Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ><§ SVEKY THVBSVAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER *I.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter “official papemFldams'county. THURSDAY JULY 7, 1901. COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor C. D. LEWTON For Treasurer JOHN F. LACHOT For Sheriff ALBERT A. BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S. FALK For Commissioner First District DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN

f j AKE YOUR PLEDGES. The democratic national convention will soon be a reality, and it is nowtime for the individual members of that party to discard their favorites, and to get readv to shout long and loud for the standard-bearers —whoever thev may be. We do not mean by this that we fail to appreciate the independence that characterizes the sturdy democracy. Far from it. But we do mean that of all those that have been mentioned as candidates for the-presidency, there is not ore whom the party can not freely and conseieneiously support. \Ve would not give a snap for the democrat who has no personal preference, but that personal preference should not over shadow the wisdom of a national convention. With every democrat determined to vote the democratic ticket, a victory awaits the nominees of the St. Louis convention. It is in the air. The people are actually suffering for a change of national administration diet. They want a little democratic simplicity on the bill of fare at the white house. They want to resent the high handed insults registered against the great generals of our arrnv and navy. They want stability, conservatism and common sense in the guiding hand of this great nation. They want all the rascals punished instead of making examples'of a few. and they so old they may die before election dav. The list embraces one thousand and one allegations and a good ease can be made on each and everyone of them.. The people do not want Theodore Roosevelt to be president after next March, and the case rests entirely with the democrats and the democratic partv to prevent it. A good reasonable platform and the nomination of a good reasonable candidate, and he supported by the democrats, success is assured. Right now is a good time for every democrat to seek his prayer closet, and there upon his marrow bones pledge the best efforts of his life to the sacredness of the democratic cause. ■'Grover. Grover four years more of Grover.” The St. Louis convention will be lively. The Hon. John W. Kern boom is still oiled and gives greater promise than ever of stampeding the democratic convention. Senator Fairbanks is cold, a habit that is growing since the Chicago convention. Bat the g. o. p. atmosphere has something to do with it. Hon. Hugh Daugherty, of Bluffton, makes official denial that he is a widower. Decatur belles will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. John R. McLean, the owner and Washington editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, is for the nomination of Grover Cleveland for president. One reason {assigned is that it would insure the appointment of all the • enemies of McLean to office. There is modesty for you. Hon. George W. Croom er brought his glad hand over from Muncie and is giving the boys the benefit of a few jolly shakes. He is still a candidate for congress and like our ambitious president is looking ahead to 1906- George is wearing a good sized bay window and gives other evidence of being a real live stapes .man

BULLETIN. Special to our political editor: SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 28— An exchange challenges the country to produce a rhyme for Fairbanks. As Robert Browning found a rhyme for "ranunculus,” I venture to find one for Fairbanks: They’ve two candidates, Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Boomed by means of explosions of air tanks; But the pair must sit tight Till the end of the fight. Or they may have to go out with bare shanks. D. F. Hanningan. Cromer has come and gone. He is a nice fellow and will make all the known pretentions of being a congressman providing he is elected. His friends should not be too | eager, however to start the rural route boom and thus aid and encourage an aggressive fight. Indiana presidential quantities are becoming numerous, the list embracing John IV. Kern, Major G. V. Menzies B. F. Shiveley and John E. Lamb. The fellow that suggested I Fairbanks as the only living examl pie of Indiana statesmanship, has i long since taken to the woods. - As to the renewed effort to se I cure a pardon fur Willi iam E. Hinshaw: If Hinshaw is guilty of I killing his wife, as the jury found, Ihe does not deserve a pardon; if ihe is not guilty he should be set I free without further delay. Is there a reasonable doubt?—Mun- ' eie Herald. Silas C. Swallow of Harrisburg Pa., is the prohibition candidate for the presidency. The name will stand as an example to all those who have forgotten the teachings of their mother and imbibe in the wine that is red. Here is a man Swallow who does not swallow only that which he swallows. J. Frank Hanley the republican candidate for governor is now giving out fair dates, and announces through the g. o. p. chairman of Adams county, that he has saved one for ths Great Northern Indiana Fair. According to the Journal this will be a great day for the_Adams county republicans. The special writers at St. Louis this week will have much space to cover and many tales to telL Every democrat can rely on it. however, that the interests of the democra tic party, jonly will be considered. There has never been a time since 1896 when party sentiment was so unanimous upon this feature of party unity, you may read manyt strange and plausible stories, bu some of them you may swallow with several grains of allowance. Royal jE. Purcell owner of the Western Sun at Vincennes. Indiana. did himself and the newspaper profession proud byan illustrated edition in honor of the centennial anniversary of his newspaper. It was an exharstive edition, a typographical beauty designed by a master in the huisness and written in the best of English. The edition is one that will justify Editor Purcell in feeling proud one hundred years from now. Now comes the specials which intimate that the Parker element of the St. Louis convention are becoming uneasy and restless under the fear that the Gormans, the Guffreys and the McLean’s have their heads together the purpose of which is to defeat some of the well laid plans of those who are seeking to make the New York jurist the nominee for president All this demonstrates that the St. Louis convention will be full of interest. We want to commend the speech made by Congressman James M Robinson in accepting a fifth nomination at the hands of the Twelfth District Democrats. It is a speech which will make a good campaign document. It is filled with facts and good sense —plain, everyday, oldfashioned good sense. He tells us, among other things, that when American goods can be manufaciuredm and sold abroad cheaper than fc reign ■ goods—under the favor of a sheltering tariff -the government receives no revenue from such products. And he is right. It must be apparent to every one that tariff rates which are so high as to be prohibitive of foreign competition and which thereby give the trusts absolute control of the home markets on their own terms, can yield no revenue to the government At the same time, however, the people are paying a tax whith goes into the coffers of the trusts —a tax which enables them to sell their goods cheaper abroad than they sell them at home.

Wil BIG BUGS Editor Ellingham Mingles at St. Louis Indiana Legislature Hold Harmonious Meeting.—Favor Taggart for National Chairman. ST. LOUIS, July 4—The Hon. T. O. Taggart was tonight reelected a national committeeman at one of the most harmonious delegation meetings ever held. The various committee assignments were also agreed to without a jar, which means that so far as Indiana is concerned good sense and good feelling will prevail. The notice of Indiana contests failed to raise any kind of excitement among the hoosiers, who are all doing some quite stunts for Tom Taggart for national chairman. They will meet all of the charges and in the meantime will keep on working to make Mr. Taggart the head of the national committee. The writer had the pleasure of meeting senator David B. Hill and August Belmont of New York and also Leader Murphy c: Tam many fame. All are pleasant men to meet, the former two determined as ever for Parker and the latter just as •deteimined against

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him. A large Tammany delegation came today and another is expected tomorrow, and Mr. Murphy says that when all get in they propose to give a parade, another gentleman of prominence here is Col. Brygn and in the lobby of the Jefferson hotel, this m> ruing he was an attractive figure. The question of tickets is still a hodoo that is causing many spectators to sweat blood, but the Indianians are puting on a bold front and will make a stampede upon the ticket department when the time Comes for final action. Ti ere are at least four or five hundred Indianians here and we will bet ten to one they ail will sec the convention from start to finish. St. Louis. July 3rd, 1904. The Indiana delegation have nearly all arrived and with them several hundred other enthusiastic Hoosiers all full of life and hope. The headquarters are a gem for beauty and skill in adornment. The decorations consist of a lavish display of the national emblems, arrangcl by a decorator who possesses no usual amount of genius. A large protrait of Judge Parker illuminated with incandescent lights is a feature that attracts considerable attention in the evening. Other portraits are those of Hendricks. Voorhees, Turpie and T. Taggart- Tbe Utter is the basest man in seven a line of Pinkertons being if you want a line on him long enough for a five minutes interview . He is located at the Jefferson hotel which is headquarters for the national committee. The

committee suite of rooms are a busy place, although no sessions wil held until after the convention, arrangements are all in the ian< so sub-committees who are carryi forth in detail the arrangements for the opening session. At this time there scarcely seems to be any opposition to Juige I 'ar er. although the story may be different after the big guests get their heads together. A very handsome suite of five or six rooms arc arranged for Parker headquarters at Planter’s hotel. Hearst has several rooms at the Jefferson, and these constitute all the headquarters so far as candidates are concerned. The states located at the various hotels have finely decorated rooms and bv the crowds that are coming in on every train. we conclude that no later than tomorrow, St. Louis will look very much like a convention city. Tae interest is encouraging to the cause and from this point it looks impossible to defeat at the polls any of the nominees. Indiana s attitude regarding a vice presidential candidate is very much similar to that of the Indiana republicans at Chicago. They will push the claims of no one but should the wisdom of the delegates of other states be such as to make an Indiana candidate desirable, they will accept it. In that even it would not surprise me should Major Menzies. one of the Big Four, be called into service. And Ido think he really wants it. The Indiana delegation will not have a meeting before tomorrow

afternoon and at that time the committee appointments will be settled. Dr. J W. Vizard arrived this evening and more of the Adams county contingent are expected tomorrow. The question of tickets will not come off before Tuesday and then the fate of those holding promises will be known Absolutely nothing can be found out at this time as to whether there will be a feast or a famine Lew. THE FOURTH IN DECATUR. The Fourth is over again and our independence has been duly celebrated. Tuesday s metropolitan papers tells of hundreds of fatal and serious accidents, tires and exposion. In Decatur the day was observed only by the young Amercia, no special arrangement for the day having been made. Many people attended the picnic and corner stone laying at Mt. Pleasant and the picnics in Union township, both of which were succssful not with standing the showers. The boom of fire crackers could be hard all day but luckily no serious accidents occurred her. The havy rain at nightp artly stopped the celebration. A small blaze was discovered in time before any .damage was done at the home of James Smith on Elevnth street yesterday morning Tbe fire was caused by a firec-raeker being thrown on the roof. A small blaze was discovered yes ter day morning on the roof of "the building occupied by Hemy Knapp s machine shop next to the Burt

House The five originated by a fire cracker being thrown upon the roof A hole about four feet square was burned in the roof The fire was nut out by Henry Knapp and Frank Schumaker before much damage was done. ' A small fire was started last evenin'’ about nine o’clock in the Masonic Hal! cans d by the carelessness of several parties who were celebrating the Fourth by shooting off skyrocketsone mining aim and going through a window at the Masonic Hall- -A blaze quickly started in some bunting and was discovered by Frank Schumaker. Roman Barthel and Albine Simth who broke in the door and put the fire out before much damage was done. Wilson Lee had his left hand quite badly burned and injured last evening by being struck by a roman candle, which some person intentionally fired'at him. He was walking down street and when near Gus Rosenthals clothing store some one from the opposite side of the street fired off a Roman candle one of the red hot balls striking him on the left hand burning and bruising it badly, forcing him to go to a doctor to have it dressed.

COUNCIL MEETING. The regular session of the city council was held Tuesday evening, Mayor Coffee presiding and every memlier present. Minutes of the meeting of June 21st were read and approved, E. L. Carroll was granted the privilege to remove his C. & E. elevator across to the the Clover Leaf tracks. The matter of repairing Monroe street was referred to the street committee who were ordered to notify H. P. Streicher to repair same at once. The following hills were allowed:) L. C. Helm pay roll i 30 CO j L. G. EDingham printing 10 75 John Coffee salary 45 84 Weaver & Suttles labor 5 16 D. F. Teeple drayage, 7 16 Clover Leaf Ry. freight 43 69 Geo. D. Barnard Co. supplies 12 00 Kuhlman Eleo. Co. supplies 12 00 John Thomas labor 90 12 Earl B. Adams labor 2 00 W. A. Keubler supplies 8 13 Wilson Steele labor 3 30 George Steele’pay’roll 217 56 J. S. Peterson insurance 52 00 The petition of John Malotte for a side walk was referred to the street committee. Charles Yobst was granted a' ilcense as a plumber aad his bond approved. The salary oiM. J. Mylott, city electrician, was increased ten dollars per month making it |~5. George E Steele water works superintendent was discharged. Mayor Coffee deciding a tie vote. It was decided to unite the offices of water works superintendent and city engineer and the names of J. P- Hyland and W. E. Fulk were presented for the position. E ich received three votes and Mayor Coffee voted for Fulk. He was declared elected and his salary fixed at >75 per month. Mr. Porter moved that city attorney Beatty be discharged. Gaffer and Porter voted aye and Buhler, Kirsch, Teeple and Fordyce nay and the motion was declared lost.

CHOKING CATARRH CURED Your Taney Bock If Hyomel Doe» Not Cure You. “UseHyomei and be cured of catarrh,” is what all who have tried it for that disease say to their friends. It is the easiest thing in the world to stop catarrh at its beginning if you use Hyomei. Just breathe the healthgiving. balsamic air for a few minutes and your catarrh will be cured. In the worst cases of this disease, chronic or acute. Hyomei used four or five times a day is all that is needed to soon effect a cure. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but 51.00 and comprises a hard rubber pocket inhaler, a bottle of Hyomei and a dropper. The inhaler will ,ast a lifetime; and additional bottles of Hyomei can be obtained for 50c. In this city and neighboring towns, there are hundreds who can testify to the remarkable powers of Hyomei to cure catarrh. Many of the staunchest friends of this remedv today began its use with little hope that'they would be cured, but as The Holthouse Drug Co offered to refund the money if it did not cure, they decided to try i on that plan, were soon to health. Mr and Mrs. Al Burdg left last evening for Paragould, Ark., where they will spend a month looking over the country in trying to find a new location.

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