Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT IVm THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0. ELLINQHAM. Publisher. »1,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. B.tered at the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mail matter. " ' ' ~ •- - -7 i OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. — -. . —-—- I THURSDAY. JAN. 2. Today is the district meeting at Bluffton at which time and place a district chairman will lie chosen who will represent the district on the state committee and have in his charge the district organization. It will be a harmonious meeting, a good time and the best man will get there. Delaware county is destined to become the battle ground in the republican congressional fight now in proprogress in the eighth congressional district. In all probability the con test there will be settled in the pri mary, the candidate receiving the ! nomination will lie privileged to name his own delet'ates. Governor Durbin has appointed Adam Heimberger of New Albany, as a member of the board of trustees if the Eastern Insane Hospital, Eli Mar vinos Frankfort, at the Central Hos pital for the Insane. Dale J. Critten berger of Anderson, at Indiana State Normal. The above are all democrats and excellent appointments. Newspapets owned and editors Lire*! bv Boss McCullough are having a merry time among themselves, but they come as near catering to the will of the people as a hen does to chewing her dinner. Their sheets have the ring of being edited all from the same* jren that of the capitalist "Boss.", Oh! the shame of it. Red Key Times. Is Madison county a republican ex treasurer has had to .tig up some >2l. 000 to make good a shortage he owed the county. It is hardly creditable that a God and morality republican should be thus accused, and we presume that the term is modified and the whole thing is defined as a little mistake in which no one is to blame and every one is an angel in disguise. It is said that Admiral Schley will make no effort to secure a congressional investigation of his affair or of the affairs of the navy department, but that he will immediately prosecute Maclay for criminal libel. There are, however, some members of congress who propose to have such an investigation, even if it has to Ire secured over the head of the committee on naval affairs.

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Tur. decision of the Schley court has 1 left the question of the Admiral’s vinj dication still a matter to be sought after and it seems probable that congress will pass a resolution thanking Admiral Schley for the services he ! rendered to the country at .Santiago and providing that he shall receive | full pay instead of that of a retired •admiral. 1 It will pav friends of Congressman ’Cromer in Adams county to waken j up, and keep their weather eye on the enemy. There is some deep. dark, mysterious plot being hatched which broods no good to the welfare of the present congressman and will be the means of breaking the force of a solid Cromer delegation to the next republican congressional convention. The Cromerites want to get into the swim and sleep with both eyes open. CoNRGESSMAN GEORGE CROMER of the eighth district, who is now at home looking after his fences, is preparing to make heroic use of garden seeds in his campaign for re-election. Judging from the long mailing lists he has left with the department of agriculture the farmers in the doubtful parts of his district will hardly have time to plant the seeds. Thev will be kept busy going to ami from their post s offices. Washington Cor. Sentinel. The editor of the Portland Com mercial-Review prints a whole columd . editorial upon the beauties of civil i service in the rural free delivery, as being inaugurated by the government. Wouldn't it jar you to hear such modest declarations from such a source. If George W. Cromer is defeated for congress, you mav expect to hear this same journal defining civil service reform as a fraud and should not be tolerated in this land of political spoils and political spoilsmen. Democrats of Indiana would do themselves proud by selecting the Hon. Hugh Dougherfy of Bluffton, to preside over the state committee and direct the campaign of this year. First Mr. Doughertv is a thorough democrat and a man who realizes to the fullest extent the needs of the party to place it on a good fighting basis. Then he is a safe, conservative, keen-sighted man. just such a person as to make an admirable chairman. With Thomas Taggart at the head of the national democratic committee and Hugh Dougherty planning things for the state committee, the democracy of Indiana would surely be in exeller.t trim. The thirteenth district demo'eeats will soon meet to select a chairman. The man should be competent and pledged to support the best man for chairman when the state committee meets at Indianapolis January S. Goshen Democrat.

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The teachers are discussing the question, ‘ What shall be Indiana's next step in Educational Progress?" Maybe it would lie a good thing to do a little side-stepping and back stepping. At the risk of being considered presumptuous we would suggest to the teachers that the greatest possible good they could accomplish would l>e by a prayerful consideration of that quondam axiom. “There is no : royal road to learning." It is an as tonishing fact that although manyteachers still admit the truth of this proposition, in an abstract way, there is a continual revival of the idea that in some way children can be made to absorb information without effort. , They do absorb some things, but not the artificial things which they ought to learn in schools. The principal ex- I ception to the rule is language. A 1 child brought up in a family where good English is used, or even one i that attends a school where good English is used, will be very apt to speak and write properly. If the lan guage examples am bad the child's speech will probably be hopelessly corrupted. But one cannot learn spelling in that way, or arithmetic, or geography. They call for effort and memory. And they are by all odds the most important things forchildren to learn in school, because if they do not learn them there they will never learn them at all. The large majority of children must of necessity have very limited schooling, and it is a common sense principle that in what 1 they have they should be learning' what they will not acquire elsewhere. I A teacher who sends out pupils that cannot spell and are not accurate in arithmetic is as culpable as if she amputated their fingers or toes. She has impaired their ability for effective work. And there is another consideration. . Nothing is of more importance in life, from the practical standpoint, than a cultivated memory, and childhood is the time when the memory can liest be cultivated. For that reason the studies that develop memories should be made prominent in the schools. The old memorizing methods were not the result of ignorance, but of experience. The child’s progress must lie slow and with effort ‘"line upon line; precept upon precept; here a little and there a little.” It may seem dry and tedious, but it counts. The attempt to take effort from the child and “make learning easy" is no kindness to the child. And it is probably safe to saj that half the labor of teachers in “preparing work" is not only of no advantage, but is actually a detriment to the children. Sentinel. Senators Fairbanks and Beverage are at Indianapolis and Tuesday were big guns at what they are pleased to ,^ rmre P ub >ican love feast. The "love" is somewhat synonimous and had no particular significance. p’ K , Forakw and Hanna political fight in the Ohio legislature is just now red hot. The Foraker forces are caving nothing unturned to give the big republican boss a turning down. Ohio has more politicians to the wpiaro inch than any state in the Union. The issue of the New York Journal of Sunday, December 8, carried advertising to the extent of .*50,000. We trust this information will cause none of our readers heart disease. The Journal is one of Hearst's “yellow" Papers. Wish the Sentinel was it for just one Snndav. Rochester Sentinel.

ANNOUNCEMENTS For the convenience of candidates liefore I tbe Democratic Primary Election they may nay their atwesam* nt. at the office ot the 1>«i giiir Democrat, who are authorized to re- ; ceipt for same. Edward Hat-thug. Secy. All candidates for committeemen before the Ixmoeiatic Primary Election, must leave their names with the undersigned, at least twenty "Uys before the day set tor said primary election. Edward Ilaefling. Secy. REPRESENTATIVE. We are authorized to announce the name ol ' Henry Diiikbon of Preble township, a- a can didate for Representative, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to l>e held Friday, January .0. HUB. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Ws are authorized to announce the name of John C. Moras, of Decatur. as a candidate tor Prosecuting Attorney, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to tie held Friday. January 10, HOB. TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of J. H Voclewehe. of Decatur, as a candidate for Treasurer, subject 'o the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 10.1902 CLERK We are authorized to announce the name of John H. Runyon of Wabash township, as a candidate for Clerk, subject to the decision ot the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 10.1902. We are authorized to announce the name of James P. Haeelinc,. of Decatur. as a candidate for Clerk, subject to the d.-inion of the Ixmocratic Primary Election, to be held Friday. January 10,1902. "e are ruthorized to announce the name of I Peter J. Bryon, of Jefferson township, u« a I candidate tor Clerk, subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election, to be held I Friday. January 10. IW3. I We ere authorized to announce the name of Hbwrv KorsEMANs-. of Decatur. > s aesndidate for ( lerk. subject to the decision of the liemocratic Primary Election, to be held Friday, January 10,1902. We are authorized to announce the name of John P. Spiller. of Union townshin, as a candidate tor Clerk, subject io the deeisio- of the Dem«ratic Primary Election, to be held F riday. January 10. IKK. We are authorized to announce the name of DAVin Gbrhhr. of Decatur, as a candidate for Clerk, subject to the deoislou of the 1ie,,,, ocratlc Primary Election, to beheld Friday January 10 19UL SHERIFF. Authorized to announce the name of < dm Mauki.in. ot Wabash townshin a* a candidate tor Sheriff, subject to tbe decision ,l >e "“? cm,< ' Primary Election, to be held F riday, January 10,1 MB. We are authorized to announce the name of Fhase I, Farmee. Deputy Sheriff, ot Decatur. as a candidate for Sheriff subject to the Democratic Primary Election, to be held Fitdav, January 10. iwj. We are authorized to announce the name of At pert Butler. Os Hoot town,urn. a» « <ind‘d"’s for l " hprl * r .- ~,b> -Ct to the decision of L h ®. Dem » cr «’'e Primary Election, to lie held Friday. January 10. 1902. uvlu Jm *? •" Dou »<* 'be name of “>»* held IHzat* '"•onounoe the name of sssgsw&a noa aifL!xrK: , ;s r ,'';&j o T RECORDER. lUhrVß*Ksorr'nr , ?l2 n, ! OU "' C “>* "•">* “f I lor Recorder subject lo the’ decf.lon 11 nt’t’he K,€c,,on ' (’ R® ,0 a ” n " u "ve ‘he name of SB® d?y m o "‘ Frt•>.*n of be bold Friday. January jo. r"e y kl~o<l°n. to for Reioider. aubjettto“m.

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Fd«T,±W'’ an3Oun <-c the name of | Il nr AR f Ibrn, ‘ a ”» "nildate for Kecorder of Adans county. Pu t.iict to Ihe decision ol the Democratic Primary Election to be held Friday, January 10, 1902. ’ j wY. e ™ i*"4S. Oriz * < ’ a =n«<inc* the name of w alter I. Thornhill, of w a bash townshio :i« a candidate for Recorder, subject to the decAimtof ; h H I k . n ,. IC r atjc rtf'"// D e to be held Friday, January 10. ’ i oO e icoL?i-\n? r . i / e< l>^ , ‘ nnOUnee f ! j’ uV ,B of Decatur, as a candid Mic ' ‘he dfctotonofthe <l.l Janua, ,o announce the name IS *---S COMMISSIONER. FIRST DISTRICT. I h'mo p n^bteSUs: t s:“ e ~r! hS’.SJSK.XS m... date for Commlaaioner F<™ Do, to thedeclaion of ?hi r>. Election, to be heid w?LT^"/ t “m2M , ;^of o p~x u ? ce lh r nan ” <»f candidate so? VommlLtone®’ a auhject tn the decl.x n of’ik rh Dlatrict, et. m toEM of witu Ji*7l ,h ® jinuifelX helO’rldv: D?.* r, ,he ,, nar,,e ~f Primer Election, to be held &d#7™ COMMISSIONER second DISTRICT. We are authorized to announc. .k. StMt-ki. DoAK.of Decattir !.s 5T- lh J. n . , ‘ mc<) f < otnmtaMoner nd Di.trim a ‘ a , n . Hl| latt'tor deolaton of the Demwratl."pL'i2? bJ ?? ,o 'he io be held Friday. January 10. |»57 l ' letl,on . m m '' ° r ' candidate for Comi l ,| M j„„,.,L '.'’"'“’•hip. a„ a , •uhjeot to the dwiHton of ol n ’’'"'Oct, Primjrr Eieetlon .9 be held' )

1 a candidate for commiaciomr DlatricL subject to the decision |ci atic Primary Election to i« ,n * January 111, 1902. SURVEYOR. We are authorized to announ«D erJ,! js i Oeohcb F. McKCAS.of Decatur. H ‘ - date tor Surveyor subject t'the-*’/ tne De 1 ocrattc Primary El ■ tt" !l w ' '’i 1 riday, January 1<» i9u:. FOR CORONER We are authorized toutin' " lt !i( 3 of Du. u. s. CHUK. ofDt atur. us»» date for Coroner ol Adam* to the decision of the DeuHXTaric , hitction to be held Friday. Januarf g We an authorized tn announce JI Oh. c. H - rbsik ot ben •. J ? •or coroner of Adams emit ty. decision of the Democrauc PruDtrf | to be heid Enday, January Hi, - —

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