Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1906 — Page 4

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JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. [. f. BIBCOCK. EDITOR 110 PUBLISBEB. U„ DiiT.NOBTBkiPNomi T Orrioa ( Siiiomoi, Stt. Official Damocratlo Paper of Jaspsr County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application Entered at the Post-office at Rensselaer, lud as second class matter. Offlea on Van Ranaaaiaar Street, A SATURDAY, SEPT. 22,1900.

Mr. Littlefield finds that among other cold things in Maine, is a reduced plurality. If Germany has a greatest crop, and Japan has a greatest crop where are we to sell the surplus of our own greatest crop? Chicago’s food inspector has a consignment of olives under suspicion, but the trouble is, no one can tell whether an olive is bad or not, just by tasting it. The total tax rate in Rensselaer for this year will be $3 .36 on each SIOO valuation. The man who has a few hundred or a few thousand dollars in bank here drawing 3 per cent, will soon be figuring out how much poorer he is than the man with only the clothes to his back, for the former will have to dig up an extra 36 cents on each hundred dollars more than he receives in interest. “Blessed be nothing”—if you don’t owe for it. The Department of Agriculture hasabsoluteiy laid down to the packers and let them have their own way in a very important matter of labels. It will be recollected that the meat inspection law provided that all meat products should be labeled for precisely what they are. In accordance with this demaud nearly all oi the labels on canned and otherwise prepared meats had to be revised. The “picnic ham,” which bad no ham in it; tin “potted chicken,” which was in reality made out of sheep; the “California ham,” which was nothing but a shoulder, all disappeared from the trade. But when it came to the question of canned roast beef, the packers put up such a howl that they carried their point, and “canned roast beef” will hereafter be a staple article of trade, although there is no such thing on the market. The “canned roast beef,” which the packers have been putting out, is in reality simply par-boilod and steamed until it bears more resemblance to wet wrapping paper in quality and consistency, than it does to anything else. This was the beef that caused so much trouble during the Cuban war. Those who ate it, or tried to, agreed that it was a slimy, tasteless, indigestible mass, and most of the soldiers rather than try to eat it threw away the cans and went hungry. But canned roast beef is still a staple article of of trade. The paokers sell it to the armies of the world, probably because the enlisted men of the world can not effectively protest against anything that is issued them in the

way of a ration. The packers claim that “canned roast beef” is a valuable trade mark, and that they must so label their product in order to compete with Australia and South America, both of which countries are keenly after army contracts. So the boiled and steamed beef, which it is an insult to name in the same breath with roast beef, will continue to bear an alluring lying label, and the Department of Agriculture will salve its conscience by insisting that the method of preparation shall be noted on the cans in small letters underneath the label.

AN EDITOR REBELS.

Concordia, Kas., Sept. 15.—The Concordia Empire prints the following;: "We have been invited to send a dollar contribution to the republican campaign fund that is being raised by popular subscription, and to which President Roosevelt recently subscribed. We would like to have our dollar in such select company, aU right, but we've done all the contributing we intend to this year. “We recently have completed building a house at a coat of something over 14,000, and for every foot of lumber, every pane of of glass, every sack of cement, every pound of nails, and in fact for nearly every bit of material that went into it we made a good liberal contribution through the trusts that control them, and we guess we have done our share. "It may be treason for a republican newspaper to talk this way, but facts are facts, and it sort of relieves our conscience to tell the truth about the trusts once in a while. We’ll just let the several trusts to which we have bad to pay unwilling tribute in the last year pay our dollar for us. We need it and they don’t.” The above item is clipped from the newecolumns of Saturday’s Indianapolis News, a paper that can always be counted on for shouting for the g. o. p, in each campaign, therefore it can not be classed as a democratic fabrication. But the editor might have gone on and truthfully said that he had been paying tribute to the republicanengendered trusts during the past eight or ten years on every item of material used in bis print-shop, from ordinary print paper to type aud printing material. Ten years ago type was about one-half the price it is to-day; all kinds of printing machinery have advanced from 20 to 50 per cent; paper of nearly all kinds is much higher, and the printer man gets no more for his product than he did then. Of course our Republican friends tell us that Roosevelt has busted the paper trust, and that as a result print paper, such as newspapers are printed on, is about one-half the price it was previous to the “busting.” Yet every editor who has printed this rot knows that he printed a lie, for print paper has varied but very little in price in the past five years, and is not likely to until some one gets hold of the trust-breaking club that will wield it where something will be hit. It is results, not mere words, that we want, and while the printing and newspaper business may be said to be growing better year by year, in the way that there is more reading, more advertising, more job printing being done, a greater volume of work, as it were, few country newspaper shops have as niuoh left at the end of the year after deducting the operating expenses as they had ten years ago. And every one of the editors of such papers, if they would tell the truth, would say so. The small dealer in all dosses of business is being robbed by the trusts, as is the consumer, but it would seem that the nepsper man gets it in the neck more frequent than any of the rest of them. Still the editors of the republican sheets will continue to howl for their trust-ridden party for fear the big stiok will smite them if they dare tell the truth and publish what they know to be the facts.

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PALMA FIXES A LIMIT

If New General Elections in Cuba Are Ordered He Will Step Down and Out. TAFT’S PARLEYS HAVE BEGUN - He Talks with the President and Also with Rebels. - Expec ;To Tie Ten Days at the Job— Conference Held Only Three Miles from the Keb Lines. Havana, Sept. 20.—The presidents of both the Moderate and the Liberal parties have submitted to Secretary of War Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, representing President Roosevelt, their respective statements of the facts leading up to the revolution and the conduct of belligerents. Each of the presidents will also present a written statement of the terms they are willing to agree to in the interest of peace. General Menocal, reprsenting the veterans, also related to Secretaries Taft and Bacon the efforts he has made in the line of peace and the difficulties he has encountered, and gave his opinion ns to what courses hold any promise of an amicable settlement. Isle of Pines Men Snubbed. A committee of citizens of the United States living on the Isle of Pines also appeared, but got little satisfaction, their attorney simply presenting a statement of their grievances, which was not taken up The hearing began at the home of Minister Morgan, in the village of Marianno, which it so happens Is only three miles from the most advanced of the Insurgent forces —that of Colonel Baldomero Acosta, which is encamped in the vicinity of Arroya Arenas. Secretary Taft informed Vice President Mendez Capote, Senntor Alfredo Zayas ai\d General Menocal that these conferences would be purely preliminary and all would be beard again. Taft Well Pleased So Par. After the hearings Secretary Taft said to the Associated Press that he had just begun his work, and that it was evident that the mission upon which lie came would require more time than he had anticipated before ltis arrival. He intimated than ten days would lie required to complete his errand. He was pleased that representatives of every faction had visited the agents of President Boosevolt, which he .considered augured well for the success of the" mission, which lie desired it to he understood was purely mediatory. PALMA HAS AN ULTIMATUM Will Resign if New General Elections Are Ordered. iMiring Secretary Taft's visit to President Palma the latter spoke freely of the situation aud the future possibilities, adding that in the contingency of a general election being ordered he would not feel that it would he consistent in him to continue in office as president in short that in that event lie would resign. No member of file government. President Palma said, would be willing to concede the proposition for a general election under any circumstances. Following lbs visit to President Palma Secretary Taft hoarded the cruiser Denver. He found there Senator Zayas awaiting him under a prenrraugement with Commander Colwell, and thus cordial relations were established both with the palace and with the revolutionists. Representative Gov in, Liberal Nationalist, after a conference with President Palma, said in part: ’’Senator Zayas asks altogether too much in expecting the release of Indicted conspirators before any agreement is reached. The Liberals ought to l*e willing to include this release as one of the bases of a peace settlement. Seuor Zayas and other Liberals who are members of <-ongress helped to pass the laws of the last session, but seemed.to discover most of their allegations only after Congressman Guerra had taken to the w oods. Gonzalez Perez, who served as congressman, has discovered that he is an American citizen now in order to l>e released from prison.” .Senor Govln said further tlmt the government was ready to grant municipal and new election laws with protection of the minority’s rights. He said also that since the rebels would not recede an inch It would l>e necessary for the United States to bock the established government, which never Avon Id concede new elections, for if that point wns conceded every South American republic would before long bo confronted with similar demands. ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE ENVOYS No Demonstrations Are Made—Some Notea of the War. The Des Moines arrived in Havana Itnrbor, bearing Secretary Taft, and party, at 7 a. m. At 8:30 the Cuban secretary df state,United States Charge d’Affalres Sleeper and an Associated Press representative boarded the Des Moines, and Secretary of State O’Farrll! had a long informal talk with Taft and, Bacon. About 10 a. m. the entire party landed and visited President Palma. As the party landed the mayor and councilmen of Havana appeared and formally welcomed Taft and Bacon to Cuba This was the only formal

welcome that was received. There were no cheers or other demonstrations. The conditions in the field are quiet, although the situation at Cienfuegos is threatening. General Rodriguez said that rural guards and miljtla are patrolling the entire outskirts and suburbs of Havana. One thousand militia from Matanzas has been removed from the Cabanas fortress to Canip Columbia. The first overt act by revolutionists in eastern Cuba was committed when fifty mounted men under Captain Vicente Costa and Lieutenant Francisco Salmon, entered the town of Firmeza, twenty miles east of Santiago, where the Juragua iron mines are located. They presented to Superintendent of Mines Whittaker a document bearing the alleged signature of General Hierezuelo demanding the delivery of two cases of dynamite and two blasting batteries. The superintendent refused to deliver the goods. The insurgents thereupon forcibly seized the explosives and the batteries, one mule and other supplies, giving their receipt therefor. It Is stated that General Asbert, one of the insurgent leaders, has sent a letter to President Roosevelt giving his reasons for the revolution, and adding that if the president docs not agree to a new general election supervised by a United States commission the revolutionists will continue the war. The letter is alleged to say that the insurgents do not fear the United States army, and that the Liberals could raise an army of 20.000 men.

DEATH SUMMONS ROBERT R. HITT

Narragansett Tier, N. Y., Sept. 20. Congressman Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois, is dead at his summer home here. Heart failure, following a long period of increasing physical weakness, finally caused the death of Con-

ROBERT ROBEBTS HITT.

gressman Illtt. Mrs. Hitt and her two sons, W. 8. Illtt and It. H. Hitt, were at the bedside of the congresinan when In* died. Congressman Hitt came here last June and since that time he has been very ill. requiring, most of the time, the constant attention of nurses and physicians. His condition was due to advancing years. His age was 72 years.

EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION

Christian Sect Take* a Vote That Makes Its Creator and Head an Outcast.

Chicago. Sept 19. Wilbur Glen Vollva was chosen by tlie people of Zion City as their leader by the overwhelming vote of 1,911 to <’> for his oppoitent, A. E. Rills. The election was held under the orders of Judge Landis, of the United States district court. Tint action of the Zionists practically makes John Alexander I)owie an outcast front-the religions organization of which he is the creator. Dowie. who is in feeble health, refused to recognize the authority of the court in ordering the election and did not present himself as a candidate. Oat of the total vote of 1,917 about half of it was by the women of Zion City, who went to the polls singing hymns, east their vote and then knelt in prayer at the door of the voting place.

Important Decision.

Washington, Sept. 19.—The interstate commerce commission rendered a most Important decision In the matter of the applications from various railroads giving administrative construction to certain provisions of the new railroad rate laws. Briefly they hold that with regard to payments fqr transportation, nothing but money can be legally received. With regard to notices of changes in rates, the Joint rate between two or more connecting carriers is held to be the legal rate und any change requires thirty days notice.

“Possible” Is a Good Word.

Washington, Kept. 19. Captain Southerland, commanding the naval forces in Santo Domingo waters, has cabled the department that the situation in the Island has become very acute, and that a revolution of some proportion Is possible.

Doesn’t Look Like Justice.

tidessa, Sept. 10.—A police official wns tried here on charges of having killed eleven Jews during the antiJewlsh attacks last year. Although the killings were fully proved the man was condemned to only three years’ Imprisonment.

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CZAR’S ABSENCE IS CRITICISED

Did Not Abandon Cruise to Attend Trepoff’s Funeral. STOLYPIN SENT HIM WARNING Was Informed That an Attempt Might Be Made Against His Majesty. Widow of Grand Duke Sergius st the Funeral—Massacre Feared at Odesea—Assassination at Warsaw. St. Petersburg. Sept. 20. —General Dmitri Trepoff, who died last Saturday, was. buried at Peterhof. Contrary to expectations the emperor was not present at the funeral. His majesty Is still cruising in Finnish waters on board the imperial yacht Standart. A great throng of army officers and high functionaries followed the casket on foot, according to the Russian custom, through lines of soldiery representing all the units of the St. Petersburg garrison, from the villa where the general died to the cathedral and then to the place of burial. Czar Unfavorably Criticised. The fact that the emperor did not abandon his pleasure cruise to attend the funeral of a devoted subject, has aroused much unfavorable commeut. It is recalled that he absented himself from the funeral of General Kondratchenko, who lost his life at Port Arthur. The emperor and the empress were represented only by magnificent wreaths. A high police officer explained that the czar’s absence was due to Premier Stolypin, who had been informed that an attempt might be made against his majesty and telegraphed him not to return. Grand Dukes Are Present. With the exception of Controller Sehwanebacli no ministers were present The only members of the imperial family who attended the funeral were Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch. his brother. Grand Duke Peters, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth, widow of the late Grand Duke Sergius, a sister of the empress. The widow of Grand Sergius came from Moscow especially to attend the funeral. She walked with the widow and daughters of Trepoff behind the casket. Fear a Massacre in Odessa. Odessa. Sept. 20.—Many Jews continue to receive anonymous warnings not to attend the synagogues for the festivals of the Jewish new year for fear of possible “black hundred’ outrages. The governor of Odessa reiterated his advice to the foreign consuls to maintain vigilant watchfulness at their consulates, ns the anarchists threaten an attack with the object of causing international complications. Assassination at Warsaw. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Sept. 20. General Nicolnleff, of the artillery, has been assassinated here. He was erroneously thought to be a member of the field court-martial. General Nicolaleff was walking on Wielka street when he was surrounded by five revolutionists and shot dead. The murderers escaped. 'v Amenians Slay Tartars. Tiffis, Sept. 20.—According to a report received here from the governor general of the Caucasus, four Tartar villages in the district of Sangesur have been reduced to ashes by Armenirns. The bodies of the slain lie unburied among the ruins.

Death of a British Admiral.

Gibraltar, Sept. 18. —Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, who commanded the British squadron at Manila during the Spnnish-Amerlcan war, is dead of pneumonia after an illness of a few days. Sir Edward's wife arrived here from England at night. Rear Admiral Chichester was chief of the sea'transport service during the South Africa war. Ills work in transporting a quarter of a million men 5,000 miles to South Africa won him great praise.

Groffs End Prison Terms.

Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 19.—Samuel and Edward Gross, of Toledo, 0., who were sentenced to the Moundsvllle penitentiary for one year on connection with the poatal scandal, have been released from the penitentiary upon the completion of their terms. They were given tickets to Toledo and left for the Ohio city at once.

Hungary Honors Washington.

Budapest, Sept. 18.—Amid scenes of groat enthusiasm a monument to

fieorge Washington was unveiled in i!he city park. In the morning special sermons were delivered In many of tho churches, the preachers calling attention to the Importance of the event. In the afternoon there was an Imposing parade. More than 30,000 persons witnessed the ceremonies.

The Navy Scandal.

The scandal in the ifevy department about unfit meats being supplied at, New York and Norfolk was, according; to the officials, “not unexpected” as far as New York was concerned on account of the low price bid. And yeti with this fact staring them in the face' the officials never discovered anything wrong until the men actually refused to eat the stuff furnished.

A Bloodthirsty Coarse.

At a conference of Governor General Ide and the military generals in the Philippines it has been decided to exterminate the Pulajane tribe. Before the slaughter begins would it not be well to try to discover why it is necessary to take this bloodthirsty coarse? Perhaps the Pulajanes have a good grievance against the Philippine government, and better treatment might make them friends instead of enemies. From the meager news allowed to reach this country the government of the Philippines seems to be going from bad to worse.

REAL REFORM WANTED

Honest Political Management a Crying Need. - LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE FREELY Democratic Committee Laeki Keeea•arj- Funds, While the Republican* Are Well Provided—Jio Fair Elec--tlon Can Be Had With the Monel All on One Side. There Is a vast field before the politician of the future that is able enough and honest enough to bring ifbout real reform in elections and honesty instead of notorious corruption In political man : agement It is pleasfint to record that beginning In 1004 the Democratic party has had no campaign funds for other than legitimate purposes, not even enough to compete in the lavish distribution of literature, much less to be able to pay a corps of speakers like the Republicans have. The Democrats have had to rely upon volunteers paying their own expenses. This poverty of the Democrats has htpl the great advantage of releasing the party from the bands of trimmers and grafters and repeaters that hang on the skirts of corruptionists, ever looking for cash and loot. It has had the good effect of drawing honest men, fqgmerly Republicans, to act with it. The public at the last national election was deceived into believing, by the denial of President Roosevelt of the charge made by Judge Parker that the Republican committee had received large contributions from corporations, that corruption had been abolished from the Republican campaign. It is notorious, from the evidence produced at the investigation of the life Insurance scandals, that enormous sums had been contributed by those corporations, although Mr. Roosevelt denied it. Nor has there bemi restitution of those tainted funds to the real owners, the policy holders, whose widows and orphans may soon suffer for lack of it A similar attempt is again being made by the Republicans In the present campaign for congress to impress the public with the belief that no contributions from tainted sources are being received. This is emphasised by calling on the rank and file of the party for dollar subscriptions. It Is safe to say the amount received from dollar subscriptions is not enough to pay rent and clerk hire, let alone the enormous cost of printing the campaign book and the thousands of documents and speeches that will be gratuitously distributed. Where does all the money come from If not from tariff beneficiaries or corporations? When the Republicans refused to pass the TUlman bill to punish the giver and receiver of tainted funds they virtually acknowledged they could not get along without such money. It Is therefore up to them to prove that the source of their funds is above reproach by publishing a sworn statement of receipts and from whom If they expect popular belief that corruption has been banished. It would be pleasant to record the fact that the Republican committee, like the Democratic committee, has not sufficient funds to meet necessary expenses, so that politics would be on a fairer footing. It would also be still more pleasant to record that funds from sources that expect In return legislative or executive favors had been refused pn ethical grounds and a real and lasting reform was being attempted. The personnel of the managers of the Republican campaign does hot offer much hope for Improvement It Is the same old gang at the old game, with no visible sign of repentance.