Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — Page 7

POLICY OF A PASTY.

Democracy demoralized by FUSION AND CONFUSION. iParty Whose Political Attitude fop Nearly Fifty Year* Has Been “Agin the Oovernmint”-Rickety Chicago Platform Has Become Dangerous. Party of Opposition. The policy of a party of opposition, euch as the Democratic party has been for nearly fifty consecutive years, is usually short and simple, and was concisely stated by the Irishman who defined his political attitude by Baying: “Oi am agin the govemmint.” When the Democratic party breaks away from that natural, fundamental creed which needs neither explanation nor excuse, flings to the winds its traditional policy of striving to thrive solely upon the blunders of the dominant party and strikes out with a determination to become a party of agression and progression, it is not surprising that It presents the amusing spectacle of fusion and confusion, which has been on exhibition ever since that wonderful structure, the Chicago platform, was builded in 1896. The effect is that an Important election is rapidly approaching, and no man can say with confidence—not even a Democrat—what the great party of opposition is to stand for in the contest. Early in the present year it dawned upon the comprehension of the Bryans, Blands, and Baileys of the party that what little was left of the Chicago structure by the political cyclone of two years ago had become so seriously weakened that the rickety platform would no longer support a great party, and that new planks must be thrown out to keep the Democratic vote above water in the elections of 1898. With the true instinct of an opposition party, the Democratic leaders thought they saw their opportunity in the policy of territorial expansion resulting from the war so ably conducted by the Republican administration. If they could not ride into power on the credit of a successful foreign war, they would seize its fruits by condemning the policy of expansion, which they proceeded to denounce under the name of “imperialism.” The Cleveland wing saw it first, as evidenced by an Impassioned appeal against territorial expansion made on July 13th by the Hon. Judson Harmon, ex-Attorney-General undey Cleveland. Not to lose the control established at Chicago, the Bryans, Blands, and Baileys rushed into speech and print on the same lines, and were frantic In their denunciation of “Republican imperialism.” Sad as it may seem and close as these leaders claim to be to the masses of the voters, they do not appear to have sounded accurately the depths of public sentiment even in their own ranks. Mr. Bailey, who raised the cry in Democratic Texas, was promptly turned down by the State convention of his party, and Bland, the whilom mouth piece of Missouri Democratcy, has met the same fate from the same cause in his state. Wyoming Democrats have unblushiDgly taken the logical and patriotic position that the United States should retain all the territory it has won from Spain. The Democracy of other states, like Illinois, for example, has ignored the subject entirely. The Democrats of Others, like New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, propose to avoid the question by hiding their heads under platforms carefully confined to state issues, and still other states, like California, are straddling the issue in a manner at once inexplicable and ridiculous. On the question of free silver the Democratic party is equally confused. Some state conventions, as in California, have perfunctorily reaffirmed the demand of the Chicago platform for “a return to the constitutional system of free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.” Others propose to avoid the subject entirely, while in still others, as in Oregon and Rhode Island, the party has been overwhelmingly defeated on the direct financial issue. Wyoming has relegated it as an issue to the buried past, and Colorado Republicans are talking of getting together on live Issues, although Senator Teller has emphatically declared that the friends of silver must still unite on the stJVte ticket without repard to party lines and policies. The Democrats of Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are still rallying round the Chicago platform, although the voters of those states have condemned it, and although it is known that the Democracy of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts will never stand on It. We recommend the laconic advice of President Lincoln: “When youJiave got an elephant by the hind leg and he is struggling to get away, yon had better let Idm go.” It is impossible to understand how a party so Involved in the meshes of its own blunders, without an Issue In touch with public sentiment, and without unity of-purpose on any public policy, can hope to win at the polls. The Republican party, true to Its constructive character, will recognize the destiny awaiting the nation! and will frame Its policies to meet it« “A people who shorten their swords, lengthen their boundaries.” —San Francisco Argonaut. All I’raiHe the President. In Jill the cavil and criticism following upon the heels at war, the universal praisd for I'reel dent McKinley is a general satisfaction. It is a matter of supremo satisfaction to the American pwple that their President lias so conducted himself In his high office through so trying an ordeal «•» to call forth only compliment from abroad and commendation ut home. It \t to those

who knew him beet no surprise that he has met the exactions of so great a trial with true firmness, rare tacit and statesmanlike ability. To those who honestly and facetiously held him in so low esteem as to doubt his capacity or question his capability, the surprise has to the former bee® a rich satisfaction, to the latter a disappointment that has forced their pride of, Americanism. The gratification is, therefore, general and generous. A Warning to Republicans. The mask has been dropped. The monstrous crusade to destroy the prestige of victory in war is now acknowledged to have as its object the discrediting of President McKinley. The Chicago Chronicle has laid aside all subterfuge and stated directly that President McKinley was responsible “for all the remissness which has caused fearful suffering to our gallant soldiers who died by fevers in ill-selected and illmanaged camps of starvation, because the supplies which were so generously provided by the nation had not bee® delivered to the soldiers.” The Chronicle, being a Democratic organ, has done what Republicans believed from the first that it would do. This was a part of the copperhead conspiracy of 1898. Early in the war the malcontents and inreconcilables entered Into a conspiracy to defeat the Republican party ait the Congressional elections this fall. They believed that If they could frighten the administration Into sending an army of 50,000 or 75,000 men to attack Havana in the rainy season disease would make such havoc among the troops before October came that the American people would be In a panic. Then the distressing facts of a long death list and the suffering of soldiers in fever-stricken camps could be used as campaign mat eriaf> a gainst the supporters of the administration in the fall election. This seems monstrous when It Is put Into cold type, but the proof of such a conspiracy was positive, and day after day those newspapers that had been forced into a support of the war by the patriotism of their constituents urged the President to move the anmy on Havana. It was explained that the President, the Secretary of War and Gen. Miles were opposed to any attack on Havana in the rainy season. This explanation was received with scoffs and sneers, and the newspapers In the conspiracy charged the President, his Cabinet and the commanding general of the army with cowardice.

The President had his way; Havana was not attacked; the army was not sent to the malarial districts of Cuba In the rainy season. Santiago was attacked, Cervera’s fleet was destroyed, and the war was ended. Bo complete was the victory, so astonishing were the results, that the conspirators for the time were at a loss what to do. Then they conceived the plan of using sensational reports as to sick and wounded to alarm the people and accomplish what they had failed to accomplish by thadr cry, “On to Havana!” They charged that the Secretary of War, through ignorance and negligence, had connived at the destruction of the army. Some of the yellow journals went further than this, and charged that the War Department had deliberately planned the assassination of the flower, of American soldiery. This seems as monstrous as the plan of inveigling the administration into an indiscreet invasion of Cuba; but the conspirators, the yellow journals, mugwump and Democratic, have not hesitated to make the moat reckless and Infamous charges, <wlth the purpose, as the Chronicle now admits, of striking art the administration •which conducted the war to a triumphant close. —Chicago Inter Ocean.

Present Day Copperheads, While a large proportion of the people were opposed to the war before It began, most of them assumed a positioai of patriotic loyalty toward their Government as soon as hostilities were begun. Some of the most strenuous objectors to war when it was believed that a conflict might be averted by means of diplomatic negotiations, became the most ardent supporters of the President when they )found that war must come. Yet there was a very small fraction of the people who could never reconcile themselves to the war. They continued to feel that a fearful mistake was being made. They could not rejoice when the American navy or army won a victory. They would have been l*etter pleased, we have no doubt, if Spain had won a victory occasionally, just to prove that they were right in opposing the war. Those men are not patriots. They are not entitled to share in the blessings of a free Government. They are not in sympathy with American institutions, because they are unwilling to submit to the majority. Therefore it matters little that they fail to see wherein the war has been of any advantage to the American people or this country. Men who art' so unpatriotic ns td secretly wish that their country’s flag might go down In disgrace so that their own opinions might be Justified cannot be expected to view the results of the war as other people see them.-'-CJiicago Inter Ocean. Three Tariff*. The total receipts of the treasury for the first ten mouths of the three tariffs of this decade have been published nml serve ns a powerful statistical Indorsement of the present administration. The Dlugley tariff has now been in operation ten months. The receipts of the treasury for that time, exclusive of Pacific Railroad sales, were ?2U3,559,700. The receipts for the first, ten months of the Wilson tariff were 5234,330,481; for the first ten months of the McKinley tariff. $312,002,508. The results under the Dingley tariff were substantially ns predicted by Mr. Ilinglay In his speech in support of Ure bill In

its final form. The Republican party doe? not indulge In random guesses on matters susceptible of close ertimates, and its calculations, like its promises, can be relied upon.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Big Figures, These. Here are a few figures to give you an Idea of the wealth added to this nation during 1898. It is all the gift of a kind and benevolent nature. It is worth mentioning that the figures given, aa far as the crops are concerned, are maximum, but the prices are not far from those the producers will receive for their toil: Wheat, 700,000,000 bush, 70c.5490,000,000 Corn, 2,000,000,000 bush, 25c 500,000,000 Cotton, 11,000,000 bales, S2O. 220,000,000 Hay, 55,000,000 tons, $6.... 330,000,000 Oats, 655,000,000 bush, 20c.. 131,000,000 Potatoes, 250,000,000 bush, 40c ", 100,000,000 There’s a grand total of $1,171,000,000 to find its way to the pockets of the farmers, and thence to the hands of the various tradesmen and manufacturers of this country, except a few hundred millions to be saved and Invested in Government bonds. If another issue were In prospect all of it, even if as large as the last, would be absorbed by the farming interests of this country. Other items are omitted from the above table. For Instance, the poultry and egg business of the country is almost as big as the wheat crop, and the small fruit business Is enormous in the aggregate. If items like these were to be added, and others which have no part in the Government reports, the total given would be almost if not entirely doubled. ' Verily this is a land flowing with milk and honey. The sample of prosperity now in evidence over the country from end to end is but the forerunner of greater things. Look pleasant, please, and thank Providence that you are an American, if not an American farmer. The Preaident in War Times. War is unquestionably the fire that tests men’s souls, that burns away the dross, leaving the pure gold. When Maj. McKinley was nominated for the Presidency, many, even in his own party, were convinced that a weak inan had been named. Several of his appointments to prominent positions of great responsibility only served to strengthen the first Impression, while his seemingly weak delay In declaring war after the wreck of the Maine convinced them of his utter inability to pilot the nation. But events have shown the fallacy of that reasoning; what they thought was vacillating weakness was serene selfpossession; what they took for hesitancy was dignity; what they considered fear was calm courage. Throughout the entire conduct of the war he has guided the Ship of State with a steady hand and a clear brain. No man in public station ever had a higher sense of his responsibility. When Lincoln was at the helm he, too, was assailed by hostile criticism from all sides; his motives were mlnconstmed, his acts misjudged. But when the clouds of war had melted away, people began to appreciate the nobility, the magnanimity and the sublime courage of Lincoln. It will be so with McKinley. Already his bitterest enemies are beginning to appreciate the great worth of the man; already he is beginning to receive the loyal support and Indorsement of members of all parties.—Saturday Evening Post. Getting Too Hot for Them.

Fallacy of a Free Trade Claim. There.never wns a more striking Illustration of the fallacy of the claim of the Democrats that unless we opened our markets freely to foreigners they would not buy of us. It has been demonstrated that the hypothesis of the Republican lsirty is sound—namely, that commerce Is selfish and it will buy In the chonj>est market. The hnlauce of trade In our favor Is more than double that of any previous year and nearly equal to that of the past five years combined.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A Brnsllile Duty. The duty imposed on wearing brought In by Kuroixwm tourists at New York the past year aniounited to 5:113,518, or at the rate of f3.!*V a head. Before tike Dingley law went into effect, the proceeds were 587.425, or UIV 3 cento per capita. The Increase would about pay for one torpedo boat each year.—Worcester •Spy. Far from a Failure, Legislation that promotes the welfare of the wage earner and increases the prosperity of the farmer at the same time Is good legislation. legislation that carries our foreign trade intb new districts, that Increases Its volume In Europe, Asia and Africa Is not a failure. The Dingley law has done ail this.—lda he Register.

AGRICULTURAL

Form of Sugar Beet. Deep plowing is generally recotntnended in sugar beet culture. Except where the subsoil is very porous it should be loosened up with the subsoil plow. The proper preparation of the soil represents a most important feature of sugar beet culture. The cut shows the ideal form of sugar beet, grown In good soil with a porous subsoil. It also represents a lees desirable form of beet, which may be due to a subsoil so hard or other conditions so

IDEAL BEET—ONE LESS DESIRABLE.

unfavorable that the root has grown mostly near or above the surface of the ground.

Agricultural Courtahlp. A potato went out on a mash, And sought an onion bed; “That’s not for me!” observed the squash, And all the beets turned red; “Go ’way!” the onion, weeping, cried, “Your love I cannot be; The pumpkin be your lawful bride; You cauteiope with me.” But onward still the tuber came, And laid down at her feet; “You cauliflower by any name. And it will smell as wheat; And I, too, am an early rose; And you I’ve come to see; So don’t turn up your lovely nose, But spinachat with me!” “I do not carrot all to wed, So go, sir, if you please;” The modest onion meekly said, “And lettuce, pray, have peas! Go, think that you have never seen Myself, or smelled my sigh; Too long a maiden I huve been For favors in your rye!” “Ah, spare a cuss!” the tuber prayed; “My cherryshed bride you’ll be! You are the only weeping maid That’s currant now with me!” And as the wily tuber spoke, He caught her by surprise, And giving her an artichoke, Devoured her with his eyes. —Selected.

Ensilage Wagon. Where there Is a large amount of corn to be cut up for ensilage, a number of teams are required, and much speed In getting the fodder to the cutter from the field. It Is often necessary to extemporize a wagon to meet the demand. The cut shows such a device. Two long pieces of Joist are held the right distance apart by strips of board nailed •cross them. The forward ends are

EXTEMPORIZED ENSILAGE WAGON.

fastened upon the axle of a pair of farm wagon wheels, while trucks support the rear ends. A very good load could be hauled without the trucks by rounding off the rear ends of the Joist, so they will drag easily over the ground. Such a frame Is exceedingly handy, as It. Is low, and can be approached so lVadlly from all sides, there being no large wheels In the way. —American Agriculturist. Lime ns n Milk Preservative. Some of tin* Chicago papers complain, and with reason, against, the practice of a few farmers in putting lime in their milk cuns in order to keep tlx? milk from souring. Salt also is used l»y some for the same purpose. Moth lime and salt ure alkaline, and will therefore help to prevent acidity. But In Just the proportion they do tills they make the milk Indigestible. When put in the stomuch milk becomes acid as the first step towards digestion. All alkaline sub-stances-are, for this reason, injurious when combined with food products. llarncMN in Hot Weuthcr. During the summer months the harness should be wiped dry every day if ouly to remove accumulated sweat and dirt. It Is not best to wash the harness except rarely, and then the surface should lie rubbed over with a cloth dipped In vacuum oil so as to prevent the harness from cracking. So far ns possible tlie harness should, be kept away from the stables, us there is In a strong smell of ammonia from the rapid iftcßjr of manure®. This

ammonia will dry out and crack the harness worse than It will to use it a long time In cold weather. As the ammonia penetrates the leather, It causes the latter to rot and the harness soon becomes worthless. The Farmer’s Day at Hand. There is no longer any doubt concerning the immediate outlook for the farmer. Every Indication is that prices are going to be fair and the profits from agriculture such as to make farming a lucraitive occupation. The years Just past have been such as to try the skill of the farmers, and those who have not taken advantage of modern methods and machinery have bad a hard time, Indeed. We do not expect to have universal agreement as to the return of good times. When times get so good that no one will complain that farming does not pay the millennium will have arrived. The average farmer does not make money even in the best years. The average crop of com In this country is only twenty-four bushels to the acre, and the average crop of wheat one-half this. The average cow makes less than 100 pounds of butter in a year, and the average hen lays but three dozen eggs In twelve months, and all of these at times when prices are lowest. These returns are not such as to insure a profit when prices are at their highest. Below the average production there are many who must fare badly. They struggle along In a state of poverty and put in their time complaining about their lot We believe that not one in 1,000 farmers who read the papers and adopt modern methods get crops the yield of which is as low as the average of the country. Th» man who takes every advantage that skill and science places at his command may confidently count on crops above the average, and many times so far above that his profits will be entirely satisfactory. It is these reading, thinking farmers who make farming a profession to be proud of. To them the country looks for that material advancement that raises the price of railroad stocks and sets the factories going. They are going to have their innings now.—The Farmer’s Voice. Handy In BlauKhterinir. A tripod for lifting a carcass, with the poles sixteen feet long, Illustrated In the Rural New Yorker, Is operated as follows: Bore the holes to let the poles spread ten feet apart at the base. To set up

FOR LIFTING A CARCABS.

- f-—-» foT uee, dig three holes in the ground six inches deep, so that the tripod will stand sdx or seven feet high when set in the holes, as shown in the figure. When slnughitering, fasten the beef to the tripod, have a rope from the base of the single pole to reach out between the other two poles, and hitch on a team to draw the pole In toward the other two. So doing will raise the beef as idgli as desired. Southern Corn Always Late. It is always the rule that corn grown far North ripens much earlier than Southern corn. It not only lias to because the season is much shorter, but it must be remembered that the Southern corn gets during the growing season or from the 21st of March to the 21st of September fewer hours of sunlight than does the fnr North. This is probably the reason why nil kinds of vegetables attain their highest perfection and greatest yields near the northern limit of their growth. The Southern corn is mainly of the soft Dent or horse-tooth varieties, while Northern corn, that yields the most grain, belongs to the Flint varieties. Potatoes Make Salvy Butter. Every farmer who lias ever grown potatoes knows that they are of little value for feeding raw to stock, and that they ure especially objectionable as feed for cows giving milk. We have known potnto peelings to be given to cows, and while the quantity of milk was not lessened, its quality was injured, ns it lacked the line aroma given by feeding the cows on grass or born fodder. The butter made from milk of cows to which potatoes have been fed. Is white and salvy, lacking the grain which Is the characteristic of good butter.- American Cultivator. Htiihhtc Field Weeds. , Home weedis seem to hold possession of the land jK-rslstmitly, but when they are kept down by frequent cutting off of the 'toi>s dt Is but a matter of time before they will die, ns every cutting causi-s cxluiUHt lon. The stuhlde field Is a favorite place for wis'ds. but If the mower is run over the field the weeds will Ik* prevented from seeding until the land cun lx* plowed. (loMlingn and Dnrk linttn. Goslings and ducklings frisimuitly show signs of lameness when nearly grown, and are also ufilleted with vertigo. The ca*"Hc is due to feeding Largely cf grain. During warm weather they will thrive better if allowed nothing but grass. All aquatic birds require bulky sulwtanoe®, and will not thrivi ®n a diet of concentrated food,.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Metkodiata to Baiae $500,000 for De Panw University—Double Tragedy in Columbus—Brakeman Leaps Fifty Feet to Kacape Death. Fixes Debt on Church. At a council of presiding officers of the Methodist Church held at Anderson, it was decided to saddle an endowment of |500,000 upon the churches of the State for maintaining Re Pauw University. It is proposed to raise this fund during the yearß 1899 and 1900 and it is to be known as “the twentieth of Indiana Methodism to the permanent endowment of De Pauw University.” The demands are to be apportioned to the three Indiana conferences, about $150,000 to each one. The university has been running in hard lines for the past year. The failure of th® De Pauws crippled the institution to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars. During the past year it has been necessary to make a beggerly appeal to every source for revenue to carry on the work. It is proposed to put this $500,000 out on interest and not touch the principal. Elopes with a Mere Child. Milo Wilson and Lula Hancock eloped from Monon and were married at St. Joseph, Mich. Wilson is 50 years old and the girl 13. A warrant was out for Wilson’s arrest on the charge of decoying th® girl from home, and they were arrested at Lognnsport. Wilson is the father of four children, one almost as old as the Hancock girl, who comes from an excellent family. Wilson had been paying her attention for several months, despite th® protestation of her mother. Indignant citizens finally warned Wilson to ceas® paying the child attention and he promptly induced the girl to elope. Wife and Huaband Suicide. Mrs. Ellen Hill of Columbus committed suicide by hanging herself in the barn. The cause of her death was due to the unsteady actions of her husband. Henson 0. Hill, her husband, also committed suicide the next morning by taking strychnine. He was seized with horrible convulsions and died four hours after. Mr. Hill was a very prominent man in the vivinity, having served as city councilman for two successive terms, and was connected with a manufacturing company at The death of his wife completely unmanned him and It was no doubt the Immediate cause of his suicide. Brakeman’a Perilous Jump. At Clinton, Albert Brown, a Chicago and Eastern Illinois brakeman, escaped a violent death by jumping from the railroad to the ground, a distance of fifty feet. Brown had gone out on the bridge to make a coupling when a car loaded with heavy timber struck him, causing him to lose his balance. It was either jump or be ground to pieces by the cars, and with wonderful presence of mind he leaped. H® lit squarely on his feet, where he Btood lor a moment, and then fell unconscious to the ground. His injury is not regarded as serious.

Within Our Border*. Herman Boyner, £he 7-year-old son of John Boyner, a farmer near Decatur, was crashed to death by falling under a wagon load of stone. Nelson Boliver Converse and Minnie Trotter of New Albany were married at Jeffersonville. The man is 70 yean old rnd the bride 18. The annual reunion of the Eixty-third Indiana regiment was held at Waynetown. W. S. Whittington of Crawfordsmade the main address, and he was followed by Hon. C. B. Landis, Gen. Lew Wallace and M. E. Foley. The Populists of Floyd County held * mass convention in New Albany to nominate a counity ticket, but before they finished they launched a boom of Lieut. Richmond Pearsbn Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, for President in 1900. Resolutions were adopted describing Hobson’s heroism and Americanism, and indorsing him as a candidate for the chief executive of the nation. The Y. M. C. A. of Anderson and Marion leased and operated the entire system of the Gas Belt Electric Railway th® other day. This gave them the thirtytwo miles of main line between the two cities. Excursion rates were announced, and picnics and excursion parties to ths Soldiers’ Home and other resorts were organized. The traffic was big, and they will clear S2OO or $250 on the day. The chain makers at the Krein chain works of Marion went out on a strike, rausiug the entire plant to close down. Fifty men are employed as chainmakers. Their helpers, heaters and triphammer men, 200 in all, went out in sympathy. The chainmakers work by the piece and they say that by hard work they can make $1.35 a day. They ask an increase of 15 per cent. A new wage scale was presented to the company and the company asked a few days to consider it. Later n notice was posted in the mill stating that not only the increase would no* be granted, but that instead a cut of 5 per cent would be made. At Hagerstown, Itcv. F. M. Moot?, * minister of the United Brethren Church, has brought suit against the Central Union Telephone Company for $2,500 damage*. The ground of his complaint is tb« failure of the telephone company to properly convey a message in which Rev. Mr. Moore wps solicited to come to Falmouth to preach a funeral sermon. After receiving the message the complainant went to Falmouth, but upon arrival there found that the in format ion conveyed in the message was erroneous and that there was no funeral in that i>art of the county. On account of tlx; levity indulged in at his expense by persons who learned of the peculiar mistake the minister was subjected to great annoyance, Daniel Sa ml born, a deaf mute, 50 years 'ld, while in a weakened condition from sickness, fell from a third-story window at the Morgan County infirmary and was killed. All that is mortal of cx-Gov. Clauds Matthews now lies in the Clinton cemetery. The last sad rites were attended I by distinguished men from the capital and 5 every section of the State. • Sam Coburn, <*oloretl, employed at ths Torey mine, near Clinton, was perhaps fatally burned by a premature explosion of a shot in the mine. The negro was tampiug the cartridge when it exploded :/j