Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1908 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BVBBTTHUBSDATMOMKING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. 1 - . UJOPKR YEAJS IN ADVANCE. «red at the pos«offlee M Decatur. Indiaaa as seeoa4-claaa mail matter »m ■■ t--m OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CO HAS TWO PAYMASTERS Ludlow has discovered that all the Germans in the vicinity of Berne, in Adams county, are going to vote the republican ticket. This is very bad news, if true; but wasn’t it a mistake for Ludlow to give it away so long before election? Watch the returns from Adams county in November ant} see if is a man of truth and veracity or a political prophet.—Columbia City Post. Louis Ludlow is now laboring for two paymasters. He is on the staff of the Star league, who for this campaign have discarded all elements of political fairness and decency, and are garbling facts in the interest of the Republican ticket, including James E. Watson, a member of the Columbia Club, the most notorious blind tiger in Indiana. He is also employed by the Republican state committee, to garble facts and conditions for their use. The following letter explains the system: Indianpolis, August 1, 1908. My Dear Sir and Publisher: Herewith is a proofslip of one of Louis Ludlow’s stories in the Indianapolis Star setting forth the work of the brewery and saloon combination that is in control of the Democratic state organization. The Republican state committee believes that too much attention cannot be given to this phase of the campaign at this time. Mr. Ludlow's work along this line is of especial value. Therefore, if you have not done so already, I hope you will find a place in your paper for the enclosed, or as much of it as is consistent with the other demands upon your space, and that you likewise will make such editorial comment on the subject as your judgment may prompt. With best wishes, I am. Yours truly, J. P, Goodrich, Chairman. Mr, Ludlow’s story from Berne is nothing but a misrepresentation of facts. The German Democrats of Berne not only have confidence in the candidates nominated by their party, but they know that all the righteousness and marolity is not tied up with any one particular party. The German Democrats at Berne know 7 that no reform ever succeeded without the moral support and the votes of individual members of an opposing party. The German Democrats at Berne know that the Nicholson law would never have passed an Indiana legislature ■without Democratic votes. The same is true of the Moore remonstrance law. And it is true of every other reform law ever enacted, and it will continue to be true to the end of time. The scheme of Louis Ludlow, the Star league and the Republican state committee will not work in Adams county, as it ought not to work in any county In Indiana. A TRIBUTE A score of years ago one of the most widely known men in Indiana was Wiliam Jackson Craig. His death has just taken place at Decatur, where the closing years of his life were spent in helpless Invalidism. He was a most interesting character and those who knew him intimately will recall with pleasure his warmth of heart, his ready sympathies and his generous impulses. These, too, have been much distressed by the knowledge that f° r many years his life was spent in almost ceaseless pain. A body that was noted for its vigor and activity had been racked by one of the most excruciating of all human maladies and his death brought the first relief he had known in more than a decade. Mr. Craig was a self-made man and he succeeded to a notable degree. Both as a promoter and an executive

he had achieved distinction in the railway world. Likewise in journalism his success was distinct. Disease interrupted a career whose successes would have further been multiplied, ~ for he was a man of versatile capaci- _ ties and an energy that knew no * bounds. In politics Mr. Craig was a = democrat of vt-.y earnest convictions >, and aggressive disposition. He was willing other men should have their opinions and he held his own with an intense positiveness. To his friends he was the soul of loyalty and none of his enemies who ever opposed him had any reason to despise him as a foeman. He was a kindly, genial man and those who were admitted to his intimacy held him in affectionate regard. A mere boy, he enlisted in the service of his country almost at the outbreak of the civil war and served until the close, leaving a record of which any soldier might be proud. A large circle of warm friends will mourn William Jackson Craig.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. ’ A GREAT • REFORMER The best thing that could hap- , pen to Adams county would be . to cut down its great Democratic majority and elect a good Re--1 publican to office occasionally. It isn't good for any party to r be in power too long, be it in > a county, in a state or in a nai tion. —Berne Witness. We notice that the editor of the Berne Witness is for Taft for president, notwithstanding the fact that > Taft is the Republican candidate, and . the Republicans have been in control j of the national government almost i continuously since 1860. The editor . of the Witness is also for James E. t Watson for governor notwithstanding , the fact that Mr. Watson is a mem- . her of the Columbia club blind tiger, and the additional fact that the Rei publicans have been in control of i the state government continuously i since 1894. Fred is a great reformer . when it doesn’t hurt the Republican . party. THEIR INSINCERITY The insincerity of the republican politicians of Indiana is clearly portrayed in their attempt in this campaign to outdo the prohibition party 1 in their advocacy of temperance, and this, too in bold and direct opposition 1 to their position in the past. Their ! record is against them. ’ One can hardly conceive how James E. Watson, republican candi1 date for governor can go out over the state preaching temperance while ’ at the same time he is a member in ■ high standing of that notorious blind ‘ tiger, the Columbia Club at Indianap- ■ olis, where booze flows freely for twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week in direct' violation of law—a joint, of which its members ! make the proud boast that they are equipped to furnish any drink that may be called for. Is that consist--1 ent with Watson's attitude on the f stump? ’ Two years ago a republican leg--1 islature voted down a SI,OOO license 1 bill and a county local option bill. ’ This year they are in favor of county local option, so they say. Is that consistent? —Portland Sun. HANDED 1 THEM A LEMON 3 In his speech of acceptance Mr. Taft . asked the gold Democrats to again » come to the rescue of the Republican s party. In response to this invitation, 1 one who signs himself “A Gold Dem--1 ocrat” writes the Indianapolis f News an article which shows that the s Democrats who broke away from their e party and supported the Republican I- ticket received absolutely nothing for s the sacrifice they made. This man declares that the Republicans violated d their promise to bring about currency if reform, openly insulted their Demon cratic coadjutors by passing the Ine famous Dingley tariff law, and by othn er acts showed the basest ingratitude. In his acceptance speech Mr. 1 Taft said that the Democratic party “in its striving for success has ignored 3 the business prosperity of the coun-

l- try.” On this point “A Gold Demo--1 :crat” says: i “Well, what does Judge Taft offer s i us? As to prosperity, we have had I I. I one of the worst panics in our history j ’ under a Republican administration, i 1 and with the highest tariff we have s ever had. If our party has “ignored s the prosperity of the country,' what r ! shall we say of the Republican party, i ' which pretends to be able to manufacs ture prosperity? The Republican par- > ty has not simply ‘ignored,’ but dei stroyed 'the business prosperity of the i , country.’ How Mr. Taft could have i had the nerve to raise this issue,with ; the country at the present time in the . throes of an industrial depressiomand • with our cities full of men out of em- . ployment, is hard to understand. He 1 tells us further that our party has ‘de- ’ parted from sound economic and govI ernmental principles.' What has he to offer? A revision of the tariff upward, duties high enough both to equalize the cost of production here and abroad and to guarantee ‘a reasonable profit’ to the manufacturer, the infamous ship subsidy grab, and a continuation of the policy of protecting the trusts which are already at work financing his campaign under a law that provides for publicity after the deal has been completed. We must consider, not simply the question of voting against our own party, but also that of voting for the Taft party, which stands for nothing that a Democrat can approve.” ' Ex-Congressman Cromer is spend- ■ ing a greater part of his time in Indianapolis where valuable assistance ' is being rendered the state Republican : committee by the peerless organizer in the interest of the whole ticket. — Cromer’s Muncie Observer. The record of Congressman Adair is such a record that causes every citizen of the eighth district to swell with pride. The district now has a place in the lower house of congress it never enjoyed before. Congress- ■ man Adair made himself and the district known, and his return for another term in congress will give the district a still greater prestige and place in the front ranks of that legislative body. For eight years the Eighth district was unknown in congress and had no part in shaping the legislation of the country. No sooner had Joljn A. M. Adair entered congress than the distract was known in every state in the Union and was taking a leading part in making the laws under which we are governed. Local pride, if nothing else, demands the re-election of Congressman Adair. —Portland Sun. Congressman Adair did more for ‘ soldiers of this district In one year than Cromer did in his entire eight years of service. Through his work 1 over two thousand soldiers and solr diers’ widows have received pensions ’ and increases /and are now drawl . - t ing in this district alone over one hundred thousand dollars more pension annually than they were drawing when his term commenced. How could any soldier vote against Adair? Precious few cf them will vote ’ against him. —Portland Sun. The New York World is printing short letters from the people as to their presidential preferences. Out of twenty-four such letters appearing in one recent issue sixteen favored Bryan and the others scatter. Some t of those who declare for Bryan say , that they did not support him in i previous campaigns, but have since come to the conclusion that the wel- ’ fare of the country demands his election. It is apparent that what 5 1 used to be called “the enemy’s country” l s preparing to give Bryan [• and Kern a tremendous vote. i _ r Charles W. Miller, of Goshen, will 1 fill an engagement on the 13th for 1 James E. Watson, who is again re- • ported to be ill. This information ’’ was obtained from the Warsaw l " Times, a stalwart republican paper. '■ The way things political in this state '■ are lining up it is not at all surpris- ■ ing that the republican candidate is • T ill. It is enough to make any man 1 | feel weak; but for some reason the democratic candidate, who is not a

■! strong man physically, is getting tat ! under the strain. The wind is blow- . ing a healthy gale for him, —Columbia ( ; City Post ’ John Adair has a congressional rec- ,! ord, and that record is of more im- ■' portance to the voters of this disl trict than is all the dirt that Uncle : Nate can scratch. This district has , been long suffering and patient, but the voters agreed two years ago to trade bootleg politics for statesmanship, and they made a good trade. The eighth district now enjoys a place 'of distinction and honor. Besides this, Congressman Adair has to hfs credit ' much legislation that is of benefit, not alone to the district, but the entire {country. His re-election is necessary ■ to carry forth to a successful conclusion, more remedial legislation. Now, Mr. Hawkins, please tell the people through your official organ the Muncie Star, how many trusts have been put out of business by your antitrust bill. Os course, we all know you have had suit brought against a so-called drug trust in Portland under the bill you stole from Jim Bingham, but that was all for political effect and the suit will be dropped right alter you get back from up salt creek this fall. Your bill might look good on paper but what does it amount to? Os course, you made a valiant fight for it, because you have said you did; so. also, are you making a fight for a seat in congress. But what does either effort amount to? Mr. Adair did something that counted while he was in congress.—Bluffton Banner. The Cincinnati Enquirer, while no longer a party ergan, speaks quite favorably of Bryan and Kern, and is especially pleased with the candidacy of Judson Harmon for governor of Ohio. The latter is being generally supported by opponents of the temperance legislation that had its inception with Gov. Pattison, who died a few weeks after his inauguration. When John M. Pattison beat Myron T. Herrick for governor, the temperance people came to the support of the former in large numbers, he being he only Democrat on the state ticket that secured an election. Whether Harmon will be able to rally to his support both temperance and anti-temperance men is a matter that will not be cleared up until after the votes are counted. —South Bend Times. It is just a bit amusing to read Louis Ludlow’s awful pictures in the Indianapolis Star of calamity to the state if the Democrats should win. He sees big things with seven heads on ’em if the democrats should succeed in wrestling control of the state from the republicans who have been giving us little else than an increased office holding class and Increased expenses for several years. Louis is sure the democrats ■ will s et the state back twenty years on the temperance question, which would be about where the republicans promised the brewers two years ago they would leave it. But he doesn't seem to have heard that the democrats were the first to declare for the local option legislation the people want and ttat the republicans followed suit with a platform plank that means anything or nothing. Louis is a democrat at heart and a fine fellow but the Star hires him to write things for it and he does it to earn his salary and not because he believes it. He knows very well the democrats are not so awful, for he’s one of them.—Rochester Sentinel. Congressman Adair's record is a record of accomplishment, the sort of accomplishment that should earn for Mr. Adair a continuance of his seat in congress. Politics never cut any ice and the congressional record shows Mr. Adair voting with one party as much as with another. T1 not only showed his fearlessness, but it also shows his earnestness in only doing that which is considered the best. His record discloses the fact that he never was caught napping, never'ijnee is called upon to explain himself out of a questionable place. The fact is, the eighth district will never have a congressman who is devoted so exclusively to his duty and the people irrespective of paiy, as i s the pres-

t ent distinguished congressman from - the eighth district. i "I ■ ■ 1 IS DUE FOR A BEATING “I am looking” said Henry Watterson in a New York interview, "for the same groundswell this year for Bryan | ’ and Kern that we had in 1892 for Cleveland and Stevenson. Those things go in seasons, and the Republican party is due for a beating. It certainly deserves to be beaten, and I believe it will be.” Continuing Mr. Watterson declared that while the Reuublicans are facing two ways and will fall between two stools, the Democrats are united, confident and right. And then he aded: "Democrats who know why they are Democrats know there should be no halting on these plain propositions —arrest of the breakneck speed toward centralization cf power, some real, not spurious, purpose toward tariff reform, some sure separation of the politics cf the country from its partnership with high financiers, some breaking of groups and rings of wheels inside of wheels, always involved by a change of parties, even when made only for the sake of change. Taft is rattling around in Roosevelt’s garments. In many ways it is a masquerade. All the system —Harriman, Rockefeller 1 , and the rest of those fellows —are content with Taft The very fellows who cuss Roosevelt are for Taft now. These vary men who put up the money to elect Roosevelt four years ago are putting it up for Taft.” The New York Evening Post It against Mr. Bryan; but it admits that he is strong before the people. The Post says: "It is not possible today to arouße the conservative forces of the country in opposition to Bryan so splendidly as in 1896. Everybody knows the reason why. You cannot revile a man whom you have imitated. A party that has appropriated Bryan’s Ideas cannot, with good effect, attack his person. At the very beginning of the Republican campaign, it is the part whether of frankness or sound generalship to admit that pow’er of resistance to Bryan has been much broken by four years of yielding to him. President jaocseveltfs avowed and deliberate purpose has been to head off Bryan by stealing his issues." Congressman Adjair'p record appeals to every one who is more concerned in gcod wholesome legislation than they are in peanut politics. His vote will be found recorded with the people, and political lines cut no figure with him whatever. He introduced many bills, was heard frequently in debate upon the floor of the house and in all made an enviable record during his first session. Through his wise and able course in congress the eighth district is better and more favorable known than ever before. It is quite an enviable record when compared to the eight years that George W. Cromer sat upon the lid and worked the political wires in the eighth district. A return to the former is not probable as long as the people can have Adair for the asking. The people of Indiana are as much interested in the welfare of the state as they are in the proper administration of the national government. In a word there are local questions that must have the careful consideration of every voter in the state.' Just now 1 there seems to be an effort to force the temperance question to the front to the exclusion of every other issue. To the independent voter the situation f is just a bit amusing. The managers of the Republican campaign, through ( the Republican press, are making a strenuous effort to have the public 5 believe that the brewers of the state 5 are tooth and nail bound to further

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>■■■< iiii.j mi ...i the interests of the Democracy. This in the face of the fact that so prom, inent a Republican as Rhody Sheil of Indianapolis, declared in a recent interview, that last campaign twentyseven breweries contributed liberally to the Republican campaign fund.— Muncie Press. BUSINESS COLLEGE. Many Adams county young people owe their present position and standing in life to the training received at the international Business College of Fort Wayne, Inj). Twenty years of continued success has brought this school to rank among the highest of its class in the United States. Fort Wayne is a great city, almost at your door, and many opportunities are to be had, if you possess a first class business education. Write for our large handsome catalogue. 33-3 t o GETTING CHRONIC Bluffton Has a Jail Delivery Story About Twice a Week ANOTHER ATTEMPT Was Foiled by Sheriff Lipkey on Monday Evening The Wells county jail seems to be easy for professional and even the amateur criminal. About twice a week a thrilling jail delivery or attempt is the subject for a story in the local papers. Last week two housebreakers escaped and last evenings Bluffton News said: Sheriff Lipkey Monday evening junearthed another plan on foot among prisoners in the county jail, in which it is said three prisoners now confined there were implicated in an attempt to break jail. The prisoners (had designs on the same south window where so many attempts have been made and where Watson and O’Connell escaped Hast Friday night. It was found that one rivet had been removed but the prisoners denied a tool had been used, declaring the rivet was worked out by band. The sheriff had positive proof, however, that he had balked another attempt at a delivery. He secured some improvised tools in the jail. Expecting an attempt, the sheriff watched for some time last night and then went into the jail department and confronted the prisoners with his evidence. Today he is having the south window closed with concrete and cement by Tom White. The concrete is being built in around the iron bars and sections of wire are also being put into the concrete, making future escapes in that direction impossible. ■—————io — Word received by the local manager of the Shamrock base ball club from Bryant states that they are in quest of a game of ball for next Sunday, inducing the local club to come to their city for a game. Including all expenses. The Shamrocks immediately accepted and will In all probability go. The club has been playing great ball all this season, and are expecting a hot game with the Bryant team. The team will make the trip overland.