Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 November 1901 — Page 4

The Tribune.

Established October 10, 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. R. B. OGLESBEE, Editor. Telephone No. 27. OFFICE in Bissell Block, Corner Center and Laporte Street. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Month 40 cents, de livered at any postoffice. Entered the Postoffice at Plymouth, Ind., as second class matter. Plymouth, Ind., November 7, 1901. Editor J. W. Surran has come into line and changed the name of the Warren County Republican to the News. He dislikes the political appellation for a newspaper. Richard Harding Davis is indignant over something he finds in General Alger's book concerning his conduct at the battle before Santiago. This seems to indicate that Davis has read the book. Who else read it? The suggestion of Schley's candidacy for president is interesting but not to be taken seriously. It shows the tendency of democrats to run after every fleeting fancy of the public mind and to appeal to passing fancy instead of permanent principle. That Schley is a good sailor and warrior rather argues against him as an able statesman. We have already made reference to the fact that the New York yellow journals are responsible more than any other one thing for the spread of anarchistic sentiments. The Journal lives and thrives on catering to the anarchistic class. What paper has done more to array the poor against the wealthy? What other paper has done anything like as much in the way of libeling President McKinley and other prominent officials?-Patter-son (N. J.) Call. New York has recorded an effective verdict against the blackmailing of vice and crime for political purposes. Good citizenship has triumphed over Tammany and the mighty Croker has fallen. By the election of Seth Low great reforms in the corrupt government of New York city are made possible and as a result of the downfall of Croker David B. Hill rises to instil new hope in the eastern democracy for 1904. The espousal of Tammany and its corrupt methods by Wm. J. Bryan has received a rebuke that is far-reaching in interest, to which the defeat of his personallyconducted fusion in Nebraska adds intensity. The democrats will have to look to Mississippi and Kentucky for comfort in Tuesday's elections. The government of Turkey is bad beyond hope of correction and bankrupt beyond the chance of recuperation. The conditions in that benighted country are fittingly described by the word used in a resolution of the United States congress relating to Spanish misrule in Cuba-"abhor-rent." Turkey is a stench in the nostrils of civilized nations and its government has no right to exist. But for the conflicting and diversified interests of the European powers the nuisance would have been abated long ago for the same reason that the atmosphere of Cuba was clarified in 1898. France has just sent a naval expedition to make a demonstration as a reminder to the Sultan of certain forgotten obligations of his and we might hope for a war of reformation if the other powers would only throttle their jealousy and keep hands off. More power to the lilies and tricolor! But things happen rapidly these days and bad news flies fast. Even as we write there comes the word that Turkey has abjectly yielded in every particular and the opportunity to apply little French perfume to the Turkish stink has passed. The Plymouth Democrat has been most vigorously stirred up by some of its exchanges on account of its article defending Hearst's yellow journalism, on the ground that he merely gives people what they want, and his defense of himself on the ground that Mr. Hearst's papers are only the outcome of a depraved public taste He attempts further vindication of himself by recounting some of Hearst's private acts of generosity as proof that he is not such a bad man as his papers would indicate. The last argument falls without weight because a man may privately do good things and publicly do very bad things, and the public act is far more effective than the private. A man might fill his paper with moral essays on the careful w guarding of the young from evil ideas and associations, and yet the telling of a vile story to one boy would do more to offset his moral essays than the moral essay would do to offset any private influence. Hearst and his American are judged not by Hearst's private character, nor by his editorials, but more specifically by the general conduct of his paper and class of news which he gives to his readers. It takes a good deal more perfume to sweeten a polluted air, than pollution to render the atmosphere able.-Elkhart Review. disagree-

The Goshen News-Times gives some

sound and practical advice, notwithstanding its shocking departure from right principles of grammar, when it says: "Every citizen of Goshen should put their shoulder to the wheel of prosperity and strive to make the city bigger, broader and wealthier.". Newton May made a murderous at tack on Policeman Glass and doubless would have killed him had he not been prevented. Brought into court for trial he makes no denial of the fact but swears that he was voluntarily intoxicated and had no knowledge of what he was doing, and he therefore asks to be excused. The jury excuses him so far as the murderous purpose is concerned and assesses a penalty for the mere assault. May, perfectly content with his victory, proceeds to his expiation. The law satisfied, he will go forth free to drink himself into a condition of mental and moral irresponsibility as often as he may please, realizing full well that he is a menace to the community whenever he does so but caring nothing for that because, forsooth, he is excusable. In other words, he has the right, and so has every man, to drive his own conscience out and empty his brain of human intelligence and if. while so bereft, he does a wrongful act he may excuse himself by saying that it was impossible for him to intend a wrong. The thing is preposterous. Society is not so helpless as that. It has full power to protect itself against wrongdoers drunk or sober. A man who voluntarily gets drunk is presumed to know that he may lose his self-control and by the very act of becoming intoxicated he makes himself responsible for all the consequences. His intoxication, especially if he knows the effect upon him, is an aggravation of any offense that may ensue. We reported the May trial quite fully, foreseeing the defense that would be offered, because the people will be interested in knowing whether or not they have greater criminal latitude when drunk than when sober. Let us all, now, go forth and fill up when we contemplate evil conduct, for we shall then be excused, being without power to intend evil. It. is said that anything can be proven by figures and that they do not lie. The first of these two propositions is copiously and conspicuously illustrated by the late census. For instance, referring to the bulletin on the manufactures of Oregon now before us, it is possible to prove that the era of small factories has arrived and that manufacturing combines are not to be feared in that blessed state, for in the decade just closed the increase in the number of manufacturing establishments has been 102.8 per cent, while the increase in capital invested has been only 4 per cent. When it is remembered that in the same state during the preceding decade the increase in the number of factories was only 41 per cent and the increase in capital invested was 408.9 per cent, it can be realized what a tremendous reversal there has been. Astonishing as this state of facts appears, there is yet more. The increase in the average number of wage-earners employed is less than 3 per cent and the increase in total population of the state is 30.4 per cent, but in the previous decade, the increase in wage-earners was 328.6 per cent and in population only 79.5. This demonstrates that in the agricultural period the number of artisans increased nearly 5 times as fast as the whole population, while in the industrial period the opposite was true and the total number of inhabitants grew 15 times as rapidly as the mill employes. As though this were not sufficiently astounding we are gravely told in a formidable array of statistics that the total amount of wages paid in the decade ending with 1900 has decreased 12.8 per cent, the number of establishments having increased 102.8 per cent meanwhile, but in the ten years just before that the total wages increased 473.5 per cent, the factories, however, increasing only 41 per cent. Thus it appears that the more factcries there are, the less will be the total sum of wages paid. Even more remarkable is the assertion that while the phenomenal increase in industry was going on the capital invested in real estate for industrial purposes actually decreased 18 per cent. It must be cheaper to rent than to own property in Oregon. If these figures do not lie they are as impenetrable as the Oregon fogs. TH1NGS TO BE REMEMBERED. The Journal says that the people of this country decided at the last election that the Philippines should be held. The fact is, the last election decided nothing except that the country did not want Bryan and free silver, did not want Bryan and free silver, glish said to himself.-Indianapolis News. The election of 1900 decided not only that W. J. Bryan should not be President but that the previous administration of Wm. McKinley should be endorsed. The people at the polls did this because they were asked to do it, and they were asked for the reason, given at the time, that its acts were established in wisdom and in patriotism, and at home and abroad

had distinctly elevated and extended

the influence of the American nation. Walking untired paths and facing unforeseen responsibilites, President McKinley had been in every situation "the true American patriot and the upright statesman, clear in vision, strong in judgment, firm in action, always inspiring and deserving the confidence of his countrymen. " Allegiance to the gold standard; steadfast opposition to the free and unlimited coinage of silver; recognition of the necessity and propriety of the honest co-operation of capital to meet new business needs, especially to extend our rapidly increasing foreign trade; condemnation of trusts; endorsement of the protection policy; favoring the maintenance of high wages, reciprocity, restriction of the immigration of cheaper labor, and protection against convict labor, American shipping, liberal pensions to ex-soldiers and sailors, civil service, road improvement, rural free delivery, home rule, the Dingley act, an isthmian canal, annexation of Hawaiian Islands, and self-govern-ment for Cuba and the Philippines were what the people of the United States decided upon in the election of 1900.-Laporte Herald. NAMING THE FARM. A new and interesting feature of country life is the appearance of mail boxes at the front gates of farms along the rural routes recently established by the government. The delivery of letters, papers and pack ages at the door of the ruralist has greatly lessened the sense of isolation that has been regarded as one of the detractions of agricultural life and the bond of sympathy with the great world is decidedly stronger wherever the mail box is seen. Daily papers are gradually replacing the too infrequent weeklies and the increasing quantity of mail matter handled by the faithful carriers gives token of the growing appreciation of the postal facilities when they are brought within easy reach. It is natural that the carrier sometimes makes mistakesbe cause the residences along his route are neither named nor numbered and not even the highways are designated in anyway to guide him. He must depend upon his knowledge of all the person within the large, territory he covers and he must be ever on guard to keep that knowledge fresh, so that changes and removals may not escape his notice. It would be a great aid to him as well as to the clerks in the postoffice, and it would greatly enhance the charm of life in the country if the roads were officially named, as streets are, and if the residents thereon would christen their places and display the names chosen on neat signs on the gates or letter boxes, having their mail addressed accordingly. Some progressive farmers are already taking this step and they find it an advantage and a pleasure to have neatly printed letter heads and envelopes bearing the farm name. Business letters written on business stationery are more business-like and family letters bearing the imprint of the family home are suggestive of many delightful memories. The rural mailbox and the farm name are the immediate precursors of the farm telephone and the interurban streetcars, and all will add to the delights and conveniences of rural existence and give the country home a new value and increased attraction, enabling the farmer to communicate readiiy with the town and tempting the townsman to make his home in the country. A new era of country life is opening in America. NOT AFRAID TO DO HIS DUTY. Governor Winfield T. Durbin of Indiana has refused to honor Kentucky requisitions for William S. Taylor and Charles Finley, alleged accomplices in the murder of William Goebel. He finds, as did his predecessor, no reason to believe that these two men will receive a fair trial. "Were these requisitions honored," he says, "I would only be aiding the determination to convict these men without any reference to law, justice and facts." To criticise the motives and methods of a court, especially in another state, is always a thankless and ungracious task. Sometimes it is necessary, lest the fountains of justice become poisoned. That necessity was laid upon Governor Durbin, and he has done his duty without fear. His letter to Governor Beckham of Kentucky, published in full in The Sunday Inter Ocean, should be read by all desiring to know how a strong and righteous executive can and will protect the citizens and stand up for justice. "Why," pertinently ask Governor Durbin, "should judical proprieties have been outraged by the refusal of Judge Cantrill to give a change of venue? Why should a jury of twelve partisans of the late Mr. Goebel be selected to try the cause? Does not the action of the court of appeals of Kentucky in its reversal of the initial convictions in Judge Cantrill's court emphasize the contention that these men cannot secure a fair and just hearing?" " Governor Durbin then cites many rulings of the trial court utterly at

variance with received legal principles. These were rebuked by the Kentucky

court of appeals in reversing the former verdict. Yet they were repeated and persisted in by Judge Cantrill in the second trial of Caleb Powers. "To such a perversion of justice," rightly concludes Governor Durbin "I will not consign any citizen of this commonwealth." It would have been easy for Governor Durbin to regard his functions in this case as merely ministerial and to have surrendered Taylor and Finley without inquiry. He might, like Pontius Pilate, have taken the easy way of washing his hands of the whole controversy. But Winfield Taylor Durbin takes saner and clearer views of his duty. He Inquired into the facts and found that to comply with the Kentucky request would be to hand over Taylor and Finley to what he correctly characterizes as "a court partisan to the extreme of vindictiveness and a jury organized for conviction." Therefore, until, "better assurances of a fair and impartial trial shall be given, and the record shall show that an impartial judge sat on the bench and non-partisan jurors fills the box," no requisition "leading to such a travesty upon justice as the last trial of Caleb Powers" will be honored by him. Indiana is to be congratulated upon a governor who knows his duty and does not fear to do it.-Inter Ocean. NOT YET ACCEPTED Council Defers Action on Engineer's Report as to Paving. The common council met in continused session Monday evening and after approving the bond of Otis Mikels for the construction of the Washington street sewer, attacked the real business for which the meeting was assembled. City Engineer Butler being unavoidably absent Councilman Parker read the report of his inspection and measurement of the paving and curb constructed by W. W. Hatch & Sons under the North Michigan street contract. The engineer's report stated that the total cost of curbing actually built, at the contract price, is $1,177.58, and of the paving $19,494.96, making the amount due the contractors $20,672.54. This was said by Dr. Reynolds to be about $20 less than the estimate of the contractors but that they admit a slight error in their measurement sufficient to account for the difference and there will be no controversy on that point. The engineer further reported that the work is completed and is in conformity with the plans and specifications, except that in places the cross section is not a perfect curve, being from half an inch to an inch too low, and except that the foundation was rolled by horse-power instead of steam. As to the latter exception Mr. Butler said that he consented to such rolling upon certain conditions that were complied with and he was satisfied. As to the depressson of the pavement he stated that it would not be detrimental except where the drainage would be affected as shown by rainy weather. He recommended that the job be accepted subject to the repair of such defects as may develop by next spring and that $1,000 be withheld to secure such repairs. The contractors have presented a bill of $308.38 for extras, consisting of a claim for extra gravel amounting to $278.00 and several small items. In the informal discussion of this matter the council practically determined that it would allow $31.50 for extra gravel and also certain other of the small items, aggregating in all $99.53. This is regarded as a most remarkable showing, for it is the universal experience in public work that large differences develop between the officials and the contractors. The entire variance here is only about $230.00 and it is certain that the greater part of that will be admitted by the contractors to be their error when they are informed. The maintenance bond not being on file the work could not be formally accepted, so the subject was deferred until the next meeting and Judge Hess was requested to fortify himself on the legal questions presented. The city Commissioners were present and one or two councilmen endeavored to draw them out as to their idea of assessing the cost of the pavement, but they were too foxy to be pumped prematurely. Their work begins as soon as the job is accepted. Mrs. Matthew Erwin Dead. , Mrs. Matthew Erwin, one of the best known women of Bourbon and of this county, died suddenly and unexpectedly at her home Sunday evening. It will be remembered that a short time ago Mrs. Erwin fell on the street in Bourbon and sustained a fracture of the thigh and it was feared at the time that her advanced age, 72 years, would militate strongly against her recovery. Her husband died while postmaster at Bourbon and her daughter Daisy now occupies that office. Mrs. Erwin was a lovable Christian woman, whoie influence for good was powerfully felt in the community about her, and she will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.

An Eastern Star Occasion. About thirty members of the Argos

Chapter of Eastern Star were entertained in a hospitable manner by the Plymouth Chapter Tuesday evening. A bountiful supper was served at 6 o'clock, covers being laid for 125 hungry people. During the supper and later, after the completion of the regular business, a musical program was rendered and several delightful short talks were listened to. The occasion, probably the last of the kind in the present Masonic quarters, was thoroughly enjoyed and its preparation and management reflect great credit upon the officers of the local chapter and their assistants. To reduce my present stock on wire I will sell for a Few Days Only at the following prices: No. 9 Galvanized Wire $2.87 pr 100 lbs No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 12 1/2 No. 13 No. 15 No. 16 " 2.92 " " 2.97 3 02 3 02 3.12 3 67 " " " " " " " 3.77 Galvanized Barb... 3 .12 " Remember this is for Stock on hand. It is below the market and no prospect of it being as low very soon again. Call at once or you will be too late. Buck's Cash Hardware Leader in Low Prices. Star Restaurant The Leader We are trying hard to make this the best restaurant in the city. We make it a specialty to suit our patronr. We are prepared to furnish you with Oysters in can or bulk. Yours to please Home 114. OTTO ALBERT. Our Entire Second Floor Devoted to Our Overcoat Department.

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GREAT SPECIAL SALE IN Our Men's and Boy's Suit Department 2,800 Suits of All Kinds. 125 Men's Dress Overcoats Kersey, black, blue, brown and Gray, $7.50 value...$4.85 150 Men's Imported Kersey, Irish Frieze, Meltons, real $11.00 value, at...$7.50 200 Young Men's Nobody Yoke and Raglan Overcoats, $12.50 to $15.00 value at...$10.00 75 Men's Neat Oxford Gray and Black Suits in $7.50 values, at...$4.50 300 Men's Fine Imported Clay Worsted, French Back Worsted and Globe Cassimeres, all designs, $10.00 and $11.00 values, at...$7.50 Great Special Sale on all Men's and Boys' Underwear, Gloves and Mittens, Felt Boots and Rubber Goods of all kinds. We are underselling them all on Mishawaka Rubber Goods. Look out for cold weather and be prepared. We want you to see us before you purchase, as we are in position to save you money and give you reliable goods-as

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