Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 March 1903 — Page 2

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Plymouth, Ind., March 12. 1903. Reports from China show that the rebels In the northern districts are gaining In strentn and that foreigners are"openly threatened.

County recorders should have an increase of compensation because the work in their offices has increased In all the counties, and very materially In manj. Speakers at the Robert Emmet anniversary predict prosperity for Ireland, as a result, of land reform, but assert that home rule is the reat necessity of the island.

Germany's exhibit at the St. Louis fair promises to be far more comprehensive than the ministry of the interior planned, as manufacturers and nje rcnants are taking a lively Interest in it.

Republican leaders in the senate are said to be determined that definite action shall be taken during the extra session on the Panama canal and a session of considerable duration is expected.

Pope Leo on advice of Dr. Lapponi bas suspended his audiences in order that the cold from which he Is suffering may be treated. Considerable ahxietv is felt In Rome over the pontiff's condition.

The Venezuelans not only got their -warships back, but thev say they got a bomb In the coal bunkers of one of them and still they are not satisfied! What did they expect from the liberal and courteous Germans anyway? The auditing officers of the treasury found that the United States owed South Carolina 34 cents! but Tillman sandbagged the senate into adding to it, in defiance of law, the neat little sum of $47,244:66. Aud this sort of thiDg is done in the name of free delate!

The Western railways have notified the big shippers that they propose o conform to the letter wltn the provisions of the Elkins bill, and will withdraw immediately all rebates that tave been paid and abolish everything that resembles a concession , or discrimination In rates. The new senators were sworn in at Washington Thursday and Mr. Smoot of Utah took the oath of office without a murmur or objection from any of his colleagues and the gallaries gave him generous applause. Senator Fairbanks was also vigorously applauded when he took the oath for a second term.

Reed Smoot of Utah, who was sworn in as United States senator from Utah, Thursday, cannot hold his seat if he bas more than one wife. It seems that the charge upon which bis enemies rely is that be Is a Mormon. If be is simply a Mormon and not a polygamist, Mr. Smoot will bold Jtiis teat. The constitution forbids reJigious barriers

The vetoes of the bills making more circuit courts should be sustained by the legislature. Governor Dur Lin is right when he says that the whole system of the judiciary should be overhauled. If there is to be a court In every county, and that Is the present tendency, the salaries should 1 revised on tte basis of the work? which Judges are required to do. Indianapolis Journal.

The legislature has reached a very fair solution of the fee and salary question. It .passed the Gard bill amended so as to apply only to recorders. It is generally admitted that these officers are the only ones that suffer special injuctlce under the present law. The legislature is to be congratulated oq its defeat of the general salary raising scheme originally proposed. And we hope that the state may now have some degree cf rest from the importunies of county oß!cers for increase of pay. The secretary of the treasury and his advisers have already begun to consider the method by which the t50,000,000 bonus will be paid to the French canal company and the government-of Colombia as soon as the treaty is ratified. It is a very . important transaction for many reasons, particularly because it will deplete the currency in ' circulation in this country to such an ' enormous amount. Therefore it is fortunate that the transaction b liiely to tats plac3 at a teason of the year when there is the lert demand fcr, mosey. Secretary Czv? vrill to coTcmcd by tha ccaditlca cf ttz zzzzzj mirzei In decidisj

The gambling "fraternity of the state were represented by a . strong lobby in the legislature last week which worked incessantly until the Hastings anti-gambling bill was killed. It ought to have become a law.

The South Bend school bill which was championed by the South Bend Tinaes, the democratic organ of the city and was opposed by Hon. B. F. Shively and the South Bend Tribune, will receive the signature of Governor Durbin Monday and will become law.

The bellicose Dr. Wagner, of Berlin, assures the Germans that the Monroe doctrine is "an empty pretension, behind which there Is neither energetic will nor actual power." All right, doctor, as long as the kaiser doesn't follow your views, there will be no need of forcibly disproving your words.

Mr. Bryan is inclined to scoff at the possibility of the gold democrats capturing the democratic national convention. Likewise was be prone to take a skeptical view of the possibility of bis defeat on two occasions when he was a' candidate. But then the unexpected is always happening to Mr. Bryan. It seems strange that lawyers of the legislature cannot draw up bills that are correct in phraseology. But such is the fact, and while it should be humiliating to the lawyers to have to call back bills from the governor because of defects, experience bas proven that only newspaper men can frame bills that will stand the tests of the supreme court when technical points are considered.

Hon. Warren G. Say re, of Wabash, may go home from the legislature bearing a few more scars than when be went down to Indianapolis, but the number that 'be has inflicted on the other fellows are almost as hard to count as the sands on the sea shore. Our repiesentative, Hon. Charles Lemert,says 4,that old feller from Wabash Is one of the hardest fighters that ever got Into a legislature. " The governor has signed a bill that not only allows the present county sheriff's their salary whether or not they collect sufficient fees, but to reimburse the sheriffs for the deficit in their salaries as far back as 1901. The old law provided that a sheriff must collect the full amount of his salary, otherwise he was to lose. It Is probable that the new law will cost the state in the neighborhood of $100,000 in the way of back salaries.

Seventy-five thousand votes were cast at the republican primary election in Chicago Friday to nominate candidates for city officers. Graeme Stewart was nominated for mayor over John M. Harlan by a large majority. It was the most notable contest ever wajed for a nomination in Chicago, yet the man nominated bas a hard row to hoe if be beats Carter Harrison; but Stewart is undoubtedly stronger than narlan.

A senate committee reports that 'the entire public domain' suitable for settlement will be exhausted and there will be no land left for our people wbo desire to make homes on it if our present system of land acts continues five years longer," The reference Is to the methods by which what Is left of the public lands is being absorbed by railroads and syndicates for grazing purposes. One secretary of the Interior after another bas emphasized the need of legislation on the subject, but congress bas not found time to attend to it.

John Edward Addicks considers it a great victory to get bis next friend and political manager into the United States senate from Delaware, although he ' wasn't able to make It himself. The "regular" republicans as they call themselves, consider it a great victory to keep Addicks out of the senate, although they bad . to let his next friend In. For the first time in three years the little state Is represented in the upper bouse of the national legislature, and the republican leaders hope that they may be able to reconcile the factions of the party so as to mike the state permanently republican.

The business element, which has been gradually recovering its confidence in the democratic party, has bad its faith badly shaken again, and nothing the republicans could have done would have been so harmful to democratic prospects next year as the defeat of the Aid rich bill.' It was not a partisan measure. It was prepared after a conference . among the leaders of both parties, and was reported to the senate withhe unanimous Indorsement of the committee on finance. Even Mr. Teller himself gi ving it his approval,": because he recognized as" well as anyone, that some thins must be done sooner or later to prevent the- currency famine that occurs every 1 fall after harvest time, when money is needed to move the crop3. But although the bill received the indorsement cf both parties the republicans will haye the credit cf trying to cteuia the liilitica tfcd tie- Cenccnia nlll bz ' blamed for de-

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BUekmail in the Senate. . Tuesday night, when all th appropriation bills had been passen but two, and those we re J n band, Senator Tillman, who had some claims amounting to $47,000 which the senate would not allow on their merits, rose in his place and declared that neither of those bills could be passed unless his claims were embraced in one of them. On their merits he could not hav3 mustered a dozen votes for his claims. Tillman knew this because he had tried to have them alowed. But the congress being within a few hours of adjournment without day, Tillman placed himself before the senate like a highwayman and demanded that his fraudulent bills should he put where they will be paid. It was a clear case of blackmail. It was a threat that would have forced an extra session of the next congress to pass the bills which he was holding up. If the senate had refused Tillman would bava occupied the floor until the hour of adjournment. And this is senatorial courtesy! This is respect for the venerated tradition of the senate in favor of freedom or debate! The country is very weary of this tradition which permits senators like Tillman to become blackmailers and to compel the senate to vote money to pay claims which are fraudulent in the judgment of the senate. It is more than weary, It Is disgusted or indignant. A body of able men, It has become the slave of a custom which bas been so abused that finally a ruffian stands forth and holds the senate up! There Is but one thing for the senate to ao, and that is to get rid of its fantastic courtesy and adopt some rules by which a vote can be taken on a specified day and hour. It can no longer appear before the country as a helpless old man to be held up and robbed. It needs and must have a a radical reform In its rules. Indianapolis Journal. A Dramatic Sensation. In "Resurrection" Count Leo Tolstoi's latest masterpiece, the reading public of the entire world have been stirred as never before by his tremendous arguments and originality of thought against the evils ot modern society. In Tolstoi's apotheosis of the soul and its relation to the Maker of all things lies the tremendous eloquence of his appeal. Hypocritical cant is eliminated, truth Is put on a pedestal, the infidel and the creedist can here meet on a common platform, for Tolstoi's sermon works with equal conviction for the material as well as for the spiritual betterment of society. The wrongrdoer may fear the retributive justice of a wrathful God,' but God is merciful. Nature, however Is inexorable and has no pity. In'my opinion Tolstoi exploits this truth as it has rarely, If ever, been exploited before, and therefore, in giving "Resurrection" tov the world he has let loose a moral force which must earn for him the gratitude of modern civilization.' He Was a Prodigal. There is a story of more than usual interest connected with the life of Geo. Miller, who died at the home of Jonas Mullet, cast of this city, on Feb. 21,, at the age of 86 jeirs. He belonged to a good family In Germany, but his dissolute habits proyoked his father to such an extent that be gave him money to come to America, to stay. The son spent the money in a grand carousal, and then bis father bought a ticket for him to New York, and saw him on board the vessel. That was more than a half century ago, almost ever since that time Miller bad tramped back ' and ' forth . over this part of the country, supporting himself by "tinkering" at 'watches and clocks. After his father 'r death a sister sent for :im to come back to Germany, when she promised him a good home as long as be should live, but be never went back, and had no relatives so far as known in this country. Bremen Enquirer. More Than Equal Revenues.' ' Some of the state officials wbo have an eye on the treasury say that without realizing their action members of

the legislature have yoted for appropriations that will more than equal the , current revenues for this year. The regular and specific appropriations, included in the general appropriations, salary and appropriation bills will exceed $3,000,000. The revenues are about $2,750", 000. The governor, it Is understood. Informed some of the conservative members that a bait must be called if the state debt Is not to be increased. , The governor is very anxious to have the state debt nearly wiped out by tbe expiration of his term, but it is understood that the action of. the legislature has almost cnused him to lose hope. .

JDurlng the closing" days cf the Fifty-seventh congress the democrats refused to cllOT? necessary legislation to be considered. ' The United States ccnato needs a f evr Reed ruls3 to en

able it to do business. Peanut politics,

party ?lt3tnd political retaliation the vro:t3 cf tvro rauch tiant and the f allere of important measurers in tsdaats. ' ' ''' ' '

.. . Increases in Railway Wages. The threatened strike on the Wabash railroad is the first serious trouble that has occurred during the most remarkable period of wage increase in tbe history of American railroads. Never before have employes in all

branches of railway service been given,

such material advances as have been granted during the past twelve months. Although the demand for greater remuneration has been a concerted one by more than l,000,f)00 people, and "although the demands have ranged from 10 to 40 per cent increases, arbitration, has been the,, rule heretofore, and both men and employers have done everything in their power to avoid a clash. It is therefore a keen 'disappointment to both railroad officials and thinking employes that the Wabash differences have crystallized into a determination to strike. During the present movement practically every railroad has been forced to make material increases in the pay of all the branches of labor. Careful estimates based upon the total .Increases granted by twenty-five of the large railway systems show that the totol increase which the trainmen and enginemen are getting from all railroads will amount to at least $20,000,000. When the wages 6"f all other employes are adjusted, as they are bound to be, on the basis already fived by many roads, the total Increase in railway wages for the entire country will be at least $40,000,000. Chicago Times Herald. Southern Impudence. One of tbe impudent sugges ions mad3 at the south relative to the appointment of colored men to federal office is that if the president is so anxious to favor tbe negro he should give him high office at the north. There are no less than forty members of congress from southern states who would visit Washington as private citizens, if at all, if tbe fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States were enforced. They now represent districts which were apportioned on the theory that the blacks were voters. They appear in congress under false pretenses. They represent only a handful of whites who do all the voting and hold all tbe offices. Tbe districts from which they come would have no existence if it were not for the wholly theoretical vjte of the blacks. It may be that the colored race ought not to have been enfranchised aud it is possible that most of its members are wholly unfit for citizenship. As to all this there is room for argument, but there should be no question about tbe injustice of forty white men holding seats in congress

'as representatives of negroes who for

one reason and another do not exercise the rights of citizenship. Tbe suggestion that such blacks as

are named for federal office should be selected from the north, while the south enjoys all the advantages of representing them in congress, i$ worthy of the time when the average southerner was taught to believe that northerners were mostly "mudsills." Chicago Chronicle (Democratic.) No Doubt as to Indiana. Tbe Indianapolis News has discovered that there are five senators among the 34 republicans of the Indiana upper house of the legislature at present wbo were former democrats, but there are none on tbe democratic side who ever were republicans, This leads to the inference that Indiana has been breaking away from its old democratic moorings and Is really no longer to be classed as a doubtful state. The five senators who were once leaders among tbe democrats areGray, Dausman, KIttlnger, Wood . and Lyons. Nearly all drifted away from the party during the Bryan free silver craze in 1896, and have foresworn tbe democratic faith wholly, have found a good home and influential favor In the republican ranks. They are men of recognized ability which cave them prestige In the several communities where they- live and sent them to the senate to act with the republican majority. These men wield not only great influence in shaping legislation, but their example has pie tendency cf removing all doubt from man? a wavering democratic mind, and teni to strengthen' the hold that 61 . rj publican faith is obtaining upon the voters of the Hoosler state. So ith Bend Tribune. : A Sociological Freak. The minister who recently" recommended marriage of white and black as a solvent of the race question in the south has learned little from ethnology. In Europe all racas freely mingle but not intermarry. It was slavery which contaminated the south by denying to the blacks the legal right to marrv and to bring up the children in freedom. Illicit miscegenation as a substitute for virtuous marriage - within nce has proved a malediction in the south. When slavery's effects have been extirpated by tjni3 and the system b forgotten there will be no race question left to tcx either race. This vaarian preachpreacher, a native cf Virginia and vrhite, ü a cociolcjieol freai. Cfcio CoChrca!eh.

A FAMOUS INDIANIAN

One of Many Inventions Brought WorldWide Fame.

Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, who

died quite suddenly at the home of his daughter in New York last Thursday, was one of the men whose names

are famous in Indiana history. Although not a native of the state, having been born in North Carolina,

he came to Indianapolis when quite a young man,where he attended medical college and then began the practice of medicine, residing there until a few

years ago. He was a skilled practitioner, but, the gossips said, was in-

clined to "fritter away his time on

trifling inventions." Among his inventions were a machine for sowing

cotton seeds, another for thinning cot-

ton plants, a screw propeller for water

craft, a rice and wheat drill, a ma-

chine for breaking hemp, and a steam

plow. But his greatest invention,

and the one with which his name is

inseparably connected, was the Gat-

ling gun. At the beginning of the

civil war he conceived the idea of a

gun that should be at once destructive and labor saving. The first gun was

made at Indianapolis and tested in

the spring of 1862. The test was suc-

cessful, the gun firing 300 shots per

minute. The Washington authorities

were slow in appreciating its merits, however, and it was not adopted in

the military service until after the

close of the war. Meanwhile Dr. Gatling visited Europe, where the gun created something of a sensation. It is now in use in nearly every army in the world.

The Pruning Knife Used. The general appropriation bill went through the state senate after the ax had been unsparingly applied. The bill had been considered section by section by the republican members in caucus and the long list of amendments offered by Senator Goodwine, chairman of the committee on finance, had been more or less prearranged. As mended in the committee of the whole $60,000 is cut out of the appropriation, a large part of the amout being saved by eliminating sections providing for the payment of private claims. Indiana University fared badly at the hands of the committee of the whole, specific appropriations for improvements at the university being stricken out of the bill. By the amended measure the university will get about $20,000 less than was provided when the bill passed the house. The Curse of Modern Society. The curse of modern society is duplicity. When an individual's word no longer counts for anything, he becomes an incubus, morally a nuisance. He is not to be trusted in any matter of importance. Persons with whom he has relations of any sort must be constantly on the alert to guard against being cheated or betrayed. A moral bankrupt is the worst type of a bankrupt. He is a combination of the baser qualities of a Judas Iscariot and a Benedict Arnold.---South Bend Times.

Will Be Paroled. William E. Hinshaw, sent to prison for life on the charge of murdering his wife at Belleville, Hendricks county, in January of 1895, will soon be released from prison on parole. His mother is probably on her last sick bed, and she begs that her son be allowed to come home. He will be released on a limited parole, and if his conduct is good the time will be extended indefinitely. Many people in Hendricks county have believed from the start that Hinshaw is innocent. Says Boone Killed Koonsman. In the trial of Melvin Boone, at South Bend, for the murder of John M. Koonsman, who was shot and killed in his store on the night of Dec. 13 last. Joseph Mallory and Nathan Bankin, of Chicago, who also are charged with the same crime, testified that Boone fired the three shots which killed Koonsman. The case is attracting much attention and spectators carry lunches to the courtroom so as to be able to hold their seats during the noon hour. The defense has summoned about eighty witnesses. A Peculiar Accident. Charles Sult, a section hand residing at Grovertown, had his leg broken Wednesday evening. The section men were returning from work when a beer keg on the front of the hand car rolled off, the car ran over it and was thrown from the track and most of the men were hurt, but none seriously except Sult whose right leg was crushed below the knee. Dr. Aspinall was called and found the fracture very serious.'' Too Many Husbands. Hannah Fisher, of Mishawaka, has filed divorce proceedings against William P. Fisher, alleging abandonment. She further avers that when she married the defendant she was the wife of A. Clay Kinneman, but believed him to be dead, and did net learn different until August, 1902.

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