Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1910 — Page 2

. **"l m y w f*' r- ’vAW" ■” 'v . i Muncie, Ind., July 14-—(Special to Dally Democrat) —At the court room In this city at 1:30 this afternoon John A. M. Adair of Portland was nominated for his third term in congress. A feelihg of confidence in the lection of this man, who has devoted his attention so faithfully to the of interest to his constituency,' prevailed, find were made] by many that the Adair majority this ( year will exceed that of any previous election. Frank Heimbaugh of Muncie presided as permanent chairman after the meeting had been called to. order i y District Committeeman . . „ There was po opBeebe of Anderson. " *. * | position to &r. Adair and the meeting this afternoon but ratified the selection of the popular candidate. A. D. Moffett of Elwood was elected permanent secretary, with all the editors of the district as assistants. The resolutions as reported denounced the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, endorsed the work of Adair in congress, of Benjamin Shively in the senate, thanked the democratic state convention for placing the name of Lewis G. Ellingham of Decatur on the ticket for secretary of state, approved Marshall’s administration, boosted the dollar-a-day pension law, commends the public accounting law and the manner in which it is being put into effect by Mr. Dehority of Elwood and boomed democracy in general. Present at the convention were a number of the state candidates and the convention was a real love feast, which the democrats from Adaihs, Jay. Delaware, Madison, Randolph and Wells counties enjoyed. A number of speeches were made, the headliner for the event being the nominee, Hon. J. A. M. Adair, who spoke as follows: I have no language at my command that will express the depths of my gratitude, for this honor you have for 1 the third time conferred upon me. This nomination coming to me as it has, unanimously, from the rank and file of the democratic party of the district in which I was born and reared, in which I have always lived, and in which I always expect to live, I take as an endorsement of my service as your representative and an expression of faith and confidence in me, which places me under renewed obligations to you, binds me closer to the hearts of the people of the district, and creates within me an earnest desire to show my appreciation by rendering to you, if elected, the very best service that lies within my power. I am sure it is an honor to occupy a seat in what is said to be, and I believe is, the greatest lawmaking body in the world, and especially is it an honor to represent this district which is not only the largest in Indiana, but one of the largest in the United States; a district whose reputation for manufacturing, for agriculture and for progressiveness is no longer bounded by Indiana, but is well established and well understood throughout the whole country. My friends, in accepting this nomination, I am not unmindful of the great responsibility that goes with it. To legislate for 90,000,000 people is no small task, and the member of congress who does not appreciate this responsibility is not worthy of being the representative of three hundred, thousand people. In my judgment there never was a time when there was greater need of honest, patriotic service on the battlefield of government for the people than the present time. The problems of government were not solved in the days of Washington, they were not solved in the days of Webster, or in the days of Lincoln. Neither were they solved in the days of Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt or Taft. Our country's problems never have been solved and never will be, as long as selfishness and greed can find political scepters to grasp, and servile placeman can find special interests to gratify. Unfortunately there has developed in this country a system that is in violation of the principle of fair play, which principle is essentially American. By legislation special privileges have been granted which enable a few to take an undue advantage of the many, and these grants hav® continued until the beneficiaries of the system now look upon them as vested rights. Their continuance is inimical to the best interests of the whole people, unjust to those who are not their beneficiaries, and deserve the denunciation of all fair minded

people. The fact is, the special interests are today dictating and controlling the legislation of the country, and the time is ripe for the people to assert their right by driving the money changers out of the temple. To do this will not be an easy task, as the interests are fortified unlimited power, but the people, have at last thrown off the yoke of partisan politics, have decided to run this government and the representative who wears the collar of this special privileged class should be, and will be \ driven out of congress, no matter to • -which 'political party he belongs.

As congress Is now organised with Cannonism supreme in the house, and with Aldrichism controlling the senate we can no longer truthfully boast of a government by the people, but are forced to admit that tinder the present system the legislation of the ( country Is largely dictated and con- ' trolled by predatory wealth, and a I few men are building up collosaai fortunes WtbhgfuUy taken from the pock--1 ets of the people, The present system now prevailing ' at Washington is a vicious one, and if 1 cur liberties are to survive the sys- ' tern must be destroyed. As ■ long as 1 th? speaker pf the housp van fix the I ipmmftte'M io they will do his will and blddifif; M long as the speaker has the power to «dy what legislation shall be considered and what shall not be considered; as long as the speaker can suppress 390 members, free and representative government is but an empty name. Not only must Cannonism be eliminated in the house, but it is equally Important that Aldrichism be dispensed in the senate. With thirty-eight millionarles in that body, many of them having been placed there for the express purpose of securing legislation in the interest of tlie corporations they represent, and all under the leadership of Aldrich, who for years has been the mouthpiece of the special interests of the east, the plain people of the country are compelled to pay tribute to the all-ready rich. What we need in con-, gress today is men with more loyalty and less wealth; more patriotism and less plutocracy; men who are able to turn their back® upon the lobbyists who hang around Washington, anxious to wine and dine them, .in- order to secure their support for certain legislation, which wil confer special privileges on the corporations they represent; more men who would rather have their names enshrined in the hearts of the common people' than to have their praises sung in the counting houses of predatory wealth. My friends, do not misunderstand me, I have never been and am not now an enemy of wealth. I want every man, no matter whether he be a rich man or a poor man, to have the same privileges, the satae opportunities and the same protection under the law, but I am opposed to the present system of legislating a few’ men rich at the expense of the many. Largo sums of capital in the hands of honest men With proper motives is a blessing to labor, and help to mankind. The fact is, modern civilization demands the employment of large sums of money in carrying but our stupenduous industrial tnterprises. It is not the existence, but the abuse of corporate powers and combined capital that meets condemnation and denunciation and calls for remedial legislation. Corporations in their proper spheres are to be encouraged rather than condemned; but when they leave their legitimate fields of operation and undertake to control the legislation of the country they should be denounced and opposed by all liberty loving people. Capital invested in enterprise should be given and is entitled to a fair return upon its investment All those who have honestly and legitimately acquired a large amount of property must be made to feel that there is safety in the form of government under which it exists; but the people must also be secured in their rights, must stand exempt from monopolistic exactions and enjoy the confidence that the law will protect every man alike, regardless of his earthly possessions. Moreover, we should not forget the millions of wage earners who constitute the greater part of our enormous population, who create a.large amount of the country’s wealth and who at all times have been the nation’s protection in time of peril. These men must be protected and their interests safeguarded through the enactment of such legislation as will insure to them' lair treatment and a just and liberal reward. It is a lamentable fact that, under our present system of tariff taxation stupendous trusts and combihations have sprung up, and have transferred a majority of the country's wealth into the hands of a few people. It is enough to alarm us when we remember that less tha:. four thousand men now own over S 3 per cent of all the wealth of the country, and each one ( of the balance of the 90,000.000 people own an an average of less than

>500.00 worth of property. The records show that fifty-one men, who have been the beneficiaries or a high protective tariff own one-thirty-fifth of the entire wealth of the United States, and these fifty-one men are today largely dictating and controlling the legislation of the country. Ah, my friends, this-is a dangerous condition, and demands speedy action ■ on the part o*. the American peopl- 1 . ■ For—many ye;n« the democratic oar- > ty has maintained that a.higii protective tar ;f was the worst form of spec- » ial privilege, and in doing so we were ’ charged with ■ vying to array- labor against capital, with destroying the

i motive power behind the wheels of iui dustry, and removing the foundation - stone of American progress. The t people were misled and deceived and J- the system has continued until it has s fiistortatl the functions cf a free spv* > ernment into tools of greed and vehicles of oppression. .We see the beneficiaries of the system counting their money by mil Ifons, while their victims, the eom mon people, aid especlal'y those who work tor wages are having a hard time under present pikes to live and keep even. We see the "oolen t.-ust under the Payne-Aldrich tariff law extorting from the American people ever j hund ;d mill'ou dollars a year for manufactured wooluns, In exco.-'a of what would b® a fair profit. We sec th* cotton trust cna’ ging $s '.COO. 000 annually more fpr their products than should be charged, find practically all of this comes out of the pockets of the people who tarn their bread by the sweat of their Cues. We also S-e the sugar tn st under the Ding'ev bill and the Payne bill robbing the American teople < f fl>u 000,000 each year on sjgai, a:.d not content with this, about a year ago was caught for the seventh time in trying to rob the government of its customs duties and having been caught in the act it plead guilty to the charge by paying back into the government treasury nearly $3,000,000 of stolen money. And instead of those at the head of the trust standing before Che bar of justice to the charge of larceny there appeared before the court five ordinary laborers. whose connection with the trust was so important that their names did not appear on the. roster of the company, but responded by numbers. And these men Were paid the pitiful sum of five dollars a week extra in addition to their fifteen dollars weekly pay to rob the government of $3,o'l9/00 for the benefit of the sugar trust. And these same men were sentenced to the penitentiary and are now serving time, while the real robbers at the head of the trust are not only enjoying their liberty, but are also enjoying the special privilege granted them under the Payne-Al-drich tariff law and the American people are still paying a tribute of $55,000,000 per year to the sugar trust. And what is true of woolen goods, cotton goods and sugar is also true of hundreds of other items dealt with in the Payne bill. Ah, my countrymen, is it not time the day of special privilege was brought to an end, and the doctrine of equal right firmly established as the basic principle of government.. This government was established by' our forefathers for all the people, and not lor the benefit of a favored few, and upon me rests the responsibility of carrying out its purpose to that the strong may not trample upon the rights of the weak, but that every man may stand upon one common ground with an equal oportunity of enjoying the blessings so bountifully showered upon us as a nation.! ■' Not only have the people been’burdened by the granting of special privileges to a few, but their burdens have been increased by reason of the tremendous expenditures in administering the affairs of the government, and if one of your business men or manufacturers here in Muncie would conduct his business on the same methods employed by the government in the transaction of the people's business he would be in the hands of a receiver within sixty days. In 1890 the total expenditures of the government amounted to $340,000,000; in 1900 they amounted to $600,000,000, and in 1910 they have increased to the enormous sum of $1,044,000,000. It has been urged: by some that it Is but natural that our expenses would increase by reason of otir increased Imputation. But let us see: In 1890, when we had a population of 82,000,000, our expenditures were $340,000,000, a per capita of $6. In 1900, when cur expenditure® aboqrited. to $600,000,000, : we’ had a population of 75,000,000, and therefore the per capita cost of government was $8; while tn 1910, with an estimated population of 89,000,000 peole, our expenditures amounted to $1,044,000.000, or $12.40 for every man, .woman and child in the country. Tnls vast sum of money is raised by taxing the people through our system of tar.u. taxation, and internal revenue. and the unfortunate thing about it is the fact that the greater part of this enormous sum of money comes ’ out of the pockets of the men. who, on 1 account of the high cost of living, arc 1 having a hard time to make ends r meet. Under our system of tariff tax--1 atiou the laboring man who haj» a ■ large family to feed and cloth in all - probability pays more toward the run-’ ning expenses of the government than 5 does the millionaire who is too proud ’ to raise a family, and who has no one to feed and clothe except a wife and fi • poodle dog. During the last session of congress ■ I made a special effort toward secui- - Inga reduction In the expenditures of i’ several of the depwtments In Wash--3 ington, and when Igo out in my capi-

i by tacts and figures taken from the » recto* that my work was not alto--1 gether in vain. During the holidays, i while tohw member# were back la - their diststeta enjoying the holiday W - cation I W spending mjr time mailing an Investigation of expenditures • of thb various departments with the view of poiittfag out to congress where the people's money was going. i 1 made a speeeh on the floor of the house on the 4tt»'of January to which 1 asserted that our expenditure* could be reduced at leant $100,000,000 this year without impairing the public service. About sixty days later President Taft made a speech- id New York in which he reiterated what I said, by making a statement that the government expenditures could be and should be reduced this amount, anil only a few weeks later Senator Air drich made the statement on the floor of the senate that the cost of government could be reduced $300,000,000 per year. Think of it, an. admission from one of the oldest members of tne senate that the people are being, taxed to the extent of $300,000,000 a year in excess of what is necessary. My friends, these evils must be weeded out, and the burdens of the people must be lightened by the elimination of graft, extravagance and waste in the administration of governmental affairs, and by a revision of the tariff downward as was. promised in the campaign of two years, ago. There was a time in the history of the country when it was necessary to protect our infant industries from foreign competition, but many, of them have grown so large, so strong, and so powerful, and as a result great trusts and combinations have sprung up which 'makes it as important at this time, to protect the people against the imposition and extortion of trusts and monopolies in our own country, as it was in years gone by to r roteci honest and legitimate infant industries from disastrous foreign competition. The PayneAldrtch tariff bill increases the cost of the necessities of life, helps make living a struggle for existence, add the sooner the tariff is revised downward the better It will be for the people. I am opposed to all forms of subsidy that rob the .masses for the benfit of the few; I am opposed to the centralization Os government in. Washington that encroaches on the rights or destroys the sovereignty of the states; I am opposed to the reckless extravagance that permeates every branch of government service; I am opposed to special legislation that tramples under foot tne rights of men. I shall not at this time enter into a discussion of the legislation passed during the last session of congress, when I enter toy campaign I'shall take up these matters and discuss them freely. We succeeded in passing some legislation which I am sure will 6e helpful to the people, and it should hot be forgotten that this work was accomplished by the democrats and insurgent republicans. I see before me this afternoon many men who participated in the unfortunate struggle of ’Bl to '65. One of the greatest disappointments to me was the failure of congress to enact some legislation during the last session that would do justice to the men whose heroic service made it possible for you and me to enjoy a united country. It .is not necessary for me to state my position on the subject*of pensions, as that is well understood not only by the -soldiers of this district, but by almost every one from Maine to California. The. bill I introduced during the last session wfis endorsed by nearly 3,000 G. A. R. posts scattered throughout the country, and every soldier in this district knows who is responsible for its failure to pass. I believe, however, the work ,1 have done on behalf Os the soldier during the past four years has not been in vain, but that I haye helped to create a sentiment that has resulted in state and concessional conventions all over the country passing resolutions favoring more .liberal pensions. When I return in December I shall again take up the cause of the soldier, and with the sentiment of the country back of me and with the platforms of both parties staring members in the face I feel confident of success.’’ Now, gentlemen, I accept this nom- ■ ination at your hands, but in doing so ■ f have no new promises or pledges 1 to make. If you send me back to 1 congress I shall continue my work in the future as I have done in the past, i I shall not go to Washington as the ' representative of any political party, ' but as the servant of all the people, I supporting such legislation as I be- • lieve to be in their interest, and will ' not stop to inquiry whether It comes I from a republican or democratic ’ source. k Ido not know at this time who my republican opponent will be, but I i do know that much opposition will ■ come to me from the Interests I have f offended. The bills I have Introduce!, . and the Speeches - have on the . th.

mT lnterC *XcT ttt I ’•'l tiiroftt doos ixot ffichtcn ws 1 fiß the I h {(Bod of tibls district to bcUßvol tlMy couM bft away from I ehall aa before the people'in the coming caorpalgß with an honest, ops* statement of what I have dote in past, and what I shall hope to do’ mb the ftMtore. I shall not ask, accept or. reoeiise from any corporation, campaign conwnittee. er Individual a single'AbJJar to use to this district. If !I canntat be fiaaestly and fairly elected and. go bank to eongreaa wearing Ino matt’# collar, owned by no man, i controlled) by ne* man ar set of men, free to de* what B belfeve to be right ih the slgkttof (Stadl and aran—if 1 cannot go. in that way—I prefer remainUng at bonus.. Four yeavm ago and two years ago I made you oertato promise* and , rpitedges-., and! fi now ask you to exam- < ine every vote I east, read every word ■I uttered, and? if yon find 1 have been i ■ true ttj my pmmtoto, and have sacredily kept every pledge I made yon, then II ask your support; but if you find I : ihave vlblhted ® single pledge 1 made i (you either twe or four, years ago, I , would not be entitled to your sup- i j port, and! should! not have it. D know.’ I am now 'better prepared : jto- render you valuable service than before, and If re-elected I will | strlva to- secure such legislation as ; 'will bring: the greatest good to the preatest number. I want to help maae : the ltews< of this country the most : 'equitable and' at the same time the > most. IWered of any nation in tne 1 world, and W* American home the , most, magnificent product of American civilization', and this can only be done by turning- the government over to tne people. acd by advocating the advancement oi civic righteousness iand the overthrew of civic depravity. My friends, let me once more assure you ttiat I appreciate the consideration you have. shown me in the past, and I want to thank you in advance for- what I know you will do in the future.. ®od knows the highest ambition I have in this world is to so act and to render such service that no one who votes for me will ever have cause t® regret it. .—; ■' O. ■ THE “DdN’T NEED TO” THEORY. . • In a recent, debate at Reno Mr. James Jeffries failed to convince Mr. Johnson, Some sevens or eight years ago Mr. Jeffries was the leading man in his fine of wprk. Business was good and profits wsr« big. Having all the money he could handle at the time, he concluded to take a rest. To be sure-, be planned to get into the field again at the proper time. But everything was rosy and there really seemed no good and sufficient reason why he should spend so many hours a day keeping his muscles lithe and strong and his wind good and his heart and nerves in trim. Eventually the meeting with Mr. Johnson was arranged. Mr. Jeffries wm stm tolerably content with what he had done. (Brother, a has-done is about as bad as a has-been). Mr. Jeffries did not care to stand up In the training ring and punch and take punches. He knew all about them. Why, seven years ago he had done all of that he ever intended to do. Mr. Johnson did not overlook the boxing and the wrestling and the clinching and the sidestepping, etc';. As a result, Mr. Jeffries received Mr. Johnson’s compliments On the point of the jaw and his business career closed. Advertising a business Is the training of that business. Advertising keeps a business ■ healthy. ' ; it tones up its liver, strengthens ■ its steadies its heart and [ keeps its nerves In order. i Once in a while a man decides that f he is doing so much business that he - can stop advertising for a while and ■ run on momentum. ? Momentum Is the gradual process toward a full stop. . The momentum'business is usually > prematurely full-stopped by the > straight left jab of the well-trained > competitor who finds his opening in 1 the fifteenth round. /‘J If you want to stay in business Stay 5 in the advertising field. No matter , how much business you are doing, i, keep up the energy that makes it. '■ You might as well cut off your legs 1 because you are running well in a b foot race as to cut off your advertlsc Ing because your business is too good. You might as well tell lhe Insurv ance man that you are so healthy I you will drop the policy for a few II years as to stop advertising because n the orders are piling up. 1, "Don’t the eventful pre

Adam’s ffbwnty’s Greatest Newspaper. George flmag was a gueat of John : f Bausermaa' uwer Sunday. Mrs. NefW Steyers and) Mr*. Mary Murphy toolr rapper William Worden andUffimfiy Montoy eventag. - Cliff Brown took dinner wttfc New-/ ton Lenhart fifimday. Mistes Blitato ani-Ruste WoHen entertained a- crowd of young: people i» honor of thetfr cousin, Mfea Silva “fel Orayie. who will fimve In a few wedka - J for her home lit Terre Haute: The j,gueato were Mlbws MabetV Staooa, Ruth Pauserman. KBva CroyletMUoara. Doyte Reabout; Ctol and Losdb W-; den. Ice cream and cake were wry- ’ ed. , Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Biitoernwn spent. Sunday at'Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs.- Arilhur WtirdißP left Friday for ißedkey, where they wdUl bw the guest of his sbtutter, RbHb Wor- ’ den, and familji.' Mr. and J.’Brown landfitenutiy of Ibwa spent Siinday at MUnroo. Will Workihger spent' SdndSyo after- ■ : noon at Maple Ghove park. Mr. and Mi's. 7 FinMy DufT’ were guests of William Worden and. tafly Sunday evening.', T Miss Mabel Moses was the'igsrart of . Bauserman Saturday? evw • There will bte a'business meteteg.of the-UnionChapel Bflnday schoollThursday evening, July* 14th, at the Oftureh.’ All Sunday schbol "scholars ara urgedi to be present.. ■--o WILL USE THE TEXT-BOOK.. Robert J. Alejq state superintendent of public instruction, has- informed i the county superintendents- of the state that the text book wiR Be used | in the geography work of th» fourth- .4 and fifth gradee -during th'e*-comlhg. school year. An outline of study was | prepared for the. fourth gradw a- year ago, and this will be used:dnring tha coming’year. For the fifth grade the . superintendent Is preparing: an outline which wjjj' be included in the outline of the stater'conarseeot stUfta, soon to' ' be studied. It wiH provtda far m year’sstudy of tltolocaUtownshifr and'coum ty geography, to be followed by a, stucy of the geography of the state. - ; "o " 1 STRAUB CASE-COMES SATURDAY.. ® . Took Chang**M Vtettietand! Cause Wte Sent to 'Squire-Stone’* Court. I Dan Straub, who, wass arrested Saturday night, charged w.tih “boot-leg-ging" beer, and who wa» to have had! his trial; Wednesday awning betoseMayor TWle» haa; takwi* a chang» < venue and the case has to. 'Squire Stone,, where tile caufee will be heard. Saturday morning at 9» o’clock;. Straub haa employed; L- CDeVoss- to represent him dnd th* ease wan tailed Wednesday eventag. Dem asked that the cae* be contfouedl until. thia morning aa hfe attorney wa& out o fthe city.. He appeared this ■morning’and; flted affidavit for chang* of venue, which was grarfted, and hia bond was increased from SSO to SIOO. He retaUMdl to iatt. u—o ■ &TOME FROM AIR GUN Start Tw* *Vsr Ota Marhenke Babe In Eye Mrs. Ed Marhenke and two-year-old gaunter, Eda, of near St John’s were in the city this morning for treatment from Dr. Beavers for the little one. , ! who was -shot in the ball of the eye by a stone from• an air -gun, with which her nine-year-old sister was playing. It is not thought the sight will be destroyed. ... . .0 . z . Malcolm V. Skinner .of. Portland, as attorney for the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity, accompanied by National President’ Harvey Stewart, ’of Fairmount, and Former President Frank McDowell of Bluffton, was in Fort Wayne Tuesday morning, where he served formal notice on the Fort Wayne News to retract certain alleged defamatory statement, alleged to have been made concerning the fraternity and Its membership at the time of the late national convention in Bluffton. A pair of ski, used in skimming over toe snow where the fall is particularly heavy, attracted the attention of many as they were received at the express office in this city Wednesday. The ski are thin straps of wool, six or eight feet long, curved at the front like sled runners. At a point, half their length straps in which the feet are slipped, are tacked to the runi ners. They are quite a curiosity in this part of the country. The pair was senUromjßock River