Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT KVIBY THURSDAY MORNING BY LBW 0. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. «1,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, JUNE 19. COUNTY TICKET. 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. IL SCHENK. For Commissioner-First Dlst. DAVID WERLING. For Commissioner— Second Dist. WILLIAM MILLER. STATE TICKET. For Secretary of State. ALBERT SCHOONOVER. For Attorney-General, W. E. STILLWELL. For State Auditor. JAMES R RIGGS. For State Treasurer, JEROME HERFF. For Clerk of the Supreme Court. ADAM HEIMBURGEB. For Superintendent of Public Instruction. SAMUEL L. SCOTT. For State Statistician, MYRON D KING. For State Geologist. Edward Barrett. F T«StSyE. H?^ CoUrtl Flfth Districl - J er^,°sfr t ! h c^lH e i la R ,C & en, John li. McGee. Jl L < !£ es ™??? A PP£ llate Court for the NorthV rn district — Richard H Hartford James T. Saunders. Henry C. Zimmerman' Many Ohio democrats look with favor upon the platform adopted bv the Indiana democrats, and mav adopt a similar document when they meet upon a similar occasion. W. D. Page the founder and for twenty-five years the editor of the Fort Mayne News, has sold the paper to Bicknell Bros, of Terre Haute. Mr. Page is postmaster at Fort Wayne and has business enough without getting rich in the newspaper business.

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The democratic state committee met Tuesday and begun definite arrangements for their state campaign. It will no doubt be short but decidedly lively. Chairman O’Brien has promised to vtsit this city and connty during the campaign. C. L. Hutchens has been recommended by Congressman Cromer as the new postmaster at Winchester. Three other absolute promisee were made to that number of the Cromer supporters there, but of course he could not give it to all of them. The four democratic Indiana congressmen have been renominated, thus showing the harmony that exists within the democratic ranks, as well as the good judgment of the democrats in these districts. It is a noteworthy fact that harmony prevails among Indiana democracy. Consideration of thePhilippniegovernment bill will begin in the house today. Under the rule agreed on for consideration of the latter bill there will be a day session beginning at 11 a. m. and a night session beginning at 8 o'clock for general debate until the following Tuesday when the bill be open to amendment under the fiveminute rule. The final vote will be taken on Wednesday. A Washington dispatch says that the removal of the tariff on sugar would flood this country with cheap sugar from Germany. Would the getting of sugar at two cents a pound be a calamity to the millions who are paying six and seven for it? Is it the function of congress'to keep the people from buying sugar cheap? And how abouf the foreigner paying the tariff? How easily the people are skinned by the men they select to protect them: It is noble that President Roosevelt has been unable to see the evils of any of the trusts except the beef trust —the sole trust that tends to boost the ptice of what the farmers have to sell. He hasn't been able to discover the evils of those trusts that fix an arbitrary price upon agricultural implements and in fact every thing that the farmer has to buy. The republican party can always be relied upon to take issue with the farm interests.—, Plvmouth Democrat. Judge J. E. Truesdale the democratic nominee for congress in this district, is a gentleman of fine appearance, good qualities, and who is back ed by a following in the gas belt who it will pay Congressman Cromer to watch. They pledge their united support to his election, and if the < goods are delivered the defeat of the present congressman is certain. Let every democrat and republican as well, rally to the support of Judge Truesdale.

Mill NOMINATED ON FIFTH BALLOT. THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSION- J AL CONVENTION THE BEST THAT EVER HAPPENED. Judge Heller as a Dark Horse Came Near Flagging all Competitors.

THE DEMOCRATS OF THIS DISTRICT HELD A ROUSING CONVENTION AND NOHINA 1 ED A FOUR TIME WINNER The democratic congressional convention at Anderson yesterday, was the opening gun in the campaign inaugurated to defeat the present representative in congress and republican nominee. Should a stranger have been in attendance at that convention he would not for a moment have thought that the democrats of the eighth congression district are contesting against a republican majority of considerable magnitude. We dare say that not a more exciting contest has or will take place in any district in the state. The attendance was 11 gratifying.'Anderson fairly swarming I with multiplied delegations, all being i I interested in storming the Cromer I citidal and naming another to repre-; sent them in the national halls of con grass. The convention met at eleven o’clock in temporary organization, at | which time committees were appoint-1 ed, Adams county being represented as follows: Vice-President—James T. Merryman.

Resolutions—David E. Smith. Credentials—Chas. C. Ernst. Organization—Richard K. Erwin. Secretary—John W Vizzard. The convention proper convened at one o’clock, the committee on organization naming the Hon. W. H. Eichhorn of \\ ells county, as permanent chairman. He acknowledged the honor in one of his characteristic speeches which was well delivered and received with enthusiasm. Hon. David E. Smith as chairman of the committee on resolutions read the platform, which was short but sweet. THE RESOLUTIONS. Beit Resolved, That we. the democrats of the Eighth congressional district, do endorse the platform adopted by the democrats in the state convention held on the 4th day of June, 1902, and we do endorse the democratic state platform in all things set out therein. We pledge our unqualified support to the nominees of the state convention and we appeal to the citizens of the state who have at heart the principles of good government to give their heartv support to the nominees of that convention. We condemn George W. Cromer, the present congressman from this district and the nominee of the republican party for re-election, for his gross neglect of public business and the interests of the district, and we condemn his record breaking absence from the halls of congress for the purpose of forming and building up a machine for his own private and selfish interests and we appeal to the voters of this congressional district, with out regard to party affiliations in the interests of fair representstion to vote for the nominee of this convention. Two avowed candidates the Hons. Frank P. Foster and J. E. Truesdale, both of Madison county, had for several weeks been canvassing the district. The surprise of the day came in the call for nominations, when Judge Erwin of this city, arose and in his usual eloquent style presented the alaims of AdanJs county, and the name of Judge D. D. Heller. Ran dolph county presented the name of Hon. F. S. Caldwell and these with the two Madison countv candidates made four in the race. Judge Heller lead on the first four ballots, and amid the exciting scenes it looked very much like Heller. Five ballots were taken, with the result as below:

FIRST BALLOT. Foster go Truesdale 70 Heller .."/*.*.** *B4 Caldwell \35 SECOND BALLOT. Foster Truesdale 7u Heller "'' 87 Caldwell ok Myers 2 THIRD BALLOT. Foster <<> Truesdale 7R Heller .. 98 Caldwell '..”.*.*.’*..30 fourth ballot. Heller tie Truesdale wu; Foster IS Caldwell . 12 FIFTH BALLOT. Truesdale.... Heller ,4 Foster *.*.'./,.. 5 During the balloting the greatest excitement prevailed the followers of the different candidates went the

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limit in their eagerness to make votes j for their favorite. But no one lost their head, good feeling and fellowship prevailing throughout. Following the speech of acceptance by Judge Truesdale, short addresses were made by State Chairman O'Brien, B. Frank Burke, Frank P. Foster, M. W. Lee and others. JUDGE JAMES E. TRUESDALE. Judge James E. Truesdale was born at Brookville, Pa., February 10, 1863. At the age of 16 he became inured to toil performing the strenuous duties of hired man on Wayne county farms, handiworking his way through college at Wooster, Ohio. In 1887 he was employed at the steel works at Mingo Junction, Ohio, where during the next three years he become conversant with the theory and practice of the Bessemer processs of steel making and thoroughly convinced of the benefits of organization among craftsmen. In 1891 a workman at Duquesne, he was found' leading in the efforts to place that mill under Ja union scale. He was discharged for organizing the mill. Every sacrifice that a man could make for principle he made there, refusing a proffered superintendency and standing with 1 his fellow workman until he was driven from town to make a living. He was next found driving a team in i Braddock where he was several times » offered his old position with the Carnegie company, but he refused to go f back save as a union man. During i this time “while his companions slept,” i he was preparing for the law, and r presented himself five times before the 1 board of examiners of Allegheney 1 county only to be turned down bes cause of his labor affiliations. He : then took the severe course at Ann

Arbor in one year receiving his degree from the law department there in 1895. Going to Alexandria, he had scarcely gained a foot hold in his prosession when war for the libertv of Cuba was declared, when he pres’ented himself at the nearest recruiting station of the regular army, he was accepted and served one year, receiving his discharge from the second infantry, at Cienfugos, Cuba, in May, 1899, with highest character. Resuming the practice of iaw he was the following spring elected City Judge of Alexandria, overcoming a majority of 800, through the assistance of his friends in the various labor organizations in that strong union city in the Indiana gas belt. CONVENTION NOTES. Wasn’t it a red hot one. The Adams county delegation had them guessing for a time, and Heller stock was always several points in advance of par. The speech of Judge Erwin of Adams county, was the nominating speech of the day. The Judge is an

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eloquent speaker.- Anderson News. Adams eouniv showed their metal as short notice fighters, and, as Judge Erwin remarked, showed the boys that Adams county was on the map. George Kintz has no equal as a convention rooter. We think Judge Heller owe? him a new voice, as the one working yesterday is certainly laid up for repairs today. Barney Kalver did not look out of place in a democratic convention, and like any other good citizen when his favorite failed in nomination, pledged Lio abiding faith in the nominee. Without any desire to throw boquets, we cannot help but say that the Anderson democrats are several degrees in advance of any other part of the district. They are clever, polished in their ways, and all right. Billy Stinson, the dean of the Alexandria delegation, was there life size and all right. The nomination of Judge Truesdale can be traced more directly to the well directed hand of Mr. Stinson than perhaps to any one else. J Lt 11 t r e ?‘ flrs ‘ hat illuminate the E’ghth district democracy, Editor Dale Cnttenberger shines’with the

most splendor. He is never without a good word for every one and isothe sort that the longer he wears the better he sticks. Wells county persisted in casting fifteen votes against Judge Heller, and this in the face of the fact that Adams county has been a dog in the inanger for their many candidates 111 season and out of season. The only creditable part of their performance was the fact that the democrats "h° are democrats there, paid their debts of gratitude, and did it manfully. To all the old timers District Chair man John Adair is a familiar hg lll * He knows all of them and can ca them by name. They know him. an a democratic convention without .1 • Adair would lie strange. To thy tors in the convention he was a re' lation. His elegant appearance. fau leaf attire, suave manner, and atiao ity marks him a leader °f !*' Every one wanted to see Mm<® know him. In character, good felu ship, and sterling democracy ' Adair is worth his weight m ‘ He is a wise party leader, and an ■ cellent organizer. He will P*’* <« ■ splendid organization, and do ma p well towant carrying the distru Anderson News.