Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1910 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT *T«BYTHVBtt»AY W , «.KW & KLL»H«HAM, RiHlaMr. * w —■■■■' ' ■ -•-n,-:-»r“-rtr MJMPBB YSAB IM AD ▼ AMOK. > ■■tered at the poetoffiee at Decatur. ■MU aa eecond class mail matte*. > ■ . . ».' ■' ", 1 j < «*■■_■■ 11 ''■■ “ -f; —. •nnGIAL PAPKR «F ABAMt G< - JUST HOW .-.. s ■<■■■■■•< iU: IT WORKS Everyone .remembers how it Who charged that Guggenheim of Colorado bought his way.io.4h* United States senate. The Guggenheim syndicate produces white lead, among other things. The Colorado Guggenheim was in the senate when the Payne-Al-drich tariff law was passed. White lead is protected by the Payne-Aldrich tariff law at the rate of 2% cents a ppund. The Guggenheim white' lead sold in New York last week, in large quantities, at <6 cents a pound to manufacturers and large .consumers. In Hamburg, Germany, that same Guggenheim white lead, with insurance and freight paid to Hamburg, is delivered for 3% cents a pound! The difference in price is exactly the amount of the tariff. And the American people pay the difference. • But this is only one story. There is another one, and it is this: The duty on manufactured rubber was raised by the Payne-Aldrich tariff from thirty to thirty-five per cent. This tariff became/* law on August sth. Within a month a rubber company was being organized. Within three months 'the organization was •complete; its capital is $40,000,000, its managing head is the son of Senator Aldrich. Senator Aldrich, himself, is a director, and holds 25,000 . shares; among the other large stockholders are Simon Guggenheim, senator from Colorado, with 10,000 shares, and four of Senator Guggenheim’s ■brothers, with an aggregate of 38,000 shares. Within three months after its organization the new rubber company had paid dividends aggregating 18.2 per cent. And the American people Will continue to pay that dividend and as much more as the rubber trust asks until the tariff is Changed.

IT LOOKS DEMOCRATIC The New York Herald's forecast of the political situation shows first that the next congress will be safely democratic by a substantial majority; that York state is apparently landsliding to Dlx, who will probably carry the whole democratic ticket through with him. This may insure control of the legislature and the election of a democratic United States senator. The moving causes to effect this great change are’ fear of RooseveltismOaesarism and the high cost of living. In New Jersey Woodrow Wilson seems assured of election by from > 10,000 to 30,000 majority. Connecticut is debatable ground, with the chances favoring the republicans. Ohio seems safe for Harmon by an increased plurality. In Massachusetts Foss is making such headway that the state is class- ■ ed as doubtful. In Kansas, lowa, Nebraska, the Herald’s correspondents report that the republicans will win and that it is not unlikely that the United States senate will be under democratic-insur-gent-republican control. Roosevelt’s tour seems to have missed fire and the former president’s wk < p charges against democratic Candi- ; • dates Dlx, Foss and Baldwin have acts ed as boomerangs. In a word, the Herald’s reports indicate that the country, except in the radical belt, will follow the example of Maine and on November 9th the democracy will be in a position to enter the next presidential campaign with an undisputed chance of success. ‘ IT 18 VOTEB THAT COUNT Kv *• . An Indianapolis republican business man who travels over tJhe state is thus quoted in a leading newspaper: "I have talked with county officers in every district, and I cannot see where the republicans have a ghost of a - a show. Everywhere I have gone I

have found the republican organizers discouraged, and the reports I have from the county officers indicate not only indifference on the part of the republican ‘standpatters* but soreness because of the old factional troubles, which, R seems to me, would make it Impossible for the republicans to carrytbe state.” But (here are many reason* above and' beyond the ones stated why the democrats ahould be successful. They stand for the things that are right in this campaign-—the things that the people, know are for their best , interests, democrat, however, should take anything for granted. Elections do not carry themselves. It is the right kind of votes in the ballot box that count Speh votes are ready at hand and all that is necessary is to get them to the polls. In his speech at Newcastle Senator Beveridge very generously advised the people to vote for Congressman Barnard, who presided over the meeting addressed by the senator. The situation was of course somewhat einharassing; but was It wise for Senator Beveridge, who is asking support largely because he voted against the Payne bill, to urge the people to cast their votes for Mr. Barnard, who voted for it? The senator admitted that he and the representative differed on some subjects, but insisted that they “both were working for the common' good of the people.” Most men in public lire Believe that they are doing just that. The question is as to. their views of what is “for the common good of the people,” If, as Senatr Beveridge believes, a vote against the Payne bill was a vote “for the common good of the people,” a vote for that bill could not be. One or the other -of these men made a serious mistake on a Vital subject. How can the senator ask those who believe the Payne bill to be bad to vote for both him and Mr. Barnard? It looks as though the effort were one to elect a republican just because he is a republican, and without any regard to his public record. And yet we are told that this year the appeal is to men, not as Members Os this or that party, but to men as citizens without regard to party, told that the great issues for which the Insurgents stand wholly transcend party. —Indianapolis News.

A democratic congress in 1895 abolished the rates of two and four dollars and fixed the Iqwest rate of pension at six dollars per month; an act of February 12, 1889, .granted an increase in pensions from $72 per month to SIOO to all persons who lost both hands in the service; in 1888 they increased the pension where deafness was the cause; June 7, 1888, they passed a law granting arrears to widows from date of death of the husband, affecting 200,000 widows; act of March 19 1886, x democrafic congress, increased widows’ pensions from SB.OO to $12.00 per month, affecting about 80,000 widows; 1879, granted arrears of pensions from date of discharge, benefltting more than 225,000 pensioners, though the republicans had control of congress for ten years following the war, this was the first law of the kind and so we might go on through dozens of splendid bills due to democrats. The old soldier need have no fear as to legislation in their behalf If they support democrats for congress, especially that splendid citizen and friend of theirs, John A. M. Adair, who has proven his faithfulness to them during the past four years on every occasion.

It “Mary of the vine-clad cottage” finds it either necessary or convenient to dp her own washing she should not forget that under the “protective” tariff for which Senator Beveride stands, she pays tariff taxes as follows: Twenty per cent on her soap; 25 per cent on her ammonia; starch 1% cents a pound; bluing, 30 per cent; wash board, 35 per cent; wringer, 35 per cent; clothes basket 35 per cent; clothespins, 35 per cent. On the tub over which tends and scrubs there is a tariff tax of 35 percent. The bench or chair it rests on are taxed 35 per cent and the paper pail beside them is tariff taxed 35 per cent. The boiler in the clothes are boiled is tariff-taxed not less than 45 per

- —■ i cent If she has been able to save up j i and get a mangle, the metal castings | t for it are tariff-taxed 1 cent a pound, » the wooden rollers 35 per cent; and i the framework 35 per cent. Nothing , is so small and no one so poor as to t be Overlooked. And these laundry tax- - es are only a part of the general .. .scheme of tariff extortion of which > ’’Mary” endiher family are'Victims, r '*>■ '' % . r Tiffr fftdianapoltfNews “But , on thbquestion of an income tax and: , the ship subsidy Mr. Kern ds jutstifierf . in asking for information; I Beveridge has voted for the ship sub-, s sidy, ahd, ak Mr. Kern says, in a spec--s Tally obnoxious form. Here he parted- : company with several of the insur- ■ gent senators. Would he again sup-' > port a subsidy bill? No one knows, but in his silence it does not seem unfair to assume from his previous - record that he would do so. The subl ject is certainly one that ought to be i discussed. Every one knows that . there is to be another subsidy bill. Inj deed, it is said tnat it will be press- . ed at the coming short session of con- . gress, in the belief that the defeated ; -members, unrestrained by public opin- > ion, and with no election ahead of ■ them, will easily be persuaded to vote . for it. The people of Indiana, -who, ; we believe,\are opposed to the grab, i have a right to know where Senator ' Beveridge stands,” j. - [... , t Every voter when he casts his bal- : lot on November Bth should remember . the difference between the cost of ademocratic tariff for revenue and a ■ republican tariff for protection. It , has been estimated that the average tariff tax paid to the government, per family, yearly, is S2O, and that the average extra price paid for domestic manufacture, per family, is $175. This makes the annual tariff burden $195 per year per family. No one can reasonably object to the tax paid to the government to cover necessary expenses, but all should object to the extra tax levied by the “protected” trusts. Senator Beveridge and all of the republican candidates for congress and for the state and local offices favor this “protection.” . On the other hand, John W. Kern and all the democratic candidates for congress, sos state and local offices oppose such “protection.” Every school teacher in this county who has'a vote should cast it for Charles Greathouse for Superintendent of Public Instruction at the election on November Bth. So should everyoneelse interested in educational advancement It is well known that under the efficient service of Dr. Robert Aley as state superintendent’s that office has been well managed, the schools have taken a step far ahead of most of our sister states. While Dr. Aley is greatly responsible for this he has been ably assisted by the force in his office and Mr. Greathouse has announced that if elected he will retain this force:. This means much to the schools of Indiana. It means that the schools will continue to go forward aided by the work in that office and we believe that every voter shoul dwork to that end. This Is not exactly politics but because it is for the good of every one. ' ' * IF JOHN W. KERN BECOMES UNITED STATES AND THAT IS THE HOPE OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS IN INDIANA, HE MUST BE CHOSEN BY THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS OF INDIANA IN JOINT SESSION. IT IS THEREFORE MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE ELECT DEMOCRATS THIS YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BIG PURPOSE, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US THIS YEAR. FILL THE SENATE wh*H MEN LIKE JOHN W. KERN, CLEAN AND ABLE, AND YOU WILL DO AWAY WITH MANY OF THE LOCAL QUESTIONS. VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET STRAIGHT THIS YEAR OF ALL YEARS. ——i—* i ■■■ And now some of the brethren are : loudly asseverating that My. Roose- 1 ' velt is not in the campaign here in ' Indiana in any sense of the word. But I how long ago was it that we were . jubilantly assured that his “progress” through the state would mean ten i

j thousand votes for the party? Wjsll, Ihe came and made several speeches, in which he culd not find .time to mention president Taft, nor to say a word for the issue on which Senator Beveridge is making his appeal for votes; coarsely abused the federal judge at Indianapolis; ended up with the funny -fiasco at the home town of tys most famous adorer, and now—he is not in the campaign anyway!— Ihdiahapolfa Newt. , The political calendar includes .a ' number of meetings for various parts pt the county between this dad election day, closing with a smoker at the headquarters here oh' Monday evening preceding the election, when Hon. Jadob Butcher wifi speak. LocaLepeakera wifi address the voters at school houses over the county each evening. L. Ert Slack will address the voters at Geneva and Berne Saturday. On Friday evening'of next week the Hon. Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon, Indiana’s favorite son, will address the dosing meeting of the campaign at the court house here. His will be a great speech and doubtless the court house will be packed for the occasion. Jacob Butcher, one of our fellow townsmen is gaining in great favor as a political speaker, and is in demand to fill various appointments. Mr. Butcher is well posted, and has* an opinion of his own on, all matters of state. We have always found him honorable in all his dealings and has that standing among his home people. Mr. Butcher has been loyal to his Country as a civil war veteran, and has all his life been identified with the country’ growth .and development; and always familiar with the political affairs of the state apd district.—Geneva Herald. ’John A. M. Adair nau Been the best friend Os the old soldiers of this district that they ever had in the congressional halls. He has proven it on every occasion. He is in favor of a dollar a day pension law, not just because there is a campaign on but because he believes it right. He has proten this by his stand in your favor at every opportunity. .You know it finOt you will be honest with yourself you cannot help casting your ballot for, him. He is also for the farmer, the business man, the laboring man, and for all his constituency,. Senator Beveridge has openly declared the unfairness of the ship subsidy bill FOR WHICH HE VOTED, and now'in the last stages of campaign fright, when he is willing to , do anything, promise anything to save the job which he Jias held for twelve years, and found a soft one, he is declaring that he will oppose such measures. May we not judge the future by the past? John W. Kern is still canvassing the state and he is making a great campaign, clean, yet logical are his arguments and the voter must surely realize the interest he will have in his welfare if elected. Vote for John Kern, than whom Indiana has no nobler men. He has had sufficient experience. He has always been close to the laboring} man, the business man, the farmer, the teacher, and knows what laws will help you. A traveling man who recently made a tour of the Tenth district, now represented /by Congressman Crumpacker, Was in the city Wednesday evening and wanted to bet the democrats would carry tne district by 2,000. Betting is no sign of how elections are going, 1 but the boys who make such a practice of betting on such matters are usually pretty wise.—Columbia City Post. Woodrow Wilson, democratic candidate for governor of NeW Jersey, continues to deliver delightfully instructive and Inspiring speeches to large audiences. By solid sense and scrupulously avoiding anything smacking of mere demagogy, his campaigning has become am intellectual treat to thousands of citizens who have opportunity to hear him- - South Bend Times. .' H - Jerry Kelleher, the contractor, who is building Adams and Mercer streets, j

never quits, ke will address the boys at the democratic headquarters Wednesday evening. Come up and hear him. Jerry says he don’t see any use of quarrelling over this lociU option question, but if w« Just leave the republicans in office a few years longer, no one will have enough money to buy a glass of beer, unless he belongs to a trust. ; Congressman Afikir is speaking every evenlngto immense crowds oyer this district and everywhere he goes, he is showing the enthusiasm of former years. There is not the question of a doubt but that he will be returned to congress by a majority equaling that of his former victories. You take no chance in voting for Mr. Adair. You know just what that is. Bob Tucker, Indiana representative of the Cincinnati Enquirer, a friend of ■Senator Beveridge and a prominent republican politician of this state, admits in his Sunday letter that the senator is badly beaten, unless he can squeeze through by the aid of the democrats. No chance. Bob. The democrats are wise to the game. Kern looks pretty good to the average democratic voter. _ - i. r ■ ■ Everybody should vote for the constitutional amendment at next Tuesday’s election. It is'One to change the constitution to provide proper qualifications for lawyers. It deserves to win out thjs yqar and every voter, be he democrat, republican, prohibitionist or socialist, should vote for it. Remember it when you enter the polls. With Senator Foraker and Roosevelt both covering Ohio this week, in a desperate effort to save that state and its congressional candidates, it might be well to keep them far enough apart that a conflict don’t occur. There is danger of them wiping out the few votes they have lined up there. . “Two hundred for Fort Wayne,” Is the slogan of the democrats here who are preparing to take a bunch to the Marshall rally to be held there next Saturday evening and which will close the campaign in this part of the state. It will be a big crowd, a good natured crowd, and you will enjoy taking part in the event. Join the crowd and if. it swells to three hundred you will be taken care of. A vote for Charles Greathouse for superintendent of public instruction means a vote to retain the present high standard of work being done from that office and every teacher and every other citizen of this community interested in the welfare of the schools should so cast their ballot on November Bth. Mr. Greathouse has publicly announced that he will retain the present corps of assistants in the office and they are most capable. As far back as 1904 Senator Beveridge was admitting that the cost of living was increasing. “The price of meat is’ temporarily higher,” he said. And it’s been .getting temporarily higher” ever since. This is one page of the record to which the republican party, in Its platform, does not “point with pride.” i The boys are lining up. Don’t get out of the good old told. We have fought a half century for the victory that is now in sight. Adams county is going to roll up a majority this year that will please John W. Kern, J. A. M . Adair and all the rest of the leaders. Senator Slack in his Berne speech Saturday night said that no local issue was big enough or important enough that we could afford to lose the opportunity to send John W. Kern to the United States senate for the next six years. Jacob Butcher, the democratic nominee for representative, is a friend to the old Soldier, to the farmer, to the business man, and to every one of his constituency. He will vote tot John W. Kern tot United states senator. 1 ' ' r . . . '' Be sure to arrange your affairs so you can join the crowd that is going :

from here to Fort Wayne, Saturday evening November, sth, to hear Gov. Marshall and other brilliant orators in the; closing campaign meeting of the year. We 'want 200.- .’ aafaA'ij'it l iegasr' ' ~.T Don’t wabble. Don’t sidetrack. The issues this jfoar are far tbe important to;take any chance With your' vote.. From the Pacific to Atlantic coast comes the word that the people are going tOjglve the democrats the trial at conducting the govern- ‘ ■ meat, for which they have been clamoring for twenty yehrs. We need such men as John A. M. Adair and Jobfi. ■ W. Kern. Old< Adams county wants to cast her vote for Kern and there is just one way to do it. Vote for Jacob Butcher for representative. He will cast his vote for Mr. kern. Jerry Kelleher, the contractor, will deliver one Os his'eloquent addresses* at the democratic headquarters this evening. He makes a special argument to the laboring man and every voter in the city is invited to come and hear him. Every voter in Adams county should try to hear Samuel M. Ralston at the court house in this city next Friday evening. Mr. Ralstoh is one of thd greatest political speakers and thinkers of Indiana and his address will be Well worth hearing. , 7 a ~ Every indication looks good for r democratic landslide at the election \ Tuesday, in fact the outlook- gets bet- " ter with each hour. There is no stopping it. Get* on the band wagon and join ur in making it unanimous* Educators and people Interested in ,the schools of Indiana, remember tltet a vote for Charles Greathouse next Tuesday, means a vote to continue the present high standard of the state . superintendent office. Voters—Remember that to vote for John W. Kern, you must vote tor Ja-•, cob *Butcher for representative. The ‘ United States senator is chosen by the representatives and state senators on. ■. joint ballot. .. Vote toy Butcher if you want Kern elected. YOU .VOTE FOR KERN FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR BY VOTING FOR JACOB BUTCHER. KERN 8 NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE TICKET. ;• None of the republican speakers is using “forty-cent bacon” as a campaign slogan. At the rate things are going up, “Mary will have to pull the vines and eat them before long.” John W. Kern’s record tor twenty years is one of rerorm. You can be sure he will not vote for a tariff to plunder the people and increase the cost of living. Hallowe’en and the boys upset ev- ’ erything in sight, except the demo- ’ cratlc landslide, due next Tuesday. Fifty dollars for that Richmond! j speech of Senator Beveridge, and nerf takers! < 'T"— >■ - Hear Jerry Kelleher’s address 'WQ the laboring men at the democratic headquarters this evening. He knows . whereof he speaks. A VOTE FOR BUTCHER IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN VOTE FOR KERN. Whatever of honor or “usufruct” there is in the office of Reporter of the Supreme Court, it might as well be cinched for a Huntington county citizen. Fred France is the Democratic candidate—we all have a kindly interest in him. He ie a good neighbor, competent for the position, and his office will make a good loafing place when we visit the state capltol. A few years ago we asked our DemocraUe citizens to vote for Leophold Levy.on time to return the compliment. It d isn’t politics, but . what’s the use of f helping to defeat Fred by denying him a complimentary vote:'. We may have a home Republican candidate some' < day omtelves, and rScibrocity will be a good slogan when Democratic neighbors are asked to scratch their ticket for him—Hnntinginn Times. (ReD.)