Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1908 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT svebythchsdaymorning by LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. SLOUPBK YEAH IN ADVANCE. Kstired at the pt* toffice at Decatur.lndiana as aecon4-ciaae mail matter OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CO. A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF The interesting letter Wednesday from our staff correspondent at Chicago throws a flood of light on the campaign. Its statements and deductions find corroboration in a careful analysis of the campaign by the Springfield Republican. When east and west agree, there is '’confirmation strong as proofs from Holy Writ.’’ The Republican at great length sets out that Bryan is stronger today than it was ever supposed he would be at the beginning; that he has made no mistakes nor has his party, while on state issues he has been greatly helped in Indiana, Illinois. Mnnesota. lowa and West Virginia. LaFollette has had effect cn parallel lines; the party has scored heavily on publicity for campaign funds. On the other hand the Republican campaign for the last two months, our Springfield observer declares, has presented a condition precisely the opposite. It has had trying local situations and West Virginia and New York still present them. The appointment of DuPont to the national committee was a gross blunder and it is hurting. The hesitancy about the wisdom of Taft’s tours has hurt; and if Hughes is not nominated in New York the Republican is inclined to say with Jaques, "God be wi’ you;” though it still thinks Taft will be elected by a reduced majority. Our Chicago correspondent, Mr. Hornaday, notes the lack of harmony in the campaign forces. It will be remembered that there are two Republican campaigns. One to elect Taft, which will have a sort of publicity for | contributions after the election, and one headed by Cannon, the congressional campaign, that makes its own appointments, will publish no contributions and generally will do as it pleases. But the two are pulling apart, instead of together. Incautious partisans of each are willing to see the other fail, so their own desire is attained. The standpatters would rather have a Republican house with Cannon as speaker than to see Taft in the White House, and vice versa. Indeed, one cf the sayings is that Taft would rather have a Democratic house than a Republican, for that would give his administration an excuse for not undertaking reforms for which it really has no stomach. Whatever the truth in these things, there is no "team work” between these two committees. Hitchcock is receiving protests from Republicans in various states that Cannon is not wanted there. The Can*nonites ask who is going to stop him? He fixes his own dates and will go where he pleases. Between these two independent and antagonistic camps is the great mass of Republicans that wish party success all along the line. Hitchcock, it is added, is true to the whole situation, and is doing the best he can. Nobody envies hhn his job. In truth, here are irreconcilables. If Mr. Taft’s campaign actually means Roosevelt policies, it is at opposite poles with the Cannon congressional campaign. There is no question about the honesty of this campaign. It represents the obstructionists of the party the mainainers of things as they are, unless still more privilege be given; in short, it represents bourbonism and reactionism to the last ditch. Incidentally it is shown here that the Republicans encouraged Hearst and his Independence party in the belief that it would hurt the Democrats, but that now they are waking up to the conviction that they warmed an adder in their bosom, for both in Indiana and New York they have evidence that it will be likely to draw tnore heavily from them, the Republicans, than from the Democrats. Verily, the wires are crossed! But there is something mere than this. A party cannot be one thing to one part of the country and to one part of the

■ people and another and antagonistic thing to others. A house divided against itself cannot stand. —Indianapolis News, Rep. Do not move from one township to another. You will lose your vote if you do. The law requires a residence of sixty days in a township, It is a noticeable fact that the republican papers of the Eighth district who so eagerly published the Rev. W. E. McCarty letter—for pay, are not now publishing the fact that he has admitted he is on “Uncle” Nate’s pay roll —but then they are not getting paid for publishing such unpleasantfacts. —Portland Sun. By all that is fair and right the bank repositor is entitled to the same protection as is the nation, the state, the county, the township or the city. Mr. Bryan well says that with all these protected claims, the chances of the . ordinary depositor is injured to that extent. Then, too. why is not the small depositor entitled to the same protection as the nation or state? It is said to be a historical fact that no candidate for president, who took the stump for himself, has ever been 1 elected. If this precedent holds good in this campaign, the only candidate with a»chance for election is the nominee of the Socialist-Labor ticket —he being in the Montana state proein. can’t get out to make speeches. —South Bend Times. The recent Republican platform is a bugle call to every beneficiary of special privilege, to. enlist again under the Republican banner, and when the election is over and the Republican committee publishes the list of contributors —too late to make the Information valuable —it will be found that the Republican party has again so obligated itself to the protected interests as to be unable to make a revision of the tariff in the interest of the consumers. —W. J. Bryan at Des Moines, lowa.

One of the issues of deep concern is the guaranteement of bank deposits. The small depositor should be put upon an equal footing with the national, state and municipal governJments. Their deposits are guaranteed and this fact is doing more than than any other one thing toward arousing the small bank depositor to the injustice done him. The Democratic national and state platforms are pledged to this reform. Surely Governor Hanly ought to be able to find some one who can give at least a plausible reason for calling a specia Isession of the legislature at an outlay of from $75,000 to $80,000! The “reasons” thus far given are so flimsy, so ridiculously thin, as to evoke both pity and contempt. The Indianapolis papers have undertaken to find some excuse for the loony action of the governor, but they have made a poor job of it, and it would be cruel to press them On the subject. —South Bend Times. The first intimation of the value of the local republican headquarters with stenographer, typewriter, envelopes and stationery was discovered today when many people around town received letters with Nate Hawkins’ "record” in full, and with it an impassioned and feverish plea for votes. Large quantities of them are reposing in waste baskets at this very moment, Mr. Hawkins very seldom gets value received for the money he spends politically, and the five hundred letters he sent out were a waste of about fifteen or twenty dollars. —Bluffton Banner. The speech of the Hon. John W. Kern before the hosts of labor, at the fair grounds yesterday was a scholarly presentation of the advantages of organized labor, for labor, for capital and for the general public. Labor could not have had a more earnest champion of its cause nor capital a fairer pleader so» its rights and surely the public no more conscientious advocate of the good of all. The address as a whole was full of thought and the t ue spirit of patriotism pervaded the entire ane of argument The committee is certainly enttled to the congrat-

ulations of those who were present for the wise selection of a speaker for the day.—Muncie Press. The Republican campaign committee ha s already begun the fat-frying process. The Indianapolis News, an Independent Republican paper, says that “the Republican organization is made up of trust magnates, of the speaker acting through agents, of one of the speaker’s representatives in dealing with the trusts, and of the ' rules committee which controls the action of the house. No map who gives money needs do 'so without ■ knowing exactly what he is to get for it, or without the assurances that he will get it Mr. Herman Ridder, of New York, editor of the Staats Zeitung, who has recently visited Mr. Bryan, is quoted as saying: "From careful observation I am now convinced that the Democratic national ticket will be elected this fall. I told Mr. Bryan so. This opinion is not based on wild hopes, neither does desire sway me in forming it, but it is the result of a careful canvass made by myself and many frends since the Denver convention adjourned. There will be many surprises when the result of the vote is known. I have found in every section of the country bitter resentment against Republicans, among members of their own party, because of the attitude of leaders on the tariff question.’’ Look up the record of W. H. Taft and you will find he was always favored by the machine, always feeding at the public crib by the grace of the appointive power. Never elected to an office yet always holding one Look over this record and see if you imagine Mr. Taft would favor smashing the political machine by making all officers elective: 1882 — Appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, Ohio. 1883 — Appointed collector of internal revenue. First District of Ohio. 1885 —Appointed county solicitor of Hamilton county, Ohio. 1887 —Appointed judge of the Superior Court of Ohio. 1890 —Appointed solicitor general of the United States. 1892 —Appointed United States Circuit Judge, Sixth District. 1900 — Appointed president of United States Philippine Commission. 1901 — Appointed first civil governor of the Philippine Islands. 1904 —Appointed secretary of war in Roosevelt’s cabinet. 1908 —Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as the candidate of the Republican party for'president.—Western Advocate.

Senator Hawkins, who is running for congress against Mr. Adair, flooded Bluffton with printed letters yesterday, telling the voters what a wonderful fellow he is, has been and will be if they will just elect him to congress. The senator has one paragraph in his letter that is absolutely funny: “I will not indulge in any campaign mud slinging but will lea™ that to my opponents. For the past eight months the partisan press of my opponent has misrepresented and maligned me personally, but as yet have not been able to point to any defects in my public or private life or record.” Holy smoke, senator, what do you call maligning? What did you call it when you hired Rev. McCarty to write the letter he did for the Muncie Star? What did you call it when you caused the Sulloway letters to be printed when you knew they were false? What did you call it whe n you hired Bert Patterson to go over Adair’s books at $8 per day to make a report such as should suit your purpose? You know thi s report is not true and is being so proven every day. What Jo you call It when you tell people over the district that Adair is a grafter, when you and everybody in Jay county know it is not so? What do you call it when you hire men to go over the district telling soldiers that Adair’s father was a member of the K nights of the Golden Circle during the war and that Mr. Adair himself says mean and vicious things about the old soldiers?

[What was your purpose in bringing ■ suit against the supposed drug trust lin Portland and have Mr. Adair’s name appear as the principal defendant when you know he is not actively engaged in the drug business? Hew about the thousand and one things you and your son, Morton, have printed in such papers as the Redkey Times at so much per line; things you know are not true? Now, the trouble with you, senator, is that there is not a republican paper in the district that is for you and you have no chance to exploit your nastiness except among a few of the boys that need the money and take yours, knowing it will do you no good. What the democratic papers have said about you is pretty nearly correct and your dog-in-the-manger tactics will not win. Why don’t the Portland Review, your republican paper, come to your rescue? Haven’t even mentioned your name as a candidate so far. —Bluffton Banner. Mr. Robert E, Dowdell, of Artesian, South Dakota, is a candidate for congress on the Democratic ticket in his state, and in order to be elected will have to convert several thousand Republicans to his cause. He is made out of the sort of stuff that can do it, however, and should he be elected the newspaper profession, will have one representative in congress who will look well to their interests. Mr. Dowdell is one of the most influential members of the National Editorial association, and is a gentleman of high ideals and fine attainments. One of “the Hawkins campaign folders bemoans the fact that Congressman Adair is quoting from Lincoln in his speeches, without giving proper credit. In all fairness we must concede that Senator Hawkins' speeches are entirely clear of the charge of plagiarism. —Portland Sun.

A feature of a Democratic meeting in Muncie the other night was the attendance of two or three hundred laboring men, who in 1896 and 1900 carried full dinner pails in the McKinley campaign. They marched to the meeting in a body and were given a royal reception in the house of their friends... The Republican party opposes the guaranteeing of bank deposits— But— It favors guaranteeing a “reasonable profit” to the trusts. Just read the Republican national platform and ycu will see that this statement is true. The "reasonable profit" made by the steel trust in 1907 was $160,000,000— and it was net. Congress Adair is making the same aggressive campaign as was made two years ago, and his reception among the voters f ar surpasses the reception that was accorded him two years ago. During the past two weeks he was in Delaware and Madison counties and large crowds greeted him on -every hand. The outlook for his election is much brighter than ever. According to the Chicago RecordHerald, support for Bryan and the Democratic platform was voted by the editors of forty trade union journals, who met in that city. Every part of the country was represented at the gathering, and according to the program adopted, the labop. journals will at once begin to urge their readers to support Bryan. It was declared that organized labor would register 1,000,000 votes next November for the Democratic candidate. The Indianapolis Star no longer conceals its sentiments with reference to the ill-advised convening of the state legislature by Gov. Hanly. Why there should or could have been any hesitancy about "speaking out in meetin’ ” i n the first place is, however, not made apparent. There was nh excuse for this extraordinary action at any time, and no courageous paper should have hesitated to say so without beating about the bush.— South Bend Times. The harmony among the Republicans of West Virginia is intense. Not only do they have two nominees for governor, but the other day United States Senator Scott and State Senator

Smith engaged in a fist fight when they met in a bank and exchanged thirty-six blows by actual count And the cause of the fight was Smith s statement in a speech that West Virginia's seats in the United States senate ba dbeen sold at auction for many years. Scott resented such publicity cf party secrets. Trade that is worth having is worth asking for, and the merchant who sits down and waits for business to come to him without making any effort for it will have a long time to wait. This is no age for sluggards in the business world. The man who succeeds nowadays must be up and doing early in the morning, or he will find out when it is too late that success in tusiness does not come without hard work and plenty of it. The merchant who is satisfied to accept whatever portion of trade combs his way without trying for a larger share is decidedly out of touch with the spirit of the times. The guaranteeing cf bank deposits is getting to be a much discussed subject, and the more it is discussed the more clear becomes the fact that rank discrimination exists against the individual depositor. As a rule the bankers are favoring the guarantee plan and are nelping to give it the prominence it deserves. Such a law would mean that bank failures would be a thing of the past Congressman Adair speaks in Wells county next week. He is addressing the voters at some place in the district every day and every night. What a contrast this is with the disreputable and contemptible plan that is being followed by "Uncle Nate.” Instead of going to the people and telling them in plain English where he stands upon the public questions of the day, he is having issued questionable attacks upon Congressman Adair. It is a sort of a campaign that deserves the rebuke of every voter who cherishes the American spirit of decency and fair play in politics.

In discussing the political situation in this state, in an editorial in’ its Sunday issue, the Itffiianapolis Star, the state’s leading republican paper, summed up the situation as follows: "On the state ticket the issue is indeed doubtful. There is dissension in the party, growing out of Governor Hanly’s dictatorial and implacable habit, dissatisfaction with the state prganization, revolt among the socalled liberal element in the party which has heretofore helped it to victories, and in Indianapolis especially angry protest among citizens regardless of party lines against corrupt and reckless doings in county affairs.” The American farmer who pays $lO for the same plow that is sold in foreign countries for $7, is at a loss to know why the foreigner has the better of him. Weil, it is simply the tariff. The manufacturer is protected against foreign competition. He has a monopoly at home. Se he puts up the price. Abroad he has competition, so he must put the price at a point where he can sell. The only way in which the American farmer can buy a plow as low a s a foreigner does is to elect a congress that will revise the tariff. The plow illustrates the point and is the explanation for the difference in the retail price of all articles of American manufacture at home and abroad.—Columbia City Post. "What the laborers of the land desire.” observed Mr. Sherman, in accepting the vice-presidential nomination, "i s the opportunity at all times to exchange their brai a and brawn for good pay in good money. A protective tariff and the gold standard, both the achievements of the Republi-

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can party, give the laborers that opporunity.” About the same time, b. F. Yoecum, of the Rock-Island-Frisco system—than whom, perhaps, no one can speak cn the subject with more authority —said that four hundred thousand railroad men were out cf jobs or on short pay. How many hundred thousand workmen in other lines are receiving the same blessing, under protection and a gold standard, we do not know; but Mr. Sherman knows, as we know, that the number is large. One of the purposes, then, for which the Republican committee needs money i s to convey to idle or half-pay workmen an earnest assurance that, thanks to the tariff, they are enjoying great prosperity.—Saturday Evening Post. AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF THE-CAMPAIGN It was an auspicious opening of the campaign in Adams county, when Rev. Samuel W. Small arose to speak and was greeted by one of the largest and most sympathetic audiences that ever packed the court room, with standing room at a premium. If this is an index to the general interest in the campaign, General Apathy has already taken to the woeds. The speaker is of national character, an evangelist of the gospel and an orator whom it is a pleasure to hear. His discussion of the issues make it clear that there is but little argument out- I side the Democratic cause. Perhaps I the most telling point made was his I discussion of the trusts, accompanied I by governmental statistics showing I that everything we eat and wear has I increased in cost fifty per cent during] the past ten years. A like or greater] increase in everything to furnish and] complete the home; labor increased■ twenty per cent and the cost of living] fifty per cent, leaving the laboring] man holding the sack to the tone of] thirty per cent. These figures were] easily understood and verified by the] man who pays the bills, or housewife] who doeg the buying. His address] throughout was entertaining and log-] ical and the audience was w ith him at] all times. The general interest man] ifested shows that the democracy of] Adams county is eager and ready] to go forth and do battle for th] cause that is so near and so dear '.] the people. ] A ] COMPARISON . ] As an evidence that the preset] state administration is an expensit] luxury to the tax payers of the stat] we publish a comparison of the co] of the governor’s office under Dem] cratic and Republican administr: :] This comparaison is but a fair ind] to the increase n every office at t] state capital, and is reason sufficie] for a- change: ] DEMOCRATIC. 1893. I (See Acts 1893, p. 361.) I Governor’s salary $ -■'’] Secretary’s salary 1-] Eecutive clerk !J '] Messenger ] Office expense '] Civil and military cont. fund.. Total S’"’] REPUBLICAN. 1907. ] (See Acts 1907, p. 671.) ] Governor’s salary * Traveling expense .... Secretary's salary Executive clerk Messenger Eexecutive accountant -] Rent and maintenance of rest- ] dence Office expense. Civil and military cont. fund • !■■■ Gov. emergency cont. fund... • ~ p ] Total A few weeks ago Senator U] lette delivered bis famous lecture] Lincoln, Neb., in the course of ’] lie showed that a few mi'lio o *] control congress and dictate !ef] tion. ji