temperance movement m tire i'Ommum'y. In : : a 1 her Populist I if the present a iition don’t chan .-it party will carr orlville (Ind.) Sun.Tt • of Nebraska hav> ... . •ntion for the pur; <■ .-.ing down the silver plan" :-go the Populist party. Let ’em slide. —St. Louis Monitor.

Educate the masses in the true science of money. Good government, morality and prosperity all depend upon a right knowledge of this subject.—Canton (0.) Public Focus. The women of the country ought to congratulate themselves on the fact that their votes are not responsible for the present state of affairs.—Atlanta (Ga.) Living issues. Will God bless that kind of humanity that would take up a i hungry stray mule or ox and j feed it, but spurn with contempt a poor, hungry, homeless man? —lowa Referendum. “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” An honest congress is the noblest work of man. Vote the Populist ticket.—San I Francisco (Cal.) People’s Press,