Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVERY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Entered at the Decatur postoffice for transmission through the malls as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week. . . . . . . . 10c By carrier, per year. . . . . . . . $4.00 By mail, per month. . . . . . . . 25c By mail, per year. . . . . . . . $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application J. H. HELLER, MANAGER. Representative Dirkson has been named on the committee on corporations, an important assignment in the, work of the present legislative house. The general impression at Indianapolis is that Allen county and Adams county are splendidly represented in the legislature. Fort Wayne JournalGazette. Comments were profuse upon yesterday’s initial number of THE DAILY DEMOCRAT, not alone upon its extreme news features but upon its bright mechanical make-up and appearance as well. The paper will continue to shine and be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. LAST Thursday the first state reception of the senate at the state house was a most brilliant affair and has seldom been equaled on any other occasion in Washington. Over two thousand guests were present and the display of jewels worn by some of the visitors was simply appalling. It is questionable whether Washington society has been the gainer in the acquisition to its ranks in recent years though the city itself is benefitted by the mil ionaires. It need be no surprise to hear of Union B. Hunt, the present secretary of state, being a candidate before the next g. o. p, state convention for gov ernor. And in that event it need be no further surprise should he go i() and land the plum. He hails from the eighth congressional district. the largest and best in the state and he will have the backing of Boss Good rich and all the younger element of republicans in the state. Besides 'he is a popular fellow and the party could go farther and do worse than nominate the sturdy secretary of state. He retires from his present office next Friday, after which time he will take up his residence at his old home in Winchester, where he will actively engage in the practice of law. CONGRESSMAN FRANCIS M. GRIFFITD of Indiana, after dilligent and pains taking study of the subject of tariff revision, has prepared a comprehen sive tariff bill which he will introduce. He has been engaged in the preparation of the bill for several weeks and he deserves the commendation of the public for the great labor and studious research that he has given to the sub ject. The enactment of his bill into law would be a long step toward the fulfillment of the democratic doctrine of placing the necessities of life upon the free list. The Dingley law will cease to be the fostering mother of the trusts if Mr. Griffith's ideas are incorporated into the federal statutes. The bill will be at once referred to the ways and means committee. It is known that it meets with the approval of many republican members who are eager for a revision of the tariff, but the republican managers do not intend to give to the country the relief proposed by the bill and therefore it need not be expected that it will pass.

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RIGHT ON THE JUMP The Legislature Is Now Getting Down to Special Feature Work. Senator Johnston Wants to Know Whether or Not Coal Supply is Being Manipulated. Republicans Go Through the Formality of Endorsing Fairbanks For Senate. Indianapolis. Jan —The state senate and house are getting down to "feature” legislation, right on the jump. Senator Johnston, a Democratic member from Montgomery county, has introduced a resolution calling on the lieutenant governor to appoint a committee to investigate whether or not the coal supply is being manipulated by a combination so as to cause suffering among the poorer classes. The resolution has caused a visible impression, but it is hardly likely that the senate majority will permit it to go far in view of the fact that the governor and the attorney general are trying to bring about a solution of the situation in another way. With to-. day’s grist the senate has over 100 bills before it, and the house has nearly as many. The house did not get fully organized until late yesterday afternoon. The first call for bills was not as productive as was expected. Representative Robertson introduced one of the most interesting bills, as it provides that all mortgages and notes, bonds and certificates of stock bearing 4 per cent or less interest shall be exempt from taxation. This promises to bring up an interesting contest. A bill for voting machines for Marion county has been presented to the house and a bill to regulate the quarantine laws so that a rigid penalty will be provided. The state board of health is behind this. Representative Sherman of Decatur county introduced a bill for the establishment of a state printing plant to do the state printing and engraving and to print free textbooks for schoolchildren. In the senate Senator Wood has sprung his garnishee bill, which promises all sorts of trouble, as organized labor is already on the ground to fight it. The Retail Merchants association of the state is backing it. Senator Burns of South Bend will lead the opposition to it. Senator Parks has introduced an anticigarette bill, but the tobacco trust’s lobby appeared today and the chances are that the bill will never get out of committee. Representative Slack has introduced a joint resolution urging that Indiana take the lead in advocating and providing for election of U. S. senators by direct vote. He also introduced a resolution asking that the house revise the rules so that all bills and resolutions should be introduced during the first twenty days. The object was to give more time for careful consideration of bills and to permit the public to get a better idea of what is going on. On motion of Representative Kirkman, Republican, it was killed, but not before Slack made himself plain that he had not introduced it expecting it to pass, but in hopes of attracting attention to a grievous condition of affairs. The Republicans voted solidly for him and the Democrats against. Senator Lindley has introduced a bill to prevent public officials from dealing in wagers, and Senator Wood has asked that the salary of the supreme and appellate court

« judges be advanced to $7,500 a year. The Republicans caucused last night and went through the formality of selecting Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as a candidate for re-election. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert and Speaker Marshall announced today that the Joint committee appointed to visit at St. Louis to arrange for an Indiana exhibit at the World's fair, will make the trip Friday. They will be accompanied by the governor. SHERIFF DUDLEY’S CASE The State Takes Another Tack In the Matter. Indianapolis. Jan. 13. —The state will again assume the aggressive in the case of Sheriff Dudley of Sullivan county, whose office was vacated by the governor because of the lynching of James Dillard, an Indianapolis negro. The governor and Attorney General Miller, at a conference yesterday determined to call In Coroner Maxwell, who, under the anti-lynching law by which the governor vacated Dudley's office, is sheriff, and at once bring suit to see whether or not Dudley can defy the state. The attorney general said that it is now up to Coroner Maxwell to assert himself. He expects to have Maxwell here Thursday, when a definite line .of action will be decided on. If Maxwell should weaken because of the sentiment in Sullivan county in favor of Dudley continuing in office, then the state. Mr. Miller said, would try and find another way to justify the law. A Dangerous Plaything. Shelburn. Ind., Jan. 13.—Leon Stone, eight years old, son of Richard Stone, was picking a dynamite cap with a pin when it went off, tearing off two fingers, lacerated his thumb and palm of the hand and injured him in the stomach. PROHIBITIONISTS AROUSED Legislature Cuts Out Temperance Committee and Creates a Storm. Indianapolis, Jan. 13.—The fact that both the house and the senate, in revising the rules, cut out the temperance committee and substituted the committee on public morals, has aroused some of the Prohibitionists’ leaders. E. D. Clark, secretary of their state committee, was about the legislative halls today trying to find out what was what. It seems that the Prohis object to the change in the name of the committee and they have appealed to the powers that be for an explanation. The public morals committee will exercise exactly the same functions as the old temperance committee, but the temperance committee can't see why the change of title was necessary. The members who .revised the rules say they changed the title merely to give the committee more scope. There was nothing underhand, however, as the temperance people are to be given the same courteous treatment they have always received. A unique contest is in progress in the house. The plnuder committee has invited a number of candidates for reading clerk to try their hand. The young men who are anxious to strain their voices for $5 per day have been showing off before a critical crowd, as the members want some one who can read so he can be thoroughly understood. And with a hundred or more people constantly gliding about it is difficult for even the best readers to make themselves plain. Seven or eight young men have been given a "work out” heat under the watchful eye of the speaker and the plunder committee, and there is the keenest sort of rivalry. The house today employed Captain D. B. Olive of Indianapolis for minute clerk. He probably knows more history of the Indi-

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ana legislatures than any other man, as he has served in some clerical capacity since 1865. He claims that former Speaker Reed of congress got the honor for establishing his famous "present but not voting quorum” rule, but it was originated in the Indiana house in 1869, when the amendment giving negroes the right of franchise was adopted. Another gubernatorial boom has been launched among the legislators. Congressman "Charlie” Landis dropped into town yesterday and remained long enough to leave a lasting impression that the plum would not be distasteful to his political palate. He did not act mysterious, as some candidates do. Neither did he say he would be a candidate. He just declared that he was “considerin’. ” It is known that some of his friends have been urging him to enter the race. It was remarked that Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, who is also a candidate, did the magnanimous thing by inviting Landis to make a speech before the senate. One of the odd features of his prospective candidacy is that his brother, Congressman-elect Fred Landis of Logansport, is pledged to support Hol Shideler of Marion for the nomination. Fred Landis, it is pointed out, must keep his promise, no matter how galling it becomes, if he cares to be renominated. Congressman Charles Landis is expected to make a definite announcement within the next few weeks. It is evident that the governor’s suggestion that the woman's prison be taken to Michigan City is not going to meet with much favor. Amos W. Butler. secretary of the state board of charities, gave it a black eye by recalling that Indiana tried to experiment with having the men’s and women's prison together and had found it very unsatisfactory. "We don’t want to go back thirty years,” said he. when asked for an opinion. It is not likely that the recommendation will be adopted, as most of the students of institutional problems are against it. The state board of charities. it was learned today, will probably give its hearty support to a bill for an epileptic village, but it is said on pretty good authority that the governor is opposed to it. Alexander Confessed Crime. Terre Haute. Ind., Jan. 18. —G. L. Kisner, who took Matthew Alexander’s death warrant to the Michigan City prison, says that Alexander" confessed to the warden that he killed Thomas Burke while drunk and didn't know what he was about or why he killed his best friend. South African Croesus Better. Johannesburg. Jan. 13.—Alfred Beit, the financier, reputed to be the richest man in the world, who was taken suddenly ill last week, is much improved. He hopes to start for England in a fortnight. Car Trimmer Crushed to Death. Linton, Ind.. Jan. 13. —Scott Padgett, a car trimmer at the Bon Ton mill, fell under the wheels of a car and had both legs cut off. He died of his injuries a few hours later. Receives a Big Foreign Order. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 13. —The British government has ordered 100,000 gunstocks from the Langton Gunstock company of this city. Asa Wouldn't Mind. Portland. Mich., Jan. 13.—-Mrs. Oscar Chase yesterday shot and killed Asa Manhart, a former boarder. Mrs. Chase had forbidden Manhart to come to her house. Yesterday afternoon, however, he came and began hammering on the door. Mrs. Chase warned him to desist, but as he paid no attention, the woman shot him.

Some Emigration Figures. Berlin. Jan. 13.—The emigration for the year 1902 through Hamburg and Bremen amounted to 266,884 persons, an increase of 63,586 over 1901. The number of emigrants sailing from these ports has trebled since 1898, the majority of them going to the United States. Mrs. Tingley Given a Verdict San Diego. Cal., Jan. 13. —The jury in the Tingley-Times $50,000 libel suit has found for Mrs. Tingley in the sum of $7,500. Two Hundred Chinamen Drowned. Shanghai. Jan. 13. —A landslide occurred at Nankin Monday, resulting in the drowning of 200 Chinamen.

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Coal Held on Sidings. Springfield. Ill.. Jan. 13.—Adam Menche of Chicago, president of the State Federation of Labor, who is in Springfield, was shown a dispatch asserting tnat the grand jury which is investigating the alleged coal combination in Chicago will ask the miners in Illinois to work ten hours a day in order to relieve the situation which exists owing to the scarcity of coal. Mr. Menche said that the miners would never consent. He declared that the operators and railroads were to blame for the existing coal famine. Mr. Menche declared that there were today thirty-six miles of loaded coal cars in Chicago, and that they have been there for some time.