Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■I . -■ ... I IfHY THURSDAY MOUSING BY LEW a. ELLINUHAM. Publisher. *’,oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Fatered M the p. stoffice at ecatr.r. Indiana as sec man matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. MAY 22. j COUNTY. For Representative HENRY’ DIRKSON. For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN. For Treasurer J. H. VOGLEWEDE. 1 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. On to Anderson is the cry. The democratic congressional campaign committee will have their headquarters in Washington, while their executive committee will look after business from Chicago. The strike conditions in the coal fields do not seem to improve, and are being watched with great interest by the politicians of both parties, because of the effect it will have on fall elections. Meat still rises in price. The suggestion made some time ago that the people stop eating meat, to spite the trusts, is likely soon to be carried out from the sheer inability to pay. Prices have approached the absolutely prohibitive point for the poorer people. Not noticing the handsome profile of Congressman Robinson and not even seeing any complimentary mention of him. we are lead to believe that the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette is thinking about running Judge Bench again. The new Commissioner of Pensions. Ware, has entered upon the duties of hie office. If he succeeds in administering the affairs of that office without friction for twelve months, he will have accomplished more than any of his predecessors.

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M ayor Beatty’s appointment of I council committees are a meritorious I selection. It places the burden of re-' sponsibility upon the political majori ity, thus in no way interfering with | their plans. Senator Gorman advises the dem< ( I caats in congress to quit making im-> prudent and fiery speeches about the ' Philippines and to press the beef trust issue tcffthe front. As usual. ! Arthur Pue Gorman reveals himself a i i very level-headed man. —South Bend ; Times. The state convention June 4. promI ises to be a red hot affair, republican predictions to the contrary notwith-| standing. Candidates are bobbing at a lively gait, and politics looks mighty goal from a democratic point of view. Party harmonv is getting to be of the . kiud'that mixes and in all democracy - is in the swim. ——— ■ ! The senate is expected to reach a vote'on the Philippine bill next week. But before that is had we may look for floods of oratory from Spooner. Hoar and Bacon. Os course there { will be talk galore—for publication—- ' but should they so far forget themI selves as to talk about the bill itself i the record will be broken. During the administration of the democrats who were retired from the management of city affairs, the city I debt was reduced nearly 530.000. a record that they as well as the demoI cratic party may well be proud of. j Should this rate of reduction continue l it will not be many years until the ■ citv debt will be reduced until it will • not be burdensome. A presidential boom for Congress- | man Miers of Indiana, has been start- > ed by some of his friends in W ash-_ ' ingtcn. Several correspondents of . outside papers have taken it up and ■ placed him in the list of "eligibles owing to his location in a pivotal state, his popularity by his recent re- ■ nomination and his standing among ? the leaders in congress. He is also ? being mentioned for United States 1 senator to succeed Senator Fairbanks, ’ and if all this honor is conferred upon ■ him, he will certainly be a happy man. Indianapolis democrats have the s steam on. and now boldly assert that t sufficient membership has already been pledged to assure the capital ? city with what will later be known as s the Indiana Democratic Club. In- ■ like our mossback neighbor the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, we welcome the" Indiana Club to their place in . .hoosier politics. Such a club will f prove an innovation to state politics. -1 and deserves encouragement from the -' rank and file all over the state. Come 1 ! on Andv. Forget you live in Allee f, county, a place where the pork trust has a working rival.

The fact that a congressman is ■ working overtime in an effort to have rural routes established in his district idoes not necessarily signify that it is, entirely for tbe convenience of the ; farmer that such energy is displayed. - The congressman may be putting the< ■niahing touches on a district machine; Tand the carriers may be the cogs. | Hartford City Gazette, rep. Perhlps the most wonderful polit-I • ical convention that has ever taken place in Indiana is the Wabash convention which began yesterday morning. It is the eleventh district convention in which Congressman Steele j is trying to be returned to congress. After 921 ballets were cast and not a single vote changed, an adjournment j | was taken at this morning until. eleven o’clock. The press reports from Nebraska say that the farmers of Cedar county, i i that state, have heard “low rumblings , and are much worried lest Mount I lona, supposed to be of volcanic orig-I in. belch forth fire and brimstone. We | need not be surprised if some of our . ■ ‘ annexed” volcanos become active sav in Hawaii or the Philippines. We have acquired quite a collection ' of them in the last few years. ——“ Mrcu speculation has been indulg- . , ed in as to how long it will be before , Cuba will be included in the Union, j ■ Manv statesmen are openly in favor l of annexation, but, of course, believe - it will come about through the request i of her own people. The Cincinnati j Enquirer said recently: "Presidentl j Palma will in all probability be the I j first and last president of the Repub- ; lie of Cuba. But. if he makes a good showing, he will be in line to be the I first governor of Cuba. With the sailing of the cruiser | • Dixie on the 14th inst.. freighted with I 1 the charitv of our country to relieve ; the sufferings of the people of MartinI ique, was given another demonstration | of our ability to sink politics in the i interest of sentiment. It is true 5 there was a small—very small oppo- j B sition to the proposed response to the 1 s erv for help. No one envies the posi- ' ” tion of these would-be obstructionists. , who were deaf to the appeals of humanity and mercy. j Democratic mayors were elected in ‘ thirty-eight Indiana cities as follows: \ Anderson. Auburn. Bluffton. Bloom- ■ 1 ington, Columbia City, Decatur. El-1 wood, Elkhart. Frankfort. Goshen. ! GreencAstU. Greensburg. Gas City., Harford C tv. Laoorte, Logansport.! e Lintcn. LawrenceUrg. Martinsville. ~ Marion. Montpelier Mishawaka. New ‘‘ Alt any, Michigan City, Princeton. I ’ Pci Hand, Peru. R Chester. Seymour. e South Bend, Shel jyville. Terre Haute. I *' Tipun, Union Cr y. Valparaiso. Vint cennes, Vevay aud Washington.

Thovgh not yet sixty years of age. David B. Hill has been in public life a good many years. He was a member of the New York legislature ( from Chemung county iin 1871; presided over the democratic state conventions of 1877, I'M and 1884: aiderman for Almira. 1880 and 1881; mayor of Elmira. 1882: lieutenant-governor. 1882 to 1885; governor from 1885 to 1891: candidate for governor in 1894;United States senator from 1891 to 1897: prominent candidate for the presidential nomination in the democratic national convention of 1892, and quite likely to again be a candidate in 1904. -South Bend Times. There is some talk over the state of grooming Judge Daniel D. Heller of this city, for the nomination of appellate judge at the Indianapolis convention June 4. Should the judge consent and his candidacy become a reality it would be pleasing news to his many friends here, who would embrace the opportunity of taking Indianapolis during convention week and pull the wires in favor of his nomination. Judge Heller's career upon the bench has made for him a state reputation, and if he but says the word all northern Indiana will rally to his support. His nomination would add material strength to the ticket, and in Adams county we would pile them up three deep.

“People in all ages have manifested , as we do today, their appreciation of *’ the services of their illustrious dead who died for Fatherland. War, in any aspect, is horrible. When waged for territorial aggrandizement, for wealth, 6 for plunder, it is organized savagery. When for the territorial dismember . ment of a country, and the transfer of ] its people to a new allegiance, like the partition of Poland, it is an unspeak- ’ able outrage. When waged to gain gold and destroy small and weak republics it is the climax of crime. When prose- ' cuted to preserve the unity of a nation and bequeath the blessings of free government to posterity, it is right in the sight of God and man." Major Menzies at monument dedication. Arrangements are now under way for sending the largest Adams county delegation to the Anderson eongres sional.convention that ever left the county on a similar mission. They will travel in their own ears which will be profusely decorated, carry their own band and before returning hotm*, will convince the natives of Madison county that the democratic end of the district are all wool and a yard wide. In the meantime let the good work go on. Eyery township in the county should send a good delegation, and if the central committeemen will take the matter up, hold a meeting or two, the result will be gratifying. The arrangements are now in the hands of committees who give |»vomiseof doing well their work. It is not a matter of politics but Adams county pride.

I WE WPj H MOI* MV I ~ N (=1 CLOTHING FURNISHINCS “ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ-J — BOYS’ CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE EVEN BETTER THAN THE MEN S. Because they' are put to a harder test. Our boy's clothes are made by manufacturer’s who think as we do, that is why our clothes last longer, keep their shape and give better satisfaction FIRST We consider fabrics —they must be of reliable character SECOIND The tailoring must be carefully done and every seam reinforced THIRD Styles must be strictly up-to-date FOURTH They must fit perfectly ...» FIFTH ’ We name a price that everybody is willing to pay for the right kind of boy’s clothing. Prices range from 51.50 TO 55.50 ISOSLSCHULWa

WAR AND INHt lANITY Os all the defenses that have been offered for torture and cruelty in the Philippines the worst is that of citing our civil war as a precedent. It is an unjustifiable and un-called for assault on the chararcter of the men who went out to fight for the union as well as on the authorities of the I nited States at that time. It has no foundation in fact. War has necessary hardships, but the distinction between them and unnecessary hardships is very plain. Sherman's march to the sea was a legitimate war measure. There was a devastation of the country entered in the sente of removing it as a source of supply for the confederate troops, and that was striking a blow at armies in the field. But it did not involve torturing people by the “water cure” or anything of a like nature, and it did not involve the indiscriminate slaughter of children over ten years of age. Moreover there was never any encouragement of individual acts of cruelty or destruction by the army authorities. It is a mat ter of notoriety, to all old soldiers, that, outside of the special measures of destroying possible army supplies, there was general repression of anv

seizure or destruction of private property. Indeed, it was not uncommon for soldiers to complain, when rations ’ were short, that Uncle Sam seemed to be more careful for the property of rebels than for the comfort of the soldiers. And, furthermore, it was our boast at the North that our prisoners were as well cared for as our troops that they were treated with kindness and humanity. Such a thing as torturing any of them wantonly was never heard of. so far as we are aware. The defenders qf Gen. Smith's order will have to look somewhere else for precedents than in the record of the union soldiers in the civil war. To charge them with systematic and wholesale cruelty and torture is base slander. Sentinel. • Call For Congressional Convention The Democrats of the eighth congressional district of Indiana will meet in delegate convention in AnI derson on June 18,1902, at 11 o’clock ■ a. tn. for the purpose of nominating . a candidate for congress for said i district. The basis of representation > to this convention will be one dele- . gate and one alternate for each 100 > votes and one for each fraction over ; 50 or more votes cafet for the Hou. f John \V. Kern for governor at the » election of 1900. On this basis each i, county will lie entitled to the followa ing number of vote,. Adams 32. s Madison S 3. Delaware Ki. Jay 34. • Randolph 24. Well 35. Total ” 254. t Number to a choice 17s. y J A. M. Adair, District Chairman

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• Congressman Miers of Indiana, by hard effort has succeeded in inducing the house committe on invalid pen sions. of which he is a member, to report favorably a senate bill providing for important changes in the pension laws .which will rebound to the benefit of the old soldiers. Under , the act of 1900 every veteran of the civil war who is utterly helpless, requiring' an attendent. is entitled to a pension of sl2 a month upon proof of his disability, whether it be contracted in the service or not. The bill which I the committee has agreed to report increases this amount to 830 a month. It is estimated by the committee that = there are 3,000 such disabled veterans ■ in the country and the increase provided for will require an annual ex--1 penditure of about $>48,000. The bill also gives to every soldies who lost a hand or a foot a pension of $lO a r month and to every one who lost an • arm atw> .» tl - elbow oi a‘leg above B the knee, provided these losses were 1 in the performance of duty in the ' war. a pension of $45 a month. It is •• estimated-that there are 7,000 limbles.-, veterans and that the bill would in L crease the pension rolls on their account in the sum of §840.000. The bill also provides that soldiers who lost '• both hands or feet in the performance

of military duty shall be paid a pension of SIOO a month. The bill applies only to soldiers of the civil war. It is probable that this bill after pacing the senate would have died in the house committee on invalid [tension’ had not Mr. Miers kept pegging >way persistently for a report. He estimates that it will do away largely with the necessity for special J»en- a i bills. The Indiana democraic 1 ,|! ( gressmet are among the verv I friends the old soldier has in congress i and they work together harm niousiy and effectively for legislation ii> “ 15 __ i Everybody should carfully l ,res £ r i '* the article in the Indianapolis ■ tinel showing that the bill I* y 1 soldiers’monument was introduced ». i a democrat, passed by a denn" 'ft* 1 i legislature, and not only signee 1 i democratic governor, but nlso s '", j by him from the efforts of the A lican speaker of the house of r ? ! ’ r ' i sentatives. It was a fitting ' Inn l s | that the monument should I*’ tuny 1 s over to the state by a d‘‘ ,ni * |I ‘"i • president of the board regents, a■ 1 - that the democrat who introduc'd e bill should at the same time be *' 1 ' t ed senior vice-commander of she e A. It Sentinel.