Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT — e~'--EYBRY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Publisher. PEK in advance. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mail mailt r OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, MAY 29. COl NTY For Representative HENRY DIRKBON. For Prosecutor JOHN C. .MORAN. For Treasurer J. H. VOOLEWEDE. 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 Dlst. DAVID W ERLING. For Commissioner-Second Di“t. WILLIAM .MILLER. The salarv of the Winchester post master has decreased from ?2.3(M) to 52.200. James M Fipeen of Tippion, is notv owner and publisher of the Noblesville Democrat. Hon. David B. Hill seems to be the leader in New \ork politics this year, and should his advice be followed we may expect the empire state to give a good account of herself. Prognosticators hat e now placed j the adjournment of congress at Julv 10. The appropriation bill, which carries with it several millions more money than ever before, will be the most important legislation enacted. Several of the g. o. p. members, who 1 play a good game of politics, are dead ! anxious for an early adjournment. The friends of the Hon. Richard H Hartford of Portland, are urging that | he is the logical candidate for attor Dey-general upon the democratic ticket. Mr. Hartford is a lawyer of unblemished character, a large ex- j perience at the bar and of not only legal but literary attainments. His democracy is time-tried and defeattested. and. if nominated and elected, he would not only fill but adorn the office. Columbia City Post

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1 ' James R. Riggs of Sullivan, is announced as a candidate for stai# ; auditor. P: <■! mdy well wonder what thn* world f politic is coming to. The Portland Commercial-Review a day or two ago alluded to Senator Gorman ‘ as an able and respectable democrat. J. Frank M inn of Muncie, is being . mentioned as a possible candidate for attorney-general liefore the Tudian- :! apolis state convention next week. As Frank is an old Adams county proi duct, it would Ire pleasing news to his ■ friends here, to see him thus honored. Indiana polities is looking up and the Indianapolis convention next week j promises to Ire all the democrats i could desire. Candidates are getting real busy and by next week life to the ordinary convention delegate will not be worth living. The state conI ventiou will be held next Wednesday j and it promises to be one of the best lever held. The state board of health of Kentucky has quarantined against southern Indiana, claiming that there exi ists an epidemic of smallpox, and that Governor Durbin has been direi lict in his duty in not using a fund at his command in stamping it out. The quarantine will cause the infected district a loss in business and no end of inconvenience. , Senator Hanna's presidential boom received new life at the Ohio state convention this week. Senator Hanna is his party's logical candidate as he stands sponsor for all the issues raised by the administration, besides he is the guardian angel of the trusts and the personification of imperialism. The (thio republicans have acted wisely and well in resusitating life into the Hanna boom. I The friends of John W. Kern are . said to lie very persistent in the demand that that gentleman shall preside over the democratic state convention in June. If Mr. Kern has any influence with these friends of his. and it is but fair to assume that he has. he will call their attention to the fact that no really great man in Indiana ever entered into a scramble to preside over a political convention.— South Bend Times. The nomination of Fred Ladis over Major Steele who has served eight terms in congress and by his membership on the ways and means committee is an influential member tberej of. is another practical demonstration 1 of the very weak game of polities that is being played by the republicans this year. The nominee has nothing I but his oratorical ability to reeom { mend him and in congress will be a | light weight and not much of him.

announcement appeared in the ■ metropolitan press Sunday, that ’ Charles C. DeHority of Elwood will i contest for the nomination of state * treasurer at the Indianapolis conven tion next Wednesday. In this Mr. DeHority will no doubt have the solid support of the eighth congressional district, and in all probability will be the nominee of his party. J ames R. Di mN of New Albany, ; democratic chairman of the third disi trict, makes the announcement that j after consultation with Adam HeimI lierger. he is authorized to state that i Mr. Heimberger has decided to make the race for the nomination for clerk of the supreme court in case his [ friends think this would be the better thing,to do. He was the democratic nominee for secretary of state two years ago, and besides is one of the most popular democrats in the state. ■■ ■ — THe beef trust agitation has brought to light a Philadelphia man who has not tasted meat for thirtv years. His staple food is lentils and he says they , are more nutritious than any lleeh' there is. They grow in Italy, and vou can buv them, dried, at eight cents a | quart. They taste like peas, and so I nutritious are they that if you do not | eat them very temperately they will make you ill. piey will put into your system more muscle-building stuff than it can assimilate. It is strange, considering the delicate taste, their nutritious quality and their ’ cheapness, that they are not eaten more in America. Sentinel. The eighth district eongressiQnal. convention at Anderson June IS. promises to be the most enthusiastic affair of the campaign. Anderson is ■ the greatest city in the gas belt, and they are already preparing to enter , tain the convention in an entertaining . way. Adams county democrats were ■ intending to take the convention city \ 300 strong, but the billing of Robin- i son’s circus here on the same day, I has to some extent interfered with the j program as outlined, so the special. train and band have been dispensed I with. This, however, should not, dampen the ardor of those who had | arranged to go. Adams county owes j th* a good attendance. Our obligations in such matters are not light ones and if we ever expect to attain the standing we deserve, we must not neglect the convention formalities. As a result of the defeat of Con-gi-ssman Steele the relations between I the latter and Congressman Charles B. Landis probably will become per- I manently impaired. Steele holds' Congressman Landis to blame for persuading Frederick Landis to enter ' the congressional race. For a timed the atmosphere between Steele and Congressman Landis was so frigid it 11 could almost be cut with a knife. ‘ The latter denied that he persuaded Frederick to enter the lists, but Steele had some of his henchmen on Congressman Landis's trail and claims to have discovered that he crossed over i into the eleventh district and laid i fences for hred. There is a rumor < that in a spirit of retaliation Steele ; will go after the scalp of Walter Lan- i dis. another of the Landis brothers. < who is postmaster at San Juan. Porto I Rica. Walter is one of Steele's numer- ; ous appointees.

The postoffice department announces the following increases in the salaries of Indiana postmasters: Anderson. $2,900 to 83.000: Auburn. 82.900 to $3,000: Batesville, 81.200 to $1,300; Bremen. 81.(100 to 81.200: Cambridge City *1.500 to 81.6CXJ: Columbus. 82.41 X) to 82.500; Crawfordsville, 82,500 to 82,600: Eaton, 81,200 to 81,400; Ft. Wayne, $3300 to $3,400: 1 rankton .81.200 to 81,300; Greentown, 81,100 to 81,200; Hammond. $2,600 to $2,800; Kokomo. 82.600 to 82,700: La doga, $1,200 to 81.300; Laporte. 82,500 to 82,600; Lebanon. $2,300 to 82.400; Loogootee, 81.200 to $1,300; Milford. 81,000 to $1300; Mt. Vernon. 81.800 to <2,000; Notre Dame. 82.400 to $2,6(0; Plainfield, 81,400 to 81.500; Rensselaer. 81,700 to .<I,BOO- Rock ville. 81.500 to 81,(‘>00; Sheridan. 81,300 to 81,400: Spencer, 81,700 to 81 - 800; Tipton, 81.900 to 82,000; Upland, 81.400 to 81,500: Vevav. 81,200 to 81.$300; Walkerton, 81,100 to $1,200. Decatur is not in the list and it will take some explanation for our people to understand that with the general advance in every line of trade, the postoffice receipts lag liehind.

Is order that the democratic partv may recover its lost ground in those states of the union whose vote is determinate in national elections such as New York. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois where the partv has a fighting chance to say nothing about Wisconsin and Michigan democratic leadership needs to emulate the wisdom of the serpent. It must not only address itself, and adjust its policies, to the vital issue offthe time, but it mustjemploy the arts of reason and common sense in dealing with those issues. Enthusiasm is an excellent thing, always; yet it will prove illusory and abortive if it be not supported by tenacity of purpose and supplemented by hard work. Brag is a good dog. but Holdfast is a (letter, says the adage; and this is particularly true in public affairs. Hence is it that the Courier-Journal has urged, and will continue to urge, especially upon the democrats in congress, the virtue of moderation both in utterance and in tone; for moderation liegetsconfidence and in our case confidence is the miss ing ingredient. We gain nothing by excess. On the contrary, we have everything to lose. Louisville Cour ier-Journal.

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• Call For Congressional Convention The-Democrats of the eighth congressional district of Indiana will meet in delegate convention in Anderson on June 18,1902, at 11 o’clock a. m. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for congress for said 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 cast for the Hon. John W. Kern for governor at the election of 1900. On this basis each county will be entitled to the following number of votes. Adams 32. Madison S 3. Delaware 46. Jay 34. Randolph 24. Well 35. Total' 254. Number to a choice 178. J. A. M. Adair. Dist. Ch'man.

The eighth district democrats will nominate their candidate for congress at Anderson. June 18. B. H. Camp bell of Madison county, says Frank B. Foster of Anderson, would take the nomination. There is a good chance for us to defeat Cromer this year, says Mr. Campbell. “He has alwavs been a very unpopular man in the district. The’republicans arestill fighting him. headed by George McCullough. The district is about 2,500 republican. A change ot I.2(XJ votes would defeat Cromer. Mr. Foster is a strong man. an ex member of the legislature and the opposite to Cromer in character and ability. As between the two men the eighth district would, I believe, uecide against Cromer.”

The senators from Indiana have made two particularly bad “breaks” this year for which the laboring people of the statejpsobably will call them sharply to account. One of these derelict on* in the performance of public duty, was their vote in favor of the infamous ship subsidy bill. Neither of the senators has shown the slightest disposition to apologize for or make amends for that vote. The other mistake which they are making is with reference to the 'bill limiting the power of federal courts in issuing injunctions. At the beginning of the session two bills were introduced on this subject, one by Senetor Hoar, and the other by Congressman Gros ' venor. They were almost identical and either would have been effective in limiting the abuses that have grown up in the federal judiciary. The Hoar bill was emasculated by the senate committee on the judiciary, of which Senator Fairbanks is a 'star member, by the adoption of a substi tute which simply gave the federal courts additional statutory authority for issuing injunctions. From all ove’r the country, and especially from Indiana. have come protests from laboring men against the passage of the substitute. W ith unanimous voice they have declared they would rather have no legislation at all.

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A School For FT* fee trees. In Paris aspirants for positions in the detective force are taught In a regular school, where day after day they are put through various exercises until they become proficient and receive appointments or show that they have not the detective instinct in them. The students first are trained in the use of their eyes and their hands. One of the lessons consists In placing the pupil in a brilliantly lighted room full of furniture and ornaments. Then he is taken to another room and required to make a sketch of the room he just has left, indicating the position of all the objects In It. He Is allowed to look at a face for a minute and then required to describe the color of the hair, the eyes, the general form etc. He afterward is required to pick out a Photograph of the face from among several hundred others. in educating the baud the student Is placed In a dark room in which are many curious and unusual objects. These he feels over and then writes a description of them. He must rememher even the slightest details. One test is to let him handle gems in the dark and then tell what they are, whether diamonds, rubies or wha* not This Is, of course, an exercise for the more adyauced pupils.

The Morals of Animat*. It may be questioned whether «' malt have any conception of iuur»* as we understand the term, but ir- a general sense it would certainly that they have. In the social sen* 1 there is no doubt as to the answer. ’ take a well known instance, the 1,3 family have evolved a most cotnplh 3 ed social system which apparf' 1 ’ works to perfection, nnd that is hwre than can be said for any human - tern. In order, cleanliness, care <>f o spring, provision for future wants ‘-J* military discipline no civilized w,f '“ can compare with theirs. T b‘‘y ■' slaveholders, it is true, but they their slaves with every kindness consideration, and the warrior ants '■ fend them in time of danger. Another excellent example Is nlshed by the beaver. During it leads a solitary life, but nt the proach of winter communities • formed, building operations " stores nre laid up as soon as the 1 " Ings are completed,nnd every imll' of the community recognizes < , that the Interests of the faun I' the colony coiue first. In their *• life they, in common with many >’ ■ animals, offer an example which " - well be copied not only by savage*' also by civilized communities.