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legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them. You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. A NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. My friends, we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth; and upon that issue we expect to carry every State in the union. I shall not slander the inhabitants of the fair State of Massachusetts nor the inhabitants of the State of New York by saying that, when they are confronted with the proposition, they will declare that this nation is not able to attend to its own business. It is the issue of 1776 over again. Our ancestors, when but three millions in number, had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation; shall we, their jdescendants, when we have grown to seventy millions, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? No. my friends that will never be the verdict of our people. Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is good, but that we cannot have it until other nations help us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we will restore bimetallism, and then let England have bimetallism, because the United States has it. If they dare to come out into the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight them‘to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

APPEALS FOR FUNDS.

Want Dollar Contributions for the Populist Campaign. Washington, D. C. Sept. B. The following address and appeal for funds were issued from the populists headquarters today; “To Every American Patriot —The people’s party, as its name implies, is the champion of the masses who labor and produce wealth. To the efforts of this party is due the revolt of the masses of the democratic party, which resulted in turning down the Cleveland ad ministration and its British financial policy, and the nomination of William J. Bryan on a platform demanding financial independence for the United States. “Your national committee is doing the best it can against rich and powerful combinations. For us to stand any hope of winning you must uphold us. If we could have but 1 cent for every $lO used by the enemy we could carry on a vigorous campaign that would mean their defeat. “This is your fight. It is outfight. Hold up your hands, and we will do our duty in the terrible struggle. Don’t wait for somebody else to move. What is everybody’s business is nobody’s business. Make this your business. At once see several of your neighbors; try to get each one to contribute at least one dollar. If some cannot do this then get each one to

give as much as he can. In short take up a subscription in your community at once, and forward the amount, with the names of the contributors, toM. C. Rankin, Terre Haute. Ind., our national treasurer. Also at the same time notify your national chairman at Washington, D. C., of the amount thus forwarded. There is no time to lose. It is now only eight weeks until the battle will be won or lost. Be the first in your community to forward a subscription. We must win this fight. Let each do his duty, and victory awaits us. Marion Butler, “Chairman National People’s Party Committee. J. E. Edgerton, Secretary.”

Populists To Revolt.

Members of the .Tartu Asked to Stand by Candidate Watson. Special to the Chicago Record. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. B. There comes from the populists west of the Mississippi river a call to the populists of this state and of all of the states, it is said to join a revolt against the Bryan and Sewall ticket. The Re form Press association, which has its headquarters in Omaha, Neb., is at the head of the movement. Paul Vandervoort, president of this association, is taking the lead in the demand that Arthur Sewall be taken off the democratic ticket and Thomas Watson substituted. The threat is made that unless Sewall is removed the command will go out for the populists everywhere to withold support from the democratic tickets—national, state, congressional, and legislative. Well informed populists here believe the time for a break between the free-silver democrats, and the populists is near at hand. They do not believe the freesilver leaders have now, or ever have had, any thought of recognizing the candidacy of Watson. They say their only regret is that they did not come to their senses sooner—before the populist party had divided electors with the silver democrats in many states. But it is not to late, they declare, to withdraw the electors and make a clean-cut fight for Bryan and Watson. The voice of the populists of the south, it is averred, is against the fusion scheme. The Nonconformist of this city, one of the leading papers of the populist party of the country, was immediately after the Chicago and St. Louis conventions inclined to support Bryan and Sewall, but it is now demanding that populists stand by the party or see it wiped out of existence. e Many of the leading representatives of the party in that section of the country are writing to northern men, declaring that the democrats of the south would never haye been for silver except that they thought they saw a way by which their old enemies, the populists could be destroyed. While no call has yet been issued, the impression prevails that if Sewall is not removed from the democratic ticket short ly there will be a conference of populists from all parts of the country for the purpose of considering the nounced by those who are in the revolt that if a meeting is held an address will be issued to the populists of the country, calling upon them to withhold support from the Chicago ticket and to vote populist tickets straight.

State Crop Report.

Bulletin Agricultural Experiment Station. Cool weather prevailed, with local rains. Corn matured very rapidly; most is cut and in shock, and the late planted corn still out will be beyond danger from frost within a few days. In most localities the corn crop is very large, and some farmers wonder what they will do with all the corn. Tobacco is nearly all housed. Buckwheat is in good condition, but not safe from frost. In most counties a great crop of good potatoes are beidg dug; in low lands they are ruined

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1896.

by rotting. A very large crop of cabbage is growing. Millet is a good crop. Tomatoes are ripening slowly; the crop is large. Pasturage is excellent. Peaches and grapes are abundant. A second growth of grass is being cut. Some cherry trees are a second time in bloom in Scott and Owen counties, and early apple trees are in bloom again in Owen county. Plowing progessed rapidly; in some localities plowing is done. Seeding wheat, rye, oats and timothy has begun under favorable conditions, except in some parts of the southern portion, where the ground is too dry. Thrashing is most done. Clover hulling continues; in some localities the yield is light. Lake county—Corn prospects excellent, no frost, average good largest growth of stalks ever known; fruit abundant. Porter county—Slight frost reported, with little damage; corn maturing fast, some cut, will be safe from frost next week; plowing for wheat progresses. LaPorte county —Corn will be a heavy crop, best for many years, will be safe from frost by middle of month; wheat sowing progresses but few peaches left. St. Joseph county-Work pushed rapidly, and many seeding wheat; some still plowing; corn cutting in’progress; tomatoes plentiful; much cider being made; grape crop enormous. Elkhart coun-ty—-Some wheat sown, some up, as also rye, next week greater crop of wheat will be sown; considerable corn in shock, frost will do no material damage; peaches plentiful. Steuben county—Plowing for wheat nearly finished; corn cutting in progress and fodder very green, will be safe from frost by 15th; apples dropping badly, second growth of grass being cut for hay; clover seed light yield. Kosciusko county—Favorable weather for corn cutting, plowing and some seeding; many sheep dying from head disease; tomatoes yield well. Fulton county-Plowing pushed; thrashing all done; clover seed being hulled, of good quality but small acreage; corn doing nicely and mostly safe from frost; pickle season about over.

Whitley county—Cool, but no frost; corn being cut, nearly all safe from frost, is a good crop; plowing progresses; grass good. Allen county-Plowing progresses; corn matured and is being cut, nearly half now in shock. Adams county-Favorable weather; corn maturing nicely and ready to cut, will be safe from frost in ten days; large crops of apples and cabbage; ground in bad condition for wheat sowing; seeding begun. Wells county— No damage by cool weather; few rains; plowing progresses rapidly; little seeding done; corn in good condition and much ready to cut, will be large yield; wheat and oats thrashed, some good. Miama county —Weather cool; corn on high ground well matured and being cut; potatoes being dug, large in size and yell'd good; wheat plowing progresses slowly; cabbage growing rapidly. Cass county —Corn safe from frost, except that on low ground; pastures excellent. Carrol county —Some rain, cool nights, no frosts; plowing progresses rapidly; corn cutting commenced, some a little green, will be of good quality. Benton county—Oats thrashing not yet done; corn safe from frost; pastures good. Jay county— Light rains; corn maturing fairly well, still much soft, some being cut; all kinds of fruit abundant; plowing progresses rapidly- H. A. Huston, Director.

Eli Hill Lumber City, Pa., writes,“l have been suffering from Piles for twenty five years and thought myself incur able. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve was recommended to me as a pile cure, so I bought a Lox and it performed a permanent cure.” This is only one of thousands of similar cases. Eczema, sores and skin diseases yield quickly when it is used. A. F. Long.

A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE MAR RIES BOY AND GIRL IN COURT

Pretty Nora Curran, aged sixteen, and Frank Frazier, a messenger boy, were married at San Francisco the other day by a Justice of the Peace. The girl had many offers, but she loved the messenger boy the best, and the lad made her his wife to save her from a public institution. The bride says that she is a good cook and that she and her husband will go housekeeping aftar a while.

Three Opinions:

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The Honest Dollar.

Talk about an honest dollar! The most dishonest dollar in the world is the one that by a steady Increase in its purchasing power enables wealth, hour by hour, to rob labor. That dollar is essentially, malevolently and fiendishly dishonest which compels the man who has promised to pay the value of a bushel of wheat to satisfy a debt to surrender the value of two bushels of wheat in order to acquit the claim. A dollar that is daily acquiring a greater command over human labor and its products is not honest —it is a footpad. It enables the rich to grind the faces of the poor. It helps the speculator to acquire a title to your home for a fraction of its Value. It renders it unsafe to contract a liability or promise a future payment, and so discourages industry and deprives labor of employment. It robs every producer of wealth who has been compelled to contract a debt. It impoverishes the plowholder to fatten the bondholder. The honest dollar which we hear so much about is the greatest cheat and liar on the face of the earth. It is not only a fraud and a swindle, but an oppressor and a robber. It has compelled the American people to pay the money they borrowed to carry on the war for the union twice over, and still leaves them vastly more in debt, measured in units of wheat or cotton, than when they made the loan. Tell me that every thief in the penitentiary is an honest man, and I will believe it sooner that to admit that your gold standard is anything but a pickpocket. The issue is plain.

Non-Resident Notice. The State of Indiana, I QQ Jasper County. f ijkj. In the Jasper Circuit Court. October Term. 1896. Julia A. Lilly 1 VS. y Complaint No. 5136 Casper JLllly ) Now comes the plaintiff by David W. Shields, her attorney and files her complaint together with the affidavit of a disinterested person, that the defendant, Casper Lilly, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant that said cause will stand for hearing on the 13th day of the next term being Nov. 2, 1896, of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the Third Monday of October A. D, ' 1896 at the court house in Rensselaer in said county and State and if said defendant does not answer or demur to said complaint the same will be heard during his absence. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Rensselaer this 10th day of September A. D. 1896. Wm. H. Coovek, Clerk, Jasper Circuit Court.

Arthur and Alfred Hopkins made a trip to Fowler and returned yesterday on their tandem. While the former was transacting some business in Fowler the latter continued on to the Boswell fair. On their return they were entertained with refreshments consisting of apples, peaches and grapes by W. I. MC’ollough. chairman of the Benton county populist central committee, at his farm near Lochiel. Andrew Hall, a prominent Newton county man, formerly a republican, has come out for Bryan and will speak at Mt. Ayr, Saturday evening, Sept 12,1896. Robert Clark is on the sick list. J. W Jessup, the contracter. has just completed houses for Alton Padgett and J. T. Saylor and has the contract for two school houses in this county. Charles Malchow is building a nice one and a half story cottage in Kannal's addition. Mrs. Lillie Hyland and twin daughters of Gilman, 111., are visiting relatives in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gamble of St. Louis, Mo., are visiting the latter’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Alter.

Council met in extra session the 7th inst. and awarded contract for sewers on Forest and Cullen Streets. The bids ranged from 15e and 19c to 70c and 78c per foot. 1000 feet 8-inch and 1500 feet 10-inch sewer was let to J. C. Thrall, at fifteen and nineteen cents, the total cost being 8435.00. There are three families of gypsies camped in the southern part of our city whose business seems to be as diversified as are the families. It is in evidence that they trade horses and the elder females beg while the younger ones tell fortunes, etc. A. Lewis, the Rensselaer cigar manufacturer, has moved into his new factory and keeps six hands constantly at work. He has just added a new brand to his other celebrated brands, calling it “Our New Court House.” This is a very good 5c cigar. His old standards, are “Coleridge”, “69” and “Florida L”, the last named a 10c cigar. He makes special brands for several patrons. Telephone number 1961 Foreigners own millions of acres of millions of United States bonds, and state bonds; and they own untold millions of city bonds, and other municipal obligations in the United States, and vast amounts of other properties not here specially stated. So great has became the aggregate of all *hese ownerships in the United States properties by foreigners living in foreign countries that the aggregate cannot be less than $7,000,000,000 or $8,000,000,000, with an average of earnings of not less than 5 per cent per annum.

Elect Officers for Next Year.

The Grand United States Order of Odd Fellows, in session at Richmond, Ind., has chosen the following officers: Grand master, W. F. Anderson, Lafayette; deputy grand master, W. H. Brown, Jeffersonville; grand > secretary, W. E. Loqndes, Madison; grand treasurer, J. Brooks, Knightstown; grand warden, Allen Daniel, Rushville; grand guardian, W.,H. McCullough, Carthage; chdplain, Isaac Warfield, Richmond; marshal, T. E. Shannon, Madison. Executive committee, R. A. Roberts, Shelbyville; J. H. Keener, Knightstown; Aaron Taylor, Evansville. The next convention goes to Shelbyville. May 30 is set apart as decoration day for the order. New England Supper. John Conyers of Lebanon and Mrs. * Kate Luse of Kirkland are visiting their relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. Children’s photos a specialty at the Pavillion. James H. Chapman has plenty of money to loan on personal security, Call and see him, See Rinehart about your cement walks at once. Now is the best time in the year to build.

Jordan.

Weather is quite cool at present. Farmers are busy with their fall plowing. Grandma Shindler is on the sick list this week. Miss Belle Burr has returned home from her sister’s where she has been visiting for some time. Hurrah for Bryan and Watson, they’re bound to win the race. Quite a large number of the people of this vicinity attended the Great Wallace Show at Rensselaer on Friday. Geo. Wortley and family enter- ■ tained several of their friends from Chicago last Sunday. Miss Lizzie Winger, who has been working for Mrs. Lilly Haynes, went to visit friends at Kniman Monday. Meeting at Union every Sunday night; all are invited to attend. B. F. and D A thousand or two out of date newspapers are for sale at this office at 10 cents a hundred. Beauty, durability, price, the trinity o 1 merit in C. A. Roberts buggies and carriages, opposite Makeever house.

T-i-Zk-TAZ'TiTZETSS. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, LAWYER, Rensselaer - Indiana. UALPH W. MARSHALL, 11 ATTOKITEY'. Special attention given to settlement of Decedent's Estates, Collections, Conveyances, Justices’Cases. Office on Washington St., oppbslte Court House, Rensselaer. Indiana. Ira W. Yeoman. ATTORNEY-. REMINGTON, IND. Insurance and real estate agent. Any amount of private money to loan on farm security. Interest 6 per cent. Agent for International and Rea Star steamship lines. ~MOKDECAI F.CHILCOTE, Rensselaer, Ind. Attends to all business in the profession with promptness and dispatch. Office in second storv of the Makeever building. Geo. K. Houllngsworth. Arthur H. Hopkins. Hollingsworth & Hopkins. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rensselaer, ---------- Ind Office second floor of Leopold’s Block, corner Washington and Van Rensselaer streets, rrrcticein all the courts, and purchase, sell and lease real estate. Attty’s for L. N. A. & C. Rw. Co., B. L. &S. Associan and Rensselaer Water, Light & Power Company. Simon P. Thompson. D. J. M. L. Spitler. THOMPSON BROTHER, Lawyers and Real Estate Brokers Have the only complete set of Abstract Books in town. Rensselaer, - - Indiana.

Alfred McCoy, Pres. T. J. McCoy, Cash A. K. Hopkins. Assistant Cashier. A. MCCOY & CO’S BANK RENSSELAER, IND. '/Vie Ofrtesf Bank Jnsper County, ESTABLISHED 1854. Transacts a general banking business, buys notes and loans money on long or short time °n personal or real estate security. Fair and liberal treatment Is promised to all Interest paid on time deposits. Foreign exand f old ' Your Patronage is solicited. Patrons having valuable papers n>> v deposit them for safe keeping. F v AddisonParkison. Gbo.K.Hollingsworth, President. Vice President. emmet l. Hollingsworth. Oashler. Commercial State Bank, RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WE ONLY STATE BANK IN JASRERCO. Directors: Addison Parkison, James T Randle, John M. Wasson. Geo. K. Hollingsworth and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This bank is prepared to transact a general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought atcurrent rates of interest. A share of your natronage is solicited. Are open for business at the old stand of the Citizens’ State Bank.