Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1906 — Page 4

■ THE DEMOCRAT ■VERYTHUHSDAYMORNING BY LCW G ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHED U.OOPBB YEAR IN ADVANCE. 1 Watered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second-class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY A JOB SESSION. The short session of congress which meets after the election is the job session. Whenever the financial interests have any questionable measures to put through, they wait until after the election before they spring them. Then they proceed to the manufacture of public opinion in favor of the speedy passage of their bills. The two jobs which the corporate interests have on hand now are the ship subsidy and the asset currency. The present congress has no time to consider tariff reform or an income tax or an inst heritance tax or anything else that would bring relief to the people, but It now looks as if it was going to have ’’. plenty of time to rush a ship subsidy bill through and to turn over to the bankers the power to issue an asset currency. The ship subsidy is a job, its object is not to help commerce but to help a few ship companies. It may be that only the thin edge of the wedge will be presented at ttys session—the giving of subsidies to South American lines —but it is the beginning of a new raid upon' the treasury, B- • v and the Democrats should fight it with ail the weapons at their command. The asset currency Js another scheme, and it is likely .that it, too, wlll.be presented in its most attractive form as a remedy for temporary stringency. The emergency note based upon the assets of the bank is the forerunner of the asset currency. Secretary Shaw called attention tg Attys subject several years ago, and the large bankers have gradually reaching out for the privilege of issuing money upon their assets, although they now draw interest tipon those E • i assets. If the asset currency is not guaranteed by the government, it is not secure. If it is guaranteed by the ... government, the burden' is put upon the people and the profit goes to the hankers. This is another measure to which the Democrats .ought to offer a unanimous oppposition; And in this connection it might be well for the Democrats to point out the fact that the jobs are always left for the session after the election/ The constitution ought to be so amended as to convene congress within a few months of the election so as to prohibit the helding of any session after the election. The poople ought to be able to sit in judgment upon the action of congress when they elect the next congress.—Commoner. /. j ' A SCANDALOUS CHAPTER. ■ The ihanner in which the public domain, including the most valuable timber and mineral lands, has been stolen in the past few years is one of the most outrageous and scandalous chapters in our history. Most of this stealing has been done by railroad and

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other big corporations through hired tools. Chief among these pirates are found high public officials. The recent report of the secretary of the interior says: “Powerful influences have been concerned and have not hesitated aggressively to exert every agency that could be commanded to weaken the hand of the law; even local land office officials have been subservient to such influences, and the punishment - imposed by the courts, has in many cases, been so conspicuously inadequate as to encourage rather than deter violations of the law? It is good to know tnar eighty-nine land thieves have been convicted and that the government has secured indictments against over 400 more. Many of these accused persons are the “small fry” but some big fish are in the government’s net. Congress has sat down on the president’s plan to reform the spelling of the English language. Mr. Rccsevelt undertook too big a job' and has,discovered that it takes something more than an “executive order” to make the great American people spell like Andy Carnegie. In discussing the matter. Congressman Sullivan, of Boston, said,: “If the president has the power tc change 300 wcrus, he can change 10,000 words by the same imperial decree. He has d< liberately, adopted, without regard to (be will of congress, a court language of the Imperial govern ment of the American Empire, and P we perm; th;* elfrent to the dig nlty of con- ms ti» vhs:> unnoticed, H will continue through the reign of E’ -peror R.. | cannot see why the president shbuldn’t be compelled i > submit co son*' 1 mi nority, if only that contained in a standard dictionary. Pretty soon we would have two standards of language in this country, one for the court Circles of Washington and one unofficial standard adopted by men of letters.”'- - ~x i r This paper hopes t,hat every Demo-' Cratic senator and congressman will stand with President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft in the matter of the discharge of the negro troops involved in shooting up the town' bf Brownsville. What a caricature, statesmanship is’ this fellow,.Foraker —< anyway. ‘He has been' fighting.evpry reform propositon adVOCated ty -the president. He has opposed rate bill—-reform pf the tariff—the. meat inspection bill—and every other important measure which had for its object the protection of the people, from the forays of the corporation# and the plutocratic powers. Herein lies the real animous of the Foraker resolution. —Anderson News (Dem,) The president's proposition that citizenship, based on a limited suffrage, be granted to the inhabitants of Porto Rico, will bring forward a question that the American people must consider and, fettle. There is no doubt xs to the status of Porto Rico. It is American territory. It was accepted: as such in the beginning and will remain such,. Therefore the only question is as to the political status of its inhabitans and that question -must he just, not only to the Porto RiCans, but to ourselves. The announcement made by the Banner last Saturday of the candidacy of Judge Erwin of Decatut, for Governor of Indiana, is causing lots jf favorable comment for the jityge. ind there is no doubt he can get the united support of the Eighth district. Mr. Erwin would make an ideal cSndidate. —Bluffton Banner. The Foster house is all right, all right. The testimony of our marshal says so, the testimony of several others says so, and last, put not least, the decision of the justice’s court, says so. It is a signal triumph for the red Bag, and is a glorious picture of decency and good morals being trampled under foot. _: ■ 14 4E , -—- Andrew Carnegie is willing to submit to an inheritance tax, but not to an income tax. In other words, Carnegie will not object to the government taking a part of his fortune —a big part—after his death, but this thing of paying taxes while he is. alive is a different matter. | Col. Watterson calls president Roosevelt’s attention to the fact that the constitution of the United States is still in existence. But then, what’s the constitution between friepds? Scott Hughes returned today from a .business trip to Bluffton. • -•} ' ——<j—■— Piles get quick relief Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Remember it s made aiono for Piles—and it works with certain.y and satisfaction. Itchjing, painful, pbotruding, or bund piles disappear like magic by its use. Try «uxd see. W. LL NAGHTRJLEto. j

Long Tennessee Fight. . For twenty years W. L. Rawls, of Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He writes: “The swelling and soreness ifiside my nose was fearful, tin F began applying Bucklen’s Arnica Balve to the sore surface; this caused the soreness and swelling to disappear., never to return.” Best salve in existence. 25c at Page Blackburn, druggist. o_u ; IT IS UP TO THE DEMOCRATS Secretary Shaw Undecided as to the Future—-All Mail Matter Weighed for Six Months. WASHINGTON, JDec. 22.—The pure food law will become effective January 1, 1907, that fact being definitely and positively settled if there had been any doubt before, by the passage in the house of the Argent deficiency appropriation bill. The denatured alcohol law which was enacted by congress last session becomes operative on January 1. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Unless present plans are disarranged, President Roosevelt will spend a portion of the Christmas holidays at Pine Knot, Albemarle county, Virginia, the country home purchased Joy Mrs. Roosevelt.*’ The president will, not leave Washington until-after Christmas day and probably will’remain at Pine Knqt until the Mohday following, returning to Washington ip time for Tuesday’s New Year’s reception at the Wtyte House. WASHINGTON; Dec. 22.—Secretary Shaw probably will reach a decision within a few days as to whether he will stay in politics or devote tys time to business. It is known that he has under consideration two offers to go to New York. One of' these offers is from a trust- company, which desires him to become/tts head and the other is from an insurance company. The question for him to decide is whether he shall remain in politics and be a candidate . for President in 1908, or give up his political.,ambitions and settle down in Nw York as a financier. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.2—1 n the end It probably will be for the Democrats in the senate to say whether the Foraker resolution calling for an lnvesti-‘ gation of‘the BbownsviDe Affray shall be passed. Up to this time they have ,beejr disposed to support the action, of the president in dismissing the colored ttdogs, but is seems probable that .when this resolution comes to a vote they will favor an investigation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—1 t is altogether likely that congress will at this session direct that all the mail matter handled in the United States between July 1, 1907 and'*January 1, 1908, be weighed It seems that it is necessary that this shall be done before there can be any intelligent legislation ’ relating to the cost of transporting the 'inail, or permannt legislation affecting the rates of postage on certalp. kinds of mail within a given class. With a complete record of weight of every class of mail for a period of six months congress, it is believed, would be able to enact some important postal legislation. If this weighing record is kept, the result will be available in time for the use of congress at the next long session. ' T ■ - '•*-—r-—-o———_—_ j CHARGES FILEDAGAINST MAYOR Portland's Executive Officer Charged With Misconduct in Office. '?■—■ —>— • 3 j PORTLAND/tyd., Dec. 22.—Nothing has so stirred ? official circles 'And arbuse’d Interest on the part of the general public in years as the charges made on Wednesday evening, orallybefore the city council, by Proseentdr Roscoe D Wheat against Mayor C. H. Ayres, accusing him of misconduct in office. At the time the mayor entered an emphatic and earnest denial of each and every one of the accusations and today he issued a call for a special meeting of the city council on Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock, for the sole purpose of providing the prosecuting attorney or any others so desiring an opportunity of presenting their charges in writing and have them considered. ■ marshal is directed to serve a copy cf the.-call updi the prosecuting attorney and each member of the. city council. The meeting will be a public one, held at the city council chajnber Miss Hazel Hale eff ‘ Bluffton, is- in our city the guest of Miss Hazel France. p . — - i 7’he new t-iire fc’ood and Drug Law will mark it on the label of every Cure containing Opium, Chloroform, or any other stupifying or pdiaonous <lrtfg; Buß ft passes Dr. Shobp% Cough Cure as made for twenty years, entirely free Dr. Shoop all along has bitterly opposed the use of all opiates or narocotlcs? Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure is absolutely sate even for the youngest toibfh —and it cures, it does not simply suppress. Get a safe and reliable Cough Cure, by simply insisting on having Dr. Shoop’s. Let the law be your protection. We cheerfully recomimend and sell it W. R. Nachtrieb. » ■ rsS. .-AL. •!..JMfnWMnln ' •-L

When the tip of a dog's nose Is cold j and moist that dog is not sick. A ; feverish dry nose means sickness with ; a dog. And so with the human lips. t Dry, cracked and colorless lips mean 5 feverishness ana are as well ill ap--5 pearing. To have beautiful, pink, vel- . vet-like lips, apply at bedtime a coat- . ing of Dr. Shoop’s Green Salve. It will soften and heal any skin ailment Get a free, trial box, at our store, and . be convinced. Large nickel capped glass jars, 25 cents. W. H. Nachtrieb. O- ; ! NEW PARTITION CASE IS FILED To Settle, the Benjamin Breiner Estate—Judgment is Rendered 5 Against City. r \ ’. t The jury in the case against Charles l Hendricks, who was tried on a charge . of larceny, returned a verdict at six . o’clock Friday evening, after about 3 . hours consideration, said verdict read- . ing: “We, the jury, find for the defendant. Elisha Merryman, foreman.” Young Hendricks was accordingly disj charged. The case lasted just two . days? Homer Watkins, who is also f charged with larceny, will be tried next Thursday. Attorneys Merryman & Sutton filed > a new case entitled Mary A- Breiner - vs. Sarah and William. Ehie, complaint • for partition. The complaint asks for ; the sale and division of th.e following . property: Inlot 738, Crabbs addition, , Decatur; Inlot 832, Crabbs addition, Decatur; Inlot 833, Crabbs addition, Decatur, the probable total value being - $4,600. ’ . ; , I . • ■——“—, ... > Johnson Coal Company vs. City of . Decatur, in city orders, demand $75, i finding for plaintiff; in sum of $55.80, , and judgment accordingly. | ''--J: . J i Joseph SchroH vs. Mary A. Schroll, • divorce, all depositions on file ordered . published, motion filed by defendant • to suppress deposition of plaintiff. State vs. William Ray-, assault and [ .battery, with intent to kill, reset for , trial Thursday, January 3. , , > '• '■ " ' T O . . MISS JEAN LUTZ AS HOSTESS ' . —- ( At Happy Event—Ben Hurs .Held -a . / ■ < Regular Session. ’ : a. \ - j ! Miss Jean Lutz entertained, the A.' i H. C. Club at her home on Brookside : Farm Friday evening. The evening was . spent in various games and at a late hour a two course luncheon was served by Mrs. Lutz. ■ . .. ‘ : i . The members of the Ben Hur lodge ' received nomination for officers Friday evening, but no Initiations on account i of the bad weather. :Negt Frjday even- ' ing they will have election of officers i and five initiations. ’ I The Ladies’ Aid Society had a very ’ pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. Henry Stevens on west Monroe street ' Friday afternoon. The ' afternoon was spent in attending to business matters. o DECISION FAVORS EX-SHERIFFS 1 Judge Paulus of Marlon, Hands One > Down. ■ 1 Ex-sheriffs of Indiana may no’w roll over and sleep as peacefully and natI urally as healthy babes, Judge Paulus of Marion, has rendered a decision .to , .tiiAeffeiJt that; bondsmen es county ofA ficials are not liable' for money paid ’ them under orders of the court and after the ■ county commissioners have acted. As a result of ttys decision the ’■ men who were on. the hopds of the ex- , sheriffs can now rest easy for they will not be forced to make any pgy- ' ment should suit be Instlttited. on the “ins and outs” paid. ' o— • Catarrh of the nose ana throat 5 should lead you to at least ask us -for a free tral box of Dr. Shoop’s Cat tarrh Cure. Nothing so surely proves 4 merit at a real, actual test--and Dr. ' Shoop) to prove this, em’nestly desires • that we let you mak£ that test This ; creamy, snow white healing balm. - soothes the throat and nostrils, aud _ quickly purifies a foty or —feverish breath. Call and investigate. W. H. NACHTRIEB. i ■> - - i Q i > A visitor among the poor of the r east end of London found unexpected 5 testimony to the disadvantages of i • hetyth in one of his calls. Mrs. B. j had a family/of a dozen children, and, i like most of h?r class, she had her t tale of Woe. to tell. “How are the chil- , dren, Mrs. 8.," inquired the caller, i ■ “All very well, Indeed, sir; very well, 1 , indeed,” was the answer. “You ought ’ to be thankful, I’m sure, with so much ’ sickness about.” “Yes, sir; I suppose ’ I ought to.be thankful; but, I tell you, (i when they’re well they eat ah awful; i lot.” ; o ' Harvey Segur returned today from' -a business trip to Angola “ j >| I'... —!—O 1 A Gl AfUNTBED CURB FOR PILES. I > Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding . Piles. Druggists are authorized to re- i , fund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cur" in d to 14 days 60c.

A Miraculous Cure. The following statement by H. M. Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa., wijl Interest parents and others. “A miraculous cure has taken place in our home.. Our child had eczema for five years and was pronounced Insurable, when we' read about Electric Bitters, and concluded to try it. Before the second bottle was all taken we noticed a change for the better, and after taking 7 bottles he was completely cured.” It’s the up-to-date blood medicine and body building tonic. Guaranteed. 50 cents and $1 at the Blackburn drug store. OLD CONSTITUTION WORN OUT Was Good When Made, But it Needs Revision. Merrill Moores of Indianapolis, said: “In the main, the Indiana constitution of 1851 is a good thing. Experience of fifty years has shown, however, a number of defects, which, while not serious, ought to be remedied. It seems remarkable that no provision was made in the orignal instrument as to either municipal or private corporations, and the times demand constitutional legislation on these two subjects. The judiciary system of the ( State stymld be amended.. There should be fewer judges, larger circuits, better salaries and longer terms than are possible under the present constitution. Admission to the bar should not be granted, as at present, to the most ignorant person. Besides, the General Assembly should be somewhat reduced, and the State should be given, by constiutional provision, power to compel large aggregations of capital to obey the laws by summary proceedings in,the courts of last resort.” Senator Walter L Ball of Muncie, favors extending the time of the General Assembly and a instead of per diem to its members. He also thinks the present judiciary system is unsatisfaetpry and lowers the reputation of Indiana jurisprudence with other commonwealths. He believes these questions should be agitated before taxpayers until they manifest more interest in amending the constitution by ballots. .He fears the constitutional convention might be fraught with grave danger, because of conflicting interests attempting to modify and add to it beyond necessity. ~ . v r»« ... ' '—— o — FOREIGN CAPITALISTS 'WANT "i h ? -- : ■ English, Belgian and Canadian Millionaires Wantftq Convert it Into a Tradtion Line. . ’ ■ K.'l The 'Charleston Courier says: “Knowledge of a plan of English, Belgian, and Canadian capitalists to buy or lease the Clover Leaf railroad and make it the main line of a great system of electric roads in the., middle states and to be headed by Congressman McKinley, the Champaign, traction magnate, has become genera'! in railroad circles of larger cities. “It has been known for months that Canadian capital was used in building the traction system lines in Central Illindis. This system, known as the McKinley lines, runs from Decatur to St. Louis. “Another part of the sysem runs to Danville and lines are being rushed to completion which will connect im,portant towns and cities in this district. The company which is trying to obtain control of the Clover Leaf[ (s trying to have McKinley to re-ar-range his schedules and to arrive at an understanding pertaining to the freight traffic. -If the Clover Leaf isj trolleyized it will mean the greatest) trolley or electric line in the world, it* is claimed by railroad men that the) passenger rates between St. Louis, * Toledo, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Washington would be reduced to at least one and ohe-half cents a'mile, and freight rates ijn proportion. “Should the change be made the company Would install their wiresand begin business within a short time after the purchase. All they would have to do would be to install motor cars and sell their engines.” The editor of a Kansas paper states that he onCe borrowed a Winchester rifle and started up the street a few days after to deliver the weapon to its owner. The delinquent subscribers got it into their heads that he was on the warpath, and everyone he met insisted on paying what he owed him. One man wiped out a debt of ten years’ 1 standing. On his return to his office . he found a load of hay, fifteen bushels of corn, ten bushels of potatoes, a load jof wood and a barrel of turnips that I had been brought in. We would like to borrow a Winchester for a day or two.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Governor Hanly promised a committee of Grand Army veterans to ask . the legislature for an appropriation of ; SIO,OOO to mark the graves and erect a monument in honor of the 700 Hoosier soldiers who died at Andersonville prison and were buried thtye during i the war.,.' r *. ■’ | . , .— ■ -«-o . TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAY. i Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists will refund facney xi it lis on each box. 25c. I

■ JJ.... . . - ....... A CHANCI For Statesman to Make a Lasting Name. t If a magistrate who sends the habitual drunkard to jail had the power to sentence him to the Keeley cure, society would be better for it. There can be no doubt about the excessive use of intoxicants creating a disease. Drunkenness is a disorder of the human system which cannot be reached by prayer. If it would yield to prayers, entreaties and tears, there would be many less drunkards in our midst today. Ths legislator who can secure the enactment of a law providing for the treatment of liquor habit as a disease, and provides for its treatment the same as insanity, will live to hear his name blessed by many women and children. To send a man to jail and to fine him for drunkenness is to bring additional distress upon his family. If he pays the fine it means that his family must be deprive# of at least a portion of the com(forts that money would buy. If* he ip sent to jail he is rendered incapable of supportihg his family during the incarceration, besides suffering the humiliation the enforced restraint entails. • It is all 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 man falls in a fit it is not the preached whd is sent sos, but the doctor, and the same rule will aps ply to the inebriate. We have the disease-creating liquor before us, and as long as it remains we will have the drunkard. If some good temperance apostle can stop the. manufacture of intoxicants or point out away in which it can be done, he can get s his name, on the big bills and march et.the head of the procession. Until .this is accomplished liquors are going to be manufactured and sold and men are going to'drink them and become afflicted with the drink disease.—Goshen Democrat ■ • Dr. W. V. Daniels, Manager of the Marion Keelfey Institute, has been in the work for more than fifteen years and will be glad to refer you to friends in your own neighborhood. Address W. V. Daniels, .Manager Marion Kptyey Institute, Marion, Ind. ~ New ' J. B. Waterman of Watertown, 0., rural’free delivery Waited: "llfy 'daughter, afflicted for yekrs ; with epilepsy, was cured by Dr.* King’s New Life Pills. She has not had an attack for over fft’o years.” Best body cleansand life giving tonic pilla on. earth. .25 cents at the Blackburn drug Store. • 0"--’ - ■ / Sam Laman made a business trip , to South Bend this morning. !r 2. ■ :

Consumption There is no specific for consumption. Fresh air, ex-* | * erase, nourishing food and Scott’s Emulsion will come pretty near curing it, if there is anything to build on. Mil* ; lions of people throughout the I • world are living and in good health on one lung. t , <1 From tune immemorial the doctors prescribed cod liver oil for consumption. Os course the patient could not take it in its old form, hence j it did very little good. They ; can take SCOTT’S EMULSION and tolerate it for a long time. There is no oil, not excepting butter, so easily digested and absorbed by the system; as cod liver oil in the form of Scott’s Emulsion, and that is the reason it is so helpful in consumption where its use must be continuous. We will send you a sample free. ; - <J Be sure that this ' | ■ picture-in the form of a label i« on the wrapper of every bottle of i Wsk — — Emulsion you buy. Scott &Bdwne f Chemists If .409 Pearl Street j New York j 4 . 50c.and|rjail druggist! II ' i S * —■ l Isl