Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1909 — Page 4

' '■’>> '' ' k a m a fffiSlMi I *r.asM<a It is time now for the-Democrats to line up to the man for the Democratic candidates and the Democratic ticket. The Republicans are ’doing the lining act and they are .doing a good job. The Democrats should be equally as wise. They have .every reason in the world to be; strictly. Dentocretic la this election.. Their candidates are pledged to every form of an edonoknl<j|al government and' law enforcement, while the Republican candidates are not pledged to anything, their only argument being “slip one in for me.” i The smoker held at Democratic : headquarters last Thursday was one of the best political gatherings held in the city. The discussions, were confined to the accomplishments • of the present council and their prom-1 ises for the future. Facts and fig-! nres Were produced to show that while the present officers wSre ocrats, their official conduct has been solely along the lines of business. | They have reduced the city debt, paid * off the old scores, rebuilt the water-I works and electric light plants, made the credit ts the city g«t edged, issue no City order without the money to pay it, made it possible for every laboring man that does -work for the city to get his money, were progressive but sound and logical when it came to spending the people’s money, and in all the speakers were enthuover the accomplishments | the past four The I headquarters were crowded to the docfekPSfito they were all in sympathy with 7A iivsything that was said and done?^ljufte n an active Campaign has been Planned and the coming week wlirAradtasyjSke «®r the Democrats’ of the city. *—■—% y Srit imP! y/ftuaO.. r> 1 4 The issues of ecoMtafy and law en-1 forpemept .on thebne’ hand, and | l n ad ' vaflee/ GetJreadrntQ; Democlfitfc'!ttdket etwiigiit.-o .sgimom vnhixoTA Jjcib ,t I We q f W Adams - Jhwi aypjT srft rto/■wwL sirs /. I 1 Jr terwUfce DittiohTateo id?jttftjsit»nSS»ffl?t n mwtejrMhf e wW SXSgS two fonr. Wdkedl thaslkwj scrapping timt%ghtover yawrs and jnthhtg Cgft ' ■>< ■*a t wt < •• •« L.’s madness toffiakg* Decatur as un-«| M ' -niom vsdvDJbS is' hefb-odwi B dww mwMiS iftthUeft le Miugrsht tJF’aSI K? , ,'iKAo»&WwWrf -if* Timor donm oa mA* Let's, folip. one into Rim’’ and the rest ; of thdWU'3«d ®BWkTOP3C(tWa>arty| organization intact; i - I smcH The Democfallc «mdlda&' were all I toftiiat; ! clettxom>jevery ,Deeieevat W flir.Tiwhontsoesnrj M M&at& WW-Wfe Wi that 9-tprfimaryadftßW Ufi tapßfl of our city it will to ' nominations. The Republican leaders %

I qu btionß of vital concern to all. Jud since have made any pledge to the people. All they want is Democratic | support to elect them. The Democrats ( of Decatur can better afford to take l a»fi at the same time be regular in thehr party affiliation. .» The total tax levy for city purposes in Portland te $2.65 as given by the Portland Sun ,and it must be remem- • beted that Portland is not the proud nf a nil a in thA wav of I ? municipal plants, and city ’dobt is greater than is that ofJDe - ] catur, and that Uhe has always been] under Republican rule. j ’ 1 w i receipts of the waterworks and elec-; trie light plants as promised by the i Democratic candidates, and to let that advised and unreasonable arguments I that are being made by those who or not. Do not permit those who want i ’‘■in© value oi h*>“ wave a i electric light plants has been | I two hundred thousand dollars. , I I pg im WofWl Ithat Doc. not only-worked hard, but he I [tohdWlFmifedfrrtohgandJ Wtoffi!

I 1-1 i I I* * I I Vyl.vO, KrllU U • £ lUuHvj| lßv| same beingpaid by the present eounB um of money was to the buying of dty ordert from people who worked for the fifty; and of course who needed the money As every one does, but who could not get It under the business management ;of the affairs of the City in those good old days. With the idea in view only of illustrating the way business was then conducted, we print a list of the orders embraced in the Doc. Sholty suft against the city:* John Thomas, hauling c0a1..>42.01 John Thomas, hauling c0a1..>42.01 B.W. Sholty, lnsp.Monroe St. 76.00 B. W. Sholty, city c0m.... 17.00 -floyd Leßron ..15.00 Thomas Gause ... 18.90 John Thomas 45.06 John Thomas 45.06 Ed Fulton ................. 3.75 Rant Emery .../. ... ‘3.00 Frank Carey ...........u. 10.50 Mike Touhey Fred Spunler 4.50 Peter Trontner ........... ?4.50 John Thomas ...........,. 41.74 John Thomas .....j... 4L73 John Thomas ......48.43 Frank Miller 5.85 Chas. David .......4,42 Jno. Thomas 23.76 i Jno. Thomas v . 23.77 Henry Veltrap. 9.75 ; 0. K. Shannon 10.05 Ed Whitright .......4.50 Chas. Leßrun 3.00 , Chas. Leßrun 3.00 Henry Vetrap .. 11.25 GTK. Shaman 18.00 James Ross Jr. /. 9.00 Fred Spuller 28.75 Jno. Thomas Chas. Leßrun 3.00 Jno. Thomas BU2 Frank Cramer •.•• •■ • • 1-45 Wm. Draper ........ 1.20 Willis Roagiand 4.13 Jerry David ............... 2.93 Frank Johnson ............ 4.50 John Thomas ..i...,........ 48.43 Frank P. Bell 1.'.'14.25 Peter Troutner 5.10 Fred Spuhler ...14.05 Boyd May 1.50 James Ross 3.75 Clint Fisher , rs 9.40 Jno. Thomas '/jP O6 jnot Thomas -v... 52.06 Gallogly ft Haefling, .....'24.32 GaUogly & Haefling ..''24.33 Qms. Leßrun ............. <95 Jno. Thomas .. v .,4L40 jrno: Thomas Chas. Leßrun Carl Ernst 7.50 Chas. H. Draper 3.00 Jno. Thomas 52.12 Ray Magner - 2.50 John Thomas 63.02 John Thomas John Thomas 31.62 , John Thomas .34.25 With this evidence of “the good :old days’’ there ought to be no further argument needed to convince every laboring man in the city of his duty on election day. There ought tb be no | —■ « .iwsaEl argument for any iffdhi&all and especially,,if he .is u jampayer and is interested ta orders under theWmnagemeatof diis | You do not need to carry voiir order *VU W“*vv ■SYY’r rfj, a minute If you do not want toj and above all else rondo not need & ( give to Doe. Sholty' hiSdutchmarfrpper cedt and take What’S left TMsisan indictment of “those good old days” that ought to count in behalf <h the real business administration given the city by the present council. J ’ • 1 About the time of the Sholty.-suit against the city, other suits were also filed, among them being: Eletric Appliance Company vs.-City, 3148.85, costs >6.60, Interest 3516, Harvey Rice vs. City, 3188.52,c05t8 $j,35, interest 36.35 an assignment of in the above made to B. W SHwltr. ■ > . ftdMtafacturer’s Fuel Co. vs, ’City, fijfW costs 36.45, interest 317.13. Kuebler Molts Co. vs. City, >71.63, tatereßt 12'82'I 2 ' B2 ' aflK. «ohle Electric signed to B. W. Sholty. fc3TO *ff» basl VS ~ Cdstsr . gl Tjft'V. ks. • ; 'O -a. 11 Charles Dicer vs. W:^ho^ o)9 °

The above is calculated to give ypuj a general idea ot the great busineM i administrations' during "thorn good 1 old days” and it ia enough to for* i ever condemn them th the eyes of the < people of this city. When it comes to crankipg. up the business of t>e city government, you will go a , long ways before finding a comparison With the present mahriksmenUandby .the present council. ‘ .•■J •. ■ ■ iiii.hwu me It is a fact that must be taken .into !: consideration that during “those good old days” Sim Fordyce was a council-’ man and one of the great men in the transactions of the city’s business. It I, was then that the city debt grew big-1 ger, the interest charge heavier and 1 ; finally the last resort was necessary! in the collection of accounts—suits in! the circuit court. It seems to us that the y people of Decatur have had enough of the reform as advocated by P. L. and that the business and the sensible thing to do is to elect a council with an actual Record of; debt reduction, a council that pays s its bills in cash aitone that asks no laborer for the city to shave hh orders to Doc. Sholty in order to get. the money. It is better to take their record and their promises of a re-; duction in the city debt and a tower tax levy,- than to take any chance of returningtohhose good olddays-f If the DeODle had somethtaK to shdw.for the heavy tax this-fact would furnish some consolation but in Decatur there is absolutely nothing to show for the part of the burden imposed by the muni- I clgfality.—P. L. ■ We have the city debt left as a sou- ( venft" of “those good old days” P. L. ( When you pay down your, money just ( think of “those good old days” those ( days you fove so-weU. j .. '. J. —- t-p':' :> 1 The administration seems to find some consolation in the fact that ’ the total tax rate of Montpelier is higher than that of Decatur, but H this argues nothing hf favor of Decatur’s management afr most it - ' only proves that thdre 'are two r ’’ cities in Indiana that have reck- ’ less extravagant administrations f that ought to be dethroned*—P. L. Non P. L. how about Decatru hav- ’ tag the highest tax levy of any city 1 in the state, and how about Decatur’s i, pirate ■ being • three amd four times '- more than any town around here. The administration is not seeking any ' consolation whatever, but they may be interested in having the truth told about them occasionally. It is hard' |^^ :: isn i rtV/P.'t.? I; \ < The figures were givin just M* Peetz had given them out to. » k his report, and whether Mr. Peetz ‘ Decatur administration Is J * : Question W- the I parties to settle among themselves. swu teH tbto truth the,tax.lctt««, and If you MlMfe OSto! corn, so. M, ’>'l NO DOC SHOLTY ' ’ SHAVKB GO T|l» T s Jud Teepie wet or dry, nttd H 1 the impossible should Imppen, would 1 he double step enough to uad *elec- 1 tricity for light, - and if a hurry up! call should come could the message ’ be delivered by telephone? Does Ras 1 Frltzlnger still think that the muni- / cipal waterworks and . electric light 1 plant should be boarded up and the f plants shut down? Is Sim Fordyce 1 still running <m his record, accounts 1 against the city being paid via the , 1 circuit court route? Is Ves Peterson still fighting the Elm ntreet sower, and everything and everybody else? j These are of the Questions f asked daily by the voters of the city, fbaadldates for the refm|n o id^ l ietfW , Hfase to answer. ■ vlew of t but j a i *<

so long that they *re wen growing gray' fa the ;Muae.' And it. i* aiwgys reform, heaven help them whenthe word wears put, From sample copies ipf their reform that havebeen given !the dty at tfatos when cratic heart grew generous. It hu been foutfd to be nothing shott ot- a ’ obnfldence. ijaipe- 'it * was' dtfrife#*'one of these unfortunate streaks that the ■ waterworks plant was built and a Umon handed the city in the 1W of; *a sixty odd thousand dollar debt, and * without 4 a line of record to show how the money was spent. Great is P. L. J and greater still, is his reform. Some .time later they were so anxious to supply electric light that they caused, 'under the cover of darkness, the plant sos a private enterprise to, be entirely .demolished, and in its place erected •a city plant, but never a Hne of record to show its cost. Great is reform, A< another generous time the city was again reformed, but the city debt grew bigger, the interest heavier, bills accumulated, ending as all jsuch things usually end, suits * circuit court. And great is reform. 'Contrast this if, you can, with the ■ last four years, beginning as it did with floating orders to the extent of ttdrtyfpur thousand dollars, and open accounts against* the city until the average- business man would simply throw up Ms , hands in dispalr. It was even necessary for the members of the smraonally guarantee the payment of coal and other supplies that the city plant might continue; Is it any wonder that Billy Archbold might suspect that a conspiracy existed -which had for its object the Mie of the plant? But the present council lived through it, and the taxpayers of the city may well congratulate them* selves that they did. With less than four years of their business ability and attention, Instead of an increase in the city debt, It Is now thirty-five thousand dollars leas, and that means that the interest charge is reduced to that extent. Tiiey have rebuilt: the waterworks and electric light plants, they have refunded the city debt-from san eight and a six per cent Merest* to-a-fifafc and M four and a half, jha| In itself ' saving twenty-five htmdtod dollars a year. They have pnfa, eyeqy order that they issued, and ! fibt once has it been necessary .tor a laboring man to take a Doc. Sholty shave on. his order They have been business men and hake managed the affairs of the city as a business institution, and they take the pledge of further and a lower tax levy if they a»e elected next Tuesday. Your trust Win not be misplaced to them. They have the affairs’ of the city to hand,. and It Will be dollars in your pocket if they are again commissioned as the guardians of the city for the next four yeaM f U does not tMhk so;-We do - ~<Fbe «Uy administration basfW * its cktfm to further confidence of the people fir the- single claim , that th?’ municipal MbThhs been during * L. [ Not' the only claim Xw'S&;*% ftrure -tact that they toft thhtwourtesy few even Upon a MMouS-ret former. That doesn't mean you, P. L„ for you are beyond sa’vatton. Serfousiy heart to heart there! is not a Democrat in the city who should scratch his ticket on the memorable next Tuesday. A vote for the straight ticket means much to the city in a financial way, and it means also that every Democrat has kept the faith. A meeting, a. discussion of the" issues, a smoker and our own Judge Richard K. Erwin back again. Other stalwarts will be there, Judge D. D. Heller will preside, and Hons. David a Smith wm give the boys a good one. Do not miss this one public meeting in thfe campaign. At the court house on Thursday evening. eHHSSBHHSBSSHEHF: - T<mr cough annoys you.- Keep on hacking and tearing the delicate membrances of your throat ,if you want to be anuoyed. But If you want relief, want to be cured, tore OxarnCough Remedy. WoM by att

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