Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 October 1914 — Page 1

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Vol. f Jasper, Indiana, Friday OCTOBER 2, 1914, No. 60.

HAVE REASON TO BE PRO DC t Achievements of the American People Afford View of Unbroken

Lina of Progrese. Durisg the pant 38 years 100,000 miles of railroads have been built, requiring an expenditure of not less than $200,000,000 for labor an J material. We are both producer! and consumers. While our population it only p little over five ci cent, of the population of the world, we produce 20 per cent, of the wheat, 40 peTcent. of the iron and steel, 53 per cent, of the copper, 70 per cent, of the cotton and P0 per cent, of the corn of the world. FurtlienLoro. wltL inconceivable rapidity, machin-J ery has taken tho place of hurnnni toil, and incidentally mil Hone of: slaves have been sot free. The name triumphant progress has unvaryingly characterized every phase of human endeavor on the American con-; tinent. Civil and religious liberty! is a natural condU&m as well as on attitude of mind. The story of agri culture, of manufacturing, of min I ing, of the arts and sciences, demon trates the unbroken progress and uplift of the whole people. Finally the health and well-being of the toUing masses have become, with con stantly increasing earnestness of endeavor, thejndividüal and collective purpose of the nation. And above all, the democTitic idea, through good and evil report, has encouraged the personal work and charae-; ter of the individual citiscn. It has always beliered that competition which encourages skill should rents ;n paiamou'nt It has always gloried in this personal competitive type as the ideal and preserver of democratic traditions. -James O' in the Atlantic. LOWERING THl; DEATH RATE Figures Show That right Agalnet Tu barculoala Is Bating 'Waged 8ucceaafully. We have the assurance of Dm Woods Hutchinson, writing in the World's Work, that the death rate from tuberculosis has declined 10 per cent, in the decsoV which means a saving of 15,000 to 20,000 lives a; rear in the United States. The infant mortality rate is failing with' equal rapVifty. which means annually a saving of ?0,000 babies trorn those Herods of the twentieth century the little fevers of cbuldhoodl dirty milk and overcrowding. The death rata m all of our great cities is being steadily beaten down to a lower and lower level every year. The advance census report show a lower national death rate than ever' before by nearly 10 per cent. The fight agsinst tuberculosis i steadily 'becoming more and mors a fight for better housing, more playgrounds, better food and more of it. shorter hours of work, decent and civiliied shops, workrooms nml factories, higher wages, better educav tion in the laws of health. We have laid the bugbear of its transmission by meat and milk, and are concentrating our fire upon the nl nee where, the bacillus breeds the infected house or tenemenrrnom. The place' where we look for new cases of tuberculosis is in the same house with the old ones. We must break this link in the chain if ever we are to wvpe out consumption. From 30 to 60 per cent, of the children in the tenements living in the same household with a case of tuberculosis ere found to be already isieettd with the disease. AMERICAN IN LONDON. Mrs. Miller Graham, who is now one of the wealthy hostesses of Grotvenor street, will take the place of Mrs. Keppel, who was such a great favorite of King Edward. She la the widow of a California millionsire and one of her ball novel ties was a huge watermelon which was Valid ipto ft mtt&Q o the room.

POLITICAL PARTIE8 AND A NEW CONSTITUTION

Partl" "d Leader A,,k EPre" Favorable Attitude Toward the Proposition One of the rnoat encouraging; and Bt ii " . a:it fad tu voliiie tlon vul I tho movement for a constitutional convention for Indiana in the favor ulil' attttSSs "fejiiif political purlieu ai.l the reaponalhle leaders. Qoversoff Kiifst on In hie mcHHagi to the legislature In 1913 ald: In my opening campatKn sjsaseli last fuJi. i statsa that Whlls I t" rSOBSCf favored a constitution. .1 con i-i.t . u , I had no SUthorttV til OSBValt OBJ party io Ruch a im. . in at, lut that without regard to my individual VleWS, I would, in tin- sVejSlt ot my election, make such recomm iidatlnrirt aa to the advtaabilit of calling a oosvenUoa as 1 SSlieved fairly represented tho views of the people. What tlu-u are the views of the people on thia auhjt-i-t ' The DSMSTM IStk Legislature In 1911 believed that the SSSSSl constitution of Indiana did not meet the requirements of the people, and so holding it propared for submission to the voters f Indiana a new ((institution The Progressive and Id-publican parties, in Hieir respective platforms of 1912, declared in favor of a constitutional convention. Unlesa tho Democratic legislature of 1011 and the Progressive and f$ap uhlicau parties were all tutaesfkea, the people of Indiana are in Reed of and want a new cca'atitutlon Is it strange, that they shoiml desire an MfjiO istS orgauic law ! Their present constitution was adopted ' more than sixty years ago. Since then the development of oar state has been marvelous. Its population has greatly in SfSSSSa and Its inlellectual. social and material progress have nitiltiplled many fold. New qnea tion- have arisen that cannot be Salved under the present Instrun..;.'. ajid new conditions laako It nucesaary for the people to assert righta they cannot exercise thereunder. What la a government for If It Ik not to serve the purpoee of the p ople? Thomas Jefferson beHSVsi so atrongly that this waa the object of government that he maintained that a constitution ahould contain a pruviaion for its revision every twenty years There have been but few, if any men in this state who excelled ehe late Governor Isaac F. Cray in shinty accurately to Interpret public aentiment. In hla message to the legislature more than twenty years ago he atrongly advocated the calling of a conatieutloaal convention I haye thus briefly stated the facts that 1 believe show that the people want a new constitution, and personally I favor a constitutional convention." This legislature, which was strong ly Democratic passed the Act submitting the question of calling a constitutional convention to the people, and the Democratic state platform of 1914 Rays: "We approve the action of tho last General Assembly in making provision that the people may declsre whether they desire a convention to frume a new con stitution for Indiana." The Republican state platform of 1!14 declares: "We reiterate our former declaration in favor of the revision of the constitution of the stato by constitutional conven tion consisting of tepreaenta-tivt-g elected by the people, the new constitution so prepared to be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection." And the 19I4 platform of the Progressive party of Indiana says: "We emphasize the necessity of railing a constitutional con ventlon and urge the people to rote therefore at the coming election ." The present situation In Indiana surely Justifies every clulm put for ward In the above statements as to the need of a new constitution This demand is a logical protest agalnat tho continuance of a situation which makes progress in the political devel cptnent ef the state Impossible. It Is unmistakable evidence of the grow ing spirit of progress in state and local government.

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COST OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

This Could Be Paid Many Timee Over by the Saving It Could Effect The Sjspsjsss of the undertaking is Um oaje tloa bosi commonly saads ... .w- . . lO WIM IlUIUlUg OI a COUSllI UllOIiai CUI ventlou Indeed, It Is the ouly argu meut mat has been seriously pre- . -M , . .. . seiiieu sgaiusi wit- couveuuou ptopostUosv I The Item of expense wilT honestly appeal to some timid eouls With thu uialu bulk of the opposition, SOI eer, it will bo put forward as a convenient mask for their more fundamental ohjei tlons The argument of expense, nevertheless, ahould he ao swered When the people of Indiana decided In 1851 that the old constitutum of 1810 was out uf date and that SSf needed a new coiiBtitution, they went ahead and held a convention, regardless of coat. Yet the state was desperately poor then. The convention cost !6iaSS,af, The need of a convention is far greater now than then, and we are far better able to bear the expt-use. Surely it will cost more now, but it is a bigger Jolt and of vitally more importance. The popula tion of the atate has more than tre bled since then The Ohio convention ot 1V12 cost jL'To.ooo.uo. according to the state'ment of Mr Herbert 8 Migelow, president of the convention. There la no reason why a convention In Indiana should cost more This is a relatively suiull bum considering that we are a state of more than li.iMin.doii people less than l'e a Kerv legihlatne session ( os t s loorej than this, and a nonpartisan coostltutiOBSl COBTCStioa wool I he worth innre thaii a dozen legislative boss in its SsHars results to the asopls Tsa osai si convention at uns time is tne m ---.a aim uie inovliuhlu punt i if uri iireHft and growth. I When our old corduroy asd creek bottom roads passed out of date, we1 built modem highways and reckoned not the cost. We spent on roads and J bridges in Indiana m the year 1911, i $2,846.068 82. Our township road bonds outstanding Dec 31. 1B11, amounted to $23. 1 11,11! 37. Thu total disliiirsernenui of our state depart mints und state in'-titutlous alone for the year 1MU' a-r. -nuted JlO.SHfi.OOS. The expenditures for county administration fur 1911 were $10,642.481 14 and for towns and cities in tke same year $l.'.060,9f2.76. Compared to these sums, what shall he said of the insignificant expense of $270,ooiioo for a constitutional convention once in siaty-three years? A proper readjustment of our taxa Hon system would effect a saving many times greater than this in a single year, and at the same time would place our enormous tax burden where it properly belongs Asralnst tsa tax situation alone, the expense argument Is worth no consideration at all The iMinrOTsaiStll of our municipal i nment by an efficient modern

sysieru 01 uoine ruie lor eines wouiu ; e"j" i irm uui oi uiiim SHUSStioSiSbrj result in a large an- legislation; assuring a modern system Anal reduction cost of administration I ' municipal government by provldKxperts have declared that the waste lnR lew home rule for cities. Theae Incident to our present political sys-1 nl others are being earnestly and tern of administration of city gov-! fairly dlacussed. eminent amounts to from to 60 A11 advocates of an up to-date revl per year. I'sing the lowest factor, a n of the constitution may Join in new constitution could be made the tn movement for a constitutional means of Wing in a aingle year three convention without discord ss to de times the cost of the convention. tails. A non partisan convention of Incalculable aaving to the people delegates representing the whole powould be possible through a system P,1 wm "Pon all our specific of effective control of our public uttl-j needs later It bSOSJM be especially itiea. impossible under the present! niphasi.-. and renwmbered that this constitution. A single cent clipped OSSfSStlSt ill subinit sepaxrately all

off from the monopoly made Btreet car fare in our cities, for Instance, would alone pay for several more constitutional conventions Reductions in gas and electric rates would provide the wherewithal for still more conventions. An effective workman's compensation ac t. now so common In the other industrial states, would effect a large reduction In the cost of administering our courts, to aay nothing of the vast auras It wuuld divert from the pock ets of the lawyers to the direct re lief of the Injured workers and their dependent families. Hut the more important public benefits to come from a conatltutloaal convention can not. and should not, be measured by dollars and cents standards The progressive political and social legislation that would eventually results from it . the stlm ulus it would give tc the study of public suestione. the awakening of Interest on tke part of the people in the big problems ot citizenship, are much the larger factors in this connection Eleven pounds of alfalfa Is worth aa ! much in feeding value as ten pounds 1 of bran, snd It oosta bat naif as much.

THt M0VJEM1NT FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION

Only One ...we Involved at This Tim.' Shall a Convention Bs Celled? It should be bora clearly in mind that the undent common reWrrs4 to as a movement for a n.niltitilii..n hiK .in i... i 1 " "-" " m utbimined at the election thia fall, in '- a mv u i hub bbbi Tha riri mieattnn In a m ik i..r..t . ' ""---" read: Mtl. YOU EM FAVOR OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION' IN THK VK AR 1816? A fair determisatlon of this malt. I i. L I ) I. ruilllll I II IVA lifA 11 I . i.H n ...... 1 uwi w J 1 1 arj uu ii u i ii SSV1 1 V a. m esv a Se a m . . psrt oi me puonc mina oy tne over ei.ttuislastlc advocacy or oppoaitlon which may be urged concerning any ' " - ' special issue. AU euch special issues an only he determined later by the constitutional cosventlun, In case the people vote to call one. We are confronted now with the single broad question as to whether or not the people of Indiana want and need an up to-date organic law. It was this general demand that was expressed by Governor Ralston' when he recommended specifically, in his message to the Legislature ofj 1 111 ) aL .1 ak " a a I iio. wiai a coasuiuiiionai unvt-ni ion be , ailed. It was the rsstigattlasi of this demand which caused tha Leislatore to submit the question to the people And it was further recog - nizea, sua evtru ssspasaiaea , uy political conventions when they approved trn states platforms the caliiug of a constitutional conveation. Of course, various needs to be em bliel in a new or revised coastltn

tion win be insistently ursjed during sued t&e younja lady In s further stthe course of thi; caapaistn Tb eae ternrrt to nlsrM haw asrnrt tn wnti

t,pipsals will receive dlscrtinlnatlng consideration by the people, being variously favored and opposed. But there are fundamental needs upon which all can practically agree. There are others upon which the most vital ainerences oi opinion may exui, earn nml everv nnn havln Itu i.ui-tli alar nrlvecstes ss well as Its opponents. There Is no marked llae ot division separating these various elementa. !t tbe educational treatment of all of these matters continue through i out the campaign! It will nurely tend toward an awakened citlaenship Hut let no one expect to determine lu advance what the convention will do Some of the matters which are bei ... .1 tug most prominently mentioned now for the consideration of tne convention are: improvements In our tax uvolom üluv In nu niiollAalionfl tiT a j nn'ua , siov IU um usvsi ss w asvtuaai? ava suffrage and in the. coaduct of elections; submitting equal iuflrae; safe-guardlna: legislation and popular governmeat by initiative, referendum and recall; chancing tha terms of legislators and of officers generally; making voting more effective by 41rei t and mandatory primary elec tions and by proportional repreaentat inn . simplifying our admlalatxative machinery by the; short ballot; establishing qualiflcat'lohs . for lawyers; "ringing about the simplification of our court procedure; making some labor reforms possible, suck as workmen's compensation and effective arutratton of labor disputes; taking the f"f'estei issues, to be determined ivy the people each upon its own merits, j Ily this means we shall have truly s people's ci nstltutton. Percy Pore Ive you? Whj, gtri. Isre you from the word "go." Miss Bbarp Then please gaa

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YOUTHFUL" TAFT IS" MODEST

VUT! a! Ü wwriti nur nu ww Rn w vnnia In Reflected Glory. rreriont Taft tails s storv about - . V; -L.u i JT T' 7 , the faat that he is a real 1 1 A ..J... i ui- .t . whi;wi injy tx'X jIICI UIB inui' l n ?ittlo paidonablo pride. Charley is

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WJ S. TT llb esi "wun. mmm ßor as thsa rssponflibfiltiea of beinj the m of a SM all as 1 1 but-does no lüasfikrht ' Oiarler was a gseat if a rsrty ci . a i m . a 0 ss m w p" DOTS of ntfl own age, BJia had been seafjed at table hoaide a littla mlu wlm f-iU tr trh Vii. came and did not recognize him. fTbey became stiiBcierTy interested eacn other to make her wish to his name. at Is voui name?" she psj d fraak . "Charley," was thes somi-whk ' itsd Information which she astx.. . This satisfisd tho little g4 lo9 i rri i i . Ttl'T'y " J an1 "tersat grrw. Bo ahs trur sued UB inquiry further by saklng: 1 "TChaae do You Ut?" On Feanaylranim tvenue,' the answer to this, It was true, for tbe White House is located on this Uroroughfara. "What does your fstiiar do?" por ' rs...! t tetfyv V in- i if Uö JJ txM ft P01"18 position öS in WaihiTi'ton. It was fiom her hostess that the young lady finally Lsarned that aha been sitting with the son of tha S srsaidant. Didn't Suit Washington. Until the early purt of the hast tun- Milford, Conn., had a houc in which V a.-Lington was said to , have spent a night. It waa in 1789, when Washintrton made a tonr of la a . m a a A - : ... New England. Tradition says that there were certain things about his stay at the Milford tavern which he did nnt njoy. The supper set be-: . , 111 or? nim wni-isicu i I and potatoes. He was not phased; with the meal and aaked for s bow ' of bread nm! milk. The landlord brought the new order and a broken pewter gpoon with which to eat it. 'Have you no better spönne than this?" asked Oeneral Washington. "It's the box! I ha vein the house, sir," rcliol t Me ho9t. ' "Sand me the servant." said hi axcellency. "HtrVl I ihiOiaafl. Goto the minister's ami liorrow a sil rer spoon." Tradition does not add whetnei got the spoon Of not. ELx BBBBBrJtT-e . BBBBBBBBBBBI .BB

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A Circus Hera In Battle. Colonel Charlts Marshall, who

ail ie-ramp to General Bobert K. Je and who went through the battles of the war with his chief told the following amusinf story of his experience with a nsw horae: His old horse had bean shot from r,rf.r htm in ), ficht nf th nr. Sfus d v a d he had taken possesJ8 ,l - a ' , . "tJ2T slon oi an nnimai that scemsa to suit the work. In the battle a few kMi m In ne V, r troa f ilinry omsacs as fcM in vhich thl,ro wer0 nmn(rous stumnf!. Suddenly the performance openThc guns roared, and the air filed with Rtnokc nnd noise. wals Before Colonel M:trhll knew n - - V. . 7 a Imlr, lll"8 J1,'IPC 018 fo ,r nn nne ot ihe mfM n1 w" PJ uancinir in a circle. In the meantime the firing w9 inj-' r -1 t' o gjtnatJoi was anv ' Me. But ths if ba were enjoy1 a ft erward," said 'that I found tlje 1 to i circus and i, I, Coloi I : i h - a id to do this act jf of cannon." Born There, Mi i tan, uliose tl-' Ens to Xew Yo n into fllti I i tool nee' chili In i he tc Kin-, be ti. an is n ! lived in 1 m c w A VIR re 1 e was b r old cl ap I in pro ed -n:i l! 'Vuiliui '1 irftt to atlr. IT i ! iiin : tic rertsin jiliice. edsd xnx qu:n the eop : ati' i . -n npati ; r) v i arour. 01 rtatit; frtW he i I r.bui . W 1 born two goo 1 M Cincinnati I We: I i i i .t P .-! ter. Aunty WJIIIe, nn angel brought your sanmnin such s nl'e new brother for fou last night. Wouldn't you like to sec the dear little hahyt Wtliv No. bat I'd like to the easTst- Punck. A Ivertise in the

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