Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1900 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT IVEKY THVRROiV MORNING BT LEW Q. ELLINGHAM. Publisher. *I,OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Itecalur. Indiana as second-class mall matter OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, NOV. 22. Republicans have ackowledged their defeat io Kentucky, and will make no further contest At Newport. Kentucky, an assisstant bank cashier stole $201,000. The bank has closed down for repairs. Among the new laws being agitated by the Indiana solons. is one electing county superintendents by popular vote. 'Tis well. Hernley has booked himself for a $12,000 job on the Nicaraguan canal commission. His gall apparently still stays with him. The ‘"Rough Rider” published from the Portland Review office by Fugitive Finley, has turned up 'ts toes. After carrying Kentucky fur Beckham the democratic governor, it dies a happv death. Another Wall street broker has gone into bankruptcy, with liabilities amounting to more than a million and not an infernal sou to asset it. This beats sixteen to one all hollow. Nothing like it. this prosperity. Notwithstanding the campaign orators to the contrary, the war in the Philippines has been red hot. The rebels have been getting slightly the better of it. and indications are that the fighting will continue for an endless time. At last William D. Bynum has' found out that he is in perfect accord with the republican party upon all great questions, as well as lesser ones, and the brand of the g. o. p. will ever be with him. Good. It is good riddance of bad rubbish. What the democratic party needs is management that will keep close to the earth. There has been too much ballooning too much guesswork and j too much wind work. Systematic or-1 ganization and business exactness are what counts. —Columbia City Post. The corporations of the state are looking about for a good safe man to make a speaker of the next lower house of the general assembly. Those now prominently mentioned are Stutsman a former corporation lobyist of Miami. Artman of Boone. Clark of Indianapolis and Bonham of Hartford City. It is safe to say that a good, true and tried devotee of the corporations, will get there Eli. A special from Hartford City to the Indianapolis papers, announces the retirement of Congressman Cromer after his present term has expired. The “special” stated further that Perry S. Heath would find him some fat federal position at the expiration of that time, and that both Cromer and Heath were instrumental in Neeley's appointment to the postal department in Cuba.

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Hugh Dougherty has special reasons to eongtatulate himself on having had so much business ‘olook after as to impel him to refuse Ip run a second time for state trefturer. A little foresight comes very handy in l political life once in a while. South I Bend Times. Congressman Wat«>n of the sixth i Indiana district, has outlined his ■ policy of postoffice appointments, anti that new men will receive the plums. His theory is that four years is nough. Many trembling aspirants in I this city await the regulations to be I set in motion by the mighty Cromer. I Colonel Durbin has publicly de- ! dared his intention of giving a non--1 partisan administration to state institutions. which would indicate that Ihe is starting on the right road. He i also gave out the information that he in no wise was obligated to the KenI tucky fugitives, now being harbored ' by Governor Mount. Russel B. Harrison has been fired from a good fat place in the army service, and now some people are wise ' enough to sav that the freezing attitude of General Harrison, is alone the I cause of this dismissal. The Journal i —the weekly—who has such a nonpartisan hankering for the managemen of city affairs, should extend its wrath to the power* at Washington. Senator Harris of Kansas, said of I one of the bills which Boss Hanna I has slated to go through at thisjsession 'of congress. "There is much opposi- ’ tion in the west to the ship subsidy i bill. If the shipyards are so prosperous as we are led to believe, there is no need for them to receive subsidies. In any event the farmers of the west object to being taxed for the support of the shipping interests.’ The Portland Review and Geneva Herald are both harboring libel suits, the same being instituted bv a member of the profession. Editor Roher of the Berne Witness. The latter should learn to take his medicine as it is cheaper than instituting libel suits, a fact he will evidently learn to his sorrow and remorse. Libel suits between newspapers sets an example that can easily be followed by the many not so engaged. Kiss and make up. and let peace, plenty and "prosperity” forever reign. The sentiment is growing in Indiana and in all probability a bill will be introduced in the legislature which meets in January, for the compulsory use of voting machines. The long delay and laborious work in counting the ballots at the recent election, together with the discovery of tally sheet frauds in Hamilton county, has caused many public men in both parties to seriously agitate the use of these machines. The present method involved is very expensive to the counties, a greater part of which the machine would eliminate. At the last session of congress, the | republicans would have been entirely I satisfied to increase the regular army to 100,000 men. but now a lot of them are seriously talking about making the army bill which they intend putting i through at this session, provide for 150.000 men or more. The re-election lof Mr McKinley ami the election of a i big majority in the next house seems to have turned the heads of many republicans. and the leaders of that party are going to have a hard job to keep them from going beyond all bounds in the legislation at this session

For an advance of 8 cents a ton to ‘ the miners, which will cost them $4.200,000 on a year's output, the anthraM ‘oal combine, sometimes called a trust, has advanced the price to ft n sumers 50 cents a ton, which on a yeai's output will give them $27,000,000. Their net profit of this transaction is $27,000,000 less $4,200,000 $12,800,000. In estimating the year's prosperity business these figures will i enter into the impressive total and I coal users will be expected to find , proof of their prosperity in the in-! crease of their coal biilsand the profits of the coal combines. Kokomo Dispatch. Croker the Tammany chieftain, has gone to Europe and now the dry bones j will rattle, looking towards the reorganization of Tammany. It is amus- j ing to read in republican papers about I the wicket Croker, while on the other, hand the g. o. p. proposes to send I Quay to the L nited States senate.' give Platt a longer lease as political 1 boss of the empire state, and elect Hanna to the presidency in 1904. Either one ot the above are bosses of a far more dangerous character than Croker, and operate in broader fields, though perhaps less fertile. Nevertheless. Croker should be lieheaded, as should all political bosses of high and low degree, and without regard to the political jiarty which they endeavor to contaminate. The mayorality contest in New York will begin to warm up to an interesting point at an ; earlv dav. The Daily Journal was all smiles while its weeklv edition grew rancor- ■ ous over the dismissal from the employ of the city of C. V. Dorwin and Martin Mylott. The illustration has : ' its charms. The daily edition is issued for patronage, and every democrat who takes it is a jewel of the first water. The weekly shows the evil ; temper of the genius who presides over the destinies of these two superb I and widely diversified publications. However, the members of the city council who participated in this great offense to the Weekly Journal, needs no defense from our hands. Had the Journal lieen as desirous to learn the truth and then print it. as it was to lie and grovel in its own dirty smartness, it would have stated that the dismissals were not because those dismissed were republicans. It would have said that Dorwin, at least, thought more of spending his time playing cards than to attending to the duties of the position to which he had been retained by a democratic council for the past two years. It would hare stated that both were careless after being reprimanded, and that the council were looking to the interest of the city only, when it ordered their dismissal and filled their places with other men who are pledger! to perform the duties for which they are paid. i And that the new appointees will re-1 1 eeive the same treatment whenever j they undertake to neglect their work. ; A couple of weeks ago the treasurer of state who is a republican, dismissed a deputy beause he was a democrat, and still the state treasurer is performing the duties of his office for the whole state, democrats and repub licans alike. At Hartford City last week, the republican members of the city council took advantage of two absent democratic councilmen, and I fired from office all the employes of the city, who were democrats and filled their places with republicans simply because they were republicans. What is .good for the goose is good for the gander. Chew your cud, and snort again.

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Charles Hoyt the playwright, is dead. Senator Davis of Minnesota, is sick and little hope is entertained for his recovery. ' George H. Phillips is another fel low who is going to corner the corn market and put the "bears” out of business. The Sells divorce suit at Columbus, Ohio, is the sensation having prestige with the general reading public at the present time.

Election Lesions : j The returns of the election ore now -1 so nearly complete as to warrant this > 1 general grouping of results: States. Electors. Plur. < McKinley2B 292 1.375.000 , > Bryanl7 155 650,0001 Majoritiesll 137 725,00011 Majorities in '96 2 95 602.109 i Mr McKinley carries six states that ' voted for Mr. Bryan in 1896 Kansas, i Nebraska, South Dakota, ( tab. Wash- i ington and Wyoming —having together 11 32 electoral votes. He loses Kentucky.', in which he got 12 votes and Mr. Bryan lin 1896. Mr. McKinley also ! gains the one vote which he lost in! California four years ago. He gains approximately 125000 in his pluarality in the popular vote. Mr. McKinley carries all of the! eastern, middle, northwestern and Pa . cific coast states except Colorado, Ida i ho, Montana and Nevada, which have , together only 13 electoral votes. He j carries also the border states of Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. The result of the congressional elec tions and their probable effect upon the senate are thus estimated from the latest returns: ■ „ Rep- Qp. Maj. Present House... 186 J7l 21 I Next House2o2 155 47 I Present Senate.... 51 *6l 16 Next Senates 4 135 19 *Four vacancies. (One in doubt. That this was not a partisan victory has l**n freely admitted bv its chie’f beneficiaries. President McKinley said to the crowd that greeted him at Salem, Ohio, on his return journev to Washington: ‘•You are here to celebrate a victory won not by a single party, but by the people of all parties.” On the day after the election Governor Roosevelt said at Oyster Bay: “It should lie a matter of the deepest gratitude to notice the way those democrats who are staunch (relievers in sound money and civic honesty and in the honor of the flag have joined hands with their republican brethren. They will share with them the credit for the victory.” National Committeeman Joseph H. Manley, us Maine, about as stalwart a republican as his party can boast, sain in a talk to the Commercial Travelers’ Sound Money league on Wednesday : “The republican organization has not won this fight. It has been won by the people. This is not a partisan republican victory. We could not have won this magnificent battle but for the loyal democrats who have sustained us through this contest.” Even Senator Hanna, who does not ordinaruy divide the credit for republican victories with anybody tint God admitted that Tuesday's result happened “because the people were overwhelmingly in favor of sound money, j law and order, and a continuance of

the political conditions of which mean prosperity to the country." And he made a special acknowledgment of the aid afforded by “those who you call sound money democrats, but whom we call American citizens." If the party to which has lieen given a new lease of power in these circumstances shall bear in mind the obligations thus generously acknowledged by its leaders, and shall conduct the government in a spirit of broad-mind-edness and true patriotism, it will deserve the respect and support of all good citizens. New York World. The secretary of state i - pleted the official figures on the returns for both branches of the legislature and also on the constitutional amendments. The total vote cast for amendment No. 1 is 314.710: against it, 178,9C0, making a majority f. r the amendment of 135,750. The total vote cast for amendment No. 2is 240.031; against it. 144,072. This gives a majority in favor of the amendment of 85.959. Governor Mount is inclined to issue a proclamation declaring them carried, although he will consult the attorney-general before doing so, He construes the law to mean that a majority of the votes east, carries it. X OTICE OF ADDITIONAL ESTIM VTSOP EXPENSE FOR THE CALLNDAH YEAR 1»JO. Notice is hereby riven that the folle’lnr additional estimate of expense for the dar rear of HW have been filed In my “ persuant to sections twenty and twenty of an Act concerning countv buslnes* jw proved March 3. I.MW. and for which th-> A County Council will lie ashed to maxe ans ditlonal appropriation In personnel. Act at a special meeting to h" held on «i day, the IM day of December, lIM’. to-wlt Countv Surveyor's additional appropriatlon ... . W County asylum special appropriation of money derived from products or jg farm. Total * 37-2 Auditor Adams County. OTICE TO NON RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, Adams County. In the Adams circuit court, November term 1900. Elisabeth AMI i t Complnint tor vs z Divorce. William .1. Abel. 1 It appearing from nfflilavlt tiled Jp?,re entitled cause, that William J. *•*!• ”* ( th* named defendant. Is a non-r«sident State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby ’tfjre William J. Abel that he be ami » “ 0 » the Hon. Judge of the Adams circuit enun * the 15th day of January. >***••. ,h * “, nI term the 10th Juridical day of the P7J*',.mthe thereof, to la. holden at the court i t)1 , city of Decatur, commencing on n( | plead 19th day of Nov. mber. A. D . l'« • »““ p rt M by answer or demur to said ,l . > in W same will Ire heard amt determine absence. Witness, my name, and the ’"rj'vW. (Seal] this dial day of Novi inw r. Elm kit JOB "’f}*' C pjputf. By James I’. Hai'lHoF 5-|j A. P Beatty, Att y tor plaintiff