Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1909 — Page 2

The Dally Democrat Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cenis Per year, by carrier $5.00 Fes asenth, by mall 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. BMered at the poetofflce at Decatur, ladiaiM. as second-class mail matter. H. HELLE R. Manager. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Mayor HERMAN L. CONTKR For Clerk H. M. DeVOSB For Treasurer W. J. ARCHBOLD For Councilman-at-Large JACOB MARTIN I M. BURNS For Councilman First Ward ISAAC CHRONISTER For Councilman Second Ward JOHN D. HALB For Councilman Third Ward CHARLES N. CHRISTEN HE HAS AN AWFUL PARTISAN GROUCH P. L. acknowledges the proficient and economical efforts in the present council in the repair of west Monroe street, the work now being done under the management of the street commissioner, and by direction of the council. P. L. says that the repair will make west Monroe good for travel and traffic. These words of commendation coming from P. L. are no doubt appreciated by the members of the council, who are not used to having P. L. brag about them. The Democratic candidate for mayor, Mr. Conter, comes out square toed tor law enforcement. All the candidates on the Democratic ticket stand against blind tigers, and for peace, sobriety, economy, a reduction of the city debt and a lower tax levy. They promulgated a platform enunciating all these things, and they not only endorse them but they stand squarely for them, and pledge themselves to faithfully carry into execution every promise they make. What do the Republican candidates stand for? (Although they met in convention nary promise do they make to the voters in the city. Some of them have an official record, a record, too, that does not compare to that of the present council. Their record is of the debt making variety, but still they offer no excuse for the past, or make any promises for the future. Who are worthy of the trust and the votes of the electorate, and who ought to succeed in this contest for office? in the light of the past, this is not hard to answer. Our civic officers promise everything that is right in the eyes of the law, and our councilmanic candidates promise to continue the business features of our city government so that our city debt will be reduced, our tax levy lowered, and to improve and make gilt edged our credit as a municipality and as

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l a people. There Is no hot air and ' no pay in these promises because < they are now a paying council. They have paid their own obligations, they have paid many of those of their predecessors, and they have reduced the 8 city’s obligations besides. They have ® a pride in the record they have 0 made, and they will have a greater s pride in the record they can make it j given the right of official preferment for another term. What they have " done is not a drop in the bucket to '. what they will do in the next four years. The reason for this Is simple. 5 When they took the affairs of the city things were precarious. The city had no credit and debt was staring them straight in the face on all sides. They were compelled and did give their own personal endorsements for coal and other supplies needed. It is different now. Their credit is good and they can buy in the open market for the best price. It was different in the good old days. The prices of coal furnished the city then and now tell the tale—-tells the tale of what a business management is. P. L.’s grouch is nothing but a partisan grouch. He simply wants Republicans to administer the official affairs of the city instead of Democrats. It was ever thus. He has had this partisan grouch for many, many years. The voters of the city are well acquainted with him and his partisan grouch, but they were never better acquainted with it than at the present time. In this campaign he has shown a wonderful inclination to reform everything, but the dirt in his own political household,' and that actually looks sweet to him. For instance he has uo word of condemnation for those Republican administrations who made the debt of the city, nor any word of censure for those Republican officers who made the debt bigger. P. L. even told how they paid for improvements to the streets and sewers, when in fact they did nothing but issue an order, the order being paid by the present council. P. L. even goes so far in his partisan reform as to condemn what he calls the "bad business management-’ of this council, when in fact they are the only council in the last quarter of a century that has ever actually been a debt reducing council. Don't you think that P. L has an awful partisan grouch? CRIPPLE FOR LIFE Ora Mygrant, Injured in Street Car Accident at Chicago Last Week IS BROUGHT HOME Right Side, Leg and Arm Badly Crushed When Truck Passed Over Him Ora Mygrant, who was so badly injured in a street car accident at Chicago a week ago, mention of which was made in this paper, has been brought to the home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Mygrant at Van Wert, where it is hoped he can be nursed back to health, though he w’as badly crushed and is in a very serious condition. For some time he has been employed as a street car conductor in Chicago and in the rush was in some manner thrown from his car and one of the trucks passed over his body. His right side is badly crushed I and the right leg and arm mashed. His father was notified of the accident and went to the city, bringing the injured young man home. It is beI lieved he will recover though he will I be laid up for some time and it is I feared his arm will be crippled for I life. The family formerly lived here I and Ora has many friends who hope I he will recover without any ill esI facts. The news of his condition was I telephoned to Miss Victoria Stone, [ who was to have visited the family I this week, but who will now postI pone the trip, o- ■ — FOUND —Chas. Bowman found pocketbook west of city containing $316 In money and notes. Owner may have same by identification of same and settling for this advertisement. | FOR RENT —One seven room house on north Third street All modern improvements. Inquire of Jacob Atz.

‘(IT IS ALL HOT AIR f - No Political Fight Between the Governor and s - Taggart r t t A GOOD CHANCE ? — ) r Democrats Lining Up for a Successful Campaign 1 Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. IS. —Indiana 1 Democrats whose attention has been called to recently published articles ' to the effect tnat Tom Taggart, Deru--1 ocratic national committeeman, is ' after the scalp of Thomas R. Mar--1 shall, governor, and is setting his pins i to retain the state organization as a . means of thwarting whatever designs the governor may have toward the organization himself, are inclined to ridicule the publication and to assign it to an effort on the part of Republican candidates who are seeking to stir up a muss in the ranks of the opposition. The coming of Taggart to Indianapolis and his shedding his coat to work for Jthe election of Charles A. Gauss as mayor has given rise to the assumption on the part of the Republicans that the national committeeman is after the governoi, but quite the contrary, according to the followers of the two men, appears to be the case. The stir has been attempted along the line of the liquor question, the Republicans having lined Taggart up with the ‘‘wideopen’’ element, while Marshall according to the same authority, is for • law and order’’ in connection with the saloons. The attitude of the two men at this time is far from being such as to warrant even the bare assumption on the part of the Republicans. Above all things else, Marshall is a party man. His guiding principle is that the convention of delegates ought to decide what the party shall stand for in a campaign, then for the members of the party to staifd by the platform. When be received an invitation to go to Buffalo recently to attend a meeting of national Democrats ‘‘to decide what the party should do in 1912,’’ he declined, and gave for his reasons for declining that it was not for the leaders, but for the party members themselves to decide what the party should stand for, while the duty of the leaders is to abide by the expressed wishes of the rank and file. He w>U not depart from this principle in the Democratic affairs of the state, Taggart or no Taggart. Mr. Taggart is aware of this element in the governor s makeup. He realizes that he is a big man in the Democratic ranks of the state and that to come out openly and fight him or to fight him covertly would be a great political mistake. The popularity of the governor s administration. the fact that in the few months he has been in office, as a member of the board of finance, through his position as governor, he has caused reforms to be made in all the offices of the state, whereby thousands of dollars are being saved, his apparent desire to be fair to everybody in every movement he has undertaken, even to his dealing with Taggart in the French Lick Springs Hotel company’s French Lick gambling cases, together with his oldfashioned Democracy, evident on all sides, has made the governor such a popu'ar official and so popular as a leader of the Democratic ranks of the state and that even Tom Taggart realizes that it would be dangerous to the welfare of the party to enter into an open or covert fight with him. 1 With the Democrats of the state at this time believing that they have excellent chances of electing the entire state ticket in 1910, none of them are countenancing any talk which , would likely lead to a disruption of 1 ' party forces during the campaign. I, With a Democratic governor in the •; chair, surrounded by Republican of- :' fice holders whose terms expire dur- ’. ing the eary part of January 1911,with ■ the Democratic administration to up--1 * hold, and with the ’United States 5 senatorship at issue in the general r ( assembly of 1911, the Democratic s ( leaders declare that it would be the 3 height of folly to permit any Internal - dissension to enter into their ranks, s The liquor question is not, in their >, estimation, a serious bugaboo in the y Democratic party —rather is It an is- - sue with which the Republicans themselves must wrestle it being represented that the Democrats can - well afford to hold a state convention 6 without mentioning the liquor traffic, e while such a course would be virtualI ly impossible for the Republicans to I undertake. The Republicans are cer- ! tain to meet trouble at the hands of i the Indiana Anti-Saloon league.which Is spreading a net for legislators

whom they wish to inveigle into voting for state-wide prohibition, while the Democrats are clear of entagling alliances as concerns the traffic. They believe there is no call for them to become entagled, and that there is no ground whatever for attempting to trump up trouble between the governor and Taggart on the liquor traffic as an issue. THE DEATH ANGFL Mrs. Ellen J. Peoples Died at Eight O’Clock Last Evening BURIAL WEDNESDAY Services at the Union Chapel and Interment in the Decatur Cemetery Mrs. Ellen J. Peoples died at eight o’clock last evening, death coming after an illness of some length. Just a year ago to the day her husband, Robert Peoples died, and since then the deceased has made her home with her only daughter, Mrs. George Ohler of Union township. She was among the best known women in the northern part of the county, and had many friends, she being lovable, kindhearted and charitable and always much interested in the welfare of humankind. Ellen J. Christy was born in Pennsylvania April 13, 1842, and while quite young came with her parents to Adams county. She was married to Robert Peop'es in 1863, they living in Root township, where the large Peoples farm is still owned by the family, and where, tqp, she and her husband lived for many years, and enjoyed the confidence and the respect of every one. The deceased is a sister of Dr. Christy of Willshire. The funeral will take place on Wednesday, leaving the house at twelve o’clock, services being held in the Union Chapel church and to be in charge of Rev. Imler. Interment will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Her age is sixty-seven years, four months and thirteen days. o MAY INCREASE THE TRADE American Trade Looking to Japan for Orders. Washington, Oct. 18—Extensive purchases in the United States by members of the honorary commercial commission of Japan of a large variety of manufactured articles which heretofore had not found a market in the Orient causes American trade experts to look for a heavy increase in trade between the United States and Japan as the result of the tour now being made by the commission. From questions asked of Americans accompanying the Japanese, it has been made clear that many people believe the oriental visitors have come to this country primarily to gain ideas of American industry and inculcate them into the national life of Japan. Undoubtedly this is one of the great objects of the trip, but their purpose goes much further, Baron Elichi Shibusawa, chairman of the commission, said recently: “There is a large element in Japan today that opposes the introduction of what are called ‘new-fangled’ inventions of Americans. Our merchants know that many of these machines could be used to advantage, but there is a prejudice against them which deters merchants from risking importations. o FOR SALE OR RENT—7 room house corner Decatur and Short streets; both electric lights and water. This house was built by Earl Peters this summer and is in good condition. Inquire at once, phone 468. ts —o LOST—About ten days ago, a small gold broach pin. While not valuable to any one else, it was prized because it was a present of years ago. Finder please return to this office. 248-3 t o $25.00 REWARD. Do you want or need twenty-five dollars? If so give me the information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the parties who have been robbing and killing my bees. The first occurred in Oct., 1908, the next about the 25th of last August and the last Monday or Tuesday night, Oct. 11 or 12. The last honey taken , was probably carried off in a new heavy double handled half bushel i basket which had been oiled. 247-3 t D. G. N. TROUT. o FOR SALE—One cooking range. Good as new. 8. E. Hite, Phone 204.

THE NEW COMPANY Organization of the New Furnace Company to Be Made ALL BUSINESS MEN Men With Capital Will Push the Business to the Limit Either this evening or tomorrow the local company who Saturday through E. Fritzinger purchased the building, ground and personal effects of the Decatur Furnace company, will organize. The subscription to the stock was taken by several prominent business men, whose names we will not mention until after they complete in detail their organization, and decide upon the amount of capital required for the success of the institution. This will take but a short time to determine and it will be but the matter of a few days until they will have their affairs in hand and the future of the new company planned. It is thought that the plant will be opened without delay and that it will not be long until the hum of Industry will be noticeable around this manufacturing place. Such an institution is a mighty good thing for the city and when managed as it will be by the business men who owned it, it will prosper and make money for those who control and own its stock. The buildings are especially adapted for the purposes and use as a foundry and all they need to do is to put their forces to work and do business. o LOST—A gold necklas, with a gold anchor attached. Will pay a good reward for its return. Mrs. L. W. Cop. pock, North Second Street. ts WE HAVE ON HAND A COMPLETE LINE OF Buggies and Surries which we offer at JO per cent discount from regular prices. Harness, Robes, Blankets Etc, also some good Second hand Buggies and Surries. Give us a call and get our prices. ATZ & STEELE, North Second Street

PIANO TUNING Mr. J. R. Lonmeyer, expert piano tuner, will be in Decatur for a few days. Orders left at this office will be carefully attended to. All work guarnateed. J. R. Ixrhmeyer, Marion, Ind. ts

Bosse opera house 1 ONE NIGHTONLy MONDAY, OCT. 18th. The Big Musical Hit Tt|e Girl That’s all the Gandy Beauty Chorus, Special Scenery, Fine Costumes, Special Electrical Effects 30 PEOPLE 30 A Guaranteed Attraction Clean—Moral—Refined PPICFS. Gallery 25c—Blue Chairs 50c--Op-i IMVLJ, era Cnairs 75c. Seat Sale at_the Usual Place. Opens Saturday Morning. 25 r,. A r NNUAU MW v"JiLu Fall Festival Excursion tJjuiLu St Louis 2D5 Return Friday, October, 22,1909 VIA The CLOVER LEAF ROUTE Second grand opportunity to visit St. Louis and enjoy the ama, pera and Vaudeville season, now at its heightb. Excursion tickets will be good for going passage only on special trua having Decatur, Ind., at B:fi p. m. Good retuniing on any regular train up to and including Train 6, e '>—g St. .Louts at 7:15 p, Monday, October 25th. sp^loi"Xmi - OUr »>e«t service will be provided an d 8 to the comfort , theXX “ e earls ' arraDgo on * <* the moot Pleasant trip* C- F. HARRIS, Agent. Tolede, St Louie « Weetem R. R.

PICKED UP A STRAY BICYCLE 1 A' few nights ago the police of th» city picked up a bicycle which was I left standing on the streets over night. The owner can have same by proving his property and paying > for this advertisement. 247-3 t