Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 19, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 February 1902 — Page 2

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R B. OGliBSBEB, Edito. telephone No. 27. OFFICE In Bissell Block. Corner Center and Laporte Street. UVKKTl01N(i BATES will be made known on application. Entered the Poetoffiee at Plymouth. Ind.a9 second class mauei. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year In Advance $M; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents.delivered at any postofike. Plymouth, Ind., February 6, 1902. If the consolidation of railroad and steamship lines shall continue at the present rate, a system juss will soon be pood for a trip around the world. The work of Christianizing theWest Lilian islands will not be difficult to accomplish, as much more than onehalf of the inhabitants are said to be religious. The United States liberated Cuba and paid the cost, but cannot undertake to coddle the island at the expense of sound general principles of government. The young men flocking- into the republican party know the difference between played-out politics and the vigorous kind identified with successful government and good times. The world alliance for the powers which a German enthusiast advocates would not be bad. In this era of gotd feeling perhaps such a proposi tio:i will not provoke any serious derision. In fact, the United States has already what may be called a world, alliance. The entire world is bidiing for Ameiica's favor, and America is not throwing any obstacles in the way of the attainment of their desires. w. S. Blatchley, state geologist for Indiana, has concluded to try for a renomination. He has served two terms and has made a m6st excellent record. This is one office that rocuires a firstclass man and should not be often changed, says the South Bend Tribune, and we endorse the sentiment. As Mr. Iilatchley has made such a good official he is entitled to another term. He is one of Qthe leading geologists of the United States. A number of very respectable but equally impractical personages of more or less imaginary consequence have memorialized congress for a cessation of hostilities in the Philippines and a conference with the leading insurgents. Until these sentimental reformers learn to distinguish between facts and imaginings their petitions will not "eigh heavily with members of congress. In this hour of aoundant prosperity there is something of a shock in the appeal for help issued by the governor of Arkansas in which he asks aid for the suffering poor of several counties in his state. In four of those counties half the inhabitants are destitute and many others are in need, a condition that results from the drouth cf last season. It is comfortirg to know that such poverty cannot be attributed to a republican tariff. A WAIL FROM MR. BRYAN. Mr. W. J. llrvan has discovered a new cause for lamenting the degeneracy of the times and the decadence of American patriotism. This is not surprising, for he finds them whichever way he turns. When it is not the young Absaloms who are being denied opportunities it is the old ones who are doing wrong continually. If any person can rea .11 an approving, hopeful or encouraging utterance of ?-Ir. Krvan's since hi first assumed the :o,fi of purveyor of national calamity he must be a person of excellent memory and great research. Mr. Bryan's Jätest cause of mourning and lamentation is the prospective acquisition of the Danish West Indie i by the United States by negotiation, and purchase. In the current issue of his paper, the Commoner, Mr. Bryan says The fact that the inhabitants of tie Danish islands have protested against the sale of the islands to the t.'ied States and have demanded tht he question be submitted to the peol? before final action is taken is a sa1 commentary upon this Nation. Th.it we should have so conducted ourselves as to make near neighbors prefer to be subjects of a king rather than risk the protection of their rights under the American flag is the most serious reflection that has recently been cast upon our government. It wofild be difficult for any foreign enemy of the United States and its policy, however ignorant ot the facts, to put more misrepresentation and untruth into the same space than is contained in that statement. If Mr. Bryan understands the real situation, as he can hardly fail to do if he reads any other paper than his own, he must know i.hat on a former occasion, when the question of . annexation to the United States was submitted to the inhabitants of the islands, they voted by a large majority in favor of it, and that recent advices show that a majority of the property owners and business men are still in favor of it. There is abundant precedent In his

tory for our acquisition of the islands without even consulting the wishes of the Inhabitants, but, as the question of consulting them rests with the Danish government, which has maintained the initiative in the' transaction from the beginning, Mr. Bryan's criticism should be directed against Denmark instead of the United States. The most serious reflection that has recently been cast upon our government" has not come from the inhabitants of the Danish West Indies, but from Americans of the Bryan .school, whose highest conception of patriotism is to oppose, denounce and vilify the government when their own party is not in power. By the way, it would be interesting to know on what grounds Mr. Bryan, if he were President, would justify failure to acquire the Danish West Indies in the peculiar and almost imperative circumstances under which they are offered. Indianapolis Journal.

The rumors that the President has reached a conclusion favorable to Schley in the latter's appeal can only be based on the character of the questions propounded to the naval officers whom the President called before him for examination, and c f course those officers have been exceedingly careful in what they have said about the interviews. The earlier rumors that an adverse finding had been reached did not have even that much of a foundation and as they were promulgated before the officers were questioned it is evident that the correspondents reporting them were indulging in pure guesswork. The fact is, of course, that nothing definite can be known about the matter until Roosevelt unburdens his mind. It is safe to hope that the decision when announced will be convincing and conclusive. New York citv would run out in a single generation, said a New York preacher in a sermon recently,if it did not have the wholesome blood of a strong stream of vital, clear-brained, j pure-hearted young men and young women poured into it from the farm ing districts. If you will take a poll of the great merchants, the great lawyers, the physicians, editors and educated men of New York city, you will find three-fourths of them are hayseeds. They were born and bred on the farm, and they have owed the stamina and the intellectual and moral soil out of which their splendid crop has sprung to that fact. Take the country boys w ho have won great success cut of New York city today, and the great shell would tumble in with awful disaster. A brewer who was ki Washington the other day in connection with the contemplated reduction of the war revenue tax pointed out some interest ing facts. The first revenue to be raised for the expenses of the Spanish war, said he, came from the brewers, for the reason that they were already subject to a stamp tax and could be reached quickly and inexpensively merely by requiring two dollars in stamps instead of one for each barrel of beer. This extra tax.- apparently, will be the last to be removed. The brewers themselves, not being able to charge it to their customers, and the result has been that three hundred breweries have gone into bankruptcy under the national laws. Now that Schley,-Miles and Dewey are not possible as presidential candidates the democrats are conducting a quiet search for other heroes. Col. Bryan has not definitely declined. A ROUND ROBIN. As a rule men are paying more attention to the character and fitness of men for office than they did twenty years ago. An efficient officer is appreciated. Columbia City Post: 'Ti well that such is the case. No man ought to be chosen to any office, be it high or low, who does not have a good standing in the community. There has been too much indifference manifested in this respect. An awakening of public interest is demanded by every consideration of the public welfare. South Bend Times. The "awakening" seems to be coming sooner than one might think. There is one feature that can be observed, and that is the entire country is more extensively provided with men qualified and fitted to hold all positions than was the case fifty years ago. There are plenty of young men in the present day, not yet twentyfive years old, who possess the education necessary to fill creditably public positions of almost any degree. .This comes from the magnificent free school system, the pride and glory of every state in the Union, and a system that should be upheld, encouraged, and improved at all times when, possible. Warsaw Times. It is well to remember, anong oth -er things, that frequently the "good fellow," "good mixer," successful "cow-shedder" and baby-kisser possesses no other qualifications for a position of trust and confidence. It should never be forgotten that no man can by any possibility have even the shadow of a "claim" upon any public office. The candidate who rests his case upon any alleged claim to an office is the one above all others to be avoided. When voters learn to scrutinize candidate as they would applicants for private employment, and vote accordingly, the standard of efficiency will be raised; but while

public offices are given as rewards for dirty political work dirty men will get them. It is not improbable that after Henry of Prussia our next royal visitor will be the Queen Dowager of Italy. We are evidently attracting "considerable attention in the higher circles abroad.

PROTECTION AT SEA. . The people of this country have tried protection as a tariff principle and are winning the world's .markets by it. They have subsidized railways, canals and public highways to the extent,in railways alone, of thousand of million dollars and the internal development of all sections has richly repaid the outlay. But there are those who are afraid ot protection at sea and who shudder at the word "subsidy" as applied to the merchant marine. There is protection on sea as well as on land. Great Britain, with only the products of her mills to sell, and compelled to buy heavily of larger and more favored nations, quite naturally has been a free trader on laud, but on the water her policy has been just the reverse and her high protection to her merchant ships made her rich through her ocean earning trade. She has never been affrighted by any ship subsidy, no matter how lavish in amount, and while we have stood still iu impotent fear she has taken possession of the sea. American fleets once rivalled the fleets of England, but since the inauguration of Britisli subsidies navigation has become the weakest of all great American interests. The time has been reached in our history when we must amend our shipping laws and reach out after our share of the world's ocean traffic. Our foreign commerce has attained such magnitude that foreign bottoms can no longer be depended upon to deliver it at- foreign ports. James G. Blaine foresaw this time many years ago and said: "The most palpable and effective form of protection is in the direct payment of public money to a line of steamers that could not be maintained without that form of aid." He said that if the United States would give merely the interest on the interest at five per cent on the amount given to American railways, every steam line needed on the oceans and on the Gulf would spring into existence within two years after the passage of the act. The American free trader has for decades received from free trade England his inspiration and his arguments against protection, but it is remarkable that he should with equal credulity accept from subsidized England his inspiration and his arguments against ship subsidies. And the steady argument of the British-inspired American fiee trader is that, if the steamship lines were established, we could not increase our trade because we produce nothing that can compete in neutral markets with articles of the like kind from England, an assertion that has been negatived with increasing force each month since the Wil-son-Gorman monstrosity was repealed. There is the demagogue's cit that subsidies might enable ship-owners to make a profit. Certainly; that is what they are in business for. But while they are making profits, thousands of American shipbuilders are given employment at gocd wages, other thousands of American sailors are at work earning money, :till other thousands of American merchants and farmers are supplying them with food and raiment, and all goes to swell the sum total of American prosperity. There is no reason to be - afraid of protection at sea, for the great doctrine, like our constitution, will stand salt water as well as fresh; and ksides we have before us the experience of England with marine bounties for sixty years, which was so successful that Old Glorv was a curiositv in anv foreign port.Troubles of the Carriers. The position of rural carrier is an unenviable one in the winter, savs the Warsaw Times. He earns every cent of the small salary he receives. " The patrons along the different routes who appreciate the service could very materially assist the carriers and with very little effort oy getting out with their teams- an breaking the roads where the snow has drifted. Some of the men have been obliged-to get put and take down fences sj thev could drive through the field and avoid tue snow drifts in the roads in several places along the routes. Some of the cairiershave said that it seemed to them that some people waited for the rural carriers to break the road before they ventured out, believing this to be one of the benefits of rural free delivery. . But the worst nuisance that the carrier has to contend with, is the man (a woman would have more consideration) who persists in putting pennies in the box, compelling the carrier to remove his mittens and reach down and get the pennies and then stamp his letter for him. This is an inexcusable imposition, especially during such severe weather as we are now having. The stamp book put up by the postoffiee department now is such a convenient way of carrying stamps, that there is no excuse for putting pennies In the boxes.

MANY RUNNING

Republican Candidates For State Office So Far Known. The republican state central committee Thursday issued the official call for the state convention to be held in Tomlinson's hall in Indianapolis Wednesday and Thursday, April 23 and 24. The convention will Decomposed of 1,637 delegates, making 844 for a choice. Marshall county will have 15 delegates. There are now thirty-five candidates for the various offices to be filled. These are from every congressional district except the fifth. The tenth has six candidates for different places on the ticket. The candidates so far announced are: For secretary of state, Daniel E. Storms of Lafayette, president of the State League of Republican clubs; he has no opposition. For auditor of state, David E. Sherrick of Hamilton county, Frank H. Doran of Laporte, Frank M. Martin of Boone, and James R. Henry of Owen. For state treasurer, John W. Dyer of Lake. Jacob Joel of Montgomery, Thomas B. Milliken of Henry, and Nat U. Hill of Monroe. There are six candidates for attorney general: Charles W. Miller of Goshen, Grif D. Dean of Grant, Merrill Moores of Marion, Ward H. Watson of Clark, J. W. Wilson of Pike, and Martin W. Fields tf Gibson. For clerk of supreme court are: Edward V. Fitzpatrick of Jay, J. C. Hatfield of Wells," E. E. Neal of Hamilton, and B. A. Brown of Johnson. For superintendent of public instruction: Titus E. Kinzie of St. Joseph, George Worley of Kosciusko, F. A. Cotton- of Henry, and W. S. Monroe of Posey. Forjudge of supreme court: Judge John II. Gillettof Lake is the only candidate. For state statistician: B. F. Johnson of Benton. For state geolgist: W. S. Blatchley of Marion, and E. M. C. Hobbs of Washington. For judges of appellate court; Frank S. Koby of Steuben, U. Z. Wiley of Benton, W. J. Henley of Rush, Daniel W. Comstock of Wayne, W'oodfin D. Robinson of Gibson," and James B. Black of Marion. There never was a time in the history of the world when a young man had a better chance than he has now, truthfully observes the South Bend Sunday News. Old fields of usefulness are expanding and new one are being opened by the progress of the world. I. a young man has anything in him that is useful to others he can command a good price for it, but it is a por age for incompetency. AN OFFENSIVE WORD Governor Durbin Prefers Apportionment to Assessment. In an opening address before the annual convention of the state board of tax commissioners and county assessors, Governor Durbin related that a church board, of which he was a raember,chose the word "apportionment" instead of "assessment" and found that the people accepted the burdens of sustaining the church with much better grace. He said that the words "taxation and assessment" are offensive to the ears of many persons. He sought to impress upon the assessors their responsibilities owing to their discretion as to matters of detail. He urged the importance of equality and fairness in taxation and told the story.of a church by way of illustration. "At least one church," he said, "regularly appoints a board of assessors for its congregation, tlie expenses of which for a given period are carefully estimated. The board then proceeds to assess each member in accordance with the amount of worldly goods of which he is known or is ljelieved to be possessed.. If he is not satified.heis at liberty to appeal, but he must make his plea and statement to the entire congregation. If he succeeds in establishing the claim that he has been unfairly assessed, out of proportion to his brethren, he is granted a reduction; if he fails to sustain his point, however, the complainant is thereupon assessed double the original amount as penalty (under pain of expulsion) for attempting deception. This system has been found productive of such admirable results that the church of which I speak is never found complaining of lack of funds or subjecting itself to criticism on account of discrimination in the manner of raising revenues. It is an eld law, is old as the Bible, but obviously one worthy of commendation because it serves the good purpose of equalizing the burden without the least favoritism the rich and the poor alike contributing an equal amount, graduated on the financial ability of each .to pay his allotment. The principle involved in this is well worthy of being applied to civic affairs, because it is manifestly just and equitable." ' No chance for disappointment if you serve Mrs. Austin's famous Pancakes. All grocers sell it. 95t24 17t4

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House Committee Submits Report on Proposed' Mmure. Washington, D. C, Feb. 8 Chairman Ray of the house committee on j udiciary presented the report on the bill for the protection of the president and the suppression of crime against the government. The reeport states that the committee has carefully considered the many anti-anarchist measures and has sought to present a wise, conservative, constitutional, and effective measure. The purposes of the bill are summed up as follows: 41. To prevent resistance to and protect, the President and vice-president of the United States and those by law in the line of succession to that high office. "2. To protect the ministers and ambassadors of foreign governments accredited to within the United States. "3. To prevent the open and deliberate approval of certain crimes and also certain unlawful teachings, which, if permitted, are calculated and intended to breed lawlessness and crime against and culminate in the destruction of the government. '4. To prevent the coming to or naturalization in this country ef those who teach or entertain such pernicious doctrine. "5, To prevent conspiracies in the United States to murder the rulers of other civilized nations. "6. To provide adequate and uniform punishments for these offenses wherever committed: all the offenses against government and intended to impair or over throw the government of the United States." The report makes an elaborate presentation of the powers of congress to deal with the sub ject; the need of shutting out the lawless who seek our shores, and the care the committee has exer cised not to trench upon legiti mate freedom of speech and of the press1 PEARSON'S THREAT Boer General Says he Will Attack British Horse-buyer's Camp at New Orleans. Washington, D. C, Feb. 8 General Samuel Pearson, late of the Boer Army, who has been in this country for a year, engaged in working up sentiment for the cause of the burghers, has sent a formal communication to President Roosevelt, indicating an intention to organize an armed force' of Boer sympathizers at New Orleans to make an attack on a camp established by British military aganis near that city, whence horses and mules are shipped to the British army in South Africa. What action the government will take to prevent General Pearson from carrying out his expressed intention cannot ba definitely ascertained, but it is believed that orders have been sent to the federal authorities at New Orleans to prevent the Boer representative from literally reversing the classical slogan of 'carrying the war into Africa. " Genera! Pearson has spent much time in Washington vainly endeavoring to induce the administration to stop the shipment of animals from New Orleans to Cape Town. Recently he has been in New Orleans, and his letter to the President was written there. He has sent some communications to the President on the subjectbut has received no response, and Mr. Roosevelt is notified that the letter concerning the proposed attack on the British camp is 'a last solemn appeal". How's This? We offer one hundred dollars reward for- any case ot Catarrh that cannot be cared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. Cheney & Co., Props,, Toledo, O. We, the undesigned, have known F. J. Chaney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their tirm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists Toledo, O. Walding, Kinxan & Marvin, Wholeeale Druggist?, Toledo, O. Haifa Cattarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood srjd mucous eurfacea of the system. Price 75c per bottle, Sold by all druggists, Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the beet.

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