Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1910 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■VWXYTHUBSDAY HOSKIN® BY 4.1 W G, ELLINGHAM, Publisher. 1 1 ji■ ”i 1 -'--g-'*- u ■. , 'r**? ajnW Y»AB IM ADVAMOB. / - Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, lad., as second class mall matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMI CO. THEY SHOULD NAME THE ONE The Winchester Herald, Bep., has this to say of the insurgent senator who is reported by the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune as appearing upon the floor of • the senate with the flowing bowl: “The item appeared in the New York paper about a month ago and has been widely copied and commented on throughout the United The charge made by the Tribune is a serious reflection upon the public conduct of a United States senator and ought not to be passed without investigation—no matter what party or faction the official may be affiliated with. In this day and age the people of the United States have no use for a public official who will so far forget the dignity of his office and the duty he owes his constituents —saying nothing of the personal side —as to exhibit himself in the nation’s capital in a state of intoxication. That the senator poses as a “paragon of virtue,” as the Tribune puts it, when he is outside of Washington, does not strengthen his case to any appreciable i s %ris to be hoped that the charge of the, Washington correspondent is unfounded, but if grounded upon fact 1 he is entitled to no more protection by silence that John Jones gets when he pleads guilty to intoxication before ' the mayor or the justice of the pease and pays his little dollar and costs. The “Insurgent” correspondents at 1 Washington have been very assiduous 1 in attempting to clarify the moral at- ' mosphere ip. that vicinity. Here is a chance for them to refute an ugly l charge that may prove injurious if 1 permitted to go unchallenged.” •*■ * in the course of its tariff discussios, the Marion Chronicle asks how it can be claimed that the rate of duty affects the price of sugar when • in Germany, where the rate of protection is much higher than it It is in this country, sugar sells at two cents a pound less than it does here. The answer to this is easy also. In both Germany and the United States protection, by snutting out foreign competititlon, gave opportunity for the formation of trusts with monopolistic prices; but Germany, unlike the United States, has a graded tax system which effectually prohibits monopoly and preserves home competition. It is not necessary to claim that the High protective tariff is alone responsible for the exorbitant prices. But it does furnish breeding ground for trusts, with all their train of evils. Hence The Times believes that the rate of duty should in every case be kept so low that it would simply provide for the higher cost of American labor, and not furnish means for amassing collossal fortunes, controlling congresses, and destroying domestic competition; It further urges the use of the taxing power of the government and prison penalties, if necessary, to crush out the monopolies already existing and prevent the formation of others. —South Bend Times. Chairman Lee of the republican state committee is evidently making a few discoveries. He told a fifth district audience the other day that the republicans of the state could expect no suppoft from the democrats, this time. He could just as truthfully said in addition that a large element of the republicans will furnish their party but small comfort. Even if insurgency leads to democratic control, we have grave doubts as to whether the cofun try will go wholly to the devil; and anyhow, there isn’t enough difference between insurgent policies and democratic poll- ?. cies for us to make a choice between them. Our contention is that republican policies have ever been and are

now, for the best interest of the country, that they have and are now bringing prosperity to the nation, and that the figtyt being made upon President Taft’s administration in republican circles is wholly unjustifiable.—Huntington Morning Times, Rep. 1 \ Senator Daniel of Virginia is dead, having suffered the third stroke of paralysis which, ended his life.' The Virginia senator, has long been in national public life, being one of the oldest democratic members of the United States senate, and until recent years, when his health became impaired, he was a conspicuous figure and in popular favor. Calls are appearing in the democratic newspapers of the district for the selection ot delegates to the democratic congressional convention, which will be held in Muncie July 14th. It is expected that this will be one of the largest and most enthusistic conventions of the year, and this, too, in the face of the fact that Congressmen Adair will have a clear field. The reason for all this enthusiasm lies in the fact that Congressman Adair is in popular favor not alone with the democrats, but with the people of all political beliefs. They not only wish him well, but they will see that his political future isjvell taken care of in the election. They like the man, they trust him and when that is said, politics cuts but little ice. At a meeting of the democratic state committee it was decided to establish a press bureau, and in a few weeks the political news of the state will be given through this new means of publicatlbn. It is hoped that they will be fair and honest in their treatment of the news of the capital and the state. Now the republican congressional candidates have met Senator Beveridge and made an effort to modify his campaign plans, and cut down to a minimum his state convention program of insurgency, in which he himself admitted that he had “kicked the stomach off the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.” It is becoming more and more painfully evident that Senator Bever idge is working both sides of the political game and that he is working it for political purposes. Even the sweet-tempered and mildmannered Fort Wayne News draws the line on fleas—but these happen to be democratic fleas. If there is one kind of fleas that are even more intolerant than another, it is the democratic brand, and then to think that this year they are going to be more numerous and vigilant than ever before, means a bad summer for the News. Cheer up. Taggart, the dog. Not on your tin-type. Taggart is the king bee flea. And while it is only the first of July and a long time until November, yet you had better watch your dog. , ■ It may be an open question this year as to whether the republicans or the insurgents will survive the campaign, but the question as to which faction represents the party will have to be settled before the next campaign or the next administration will represent neither. As the Chicago Inter-Ocean declares, “the insurgents, if they mean what they say, and the historic republicans, if they mean what they say, stand for antagonistic principles of government,” and the attempted compromises of 1910 will not hold the voters in line in the national campaign two years from now.—Huntington Morning Times, Rep. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC The campaign contribution publicity bill passed by congress is mere humbuggery—a transparent bluff —an insolent attempt to deceive the public. It provides for publication “after” election. The democrats insisted that the publication should be “before" elections, when publicity would, mean • something. On this subject the Indii anapolis News says: “The action taken yesterday will no doubt afford great relief and encouri agement to the republican congres- • sional campaign committee, which has i steadily opposed pre-election public-

: would ruin their chances for obtain- : Ing money. From this one might al- . most infer that they expect to get ■ funds from those who are ashamed to make contributions, or from such suspicious sources thfit public knowledge . of their origin would discredit their candidates. Why they should think that they would suffer so much more than the democrats they do not exi plain. Incidentally, the failure to pro- ■ vide for pre-election publicity is another thing that the republics!, spellbinders will be called on to defend on the stump. It wlll not be easy to convince the voters that it is none of their business who is paying a candidate’s campaign expenses until it is too late for them to do anything about it For some reason, impossible to understand, the republicans this year seem determined to load themselves will all the embarassments possible.” — - - —— How can the government control the trusts when the trusts control the government?—Senator Owen of Oklahoma. When President Taft went into office he said that government expenses should be reduced. But they have not been reduced. On the contrary, the session of congress just closed managed to get away with* more money than any of its predecessors—many millions of dollars more. I ; — The total appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, was J 1,044,000,000, wheras the approprla- , tions for the fiscal year Ending June , 30, 1911, are about $1,058,000,000. , Such expenditures are absolutely unjustiafiable. When the president came into office he declared for econ- ( omy with a flourish of trumpets. The newspapers were full of what he was going to do In that regard to relieve ' the taxpayers of the land. But all ' such talk turned out to be a thuder- 1 Ing in the index. * “Senator Beveridge is “certain that i we shall carry the state this fall by a ] very heavy majority, a majority which ' Indeed, will be found to be historic." 1 The democrats profess to be quite < as confident of victory. They, too, 1 think that they are going to “win overwhelmingly.” We have no desire 1 to judge as between prophets. The campaign has not yet begun. The j polls are yet to be taken. The situa- 1 tion is exceedingly complicated, and there are suspicions of cross-currents beneath the surface, the force of which no man can estimate. What we question is the existence at this ‘ time of any information sufficiently accurate to warrant one in basing a judgment on it. No doubt Senator Beveridge’s prophecy is based on facts that seem to him undisputable. And yet would even he, 'were he a “chevar iler d'industrie,” risk even money on winning “overwhelmingly?” Would he advise a gentleman eager to “place his money,” to give odds of two to one on any republican plurality at all? We warn the senator against confusing conrdence and overconfidence. The former is an admirable trait. The latter has often brought disaster.-Indianapolis News. The session or congress just closed, passed appropriation bills disposing of ono billion and flfty-rour million dollarm This is more than double the highest sum spent in any year under Cleveland’s administration, when there was a democratic congress. So reckless has been the increase in the cost of the national government that many republicans are protesting against the action of their party. Even Senator Aldrich has declared that his 1 party has been spending 1300,000,000 a year more than is necessary. And now ex-Governor Herrick of Ohio, who is now president of a big financial institution, has this to say with reference ’to the waste of public money: "If this reckless pace continues the • pressure of taxation soon will become intolerable and municipal credit will 1 be exhausted. If a remedy is not soon applied, not only will new issues of municipal, state and government ■ bonds sell for much less than hereto- - fore, but the bonds already In the .i ■— ■ .. 2

hands o epu He wldepec to Is there a republican leader in Indiana who cries out. against government extravagance? Did anyone ever hear Senator Beveridge denounce It? Not a bit of it? Samuel W. Allerton, at the age of eighty-two, has relinquished his allegiance to the republican party and has become a democrat The antagonism of the veteran ranchman, packer, banker, and capitalist has been aroused against the republican party on account of what he terms its tendency toward paternalism and meddling.— Chicago Tribune. Now comes Senator Beveridge who says that he and the president are ln, accord, and that everything is lovely and the goose hangs high, and that his re-election is all but recorded. Nothing pessimistic about that The rosy situation is pictured a few days after the republicans in the Fifth district refused to endorse the 'senator and at which he was alluded to as a party rebel. It is evident that it does not take much to keep the senator’s courage at high water mark. The republican press of the state is now headlining the greatest sensation of the year, in that the republican organization is to accept no contributions from corporations. This is an advertising stunt pure and simple. The republican party cannot finance its campaign without the money of the corporations. The habit Is of so long standing that It will not be easy to break away—and they have not the desire to break away. They are good advertisers though. If the gentleman employed by the democratic state committee to write political news from Indianapolis for democratic newspapers confines his efforts to the truth, it will make little difference Whether he is a friend of Tom Taggart, Governor Marshall, John W. Kern or Bill Jones. The important thing is to get facts and reliable information before the readers of democratic newspapers. If he deviates from the truth to the extent the republican correspondent at Indianapolis does, the less writing he does the better. No reputable democratic paper in the state can afford to fill its columns from day to day or week to week with a lot of hot air and speculation, such as characterizes the letters to republican papers in this state. —Columbia City Post. In spite of tiie fact that the high cost of living hangs over the country as a very real thing and not a nightmare at all, the last session of congross provided for the expenditure of nearly eleven hundred millions of dollars of taxes to be paid by the people. This is the largest sum ever spent in a single year by any congress, many millions more. And every dollar of this stupendous sum must be earned by the people in the sweat of their brows before they turn it over to the government It is much more than double the biggest sum appropriated by a democratic congress during any year of Cleveland’s administration Even according to Senator Aldrich, a republican, it Is at least throe hundred millions of dollars more than Is necessary for governmental purposes. If the republican party, or its leaders, had any regard for the people the burden would have ben reduced instead of being increased. But they have no such regard. Not only were those unnecessary millions spent by congress but the new tariff law empowers the frusta to add vastly to the cost ot living by the private "protective” tax which they levy In the guise of higher prices. -/' ■ y Mrs. Engle Gerke, who has been visiting with her son, Martin Gerke, in Root township, returned yesterday afternoon to her-home at Fort Wayne. — — ■ p—--A FRIGHTFUL WRECK of train .automobile or buggy may cause cuts, bruises, abrasions, sprains or wounds that demand Bucklen s Ar. nica Salve—earth’s greatest healer. For burns, boils, sores of all kinds, eczema, chapped hands and lips, sore «yes or corns, Its supreme. Surest Dile cure, 25c at all druggists. •

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