Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1910 — Page 4

SM®SES!TSE!2SEfIE#E!S3!!!3B3IfiB>BB THE rr— —■—*'•' i ■■■-ini’A' jjui ■VamMWBBBAY 4.KW ft. ELL'NGHAM, Bublteitor. 4 M»fß tw> MffiyAßOß.. . ? „ Entered at the postoffibe at Decatur, Ind., as second class mall matter. abams ca LET’S HEAR / " FROM SENATOR BEVERIDGE’ 1 We are glad to know that the insurgent leaders do not propose to allow < the regulars to “get away” with their defense of the iniquitous tariff law under which we are now living. The insurgents are bound to tell the people the truth about this business. They owe it to both the people and themselves to do this. We doubt whether there is much chance of fooling the people. But nevertheless few men know, or can know, anything about the details of the bill. Extended as has been the discussions these have hardly been touched. The bill Itself, should, of course, be analyzed with the utmost care. We are told, for instance, that the duties have been lowered on the great bulk of what we consume. But we are favored with no particulars. As a matter of fact, many of these articles are not directly consumed by the people at all, being used largely by great Industries, industries which have not lowered their prices. In other cases the reductions have been purely nominal, as in the case of the cut in the steel rail duty. It fs as effective as it ever was in keeping up the price of rails. On the other hand the duty on steel used in 1 building has been greatly increased, that is if the steel beams are “punched." as they always are. The bill, as we all know, is full of jokers, some of them were exposed whije. the bill was under discussion. But there are, no doubt, many others. Duties which seem to have been' loitered have actually been raised by a change in classification. We have had some information in regard to the woolen and cotton schedules, and also A as to tb© effect Os. thus taxing the ,i clothing of the people, and the material of which it is made. Something ' , is known pf the nature of the “deal” through which this arrangement was carried out, W© have heard of the pdwer of Whitman, and the work of North in connection with the Dingley tariff. But there is much yet to he made plain, not only concerning the bill itself, but in regard to the corrupt methods which are always employed in getting through this sort of legislation. i • As we say the insurgents cannot afford to keep silent while the president, Senator Aldrich and Mr. Cannon and the congressional committee are telling the people, that it is “the best ever.” Such a judgment in favor of the bill is a judgment against the men who very properly voted against it The people accepted their viem and so far have sustained them. They are with the Insurgents in their fight for popular government. But whether they are to stay with them or not will largely depend on whether or not the insurgents still continue V to serve the people bravely and hont estiy. They could perform no great- | er service than telling the truth about B this tariff bill. We do not doubt that they will do it. They are not respons sible for it. They warned the party I as to what was certain to happen, they gfe pointed out the evil features of the g; bill with great clearness and they urged the leaders to pay some attention to the party pledge and to the interests of the people. They were laugh- £ ed at. The other men had the power K and they used it. It is they and not K the insurgents who honestly tried to save the party from a great mistake, who are to blame. But the truth must come out. The bill will be one of U the great issues, possibly the parali mount issue in the campaign.—Indianapolis News. It 18, of course, useless to expect that it will be impossible to make the K- people like the present tariff law, a p Jaw which even republican conventions refuse to endorse. The Massachusetts election proves that the conventions reflect the views of the people. We do not wonder that the xeA* — - KBs, <

publicans at Washington are disturbed.’ They remember the remarkable ’ plurality recently given to the democratic candidate in Mr. DeArmond’s old district in Missourlt, and now they • have this crashing blow in Massachus- . etta. There is no possibility of explaining it away. Incidentally it may be remarked that the wonderful vlci tory of Mr. Foss is a dreadful blow * to the scholar in politics, Henry Cabot s Lodge, who, together with Reed Smoot, did such valient service for Senator Aldrich in helping him frame . aind force through the present tariff law. —Indianapolis News. And now the republican “leaders” say there will be but one chairman of their one-day state convention —United States Senator Beveridge. The custom is to make a temporary chairman, but the straddlers propose to take no chances on ex-Governor J. trank Hanley slipping into thb deliberations. They propose to put the United States senator on the “lid” and keep him there if their plans are not overthrown.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette. A FAIR APPORTIONMENT In a letter to an Indiana republican politician, E. D. Crumpacker, one of the two republican congressmen from this state, says: “A republican legislature will mean a fair and honest apportionment, while a democratic legislature will mean -A partisan .gerrymander that will be an incubus upon the politics of the state, for possibly a decade. There are other reasons why a republican legislature should be chosen which I do not have time to enumerate now.” If’the “other reasons” about which Crampacker speaks are no better than the one be gave then they are wholly worthless. The statement that a republican legislature will mean “a fair and honest apportionment,” and that a democratic legislature will mean a “paritsan gerrymander,” which will be an-“incubus” upon the politics of the state, is important only as showing the Crampacker caliber. The truth is that the republicans have never made a fair apportionment of the, state. The present apportionment was made with a view.tp. gtving tba republicans every possible advantage. It was a “partisan gerrymander” pure and simple. When the democrats reapportion the state they are pledged to do it fairly, notwithstanding all of the Crumpackers, < jj £* WHO STARTED THIS THING, ANYWAY? The Star is under obligations for the wise and helpful discussion which he contributed to these column&yesterday on the republican situation in this state. In nearly every respect his sentiments are exemplary and his suggestions sound. We regret to dissent from them in the slightest respect, but in one respect, we must, and it is this: If there is any .misunderstanding between President Taft and the press, or between President Taft and the people, it is his fault and not theirs. If there is to be any abatement ot this misunderstanding' the pourparlers must proceed from his side and not theirs. Does he, want them to stop criticising him? Then he must quit criticising them. Does he deprlcate critical analysis of the Payne bill? Then let him change the subject. Who started this thing, anyhow? The president had nardly left his summer home at Beverly for his early autumn trip before he launched into enconium of Senator Aldrich the i chief conspirator in the betrayal of • tariff reform. At the home of James • A. Tawney, than whom the policies of Theodore Roosevelt had no more L vigilant or implicable enemy, he be- > gan to rebuke those patriotic states- > men who had tried to fulfill the prest ident’s own pledges of tariff reform f and had bitterly resented the fail- * ure of that effort. “Let us forget the - tariff.” Why, certainly! But first let us have a cessation of this continuous attributing to the Payne tariff t bill of virtues it has not and these deb nials of iniquities that it undeniably i has. Not a word was said about the i- president’s signing the Payne bill uni- til he himself began praising Aldrich P end began rebuking the tariff reform- •- ers.. Ever since he began and pur- * sued this his favorite theme the men

- he has denounced have never, so far j as we have seen, offered to answer - back. There is a senator tram Indii ana who might hav? taken umbrage r at an equivocal reference to pary ir- - regularity in the Winona speech. But - if he felt aggrieved he has made no - sign. His only answer has been to ■ work harder than Over on the meas- ' ures in which the administration is ; interested. The war, if there is any [ war, was begun on the tariff reform-* • ers by the president. Yet with it all i there is no resentment against him. ’ There is only reserftment against those who' seem to have his confidence, and approval, but who do not deserve it The people are more generous with the president than he has been with them. —Indianapolis Star. In an article headed “Morgan’s Rower," the Indianapolis News refers to the facts about Morgan’s financial interests as recently printed in the New York World. The World showed that the properties owned or controlled or influenced by Mr. Morgan were worth 110,336,462,000. He directly controls railroad, industrial, banking and insurance corporations capitalized at >6,133,487,000. He is a power in the management of the New York Central railroad, the Pullman company, the Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Harlem, Atchison and other railroads which are stocked and bonded for $2,036,085,000. Other companies in which he is a power ar© the Ameri-, can Telephone and Telegraph, the Guggenheim Alaska syndicate, several great New York banks, the Chinese railroad syndlcate, the General Electrie company. the Adanre Express company and the republics of Honduras and Panama, The stocks apd bonds of , these concerns aggregate $716,000,000. The total, ,as we have seen, is more than ten billion dollars. ' Both the World and the News did not i call direct attention to the fact that I sqch dangerous concentration ot ’ wealth was made possible by the leg- ; islation and administrative policies ’ of the republican party as led dur- i Ing the last thirty years, but it is a I fact, nevertheless. ~ , ? ’ asHsssHsssßeaam <. -t-q* The republican leaders say that if . they can make the right kind of planks 1 on tne tariff and on the county option questions and get them into the plat- ; form to be adopted by their state con- i Vehtibfi fi&kt Week they will feel ft 1 little better. But therub will be iff | getting “the right kind of planks.” if they indorse the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, even faintly, they cannot hop© to receive a single honest tariff re* » form vote in'lndiana. If they do hot ■ Indorse it they will put themselves in opposition to the national party and in an attitude of rebuking and stultifying President -Taft, which’: course will alienate' thousands tri whom party regularity is a institution. As to the county option law, if they fail .to pledge the republican party to maintaining it, they wilt offend their allies of the Anti-9albon’ League. If they re-affirm it and face toward prohibition they will have the, opposition of all persons who favor a contrary policy. So it seems plain that whatever the republican state convention may do on either of the questions mentioned it will make trouble. • 1 ‘ ■' • 1 * It is said that if the wealth of the public domain in Alaska could be divided it would give SBO,OOO to every voter in the United States. And it was this wealth that the Morgan and Guggenheim syndicate were in a fair way to get under a complaisant republican administration. As was predicted, the majority of the new committee on rales Is made up of friends of Canndh and he will continue to be the whole thing. The only way to crush Cannonism was to remove Cannon, as the democrats proposed and could have done if the “insurgent” republicans had not had an attack of “cold feet.” . u. Mr. R. G. Tucker who was slated • and could have had the republican nomination for secretary of state for ! the asking, has declined the same, his ■ newspaper work making it impossible > for him to accept such an honor. He - is the Indiana representative of the - Cincinnati Enquirer, and ;is among the i brightest of the many bright newspa-

• per boys of the state, capital. Whihi the duties of such mmy keep him from shining as a member of the i: office-holding class, yet as a newspa- ■ per writer seven teams of oxen could ; never hold him dowq, and while his I position now is an envy to the ©verage • newspaper representative, yet some day you will hear of Bob Tucker still further advanced in the profession, and for which he will be drawing long iponey—and he will be earning it, too. ©■MneeßMoses • President Taft never loses an opportunity to praise the outrageous PayneAldrich tariff law. Whenever he speaks he defends the law against all attacks. In his eyes it is a thing of beauty and a joy forever—the greatest, wisest and best tariff legislation that this or any other. country ever saw or is ever likely to. see. There is no law against Mr. Taft believing all this —if he does believe it—but about eighty million people In the United States have a contrary opinion. All the people know because they feel the effects of the law. A' " l' — ■’■III ■'«>, An Irishman being asked why St. Patrick’s day came to be celebrated on March 17th, replied wOh refdy Celtic wit: “There was a dhpiite as to St. Patrick’s -birthday. Some said it was March Bth and some that it was March 9th; so they compromised by adding them together.” That seems to be the principle on which cbnfcv ence committees in legislative bodies usually compromise their differences oh 'appropriation bills. —South Befvl Times. “ t . Tifis afternoon at Fort Wayne the Hbn. Cyras Cline was rehontinited by the democrats of the Twelfth district as th©lr Candidate for congress. The' honor is well earned and deserved,. He has been faithful and has well represented the-people in congress, and has done it with that dignity characteristic of the real statesman. It is just such men as .Qyi;us Cline that will smash and bring back o the people their right to legislate tor themselves. The’ republicans ot 'Randolph arid Jay counties have nominated Dr. Bader S. Hunt as thely candidate for oiljt senator. He is one of th© bright' young men of his profession and as a member ot the state senate would -reflect' credit upon bls party and the people he would there represent. Charles Bell, formerly agent for the Wellri-Frirgo Express company in this . e©y t and who two years ago received ©‘ promotion to the agency at Fort Wayne, wliere he has been since, has received another boost On Thursday he will go to Akron, Ohio, where he will take charge of the business for the company. It is said that Charles is the fourth best man in the WelisF©rgo agency line, and’ that is saying ■' food deal. The -charge at Akron ift a very responsible one, the business, being sb enormous that a private stenographer and-twenty helpens arerethe agent. Charles has made ..a; rapid rise in his work and his many friends join with him in rejoicing. His family will go to Akron s Borne idea of the size of the Akron agency may be seen from the fact that his force include© fifteen > drivers, a solicitor, cashier and assistant. Only the New York, Chicago and Cleveland agencies excell the one at-Akron for amount of business. f . . ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM. will coure not only a fresh cold, but Se of those stubborn coughs that uslly hang on for months. Give it a trial and prove its worth. 255, 50c and SI.M ; —OQuite elaborate are the preparations under way by the Modern Woodmen for the celebration of the fourth anniversary of their organization on the evening of April 9th alt the Woodman hall. This will be for the Woodmen, Royal Neighbors ai\d all prospective candidates and quite a festive time is assured. There will be a musical program, and addresses, among the speakers being District Deputy A. Hofmeister of Fort Wayne/ After the' program, instead of a banquet; the members will be taken to the moving picture shows, where the very best will be provided in that line by the proprietors. This order has grown much in the four years of its life, until it is cme of the most progressive orders in the city. * The growth in the years to come promises to be quite as great. A.' : I Surpassing all others in beauty,

e beauty, fairness and colbring, were the fifty-two young ladles in beautiful costumes, who, with their fifty-tWq d companions, enjoyed the round of $ dances e one continuous whirl of please to. music furnished by the orchestra comprising Elgin King, Bruce Patterson, u J Drake, John Geary and' Ralph Moser. Many guests from out* rif 8 < tpwn were In attendance. v — —■■ ■■ WEN RUBBERS BECOME u : NECESSARY x • And your shoes pinch, Alien’s Footb Ease, a powder to be shaken into the 1 shoes, Is just the thing to use. Try It for breaking in new shoes. Sold, • everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any . substitute. , ■ —I ’ 1 The first straw hat of the season ’ iri the business world appeared yesi terday sitting jauntily on the head of [ Attorney. Shafer Peterson. Os course t Shafe did not want to wear it until after Easter, and now that he has sprung it on that holiday, he thinks 1 he can wear it every days Shafe, » like a.great many more, woud rather be “dead than out of style” anyhow. Herman Yager was a Portland visitor yesterday. _ i,, 1,,' in©.,. BORE LUNGS RAW LUNGS. Most people know the feeling and the miserable state of 111 health it indicates. AU people should know that Relay's Honey and-Tar, the greatest throat and lung remedy, will quicklycure the soreness and cough and re-, store a normal condition. Ask for Fpley’s Honey and Tar. The Holt- , house Drug Company. ,» ■ ’I — —1... . « In the spring, when the green gits. ■ back in the trees, ' y And the sun comes out and .stays, - And your boots pull-on.-with a good : tight squeeze, - Ahd you think of your barefoot days? When you ort to work and you Want to not, And you and your wife agrees - > It’s time to spade up your garden lot— • • When the green, you know, gits back trees. Well, work Is the least of my idees When the green, you knOw, gets back on tiie trees. —Riley. The ladies of the Presbyterian church have completed arrangement« for another one of, gery excellent dinners to be given at the church, Thursday, March • 31st. Dinner will be served for the very small sum of .twenty-five cents from the following. menu: Chicken Pot-Pie Mashed Potatoes Scalloped Corn Cranberry Sauce Plakles “r“7elly, Salad Deviled Eggs Bread Butter Coffee Cranberry and Banana Pie Everybody is cordially invited > to trie dinner. The importance of this month’s session of the Woman’s Home Missionary society of the M. E. church should bring every one. to the meeting at the home of Mrs. John Rex Thursday afternoon, when that lady assisted by Mrs. W. H. Fledderjohann, Will entertain. ' The date ‘Of the meeting has been changed so as no tto conflict with the Conference Week, April to 11th. The election of officers is scheduled fbr this meeting. . The 'Tdeal Sunbeam,” a social club . comprising the members of the Pres- : bytririan ■Sunday school- class taught . by Miks Edna Hoffman, which ineets ’ every second Monday evening with. I one’of th emembers, Was entertained • this Week by Naomi Meyers. The eighteen members were'present land each contributed to the program cf music 'and recitations. Miss Roweha I. Shoaf Will be hostess at the next so- ■ cial. 1 ’ _____..' Mrs. P. G. Hooper royally entertained the members of the Sewing i club yesterday afternoon. While they i busily employed their needles they - chatted gayly, but were quite ready J to cease for a while when the hostess i served a most tempting lunch. Mrs. , Irvin Hower of Anderson, who is vis- » iting with her sistef, Mrs. D. W. 3 Beery, was a guest. 1 3 The last session but two, of the . Historical Reading club’s season, was r held Tuesday evening with Mrs. P. U. i Thomas. "The Stage” was the sub- - ject of a paper abounding in interestr ing facts, well arranged and presenter ed, prepared and read by Mrs. Jane b Crabbs, oh which each member spoke i also. Next week the club will meet h with Mrs. Burns, and the closing sesb sion, the week after, will be with i- Mrs. Thomas again. ■ - Needlework, with music in turn, by *, the members while others sewed, I , .... ~ - ,

e Nearly >© hundred were in attendi ance at the Men’s club anniversary b Celebration at th© Presbyterian 1 church;.Tuesday evening and enjoyed ? the musical program as announced f yesterday, with th©, speech by 8, p. y. Kaier of- Columbia City. Mr. Kaier's >, .address is said to hay© been © most - Mde one, his subject being, “PUato’s . 4 Her ,Dream-” In the abi ©asce pf the president, W. A. Lower, t who returned late frpm Fort Wayne, the session was opened and presided ** over by the Hon. C. J, Lutz. After th© -musical program the time was spent socially and refreshments, con- ' slsting.pf ice cream and cake, with '* coffee, were served by Messrs. Lehne, ’ Doctors Patterson and Sowers, W. A. ’’ Lowe? and Charles Steele; Mrs- Catherine Rugg of this city is voting for'several .days with her niece, Jtfrs. W. A. Fonner near MonMr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold and *m, BfilL.and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fort..Wayne w.ere enter- ? tained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. 5 J. L. Edge. , ’V .'B.'- ■■■ ■ ‘ ' L ' ..;/ ■■'+ ■■•’ s | Tri© last Epworth League social of this conference year will be held in the church parlors Friday evening at 8 o’clck. .A- small admission lib charged at the door. Come. 1 . - '3”i' 1 -4 " . - ■ ■:J Miss J©an Lutz is the guest ot the Charles ’true family at their farm at Poe for'several days. — ' ' ”, 4 The season at Rome City for 7 7 tur folk will be opened by Tom Reid with a “house warming” at his cottage there a couple of days th© first of next week. Members of the party will be I. Kalver, 6. A. Dugan, p.M. : Hensley, John Heller, Charles 7 Bell,. W: P. Schrock, C. C. Shafer, Rby Archbold and M. F. Rlc©. 1 ' * ‘ ' ' '' I '■ > ’' ■ " • Misses Fan Hite and Zoa Miller returned this moaning from Portland,. Where they attended the ball given Tuesday evening at Armory hall by , . , Miss Frances Bryson and others. About seventy-five couples in attend* ance, good music, beautiful decorations, and other things agreeably combined to make it a success. MissMalge Hite also attended, but will re-, mafcn for a several days’ tisit. Mrs. d. P. Edwards of Leipsic, Ohio,, whb has been spending several days; with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John. 1 NiHick.feturnfea'hbme tri attend a ’ meeting that closes the club season: for a club of which she is a member.. She will return here tomorrow to finish her visit. The Ben Hurs will have their anni- ‘ versary celebration Friday evening:' and it is earnestly desired thatall -— members be present at this annual meeting of importance. There willl be a good program and refreshments will be served. : ' ■»©•"«*■' ( wH' Miss Victoria Stone, who was the; guests of friends at Indianapolis-fbr some time, returned home today. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bracht rhave returned to Fort Wayne after a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bracht and with b^ r . B^ter > - i Mrs, Lloyd Ritter. 7- ; Mahlon Harmon left yesterday aft- '' ernoon to call on his mother, Mrs.. j Epima Harmon, living five miles south of Dixon, Ohio. Mrs. Harmon is very ssck with Bright’s disease and dropsy, * from whiCh she has been suffering- , several years- She is about sixty-five years of age. ‘ . r> .. , Jesse fiibliqk is converting “Noah’s ; Ark” building into a private garage, which will' be occupied by his "handsome touring car. The boys say he is completely remodeling the building ' to get it into good 'shape for the reception of the car, but when Interviewed oif the matter, Jesse stated that the only remodeling was thd | building of 4 a board front fbr protection td''keep the car from going through the front should it take a sudden 'notion to do so. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTO RIA P. P. P. G. ■ Positive, Painless Pile Cure The most thorough and complete, practical and painless method of treating all curabale diseases of the 1 rectum ever placed before the public. 1 It displaces all the old, barbarous methods of cutting, ligating and in- ■ jecting. Piles are permanently cured r in a few Weeks by the use of this treatment Fissure Fistula, Catarrh, Inflammation, Ulceration, Prolapsus, ’p* yonr dru «« lßt fer it, or send di-