Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■ V(Hf THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW U. ELLINGHAM. Publisher. »1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, APRIL 3. THE TICKETS. CITY. For Mayor. DAVID D COFFEE. l or Clerk. DALLAS M. HOWER. For Treasurer. W. J. ARCHBOLD. , ForcMarshal, HARVEY' 11. HART For Councilmen. » First Ward- M.nF.RT BUHLER. W H SUTTLES Second Ward-HORACE PORTER. HENRY' STETI.F.R Third Ward - W. H. NIBLICK. UY' .1. WEAVER. COUNTY. For Representative HENRY DIRKSON. For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN. For Treasurer J. H. VOGLEWEDE. For Clerk DAVID GERBER. For Sheriff ALBERT A. BUTLER. For Recorder CLINTON C. CLOUD. For Surveyor GEORGE E. MCKEAN. For Coroner C. H. SCHENK. For Commissioner—First Dist. DAVID WERLING. For Commissioner—Second Dist. WILLIAM MILLER. The modest little billion dollar steel trust is busy this week dividing up §111,067,195. Henry Clay Evans resigned ascom missioner of pensions. His resigna tion was forced by grand army veterans all over the country, who com plained bitterly of alleged injustice of his rulings. His Royal Highness. Secretary of State Hay will not address the multitude at the dedication of the Indiana soldiers' monument. Prayers of re lief and thankfulness are coming in by every mail.

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It’s a cinch that Bluffton will cut no ice this summer. The Michigan City prison promises another scandal. Dr. B. S. Horne, the prison physician has resigned and with his retirement files grave charges against prison officials. Now the airing committee will make themselves busy. John Wanamaker has just closed an advertising contract with the New York Journal for a full page ad ver tisement for one year, the price being §150,000. The same space in the Demixrat would not cost half the money. It is now given out that Indiana's war claim is laid up high and dry. notwithstanding the fact that several members of congress have been receiving some very cheap advertising, upon the assumption that the money would lie forthcoming, as soon as the claim is audited and properly checked. Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, and national democratic chairman for the past two campaigns, has been defeated by James P. Clark and as a result the* former will retire from the senate at the end of his present term. If he was no better senator than he was a national chairman, his defeat came none too soon. While in Havana, Governor Durbin and his uniformed staff paid their respects to C. F. W. Neeley by a social call. It is supposed that sympathy was freely expressed for the embezzler of more than §IOO,OOO. Eastern newspapers of all political shades haveseverely criticised the governor for what they term a very bad break. The leadership of the New York democracy will this vear fall upon the Hon. David B. Hill. Democracy there is to be reorganized and reharmonized. and this means that NewYork will line up her forces for the presidential election of 1904, for which nomination perhaps Mr. Hill will be a candidate. Other states can not do better than to follow the New York democracy in preparing to nominate a democratic president in 1904. After barking at the heels of May or Berghoff for a season, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette grows enthusiastic over the mayor' valor during a smallpox episode, apd throws a bunch of bouquets at the mayor that will compete in size to Andy Monahan’s gall bag after a bad night. The mayor is rudely indifferent. By the way. it is about time the JournalGazette was again warming up to its congressional cuckoo. Judge Hench.

It is the duty of the democratic candidates for city offices to lend their aid, assistance and encouragement to the organization of the democratic forces for May 6th. When the ones most vitally interested fo r get their duty, it dampens the ardor of those who usually have the brunt of such burdens to bear. Every democratic candidate should be elected, and the way to do it is to get a move on yourself. Canvass your wards, report to the organization and thus do your duty. It is evident that the Cubansare not capable of self-government. They have the ridiculous idea that punishment should be proportioned to crime, and that a man who robs a bank should get a heavier sentence than one who robs a chicken roost. If they are allowed to set up such a system just outside our borders it will not only deter American emigration to the island, but also tend to arouse an archistic ideas here that might imperil the liberty of some of our captains of industry.- Indianapolis Sentinel. For the eleven hundredth time the Indianapolis Sentinel again informs a too forgetful public of the wonderful credit due the promotors of that paper, for the enacted reform laws Australian ballot law. tax law, fee and salary law, and so on down the line. If there is a member of that noted Indian Assembly now living, he certainly feels like change for two bits when compared to this pioneer in the reform business, and who had neither vote nor voice in the legislative councils upon the reforms he made and the laws he enacted. The controversy on hand now seems to be whether Sam E. Morss or John W. Kern will be chairman of the next democratic state convention. Coming as it does upon the heels of the Fair-banks-Beverage display of statesmanship. it almost unnerves us. Upon Jackson Day in the state of Allen and senatorial district of Fort Wayne, the Hon. Allen Zollars was named as the democratic candidate for governor in 1904. This being settled he should lie accorded the distinguished honor that seemingly has raised so much rukery in the capital city Ir Mr. Bryan desires the success of the democratic party he should stop throwing bricks at Grover Cleveland. David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman and other eminent democrats who have not been able to see public questions through his political spectacles. Mr. Bryan is one of the greatest of America's great men. a man who has convictions and is not afraid to espouse them, but he should not keep up a fight on men of his own partv who differ from him on questions that he himself admits are not today an issue. —Lebanon Pioneer. •

The ship subsidy bill will not pass the house at this session of congress. This can be relied upon as a safe prediction. The program of the house republican leaders is to smother it in the committee on merchant marine and fisheries, to which it was referred after passing the senate, and it will not get out of that committee. The only reason for killing it in this way is the fear of many congressmen that ' its enactment would defeat their chances for re-election. Next fall, after the elections, it will he introduced and promoted under more favorable auspices. « Dirino the last few days our exchanges have paid their respects to oue Dr. Bolles of Illinois, who was making prohibition speechesthroughout northern Indiana. A tirade of shameful abuse against decent people, society and the church were his principal stock in trade, and the manner and method with which he divested himself of this tirade was certainly a disgrace to the cause he represents. The public speaker like the newspaper who resorts „c abuse for argument, has long since be,.., elegated tothe ancient past. Conservatism wins in this age, ami the people are to be congratulated that it is so. It has well been said that Editor Bryan can render a better service to his party than denouncing Hill, Gorman, Olney or any other democrat at one time conspicuous in the counsels of his party—but who failed or even refused to support the candidate in 1896. It is the duty ot the hour to line all conflicting factions for the struggle of 1904, and this can not lie done by relegating to the rear any one who offers support to the cause at hand. And while this is true of Col. Bryan it is especially true of those who cast their lot without the pale of democracy during the memorable campaign mentioned. Col. Watterson sounded the keynote when head monished the brethren to “keep cool.” This should lie the principal occupa tion of every democrat at the present time.

Col. Henry Watterson’s red lights are still out. That he still retains the fire and vigor of youth was never more evident than in the Jast two Hayings administered to the checkered career of important grafts awaiting the final sanction of congress and the president. It is not. however, the purpose of the present congress to pass the ship subsidy bill, for fear of endangering, the election of a lower house this year. It is proposed to permit it to quietly sleep and to all intent and purposes die, and let the next congress pass the measure. We surmise, however, that the democrats will not permit it to drop out of sight with the ease proposed, but will take up the alarm sounded by Colonel Wat torson, and give the people a chance to place their stamp of approval or i disapproval upon such a colosal job.

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The democratic executive committee has been announced and now the war is on. As named they are supposed to lie the cream of executive ability and good rosy workers in their several districts. The obligations imposed are by no means light not as light as some of the members as named. Congressman Robinson wishes to state through this correspondence, in response to numerous inquiries from home, that he will attend the Twelfth district congressional convention at Kendallville April 30, and also the democratic state convention at Indianapolis June 4. There has been talk that Mr. Robinson would have opposition in the nominating convention, and on this subject he said: "If I have an opponent I don't know it.”— Washington Cor. -Indianapolis Sentinel, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette should resent' this insolence. After all these many months and the buckets full of red hots that the Journal Gazette has turned loose upon its defenseless readers about the candidacy of Sam Hench, and then to have the modest twelfth district congressman say "that if I have an opponent, I don’t know it." This is too much and deserves rebuke from that fearless and only champion of poor old Ileuvh. The senators from Indiana apparently do not know the meaning of the word “economy.” The people of Indiana would Ire astonished if they knew how muuh money their repre sentatives in the upper laxly are trying to vote away for one scheme or another. In voting for the ship subsidy bill they gave their sanction te the removal of untold millions from the pockets of the people into the coffers of favored corporations. A recital of what Senator Fairbanks has done at this session toward dissipat i ing the surplus makes interesting reading. Not mentioning the bills which ho has introduced for public > buildings in Indiana he has introI duced the following: For a building r for the state justice and executive deI partments, 000,000, for a building » for the department of agriculture, $2. > 500,000; tor a hall of records, $850,000. f total. $10,350,000. There are ||B r members of ls>th branches of congress > and if each member had introduced 1 bills carrying as large an aggregate 3 appropriation as those introduced by 3 Senator Fairbanks, and those bills 3 should become laws, the revenues of t the government, present and antici 9 pated. would be drawn upon to the - tune of $4,636,800,000 and this would b not include the billion or so of dollars r necessary to carry on the running ex l peases of the government.

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REPORT OF 1!1£ Old Adams County Bank ORGANIZED 1874. BE ORGANIZED 1804.) DECATUR, INDIANA. AS MADE TO THE AUDITOR OF STATE FEBRUARY 25, 1902.

RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts, - $526 426 29 Overdrafts .... 6,621.62 Bondsand Mortgages, - 93,969.55 Banking House, - - - 6,856’92 < Hher Leal Estate, - - 3,880.30 Furniture and Fixtures, 3/241.12 Current Expenses. 101 21 Interest, 99158 V. S. Bonds, g 12,000.00 Cash. - - 35,197.76 Due from B'ks., 205.701.65 252,899 41

*®4.988.00 SMM.9BBW OFFICERS: Da ”, Pw K ‘ ALLISOX ’ Cash> C. S. Niblick, Asst. Cash. French Qvixn, Asst. Cash. DIRECTORS: Volin S.t’eis. D ""' va ,J' K ' Al,isou - W. «<• Nibliek ' M. J. Niblick, Henry Hite

LIABILITIES.

Capital Stock, - - - . $120,000.00 Surplus, 12,000.00 Undivided Profits, - - 2.760.91 Discounts, Exchange and Interest 1.715.28 Rent, 16.25 Reserved for Taxes, - - 3,454.7* Dividends Unpaid, - - 3,805.00 Deposits, Demand, - $525,083.46 Da Time, - 223,162.32 751,235.7'’