Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 January 1901 — Page 2

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Indiana, as second-class mutter.

FRIDAY,

tiiry!

Tiik

world to join in protecting barbarian

native races everywhere, on the first

Entered at the Post-office at Crawfordsville, its members so able, progressi 'o. and experienced a man as Mr. Stutesman land the body would rellect credit on itself in electing him as speaker.

JANUARY

4, 1901.

you all a happy new cen-

wis

twentieth century promises to

be one distinctively of the strenuous life. Our humble advice, therefore, to all is to avoid the doing of anything which butters no parsnips.

A MAN who lived thirty years in the nineteenth century lived longer than old Methuselah with all his glorious history. For the nineteenth century was the century of accomplishment. Will the twentieth stand in history as its equal?

That

decision of Judge Weston the

constitutionality of the Caraway law is a gem of righteousness and common sense. Now let the prosecutions go forward with vigor until the last tloater is disfranchised. Attorney Mount has made an excellent beginning and if he finishes as well he will gain a reputation that will be of value to his practice for the rest of his days.

ift"AREVV-.MINOT J-

Savace,

of New

being

bly reported, which binds the States to a prohibition of the sale of intoxicants in Africa, between twenty degrees north latitude and twenty-two

legislative day of tho new centurv. I

Thursday. January 3rd. The move

meat also includes'the passage by

is a man fully awake to the needs of the state and the best interests of the Republican party—and it would be childish to say we do not want a man for speaker who has party interests in view, for all must acknowledge that the interests of the party in power and the public are one, the sensitive public being quick to avenge any betrayal of its trust. Mr. Stutesman is a man who knows enough to know that legislative bodies oftimes legislate best when they legislate least, and as speaker he would make short work of the scores of ridiculous bills brought forward by faddists and cranks to occupy the .time that should be given to matters of moment and general interest. The legislature is fortunate in having enrolled among

Whether he is speaker or not, liow-

in fact

house, on the same day, of the Cillett, and Persians. bill, prohibiting the sale of intoxicants or fire arms by Americans to the natives of the New Hebrides islands, a traflic which Kngland has already prohibited. The idea of this movement is to emphasize the attitude of the United States on progressive Christianity and moral reform.

MoNTi.iO.MKHY county is not going to be affected by that clause of the primary election law providing for nominations by popular vote, as our population is two] or three hundred short of the .'50,000 mark. This is pleasing news to the people of both parties here where nominations by conventions have always proved) most satisfactory. Tho only primary 'election law our people want is one throwing some safe guards about the ballot and prescribing harsh punishmentiUor illegal voters at primaries. Illegal voting is all that has

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evei dtsgiaced our primaries, and with

this eliminated we 'shall do very well

without 'the imposition of expensive and cumbersome popular vote elections proposed by that impractical committee that drafted the bill.

nal

primary, Its method being left to the

the right man asjspeaker of the bouse. There is only one right man a candidate and be is James F. Siutesman. By his election the interests of both the state and the party would be best served for, without disparagement or prejudice to any other] candidate, it can be truthfully said that Mr. Stutesman is by far the most happily iqualilied man for the position. A scholarly,fintellectual man of high principle, ene» gy, and wide experience he is (possessed of all the attributes of{ an lidealjpresiding oHicer. In nowiae quixotic, thoroughly schooled in polities, highltoned and practical, he

(ever, Mr. Stutesman will be the power, earned in the legislature, and it will be a power for the good of Indiana. That it may be directed from the position of greatest advantage,the speaker's chair, is the wish of all acquainted with the qualifications of Mr. Stutesman.

li. FOUI-KK ON A TANGENT. Tiik Jouhxal

York, preaching Sunday night in the church of the Messiah on ''The Century of Wonder." said in part: "There are no classes in this country, and the agitation that is going on as to the condition of the laborer, instead of being a discouraging sign, is altogether a hopeful one. It is said that the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer. This is not true. There are more rich people in this country to-day than over the other for juries could not be found beforo, but there are not more people who would take seriously the testimony poor, according to the population, of a scoundrel who sold his vote. The There never was a time when wages several prosecutions in^ Montgomery were so high as to-day—when the com- county fell flat and no man conversant inon people could earn so much and so with the situation but was heartily easily." ..

A MOVis.MKNT is on foot and vigorously pushed to have tho senate inaugurate the 20th century legislation Caraway law \\a» pa&sed and it is now bv ratifying the treaty already favora-1

degrees south latitude, and to add a resolution inviting the nations of the I

is an admirer of Wil

liam Dudley Foulke, of Ilichmond, but is constrained to admit that he sometimes •'IIies oil' the handle.' A better illustration of this tangential proclivity could not be cited than ra remark made by him on Monday. Tie said, in speaking of proposed election reform I bcr laws, "There ought to bo heavy penalties both for giving and taking money for votes at all elections." In theory this stand is all very well but Mr. Foulke has lived in Indiana long enough and has been close enough to practical politics to know a good deal better. Laws in the past, stringently framed laws, have incorporated exactly the idea he sets forth, and under them I vote tratlicking nourished as the green I bay tree of poetic tradition. I'rosecu-| tions were seldom inaugurated against I after an evil that everybody saw, and when, I 'bese semi-occasionally, particularly violent fractures of the law were taken into courts the guilty parties always escaped. Briber and bribed joined forces for mutual protection and convictions were

impossible. The law was tested and found wanting and in its place was established a law holding the buyer alone culpable. It proved worse than

glad when the law for the encouragement of blackmail was finally swept from our statute books. Finally the

onitstl iaL

That it will succeed in

"nited county there is every reason to I believe and that it will prove a blessing if it does no sane man will deny.

Let it be given a fair trial, for other I methods have failed, the very methods,

that Mr. Foulke and others now

P°

se t0

law The

substitute for the untried

Caraway

tive f, om tlie

the

ettv am

Tiik

our

maintains that the manner of nom-

inating should be left to the people of atives and friends in Morgan countv. each party in each countv, and that the Milton Waugh and daughter, Mrs. j^hen

law should affect only the nurity of the I Reeves, of Crawfordsville, visited

will of the people holding it. Dr. Ware and wife have returned to their home at this place after a several JAMES F.

law ma be clefoc

standpoint of tho theo-]

rist but if it pans out in practice may

among us like the laws of the

BOWERS

Thoinac, Lawler is on the sick list. Walter Hamilton is visiting friends in Dayton. •John Hutchinson and family were at Colfax Tuesday. isaac IJowen is very low at this writing with no hopes of recovery.

James Ware and Dave Rogers killed hogs for Mrs. Ida Sutton Monday I Fd Dykes and family called on Dr. I and Mrs. Ware Sunday afternoon.

Miss Ollie Ream, of Colfax, visited with the family of .James Ware last I week. I

Miss Maude Hamilton is visiting her sister. Mrs. Minnie Client and family at Conroe.

Frank Hamilton, of Lafayette, vis-! I ited his'mothcr and family at this place Wednesday.

James Ware and wife spent Saturday tells on himself with much at Colfax, the guests and Ollie Ream.

of -Misses Josie

a &

nton last week

Petty Hami^on and little 80n9)

Harry and Donnie. spent Saturday

an^absenceof several days visiting rel-

the families of Prank and John Waugh

an(

fielding' Rice a few days last weclt.

STUTESMAN. days' visit with the doctor's daughter,

The Republican members of the leg Mrs. Allen Long and family, of Indiislature should start right by electing

ana

P°^

Heat Out ol'un Increased'Hie Pension. A Mexican war veteran and prominent editor writes: "Seeing the advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, I am reminded that as a soldier in Mexico in '47 and '48, 1 contracted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy has kept me from getting an increase in my pension for on every renewal a dose of it restores me." It is unequalled as a quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Nye & Booe, druggists.

Chapped

hands, cracked lips and

roughness of the skin cured quickly by Banner Salve, the most healing ointment in the word. Nye & Booe.

THE LOBBY'S LIVERY

Green Cloth and Brass Button Market Would Boom If Hernly Had His Way.

THE LOBBYISTS ARE GATHERING

All Kinds of Measures Being Lined Up For

THE CRAWFORDSVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

the Pushing Process In the Indiana State

Legislature Which Will Begin Its Grind

Next Week—Russcl Seeds Presents His

Usual Timely Comments On Affairs Polit

ical In Hcosierdom—Two Kinds of Pres

idential Booms and a Few Thoughts

Thereon.

Sp. •••n!

Indianapolis. .Ian. L\—if (Miairnin 11 ETenily's simuosiion Uial lobbyi tlie legislature be lvqtiiivd to brass buttons and ureen coats

11)

wear were

into ci't'cit, there would be a

tremendous demand for jjreeu cloth just about now. accompanied by an entirely reasonable clamor that different. shades ol the color be required to indicate the different classes of lobbyists. I-'or there are lobbyists and lobbyists. all the way from the "good government" reformer down to the professional that sells or tries to sell his boasted inlliiciice to every corporation or individual that lias business with the lei *islature. ,\o session over [lasses that there are not a number of honest men anxious and unselfishly so —to so- some reform measure pushed through, and usually there are a uuuiproposeil reforms, each with a special lobby of good citizens behind it. This year we shall have one set of men demanding the enactment of a primary law and another pushing a proposition to make the \ise of voting I machines mandatory. There will be others presenting necessary legislation to enable cities to proceed with municipal improvements, checked by the 1 arret la decisions of the supreme court. There will be still another crowd demanding a blanket law for the incorporation of cities, modeled the Indianapolis charter. All with lie possible exception of a l'ow interested in patent voting machines, arc entirely unselfish in their purposes. I wlia lie

with no other motive than conceive to be the public

welfare. There will, as usual, be various lobbies maintained by labor organizations, and their motives also have nothing to do with personal selfishness. Then there will be tho usual number of managers and friends of state institutions keeping iu touch with the members, not from any personally] man selfish motives, but in the hope of get- euct. ting all they can"'for their institutions. Some of the most powerful lobbies we have ever had have haunted the legislative halls on county seat propositions. and here we lind such a mixture! of seltish and unselfish motives that it would be next-to impossible to draw the line. It would really be necessary to amend the green-coat suggestion by having each lobbyist wear a placard felling what proposition he was working for or against, that we may know by our own sentiments on the subject, whether he is a "wicked lobbyist" or a "good citizen.

O —1

The Iiryan leaders of the Indiana 1 Democracy arc displaying a very aetive disposition to tighten np their I lines in such shape as to head oil' any possibility of the general reorganizaI tion suggested by the Cleveland wing of the parly. The stale committee I will be called together this week, and, I if there is any money in sight. iho party headquarters will be kept open and au occasional job lot of BryanI esquo literature sent our. The inipet us of the movement seems to hnvei come from the iiryan banquet fit T.incoin, on which occasion our own lion. .Tawn \V. Kern out a rather wide I swath. 1'robably it was not quite so wide, however, as it was imagined to I be by those Washington correspondcuts, whom his speech inspired with tho dream that he had been chosen by Iiryan as the residuary legatee of the hitler's political leadership and heir apparent to tho Democratic nomination in 1!M)I. Tho reception of those

Washington dispatches here reminds me of a story Hon. W. H. II. Miller

011 lus 1:,sl

usto. lie

was horn in a little hamlet in New

... .. York several miles from the railroad

departure

111

was a

night and Sunday with Jesse Guntle initiative and laconic to a degree, and family near Lutheran. During his term as attorney general Austin Woodward and wife have re- Mr. Miller paid a visit to his old town, turned to their home at this place after

old-fnsli-

ioncd si ago coach driven by one Rill.

town character, silent, ru-

whIell ho hful not soon fol 20

The lirst sight, that greeted his eyes alighted at the railroad staKill and his antique outlil.

tion wns "Hello, Bill!' still :i1ive iixI coach?" "Yep." "May I you V" "Yep." I As the.v jogged along the road, Mr.

he cried, driving the

'Are you sMine old

ride up on the box with

Miller asked, "Do the Koliinsons still live over there. HillV" "Yep.'' "Old man Uobinson slill alive' "Nope." "Dead'.'" "Yep." "Do people still remember me here, Bill?" "Yep." "Do any of them ever ask about me?" "Nope." "Do they know 1 have got to be

attorney general of the United States "Yep." "What do tliey say about it?" "Xothin'. Jos' lafyr*

When .Mr. Kern was Questioned about his alleged presidential aspirations on his return from Lincoln, he caught the humor of the situation, and "jes' lafl'ed" too. —o—o--

But while Mr. Kern and his friends may smile at the nient im.ol' his name in this connection, there is a goodsized, healthy presidential boom in Indiana that lias nothing humorous about it. at. till. Senator Fairbanks' friends are entirely in earnest and very hopeful in heir ambitIon to make liini the nominee of the Itepublicau party iu J'lul. They declare that the geography of the situation is just right and that their man has the confidence of the labor organizations and the great industrial interests of the country, both very powerful elements in the party, as well as the active support of practically all the iulluent.ial party leaders of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, with a very strong following in oilier states. They are not saying anything derogatory to itoosevelt, but are lirm in the belief that he is too radical in his views and too aggressive in pushing them'to ever win the kind of support that, makes presidents. They have not yei come into collision with the Shaw boom iu Iowa, buL 1 have an impression that there will be fully as much danger from that quarter as from New 1'ork.

There is

LJO

thought of retiring .Mr.

Fairbanks from the senate to groom him for tlie presidential race. lie will be a candidate for re-election two years and is likely to have no opposition, unless the unexpected shall happen. The party machinery will remain as it is, at least until the regular time l'or reorganization in January, l(Ju2. There has been solne newspaper gossip to the effect that Mr. llernly will resign the chairmanship to make way for Mr. Kealing. At present Chairman llernly has no thought of resigning. If he shall get a federal appointment, the question of resigning will hinge on the nature of the appointment.

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One can read in the Indianapolis papers all sorts of stories of kaleidoscopic changes in the speakership situation from day to day anil more or less complete denials of the same next day. Tlie latest tale is a story of a prearranged break by the Eighth district from Hon ham to Art mail. So fat as I can see, about, the only change that time lias wrought iu this contest since Hoc. 1 is a little tightening of the lines. Both Art man and Stutcsliave some very powerful iulluat work for them and the contest li 's largely between these two. with possibilities of lionham or King as a compromise candidate. .Mr. Ncal has not boon pushing his light, and most ot the members have the impression that he is "playing himself for place" at tlie head of a good committee. Just what the purpose of Clarke is, is not generally apparent, Lhougli those close to him declare that he is in dead earnest in his hope of being elected speaker.

By the end ot tlie present week the situation will probably bo much clarilied. While all the candidates for speaker have been here more or less during the past week, they have found no material to work on. Aftei New Year's, however, inemberii and 'heir friends are expected to Hock in to indulge in the usual hot time iu tlie lobby of the headquarters hotel. It would simplify the speakership strug-

gle not a little and be conducive to better selections all around, if the house were to follow the lead of the senate and select a "plunder committee-' to apportion the patronage. —o—o—

The only one of the Indiana congressional delegation in cither the senate or house that has made any deliuite announcement about olliees under his control is Mr. Overstreet of the Seventh district, lie has announced two or three changes and declared that in the other places '.lie incumbents will stick, and his announcement seems to give general satisfaction. In the meantime, there is an impression all over the stale that "postotlices arc ripe," and not only postotlices, but' other federal positions of emolument. I The number of avowed candidates for the bigger plums at the disposal of tlie senators is increasing almost daily, and yet so far as anybody knows tlie senators have no understanding as to bow the.v will split up the patronage ot Hie state. All the senatorial perquisites are now occupied by men that owe their appointment to the grace of Senator Fairbanks, and the aspirants have hopes that there may be a division under which they will have an opportunity.

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(iovernor Durbin and the special commit uv appointed by Governor Mount to investigate the needs of the elate institutions have finished their inspections and it re now putting the information they have gained in shape for the legislature. This action of Mr. Durbin in making a thorough personal inspection of the institutions before taking ollice is unprecedented and likely to prove fully as valauble as it is unusual. If a man were selected to manage a large business concern, the lirst: thing lie would naturally do •would be to make a personal inspection of its property, so as to understand it as thoroughly as possible. This is just what Durbin has done, and his action may well be taken as an earnest of lie sound business principles on which his administration of the state's affairs will be conducted. *v-

RTTSSEL M. SEEDS.

Joel Block. South Washington Street.

•4oe NtW

D. C. BARISHILL,

Funefal Director and Embalmer

CRAWFORDSVILLE IND.

AU prades of goods carried In stock. Calls Ht.ttndt day and nif ht be furnibheu if desired. OSlce -213 S Washington Sc. Residecci-

John B, Swank, Assistant, Telephones No. 61^81^63

WE WISH YOU ONE AND ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Residence 71'2 W. Pike St. Calls attended in city or eounlv, day or nignt. Telephones Residence 105 Offlce 532.

GAYLORD S. McCLUER, Attorney at Law,

Real Estate and Probate matters carefully managed. Wills, contracts and leases prepared. General practice.

Notary Public—115 S. Green Street

Opposite Postofflce.

ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

Are now required by carelul business men in all real estate deals and examining attorneys are demanding more complete showing of the I records, so it is more ditllcult now to make a satisfactory abstract than ever. I can truly claim to have the longest experience and the I best equipped abstract facilities, as well as the best abstract clerk in Montgomery county and I will guarantee the correctness of all my work. I Rates less than charged in any of the adjoining I counties. A. C. JENNISON, The Abstracter.

We have ti few more KKATIIRH IJOAS that we are going to sell tor TEN CENTS—a fine one for school, and a few more Furs for the neck. A bargain! Come and see them. Anything you want at

Come On, Boys!

Stove Bargains

and get one of those handsome cutters that I have been telling you about. We are going to have lots of sleighing this winter, if all signs do not fail. Nothing affords so much genuine enjoyment as an easy, comforable sleigh these moonlight night. It is the poetry of motion. I have the goods and nothing in the city can touch my prices.

We still have quite a number of Ranges, Baseburners, Air-tight Heaters, etc.. that we are going to sell at special low prices.

Something New

We are agents for Reed's patent Anti-Rust-ing Tinware. It is warranted to be absolutely rust proof, and one piece will out-last a dozen of the ordinary kind. It is made in all the newest and latest patterns. See the display in our south window.

Gould, Oliver & Martin,

The people that sell the good stoves.

W. G. Swank, M. D.

Physician arid Surgeon,

Office: 119i K. Washington St.

A lady attendant will*. 415 8.Washington St.

The Hair-

Br. Bull's Cough

Cures n. Cough or Cold at once. CfTTlliH'i Conquers Croup, Whooping-Cough, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Grippe and ^^Jim Consumption. Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it. Quick, sure results. Get only Br. Bull's! Price, 25 cents. Dr. Bull's I'ills cure Constipation. 'Fifty pills, 10 cts. Trial box, 5 eta.

A. S. iVtfller.

124 N« Washington St.

prt •wnftji

A, A. Swope, M. D. Physician and Surgeon.

OFFICE—JoelJBIock.TS. Wash. St.

Residence—Home 'Phone (»i"4 Olnct* lilH. Calls answered promptly day or night..

C. E. Follenwider,

Successor to E. T. Murphy & Co.

Real Estatet Loan, Rental and Insurance Agent.

Plenty Money

I have what you want—call or address me at Room 4. Campbell Building. 'Phone 408.

Your Fall Suit or^

3? 3?

llON'T delay purchasing your Fall Suit or Overcoat any loDger. It is only a question of a few days and cold weather will be down upon us in full force. Are you prepared? If it's a Suit, Overcoat, Pants or Clothes for the boys, we are showing them in all the season's newest and choicest styles, at prices lower than any other store in the city.