Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 October 1907 — Page 6
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
the latest events of the world briefly told.
NORTH, EAST WEST. SOUTH
Foreign Land. Throughout the Nation ana) Particularly From the Great Southwest.
Open gambling in Chicago domo town district, with swnmis connivante of police officials, unearthed by the states attorney office. Chicago chief of police Issued order baaishing vagrant to suppress crime. , dll of riffraff the result of many at taeks od omen. School officials in many cities throughout the country have begun , warfare in court and otherwise'
against fraternal societies in schools.
Countess of Warwick arrivd in New York, insisted she was a private I person, and declined to discuss social- I Ism or any other topic. IVath of woman in lunatic asylum
recalled a famous t-.ngl:b poise n.ng crime. Birth of a son to Prince and Princess Rospigliosi revives story of their long battle with the Roman Catholic church. Vienna investigator explained a new method for instant diagnosis of tuberculosis. Bitter struggle between King Leo pcld and Belgian parliament over annexation of Congo expected. Canadian member of parliament pre
dicted hard fight at next session, which he said would last six mouths; ' prophet of big scandal. Correspondence unearthed in Rrus-
Aatomoblha plunges seventy feet
into a stone quarry and man is dashed aitalust rocks. His companion est 9 pea hv clinging to a fence post. Chicago bomb throwers resume operations and set off charge in rear of Mont Tenne' cash regut r stors on Clark street, over which a poolroom t operated. President Harahan of (he Illinois Central declares he has enough proxies to give him absolute control of the Illinois Central annual meeting.
and that Stuyvessnt Fish wit! be powerless J Pierponi Morgan and other New York flnancieis ate told by Bishop
Ingram of London, in a sermon in Trinity church, that rich men are merely the stewards and not the owners of their possessions. Paula Klippeuburg. a Viennese act tress who came to America to sue a Newark (N J ) man for breach of promise, weeping hysterically wheu she finally learns that she must be deported, starts on her return trip to Europe from Nw York. Hen latum F Graff, formerly pastor of a Jollet (III.) church. Is In fttfl there, charged with forgerv and prac
ticing a confidence uame. Proposition to cut off two of the the p residing elders in 'he Wisconsin Methodist conference and divide the'.r salaries among the poorer pastors
causes a clash in the conference in
session in Milwaukee. Kst.tblishment of a great central
bank as a cure for tiht money market is advanced by a German delegate in an address before the American Bankers Association at Atlantic City. N J. A monster petition signed by hundreds of British Columbians is on its way to the premier. Sir Wilfrid Kurier. It rrays that the government immediately pass legislation to insure the absolute exclusion of orientals from the Dominion of Canada. Paul Meliege. 40 years old. was res cued at Chlsholm from a mine chamber 2CC feet below the surface, upon which there had been a sinking depression When found Meliege was in an exhausted condition Standard Oil Co. prevents independents from using its pipe lines by "crertfir.p" a fnu n m Itin " I. v
tel. shows Secretary Seward invited a ' Iv HninB,
IN HONOR
OF M'KINLEY
H00SIER HAPPENINGS Lntest News of Interest from Various Towns in Indiana
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT ONVEILING OF MONUMENT AT CANTON, 0.
ROOSEVELT MAKES ADDRESS
Home of Martyred President Thronged
With Thousands sf Visitors Four States Contributed to Monument.
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Canton. O. An address by President Roosevelt and a 0MB written for ths occasion and recited by James Whittomb Rile, dedicated here the $540,0iH McKinley memorial monument
i built by a country wide jiopular subI script ion of 1 .500.000 small contribu
tions. The ciowd In Canton numbered 100. oon Special trains brought nearly "0.000 people ttOtt western Pennsylvania and Ohio Two thousand regulars and MM of the Ohio national guard protected
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become major gasend in
Milwaukee s'ops suits against the nies, awaiting his inctlon under ad-
Russia and Great Britain sign agreement which means much for the peace of Asia. Lady Arthur Paget and daughter aecllned Invitation to attend German arm.. Bsanea I era t ) leb vera extended t v Kaiserin. Raymond explained reasons of sue SSM :n ilia I igiaei of cities ruled by (he commission: craf- made almost bShkmnhmS Political leaders in New Mexico hope to bring ft into statehood singly: Joint entrance not desired. General Grosv nor. discussing presi
dential timber in London. w
in ine reiier tnat -he candidates would be Ros.-ve- and Bryan. Father haunting Mrs Mabelle Oilma". Corey, threatened to be revenged If MM doesn't recognize him.
Judge Ludwig o proceedings In the street railway comr decision on an inj v:- i:i :
Mrs. Carrie Nation recently com mined to the workhouse for disorderly conduct, has been released, her fine having been paid by a friend I'nable to live on their Salaries, pastors are being forced to other lines of work, and increases in their pay are necessary lo 0!I the pulpits, delegates to the Wisconsin Methodist conference are told. Replying to the claim railroad com pa nie made in St. Louis recently that they had lost $1.500 000 from com pliance with the 2c fare law In Missouri. Attorney General Hadley said aald that did not believe the railroad companies knew whether the operation of the law will result In an Increase or decrease in net earnings. Judge Landis scores methods of Standard Oil Co. in issuing pamphlet reflating on his action in fining the company, and sumrrons the president of the Indiana corporation before the grand Jury to prove the charges. J. T. Harahan in a statement accuses Stuyvesant Fish of loaning to himself and others large sums from the Illinois Central treasury upon worthless security and of serious breaches of faith. In response to a latter from a little Maryland girl, saying that naval militiamen had taken her pet dog and that she was lonesome, the navv denart
in en t hunts up the dog and sends it bark. I'nited States circuit court of appeals a Ienver confirms a fine of $15.000 Imposed on the Great Northern railway for rebating and gives hope that the big Standard Oil fine will be spseti. Railroads in Kansas and NSSSÜ vanla decide to put 2c rate into effect as demanded by sta-e commissions, but reserve right to contest Americans migrating in large um bers to the Canadian Northwe-t i ten . arfl .'72.60 leave this country Mrs Silas Baldwin of Hampshire III Is beaten to death and her aged bunhand is said to have confessed the crimp. Secretary of S'at. Knot, accompaVm by bis wife daughter and private eeretary pa-se.l through St. Louis on t heir w ; tn N(( yjro r(ty visit of lofaei Beaaeos 8ooner to Madison starts ,H.rt that he is planMag f.. line up deteeittna foe Ttt
N A-MKiatun of ,ocal Fire urance Agents, at its convent law in
- - 1 " Ii hears addresses b
n Hniond. Va. everal speake
away with interstate business, test!
mony of a witness at the New York bearine shows English Kstoffice service superior to that in America: packages carried in better shape than by expr s companies: even babii-s and laundry can be sent by mail. The cruisers Cincinnati and Raleigh, recently home from the Asiatic station are to go out of commission In about fen days at the Mare Island na.y yard. They are to be thoroughlyoverhauled. The British schooner Princess of Avon, bound from Parrsboro. N. C.. to Boston, was capsized off the Craves
1 ' the entrance to Boston harbor Her
( res of five men was rescued by a government fug. Mrs. Marguerite Carter, who committed suicide at the home of her benfactor. John ... vVhite. was the daughter of a countess, and was deserted bv
h.r husband Just after her honeymoon, it was learned. She tried fourteen
tunes to commit suicide. Before her
marriage she was Marruerite Louis .'arte de Marideau. Left an orphan, -he spent her girlhood in a French convent, inherited a small fortune from h r grandmother and went to live with a grand aunt. An official report on the relation In France of alcoholic excess to mental alienation, shows that in the public asylums for the Insane there are 9.9.I.' cases affected by alcoholism out of a total of 71.547. Of the cases of alcoholic alienation, approximately half owe their degradation to absinthe After having been In session over three months and with adjournment probably a month In the distance. If i recognized generally and even by the most optimistic in the peace movement, tna. the second International Peace Conference ha been and will be at Its conclusion barren of results lead Ing to permanent measures of benefit
to the peace of the world.
w nne tne government is grilling Standard Oil officials in New York, the monopoly is golne ahead from wettern Pennsylvania with its plans to extend Operation to eery part of the world Its latest field for Investigation is Japan Col John I Carter of Titusvllle. Pa . head of the Carter Oil Company! Standard concern is now on his way to Japan with a corps of expert! to investigate tue oll Melds In the mikado's kingdom. John i-av:i and John Mclaughlin Of Incaster. Ky were killed accidentally by Illuminating gas while asleep in a hotel In Hamilton. O. Rlghl of the state board of equalization to assess railroad and corporation capital stock and property at 70 per cent of Its value Instead of at Its full value Is challenged at a meeting In Springfield 111. F. S. Royter and Charles F. Bur rowea were brought before the federal court at Norfolk Va. a defend ants in the anti trust suit against the American Fertilizer Co President Roosevelt's speeches will no longer be sent to the Wall street
ticker service in advance of delivery Neither will they he distributed among the publisher of Wall street newspa pers. They will be sent to the three
j regular press associations only. It is understood that Frank B K1.
!"cc. the government's counsel in Ira suit to dlsso e the Standard Oil Co. of New J. rse has Important evidence in his possession bearing on alleged relationship Let ween railroad rebates and the prom of the corporation In
lav aisaW it s JasBSBsaVfeBPk Gassaw aBsBLflssBe STATUE OF PRFSIDFNT Mr. I
WMOLt FAMILY WIPED OUT. Father. Mother and Child Burned to Death Near Petersburg. I'eiei sburg. A mother's love for hei t wo months old child caused her
COULD NOT CHECK FLAMES. Fire Does Much Damage in Town of Thorntown. Thoi ntown.-- Fire caused a loss esti
mated at $!.r..50) and for a time threat
Seat! ami the (loath of her husband. ened t he destruction of the entire busl.lam. 1 . ss.-tt in a Hie that consumed I ness section of the town
thcil home wit miles south of here
Tba child also was burned to death. T!:e fite was caused by the explosion of a blK kerosene lamp standlag on a dresser near the foot of the bed. When the husband and wife awoke, the room was in flames, even the cover on the beds in which they slept vero on Ore. In a cradle standing near the side of the bed, the two months old babe w.i sleeping. In trying to escape from the learning building the mother grabbed what she supposed in her fright to te set child. On gaining. the outside of the build Ins sh,. discovered that she carried
The tire started in L. L Graves' livery barn. Some boys bad covered up ii electric light bulb when storing away hay. It Is believed it stalled from this. The tiaines spread rapid!) and In a short time had communicated to the elevator of R S Stall a Co.. which was soon a mass of flames. Although the town fire pump was brought into use as well as hundreds of buckets it was impossible to check the Mimes. The elevator contained il.OOO bushels of wheat and :t.000 bushels of oats. The grain was destroyed S'.a'l r Co.. also had 200 Ions of anthracite coal
only a pillow and that the child re- I stored in a building adjoining the ele-
mained in the burning house
vator This caught flie and is still
With a mother's love she started ! burning. The town Jail, just across the back Into the burning house, and it ! street from the elevator, also was , ,v.- wi'h difficulty that the husband. , Proved There were no nrionei in
tenibly burned himself, succeeded in Hie jail when the tire started T
Keeping the woman from b lav; er.
mated with the child. Moth husband and wife in their vain efforts to save their child suffered burns that caused their deaths a few hours after the fire.
With their death the eii'ue family
tal loss is estimated at $13.000.
lie to-
Ready for Methodist Meeting. Columbus Plans have been completed for the big meeting of Methodist which convenes in the
of three was wiped out. The only re- ' Ffrst M K church here to-morrow
mains or the little child was a fewcharred bones that were gathered up after the fire.
Settles Status of Railways. Indianapolis .-The state railroad commission in giving a decision in favor of the Commercial club of Richmond In which the club asked
night. The conference proer does not start until Wednesday morning, but the opening session is to be held Tuesday night, and the vanguard Is already here. Bishop Henry W. Warren, who comes from Denver to preside over the conference, is her. Gov. Hanlv speaks on FrldHy afternoon, and It Is on the same afternoon that Vice Pre?
STATUE OF PRESIDENT KINLEY.
A bronze masterpiece that is a fea
ture of the monument erected to the
martyr president at Canton.
t'resi.l. nt Koo. . It and kept the
crowd from breaking through the
ropes. The regulars were under com
mand of Brig. Gen. J. M. K Davis
President Roosevelt's train arrived only three minute behind schedule
time. The president at once was driven be' ween two lines of soldiers
to the high school, where the school
children of the city assembled. Sol
uiei were piacea at intervals of a
few feet along the route to the high
Fcnooi to keep back the crowd. The
sun was shining when the president
arrived. Children Sing "America."
At the school 1.500 boys and girls
were grouped on a large stand and
dressed to form a fiat; Nearly r..lnu
other school children were grouped
on each side. All sang ' America and The Star Spangled Banner
From the school the president was
driven to a large stand in the square.
from which he reviewed the parade Platoons of police and U. S. cavalry headed the parade. There were six brigades, with nearly 10.000 men, in line President McKinley s regiment, the Twenty third Ohio volunteer infantry, was in the first brigade, with Q A. R. veterans. Spanish American ar veterans and Sons of Veterans. The streets crossing the public square had been made a court of honor with ropes of evergreens strung on staffs mounted In bases that bore McKinley's monogram. The dedication opened with Invo cation by Rev. Frank M. Bristol of Washington.
V Governor Harris of Ohio, president
of the day. made the opening address. and Justice Day told of the building of the memorial. Statue la Unveiled. Then came the formal unveiling of a bronze statue of McKinley that stands at the entrance of the monu ment. Miss Helen McKinley of Cleveland, sister of President McKIn ley. pulled the cord releasing the flags that covered the statue James Whltcomb Kil y recited his poem and the oration of President Roosevelt followed. "The Star .- v. ! Banner." sune by all present, preceded the sneaking. ' America" clos- d the ceremonies. Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland pronounced tho benediction. No announcement that the ai.dlence
wasi to ne limited was made before Saturday, and thousands of strangers sought In vain for admission.
that the Chicago. Cincinnati A Louis
ville Railway company and the Pitt 1 ''' Fairbanks is expected The gov
burg. Cincinnati. Chicago ft St. Louis emor has net been heard here since Railway company be required to make no wa candidate- and the people are physical connection of the lines which anxious to hear the s4drM he will cross each other in the city of Rich- ake to the conference.
niotid. declares that the railroads are retarded as public highways and the ; riitht of the governments to regulate
in iroiiao;e ami proper manner the conduct of railroad concretions has been founded on this fact Richmond manufacturers have long been embarrassed by the fact that the tire linos mentioned have had no switching connections. The Comnier Mill club of Richmond brought the matte; before the railroad commission.
Agr;e to Obey Law. Muiicic At a MetaSg Delaware County Liquor association It was decid. dissent, not only for each
of the Ih-alers' without member
ELECTED BY TRUST
SECRET OF ROOSEVELT'S FlRgT NOMINATION.
According to President Batr, the Col Combine Was Behind Him Good Reason Why Monopolies Are Not Disturbed. The Statement of Pi. sid.-n: I . the Coal trust, establishing tii.. , X1 ence of a conspiracy bei we. sj that unlawful Institution and the Kepubin s . National committee Is asTeeeelnilj U terestlng. It shows at least that R, veli owes his election as flea pri dent to the action of thut trust. an explalus infcrenlially why the Bteel trust and (he Money trust are i disturbed by our "cantankei.. ,, friend" in the White House. Thi
are "good trusts ' irooil u.
v ne publican politicians, at least. Bit
there can be. in the estimation of an honest man. no such thing as a k trust sinie the very raison d' et re i
very trust Is monoKly and extortioi
This Is show n by the hlstorv of su h
combinations. The fiist timeth.. ir.-
was known by that name was in Itf when the Standard Oil trust whs
-anized The n a number of eoBlpa ies. firms and partnerships entered into an agi cement with vi. w to
monopolizing the oil busimss. una
absorbed 80 per cent of the pi broh Industry of ibis coantry. v all now understand the methods of this heart
less monoiKdy They put their arfau-
in the hands of nine "trustees" who fixed both buying and selling prta of petroleum and rstSSi oils and 1 i brlcants. They compelled the ml roads to give them rebates, and that way destroyed competition Soon after this the Sugar trust tu organised on the same plan, and pur sued similar methods. Then the tru-t i-ra set In, and all other business u . by degrees monopolized One . Ioratlon bought the stocks of others with new trust-stock which cost noth
ing but pape r and printe r's Ink. ami then by me jus of extortionate pri' for the products of Ks eosettttttent companies paid larger dividends than those companies could have paid if competition had not been destroy..' The Sherman anti trust law. whn I bj the way. was written by Mr lander Rayner, of Maryland, then a Democratic Representative g Congre.-. and now a I. uiocratie Senator, was passed in iss; and has since been f-everal times amended. Yet the ini s continued to multiply, because the law was BO eafOTSed. Whv n
Will Burn Canceled Bonds. Noblesville. The annual meeting of the Hamilton County Old Settlers' aMKlation will be held In this city Oct 12. A special feature of the program will be the burning of $37,000
of county bonds, which were redeemed and cancelled a few days ago In connection with this incident an address
wiu ne made by Commissioner T K.
Beats
the
hading up to the redemption of the
bonds The Hamilton County Histori
cal soc iety will hold its annual meet
ing in eo inrtion with the old settlers. The society has a large collection of relics of pioneer days, which will be on exhibition.
"f the league to observe the liquor " not SWUOH Mr. Baer has just
kis io me letter, out also to insist upon every saloon ke. p,M doing so. and to take action against any known i lator of the laws. This action la taken In support of Mayor Guthrie's attitude for strict law enforcement. It is Imped by this means to prevent further relation of liquor licenses by the mayor, he having already taken away 15 I units.
Awaits Test for Aluminum. New Albany With a view to separating the aluminum from the shale, which exists In Inexhaustible quantities in the knobs back of this city, two cat loads of the earth ground to
t . . . i ...x .
M' 'omen wny. ne c oal trust wain a conspiracy with the lonrtltcin ticket McKinley and Roosevelt In 1900 and presumably also in 1$S4 W hat else could be expected? Presldnt Roosevelt is the chosen Jnstru ment of the greatest trusj M the face of the earth the harpy like monev trust. His characteristic "policy" Is. and has always been, an endless chain of special favors to the Wall stn bankers and the money power.
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als. who has consented to explain " , , " " "7 " . e condition of the county , finance. 5 1 h CaK" an1 ,f ,ne
Court Sees Steer's Hide. Columbus The case of Jerome Wig-
sell against the Big Four Railroad company for $.1.000 damages was before
the Bartholomew circuit court. WIs-
sell owned a steer which he said was the largest In the world. The animal was fatally hurt in a wreck. As the
steer could not be brought into court
to show Its gigantic proportions, the
plaintiff did the next best thing and
had the hide on exhibition so that the Jury could see how large the steer .i-
xpennient proves profitable it is
probable that a new and important Industry will be developed here The shale. It Is said, Is 17 per cent, aluminum.
In the the
Twenty-ninth Infantry Adjourns. Laporte. The Twenty ninth in
fantry regiment elected the fob lowing officers: Jared BdooI I I
Peru, president; George Temple. 8trough; J. V Pnunall. Fulton, and
Charles Mortz, South Bend, vice presidents; Philip P. Ducomp. Lakeulle. secretary; Mrs. J. K Houghton. Plv
mouth, honorary
Shoemaker. I'nlon
The next reunion Peru.
secretary ; Perry Mills, treasurer, will be held In
Adjusting Storm Losses. Washington Adjusters for surance companies are In county investigating damages by
recent hail, wind and rainstorm, which caused about 1200 000 loa.
They say the companies will onlv set
tle claims for damages by the wind. Farmers will practically lose all
mm, corn and late vegetables. Thousands of acres of corn are laid low,
rotting and souring on the ground. Indiana Presbytery Adjourns. Petersburg The Indiana pres a. ..a m a m
mcery win nom its next meeting
at Terre Haute some time In April, next. The .14 commissioners electee! to represent the presbytery in the synodlcal gathering, were Instructed to meet at Kvanavllle October 14. The presbytery adjourned with praise service, conducted by Rev T O. Brashens. of Kvansvllle. assisted by Rev. Charles Kstes
the last eight years
COUNTESS WILL DEFEND RIGHTS. Divorced Wife of Saxony's King will Cl.ng to Daughter. Princess Anne. Florem.- Fi.rlco ToseJU. who last eek iarr0ll fn fiMinfeKs fhi.
mm In I.ndon. In sn Intervleiw confi nied tb,. repfS ,nat wa hin n tention to make Mn American four as t singer, but declined to give anv de
xsiis concerning It
Son Acquitted and Father ReleaH
Fort Wayne. Justice Reehler of
Oarrett, has ae-fiiilrted elm
'). Haker, accused of setting fire to
his father's store, presumablv that
his father might realize on the In
surance. and the prosecuting attorney
nas dismissed a similar charge ftre-
ferred against the father. The Insur-
ance companies have refused to pay the insuiance and litigation will follow
Oil Struck South of Petersburg. Petersburg Oil was struck om the Westd farm, ten miles south of here. The drill had gone, down 1..C0 feet The well was good for 20 barrels at the ;art The South ern OH company, which has a lease of the Wood farm, will not shoot this well until the outcome of hole n 2, now drilling, has been determined.
He florin i .. .I il,,.
Ms wife would defend her rights as a mother for the .are of her daughter the Princess Anne Monica Pia
Church Founded in Tent. Columbus A new Presbyterian chsieh was started nt Grammar w ith a cot gre gallon of 25 per sons I'I.e m. 1 1 r . c .i i . ;, n, a ,aiir,. tent am the services were onducteel by Dr. George Knox and the Kov Mr Blerly. formerly of Indianapolis; the R v W g. Hunt of Wabash and Or Mardot. pastor of the F.lizabethmwn and Rclplo churches. He will also toe pasteir of the new church The mead Ing win be held In a tent until the completion of the new fl.ooo church LulldinK which will be erected.
Fall Festival Nets $700. KiiHhvllle -The local uniform rank. K. of P.. obtained more than $700 from Its fall festival, which It will use next August vo pay its expenses to the national encampment at Boston, where It will compete In the drilling contests
The Presidential Shuffie Since the delivery of President Roosevelt's Provlncetown speech. .as developed that he had sent eopii i to the press containing a highlf la IKirtant paragraph which he eliminated when he came to deliver the speech In the advance copi. s I . said : "Our aim Is to try to do something effective. Having this in view, tl department of Justice has recent1' taken steps to see If It is not possible. In certain contingencies and for ce r tain purposes, to put the trusts that ate guilty of wrongdoing In the hati h of receivers The purpose of the ad ministration is to stamp out the evil; that we shall seek to find the gasS effective device for this purpose :
mat we shall then use It. whether the device can be found In existing law or must be supplied by legislation The idea that the administration is able to assure a supply of new legis latlon to suit purposes Is as had as the receivership proposition Both indi ate utter conenipt for the constltu tlon and for congress. The wonder ! that President Roosevelt was able to perceive this when pointed out to him But It would appear that the presl dent still believes in the receivership program for In the suit against the tobacco trust the attorney gener.i! prays the court to appoint receiver for the corporation, with Its 64 sub sidlary companies. If the public Infer est a may thereby be conserved Wir the president thus shuffles and whl'e omitting this receivership program from his speech, yet still allows his torney general to demand It of the
court Is one of the many inconslst n
eles of the present administration
Organizing the Tobacco Growers.
Boon vi He. The tobacro growers of this county will be addressed by K. L Imvenport. of Cisney, Ky , an organizer of the Tobacco Growers' association, at Boonvllle, Thursday lie will also speak at Tennyson. Selvin and Folsomvllle nt later dates, and will attempt to organize the growcirs of the county and get them tp hold their crop for higher prices. The American Tobacco company came into Indiana. specially here, in order to escape the Tobacco Glowers' aaaoclatlou.
The Mormon Vote. When the statehood bill was eats
consideration in the senate last w
ter. and the fact was then dlsi : that there Is a large Mormon const! tuency In Arizona and New Mexico the startling statement was ssade that, "no Mormon could run for a high political office without the consent of the first presidency of the Mormon church '' The Republican leaders In the late preFidentlal campaigns sende a political bargain with some of tlo Mormon apostles that If the Morn, vote was cast In I'tah and other slat' -for the Republican candidates, the should lie no further leglslatl nicaliist H)lvgamy The partners' with the Mormons entered into by ihs Republican national Is about to I' 1 them Into an endless wea of troubl It la a great satisfaction to IVm rata that they are not entangled w It In any way.