Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1910 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ' rmTMBMBAT ■OaKHfO BY AEW O. ELL'NQHAM, Pubilehoc. MjM MB TUB IM ADVAPOB. .«iiy 1 ' ■)' . ' ■ Entered at the postofflce at Decatw. tad., aa second class wall matter. . »iii ■ mi OFFICIAL PAPER OF ABAMBGOTHAT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR " ‘ The suggestion of Governor Marshall that, In view of the repeated declaration in democratic platforms in favor of the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, it would be advisable for the state convention to select a candidate for the senate to oppose Beveridge, is receiving extended consideration. It is apparent that there, is a conflict of opnion as to whether the suggestion is one of which the party can or should avail itself this year, however meritorious and deliberate it may be as a general proposition. Plausible reasons are urged both for and against the naming of a senatorial candidate by the convention which will assemble on the 27th and 28th of April. In the end, doubtless, the convention itself will settle the question in such a manner as seems to the delegates best for the party. And in the meantime there is no cause for excitement or undue contention. So far as the result of the campaign is concerned it can make little, if any difference whether the convention names a party candidate for the senator or leaves the choice to a caucus of the democratic members of the legislature. Governor Marshall in no sense has assumed the attitude of attempting to dictate to the convention. He has merely exercised his right, as an individual democrat, to express his opinion upon the subject, just as any other democrat may express the same or a contrary opinion. The attempt of the republican press to make it appear that the governor’s suggestion is either to help or hurt any democrat who aspires to be senator is foolish, And equally foolish is the republican press to make it appear that remocrats who do not at this time indorse the governor’s suggestion are actuated by either personal or political animosity against him. Indiana democrats do not propose to quarrel—not this year at least. They may have different views as to what is best to do under given circumstances,, but to a. man they are going to abide by the action of their stat® convention on all questions concerning their energies against the opposition. And they will do it with enthusiasm, too, and theres •a by win a victory which is very essen/,‘jUal to the public welfare,

’ r .‘ •' • i ' IT LOOKS , , LIKE A HOPELESS TANGL< 1 * ’ ’ Not since the republibafi pasty Was organised fifty-four years ago' have ' ’*<hb Indiana members of it been in such a hopeless tangle as they are to- ' day. This is admitted by Influentisel men representing the different-,i»c-’'tlons. In the interest of Senator , fievertdge’s candidacy tor reflection, many of the republican papers of &e ; : state have announced their opposition to the tariff measure which the national leaders of the party are determined to uphold. Other papers accept President Taft’s statement that the tariff law is all right. The state committee which was elected to stilt i Mr. Beveridge must make either an “insurgent” or a “regular” campaign. If it does the former it, will offend a powerful element. If it does the latter, it leaves its chief candidate with no leg to stand on, and will, besides, be guilty of the grossest treachery. And yet it must perforce do one thing or the other, if it means to be honest. Any straddling of the situation will convince the people that spoils of office and not principle are the things most revered. There is also doubt and confusion about the party attitude on other questions. As a resu’t there are a few men on th estate enough to seek places on the state ticket. The state convention is admittedly to be as tame an affair as careful planning can make K. If possible, everything is to be agreed on in advance of the coming es the dele- , aMMk. ■ • ■ , ■. ' Vj,‘ ; ' ' . . . • . 'tvAt JTTE-A' It _' T Ttjf.adL«->’

' gates, who will be expected to ratify the program arranged by the managers. So Inert and lacking in vitality and spirit is the present situation that leading republicans like ex-Senator Hemenway declare that they shall not attend the convention, while others, if they are on hand, will feel like walking from the party fireside. What i can such a condition portend if not a ' complete rout at the polls? It WAB A POPULAR REVOLT The overthrow of Cannon, the speaker of the house oi representatives, is one of the most significant developments in American politics in many years. It was the outgrowth of the popular revolt against the domination of special interests in legislation. The growth of the trusts since 1896, and their immunity from punishment by the party that has been in power brought about a condition of affairs that became .intolerable. There has been much talk of trust busting, but it was all talk and no busting, and the combinations that control the price of commodities have had practically their own way. Like Abu Ben Adhem, “exceeding peace has made them bold,” and in the last congress they manipulated the tariff schedules in a way to suit their own selfish purposes, for all of which the consumers are now paying the price. Cannonlsm is synonymous with trusts, trust tariffs and trust prices, and the inevitable revolt has come. Stubbornly and brazenly the speaker, backed by the president and the reactionaries in and out of congress and sustained by the lobbyists of the interests, held out against the demand for reform. The reformation of the rules was but a minor incident in the popular revolution against the existing order, but the fact that so many republicans joined with the democrats in demanding a change is signifiant of the trend of public opinion. The people are heartily weary of paying prices based upon laws enacted in the interests of the great combinations of capital. They are tired of being exploited for the benefit of favored classes represented by Cannon and his cohorts, and the congressmen who brought about the speaker’s downfall are the exponents of the popular disapproval of his work and his sinister alliances. —Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. CANNON AND CANNONIBM CONTINUE In the struggle just ended in the house against Cannonism the republican insurgents, when the final test came, proved their insincerity, or at least their lack of courage. It was only by overthrowing Cannon that •‘Cannonism” in the present congress

could be wipe dout. And yet when the democrats had shown that, with the aid of the insurgents, they had power to overthrow Cannon comPtetely by , ousting hftn from the speakership, all of the insurgents but nine refused to join them. The other insurgents, voted.to keep Cannon in the speakership. In this way Cannonism was “left OH the job,” Soto speak. It is to the credit of the democratic members that they voted to a man to depose Cannon, if all of the so-called republican insurgents had voted with them the have seen the end of Cannonlsm. But f ■" 1 . only, nine had the courage to do it .Crumpacker and Barnard, the only two republican congressmen from Indiana, voted to keep Cannon in the speaker’s chair. It should be borne in mind that the resolution to oust Cannon was offered b> Burleson, a democratic congressman; that every democratic member supported the resolution; that only nine insurgents voted for it; that all of the other insurgents voted against it and for Cannon; and that in this way, over the protest of the democrats, both Cannon and Cannonlsm wil continue to dominate congress. A local paper from central New York states that a farmer who refused 50 cents a bushel for his potatoes last fall, now has 2,000 bushels on hand for which he can get but 35 cents. Apples, too, are one dollar a barrel cheaper than they were in December. Even a farmer’s greed sometimes over-reaches Itself, it is

■ encouraging for the consumer, however, to learn that even potatoes are cheaper.—South Ben Times. WNBMBtaMBm George Ade, whose reputation as a humorist was already pretty well established, has added something to it by telling the people “down east” that the republican prospects in Indiana are bright Nobody but George would have thought such an extremely funny thought ’ ' ■' ■Hss.i. LMimLid It is predicted that When Mr. Roosevelt returns he will not talk politics, but will lecture on “Wild 'Animals I Have Met.” He might get a good deal of politics into that sort of lecture, since not all the wild animals he has encountered were In Africa.— Indianapolis Star. ——i "’l'uem The charges or corruption and bribery involving prominent republican politicians in New York has added to the general alarm in the party, not only in that state, but throughout the country. But it is quite often the case that troubles do not come singly. With the republicans they are coming in bunches. The Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis Star has taken quite an interest in the platform to be adopted by the democratic state convention. It seems altogether possible that the Indiana democrats who are chosen as delegates to the convention will arrange the platform. And when it is arranged the work will be done. A newspaper entirely friendly to Senator Beveridge has this to say: “We could name several republicans of unquestioned regularity who could support Mr. Beveridge with much loftier zeal if the whole tribe of mugwumps were after his scalp.” The bearing of this depends upon , its application, which is to the tact that the Hon. Lucius B. Swift, Grand Sachem of the Indianapolis Tribe of Republican Mugwumps, was his bubtohorn in a mighty blast for Beveridge and then winded it agaifi other mighty blast in deflanqe. of hifc foes, including the aforesaid “several Republicans of unquestioned regularity.” Just before he embarked for home, ex-Vice President Fairbanks stated in an interview that he would be glad to get back to a country for which the “protective” tariff has done so much. Mr. Fairbanks seems to take sides with Taft, Aldrich, Cannon and that crowd as to the special beauties of the tariff law. In all respects he still remains true to Watson, Hemenway, Durbin, and other member sos hh aj| tlon in Indiana, and doubtless will fully indorse their .attitude on this forthcoming republican convention. That attitude is that the Payne-Ald-dlch-Taft tariff law should be approved, regardless of the effect fit spek action ;in Senator , Beveridge’s oarapaign. But just hoW the convention can approve the law and approve Beveridge’s vote against it is something to think about. ■ '■ • .• - Speaker Cannon is quoted as s tying that 5 It is “better to have a democrat in congress than an insurgent or progressive: This is all right as far as It goes, but is stops short of the real truth, which is that it is better to have • - I ■ a democrat in congress than a republican insurgent, progressive or regular. And in this no disrespect Js meant. Only a democratic corigrese can correct the evils that the people 1 complain of. The republican party has shown that it cannot be trusted. •■r ■- The postoffice department of the government is managed by Mr, Taftjp political manager, Hitchcock. For many years—and recently more than '■ ever—the postoffice department has 1 been a political machine. The service rendered to the.public is merely Inci--1 dental. It is no wonder, therefore, that this department spends 117,000,000 a year more than it takes in. The republican editors of Indiana, who were so Indignant because it was i reported that they had indorsed the : stand of the president and congress • on the tariff, will note with pleasure that the president has taken another] rap at them along with Senator Bev- > eridge and the rest of the progrps-

sives. He now calls upon the republican editors of niirtuWWlrlffSnfrby the tariff act and endorse''the conduct of the republican congress. The president has the old notion that everything that the republican party does is right because therepublioanparqy does it but the middle west at least has grown big enough to know a had thing when it sees it, and, even the republican editors of ths state were insulted when they were accused, whether basely or truthfully It may never be learned, of having endorsed the last tariff *Olll. —Columbia City Post. Geneva, Ind., March 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mts. C. J. Graves and son, Erlln, left today for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hilkey at Auburn. They will remain there until April 6th, when they will join Rev. Graves at Bluffton and attend the Methodist conference in session there from April 4th Perry Burk, oldest rural route carrier in Adams county in point of service, is very sick at tene. His route is beng looked substitute Clyde Kraner. Ex-County Commissioner George Pontius is very ill, suffering from complications due to old age. He is in a very serious condition and his recovery is doubtful. Benjamin F. Ashbaucher, the Bluffton photographer, w|is |iere, tatby attending to business affairs. He made the trip over the automobile route. George Calkins of West Line street has accepted a position in the Robinson, 111., oil fields and has gone to that place. Mrs. James F. Shaw of Route No. 2 returned home Tuesday after a visit with her daughter at Selma, Ind. C. J. Lutz, the well known Decatur attorney, was here this afternoon and went to the school of which Nelson Bricker is teacher to address the students at the last day of school. The remains of Hug Golden of Fort Wayne arrived here Tuesday afternoon and were taken to Jefferson township, where interment was made. Mrs. P.-J. Kinney of Decatur was here Tuesday to attend the funeral of Hugh Golden, held Tuesday. The funeral services of Mrs. Martin L. Kizer were held at 10:30 o’clock this morning at the Mission church, three miles west of Berne. Among those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Israel and Fred Bender of Pleasant Mills and Mr. and Mrs. William Bender of Lima, Ohio. ■ W. H. Meyers, the real estate agent, Who, with Martin Miller and D. W. Harpster, have spent the past few days ih Eaton county, Michigan, .returned Tuesday evening. They were ( well pleased with the country and Mt. Meyers brought with him a quantity <|f , flnp apples, corn, potatoes, and other products raised th ere, to show to Adams county folk who may be. desirous of. locating there, and now hag tb i® same on display in his office with Hqoper ft Lenhart. D. W. Harpster purchased a faym in..that yjctaJty* and will move there .du aepn aft school is out here, but Mr. Millerites not yet decided whether, he will locate there. The land is said to be unusually fine, sells for from |3O to |9O per acre, and is well improved, with alt the modern and up-to-date buildings and other things that go to make a much-desired homo. , 1 » — ——o- — B.*H. Danforth of the Fort Wayne branch of the Indiana Lighting company is here today and our people will be glad to learn that his visit here probably means a reduction in the gas bill hereafter. He has installed tn the gas reservoir here what is .known as. a Connelly Automatic governor, which regulates the amount of gas which flows into toe mains. This was done for a double purpose, one of which is that the gas pressure here has been too high and this causes ft leakage along the lines to the loss of the company. It also forces too much gas through the mixers and makes the gas bills higher than they should otherwise be. At first this may cause a slight inconvenience among the users of gas, as in some few cases the gas may be too this can easily be regulated and if you find such a case, you should at once notify the gas office here, who will see that this is remedied. The Indiana Lighting company is doing all that they can to furnish the people here gas at as low a cost as possible. ... o ———— Mr. Mitchell, W. H. Fledderjohnn, Roy Eddinger and Oliver Schug leave this evening for South Bend, where they attend a meeting of the Central

ROYAL NEWHBORS ' - « ♦ . ■ t '• *! ' “ • 1 ■ , Entertained in Honor their 15th Anniversary. ’ 7 w ’ A QUEER ACCIDENT Bert Lee Fell From Pair of Stilts and Was Quite Badly Injured. Monroe, Ind., March 23 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—At a special meeting held at the Woodmen hall at Monroe Monday evening the Royal Neighbors initiated a class Os eight candidates. The Decatur camp of Neighbors, numbering twenty-eight, Including the team, arrived here in time to take part in the ceremonies, and it Is said that they did the work in an admirable manner, and it also being ,• the date of the fifteenth anniversary of the Royal Neighbors, It was celebrated as a double event, and all who participated are loud In their praise of the good time had. Speeches were made by the Decatur members, which were interesting and inspiring, and everyone who was fortunate enough to be a Neighbor .and was permitted to partake of the sumptuous banquet which was served after the work was concluded, certainly will always remember it. The Royal Neighbor camp i of Monroe, as in all things, is in a class by itself when it comes to entertaining its sister lodges, and Its hospitality and kind treatment Is unlimited. There are three candidates to be taken in in the near future, and all members should be present next Wednesday evening, their regular session. The Decatur guests left at a late hour and will always find a warm spot In the hearts of the Monroe Royal Neighbors. Remember that you can buy any j ten cent article at the Mayer Variety store for eight cents; also any five cent article for three cents. Come before the best is taken. •» t ■ r—' - John Hawkins, who lived one and one-half miles, west of Vera Cruz, loaded at this place his household goods, together with his horses and farming implements, which he shipped to Sturgis, Mich. From there he will take them to a farm, seven miles northwest of the above place, where he and his family will make their future home. Burt, the fourteen-year-dd son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee, living a short distance from Monroe, met . with an accident Monday morning, while, in the act of walking on a pair of stilts, which in some manner caught . on his foot, throwing him to the ground, with such force as to break his left leg just below the knee and badly spraining his ankle on h|q. right foot. The Injuries are very painful, but; the young ma.fi is resting eagy and wil soon be able to be about again. OTO ; ' for the next ten days. Call In and »««• ■ : Jesse Rupert from Hope hospital, Fort Waxoe;j .|?bere had been- for some Ume for the treatment of his eyes. He wasgrs«sy benefltted while there. ’ Mr<, Harvp Kessler, who resides near Monroe, js still, quite sick with p’eurisy. 3 ... .. , ' George Jacobs, living three miles east of Monroe, one of our most prosperous farmers, is now busy erecting a fine house and barn on his farm. The buildings will be modern and, up-to-date, as well as a model of beauty and convenience. f Dr. Ray Knossos Berne was in Monroe Tuesday afternoon looking UP a location for the purpose of establishing a branch dental parlor, to modate the many patrons residing in this vicinity. He will be ready for business within the next few days. Mrs. Godfrey Curt of Monmouth is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Grimm. Mr. Blerie of Berne Was here Tuesday afternoon looking up insurance business. / O' • ' ' f H. F. Callow left this morning for Wren, Ohio, where he went on account Jfit the iUneo» of his mother, who is very sick ? n , Mr. and Mrs. James Drage and son, Harold returned last evening from I

NOTICE OF Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of John Brown, sr., deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the Bth : day of.April, 1910, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate ’ S' of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship and receive their distributive shares. GEO. D. BROWN, Administrator. Decatur, Ind., March 15,1910. Heller, Sutton ft Heller, attorneys. ; :■’ > r ’m2 * o — NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT ♦' OF ETBATE. Notice is hereby given to the credit- 1 ors, heirs apd legatees of Mary J. ' Meltz Beglin, deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit court held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 15th day of April, 1910, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent shbuld not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. JAMES M. ARPHBQ.LD, Administrator. Decatur, Ind., March 23, 1910. Heller, Sutton & Heller; Attornews. 12t2 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF RfcAL TSTATE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Simeon B. Fordyce, administrator. of the estate of Mercy A. Anlrews, deceased, will offer for sale at public saie at the east door of the court house In the City of Decatur, Indiana, at 2:30 p. m., on r : Saturday, April 23, 1910, / the following, real estate, situated in Adams County, Indiana: The southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section nineteeh (19) in township twenty-seven (27), ndisb of range fifteen (15) east, containing < forty acres. 1 Also a tract or parcel of ground described as follows: Commencing twelve rods and nine and one-half feet’north from the southeast corner of the west half of the northeast quarter sectiqn nineteen in township twentyseven, north of range fifteen east, thence running north on said line twelve rods and ten and one-half feet to a stake, thence west eleven rods and seven feet, to a stake in the road, thence along said road seventeen , rods and seven feet to the place of beginning, containing 76 rods more or less. Also the following parcel of land, to wk: Commencing at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section nineteen, township twenty-seven, north of range fifteen east, thence running north fifty-seven rods and three links, thence west fifty-six rods, thence south fifty-seven rods, three < links, thence east to the place of beginning, contaihing twenty" (20) acrbs, and containing in all 60 acres more or less, in Adams county, Indiana, ■ , The terms of said sale win be as « follows: One-third cash on day of < sale; one-third in nine months, and one-third in eighteen months from date of sale, purchaser to give pls notes, with approved personal security, bearing six per cent interest from date and also securing by mortgages on said real estate for deferred payments. Purchaser may have privilege of paying all cash. 4 SIMEON Bi FORDYCE, 12t4 Administrator. Mts. William Sheler went to Fbrt Wayne this morning, where she -was the guest of friend® during the day. WEN RUBBERS BECOME NECEBBA&Y Apft your shoes plnoh,.AM ex’s, FootEase, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. ls just the thln< to i»e. Try it . for breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c. Doni accept any ■ aubstltute;-- . .1-. j• wvn . a - . —- ' SORE LUNGS ANO RAW4iUNGB. ’ Mbit people imow tty, ’ahd the miserable istate of ill health ,it indicates. AU .people, stanxld know that Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest Ibroat and tang remedy, wlll .quipkly cure the soreness and rough and restore a normal condition. Ask for Foley’s Honey and Tar. The Holthouse Drug Company. , •. . . —Or— ——r—— ' ALLEN’B LUNG BALSAM. will route not only a fresh cold, but one of those stubborn coughs that usually hang on for months. Give It a trial and prove its worth. 255. 500 1 and >I.OO. P. P. P. c. Positive, Painless pile Cura i The most thorough and complete,. • practical and painless method of treating all curabale diseases of the rectum ever placed before the public. i It displaces all the old, barbarous i methods of cutting, ligating and injecting. Piles are permanently cured / In a few weeks by the use of this . treatment Fissure Fistula, Catarrh, > Inflammation, Ulceration, Prolapsus, Constipation, Bleeding, Blind and Itching Piles are cured as if by magic, r Ask your druggist for it, or send di- . rest to 8. U. TAR NEY, Auburn, Ind. —