People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — Page 4

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The People’s Pilot. BY F. D. CRAIG, (Lessee.) PILOT PUBUSHING CO, (Limited,) Proprietors. David H. Yeoman, President. Wm. Washburn, Vice President. Lee E. Glazebrook. Sec’y. J. A. McFarland Treas. The People’s Pilot.s the official organ of the Jasper and Newton County Alliances,and .« published every Thursday at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM Entered as second class matter at the post office in Rensselaer. Ind.

Stolen Thunder.

The first demand for the free coinage of silver was made by the people’s party. i i The first demand for an income tax was made by the peoples party. I I The first demand for the abo : lition of national banks was made by the peoples party. I t The first demand for full legal tender paper money was made by the populist party. I I The first protest against a government by injunction was made by populists. I I The first protest against an interest bearing non-taxable bonded debt was made by the people’s party. I I All of the above demands the democratic and republican parties have for twenty years, op posed, but now behold their adoption by the new democracy. A train wrecked in lowa, a hundred human lives lost, hundreds wounded and suffering.

Many republicans of Delphos, Kan. have repudiated McKinlyism. It begins to look like the campaign of ’96 is te be fonght out on repudiation lines. If the “chance” given the democratic party four years ago had been used to fulfill the promise then made, none would doubt the sincerity of their professions. Is this new movement an honest revolution? Are its promoters real patriots? Have the traitors actually been turned down? Railroads are owned by cor porations not by co operators the corporations refuse to let news paper men ride on their trains to relieve the suffering. Why? Newspaper men, seeing the horroible effect of a wreck, are in the habit of investigating the cause, and corporations prefer that the cause be not investigated. The one idea politicans say “free coinage is the only remedy for the evils which now oppress and oveawhelm the people.” As well attempt to stay the des tructive progress of a cyclone with a five foot wind-brake as to hope to accomplish the full measure of relief by restoaing silver without otherwise increasing the volume of money.

The democratic owl spent twenty years trying to get up from behind onto the republican roost; when it got there—owllike—it crowded the republican chicken off and—fool-like-fell off itself; in*their efforts to get back the democrats got the worst of it. Are they now trying to play the “owl and chicken game” on the populists? Walling has been denied a new trial and it now looks as though he and his partner in ciime. Scott Jackson, would have to pay tte penalty of their cruel murder of Pearl Bryan. However, it is not probable that they will be hanged until after the . September term of the Campbell county circuit court. It’s a pity that the hanging could not take place at once and thus relieve the overwrought public mind.— Goodland Herald. A “Don’t” book for the political campaign is in order.

“Don’t” think your party has a “corner” on political virtue. “Don’t” fail to state fairly the position of your politiqal opponents. “Don’t” discuss politics with an angry friend, nor when angry yourself, with a good-na-tured friend. Above all, “don’t” think the country will go to ruin unless every political wish of yours be realized.

J. T. Davenport, of Douglasville, Ga., is interested in erecting a co operative cotton mill and will be glad to give information to anyone wishing to take part in the enterprise. Mr. Davenport is a populist and a business man of more than ordinary qualification. He has managed the affairs of the Douglas County Co-operative Store from its SSOO inception in 1890, paying 8 per cent dividends to the co operators, while ad ding 811,500 to the assets. The Atlanta Journal, a goldbug cuckoo paper, says: “If the silverites could find some country which is on a silver basis and which pays laborers better wages than are paid in the United States their cause would be greatly strengthened.” If gold is so effective in raising the price of labor, now does it happen that laborers in the United States—that have hardly yet got onto a gold basis—and better paid than in England and other countries, that have used only gold for many years?

The Monticello Herald says: “The republican party was the author of the greenback, and when they were first issued democrats called them “Lincoln rags” and 'did all in their power to discredit them. Now they become the self-constituted champions of the greenback and want to make them perpetual.” Since the democrats have become converted to the belief that the “Lincoln rags” are worthy of perpetuation it is to be lamented that the reminiscent author will now Repudiate his own most worthy production, Rudyad Kipling is now putting the last touches on a fifty-thousand-word novel dealing with the Gloucester fishermen and their life on the Grand Banks. It is written from close personal study of the scene and the people. It is American in its*characters, and in its plot sea laring and adventurous. It breaks entirely new ground. The title is “Captains Courageous.” Th ere has been a lively competition for the serial rights of “Captians Courageous.” They have been secured for the United States by The S. S McClure Co., ams publication of the novel will begin in the November number of McClure’s Magaazine.

Legal Tender Money.

The name United States treasury notes, though properly including other forms of currency sent out by the treasury. It now largely restricted to the issue of treasury notes under the act of the government. Those notes bear no interest, but are declared to be “a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, and recivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues.” The United States notes, or green backs, were also made a legal tender for public and private dedts, except duties on imports and interst on the public dedt. The gold certificates were issued in March, 1863, expressly for the interst payments of the government. As this currency represents gold actually in treasury. It is a le-gal-tender currency in the fullest sense, being receivable for tne paymen tof import duties and interst on public dedt. The gold certificates being issued in limited quanity are now only occasionly seen, and are principally used for clearing-house purposes. The silver ceatificates were issned to utilize the im-

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896.

mense deposins of coin in the treasury, this coin being so bulky that it was not desired for business purposes. This certificate having been made receivable in payment of all public dues, really exceeds the legal tender green back in availability. For, though it was not made a legal tender in payments between individuals, it is accepted as such in all business transactions. few persons, indeed, being aware of this oversight on the part of those who devised this form of currency- Only in the fact that it has sometimes been refused by national banks and clearing-house transactions do we find that advantage has been taken of this note’s deficiency. —lnter Ocean.

All eyes on St. Louis. * * * Stand to your guns brothers. * * * The populists will be a factor in this campaign. * * * Every true populist demands the preservation of his party. * * * The democratic party does not indorse Hoke Smith's pension policy. * * * The St. Louis convention on the 22 inst. is the time and place to first express well-matured opinions. * * * A platform opposed to national banks and a national banker upon it for vice president. Happy thought. * * * Fear not, faithful defenders of American liberty, the people’s party has not sold its birthright for a mess of pottage. * "K * Congress has killed eleven silver bills within as many years. And yet, like Bancos’ ghost, silver will not down. * * * There is now but a few days for study as to the best policy to be pursued for the accommplishmeht of the noble purposes of the party. * * * Who is Sewall? Evidently the nomination sought the man this time. Five days ago not one person in twenty thousand knew of his existence. * * * Governor Kolb, of Alabama, expresses the belief that Aryan’s nomination will be endorsed by the populists at St. Louis, but that they will repudiate Sewall. * * * Suppose Bryan should meet a Giteau after becoming president, how would the national bank millionaire suit you? Think about it brothers before you commit any grevious error. * *

It would be good policy for populists to refrain from expressions too hastely formed, possibly due more to the excitement occasioned by the recent action of the old parties than to mature thought. * * * For years the people’s party has advocated the free coinage of silver, and have educated the people upon the money question up to the point of intelligence that causes Shylock to tremble in his boots. * * * The Hon. Garret A. Hobart, vice-president nominee of the republican party, is a modest man. He compares himself to a fly on a big wheel. McKinley is the wheel—the fly wheel of the republican party. * * * The republican leaders met at Indianapolis and resolved to reb ,el against McKinley and Hanna’s dictation as to the issues to be discussed. In Indiana the issue is to be 16 to 1 and 60,000 majority,—Fpwler Leader.

Editorial Notes.

CROPS OF INDIANA

U. 8. Bureau, Indianapolis.

Warm, fair weather prevailed, with few scattered local showers; fine weather for young crops and harvest work. Crops are, on an average, in fine condition throughout, the state. NORTHERN PORTION. Porter county —Very dry; farmers making hay and threshing wheat; so far oats will be a big crop; corn doing well. Elkhart county;—Corn is looking fine, prospects for large crop; oats being cut; young clover growing finely; good rain on 9th; wheat being threshed rapidly, quality good; corn doing well since this week; potatoes fine and plenty. LaGrange county—First of week very hot, rain on 9 th; oats ready to cut and good crop, effected somewhat with rust; wheat thrashed, good quality, but poor yield; corn tasseling; pastures short; blackberries fine quality; plowing for wheat commenced.

Steuben county—Rain helped pastures; corn looking fine; wheat very poor, both in quality and quantity; rye reported poorly filled. Noble county—Wheat threshing in full progress, yield average, but of light weight; oatsdn fine condition and ripening rapidly; crops need rain; corn fine and doing well. Kosciusko county—Corn in tassel; oats will be harvested next week, good prospects for large crop; rain much needed for corn, potatoes and pastures; quality and quantity of wheat yield poor. Marsh all cou n t y—W heat threshing almost completed, quality poor; hay fair crop; prospects for Oats, corn a u d potatoes good.

Allen county—Wheat harvested oats crop heavy, some smut; corn doing well; hay near ly all cut; potatoes good. Fulton county Weat her cool, rain on 10th; corn looks ■well, beginning to tassel and shoot; oats harvest commenced; hay about all made; weather dry. Benton county—Wheat all cut and threshed, good quality; oats not as good as expected; potatoes and all other crops good. Carroll county—Wheat threshed, some poor; corn doing well and beginning to tassel; potatoes and all vegetation doing well; hay crop good; good apples, pears and peaches. Cass county —Wheat threshing almost completed; oats heavy; hay secured in good condition, rain needed.

Miami county—Weather cool and dry; oats turning and will soon be ready to cut; wheat mostly threshed, poor yield; corn continues to grow; timothy cut, good crop; grape vines loaded; rain needed. Wabash county—Rains Thursday benefited corn and oats; thrashing has commenced; hay making will soon be pushed. Huntington county—Weather cool; wheat thrashing progressing, yield poor; rain needed. Wells county—Good hay leather; rain Wednesday benefited corn and other growing crops; oats ’heavy and much of it down; wheat air cut, some threshed and poor crop. Adams county—Plenty of rain and sunshine; vegetation made rapid growth; timothy about all cut; oats ready, promises large crop. Grant county—Wheat thrashing progressed rapidly; rye and few oats harvested; corn is tasseling and late corn waist high. Jay county—Timothy hay good; oats good, fine weather. Lake county—Haying in full blast, with splendid weather and light showers, crop good; oats o good crop and some fields down; corn doing well; potatoes a big crop; fruit, a fine crop,

H. A. HUSTON,

The full text of the platform as adopted is as follows: “We. the democrats of the United States, in national convention assembled, do reaffirm our allegiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded and 'which the democratic party has advocated from Jefferson’s time to our own—freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the equality pf all citizens-before the law, and the faithfpl observance of constitutional limitations. “During all these years the democratic party has resisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centralization of governmental power, and st adfastly'maintained the integrity of the dual scheme of government established by the founders of this republic of republics Under itsguidance and teachings the great principle of local self-government has found its best expression in the maintenance of the rights of the states and its assertion of the necessity of confining the general government to the exercise of the powers granted by the constitution of the United States.

“The constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. The democratic party has always been the exponent of political liberty and religious freedom and it renews its obligations and reaffirms Its devotion to these fundamental principles of the constitution. Financial Flank. “Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted gold to free coinage at the ratio measured by the silver dollar unit. “We declare thrt the act of 1873 demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall In the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy Increase in the burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the money lending class at home and abroad; prostration of industry and impoverishment of the people. “We are unalterably opposed to the single gold standard. Which has locked fast the properlty of an industrial people in the paralysis of hard times. "Gold monometallism is a British policy, and its adoption has brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-Aiuerlcan. but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only bv the stifling of that indomitable spirit and love-bf liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 1776 and won it in tne war of the revolution. “We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of sixteen to one without waiting for the aid or consent of arfy other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and. private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. “We are opposed to the policy and practice 1 of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver or gold coin. Bonds. “We are opposed to the issuing of interest bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates, which, in exchange for bonds and at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury* with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. "Congress alcne has the power to coin and issue money, and President Jackson declared that this power could not be delegated to corporations or individuals. We. therefore denounce the Issuance of .notes Intended to circulate as money by national banks as in derogation of the constitution, and we demand that all paper which is made a legal tender for public and private debts, or which is receivable for dues to the United States, shall bo issued by the government of the United States, and shall be redeemable in coin.

Tariff and Tajration. “We hold that tariff-duties should be levied for purposes of revenue, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government honestly and economically administrated. We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the McKinley law, which has been twice condemned by the people in national elections and which enacted under the false plea of protection of home ihdustry, proved a prolific breeder of trust and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted ft'ade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further changes in our tariff laws, except such as are necessary to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of the supreme court on the income tax. There would be no deficit in the revenue but for the annulment, by the supreme court of a law passed by a democratic congress in strict pursuance of the uniform decisions of that court for 100 years, that court having sustained constitutional objections to its enactment, which has been overruled by the ablest judges who had ever sat on that bench. We declare that it Is the duty of congress to use all the constitutional power which remains after that decision, or which may come from its reversal by the couit as it may hereafter be constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid, to the end that wealth may bear its proportion of the expenses of the government Pauper Labor Plank. •‘We hold that the most efficient'way of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauper labor to c mpete with it in the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a viscipus monetary system which depresses the prices of their products below |

Director.

SILVER THE ISSUE

Democratic Platform Declares for Free, Independent Coinage. _ Tariff and Taxatioq Plaqks. Bond Issues DeQounced.

I the cost of production and thus deprives | them of the means of purchasing the productsof our home manafacturies. and as la- | bor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights. “We are in of the arbitration of differences between employers engaged in interstate commerce and their employers and recommend such legislation as is necessary to carry out this principle. Bestraint on Bailroad Corporations. "The absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of our leading railroad systems and the formation of trusts* and pools require a stricter control by the federl government of those arteries of commerce. We ’ demand the enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppressions. Bepublican Congresses. We denounce the prolifigate waste of the monpy wrung from the people by the oppresive taxation and the lavish appropriations of recent republican congresses, which have kept taxes high while the labor that pays them is unemployed and the products of the people’s toil are depressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which best benefits a democratic government and a reduction in the number, of useless officers, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. Federal Interference. “We denounce the arlbitrary interference by federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which federal judges, in contempt of the laws of the states and rights of the citizens, become at once legislators, judges and executioners; and we approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States senate and now pending in the house relative to contemuts in fedral courts and providing for trials by a jury in certain cases of contempt.

Admission of Territories.

‘•We favor the admission of the territories of New Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma into the union as states and w§ favor the admission of all the territories having the necessary population and resource to entitle them to statehood and While they remain territories we hold that the offiicals appointed to administer the government of any territory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona fide residents of the territories or district in which the duties are to be performed. The democratic party believes in home rule and that all public lands of the United States should be appropriated to the establishment of free homes for American citizens. ‘•We recommend that the territofy of Alaska be.granted a delegate in congress, and that the general land and timber laws of the United States be extended to said territory. Pacific Funding Bill. “No discriminations should be indulged in by the government of the United States in favor of its debtors. We approve of the refusal of the Fifty-third congress 1.0 pass the Pacific railroad funding bill; denounce the effort of the present republican congress to enact a similar measure, Pensions. “Recognizing the just claims of deserving union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of Commissioner Murphy that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension role avd the fact of enlisAient and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. The Monroe Boctrine. “The Monroe doctrine as originally declared and as Interpreted by succeeding presidents, is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United States, and must at all times be maintained. Sympathy For Cuba. "We extend our symyathy to the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independence. Civil Service. “We are opposed to life tenure in the pnblic service.. We favor appointments based upon merits, fixed teyms of office, and such an administration of the civil service laws as will afford equal opportunities.to all citizens of ascertained fitness. Against Third Term. “We declare it to be the unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage of 100 years and sanctioned by the examples of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and have maintained our government, that no man should be eligible for the third term of the presidential office. Waterways Improvement “The federal govern uent should care for and improve the Mississippi river and other great waterways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior states easy and cheap transportation to tide water. When any waterway of the republic is of sufficient importance to demand aid of the government such aid should be extended upon a definite plan of continuous work until permanent improvement is secured. "Confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at the polls we submit the foregoing declaration of principle and purposes to the considerate judgment of the American people. We invite the support of all citizens w ho approve thjem and who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the peole and the restoration of the country’s prosperity.

Il is said that yellow fever is being successfully treated in Brazil by a refrigerating process. The patient is placed for three years in a box, the ’temperature of which is only one or two degrees above freezing point—the theory being that the bacilli of the disease cannot reproduce themselves except at high temperature. It is strange that this system has never been tried in this country.