Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1906 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■VERYTHURSDAYMORNING BY V i.CW G ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHED U.OCPER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Batored at the postoffice at Decatur.lndiana as second-class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CUUNTY THE RESULTS OF THE VOTING. In 1904 the congressional districts in Indiana gave the following majorities: Rep. Dem. First district 3,759 Second district 1,473 Third district 3,579 Fourth district 1,935 Fifth district 5,091 Sixth district 7,043 Seventh district 10,844 Eighth district 7,365 Ninth district 6,225 Tenth district 10,132 Eleventh district ....*.. 8,185 Twelfth district 1,881 Thirteenth district 6,907 78,905 5,514 Republican majority 73,391 78,905 In 1906 the congressional districts in Indiana gave the following majorities: Rep. Dem. First district 1,319 Second district 390 Third district 455 Fourth district 1,868 Fifth district 953 Sixth district 1,506 Seventh district ..' 4,786 Eighth district 4,244 Ninth district 2,232 Tenth district . ...\ 4,623 Eleventh district 3,155 Twelfth district 350 Thirteenth district 207 16,366 9,719 Republican majority 6,647 16,366 In 1904 the legislature stood as follows: Rep. Dem. Senate - 36 14 House 79 21 Rep. majority—Joint ballot 80 115 In 1906 the legislature stands as follows: Rep. Dem. Senate : 37 13 House 53 47 90 60 Rep. majority—Joint ballot 30 90 . State Vote — 1904 —Rep. majority 93,944 1906 —Rep. majority 30,625 Democratic gain 63,319 MISSOURI. We have heard from old Missouri and our heart is light and gay; She is once more Democratic clean from Pike to Nodaway, And we hear the roosters crowing in a loud and lusty tone While the echoes are resounding all the way from Polk to Stone. We have heard from old Missouri and she’s back again in line, And our heart is filled with rapture and we’re feeling mighty fine. We have heard from old Missouri and we’re feeling good today. She has turned about in gladness from the error of her way. She has shouted out the tidings that she’ll never err again, And we hear the echoes rolling all the way from Cass to Wayne. We have heard from old Missouri; she's again with the ranks — And our cup of joy brims over and our heart is full of thanks. We have heard from old Missouri and the news was full of joy. Still the old state’s Democratic —that’s the truth without alloy. Clear from Atchison to Butler and then back again to Ralls Comes the word that she is ready when the voice of duty calls. We have heard from old Missouri; she is standing staunch and true — And the sun of hope is shining in a sky that’s fair and blue. —Commoner. Even in defeat there are some things that give one consolation and. even pleasure. The official vote of the State, which has just been given out, shows that Judge R. K. Erwin has many friends and received a vote that he may always point to with pride. While the head of the State ticket received more votes than were cast for him, yet the plurality of Judge Monks was twenty-five less than that of Sims over Cox for Secretary of State. Aside from this one instance, Judge Erwin received more • popular votes than any other candidate on the Democratic State ticket, < his total vote being 259,168. He received 374 more than the State audi tor, 599 more than the treasurer, 454 more than the attorney general, 63' more than the clerk of the supreme court, 104 more than the superintend • ent of public instruction, 1,073 mor'

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The action of Governor Hanly and a few chosen advisers in deciding on a speaker for the lower house at the coming session of the state legislature, is certain to raise grave doubts of its propriety in every thoughtful mind, it seems, at least, to menace both the letter and the spirit of our governmental system Lt sets a precedent full of dangerous poss-ibilkics. Four members of the house, more or less, aspired to the office of speaker. It is a laudable ambition, worthy to be entertained by any member The determining power, under the law and in simple justice, resides in the membership of the house, not in ’he governor nor in any other state or party official. Yet Governor Hanly calls a conference, picks out a man fo~ speaker and assigns the other aspirants to various posts which it is assumed will content them, and which the legislature is expected in due time to deliver. The governor has no more right to usurp the functions of the legislature than the legislature has to usurp the functions of the governor. It remains to ■be seen whether the legislature will abdicate its powers and functions. An article tyerewith republished from the Wall Street Journal as to the danger of investing in mining stocks applies just as forcibly to evevry other scheme of stock flotation. In other things, as well as in mining, the only persons who may safely engage are the experts who know the business and the capitalist who can afford to lose his investment. It may be safely asserted as a sound financial t . rule with out exception, that any scheme, but ,it mining, railroad building, fruit farming or poultry raising; which advertises the sale of stock, whether through newspapers, lectures or personal solicitation, is risky and the chances are ail against the purchaser. Any safe proposition for 10 per cent or even 5 per cent returns vould be taken by idle capital that :an be found without costly advertising.—South Bend Times. Mr. Fairbanks is a statesman and logician rather tha nan orator. His delvings into the science of politics ire given to his hearers in terms th’ey can not fail to understand. There is io bombast; nothing superfluous is .old. He goes straight to- the hearts •f his hearers by his absolute knowledge of his subject.—Lafayette Gourde (Rep.) This is tne first time that uch serious charges have been made •gainst the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks, We are willing to leave it' to thyone who has ever heard him whether there is a single truth in the above indictment except the statement that Mr. Fairbanks is not an orator.

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Representative L. F. Livingston of the Fifth Georgia district, says that as soon as possible after the opening of the coming session of congress he will introduce a bill repealing the statutory provision for a tax of 10 per cent upon curerncy issued by State banks. “In my opinion, ”'-he says, “I believe it is the only way in which to provide a more elastic medium. It is impossible for State banks to issue money under the present conditions, but with the tax removed and a rigid State inspection they could easily do so and in away have practically the entire resources of their States as a guarantee of par value for their issue. Texas, for instance, has .millions of dollars’ worth of State lands and my own State is almost equally wealthy. All of the terrors of ‘wild-catting’ could be avoided, and would be avoided, and the agricultural classes of particularly the south and west benefited.” - - • While the Times rejoices over the advance of the wages of men in the employ of railroads and other corporations, it is not unmindful of the fact that this step in the right direction is a mere expedient and make-shift. It does not reach the core of the matter. What needs to be done is the cutting down of the enormous salaries paid to the heads of these corporations. While these salaries are being paid, undue exactions continue to be made upon the general public in the Matter of freight and transportation charges. Popular discontent will not subside until these enormous salaries are cut down. They are disproportionate, excessive and unreasonable, a,nd therefore injurious to society. They beget extravagance and recklessness, and are consequently a hindrance to reformation and the establishment of an equitable basis for thq distribution of wealth. —South Bend Times. It only requires a little effort to locate the Sunday saloon and put it out of business. The law-abiding saloon men in Decatur will do well to aid the authorities in driving men out of business who have no regard for the law. The disreputable saloons are fast creating a sentiment that will result in a blanket remonstrance for this city. It is not fanaticism, it is not because people believe in prohibition, but it is because the good people are tired of the high-handed methods of a few men who absolutely ignore the law and all principles of decency. Eighteen hours for' six days in the jweek should satisfy the most grasping commercial spirit. A blanket reI monstrance is one of the possibilities, jand the men who will suffer most ( by such a move are the men who are now abiding by the law and running the business with some show of re: spectabillty. Hughes who was elected governor of New York; itemized his campaign expenses as follows: For traveling expenses, $108; telegrams, $8; postage, sl3; secretaries, $377; stenographers, $112; total, $6lB, or one dollar for every $415 spent by his opponent Hearst. But the question is, how much did the Republican party in New York spend in behalf of Hfughes?— Columbia City Post. The second largest congressional majority returned in any Indiana district was given for Hon. J. A. M. Adair of Portland, who was fleeted to succeed Hon. George W. Cromer in the Eighth district. The district is normally heavily Republican, but Adair turned it over, just as Rauch did In the Eleventh for Fred Landis.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. ■ " f ' ■ ' Landis of the Eleventh and Cromer of the Eighth are the most thoroughly beaten men who ever ran for congress in Indiana. But Watson, Brick;

Preventics. as the name implies, prei vent all Colds and Grippe when “taken I at the sneeze stage." Preventics are toothsome candy tablets. . Preventics | dissipate all coldc quickly, and taken early, when you ! first feel that a cold Is coming, they check and prevent them. Preventics arc thoroughly safe for children, and ac effectual for adults. Sold and recommended in 5 cent and 25 cent boxes by W. H. Machtrieb. O Holliday, Chaney, Crumpacker, Foster and “Standpat” Landis have nothing to brag of. Everyone of them barely escaped with his political life and even that was greatly shortened. It appears that the Republicans will have a greatly reduced majority in the next congress, but they will have control and must cqrry the responsibilities. As far as they are to do sc the Democrats will force reform measures to the front and if they are not adopted it will be no fault of theirs. Gov. Hanly has already named the speaker of the house and the heads of the leading committees, according to the' Indianapolis Star. Bonaparte’s suggestion of a boss was not needed in Indiana. The funny part of it is, other aspiring statesmen yielded without a whimper.—Columbia City Post. ” t i. There is a man in Wyoming who declined a political office because he thought he could not be a Christian and a politician at the same time. He has an erroneous idea. A man may be a Christian and a politician at the same time. It merely depends on the kind of politician he is. The total wealth of the country in 1904 was $106,000,000,000 and over. The cost of the liquors drunk in 1905 was $1,324,00,000. One-hundredth of the wealth of the country by these figures goes for intoxication. It is a dreadful state of affairs. —Muncie Star. Oklahoma is going into the Union right. The Democrats have a large majority in its constitutional convention and will write its organic law. And that is as it should be. Democrats are used to writing constitutions, and good ones, too. Mr. Roosevelt left for Panama soon after the election without saying whether he was satisfied with the kind of “indorsement” the country gave the “standpatters.” Made Happy For Else. Great happiness came into the home of S. C. Blair, school superintendent, at St. Albans, W. Va., when his little daughter was restored from the dreadful complaint he names. He says: “My little daughter had St. Vitus’ Dance, which yielded to no treatment but grew steadily worse until as a last resort we tried Electric Bitters; and I rejoice to say, three bottles effected a complete cure.” Quick, sure cure for nervous complaints, general debility female weaknesses, impoverished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by Blackburn Pharmacy. Price 50c. JUDGE STURGIS ON THE BENCH Assumed His New Duties Yesterday Morning. When circuit court convened this morning, C. E. Sturgis put on the ermine and Judge Vaughn, who has served as Judge of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit foi* over thirteen years, retired to private life and was found with the other attorneys at the bar, where he expects to remain as a general practitioner. Mr. Sturgis took the oath of office before Clerk Studabaker Saturday afternoon and - wfcep he opened court this morning, made a short address to the attorneys, thanking them for courtesies and asking that they be lenient with him while he was becoming acquainted' with his new duties. Although this is his first session of court as regular judge, he has been on the bench many times as special judge and the work is not, entirely new to him. —Bluffton News. o A GUARANTEED CURES FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudining Pies Druggists refund money' If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in 6 ' > 14 days First application gives ease and rest. 50c If, your druggist has it, send 50c in stamps and it will be forwarded postpaid by tbo Par Is Medicine Co.. 8. Louis. Mo. Reith & Proctor, theatrical agents, of New York, have offered Count Boni de ■'Castellane 20,000 francs per week to demonstrate swordsmanship in a vaudeville show. PILES CURED IT ROME RY DEW ABSORPTION METHOD. If you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind $r protuding Piles, send tne your address, and I will tell you bow to cure yourself at Some by the new absorption treatment; and will also send some of this home treatment tree for trial, with references .rem your Own locality if requested. Immediate relief and permanent cure assured. Send no money, Hit tell others of this offer. Write . today to Mrs. M. Summers, Box P, Notre i&ulu, lad.

- MONTHLY HEALTH BULLETIN n 1 'Tonsilitis the Most Prevalent and Ty phoid Fever Second. u y The monthly bulletin of the State e | board of health just issued says: s' ‘Tonsilitis was the most prevalent ■ t disease. Typhoid fever was second ' and then followed rheumatism, bron I chitis, diptheria, scarlet fever, influ r ettza, diarrhoea and pneumonia. The g health was not as good in this October y as in the corresponding month lasi d yqar, although the deaths were fewer “Ttyere were, 118 cases of smallpox reported from 9 counties with S deaths. The disease was epidemic in Jefferson and St. Joseph counties; twe of the deaths occurred at Madison and J’ one at Jeffersonville. “Typhoid fever was very prevalent, 0 There were 732 cases reported from J - . 73 counties with 150 deaths. Diph theria and scarlet fever appeared in I many places in the state in epidemic [forpa. The diphtheria deaths numbere ed 64 and those from scarlet fever 9. f Both of these diseases appeared usualo ly in mild form. Sj “The deaths numbered 2,487, rate a 12.6, In the corresponding month last r year, 2,681 ‘deaths, rate 11.9. The a cities showed a death rate of 16.4, which is 3.8 higher than the average for the state. The country deaths numbered 1,477, rate 10.4. The six largest cities had death rates as fola ** fl ; > lows: Indianapolis, 15.3; -Evansville, J 12.4; Ft Wayne, 11.5; Muncie, 9.3; 8 South Bend, 17.2; Terre Haute, 23.4.” 8 | | o - “ | Piles quickly and positively cured 3 with Dr. Shoop’s Magic Ointment It’s made for Plies alone —-and it does the work surely and with satisfaction. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. 1 1 Large, Nickel Capped glass jars, 50 3 cents. Sold and recommended by W. s. H. Machtrieb. g. O ;- OBITUARY OF PHILLIP MARTZ. 1 Philjip Martz was horn in Germany February 8, 1831 and died November i 15, 1906, aged 75 years, 9 months and a - 7 days. ,At the age of three months ' he came with his parents to America, and at the age of 21 he came with his parents to Mercer county, Ohio, and at the age of 29, he was converted and joined the M. E. church, of which he remained a faithful member until he was called from labor to rei ward. He was always ready to help 5 support the church with his means. 8 He was married to Matilda Jacobs f January 29, 1860, and to this union were born six children, all of whom preceded him to the better land. Ip 1892, he moved to Saleni, Ind., where e he lived a very earnest and faithful 1 Christian worker in the church. He a f ' was one of the leading members in all r the improvements and enterprises ■ of the church when his health would ' permit and was present at all religious ' services. His home was always a e welcome home for ministers. He 3 leaves a wife, two brothers apd a host j tit friends to mourn their loss. The i funeral was held at the Salem church on Saturday, November 17, and was very largely attended. The services 1 were conducted by Rev. James A. Sprague, of Markle, Ind. —o Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children’s Hsme, New York, breaks 3 up Colds In 2 4houi B, cure Feverishness Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething • Disorders, and Destroy Worms. At all , druggists, 25c. Sampl mailed FREE. Address Allen S, Olmstead. leßov. N. Y. 1 ... . x ISSUE MANY HUNTERS’ LICENSES 3: ' 3, Edwprd E. Earle, deputy 1 State fish i and game commissioner, spends the greater part of his days and much of 3 his nights now in writing out licenses -for the hunters of the State, in addit tion to keeping track of the offenders 3 against the fish aad- game laws. The r | Indiana law provides that a man must 8 get a hunting license in order to hunt i- outside of his own township. He i- must pay $1 for this license which is i good for one year. * T 1j Already there have been about 9,1 ftoo licenses issued by the department, y some of them by Mr. Earle, whose office is at the State House, and some of -‘hem by Z. T. Sweeney, who is the » chief commissioner. f — l — o r The new Pure Food and Drug Law J will mark It onthe label of every > Cough Cure containing Opium, Chlorot i form, or any other stupifying or poisonous drug. But it passes Dr. Shoop’s Cough Curse as made for twenty years, I, entirely free Dr. Shoop all along has j bitterly opposed the use of all opiates j or narocotlcs. Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure Is absolutely safe even for the youngest 1 babe —and it cures, It does not Simply suppress. Get a safe and xeliable , Cough Cure, by simply insisting on having Dr. Shoop’s. Let the law be » your .protection. We cheerfully recommend and sell it. W. H. Nachtrieb. O- ; i Card of Thanks. I ■ : We desire in this manner to thank I the kind friends, neighbors and the • K. of C. lodge, for their assistance . during the demise of our beloved husi band and father. .Mrs. W. H. Niblick. 1 Jesse Niblick. ’ SbJ *

A CHANCE ■ r ‘ i For Statesman to Make a Lasting Name. ■ mis e f If a magistrate who sends the lt I habitual drunkard to jail had the d 1 power to sentence him to the b ' Keeley cure, society would be betb; ter for it. There can be no doubt about the excessive use of intoxirl cants ci eating a disease. Drunkt enness is a disorder of the human r system which cannot be reached r ' by prayer. If it would yield to • prayers, entreaties and tears, there would be many less,drunka ards in our midst today. The* 0 legislator who can secure the end actment of a law providing for i the treatment of liquor habit L as a disease, and provides for its Q treatment the same as insanity, *■ will live to hear his name blessed Q by many women and c To send a man to jail and to fine ’■ him for drunkenness is to brings >• additional distress upon his fam-' 1- ily. If he pays the fine it means that his family must be deprived e of at least a portion of the comt forts that money would buy. If-t e he is sent to jail he is rendered in- I: L, capable of supporting his family' e during the incarceration, besides s suffering the humiliation the enx forced restraint entails. ; L- It is very nice to theorize, over the temperance question and ; prate about the efficacy of prayer, " but the cold facts and stern conditions have to be met. When a, a man falls in a fit it is not the-, s preacher who is sent for, but the 6 doctor, and the same rule will apj ply to the inebriate. We have ~ the disease-creating liquor before 9 us, and as long as it remains we • will have the drunkard. If some good temperance apostle can stopthe manufacture of intoxicants or • point out away in which it can be done, he can get his name on the • y big bills and march at the head of r the procession. Until this is aci complished liquors are going to s be manufactured and sold and men sire going to drink them and i become afflicted with the drink I, disease.—Goshen Democrat. £ Dr. W. V. Daniels, Manager of r the Marion Keeley Institute, has been in the work for more than p fifteen years and will be glad to , refer you to friends in your own s neighborhood. Address- W. V. Daniels, Manager Marion Keeley • Institute, Marion, Ind. i . » When the tip of a dog’e n'oSe Is cold) s and moist, that dog is not sick. A 1 feverish dry nose means sickness with a a dog. And so with the human lips. I Dry, cracked and colorless lips meanfeverishness and are as well ill ap-*-3 pearing. To have beautiful, pink, vel--1 vet-like lips, apply at bedtime a coatg Ing of Dr. Slioop’s Green Salve. It will soften and heal any skin ailment. 1 Get a free, trial box, at our store, and 8 be convinced. Large nickel capped - t glass jars. 25 cents. W. H. Nachtrieb. IfOTW —That’s what a prominent • druggist said of Scott’sJ Emulsion a short time f ago. As a rule we don t use or refer to testimonials j in addressing the public,, but the above remark and i similar expressions are 3 made so often in connec--3 tion with Scott’s Emulsion • that they are worthy of 3 occasional note. From £ infancy to old age Scott’s t Emulsion offers a reliable 3 means of remedying improper and weak develop- - ment, restoring lost flesh • and vitality, and repairing j waste. The act io n of j Scott’s Emulsion is no more of a secret than the , composition of the Emul- ; sion itself. What it does - it does through nourish- ’ ment—the kind of nourish- ’ ment that cannot be obs tained in ordinary food, r No system is too weak or ■ delicate to retain Scott’s » Emulsion and gather good from it. tVe will tend you g •ample free. Bt nae that thhpicture In the-, form of a label te«t Ute wrapper- - of every bottle of Bmuleion you buy. scon & BOWSE Chemists 409 Pearl SU N. Y. 50c. aid $1; <