Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 30, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 April 1904 — Page 8

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. 'v This Is the Keynote of Congressman Watson's Notable Convention vi,' T. Address. v1 THE PARTY OF ACHIEVEMENT Hon. James E. Watson Reviews the , Past of the Grand Old Party and Points Confidently to a Future Glow Ing With Hope and With Promise,, Indianapolis, April 26. Rarely has an orator in Indiana received closer attention and from a more distinguished audience than was paid to Hon. James E. Watson, chairman of the Indiana Republican state convention, by the delegates and representative citizens HON. JAMES E. WATSON, who filled the body of To'mlinson hall to overflowing this afternoon. Congressman Watson's address, which is rightly looked upon as the keynote of the campaign so auspiciously launched in Indiana today, was a notable utterance and wa3 frequently punctuated wlfh the heartiest applause. He said: We -are on the eve of a great political Strohde. Vital Issues arp at stake, Stupendous Interests are Involved, the country will be thoroughly aroused and we shall be expected to prove our right to win. When each party presents Itself to the leotorate and seeks support the question that will naturally arise in the, mind of each Intelligent voter are: Upon what do yon buse your claims? What have tou done to deserve recognition? What hare you iicüieved to ment uifess? For answer to these questions the UepuMiean o.ittr gladly appeals to the past and challenges the Democracy to meet it on that .Usuo. And that is the onlv rational xrny in which this momentous problem can be solved; for. "by their fmits ye shall know them." The Rlbiical standard of merit applies with equal rorce to parties and to men. An organization, like an Individual. tuut either stand or fall br Its record. The on'.r j lust way of Judrlne the future of a partv Is by its past. The only real war to tell what a party will do Is to see what that party has done. Promises for the future amount to nothing unless promises In the ftast have been redeemed, unless thev are tacked up br n record of faithful performance. And bow proud we are to meet this teat. I PROUD OP IT8 ACHIEVEMENTS. Standen? amidst lt unparalleled achievements of half a century, the Republican party triumphantly surveys the past and courageously face the future. Upon its warin banners are inscribed the most splendid victories of civilization, and there are also recorded there resolutions of heroie endeavor and high emprise. The brightest pages of human history were written by the hands of Its votaries, and we find full Inspiration for the conflicts of the future by a review of its marvelous past. Therelore we this day triumphantly, aye. defiantly, invoke the truth of history, knowing fall well what the inevitable answer Will be. Gentlemen, a, irorernmental policy cannot do everything that needs must lie" done to make a country preat. but it can do much. It can do mnch to develop its natural reourees. to diversify its Industries, to stimulate jrcnius, to eive profitable Investment to capital, to fully and remuneratively employ labor, to more equally distribute the fruits of toil, to fix the standard of citizenship, to more generally disseminate happiness among the people, to incorporate the highest ideals In Its Institutions and embody the dearest principles In its laws. These things this party of ours has ever done. While It may not be responsible for all the marvelous achievements of the last four and forty-year, achievements that challenge historical parallel, ret It Is nererthe less true that ail that progress has occurred under the beneficent operation of Its policies and the fearless application of Its principles to government. The only time that triumphal procession own the years has been suspended was when the operations of those policies were temporarily Interfered wlt!i nnd an indifferent people intrcsted ths machinery of irorernment to the nerveless and incompetent hands of a helpless Democracy. And every presidential campaign we are compelled to temporarily abandon this rreat work of commercial conquest and Industrial achievement and overcome the Itemocratic part. In order that we may continue nnltermotedly this work of pro. Teas and patriotism for the next four years. And this Is the rreat enterprise pon which we are embarking, here today. And. gentlemen. It may be remarked at the outset, as a reason for the uniform uccess of Its policies, that the Republican party has always had the courage to do right, the courage of a sublime conviction, tha courage to Incorporate the highest Ideals In Its platforms and apply the loft iest principles in its laws. Sur vey our record, the shining pathway along which we have marched for fifty of the rrsnaest years in an tne nistory or man. Wherever freedom was to be bestowed. wherever the sphere of liberty was to he enlarged, wherever our national honor was to be upheld, whererer our national Integrity was to - be rn-eserred ther th banner ex the Republican party sbov aloft, with her sons ready to do and d T. If need were, for -the eternal right. Her birth was marked by blood, and her en try Into this country was sanguinarv. but she has never faltered and has never feared. And along the highway, she hss marched erery footprint, whether bloodstained or not. points to the front toward JULT. . L2 irara -srwytr"i'.r. toward Armor llor eie can oe Tonistf tffat Tarns toward the rear, not on that turns toward re creancy, toward cowardice, toward retreat. And, fellow-cltizeas, let ns this day recall the fact that It pays to do right; that, even from a commercial standpoint, even on an Industrial basis, it pays to do right. GM favors the nation that meets Its high calling and measures up to the full standard of Its responsibilities. After slavery was destroyed, and labor enfranchised, this nation entered upon an era of progress she had aot known berore. After Cuba had been emancipated. Porto Rico liberated and the Philippines freed, our prosperity broke all records and made as at once th wonder and admiration of the world. And look at the accumulated results of 40 years of free irorernment oy tnis party or ours, results so vast, so varied that the laaacinatton falls utterly to grasp then. TTe stand today on the shiaicj -mmIt of weeest. la the midst of the very turmoil and turbulence of prosperity. We boast of a foreign trade beyond the dream of our fathers. We enjoy a domestic commerce waos value. v;uma and variety make tbeee states. ir neea oe, eu-inipori-Ing. We ossess one-half of all the railroad, telefirraDh and teUslione lists cf the world, KI1- w a A nn.thlrd of tta KUnlP. 03fourtk of Its manufacturing, one-nfth of Its agriculture and own ene-sixia Its wealth. This la tb very coroxxt on of four decades of the wise administration I beneficent laws. These are the ripe fruits of Republican rule and by them we are wllllrg to be known. . Is it any vender that we are g'ad to f . n i niwin Ar r-oT(i ? Is it any wonder that, tvith tfuch a par. we face tt . futi .-w with ton and commence wn wi not thJ nnsnrDassed deeds suUcleat JustlCtloa vor an appeal to the Prw recawal cf powe.-? V7ill they n.-t Le IJI fclent warrant for tns future icppait ci t-Ul nitio , .

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?fhat This partr has done In the pist. It can do in the future. What It has accomplished for the sons of this Republic that have been, and are. It can accomplish for the sous of this Republic that are yet to be I)c you fear the result, you who drew your Inspiration from the life of Oliver P. Morton? Do you shrink from the responsibility, you who rece ved yt ur Instruction from the lips of Renlamln Harrison? I)o you dread the approaching confiict, you who are tMl guided, by vh deathless presence of William McKinley? No. Our party, united, inspired by the consciousness of the highest patriotism, with nothing to regret and naught to make us ashamed: with a record clean and spotless and filled with the most Illustrious trurj,hs of historv: with onr eountrr everywhere

prosperous and onr peonle everywhere hapVJ "ur party nopeinuy iaces iuc confident that the ticket It shall nominate will receive the support of the people and that the platform It shall adopt will voice the aspirations of a great majority of our fellow-men. THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD. And in the meantiure what has the Democratic party been doing? What triumphs are engraved upon Its banners? What has It accomplished to warrant tne people In deposing the Republican party from power and placing the control of the government la its hands? Gentlemen, hare you ever permitted yourselves to contemplate what would have been the Inevitable results had the Democratic party been able to execute Its plans and purposes at different periods In our history, since the birth of the Republican party? If that organization had been permitted to carry out Its designs In the sixties th's proud Republic would today not be. We should instead look out upon a nce great Unloj dissolved, its former States discordant and belligerent, their people anlriated by hatred and malice and Inspired ty motives of revenge. . If that party had been permitted to carry out Its designs in the sixties we should today behold the black banner of African slavery waving over the fields of the Southland. African slavery, with all its unspeakable woes, would today curse the fairest portion of our land, and the hands would be set back upon the dial r.f time a thousand years. If that party had been permitted to enforce its policies In the 'G0s our obligations would have been repudiated, our self-respect would have been sacrificed, the great lessons of national honor we have since given the world would have remained untaught, and that lofty moral tone which today characterizes International thought, feeling nnd action would have been an impossible dream. For with nations as with men, are more than with men. when honor is lost all is lost. Had that party had a free hand In the sixties, or the seventies, or the eighties, as It once had in the nineties. It would have destroyed utterly the last vestige of our protective tariff system. It would have given our manufactories over to t'ie keen and merciless competition of similar institutions in Europe, where th" labor engaged has always been underpaid and underfed and underclothed. This policy would have taken our wool, our cotton, our ores and all our raw material to Europe to be there converted Into the finished product, and would then have exchanged our corn, our wheat, our hoes, our cattle for that finished product. Foreign capitalists would thus have laid their exacting hand upon the products or our farms, our forests, our mines, and levied tribute upon every branch of our lndut-y to sustain their factories, their mechanics, their artisans. They woul.1 thus have prevented that rich diversity of industry which Is so essential to a complete civilization, nistory proves that no people can ever attain the supreme hIchts of national success that do not fully develop manufacturing. The national hand must be traln"d, as wU as the national head and the national b'art. In order to measure up to the fu'.l standard of national symmetry. I asert tiat no nation can be truly ImleF indent that does not to the fullest degree oster and protect Us manufacturing Industry. To lie really independent, a nation must be self-sustaining, though all the world should close Its gates, nnd no nation can be self-sustaining that d es nt produce everything that its climate. Its soil and its natural resources will enr.ble It to produce. That Is the key that unlocks the mystery of the tariff a nation to be Independent must be self-pustalnlng: to be Ri'lfsustainlng it must do its own wn'k. and this would have been Impossible tinder the operation of anv tariff law pmposrd bv the IJeniocratle party for sixty years -es. in all our history. If that orranizatlon had been able to enforce Its demands In 1-H5 this country would have gone to a silver basis. Onr entire financial. Industrial and comtnerc'n! system would have been Impoverished, de pleted and well-nigh destroyed. Had the same Democracy been powerful enough to enforce Its platform dem.wid In l'.i"0 It would have sounded the first note of retreat ever heard beneath our flag. It would have disbanded our army. It wouM have scattered our navy. It would not have taken Porto Hlco. It would not have received the Hawaiian Islands. It would not have annexed Oiwm. It would have nulled down our flae at Manila and. unmindful of the unpnrelleled triumph of Dewey In that bay. would have Ignoinlnlously v.-Ithdrawn from the Philippines forever. It would have abandoned those Islands to tribal Insurrection, to predatory and wasteful warfare, to atrocities as unspeakable as those of Weyler In Cuba, to the mediaeval tor ture of half-barbaric Spain, until some nation, more conrareous than our own. had assumed soverefgnty over them' in the Interest of humanity and for the advancement of. Its own commercial concerns. V WnAT OF THE PRESENT? But, Mr. Chairman. It Is not enough- to Invoke the past. What of the present? Where do these two great parties stand with reference to the questions that today confront and perplex us as a people? What are the vital Issues involved in this contest? Whatever issues they may seek to present we propose to meet them on. because on ever fundamental question that can possibly be brought forth In this contest we are vitally right and they are essentially wrong. Will the issue p he macb-iajinted pstofilce"' scandal? if so tve are" ready rf täe contest. It might well be concluded that such Vai the purpose of a party hard pressed for some question upon which to wage the Impending conflict. Rut Is there one grain of comfort in It for this purposeless party? Is the President to be condemned? Upon the first whisperings of fraud In that department he at once ordered an Investigation, and the language of bis Instant command was: "let no guilty man escape." What was the result? An Investigation at once so rigorous, so searching, so thorough that every Iemocrat In congress approved, and every Republican In congress applauded Its sweeping results: an investigation that unearthed every fraud and brought to the light of day every crime: an Investigation that led to lue indictment, trial and conviction of every guilty man. Is the Republican party to be censured? The people of this country might Justly condemn a party that concealed fraud and secreted crime, but It will scarcely punish a party that exposes corruption, that lays It open to the light and that apprehends and convicts every man engaged in It. Is the party to blame because some uton in office disappoint expectation and prove recreant to their trnst? Unfortunately all men are not honest: unfortunately dishonest men will get into office, but the party In power Is In no wise to blame unless it shields them In their dishonesty. When we reflect upen the facta that some of the men convicted were Democrats and some Republicans, that soma were under clvllserrlce and some were not, and that the party In power rigorously Investigated, relentlessly pursued and mercl'.essly punished every guilty man. certainly there can be no condemnation of Its conduct. Why, then, all this talk? Why all these vague and misty charges? The cause It not far to seek. The Democratic party had to have an Issue, and, having nothing elae at hand and no other one appearing on the borizon. It sought to manufacture One to force one out of this affair. TIIE TaUIFf'. Is the Issue to be the tariff? If so, we are prepared to meet it at every point The Democrats In this campaign will vlg orously assail the tariff. From beginning t') end they will denounce It. It Is so easy to denounce. It Is so Democratic to point out flaws, to flaunt errors, to hold ap mistakes, to "view with alarm." But will any Democrat be so bold as to state the position of his party on this problem? Ah. that Is aa entirely different question. Hut the neonla have a right to know. Usfore they agree to Intrust the Democracy with power they have a right to know what that party will do; will do on this and ererr other Question. Have -we so soon forgotten the administration cf G rover Cleveland? Have we so soon forgotten that tariff of "rrfldr and dishonor?"' Are th sonnhoutei out of our recollection now hocanso thev hare been succeeded by the markts? 1X w no longer remember the Coxey armies, now that an arouna us wr m the happy faces of contented men? T.t ns. thrnre. stand by the tariff. It made It possible to keep the army In the field and aare the Nation's life. It has r-H' In rioht In interest and in OcnSlODS. 'Sinei Its adoption. 3.5UO.00O.UO0 of dollars, besides providing sufflcleat revenue to carry lh mlirhlT fTlra nf a mlffhtV reDUbliC. It has given security to capital, it has strengthened the arm of labor, it has developed the resources of the land, it has diversified our Industries, It has lighted tie fires of Industry In a thousand valleys vmd upon a thousand hills, it has made us tit wealthiest and the happiest aatlon cf history. We will tot turn our. tacks , v i It now. , . -e dlL-culty with the Democracy Is that Cry are Uwblercd at tse Ksuxiezs ni cf cr prosperity. After U eitctioa oi 1 lnlgr tier .chLJal us fvsral -nonttts . . . M

aouui nr ti -. ünr "CTTTroSpefay. wüerCa your prosperity f" they shouted at us on every street corner. And had our efforts to revive the languishing Industries of the country met with but slight success they would still be meeting us with the same sneer, that same derision. Rut tLe Jest at no prosperity has changed into alarm because of the gigantic proportions of our success. They sny that we are becoming too rich, that we are making it possible for these tremendous aggregations of capital to be formed in this country gigantic combinations of riches that far -outshine the fanciful creations of the romancers who have astonished and delighted mankind. Eight years ago they were swearing by all the saints In the calendar that the tariff had uothlng whatever to do with our prosperity. Now thev are vociferating wlt'a equal fury that the tariff ought to b destroyed because it U directly responsible for this Niagara floou of prosperity. The truth is. that, notwithstanding their prediction of 181X5, the tariff has done Its work so well that they are all frightened at it. Now they propose to revise the tariff, because they pay that it Is Injurious and makes possible these tremendous combinations of capital, and because those combination are strong and wealthy and great. But what Is the necessary result of such a course? If the revision of the tariff would affect those interests, powerful, wealthy and strong as the are, what muii necessity be the effect of such af change upon thousands of smaller Interests that are not so strong and powerful aud wealthy? It must Inevitably crush them all. and thus blot out the onlr combination those great combinations have to meet within the confines of our nation. Gentlemen. 1 have ceased to regard the tariff a a medicine to be taken when we are sick, but as a system to be constantly maintained.. It is as much a part of ur national life, our national spirit, our national purpose as any other of the great fundamental principles to which we give unwavering adherence. It has enabled us to build up an American civilization, distinct from that of any other on earth, unique In alt history. We have an American rate of wages, an American mod 2 of living, an American scale of prioon, an Americai: Idea as to the regal diguity tf labor, an American conception of the royal worth of every man. that mark us as a petUlnr people. The tariff so distributes wealth as to render eveiy laboring man the better qualified to maintain his rights. It enables him to own his home, to educate his children, to liecome Independent and self-reliant and nlay his part In keeping up this government of equals. For It la a striking fact and cannot be dissociated from all political, moral and religious problems as welL Is it not a vital part of our plan, of our government, of our system? Will the Issue be the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation? "The divine ratio-"" The creation of the 'peerless leader?" The deine vision of the "Boy Orator of the Platte?" Six million Democrats swore by it. Will they do It again? If not. whr not? If It was right then, isn't It right now? Then, why don't they have the courage of their convictions and reaffirm the sanctity of sixteen to one? Everybody knows that they will not do It, and everyliody knows that the reason they will no, do It la because they know they cannot win with It. If they thought they could they would reaffirm the Kansas City platform ai.d start another crusade another period of frenzy In favor of the free and unlimited." Will they again raise the question of Imperialism and militarism? These were declared the paramount issues In the Democratic platform of VJOO. Will their coming convention reaffirm that plank? At that time we were In the midst of war for the suppression of an insurrection agalast our authority and for the malr.tenauce of our sovereignty over the Philippines. Then we had üT.H0 soldiers In tuose Islands, and they carried tUe ting to victory, as our soldiers hare ever done. That conflict is over: peace reigns, and todav we ave lö.OtiO soldlers In the Philippines. Any militarism In that? Then we had a total of JHl.OOO of our boys In the arniv. now the number does not exceed 5ö.'h. scattered In Guam, Porto Rico, In Alaska. In the Sandwich Islands and in the Philippine. A reassertlon of that Idlocr would deservedly call down upon them the hissing and scorn of the world.

And Imperialism, the paramount issue but four short years ago. will they dare to reaffirm that plank In their platform? Wn there anv earthly excuse for Its In sertion then? It simply Illustrates the fact. If after all these years It needs additional Illustration, that the Democratic party will resort to anv subterfuge In order to win. In 11WO ther were seeking to escape rom their platform of IX. That sam? Issue had done duty for them before. They had rharzed Imperialism upon Abraham Lin coln, the kindliest memory of our race. They had charged Imperialism im I'lvsses S. Grant, whose gentle renown filled all the land, and whose soul went up to heaven from the heights of Mt. Greiror breathing forth that sublime bene diction to the American people. "Let n have peace." They charged it upon William McKinley: they said that he was a blood-thirsty monster; that he longed for personal power; .tht lie had dyed his uauo. red lu lue fresh gore of his" fellowmen: that he sought to overthrow the Republic and erect non Its ru!ns an empire of which he should be the crowned and throned head. William McKinley, the noblest, the centlest, the most charitable character of our dav, "whose kindly life spans and arches all the clouds of war." And when the black angel, masked and voiceless, entered u.s cnaimier to ?urr.mon him from the scene of his labors sue found him fully prepared and not afraid to go. She touched with her great cold finrer his Rulslng heart and It stod still, and when e was cold in death, a Nation laid Its richest trophies at his bier and his winding shroud was the pure, white love of all the world. And yet thev said he was a malignant monster of guilt. In the lirht or au mat nas since occurred I confidently assevt that that plank in their datform four years ago nas no parallel n all the records of the earth for unique. masterful, picturesque, magnificent asinlnlt7' TIIE TRUST QUESTION. Will onr opponents wage the battle with us on the trust question? If so, we are readv and willing, aye. anxious for the conflict. And on this proposition we are able lo show that everything that has erer been done to nndo the evil of trusts, without unduly Interfering with legitimate and healthful combinations of capita!, has been wrought by the hand of the Republican party, and that not one affirmative act. either executive or legislative, has ever been attempted bv the Iemoeracv. The present occupant of the executive chair has not ceased to press this question upon the attention of the countrv and his made it least fifty speeches on the subject. . All this agitation finally culminated last month In the decision of the Supreme Court in the Northern Securities case, which forever set at rest the entire adequacy of th Sherman act to deal with any hnrtful trust now In existence or that may hereafter be organized: a decision so broad, so general, so sweeping as to mark an epoch In the history of that great tribunal: a decision so far-reaching In Its consequences that we cannot yet fathom its full significance. And. while the word politics should not be applied to any decision of that 'court, yet, as showing the hold of the State's rights Idea upon all Democrats, it is worthy of remark that every member of that school upon the Supreme Bench dissented from the majority opinion in that case. mere are now pending In the United States Circuit and Supreme Courts eight other cases of especial note, chief among which is the action against the so-called beef trust, every one of which wus brought at the Instance of Philander Knox, the Republican attorney general of the United States. Who can doubt that the decisions In thce cases will be such as to Increase the confidence of the people In the desire and the intention of the Republican party to deal Justly and Impartially with this question? Who can doubt that tMs poller will have a salutary effect upon all Injurious combinations? For. they must recognize riul realize that all must be brought In subjection to it. the very least as feeling Its pi electing care and the very geratest as not exempt from Its authority. Will they fight us on that question this year? No, fellow-citizens, there Is no meat on that b-ne for hungry Democracy. Wi'.l the battle this year be contested apon the issue of expansion? If so, we shall be glad to meet our foes more than half war. Ne was exalted purpose more faithfully executed, never was every bope of the friends of liberty more fully met, than in the loftr conduct of our complex affairs In the Philippines". Our achlereme its in thst archipelago may be classed ander three heads: First, the pacification f the Islands. Insurrection had to be suppressed before anything else could be done. The conquerers of the Philippines, wherever they marehed. opened the schooiaouse. on hill and plain, aad Invited the conquered to enter and learn the holy lesson of American peace. Second, the establishment of civil government. This has been accomplished to a degree hitherto unknown, in so brief t time, in the annals of history. But they say to ns that we are too alow In conferring freedom upon the Filipinos. How ridiculous s'ich an atertien in the light of events. Never before la human history has power been ho freely beat wed. Freedom for any people Is not a bequest. It Is a conquest, and. If it reSslre J t thousand, years of training anl lsclpline to bring the all-conquering AngloSaxon to the present heights of civilisation, how could it be expected that theie Malays, at one bound, should reach this elevated plane? It must be done by growth, bv evelopuieat. by education, by contaet with superior races, bv evolution: and. as a basis for future growth, we are preparing their environment for th development of a mighty people. Under our benencient tutelage they hare made greater progress la three years than the republics of South America In the whole century of .heir freedom. We are leading them gently along tfca rr-zfd steeps, and fill ultimately brinj thto to tb enlttd &Jfhi of aCtr,-t'v

vexed questions relating to the friar lands and Its adjustment to the satisfaction rf our government and the great church whose Interests were Involved. Gentlemen, we frequently have It thrust at us. as If It were final and conclusive, that the Philippines do not pay. I assert unhesitatingly that the Philippines will pay. Tae natural resruices of those Islands are bevond computation. Nature his been prodlzal and lavish to the Philippines and all those mighty resources He the'-e waiting for the magic touch if the American hand to spring forth Into the most marvelous commerce of the world. And the Republican party proposes to rise to the occasion and meet the mighty responsibility. Will our Democratic friends contest with us on this proposition this year? If so, nhat policy will they announce? What do they piopose that our relations with those Isl'aiids shall be? If they assail us. let them first define their own position, nnd. If It le other than ours, the American people will hive co dlfiiculty in deciding the contest. STATE ISSUES. Will the battle vilth the Democracy' this year In Indiana bo waged upon the question of State Issues? I Imagine not, for the machinery bae been running so smoothly that nothing tan be found for even a Democrat to criticise. We point wih pride to the untxampled administration of our rpUndld Governor. Wlnfield T. Durblti. Ills io:cies have been so wisa. his administrations In all affairs of our State so oi oni it a 1. his enforcement of law ki Just and Impartial, that he is entitled to l ai-ght bi.t the highest commendation and the riost unstinted praise. The overshadowing events of his entire official career, and those which brought forth the warmest commendation from all parts of the country, were those having reference to the suppression of riots in our State. His unequivocal declaration with reference tc the maintenance of the law, his unswerving determination to enforce the statutes of the State, and his undeviatlng adherence to the principles of justice aud right, had the most salutary effect, not In Indiana alone, but throughout the land; and a message of congratulations came to him from the loftiest strtlon In the world. For his conduct In this matter he cannot be too highly praised. The law must be upheld. Ir Is the safe repository for our liberty: It Is the sure guarantee of our freedom. Br It and its rigid enforcement we

must either stand or fall. The violation of , law Is nullification, and nuumcatiou is. it Its last analysis, anarchy. Governor Durbln. with an alacritv that Is always to be praised, entered upon the work of enforcing the law, and did it so effectively aid at the- same time so iudlciously and wisely, that his action will have a beneficial effect In the State of Indiana throughout the coming years. Governor Durbin has continued the debtpaving policy of the Republican party inaugurated by the lamented James A. Mount. In 1S0.. when our party took charge of the affairs of this state, we were Incumbered with a debt of $7..i20.013. Under the wise management of Governor Mount, we discharged $2.215,000 of that obligation. Since Governor Durbin entered upon his executive duties we have paid off $2.302.UUÜ of that Indebtedness, thus relieving the people from the great burden of the debt Itself and from the large annual Interest charge walch we inherited from the Democratic party. It Is certain that, before the close of the present administration, the state debt will be obliterated except for a series of bonds, aggregating In amount Sl.oUO.fKiO, which do not muture for several years. All we want with that debt Is iiothr chance at It. and we will wipe It out utterly. The man whom we shall nominate tomorrow will, during his administration. le able to report that the State of Indiana y one of the few commonwealths In the Nation no loujrer burdened with a debt. Then and not until then can we afford the luxury of a Democratic administration. It Is as necessary for the Republican jtarty to succeed the Democratic and discharge the obligations they always make, as It Is to enact a national bankruptcy law after a national Democratic adinlstratlon. The enactment of the fee and salary law br tli .ss-Fa5iicap Legislature of. 1$0." abolished tiie fee system a au Oiliciat perquisite and saved unnumbered thousands of dolla-s to the taxpayers of Indiana. In the office of the secretary of state alone there was collected lu fees during the Inst year a total of J137..1M.R8 every penny of which went lato the treasury of tlie State. Instead of Into private coffers, in accordance with a custom long prevalc-nt In Indiana. The total disbursements f this office aggregated in the past fiscal year only 1iS,li3. And In the office of the auditor of state we find a like condition. These was collected there during the last fiscal year In fees md aggregate of $310.747.iV. every dollar of which Avas turned into the state treasury, and the total expense of maintaining this office, with Its enormous aggregate of business was only $1!.."13.12. In eight oth-T bureaus and "departments there was collected and turned Into the state treasury an aggregate of nearly JÖ2.0H0. and In the department of oil Inspection alone $32.000 was last year contributed to the state treasury, although before the first day of January. l!(03. not one dollar had ever been received from this source. It has remained for Indiana, under the wise management of Governor Durbin and the benoficlent statutes of Republican legislatures, to set the example of making a public office not only n public trust, but an actual profitable investment to the tax-pav'ng public. Under Republican management many administrative reforms have been Inaugutatcd and enforced. All contracts f.r our Institutions are determined only by competitive bids. They are nil as economically managed as any other like Institution In tlie world, without fu tlie least Impairing the service or doing Injustice to these wards of the people. Our state Inspection of mines and factories is unsurpassed: our State Labor Commission has performed a prodigious amount of valuable labor: peace and pnwperity abound with'n our borders; w? have as honest. Intelligent and Incorruptable a set of state officers ks ever served the people, not In thefr own Interest, but never forgetting the highest welfare of those they serve, and no reason can be conceived In the wildest sweep cf fancy why there should be a change o" affairs In our State. Here, as In the Nation, let us keep on letting well enough alone. PANAMA CANAL. Will our opponents in the approaching political struggle contest . with us. In the forum of public opinion, our position on the questions relating to the Panama canal? Gentlemen, what are those questions? I undertake to say that today there are pone: they are settled, every one settled. forever settled, and settled by the Republican party. That the two oceans would one day be wedded by a canal across the Isthmus has been the dream of civilization for four hundred years. Trade has sought It, commerce has demanded It, parliaments have discussed it, scientists have agitated it companies have been organized to attempt it. nations have taken steps to construct it, and yet It has not been done. I doubt If, In the hlstory'of the world, any other project has been so generally desired so universally believed in. and vet so ng deferred. Why? You who discern In the trend of history the directing hand of Providence can answer. It was reserved for America to construct It and when? After we hid. as a result of a war for humanity, annexed Porto Rico, bound Cuba to us by hook of steel and taken possession of the most valuable Islands In the Pacific oceau. Then, and not until then, nas the time ripe, and then, and not until then, did the occasion arise. Our Presläent made a tuatvwith Panama by which the canal vW to drcg. and some Democrats In the Senate sought to defeat It. Rut It could not be done. Gorman tried It and failed. TV hen hi began this unpatriotic Crusade he was thi most likely candidate for the presidency of his party. Today he Is not even mtntloned for the place. The people had au opportunity to take his measure In the Panama affair, aud they found be wasn't big enough to fill that wa,-r; ,lt tfak' man tht size of William McKinley to do that. It takes a man of the dimensions of Theodore Roosevelt to do that. And no Democrat who stands In the way of a new republic la the world or who opposes the digging of the Panama canal will ever be President of the United States. The vision of the centuries Is aoom to De maae real. The hope of the ages Is about to be iulfllled. Th canal will be built: -tnat narrow boundary to a mighty trade will be ert; our relations with Soath America will be multiplied and strengthened: me time-honored and worldrespected Monroe doctrine will never again be questioned, and all this hemlspnere will, under the gracious favor of Almighty God, be finally dedicated to the universal liberty of man. . RURAL FREE DELIVERY. What practical thing, therefore, has the Democratic partr done to entitle It to power? Can they claim any credit for rural fret delivery, that great system which destroys the tsolatloa of the farmer and which Is such an unmixed blessing to the raral population of the country? It wis reserved for the Republican party,' with Its progresalve methods, to adopt this inton. to put It Into practice, to make It effect t.. nntll OOniMt . . v ' line, mint ivuij i.,ww wru are carrying the mall to the farmers of the country adding to the snrsad of Intelligence anV making happier the lives of the people wini dig our weal t.h out of the soil and lay the foundation of our prosperity. Aad so, what will the Issue be? Who knows? My friends, isn't it true that the Democratic party 1 utterly without an Issue in this year of our Lord nlneteen-hun. dred-and-four? Without a platform, without a leader! Such Is the present sad estate of the once great Democratic party. And that Is the -ornnr they for aiwa8 bctnj wrong. That will disintegrate any institution1 on earth. Permanent organization can be effected only about the standard of Tre Right Why. gentlemen, the Drr.ccrrtic rsrty dare not rciüra a sizzle

tafflusl eTgÜl years. ATTd vTien They lioTa a convention it is their prlnplpal business t- dedpe the Issues and the candidates they last had. When they come to write a platform the first thing they discard will be the last thing ther adopted. Why, in UKW they did not dare to reaffirm the platform of 18jC without such complete modification as to show thev didn't mean It. In 1002 they didn't dare reaffirm the platform of l-joo. In 1004 they will not dare reaffirm a single vital Issue contained In any previous platform they ever adopted. They will not dare to renominate the only man they have eyer been able to elect President since the civil war. They will not dare renominate the candidate they had In the last two presidential campaigns. And they are now engaged in doln;, their level best to find some one for a candidate who has never expressed the faintest opinion on any question that is now or has Ixen Utfort the people of this country for the last quarter of a century. All Its past pliitlonnf dishonored by the very men who adopted them, all Its leaders repudiated by the very men who nominated them, thev are adrift as to Issues and are seeking some voiceless hero to lead them on to victory. From having a candidate who did nothlug but talk, they are about to nominate a man who never talks at all. Who Is Tarker? Doubtless an upright man and an honorable gentleman. But what does he believe? What is bis opinion on any living quest!on? Can anybody tell? Do we propose to elevate a man to the loftiest station In the world that has no views on any of the vital questions he will be called on at once to deal with? The mere fact that the Demojratle party. In sheer desfetatlon. Is forced to take him or do worse s no reason why our people should accept their reason for so doing. They want a man without a record. They know that. If a Democrat has a record at all, It Is a bad one. and they are forced to take a man without a past: but the country can and will be spared that Infliction. OUR LEADERS AND OUR PRINCIPLES. Thank God, we are not so impoverished! We know what our principles are. We know what our platform will be. We know what candidate we will nominate. We are not engaged In any device of "now-you-soc-lt-and-now-you-don't" with past problems. There Is not a man In this presence today who would be willing to change a siugle ?lunk In any platform ever adopted by the Republican party In all the years of its history. Would you today, as you survey tht: past, change one line in any platform utterance ever made by our party? Is there any man here who would alter one sy liable of our partv's past? Where are the platforms of this organization today? Search the statute books of the nation they are all there. This party comes to you today with a record of having given the energizing vitality of law to every essential plank in every platform adopted In all Its history. Would you learn the progress of your country in the last fifty years? Read the record of your party and you will find lt. Her platforms have be?n the finger-boards that pointed the way of progress, and her principles have been the enduring highway upon which we have marched. And we are not compelled to wait until after our national couventlon meets, as do the Deiacxats of Indiana, before adopting a" platform". What of our leaders? Who Is our leader? Is he a political mummy? Is he an economic parrot to mechanically repeat ancient platitudes and exploded formula? Is he but the echo of a voice long stilled? No. he is the original, and, in many respects, unique. He Is Ik13. manly nnd energetic. They say that he is too impetuous. 1 denv it. but if it were true, I would rather be impetuously right than be doggedly wrong. They say that he is too Impulsive. I deny it. But, even If It were true. I would rather rub a spirited horse that g'es somewhere and makes constant headway, than to be booted and spurred and securely seated upon a hobby-horse. We know where he stands. He has spoken, he will speak, he can speak for himself. His record Is his defense, if any defense were needed. lie came to th presidency under peculiar stress of conditions. McKinley was the Idol of the nation.- He had been long tried and rose superior to every trial. The people bved him. believed In him. trusted him. When be was suddenly stricken down, like an eagle in its highest flight, the world was appalled and in the darkness the bravest halted. "What of the future?" was asked on every hand. And then a voice was heard which, though choked with the all-prevailing sorrow of the land, reached to the utmost parts of the earth. "In the presence of God and our lamented dead. I promise, so far as In me lies, to faithfully execute the policies of which he lias been the a'olest exjH-.nent and which were the most cherished hoes of his life." Like magic, confidence was at once restored and ail the mists of doubt dissolved. Has he been faithful to that sacred pledge? He might have avoided the entanglement of reciprocity with Cuba, but McKinley had pledged It: and though his rrty was divided on it. he took the stunt In the very heart of the opjiositlon. onu the law today graces the statute books of the land. McKlnley's administration startn! anew the ".stniian canal :;roJect. Our present chief executive has gloriously continued it. Soon 1 shall be finished, and the first vessel that Plows through Its placid waters should bear, beside our starry flag, a broad and waving banner upon which should be written in letters of gold the name of the courageous man whose wisdom und whose patriotism made possible that crowning glory of our day. He had the courage to settle th? coal fctrike when it theatened far more than re realize, when thick clouds lowered. :in when they were dark mud portentious, inwhen there was more dvnnni't? in tiia,

question than any other since the civil war contrary to nil precedent, lie seized It ürtxi'f and settled it right and for the best 'ntci ests of onr people and our land. All he wants is for all the people to obey the law individuals sind corporations, ersons and cobinations nil obey the law! That is his doctrine this is his creed, and It will receive the firm support and unwavering r-d-herence of every lover of his land. Is he unsafe? He is for nil law bakers. He is for all demagogues. He Is for all who would create dissensions in our land. A graduate of Harvard, and yet Imbued with the spirit of western directness; an author of acknowledged merit nnd a cowboy, a man of 'wealth, but a firm believer In thf gospel of labor and the genius of toll; clv.l service commissioner, yet preaching alwa.'t practical policies; assistant secretary of navy: leader of the final charge up San Juan h'll; Governor of the Empire state of the Ufiion: president of the United States always meeting the highest expectations cf his friends and disappointing ever the lopes sf his enemies; an orator, a soldier, a statesmanhe is safe and the people will any that ho Is safe enough for them, and .uc name of the next president of the United States will be Theodore Roosevelt. And we have leaders in Indiana, too able tc lead us in any contest. Worthy successors to Oliver P. Morton and Benjamin Hairison. Worthy successors, too, to Hendricks and McDonald and Voorhees ana Turpie. Democrats. It Is true, but Democrats who were great when Democracy meant something; before It had teen seized with the eollc of Bryanlsm or the paresis of Ilea rat ism.. Our senior senator Is calm, dignified, wise and conservative: the trusted and devoted friend of William McKinley: tte adviser and counselor of Marcus A. Hanca; a loader by right of merit, by dint of achieve, ment. I have seen him when the billows rolled, but he was as serene and unperturbed as a morning In May. I shall never forget what he said when the Torto Rlcan question was up for discussion nnd public excitement throughout the lar.d rose to greater heights than ever before In time of peace. "Gentlemen." be said, "this thing Is right. The people have not seen It yet. but i hey will. 1 have a sublime faith in the right finally Impressing Itself upon the people, and they wilt ultimately decide that nr in-t:on Mas Just." I confess that. In my then cg.tated state, this calm counsel vas to me tlie I aim of Gilead. He Is able In debate, wise lu counsel, fearless In the discussion of great public questions, and one whom we can follow without fear. He is a commanding figure among his colleagues, and his advice is always sought tecause of the depth, the breadth, the solidity of his views. He will never lead us Into quagmires. He will never follow will-o'-the-wisps. He will never wander Into by-paths where danger lurks. Ills feet will always be planted upon the bedrock of principle. lie will ever "walk a highway of his own and keep the company of his self respect !" AndU. whether he shall climb to greater heights, or remain to serve the people that are nearest to his heart and deepest In his love, he will still be one of the foremost statesmen of his tlme and one whom we shall always be glad to honor and to aid. His name springs unbidden to every Up. Charles W. Fairbanks. And then we have another senator. And when I say that I mean all that the word implies. I do not mean a man who only wears the title: one who simply holds the commission, but a senator In reality, one worthy to be the representative In that august body of this mighty commonwealth: qualified to associate with the other great men whose names adorn that rod and whose intellects Illumine the path of our natural progress. Not a crlnger and a prairUr t.i.u'hd with ambition. DUt a thinker, reasorer: one who stands erect and faces the vorld because oi tne sireuiu of bla convictions: a man of brains, a Pn of Intellect, a man of force, a many of power. When the " Philippine queflon aroie, he went to the Philippines, rent there to stud-v the question where the Question was presented. With a vision of tha future amounting almost to prophecy, he foresaw the struggle now waging in th East, and he went at once to the Orient: went there to study that event In which we as a nation are so deeply interested, and which may mean so much for us. And the problem Is uasurpassed la tte literature cf the day. He Is a living proof of tie fact that It no longer threatens ambition It this country to be considered literary. Le has enriched his ample book kcolrrf ty a tiBdx at pejolea at homcxM-T. rf. -,c3 worn ne nas given to tne puimc u mv

doubt rcarne'IFalTthTTietteT-tluaiTnea TO represent Intelligently the highest interests of our Union? He is a tireless toiler. The smell of the midnight oil Is always on his j garments, but never on his speeches. He

and I were classmates in college and then, as now, he was the most indefatigable worker I ever saw. In debate ready and keen, wielding a trenchant biade, and using those hand grenades of argument, wit, ridicule and sarcasm with striking effect. In oratory unsurpassed and everywhere sought for the charm o. his utterance. His record is his witness. We are proud of it, and he now hears, on every haud. those sweetest of words to every public man, "Well done, good and faithful servant"; aud to that Scripture 1 want to append another sentence for his sake, as well as for ours, and that Is. "Take another term." Gentlemen, we shall honor ourselves more than we honor him; we shall serve our own Interests more than his, when we see to it that every Republican in the next legislature votes for the return to the senate of the United States of our brilliant and ! eloquent fellow-cltlzen, Albert J. Bever-! Idge. m ! And what shall I say of our delegation in congress? Modesty forbids that I say ; much, else I migm justly ie accused or self-praise. But 1 have such an exalted opinion of the membership of that delegation, and take such a just pride In their worth and work, that I cannot refrain from bebt owing upon them In this presence a Just meed of praise. Hemenway, chairman of the powerful committee of appropriations, and Overstrec. chairman of the Important committee cn postoffices and post road, are longest In the service. Then come Judge Crumpacker, chairman of the census and member of Insular affairs; Charles B. Landis. chairman of printing and member of naval affairs and territories; Cromer, member of agriculture, coinage, weights and measures, aud expenditures In the postotfice department; Holliday. member of military affairs, invalid pensions and war claims, and Frederick Landis, member of elections and enrolled bills. For natural aud acquired ability, for good common sense, for breadth of learning, for depth of research, for capacity for work, for lofty conception of right and duty, for eloquence and the power of debate, these. Ucijsicrs stand among the first In that greaf UdJy. Never In her history has our state had such representation as today; never has she exerted a wider Influence on legislation, and never have her representatives had the eve and ear and heart of the speaker as today. Yes. they all stand at the front in the estimation of that grand old commoner Uncle Joe C'tuuon. With such leadership in our beloved state we cannot 'asüch Is our history, such our principles, such our leaders. Are we worthy? Have we not earned the renewed confidence of the nation? Have we not merited the universal approval of the people? Who can doubt it? Yes, fellow-ritizens we shall succeed, not for our own gratification, but because of what we have done and what we propose to do. Succeed, because we cannot afford to fail, because our country cannot afford to have us fail. It is said that at the battle of Trafalgar, which was to determiue the dominion of the seas. Lord Nelson, the great admiral, called all his men ou board their ship-, and. standing in the midst of them, addressed them thus: "Sailors. I have naught but this to say: In the battle that shall be waged tomorrow our country expects every man to do hla rfutv " r That was all that he said, but It was an Inspiration tnat nrea me neun au nerven the arm of every man. And on the rext day above the swish of the oeean. above the'roar of the battle, above the flash of the conflict, while the sea was red aud the waves were stiewn with the wreck, above it all. that command rang In the ear and heart of everv man as clear as a bugle call. "Our country expects every man co do his duty." Who can doubt thnt today Lincoln and Gran and Haves and Garfield and McKinley and Morton and P.lnlne and Hanna. aiid all our mighty dad are looking upon us from their places in the sky. and whimpering to us that same iervent appeal. 'Our countrv expects every man to do l)i duty"? And, under God. that duty shall be "done. FURNISHED BY GRESSNER & COMPANY Owners of the only Abstract Books in the county. Abstract ef title to all lands In Marshall county compiled promptly and accurately. TO APRIL 27, 1904. Modessle Becknell- and bus vd to Clement Neidlg-, und 2-9 of sw q of ne of s 1 t 33 r3: $500. Peter Wyraugh wd to George Wyraugli, und lif of lot in Bremen east of lot 17 Dietrich's add Bremen; $65. John Matthew and wife wd to Nancy Wright 1-2 a in nw cor lot 2 in s 21 t 32 r 1; 8350. Itiley Warnes and wife wd to Theodore R. Marble 11,35 a in nw ' cor of w hf of sw q of s 32 t 32 r 3; 700. Freed Lipps and wife wd to Hattie E. Vöries, part of out lot 1 Lowry's add Argos; $1000. IlattieE. Vojeis wd to Freed Lipps, lots 34 and 35 Lowry's con add Argos; $1000. Cyrus D. Town and wife qcd to James M. Lowry, .0763 3-4 a In se cor of s31 t 32 r 3;$1. John E. Rosebaum and wife wd to Alvah Colweil, part of lots 59, 60 and 61 Fredricksburg; $?00. Florence I. Wilson and hus wd to Perry W. Smith, part of lots 112 Wheelers' con add Plymouth; $300. Ellen B. Simons and hus wd to William 0'ueefe, part of lots 136 and 137 orig plat Plymouth. $25D0. Geo. W. Ganshorn etal wd to William E. and Mary J. Gay, s hf of sw q of s 21 1 33 r4 also nw qofneqofs 28 t 33 r 4; $1700. Thos. Kamp by aud t d to Ola Kamp lot 21 orig plat Argos; $9.56. Ilomer H. Bonham and wife wd to Jonn T. Larne, lot 231 Polk and Sering's add to Plymouth; $500. Louisa A. Nyhart and bus wd to John L. Larne n hf lot 229 Polk and Sering's add to Plymouth; $700. Nellie Foster and hus wd to Charles Long, lot 36 Loring's con add Argos; 5600. . Zodie Kara and wife wd to John W. Johnson, n br of ne q of ne q of nw q s-9 t 34 r 1; $300. Heirs of Peterand Anna Laudeman dee'd wd to Jacob E. and Mary M. Laudeman, e 70 a of vr bf of nw q also w 10 a of e hf of nw q of s 1 1 34 r 3; $6000. Harry T. Warnes aDd wife wd tu Helen M Warnes s hf of ne of ne q f s6t33rl;$l. Lbt cf Unclaimed Letters. The following letters remain uncalled fcr in the post' 5ffice at Plymouth, for the week ending April 28, 1904. GKNTLEMEN. Wilton S Styles William M True LADIES. III83 Lottie Lockridge Mrs W O Curtis Please say advertised when calling for these letters. A fee of one cent will be charged on the letters advertised J. A. YOCKEY, P. 11.

11 ESTATE II!

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If your blood is thin and impure, you are miserable all the time. It is pure, rich blood that invigorates, strengthens, refreshes. You certainly know SarsapariOa the medicine that brings good health to the home, the only medicine tested and tried for 60 years. A doctor's medicine. "I ow my lif. without doufct. to Ayer' Sarsaparilla. It is the most wonderful medicine in the world for nervousness. Mt cure Is permanent, and I cannot thank vou cnoutrh." Mns. Delia. McWell, Newark. S. J. fl.OO a bottle. J. c. ATER COAll drnsrirlvtit. r Twell. Ma... for Poor Health Laxative doses of Aver' phiq sh night greatly aid the Sarsaparilla. Notice of Ditch Sale of U. S. Lemmert Ditch. Notice is hereby given tLat the undersigned commlsslo er appointed by the Judge of the Marshall Circuit Court tu construct the U.S. Lemmert dit-on in Polk township, Marshall couutv, Indiana, will un the 30ih, Gay r April VMU at 4 o'clock p. m. at the surveyor's office In the court house in Plymouth, Indiaua, receive sealed bids for the construction of the above entitled ditch which was ordered coustructed bv the Marshall Circuit Court at its December term v.m tiald ditch consists of one Main ditch and tiree lateral Arms. The main ditch commences C14 ft west and 513 ft south of ;uth-ea?t corner of sectioa 15 towtishiu 34 nor h range 1 east aad terminates In Pine Creek. Length of m iu ditch Is 241)00 feet. M umber of Cubic yards to be excavated in ni tin ditch SKiJU. Number of feet to be tiled with 12 Inch tlie 18.V Arm No. 1 Commences 10. ft south and 490 ft. west of southwest corner of east north east i section 14 township oi north range 1 east and terminates in main ditch at Make, O. Leneth of Arm number 1. Is 34(0 ft. Number of cubic yards to excavate 1317. Numbir of feet to be tiled with 8 inch tile 10 H). Number of feet to be tiled with 10 inch tila 1S0J. Arm No. 2 Commences 330 ft north of northwest corner of south-west J4 soulh-east i section 9, township il north ranee 1 eat and termin ates In main d ten at Make 1.VI1-5. Length of Arm number 2. 'Q ft. Number of cubic yards to excavate All open ditch. Arm No. 3 Commences C60 ft north of west nrth-east secllou 8. towuship 34 north lange 1 ease aud terminates iu main dluh at Slake 123'. lenrth of Arm number 3. 3-O0 ft. Numberof cubic yard to excavate 2T1C. Ad open ditch. For further lnfor atlon see the specifications, description and profile on file in the i.fflce of the cierk of the Marshsll Circuit Court. The construction of this ditch will be sold to the lowest and best bidders as the law directs. if not sufficient bona fide bids are received on the ai.ve date, the receiving of bids and the sale of work will be continued from day to day until sold. Tne successful bidder will be rfqulred to give a good and sufficient bond with hs con-' tract. Each bid on main ditch must be accompanied with an Indemnity bond or cert i tied check in the sum of $.0 to insure an execution of a contract. The conimisbiooer reserves the right to reject any aud all bids. Dated this 14 day of Ap'il. '!K)J. JOHN C. BUT LEU. 29w3t Construction Commissioner. MAKT1NDALE & STEVENS. Attorneys. VOTI :E TO NON RESIDENTS. i No. 12C5G State of Indiana. Marshall County, 6s: In the Marshall Circuit Court, Mry term, 19C4. Isaac Harsh. Ellen Harsh. ' Leonard P. Swovcrland and Lizzie F. S woverland vs". The Unknown Ilelrs of William Cessna, deceased, et a!. Complaint to tulet Title. The plaintiffs In the above entitled cause, by Samuel Parker, their attorney, hare tiled in my o ttice their complaint against thede-r-Ddants; and, it appearing by the affidavit i.f a .competent person that the residence of the defendants, the unknown hel-s of Willi im Cessna, deceased: the unknown devisees of William Cessna, deceased; Simon Bonbrake. Jul'a A. Hon brake, the unknown heirs or Ju'la A. Bonhrake. deceased; the unknown devisees of .lulla A. Bonbrake, dee'd; George Kregar, Mary Kregar. whose true vhristaln name la unknown, wife or widow of tieorge Kregar. deceased; the unknown heirs, devisee and legatees of Mary Kregar, deceased, whos true christain name Is unknown; William E. Peterson, Jane Peterson, whose true christian . t ame is tiLknown, wife or widow of William E. Peteisoo, deceasft; the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of Jane Peterson, deceased, whose true christian name is unknown; aDd each acd all of them is upon diligent inquiry unknown, and they are believed to he non-residents of the State of Indiana: They are therefore hereby notified of the tiling and pendency of said complaint against them. and unless they appear aud a üswer thereto on or before the calling of aald cause on Monday, the 20th day of June, 1904. bc'ng the 25th judicial day of the May term of said court, to be begun and held at the Court House to Plymouth. Marshall County, Indiana, on the 4th Monday of May. A. D , 1904, said complaint and the matters and things therein alleged will be heard and determined In their absence. Witness the Clerk and seal of 6aid Court, at Plymouth, this 2Cth day seal OI April, l'JU4. JOHN It. JONES. Clerk Marshall Circuit Court. Samuel Parker. Atty. 3Jt4 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. No. State of Indiana, Marshall County, ss: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Annette C. Silvius. late of Marshall County Indiana, deceased. Saidestate Is supposed to be solvent. 30tJ ELI SILVIUS, April 2G. 1904. Administrator. L. M. Lauer, Attorney. THE PLyAOUTn MARKETS Following are the local dealers on the ducts named: Wheat Oats Corn ; : ...... Eye. Potatoes Lard Roosters Old..... Hens..... Turkeys Old Gobblers Geese....'.....Decks Butter.... Eggs Apples. quotations of various pro-

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