Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1904 — Page 2

Jit _t)AILY D£MOCRAT. SYBHY SVINTNG. KXCBPT SUNDAY, BY U** W O. ELUINGHAM. « U ASCRIPTION RATES. J* per week, 1 Oc 3* carrier, per year *4 00 *»■ wall, per month 26C lee u>*ll, per year *2.60 Single copies. Two Dents, <fc.Av*Mi*in* rates made known on application Snsarad in the postoffice at Decatur. Indi- • •», a* second-class mall matter 4 H. HELLER, Manaobß'. During his speech to the editors yesterday, Alton B. Parker, democratic candidate for president, said: “Extravagance is running riot in federal, state and municipal governments, in spite of the welldirected effort of some excellent officials. The indebtedness of municiptl governments is steadily piling up. Bond issues are increasingly frequent, and the people have not the satisfaction in many instances of a full equivalent in improvements for the money expended. And the federal government is leading in the race of great expenditures. Ere long the people will demand a reform in administration expenses. And they will do it now if they are made to appreciate the whole truth. | The democratic party is not a machine. It is a body of citizens who believe that on the whole its fundamen tai principles are best adapted to the conduct of the government.” On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and ronud trip excurson tickets to the west, northwest and southwest at very low rates. | Further information, call upon Erie agents or write, C. L. Enos, T P. A., Marion Ohio. Russia--Japan war altas 10 cents Three fine colored maps, each 14x20; bound in convenient form for reference, The Estern situation shown in detail, issued bv The Chicago & North Western R’y, mailed upon reoeint of ten cen's in stamps by A H. Waggener, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Ills.

FALL SUITS For Men and Boys Have Arrived and are Ready for YOUR INSPECTION vx The Dew styles com Prise ail the fabrics in Domestic and Im ported designs, while the A a Tailoring, l 1 'fi Fit and ww Style j. cannot be approached by anyk “ f If*" thing shown in the city. ’ L*fiW n* •« ’w V I I Call and Inspect / m .1 the g flrm ents and you’ll be i s-B f a sure buyer. w — * » • All is GUARANTEED as represented or your money back. 1..,, , " J fclM CLOTH IMG A s-rs ? AT Gus Rosenthals, THE SQUARE M AN. DECATUR, INDIANA. Store closes Friday at 6. P. M. to Saturday at 6. P. M. the loth, on account of Religious Holiday.

IS STILL ON Fight for City Attorney Wages Three Councilmen Failed to Appear La t Night—Continued Sts: ion BrokenSpecial Session Tonight. The question of who shall be the city attorney of Decatur, is still unsettled and the outcome is as much a puzzle as ever. When the session of Wednesday night quit work it was only for a recess and with the [understanding that business would ba resumed again at eight o’clock last evening. When that hour came last night Mayor Coffee and three councilmen, Gaffer. Porter and Kirsch were present, lacking but one for a quorum, but that one failed to appear, those absent being Teeple, Fordyce and Buhler. After waiting until nearly ten o'clock Mayor Coffee entered the fact upon the docket that the quorum was not present and the continued session was thus broken. It will be impossible to elect a city attorney now until the next regular meeting, Sept. 20th, but Mayor Coffee has issued a specia 1 call for the council to meet tonight, when some action will be taken upon the matter. Some other matters of i importance are also to come up, among them being the extending of the electric light line to Bell View farm, four patrons for electric lights having been secured.

A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper 42x64 inches mounted on rollers; edged bound in clcth, showing our new island po; sessions. The Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, China. Munchuria, Koorea and the Fat East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern, P. T M., Chicago & North Western R’y, Chicago, 111.

RIGHTS OF LABOR Several Important Cases In Which Judge Parker Stood Consistently For Labor's Rights. A number of important laws affecting labor were before the courts of New York for adjudication while Judge Parker was on the bench, and all of his opinions asserted the right of the state to legislate for better conditions among its wage-earning classes. The Republican press has criticised some of those decisions and has intimated that they were made for partisan effect, but the independent legal thought of the country has Indorsed them, both on account of their consistency and their just and equitable conclusions. One of the first and most important cases t at came before Judge Parker’s court was in relation to' the law which required that contractors on public work should pay their employes not less than the prevailing rate of wages. A street improvement contractor in the city of New York had failed to comply with this provision of his contract and the comptroller refused to issue a warrant for the amount due, holding that he had not complied with his contract. The court of appeals held the law, so far as it related to such a case, unconstitutional, but a dissenting opinion -was written by Judge Parker in which he defended the law as a proper exercise of legislative power. In 1896 the so-called "convfet-made goods label act” was passed. It required all goods made by convict labor in any penal institution to be labeled “convict made” beiore being sold or exposed for sale within the state. The law was undoubtedly aimed at convictmade goods of other states, since the products of convict labor of New’ York could not under the constitutional provision be placed upon the market. This law was held by the court of appeals to be unconstitutional, because it was an attempt to regulate interstate commerce and thus violative of the commerce clause of the federal constitution. Judges Bartlett and Parker wrote dissenting opinions, insisting that the act was a proper exercise of legislative power. The true purpose of the law was tersely stated by Judge Parker in the following language: “This statute neither prohibits nor attempts to prohibit other states or citizens of other states from putting prison-made goods upon our markets, nor does it prohibit our own citizens from buying or selling them; if it did, then, concededly, the statute would be in violation of the commerce clause of the federal constitution and void; it simply requires that prison-made merchandise shall be so branded that our citizens shall know where the goods they are buying were made.” Another case before the court grew out of rivalry between two labor organizations and has led to much comment. Charles McQueed. a member of the National Protective Association of Steam Fitters and Helpers, a corporation organized under the laws of New York, brought a- action on behalf of b'mself and his fe'low-members to restrain th° beard of debates and certain individuals, members of the board of delegates and of the Enterprise Association of Steam Fitters and of the Progress Association of Steam Fitters and Helpers, from preventing the employment of the plaintiffs, and from coercing their discharge by any emnlover. through threats, strikes, or otherwise, and to recover damages.

Judge Parser wrote the prevailing opinion of the court and in it he lays down in the most comprehensive terms the rule that members of a labor union have not only the right to refuse to work with others, but that it doe* not affect their right because the reason given does not seem adequate to other people so long as the object to be attained is a legal one. He says: "Stated in other words, the propositions quoted recognize the right of one man to refuse to work for another on any ground that he may regard as sufficient, and the emplo”er has no right to demand a reason for it. But there is, I take it, no legal objection to the employee’s giving a reason, if he has one. and the fact that the reason given is that he refuses to work with another who is not a member of his organization, whether at ited to hia employer or not, does not affect his right to stop work, nor does 't give a cause of action to the workmen to whom he objects because the employer sees fit to discharge the man objected to ratner than lose th* services »f the objector." A Legal Pussier. Curiou* comments by a judge, even In the presence of the prisoner, though extremely rare, are not unprecedented. Mr. Justice Maule once addressed a phenomenon of innocence in a smock frock in the following word*: ‘Trironer at the bur, your counsel thinks you innocent; the counsel for the prosecution thinks you innocent; I think you innocent. But a jury of your own countrymen, in the exercise of such common sense a* they possess, which does not seem to be much, have foun 1 you guilty, and it remains that I shall pass upon you the sentence of the law. That sentence la that you be kept in imprisonment for one day. and us that day was yesterday you may now go about your business.” The unfortunate rustic, rather scared, went about bis business, but thought law was an uncommonly puzzling business.—London Tit-Bits.

A WELL DRESSED MAN I t Makes you stop and consider the very important “Do I look like him or do I look shabby?” [NOW LI STL IN It costs you no more to go well dressed than it does to g 0 I I shabby clad if you come to us for your wearing apparel- B We can now show you ■U [NEW FALL SUITS ■. P HU H' In all the latest styles and patterns. : . .1 1 — 1 ■ I I SCHOOL SUITS FOR BOYS The time is at hand for the boys to get their Fall aud Win. ter Suits for school. We have them at all prices from HL Hi SI.OO to $6.50. | <9 . Elzey & Vance I, CORNER EAST COURT HOUSE. DECATUR, INDIANA. I I

Pleasant Mills. The infant daughter of Ira Steele isq nite sick. Austin Archer of Ft. Wayne spent the past week here with relatives. Miss Minta Ritter i- still quite poorly, and notable to be around yet. Oran Fortney and family visited Sunday in Fort Wayne, the guests of friends. Frank Winans and family, of Monroeville, visited a fqw days with friends. Mrs. Rosko Matthewson and niece are making an extended visit with relatives and friends in Cilicaf o. Pleasant Mills is on the boom, as quite a number have negotiated for lotsand comtemplatej building in the near future. Harvey and Willis Brewer, of Elgin, Ohio, visited the past week here with their father, B. F. Brewer and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Ada, Ohio, former residents of this place, and principal instructor of the Pleasant Mills schools, called on old friends here kst week. Charles Yager and family are moving to our burg this week. Charley is tired of farm life and intends from now on to be a fullfledged Pleasant Millsite. The Harmount family Uncle Tom’s Cabin will exhibit here under canvas next Thursday evening, Sept. Bth. As this will be a highclass entertainment, don't miss the opporunity of attending . Come our and enjoy the evening and witness the free band concert in the evening, under the leadership of Prof. A. L. Harmount. Berne Items. School commenced here Monday with a full attendance. Jacob Branneman went to Fort Wayne, Tuesday, on business. Isaac Emery, who has been quite sick is able to be around again. The Saints are holding meetings here under a large tent, and all are oordif.lly invited. The present outlook is very good for a big crowd nt Petoskey, Mich., and other points next Tuesday. Harry and Rafe Imbode came home from a visit to Elwood and other towns they visited last week. At the homes of Charles Wright and Chris Martz they are rejoicing over the arrival of two new democrats. Rev. and Mrs. Koenig returned home Monday, after a weeks' stay at Van Wert Ohio, renewing old acquaintances. From indications there will lie a big crowd from here go to Portland tomorrow to see the next cogressman nominated. Miss Myrtle W ilson returned home from Scott. Ohio, Saturday, where she had been calling on friends and relatives. Mrs. Pfeifer and Etta Atkinson of near Salimunia, were visiting their sister Mrs,. Dr. C. B. S honk a few days last week. Noah Wulliman came home from Martinsville last week, feeling much better than when he 'went to I that institution some three or i'onr weeks previous. Penalor L. V. Ulery, of Fort Wayne, was looking vp his oil holdings hereabouts Tuesday. The 1

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To California Tourist Car Service to Californ a. ( On August 11th the Missouri Pa. oific Railway established a daily through tourist sleeping car line, St. Louis to San Francisco. Train leaves St. Louis daily 11:59 p. m. The mute is via Missouri Pacific railway to Pueblo, Colorado, thence via D inver and Rio Grande to Salt Lake City and Ogden and Southern Pacific to San Francisco and Los Angeles. This is the famous scenic line of the world—through the picturesque Rocky Mountains. The service and accommodations are up-to-date and personally conducted. Very low rates will be] in effect from August 15 to Sept. 10th via 1 Missouri Pacific railway to the principal Pacific coast points and return. Also low rate Colonist one way tickets will be sold from Sept. 15 to Otctober 15. For rates information and reservtion of berths, apply to G. A. Deane, Jr., _ u

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