Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1901 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BVBRY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0. ELLINUHAM. Publisher. *I.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Katered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY? THURSDAY, NOV. 21. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT, We are authorized to announce the name ol Kt.tss Heisfn as a candidate for Recorder of Adams county, subject to the decision ot the Democratic Primary Election, to be held at a titue yet tq be selected, COMMITTEE MEETING. There will be a meeting of the Adams County Democratic Central Committee at Decatur, Saturday. November 30. 1901, at nine o’clock a. m., for the ptir[xtse of arranging time for holding democratic primary election, and to transact such other business that may come before the committee. E. Burt Lenhart, Chairman. The Hou. Dan S. Lamont has now been mentioned as an aspirant for the democratic nomination for president in 1904. Politics in theeighth congressional district is beginning to boil. Judge Joseph G. Let Her of the Delaware circuit court will probably enter the race against Congressman George W. Cromer. - Winchester Journal. -- . — The Portland Daily Sun was born Monday of last week and from ap-j

pearances looks real well, and we hope it will prosper and feel just as well as it looks. Its editor W. W. Timmonds, is an old “hoss" at the business and will make it a newsy daily. 1 Joseph Keith confessed the crime for w hieh he was con victed and sentenced to death, that of murdering Nora Keifer. the crime being committed April 3, 1900. The murderer paid the penalty of his crime by giving his life on the gallows last Friday morning. It is said that the two Indiana senators will soon decide who is to draw the federal judgship. At present writing the matter is in a chaotic condition and the candidates are all walking on hot air in the vain hope that lightning will -trike then, square in the small of the back. William Dudley Fovlke's influence at the white hones is causing the Indiana republican congressmen a great deal of uneasiness. There is a feeling th at Mr. Foulke, who has achieved much prominence of late because of the attention paid to him bv the president, may lie engaged in stacking the cards against the Indiana politicians, for whom he has never shown a great deal of reverence. The McCulloch gang seems to have it in for Congressman Cromer but not one of them can explain why he voted for Cromer both times. If Cromer is unfit for congressman now he certain ly was more unfit when these same fellows voted for him the last two times. But as remarked a few days ago the fight is one democrats can look upon and enjoy and so let 'em fight. Muncie Herald.

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’I Chairman Lenhart has notified the Democratic Central Committee and on : Saturday, November 30, they will meet and set the day for the coming 1 primary election. Much interest is already being manifested in the contest. _________ The information is at last given out that Judge Leffler of Muncie, in in the hands of his friends and that j means that he will contest the repub(liean nomination for congress with the j present Congressman Cromer. The odds already favor the warmest baby. The Plymouth Democrat last week entered upon its forty-seventh year, all of which time the present editor the Hon. Dan McDonald has had a finger in its progress. He is one of ' the best newspaper writers in the state and never fails to defend his friends in season and out of season. Lovis Ludlow who wrote the legislative letter for the Democrat and who for many rears has been connected with the Indianapolis Sentinel, will soon leave for Washington as the Sentinel’s special correspondent. Mr. Ludlow is well trained in newspaper work, and will admirably fill the Washington post. Mich satisfaction is felt in democratic quarters at the results in Maryland which insures th<» return of Arthur P. Gorman to the senate. He is an able and experienced man and one who has the interests of his party at heart. He will prove a valuable addition to the democratic side of the 1 senate and to the leaders of his party ' which will respect his advice on all important issues. —

■ The Indiana auxiliary committee of the McKinley National Memorial Association, seem to be effecting an i organization that is systematic and I which will crown Indiana with patri- [ otic glory. The representatives from this county are A. J. Smith and Lew G. Ellingham and they will meet the committee of the eighth congressional district at Muncie today, at which time arrangements will be made to carry solicitation of funds into every . locality of the district. The object of tLe association, as we understand it, has a double meaning, and not only stands in honor of him who gave up ] his life at Buffalo, but also to the fact that the people of the United 1 , States have abiding faith in their in- I stitutions and will not toierate such < dastardly attacks upon her govern- I f j meat as that experienced in the as- i sassination of President McKinley. i i ■ The admirable letter of Gov. Beck- ! ham to Gov. Durbin has lieen the oc- 1 casion since it was written of no end of i ‘ vituperation by the republican news- 1 papers. But they can make nothing ’ out of it. They may abuse, but they ■ ‘ cannot answer it. Elevated in tone, unassailable in statement, sufficiently 1 spirited, but not lacking in dignity, it i * leaves the governor of Indiana in a ’ mud-puddle of his own making, and 1 from which there will lie no extrica- 1 tion. In this, as in all his acts, the ‘ young governor of Kentucky shows * himself worthy of his lineage, worthy * of the great place he holds, and worthy 1 the confidence of the people. Mean , while, the republican newspapers, and particularly the republican newspa- 8 pers of Indiana, would do well to stop their chatter and get down to the facts ( of the case.— South Bend Times.

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EX-OOVERNOR TAYLOR S CASE. Governor Durbin, of Indiana, has refused to honor a requisition made upon him by the Kentucky authorities for ex-Governor Taylor, who is now enjoying protection in the Hoosier state. Governor Durbin gives his reasons at length, but tne reasons are all to enforce his statement that Governor Tavlor would not receive a fair and impartial trial in Kentucky. This is a serious charge to be made by the chief executive of one state against the courts of a sister state, and the weight of the objection is entire) v de stroyed by the fact that Governor Taylor is a prominent member of the republican party, and is being shielded from arrest by another prominent i member of the same party. It will be recalled that Governor Gobei was shot down as the result of a political conspiracy. and it will also be recalled that many of the republican papers throughout the land failed to express any indignation or condemnation of the act. Governor Taylor escaped from Kentucky before arrest and has since been a fugative from justice. On June 13, 1900, Governor Mount, of Indiana, refused to honor a requisition for Taylor on substantially the same grounds as those given by Governor Durbin. Six days afterwards, on June 19, ex-Governor Taylor appeared at the republican national convention. The papers reported that Temporary Chairman Wolcot recognized "Governor Taylor of Kentucky,’’ and addressing him, said: "Come to the platform, governor, they want to see you.’’ Mr. Taylor accepted the invitation, and Chairman Wolcot advanced to meet him, and, according to the press reports, "the convention cheered." This is the wav that the republican national convention acted toward a man at that time charged with participation in the assassination of the chief executive of one of the states in the union. While the republicans are denouncing anarchy they ought not forget that among the causes which led up to the assassination of presi- ' dents is the heroizing of a man charg--1 ed with the assassination of a govern- | or. No one is able to form a correct [ opinion as to the guilt or innocence of. ! Governor Taylor until the evidence is I presented in court, but an indictment | i rendered by a grand jury raises a presumption that cannot l>e overthrown ! by the partisan opinion of a governor who has a political interest in the welI fare of the man under accusation. The above facts are given that the i readers of The Commoner may see ■ how political conditions affect the action of political leaders. President McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist whose act had no political sig uificance and could not be traced to anything said or done by any member of the opposite party, and yet republican paprrs were quick to try to make political capital out of the terrible deed, and some of them boldly charged the responsibilitv upon the democratic party. The Gobei asssassina tion.was purely a political act. participated in by republicans, and after an indictment was returned against i the most prominent of these republicans, the chairman of a republican national convention invited him to the , platform, republican delegates cheered , his appearance, and two republican governors refused to surrender him' for trial.

If a republican cannot be tried in a democratic state, will the republicans insist that a democrat could have a fair trial in a republican state! If the reasons presented bv Governor Durbin are sound, then it is perfectly safe for a republican to kill any demo

cratic executive and flee to a republican state, and if democratic governors act upon the same principle, it is safe for a democrat to kill a republican official and then flee to a democratic state. In other words, the position taken by Governor Durbin, if accepted as a precedent, invites a reign of lawlessness. and ought to alarm the friends of law and order regardless of political affiliations. The Commoner. The Decatur Democrat has a cor rect understanding of what sort of material is required for the chairmanship of a state or national committee. A mere schemer or hustler won’t answer the purpose. In order to fill such positions in a manner to bring credit to the party, inspire confidence and prove effective, it is essential that the maa chosen be endowed with qualities of leadership, well informed politically, and equipped with intellectual power to espouse the policies of the party. South Bend Times. Governor Durbin makes the best answer to the letter of Governor Beckham by making no answer at all. Meanwhile the struggle of some democratic papers in still trying to create political capital out of the Gobei incident is amusing. But then the partv generally goes to graveyards and dead men for its issues. Portland Commercial-Review. Yes. And he not only makes the best answer by his silence, but it is the only answer he can make. Evidently the governor knows when he has had enough. Then too, it is bet ter to go to the graveyard for issues than it is to stand sponsor for those indicted for the crime of murder. The democrats will now proceed to pick out the most dishonest and incompetent men in their ranks to lead them at the next county election. There is a premium of dishonesty and rank ignorance in this county. Journal. Such is the tirade of the Journal’s weekly edition, while its daily contains enough soft soap for these self same “dishonest’ and "ignorant" democrats, to make a man sick at the stomach. If the Journal knows of a county officer who is guilty of dishonesty, he should specify instead of trving to cast an odium upon every officer in the court house. No one but a coward will indulge in such generalities, and especially is this true of a newspaper. The onlv time when the affairs of this city were run on business principles was when we had a republican administration, and if present conditions continue it is highly probable that the voters of the city will take the same course again. The business men, as well as private citizens, are getting heartily tired of the present conditions.—Journal.

The nerve. The Joirnal needs coaching. The republican business administration mentioned took charge of the city affairs upon a tidal wave of reform. They promised economy and a reduction of taxes and the tax rate was ninety-eight cents on each higher, when they retired than it was when they began their reform. They promised a reduction in salaries and then raised them to exceed S7OO a year. They promised to reduce the bonded debt of the city and then increased it from $20,000 to $114,375. They were beauts, they were, and when you think the voters of Decatur will give them a repeater you have got it up wrot g

I I I will buy a pair of Men's Box | Calf or Vici Kid Shoes, with I heavy extension soles, large | f nickle eyelets* See I i $2.50. I I See our Boy's and Little Men's En- | amel Shoes, just like fathers, from | $ 1.4 0u p. I VOGLEWEDE BRO’S, | THE SHOE SELLERS. | A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. wp pt/ il ip v JACK Os all TRADES FAIRBANKS MORSE I ' ■ ■■ ■ 1 ■ I pump water, shell corn, saw wood, grind feed, chum butter, run sewing machines, and am handy a hundred other jobs, in the house or on the farm can work 24 hours every day. Weather does not|a>' feet my work, hot or cold, wet or dry, wind or calm,,’! u a 1. san ? e t 0 Ine - 1 have the strength of 15 nie ,: it costs nothing to keep me when not working. 11 costs between one and two cents per hour when I work--1 can pump 600 gallons of water per hour. You have just to start me and I will do the rest. Call and see me working at — - ROSE & BEG-