Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1904 — Page 2

IHE DAILY DEMOCRAT. (▼■BY IVINISO, UCIFT SCNDAT, BY L« W G 3. ELLINGHAM. ■E= - ■ SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ■■ earner, per week 10<‘ ts carrier, per year $4 00 By maU, per month 25c •» total:, per year $2.60 Blnfr'e copies. Two Cents. BOsrV.sing rates made known on application Wntered In the poetofflce at Decatur. Indiana. as seeond-olass mall matter — . H. HELLER, Manaqbr. POLITICAL CALENDAR. Oct. 4 Salem, Blue Creek township, David E. Smith and J. C. Moran. District No. 4 School House Monroe township, J. T. Merryman and A. P. Beatty. Oct. 4. Monroeville, Allen County, 2 p.m. Hon. John M. Kern, Indianapolis. Oct. 5. Brodbeck School House. Union Township. R. K. Erwin and H. B. Heller. Oct. 6. Geneva, Indiana. Hon. D. W. Simms, of Lafayette. Oct. 6. Luckey School House,Union Township. Jos. T. Merryman and Henry Laukenaw. Oct 6, Prairie School House, Blue Creek township, C J. Lutz and W. L. Thornhill. Oct. 6. Washington School House, Washington township, D. E. Smith and J. C. Moran. Brandyberry School house, Washington township, R. K. Erwin and Jacob Butcher. Oct. 7. Court room, Decatur, Ind. C. A. Windle, Chicago. Oct. 8. Williams, Root township, Mayor D. D. Coffee and J. M. Kelley. Oct. 10. Booher Schoolhouse, Jefferson township, D. E, Smith and J. F. Fruchte. Oct. 11. Erwin Schoo) House, Union Township. Dore B. Erwin and Jno. C. Moran. Oct. 11. Election School House,Kirk, land Township. J. T. Merryman and Jesse Robison. Oct. 11. Berne, Indiana Henry W. Warrum, of Indianapolis. Oct. 12. Pleasant Valley School House, Monroe Township. R. K. Erwin and J. 0. Moran. Oct. 13. Linn Grove, Hartford Township. D. E. Smith and D. B. Erwin. Oct. 13. Pleasant Mills. St. Mary's Township. C. J. Lutz and J. C. Moran. Oct. 14. Decatur, William J. Bryan. Oct. 13. Monmouth, Root Town ship Judge R. K. Erwin and J. C. Moran. Oct. 19. Berne, Ind. Judge R. K. Erwin and C. J. Lutz. Oct. 19. Rodabush School House, Washington Township. Jas. T. Merryman and A. B. Beatty. Oct. 19. Hardscrabble School house, Monroe township. Mayor D. D. Coffee and D. E. Smith. These meetings will begin at seven o’clock, and should be well attended. DECATUR HONORED Hon. William Jennings Bryan, twice the democratic candidate for president, will speak in Decatur, Friday, October 14, 1904, one week from Friday. Eight years ago on Ootol>er 22, 1896. this earnest advocate of the principles of democracy was greeted here by perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in this city. From the present sentiment already being expressed, his second appearance among us will far eclipse in number those that saw and heard him eight years ago. Committee and citizens generally are now busy arranging for the proj>er reception of this gifted orator, citizen and statesman. He will sjieak foi one hour

PENSIONS No intelligent veteran will permit himself to be deceived bv the republican roarback that democratic success in the oomieg election would mean the cutting off of his pension, or the endangering of his rights in the smallest ptrticnlar. It is too late in the day for such an argument to have any effect, and the republican papers that ate using it are insulting the intelligence of the old soldiers and denying the pa t r iotit m of the American people. The veterans of this republic aye not obje its of charity. The pension is not a benefice, as the republicans regard it. It is, as the democrats hold, a right. The country's de-

fenders have earned their pensions, well, nobly, bravely. The democratic party simply insists that laws be enacted insuring the pension as a right, whereas the republicans want the money doled out without warrant of law, at the whim of the executive, and therefore made a charitable dispensation. The fact is well set forth in the democratic platform, and emphasized by Judge Parker, who said, in his letter of acceptance:

The national democracy favors liberal pensions to the surviving soldiers and sailors and their dependants, on the ground that they deserve liberal treatment. It pledges, by its platform, adequate legislation to that end. That Judge Parker's position is right in the soldier’s view is shown by General John C. Black, former co nmissioner of pensions, and com-mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Repbublic, who, in a recent address, advised his hearers to use their influence to have a law passed providing for service pensions. General Black realized as well as any one can the danger to the deserving soldier of having his pension based upon a personal act of a ' president, instead of supported by lan act of congress. The dlstin- ' guished soldier and statesman is in harmony with the democratic platform and Judge Parker’s declaration. Parks M. Martin, state tax commissioner and former chairman of the democratic state committee, thinks, as do a great many of them that have been trying to get the run of things this campaign that matters are badly’ mixed. His summary of the situation is that the democrats are now a great deal I stronger in Indiana than they were I the first of September, and that if their strength confines and a drift i in their favor sets in they’ will have an excellent chance to carry the. state. WORTH THE MONEY “A Chicago Tramp” Will Make You Laugh. “A Chicago Tramp,” the new sensational comedy drama, is one delightful conglomeration of pure wit and amusing situations. The

i ■! ’ • r * P 1 ■F ".‘JM . A.-'W W I ww te *-* ’ I y I▼’ ■<# ’ W t» | \ ■* * ' *** t Miss Olga Schmoll Deßaugh, Violinist. show from start to finish is of the money's worth kind, and true lovers of high class amusements should not miss seeing it. Every character in the piece is portrayed by only efficient artists whose names are practically by words among theatre-going people. They will appear Thursday, Ojtober 6th at the opera house Notice to Taxpayers of Adams County. There are only thirty days left to pay your fall installment of 1903 taxes. About one per cent is paid in and leaves a balance of one hundred thousand dollars unpaid. Will yon all wait to pay the above amount on the last day, which falls due November 7, 1904? There will be some of you that will have to pay penalty. Books will close on November 7, 1904. Truly, J. H VOGLEWEDE, Treasurer. 226 d« BUSINESS MENTION G » to True’s for your fall underwear All kinds—last year's prices. You will not go wrong if you buy your fall under wear at True's. Fall hat styles—Millinery Opening. Mrs. A W. Peterson, Wednesday evening.

POSTOFFICE LEASES Some Instances of How the Postoffice Department Worked to Make the Government Lose. In 1898 a law was enacted authorizing the postoffice department to make leases of buildings for postoffices for a period of ten years. This authority was immediately turned to the account of the "grafters” and in nearly every instance, the government. instead of securing buildings at a less rental by reason of the longer term, had to pay more than the annual rental had been for the short-term lease. This is the way it was worked: At Weehawken, N. J., on July 1, 1900, a lease was executed for ten years, at SSOO per annum, including all equipment, heat, light, etc. On July 1. 1902, eight years before the lease expired, it was canceled and a new’ lease entered into for the same premises and the same equipment at an annual rental of SBOO. At Hastings, Neb., on May 1, 1897, a lease was made for postoffice premises for a period of five years, including light, heat, vault, and equipment. at an annual rental of S7OO per annum. In March. 1901, the lessor was notified that the lease would be canceled on .Tune 30. almost a year before its expiration. Shortly after this a proposal was accepted for another building no more desirable, at a rental of SI,BOO per annum. A vigorous protest was made against this outrage by persons interested in the canceled lease and as a result the price for the new site was reduced to $1,300 per annum, with the proviso that the Department should pay for moving and installing the equipment and provide heat and light. The office was moved at an expense to the Department of $746. At Dunkirk, N. Y.. a five-year lease was executed March 1. 1898. at $450 per annum, including fixtures, wdth an additional allowance of slls for light and fuel, making $565 in all. On October 15. 1901. a lease was executed for a room fully equipped and furnished with light and heat for $1,350 per annum tor ten years, the "threemonths’ clause" being eliminated. On January 27. 1902. three months from the date of execution of this lease, it was canceled and another executed at a rental of $1,500. And on May 14 four months afterward, this $1,500 lease was canceled and another executed for ten years at $2,000 per annum. with the “three-months' clause” eliminated. No additional service was provided icr in any 01 the subsequent leases that was not included in the original lease. It will be observed that instead of using authority given by Congress to make long-term leases to secure better buildings for less money, it has been used for the benefit of "grafters" who seek to pillage the public revenues Henry R. Wolcott, the Colorado Republican who has repudiated President Roosevelt and who announces that he will support Judge Parker, gives among others this verv cosent reason for his change: "President Roosevelt, to my mind, has altogether too many eccentricities and too little balance and responsibility to be elected Presidcat. We have seen his reckless disregard of the rights of nations and of Individuals during the three years he has held office as President McKinley’s successor, and we can only conjecture with fear what course he might pursue were he given a term of office on his own election. The business men of the West do not dare vote him into office, for they firmly believe that both business and international peace would be upset by another term of Roosevelt." Ask the man who has been thrown out of employment by the dismantling of a factory by the trust and he’ll tell you that Republican prosperity is a fraud. Ask the salaried man, who finds the cost of living greatly increased and his salary stationary and he'll say that Republican prosperity is clap-trap. Go down the list and ask anybody but the trust magnate and Senator Beveridge and the answer will be that ft is a sham. Former Attorney General Miller and a number of other prominent Republicans petitioned the Republican national convention to "fix a time” when American control of the Philippines would cease and that people would be given their liberty. But the petitions were ignored and even the semblance of liberty is still denied to them. Here is a great truth admirably expressed In Judge Parker’s letter of acceptance: "A free people can not withhold freedom from another people and themselves remain free. The toleration of tyranny over others will soon breed contempt for freedom and self-government, and weaken our power of resistance to insidious usurpation of our constitutional rights.” Colonel William L. Ewing of Vincennes, once mayor of the city of St. Louis and prominently mentioned as the Republican candidate for governor of Missouri, has declared for Parker and Davis. He don’t like Roosevelt’s strennoslty and won’t support him, "Industrial combinations” Is the tender name by which the Republican campaign took designates the trust*, ▲nd the trusts "Jes lass".

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COURT NEWS C. B. A C. Right of Way Cases Being Heard Today. Ottis O. Juday et al vs Prospect Oil Co., et al appearance by Frank Snyder for defendants. The cases of the Cincinnati, Bluff ton & Chicago railroad company against various Jay county farmers for right of way damages, condemnation proceedings, are being heard in court today. Francis and Clara Wright were awarded slß2l. Samuel E. Slick and Lena Slick, 12700. Cases against Thomas and Alaltnda Fridley and Evan D Robinson and wife are now being heard. State vs Belle Harmon and Melin Harmon, for malicious trespass* warrant ordered returnable forth with. —o— State vs Sydney’ and Howard Chapman, larceny. Affidavit and information filed. Warrant ordereel turnable forthwith. Additional Locals. Jesse Steele, of Chicago, is in our city, the guest of nis mother. F V. Mills returned last evening from a business trip at Chicago. B. W. Sholty returned last evening from a business trip at Geneva Harvey Sprague made’a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss From returned to Fort Wayne last evening, after a visit here with friends. Nine bars Ark Soap at The Economy. Economy means saving. 221d6 Pacific Coast Tickets. From September 15 to October 15, the Erie R. R. will sell tickets to the Pacific Coast at exceedingly low rates Apply to agents for particulars, or write 0. L. Enos, T. P, A.. Marion, Ohio.

Attend the Millinery Open ing Wednesday evening. Mrs. A. W. Peterson. Lost—Gold watch, name engrav ed inside B. M. Steele. Had fob attached. Think it was lost on Second street. <5 00 reward vfferedLeave at this office. 222d6 For Sale—Good general purpose horse. Enquire of George Zimmerman. 218d12 Fall Milliary Opening— Mrs. A W. Peterson, Wednesday evening. Strong girl wanted for general housework. Good pay. N. Popkins. Fifth street. 2Jld6 Time tojook for your fall underwear. See True s line. For Rent—A five room house, all neatly repapepred and in good shape. Opposite the North ward school building. Inquire of Dr. J. Q Neptune. 221d6 You can buy 7 bars Santa Claus Soap for 26c at The Economy. 221d5 Found—A drab colored shawl, one and one-half miles west of town on public highway. Owner can have same by calling at this office. $7.50 —TO CADILLAC, MICH. AND RETURN. The G. R &I. will sell October 4th and 18th,— Nov. Ist, 16th and 29th, AU Tickets 16 Day Limit M ill also sell to AU SABLE, BEAVERTON BRANCH, brethern, KALEVA. GLADWIN, MANISTEE and MERRITT, MICH. AT THE SAME RATE. J. BRYSON, C. L. IXJCKWOOD, A K I G. P. a.

J. O. Ball desire toj thank all the old friends and customers of the firm of Woodward & Ball for the miny past favors both in a busine-s and i>ersonal way. He desires to say that he will continue in the un dertaking business, which he will make a specialty, and continue t give to the public his experience and best efforts for their aocomm dation Do not forget that Mr. Bn is still in business and that he desires your support 225d6wl fosse’s Opera rtobse Thursday, Oct. 6 THE 810 SENSATIONAL COMEDY DRAMA CHICAGO TRAMP — IN 3 ACTS With all special scenery, electrical and mechanical effects. Band Orchestra S_ _ The Realistic and Death Defying Rescue Wonderful and Exciting * * Explosion Scene Thrilling and Daring EfiPAnu The Realistic Bridge Scene 5 Vaudeville Features 5 INCLUDING Olga Schmoll Deßough The Renown Violin Virtuoso BERT JACOBS Escentric Musical Artist WILL HOLBROOK The Popular Tenor DELEANY & OSTELLA Comedy Sketch Ihe famous Megephone Quartette | Catchy Music, Witty Lines, Sensational Climaxes. Something to please the eye and ear PRIDES-25c, 35°, 50c Seat Sale Usual Place