Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 September 1903 — Page 2

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Plymouth. Ind., September 3. 1903.

The Nebraska populists have decided to fuse with the democrats. It is evident that Bryan is still in the democratic saddle of that state.

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The expressions of John L. Zimmerman after the Ohio convention show that there is little change in the quality of OMo democratic harmony.

Twelve more Christian villages In Macedonia are destroyed by the Turks, who massacre women, children and the ag2-j, and are said to aim at the extirpation of the Bulgarian population.

It is stated that Postmaster General Payne will insist upon a thorough investigation of postal frauds, in spite of alleged protests of politicians who express fear that such investigation would "hurt the party. Charges now under investigation involving officials in the Indian Territory allege peculiar methods by certain officials by which redskins are said to have signed away valuable rights under a delusion.

The confusion resulting from the attempts of different companies to use the wireless telegraph in reporting the yacht races shows that it must have a crood many improvements before it is equal to competition with itself.

The Chicago Caromcle declares Elihu Root to be the ablest secretary of war since Edwin M. Stanton filled that important position during the war. Coming trozi a democratic paper this opinion is certainly unpredjudiced. Undoubtedly Judge Colt, of Rhode Island, is correct In his assertion that the common law is nothing but reason," but what keeps a good many people broke and makes the lawyers rich is the uncommon law ..which the more skilful practitioners are able to substitute fur it at will. . It now seems tobe settled that Secretary Root will retire from the cabinet next winter and that he will be succeeded by Gov, William II. Taft, of the Philippine islands, who in turn will be followed in that important office by Gen. Lukt E. Wright, of Tennessee, now the vice-governor.

Ohio democrats have prepared to "catch em a cominand agoin." They have nominated Tom L. Johnson for governor, indorsed John II. Clark a "gold" democrat for United States senator and ignored fr:e silver. The platform glosses over Bryanism and Tom L. Johnson announces that he will make the fight for governor on local issues.

Congressman James A. Ilemenway, of the First Indiana district, who is credited with saying that Mr. Cannon, who is to be speaker of the next house, has offered him the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations, intimates that there will be no financial legislation. Mr. Hemenwav also intimate that he will be liberal in appropriations for the improvement of rivers, and this strikes a popular chord In southern. Indiana where they want the Ohio river made navigable to the ..... ' - headwaters.

The monument dedicated to the memory of Chester A. Arthur in the little town of Fairfield, Vt., last week, will comemorate a man whose superior qualities were discovered after be waa called to high office by a fatality. President Arthur, without 'special ability or strenuous effort.'won a respect that has been growing from the time he succeeded James A. Garfield until this day. He had several Qualities which will carry a man far.

JJe possessed admirable tact, a well

balanced business mind and ne was a gentleman. The truth of the ofd saying that politics makes strange bedfellows, was never more strikingly exemptified than in the Ohio democratic convention. Tom L. Johnson, the nominee for governor, is regarded as a Bryan nan. He has the certificate of political soundness from Bryan himself In every respect but one. - As to silver Bryan pronounced Johnson unsound, tut expressed confidence Lthat he would see light of free silver in time, zs he was on the right populistic road cud his only fault was "ignorance." Johnson made free silver men welcome to the convention and to pretty much anything they wanted on the state ticket which was of no 'practical Importance to the caucs of free silver one or the other, but when it came to t-3 plies that counted the scat in 2 united Cttcs ccsato with the - ; .;;:ful tc'.zz zzl TCto t-crcunta cp- - t-ir- trsuld do tut t!:2

The conviction of one of the leaders of the lynching mob at Danville, 111,, will tend to discourage such mobs in future. Lax law Is the parent of lynch law.

Conservative democrats in Washington are alarmed at the strong showing made by the Bryan element of . the party in the Ohio state convention. They fear that the coming national democratic convention may find the Bryan element represented from many of the states sending large delegations. ,

Secretary Hitchcock . is somewhat disconcerted to discover that the functionary, whom he designated to investigate the larcenous proceedings in the Indian bureau has himself been "stealing everything that is not nailed down. Evidently the interior department is going to give its esteemed contemporary the postofflce department & close run for the penitentiary stakes. While the eastern democrats are sagely casting about among themselves for a candidate, discussing whether it shall be Gorman or Parker or Judge Gray or someone ilse, the Bryanites are going right along bottling up state delegations and getting ready to enter the convention with a

great big proportion of its membership pledged to a man who will represent the principles enunciated in the Kansas C.ty platform. Crop reports fiom the principal western and northwestern corn states indicate radical changes in estimates. Illinois and Indiana show much improvement, while Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota and Minnesota complain of damage by cold, wet weather. Wisconsin and South Dakota report delay in farm work, but are hopeful of the effects, cf warm weather.

The defeat of Zimmerman in Ohio will prove a very severe blow to the anti-Bryan element in the Democratic party, not only because it loses to them a state with a large vote in the next democratic national convention, hut because of the moral effect of the defeat in Indiana and other neighboring states, where they are making a bard fight to regain control of the party organization, swept out of their hands by the waves of 1896.

Judge Woods of Arkansas, who is opposing Governor Jeff Davis' aspirations for reelection; kicked the latter statesman off the platform at a joint debate the other day. nis excellency is used to that sort of thing, however. He was kicked out of the First Baptist church of Little Rock for drunkenness, gambling and other immorality, after which the democrats of Arkansas enthusiastically elected him governor. They will probably do it again. He is the kind of governor they admire; Elect Good Legislators. Isn't it about time for the voters of Indiana to. get over the idea that the legislative conventions are mere caucuses to select United States senators? For some years the voters nave been led to feel that the one thing necessary was to elect the man who would or wouldn't vote for this or that aspirant to senatorial honors, and every other consideration was cast

in to the back ground. Any man would do for the Indiana general as

sembly, just so long as he was right

on the senatorial proposition, and the people have gone on and on, clinging to the idea that a United States sena tor was the most important subject for consideration. When one looks back and surveys the personnel of the Indiana legislature in years gone by he feels that there is something missing, that the body doesn't average up like it used to. Time was when United States senators were elected from the membership of the lower house of Indiana representatives or of the Indiana state sanate, when the best and truest timber in the state regarded it as an honor to represent his county in the state legislature. The strong men believed that they could do the state some good there, and they were willing to go. They met other strong men, and the laws which came Into tae statute books reflected the wisdom of the pioneer people In choosing their lawmakers. It might be a good deal of help to Indiana to put aside the senatorial question, let it take care of-it

self as It were, and see if we can't improve the quality of the Indiana

legislature and free the state of a good

deal of peanut politics. Kokomo

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L EL & V. to Be Improved.

The Rochester Sentinel says that while Traveling Passenger Agent

Hicks was in Rochester recently on business he was interviewed by the

Sentinel and found good news. "In the

very. near future" said Mr. Hicks, "the tracks from Peru to Michigan City will be rebuilt into a level stretch of track laid in ballast as solid -and level as a road bed can be made, the passenger trains will be new all the way through and the running time will cc increased so it will ho one of the fegtest roads in the state. Through tralm vrill ta put cn f rein Indianapolis to Chic2o via Laporte and the c.ulriacnt will all be firct-cl::.

President Roosevelt tnd Ubor. President Roosevelt is determined that there shall be no discrimination against the nonunion mechanics and laborers employed on the government work or in the departments and, it any applicants for work have been discriminated against because the person is not a member of a union, he will order an investigation If the matter is brought to his attention through the proper channels. This does not mean that President Roosevelt is an enemy of organized labor, for he is its steadfast friend and the labor unions appreciate the fact. , ; Some time ago the president ordered an investigation, which now is in progress in all the go rernment departments, to ascertain if there is strict compliance with the principle laid down by the "anthracite arbitration commission that no person shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on account of membership or ion-membership, in any lobor organization." In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou regarding the case of Assistant Foreman Miller of the government printing office, President Roosevelt said: "It is of course mere elementary decency to require that all the government departments shall be bandied in accordance with the principles thus clearly and fearlessly enunciated " - When th's letter was written the interpretation of the labor leaders was that it applied to the printing office only. But President Roosevelt previously had conferred with the members of his cabinentand directed them to investigate the conditions. He had in his possession reports which indicated that the printing office was not the only government bureau where there was discrimination against nonunion labor. He then ordered a thorough investigation. History ot the Passion Play. . In the old parish records of Ober Ammergau one reads, "Anno 1631, on account of the long Swedish war. is there much fever and hot headache among the Bavarians and dwellers in Swabia, and dally do men die. Anno 1633, the pest increases so fearfully that in the parish of Kohlgrub (three hours from here) there were only two couples left, and a man named Casper Schuchler, coming here to visit his wife and child, fell by the roadside

and was buried. From That day to Senion Tuda and evening 84 people died of the plaguei accordingly 18

Burghers, assembling from the village

of Ober Ammergau, vowed that once

in ten years would they present in living pictures the Passion of Jesus

Christ, From that instant the plague

ceased, and those who were ill instant

ly recovered."

Thus we have the origin of the

mystery play in Ober Ammergau, and

with two or three exceptioas the French period, and different invasions

of- the Tyrolese the vow has been

faithfully observed every ten years. Two years previous to the perform

ance, the principal characters are

chosen, as the individual personating

Christ must allow his hair to grow for

that length of time, as also Joseph of Arimathea, St. John, and many of the

disciples, and the beards are trained

to imitate as nearly as possible the best exJstipg pictures of the various

characters. The people are devoutly

religious, in the best Catholic fashion. The "Passion Year" is a sort of

jubilee. Debts are paid, the poor

pensioned, marriages hastened or delayed to lall within its limits. At the high mass of the Great Fist the actors are present, and receive special con

secration for the day before them.

. To sit from 8:00 a. m. until 5 p. m.f with no fatigue other than that of reaction after so much ' excitement speaks everything. It is a spectacle which must have a most humanizing effect upon those who witness it. and in the words, of the good old monk Ettal, Anno 1634, "And not only were they all healed which were afflicted, but they begged God to bless these His servants who had thus lovingly exposed the passion of His blessed Christ." Our main object is to represent the story of Christ's Passion, not onlyby a mere statement of facts, but by the actual representation of the scenes and figures, and that thoughtful spectators be able to realize that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, made man for our salvation, Is the central figure of the inspired volumes and whatever is recorded in scripture has an avowed reference to Him who is yesterday, today, and forever. A Humiliated Statesman. Ex-Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, says that the most humiliating experience of his career befell him once when he visited Denyer on Important business. He did not want to have his visit generally known and meant to slip into town quietly. Consequently he was was much surprised to fcnd a large crowd and a bras3 band waiting in the depot. As a United States senator he could, not refuse t3 notice this evidence of public favor, so he hastily began to think out a little speech of thanks. Just as he was about to ' begin his remarks he discovered that the demonstration was in heser cf c popular prizcjfijhtcr, who had been his fellow paccsner on tha train.

. Heavy Weight Patriots. The biggest officer in the revolutionary war was Colonel Swift, who weighed 319 pounds. General Washington, always in fine training and without an ounce of superfluous flesh, weighed 209 during his campaigns. General Benjamin Lincoln, who surrendered Charleston to Sir Henry Clinton and afterword accepted, the sword of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, was of 224 pounds avoirdupois.

General Henry Knox, Washington 's I

mouthpiece on many occasions, and he who said "It is a rule in war never to leave a fort in your rear," weighed 280 pounds and was as light on his foot as a kitten. Great bulks those! General Jedidiah Huntington weighed 182 pounds, Lieutenant Colonel Cobb 182 and General Greaton 166. They were ragarded as light weights. Colonel Michael Jackson, who. had five brothers and five sons in the war, and who at the battle of Bunker Hill killed a British officer in a personal encounter, weighed 252 pounds, nis brother, General Henry Jackson, weighed 238 pounds, Colonel Huntingdon 212 and Colonel Humphreys 221. Humphreys, the poet, was favorite aid-de-camp to Washington. General Winfield Scott, old "Fuss and Feathers," was the most imposing of all the illustrious soldiers of the nineteenth century, possibly of all the centuries. His was a more imposing presence than Washington's. He felt "off his weight" at less than 285. Another great (physically) soldier was Shafter, who flattened Cuba when he put his foot on the Gem of the Antilles. New York Press.

A Sign of the Times. A man who formerly represented one of the best known and most suecussful lecture bureaus, lately called attention to the decline of talent offered by these organizations. He says it is among the Impossibilities to secure such talent as was conspicuous years ago in such men as Ingersoll, Beecher, Lyman Abbott, Talmage, Lowell and kindred men of world-wide reputation, Such men are not-in the lecture field, and cannot be induced to enter It. Thirty years Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Sumner and others whose names are linked with all literature and politics and philosphy In this land were conspicuous Later came others mentioned, and then the decay began as they grew into years that made lecturing a burden or that proved the measuring of their days. Today with a very few notable exceptions the men who seek platform success and attain it are the literary buffoons and farce-comedy lecturers. Literature, science and art

are tabooed by lecture associations, and only that which will anuse or en

tertain, but not instruct, Is sought.

Surprised Court and Spectators. Falling on his knees John Francis surprised the court and spectators in the Maxwell street Chicago police court one day last week by offering up a fervent prayer for mercy. The jury which was to deliberate upon the evidence filed slowly by and members heard the appealing words of the delendent as he prayed aloud. The jury remained out but a few minutes and on returning to the court room rendered a verdict finding Francis guilty ol disorderly conduct and imposing a fine of $5 and costs. Tte prisoner leaped with joy as he listened to the reading of the yerdlct and loudly declared that his prayer had been answered. "If I had not prayed to God for mercy that jury would surely have fined me $100," said the happy prisoner. Francis pleaded his own case and surprised the police court lawyers by the earnest, pathetic appeal he madft to the jury. He was arrested while under the influence'of liquor. v Appreciates the Printer Maru Men may write and write and men may think and think, but without the printer their thought would be of little value to the world. Among all the trades there is not one more honorable or important than that of the printer, the man who edges up the metallic messengers of thought with nimble fingers or who manipulates with dexterous hand the keyboard of that maryelous Invention which continually excites intelligent wohder and admiration, the linotype, that monument to Otto Mergenthalar's genius which the wisest man should be proud to claim. The composing and press rooms of a great modern daily newspaper never ceases to be impressiye to the thoughtful man, even though his days and nights may be spent therein. The world cannot do without the printer. -New York Express. To Evade Law. The Roby race track management in order to evade the Indiana law will remove the grand stand across the Illinois state line. It Is pemted out that the laws of Indiana permit fortyfive days racing but with the erection of tne grand stand and betting rings on the lllinios side, attorneys decide that the jurisdiction of Indiana authorities would be lost. The new move Is the result of the war waged by Governor Durbin who threatened to call cut the mijltia to stop the

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The Land Scandal in Indian Territory. The Investigation of affairs in Indian Territory ordered by Secretary Hitchcock naturally excites public curiosity regarding the nature of the charges against government officials which were filed some time ago The public impression regarding the alleged frauds upon the Indian is somewhat vague and indistinct, owing to the meager information that has been given out at Washington. The investigation L based primarily

upon a report made by Samuel M. Brosius, a special agent employed by the Indian Rights' Association, which alleges that a large and very profitable business has been done in the lands allotted to the Indians by the

Dawes commission. It is charged that

the whites, who baye induced Indians to lease their lands for five years, have refused to pay rent or to surrender the

land and have not been compelled to

surrender it. The heirs cf "allotters, "

it is claimed, have been induced to

sell their land at small prices and full payment has been avoided. Several companies have been organized to deal in tbese lands and leases, and they are accused of the operations complained of. Whatever may be the real or ostensible purpose of these "trust" companies, the disclosures showing the extent to which government officials are Interested In them is at least surprising and fully warrants a thorough investigation. There are the Muskegee Title and Trust Company, the Canadian Yi'.lley Trust Company and the Tribal Development Company. In these companies, holding various official and directorial positions are the chairman of the Dawes commission, clerks of the United States Courts, United states district attorneys, internal revenue collectors, Indian' inspectors and Indian agents.

A Democrat Sizes Up Tom Johnson. Some of the "adherents of Tom Johnson affected to be amazed at the announcement that, upon John W. Bookwalter's refusal to stand for tbg United States senatorsbip, he substituted as his choice forthat position John II. Clark, a pronounced gold standard man who vigorously opposed Bryan in 1896,- but supported him on the Issue of Imperialism in 1900. Why this shift should cause amazement in anybody's mind is an enigma. With Tom Johnson consistency cuts no figure. He is the Barnum of American politics. As a prouounced goldbug he shouted lustilyfor Bryan and free silver. As a plutocrat he has been honeyfugling the followers of neury George with praise of the single tax idea. As a manipulator of watered street railway stocks he has deluded the unwary by championihg three cent fares. If there ever was a dyed-in-the-wool demagogue, his name is surely Tom L. Johnson, South Bend Times.

Lightning's Pranks. A peculiar freak of lightning is reported in Fulton county. A farmer was plowing with three horses when a storm-)burst upon him. He kid not have time to unhitch .the horses so tied them to a tree near the fence and ran into a house near .by. A streak of lightning and a great crash followed and upon looking toward bis horses saw them lying In a heap. Upon going to them they seemed to be all dead. After the storm passed over he went to the horses and two of them were trying to ger up. The third was perfectly quiet and looked like it was dead. However, it. too, recovered and all the horses are as good as ever. The lightning had struck a tree some distance away but ran along a fence wire near the horses and on up to the house where the end of it laid on the ground. Two chickens standing near the end of it were killed.

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Law Must Be Observed. . The people of Culver Maxinkuckee Lake have this season manifested a disposition to insist upon the law being respected, instead of being arro-; gantly ignored and defied. Some individuals seem to think this is a curtailment of what they are pleased to call "personal freedom." Culver has had some unpleasant and disagreeable experience in lawless demonstrations, and the determination to inaugurate an era of order r.nd common decency was manifested none too soon. The lawless elements must be made to understand that law Is made to be observed, not to be treated with con-

item pt. South Bend Times.

Pound Political Life Unprofitable. U. S. Senator Allen G. Thurman, of OhlL, did not leave money enough when he died to pay his debts, and It is deemed necessary to sell the old homestead on which he lived for the last twenty years of his life to raise funds to meet them. A Warning Cry, W. S. Blatchley, state geologist, has Issued a signed statement declaring the Chicago Oil company, which recently leased oyer 300 acres of land in the southern part of Laporte countvvafake. Blatchley warns projectors against investing in the stock of the company, which is cleverly adverttejfy in a prospectus issued by the concern,

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