Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1906 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BVEHY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. PUBLISHER (1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. watered at the postoffice at Decatur,lndiana as second-class mail matter. SFFICtAL PAPtR OF ADAMS COUHTY A POOR DEFENSE It will be remembered that the Republican leaders onee very strenuously denied that their favorites, the trusts, sold their goods in foreign markets cheaper than they sold them at home. When it was proved tha they did so, then these same leaders cast about for some plausible excuse for the action. Here is now the Hon. Abraham Brick in his keynote speech at the Republican state convention, handles the matter: “We have no statistics, bus we ,know as a matter of fact that e.ery storekeeper In this country annually sells a certain portion of his stock much cheaper than the regular price charged ordinarily. He does this through a variety of reasons. Some are shop worn, or liable to become so; others are sold on bargain days -to incite a more lucrative trade in the genera] business, and still others sold to pure, purchasers from competitors and to gain an increased business. Now, thC same is true, with added emphasis, of our trade in foreign cuntries.- ■ Our manufacturers have a surplus supply that cannot be sold in the home market and they enter the lists abroad.’ Is this sort of thing satisfactory to the American consumer? We do not believe it. In the first place it is not “shop worn” goods that the American manufacture "s sell abroad cheaper than they sell at home. In the next place, the American merchant, when he makes a special sale at cat prices gives all of his customrs and everyone else a chance to buy on the same terms, without discrimination. The manufacturer who sells cheaper abroad discriminates against his regular home customers. He does this because the tariff puts the latter at his mercy and he can exact from them the full price at all times. And he does it. It is only the foreigner that he favors. He would have no trouble about disposing of his “surplus supply” in the United States if fie gave the American consumer the advantage that he gives the foreign consumer. But the Republican tariff law ‘ ‘ protects” him from any neeessty for doing this. More trouble The meeting of the State committee Wednesday brought in considerable • district and county gossip from over the state. More Eighth district trouble was commented on very freely. For example: During the Stilwell-Cromer , campaign for the congressional nomination in the Eighth district, it was freely predicted by leading politicans of the district that the bitterness between the two factions was so great that it was probable that neither could be nominated if elected. Now similai- comment is being made wiih reference to the conditions in Madison county. In this county the ticket nominated recently is a Stilwell ticket from top to bottom. The story is that members of the Cromer faction in that county are openly opposing th" ticket,, and that the probabilities are that the entire ticket will be defeated. In support of this assertion the story turns to past history for confirmation. Eight years ago, it is said, a Democratic county ticket was elected, owing to a similar condition. The fight then was between the forces ot Charles L. Henry and ex-Governoi , Durbn. The Henry ticket was nomi nated after a bitter struggle, and the . Durbin men turned in and defeatec , the ticket frorii to’rt to bottom. What was then ’the Durbin faetior . is now identified -as the Cromer sac •. ~tion, and it is said that the oppositioi to the Stilwell ticket on the part o: the Cromer mfin is sb great that the; will work for its defeat.—ludianapo lis News. Died praying As the Eddington boy lay dying ii the Mcßride undertaking rooms yes terday, away from home, surouridei by strangers, continually asking t<

see his mother, thinking *of his sad fate, he was heard to say, “God, help me. ’ ’ A good woman was by his side, administering to his wants. She asked him if he wanted her to pray, to which he quickly replied, “Yes.” And in that undertaking room that good woman poured out her mother, Christian heart to her God and his God, asking Him to forgive the boy of his wayward acts and to take him home to that better land. It was a mother prayer, a Christian prayer; a prayer such as Almighty God hears. All during that solemn occasion the boy’s lips were moving, uttering his own little prayer, such as a boy of only fifteen years can utter, seeking forgiveness for his little sins, and, as is so often the case, seeking the Comforter as a last resort. No doubt many thoughts came to that boy in those last moments; no doubt he thought of the many times he had disobeyed his mother, who is now left alone; his little ufind was filled with regrets; but it was too late to mend matters now. The boy was doing the best he could; he wanted to make peace with his Maker and die a Christian death. The surroundings were favorable. He had a Christian woman seeking God’s mercy and asking that the boy be forgiven The boy was seeking divine forgiveness, and, although away from home, he died in a Christian community—and died praying. Who is there that will say but that the boy is safely in the arms of his Maker? —Bluffton Banner.

A Washington dispatch says: “Beyond any doubt the popularity of the president with the masse of the peo- ( pie is on the wane. For a month or f more visitor’s from all sections of the United States have expressed this < opinion. They'are frank enough to say that the head of the nation has , only himself to blame for the change in sentiment that is apparent all over the countrv. This reference is not i made with an intention to do the head of the nation. an injustice or written in a partisan spirit. Other president have won and lost popularity and in future years it will be the , same. Mr. Roosevelt parted company with the Democrats, and has been convicted by ex-Senator Chandler, who is such a rank Republican himself that in order to apply salve to the sore spots some of the eastern Republican dailies are trying to discredit Mr. Chandler by shouting that he and his namesake from Michigan thirty years ago robbed Samuel J. Tilden out of the presidency and that no Democrat ought to have anything to do with the New Hampshire man if consistency with Democrats amounts to anything. For more than a year, Mr. William E. Chandler has contended that if the Democratic support were withdrawn from President Roosevelt he could not possibly be given an opportunity to consider’ a reasonable railroad rate bill.” The Democrats of the state have decided to start, a wekely paper at Indianapolis as a state political mouthpiece. It is, we believe ,thought best by the leaders of the party to have a state organ to assist in'bringing together the fragments of the party for use in the next campaign. W. B. Westlake, of this city, it is said, may take charge of the publication as manager and editor. Mr. Westlake is at present the owner and publisher of the Daily Leader and a half-owner of the . News-Tribune, both of this city. He , also holds a large interest in news- > paper property at Asheville, N. C. He . is one of the best equipped newspaper . men in the state in the capacity of > editor or business manager. The Deml ocrats of the state will be fortunate if they secure the services of Mr. t Westlake, especially at present . time when the party is disorganizec j as it is. It will certainly take a goo< f deal of political dope to take the kinks out of the old party.—Manon _ Chronicle, Rep. “If Bryan had been elected in the place of President McKinley he wouk not have been any exception to the i rule that all the presidents had risen - from poverty, with the exception of 1 Theodore Roosevelt, who came from s Fifth avenue, New York, and how he

escaped from there, I don’t know. 1 1 don’t ask anybody to sneer at Bry-1 an. I served a good many years with l him in the house of representatives I and I know him better than any of you.'lnstead of sneering at him I use lim to illustrate the unlimited possijilites of the young manhood of the United States, because there is a lad lardly forty years of age, who, without the help of money or of influential connections of any kind, by the inward force of his own genius and character, has become the well-belov-ed leader of millions of people.”— Senator Dolliver, Rep. An lowa Republican paper asks, “What’s the use of the Democratic party in lowa, anyway?” The Washington Post adds, “We know some people who would amend that question by leaving out ‘ln lowa.’ ” ths. For instance, John D. Rockefeller and other trust magnates; also the men who have grown rich through ’avors obtained under the Republican tariff; also the Aldriches, the Forakers and their masters who seek to perpetuate the impositions placed upon the people by the railroads. But the honest people who, mislead by the ’alsehoods and sophistries of Repubiean polticians and financiers, voted the plutocratic ticket, may yet find the Democratic party very useful in saving the country from the radicalism of the Republican party on the one hand and the radicalism of the socialist on the other. —Commoner. It is somewhat amusing to note the ;:act that the papers which are so clamorous for electing United States senators by a direct vote of the people are generally finding fault with the outcome of the popular election of senatorial candidates in Arkansas and Tennessee. They deprecate the defeat, in Arkansas, of’ that faithful public servant, Senator Berry, by a rantankerous agitator, Governor Jeff Davis. -And they can’t understand why Senator Carmack should have jeen beaten in Tennessee by ex-Gov-Taylor, “the fiddling statesman.” The Times deplores the result in Arkansas, but is pleased that so good a man as ex-Governor Taylor was chosen over the impetuous and tempestous Carmack in TennesseeSouth Bend Times. The platform adopted by the RepubliCßJi. , state convention declares that the enactment of a law that will guarantee fair and honest primary elections for party nominations;’’This merely tells the people, for campaign use, that an enactment is favored, but it does not say when a decent primary election law should be passed. No pledge or promise is given to pass sueh a law at any time. An enactment is just ‘favored.’ As the Republicans have had the legislature for ten years and have failed to bring about primary election reform, it seems conclusive that they do not want it. To “favor” a thing for campaign purposes and to pass a law putting, that thing in effect for the general benefit are very different matters, it appears. — • In the railroad rate matter President Rosevelt not only betrayed the Democrats, whose support he had asked, but surrendered to the railroad senators because they were members of his own party. This is Mr, Roosevelt’s idea of the “square deal.” How his action is regarded may be judged by the following extract from a leading newspaper: “It will probably develop that Mr. Roosevelt was in secret communication with the Aldrich clique before he surrendered his issue and betrayed his supporters, and that : his surrender came as a direct result of negotiations with that clique, which Negotiations dealt with party politics , and had a bearing on the party pro- ! gram for 1908.' ’ Republican campaign managers are ‘ in a bad way; they cannot account for the unrest, the disquietude, now i sa prevalent among the people, esi pecially among the wage earners. • They are striving to ascertain the i temper of the people, but cannot. i There are some sufprises in store for ¥ / ■■ . • . <•»

' the politicians this coming ides of ■ November!, The spirit of independI ence, organization for self protection and equality before the law, by the | laboring men will result in disastrous defeat of plutocracy, that is now dictating the policy of this country. The country will understand that, whatever is good in the rate bill is due to the Democrats. The measure of relief given is not half what the Democratic party has demanded in its platforms or what the people want, but if it had not been for the insistence of the Democrats, backed up by a strong public sentiment, nothing at all would have been done. If the president had not surrendered to the railroad senators something really substantial might have been accomplished. The president seems to want oil put on the free list in order to check the Standard Oil monopoly. But what' Mr. Roosevelt seems to want and what I he is willing to accept rather than offend the leaders of his party are two very different things. A Democratic house just now would be worth something to the country, even with the senate and the presidency in Republican hands. The trust game of “now you see it and now you don’t” would ; be harder to play. While the lowa Republicans are having a fierce struggle between the “stand pat” and the “idea” or pro- ■ gressive factions, the Democrats are working together as one man and organizing to win. The reform element in the. Republican party of lowa will get tired after awhile trying to do : good “inside the party” and will go ■ outside. Senator Burton of Kansas, is oblig- ' ed, in view of the late decision of the supreme court of the United States, to go into retirement in the Ironton, Mo., jail for nine months. Senator Smoot another distinguished Republican and xi Mormon, who has been undergoing a trial by his peers in the senate for the past two or three years still holds on to his seat. Joseph Reiley, secretary of the Democratic State Committee, asserts that the democrats will be successful in nine of the thirteen congressional districts in the electionthis fall. The districts he claims are as follows: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Thirteenth. Referring to the railroad rate legislation, the Minneapoiis Journal (Republican) says: “The president has the Aldrich crowd whipped.” The members of the “Aldrich crowd” appear to be in mighty good humor for people who . have been badly “whipped.” It is said that President Roosevelt onw favors stricter inspection of the meat packing houses. But it is of Small matter what the president favors at this time. He probably will be for something else later on—after he has heard from the Republican bosses. Mr. Roosevelt’s repeated changes of mind give encouragement to the persons who want him to run for a third term. It is time that he said that ‘ ‘ under no circumstances ’ ’ would be be a candidate again, but that will hardly count now. The Decatur end of the Adams 1 county pension board are playing. Dr. ! Aspy, of Geneva, a dirty trick, by in- ' timating that if any of the present ■ personnel of the board are flirting 1 with the angejic Democracy, it must ’ be him; j ■ * The democrats of Delaware county h«ve endor-’.l the c'iniil<:< v of .lud te '» > Richard K. Erwin, of Decatur, for ; judge of the supreme court. The , Democrats of Allen county should do likewise. —Fort Wayfie Journal-Ga-zette. BBBBHBaBMBBBBaMHBHBBaBBBBMai Senator Foraker of Ohio voted • against the remains of the railroad

rate bill on the ground—so he says—that it is unconstitutional. Perhaps the senator could dig up another reason or two if he were to make the effort. “The tariff will be revised by us when it needs revising,” say the Republican leaders. Well, if it doesn’t need it when the protected trusts are selling, their goods in foreign markets cheaper than they sell them at home, when will it? The house of representatives has passed a naval appropriation bill calling for the sum of $99,764,000. The “Big Stick” is costly. But-then, what is the odds to the Republicans so long as it is only the people who pay the bills? The Democrats in Delaware county, in convention assembled, endorsed the candidacy of Juiga Richard K. Erwin for judge of the supreme court. The Democrats of Delaware are of the right- sort. The people through the Democratic party, are going to make a hot fight this year to recover their own in Indiana. And what is more, they are going to succeed. QUARTERLY MEETING AT 8080 * ■ —l— — Next Sunday—Rev. C. U. Wade Will * be Present. The first quarterly meeting of the Bobo M. E. church will be held at Bobo June 2nd and 3rd. Dr. C. U. Wade will be present to hold the business sesion Saturday at 3:00 p m. He will also preach Saturday evenng at 8 o’clock and Sunday morning at 10:30 o ’clock. It is earnestly requested that all the official members be present at the business session. Everybody will receive a cordial welcome at all these services. There will be no preaching at the Pleasant Mills church on account of quarterly meeting at Bobo. C. B. SWEENEY, Pastor. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Dinner in the Grove, Speeches, Music and Amusements Will be the Program. The great American Fourth of July will be celebrated in Berne. Just because Berne has had no big celebration in six years is no sign that its citizens have become less patriotic, but the coming Fourth will show what kind of patriotism exists in the hearts of our people. The day will be celebrated —truly celebrated in the right manner and spirit—as never before in the history of Berne. . - The Sunday schools last Sunday appointed J. F. Lehman, Rev. J. W. Kliewer, Chris. Stengel Wm. Baumgartner, Jess Rupp and E. M. Ray to act as an executive committee. This committee met yestreday afternoon and elected the following officers: J. F. Lehman, chairman; E. M. Ray, secretary and Chris Stengel treasurer. The ground selected to hold the celebration is C. C. Sprunger’s grove in the north-west part of town. The celebration will consist of speaking, music, amusement, basket dinner and fireworks at night. The committee also passed a resolution that to avoid accidents and interruptions of the program, the shooting of fire crackers will be prohibited on the ground. Details of the celebration can be given in the near future, or as soon as the various committees have met and done their work. The committees will spare on efforts in doing their part toward making the celebration an orderly, entertaining, instructive one, that will be thoroughly enjoyed by all. They are taking up the Work with enthusiasm. Everybody in Anderson and Madison county have long rcognized Morey M. Dunlap as a most graceful and finished speaker. It has been known to many that Re was also a graceful and forceful writer. Last night he appeared in the First Presbyterian church in his new lecture, “The Hoosier Galaxy of Men and Women,” and every man and woman in the large audience was delighted as well as instructed. Mr. Dunlap treated his subject in a dignfied and scholarly manner that would have pleased any audience, however cultured, in the country. —Anderson Herald. •-

SICKNESS IN DECATUR I More Cases of Illness This Spring Than in Former Years. An open Winter, such as the one just passed, always leaves more sickness than usual in the Spring, as the stomach is overloaded with Winter food that is not needed. Physicians and druggists say there are more casse of illness in Decatur this spring than in former years. Perhaps there is not so much serious sickness, but Spring languor, loss of petite, headaches, sleeplessness, backaches, weakness and debility, indigestion and other ills that result from indigestion or an overworked stomach, are more common than they have been for some years past. This has resulted in an unusual demand for Mi-o-na stomach tablets’at The Holthouse Drug Co. Before they felt that they could recommend this remedy, they tested rigidly it in many cases of heartburn, indigestion, wind, on the stomach, debility, and other troubles that result from a weakened digestion, with the greatest success. In fact, Mi-o-na has been so uniformly successful in curing all stomach troubles that The Holthouse Drug Co. give a signed guarantee with every 50 cent box to refund the money if it does not cure. Take one little tablet before each meal for a few days and you will soon regain perfect health and strength, and lose all fear of indigestion or stomach troubles. Ask The Holthouse Drug Co to show you the guarantee under’ which they sell this remedy. LIST INCLUDES TWO NEW ONES Rain May Spoil Decoration Day Ex-ercises—-Hon. Horace Stilwell to Speak. Geneva, Ind., May 30. —The teach- I ers for the coming year, who will be I employed in the Geneva schools were I eslected last evening and are as fol- I lows: Misses Vergie Buckmaster, Car- I rie Church, Luella Reichelddfer, Osie I Pontius, Grace Burke and Miss Pflau- 1 mer, and Messrs. Arthur Heathering- I ton and Poer. There are two new I teachers —the Misses Reicheldefer and I Pontius. Miss Blanche Aspy ‘did not I apply. Miss Pflaumer and Mr. Poer 1 will have the high school. 1 ’ i | True to his record of the past years, I the weather man sent rain today— I Decoration, day—whether the program for the day will be carried out as planned, all depends upon him. ’The I esrvices are to be held in the Metho- I dist church at 10:30 find the address I the address of the day will be made I by the Hon. Horace C. Stilwell of An- i derson. The program for the remain- I der of the day is 7 not unlike those of I former years., I Invitations have been issued for a I kitchen shower to be given at the I home of Mrs. James Wheeler on I Thursday evening in honor of Miss I Bertha MacWhinney, whose marriage I to Mr. Guy Ricketts, is to occur in I the near future. With each invita- I tion a blank piece of paper was sent I and on this each guest will write her I favorite reeeipe. When all have been I gathered together and given to the I guest of honor, she will have a recipe® book containing good things galore. Invitations have been issued for the® wedding of Miss Ida Magley to Mr. I Louis Houk, on Thursday evening, ■ June 8. The bride-elect ft the daugh-B ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Magley. Mr.fl Houk is a well known young farmerß of Root township. In order to do awfiy -with a feelingß on the pait of ministers that they areß objects of charity in securing the® relief provided by the church, a newß system was proposed to the gencralß assembly of the United PresbyterianH church, now in .session. This calls for® a pension system, providing a definite® sum after a clergyman has served a® certain number of years. Rev. J. M® A. D. Hervey, of Providenpe, R. I.® is one of the strongest advocated I On Wall street New York is a greai® menagerie, Mt whose principal ani® mals are bulls, bears and IcßKbe, but® the latter manage to get made the® bears after having been tiroroughlj® sheared. h ® DEATHS FROM APPENDICITIS® decrease in the same ratio that the® use of Dr. King’s New Life Pills in® creases. They save you from dange® and bring quick and painless release® from consumption and the ills grow® ing out of it. Srength and vigor al® ways follows their use. Guarantee® by Blackburn & Christen, druggists® 25c. Try them.