Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 2, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 December 1897 — Page 4

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CLAY W. METSKER, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR suuscKirnox ruu k. tjjg ,.j : Ob Year. BU Mouths. Throe Month, cash, N for Copy. At auei at u pst nw at Ptjmoatb. Indiana, as nialUr uf cite eeopd elans. Friday Dkukmbek 84, IjT. t r 1 1, .hi v. at 11,11 IStfc, litri-t. The Demociacy of the 13th, Congressional District of Indiaua, will meet to delegate convention, on Tuesday, January 11, 18US, at the opera house, in Tiy moulh, Marshall county, Indiana, at 2 o'clock p. m., tor the purpose of select mg a member of the Democratic State Central Committee for the ensuing two years, who shall also be ex-oilicio chairman of the nth District Democratic Committee, and for the transaction of any other business that may come regularly before the meeting. According to an order of the Democratic State Committee each count In the district is entitled to the following representation : GOOHTin. DBLEG H 1 B Klkhart 40 Fulton 2:i Kosciusko Marshall 38 1'ulaski II Starke H St. Joseph Total 215 "rh fmittv tthniiUI 1im urc that f licl , , . . , Aar! nrtiiA hut fine anil trieo i enmi-i a', s ' as delegates to this convention. PKTEB J. Kru Ktt, W. Morrow, Chairman. secretary. J ('orftikmnii Itnll on AmwiiIIm. I am as much opposed t,i the anuextion of Hawaii as 1 am in favor of the recognition of Cuban belligerency, said Congressman Hall of Texas, when asked for au expression ot his views on the question. We have enough eonilicting interests already m our immeiiM territory and diversified industries without adding a mixed population twentytwo hundred milts from our shores who do not understand our institutions nor apprejiate our form of government. Why Hawaii has as many lepers as American citizens, live times as man Japanese, three times as many Portu gese, twice as many Chinese, twice as many other foreign citizens, and thirty times as many natives. Hresideut McKinley significantly remarks in hit message that it might not be v:su to give them unrestricted suffrage. Those of us who passed through reeonatrud icn know what that means. W hy should we add a population not worthy lite American citizenship .' I i snnti Hawaii is to disregard the advice ot Washington and abandon the .Monroe Doctrine; here such a policy ol colonial aggression would end no man can forsee. The nex thing logically fol lew ing annexation will be t wo gold standard United Stales Senaters, and one h two Congressmen urging a powerful navy. We have as it is the best coaling station on the Island and every com uiercial advantage, and seLsible men o not fear that we will lose these advantages. Let us keep out of the jealous efforts of Kuropean powers to extend their possessions, ana direct our every effort to taking care of what we have. We need first of all to restore a Republican form of government to our people, administered in the interest of all classes of our citizens upon t he American plan. lEMOCK4TIC CAVC1 V The following resolutions were adopted as the policy to be pursued by the democratic party in the house of representatives. Kesolved: That it is the seme of the caucus that the Democratic members of the houp.e of representatives outfit to resint all efforts direct or indirect to retire the reenbacks. Kesolvea That e are opposed to and will resist all attempts to extend the prinledges of national banks or to reduce the taxes which they now pay Kesolved: That we favor the erh consideration and passage of the eni tonal resolution that a condition ot wai exists in the Island of Cuba betweci the government of Spain and the people of Cuba. Kesolved: That we favor the early enactment of a just and wise bankruptcy law. Uesolred: That a committee of one member from each state, territory and the District of Columbia be selected by the deaiocratic delegation from each tat and Bine senators to be uppomteil by the senate democratic caucus be cod tituted to conduct the Congressional camps ign of I8VH and be known as the Democratic Congressional Committee; Mid committee to have power to fill all vacancies and to appoint members for the states and territories which have no democratic representative in the House of Uepresentative for the Senate. The Hon. Clem Studebaker and wife hire given S,000 recently to the sustaining fund of Del'auw University Secretary Sherman will resign his portfolio within the next two months, if major is to he relied upon.

LEGISLATION SEED KD. This Congress tboatd i ass d law pro-; hibiiine one source of fruitful fraud in the grunting Ol pension?. The law as it now Htands crants a pension to a soldiers widow, it matters not when the

aoldir was married; the only questions to Le proven in obtaining a pension is whether ehe le dt'stitute aud if the applicant was the widow of an ex-sol-J:rr. This is most fruitful source of fraud and one which should he stopped. Instances liass been known in 'his ci'y when- o'd m Wliers lying on the b;i of dati have hnen held Bp and married to young women in order that the woman might draw a pension alter his death. This is wrong m many ways: It places the old suldier in his senility a' the mercy of designing women of a l w grade of character who are very anxious fr this X.i.UO a week, which to them is better than working out as servants. Twenty years from today there will he a creat many of the old soldiers iving arid a great many of them will marry as late as that. These women ot a low grade will be constantly scheming to marry some old, decrepit man, solely for the purpose of obtaining this pension from the (jovernment, without either love or care or auy other mctivi than a ik'sire to rob the J veri.ssent. These women will live and draw pensions from 50 to Tö years, and when this century shall have rolled around and the year 8,000 shall have Come there will be a great, many soldisn' widows upon the list drawing their pensions. As before remarked there women are of a low grade, and they will have a tendency to discredit the real, patriotic soldiers" widows who are justly entitled to this pension. The mothers who staid at home, attended to the family, raised the children, and elbore with the hardships of single it while their husbands were lighting for their country, are entitled to everything that a gen rous Government can give them, but these girls, and in some instances courtesans aie not entitled to any ol the benefits that belong to reai, noble-hearted soldiers' Widows. It is infamy beyond description that this lav is what it is ami the Congress when if passed it did not realize what would be the rwaiilts. Pise law should be changed and changed at once, that honesty ami humanity and justice prevail, -hut tins open door of infamous wrong. Was lingtOD Newi Lett:;. The new law for toe rmmshnient of criminal? does not permit ajutlk-e to sentence a prisoner tor a term of yars, as formerly, but he i condemned to the state's prison al Michigan City or to the Reformatory Jefferson Title according to the age of the offender. The object Ion to this is that the prison board that determines the length of time each prisoner t-haii ha incarcerated for the offense committed are not in a position to know the nature 0 the crimn committed or the character and disposition of the offender, borne professional criminals have been bein to the Keiormatory who deserve to be kept behind prison birs lor a life time, but are diacharpd in a year or two "for good behavior" and aam permitted to prey upon the public. Criminals snouid be incarcerated according to their criminal dispositions rather than agreeable to the nature of the crime committed. That is to say that tiie penalty cannot always be "made to lit the crime" but. can be made to conform to the record of the person about t be punished, and the court is the best place to detenu 1 tie that ni 4ttcr. Uocht-ster Republican. It is relreshing to read the fottoWWg from the Indianapolis News "The United States is at peace, and, m spite of heated political wrangles and the oft-repeated prediction that we are going to "the demnltioo bow wows," we are astonishing the world with our progress in commerce, in manufacture, in art, in literature. Our best energies have been spent on our country, we have no colonies to foster, 1.0 foreign entanglements to hinder us, no country alien to our continent, to defend. Why should we dtpart Irorn the policy of our fathers? The voice of the dead, whose blood sanctilifcd this soil, warns us to be humble, to L-e content with our glorious heritage, shall we, for the sake of a leprous colony, urged thereto by commercial greed, disregard the Waning? Miall we leave forever the road t' which the founders of this nation pointed us and enter upon the crooked, troublous path along which monarchies and republics alike have met humilation and destruction? Stranger things, the Indianapolis lournal 6ays, have happened than a war between the United Stateg and Japan, which Gen. Lew Wallace pre diets will be the nagt war we shall hve. It has been 50 years since we had a foreign war, and more than SO years since our civil war. War with snme country is ah onl due, and noon eeems to hold out a more eligible prospect than Japan. Such a ar would be in teresting on aceoant of its oddity, and at its conclusion Japan would pay a war indomnity big enough to cover the entire expense ot the thrashing she would gat.

John W. Kern gives the democrac i the state SOBM sound ad v irr on o -Lanization in these words; Weeanl can y ihe coming election by precedent . That might have been done in old times, but it won't work in these days of Mark Banna. We might well make up our minds that we are going into one of the hardest and most h H ly COO tested battles ever waged in polities; that we will have to confront corruption, bribery, tricks and chicanery : yes, L may say fraud In its most daring form, and to oppose SOCb weapons wm innst have a thorough, complete ind elieetive organization. Let us go Into the light weil organized, Place DO ma:i on the county ticket whose name does not carry with it respect. Remember, no watchers ar allowed, and therefore men must be put on as fudges who are absolute! incorruptible and In whom Integrity there can be no doubt. Let us impress the people and the party with tbe danger that confronts them arid us. 1'lant the banner of democracy upon the principles we advoca'ed last ytar and appeal to the people for their rapport and it will not be wanting."

Theodore Durrant was sentenced i death for t he fourth time Wed. morning Superior J Udge Hahrs ilxed the date of execution for .Ian. 7th next. The con demned man's atturnevs will at once battle for his life. They intend to lay the foundation for another appeal tu the supreme court of the United states. In all probability one of the -lawyers for the defense will pro-.ieed to Washington to make the final technical fight based on the questions of federal and state law. Ths time for set ion is short, however, and even t lie defense doubts the smu'oss of its nnw venture Mrs. Durrant visited her son yesterday atternoon. Both were dosmcast and seemed to realize that the end wa" near. Chris Merry and his accomplice Smith have bren captured Detective Webber, of Chicago, Identified them yesterday. The prisoners have had a rough time of it in their efforts to escape. According to their story they remained in Chicago for live d:iys alter the murder and then wandered hither and thither through llinois, Indiana and Ohm and thence to Kentucky, stealing their transportation on freiizht trains when they could and walking when obliged to do no. Merry's feet gave out as Iiis shoes were dilapidated and this hindrance toge'her wish the preponderance of "booze" thwarted their plans of escape. They were beadd tor Cuba. It may be well for those people wlnne inclinations have been turning longingly to the Klon like to read thoughtfully the la'est leports from that ice girt region. There are elcmenth of the bitterest tragedy in the coudi tions which at present confront the men who are cooped up there amid the inclemency of an arctic winter. The ontoome of that awful stampede from Dawson which is reported to be in pro grass can only be awaited with sorrow and anxiety by those who may have mends on the back trail. Without adequate provision or protection that struggle uf men back through the inhospitable pass will be full of dreadful -"'Hies, soonci which may never be told. It is worthy the attention of the authorities of this state who have been somewhat perplexed to know what to do to keep the convicts employed since the legislature imposed the rigid re strictmns upon convict labor; that the construction of public highways by convicts in New York has been practically demonstrated to be a good measure. The work is conducted Without unnecessary intrusion upon the public, and the BJStem of guards placed about the men has Leen effeetaaL The public good is Urn served and the convicts relieved of the bitterness of enforced continuous idleness. It seems to be true that there is sn organization at Washington composed of members of congress for the purpose of so modifying tbe civil service law that its usef illness will be destroyed, or of repealing it entirely. These fellows are civil service men only so lorn? as the law enables them to till the ofl'iees with men from their own party ranks. It is stated that, the presidenL is in favor of certain modification also. It that be true he had changed his mind since writing the last message to congre. One of the most gigantic grain man ipulat ions the world has ever seeu is now taking place in Chicago, and the general of thil great enterpn.se m P. I). Armour. Mr. Armour ha tugs keeping the ice broken in the inlets of f.ake Superior so that ships loaded with grain can et through. Thousands of bmhall of wheat are pouring into (Jhieago eyer day which mear. t at by the tirit of the year it will be decided which of the two wheat kings, .Joseph Leiter or Phillip Armour will rale.

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j John P. t. John, former governor ot I Kansas, recently declared himself (bus: j "1 have reached 1 he conclusion that it la as important to inovide a borne fur the decent and sober man as it is to pull the drunkard out of the nutter, arid it I live, and have the ebanoe, I will vo'.e for William J. Bryan in lurjo. if any ote had told nie a few years aim that 1 would ever ve f v a Democrat 11; titki-f I should have said he didn't knew whai he was talking about. Bui thu Bryan temoeraey is a new-born Democracy, It 1 pomp to rule this country. And it 1. doesn't rule it right the common people will desert it." .V number of administration organs are rejoicing because the internal revlenue receipts show a great increase, j Increased internal revenue receipts j mean the sale of more liquor and beer, and If we mistake not the last republican national platform contained a plank ; reading as loilowsl "We sympathize. with all wise and legitimate efforts toi lessen and prevent the evils of iuteinperance and promote morality." Secretary iage says thLi the first object he haa io umid is to commit the country more throughly to the gold standard. If our memory serves us right the repub'cans claimed before the last election that we have, the double standard. Secretary Cage now concede that It is the gold standard but not sulliciently thorough to suit him. The telephone business is profitable. The American Hell Telephone company baajaat declared a regular quartterly dividend ol i per cent, and an eitra dividend of l1 per cent. This mak'S 03 percent. In extra dividends in Jtwenty-four payments since 1884, be sides twelve percent, a year in ivgular quarterly dividends. Once more the report is sent out that enough republican members of the Ohio legislature are opposed to Hanna to bring about his del eat for senator. Mich reports are uot entitied to much respect and it is doubtful if there is my foundation for them. Bat the day 1 not far distant when something more ilmite than mere reports will be available. In a number of congressional districts of the state the demoerata hai already announced their district conventions. At these meetiLgs new chairmen will be chosen and also members ot the state centr-il commit lee. It is the pnviledge and duty of all newspapers to criticise any wrong or ofttoial act. Legitimate criticism is always in place? Ahuse however is sometimes mistaken for criticism. Lyman Gaga states th.it his primary plan is to more thoroughly establish the gold standard. And yet the republicans claimed to ne bimotaliata. This coming direct from the linanceer manipulator of the administration anfokta that party s deception. Th" Span lards are eo dissatisfied With the president's luessaice Uiai they threaten to vent their spite on the American consulate in Havana, which, in eonreonaajoa, ha9 to be guarded by soldiers and detectives. Tot Dob locratic Senators are already with tWO exception solidly opposed to the annexation of Hawaii, and the House Democrats will declare against annexation at a caucus to be held next week. It U said that the pension department is preparing to practice economy by dissaisiing 9i elsrks.

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