Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 May 1904 — Page 2

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Established October 10, 1901. Oaiy Republican Newspaper In the County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFrICE Blssell Ballding, Corner LftPorte and Center Streets. Telephone No. 27. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In advance, 11.50; Six Months, 75 cents; Three Months, 40 cents, delivered at any postofHce ADVERTISING RATES made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. Plymouth, fnd.. May 26. 1904Wisconsin republicans nominated two candidates tor governor in one day wbile Illinois republicans failed to nominate one candidate after ballot ing a week. Speaker Cannon found the Illinois Republican convention much harder to govern than the body of statesmen over which be weilas the gavel In Washington. - Practically all of the great questions of the day have been settled by the republican party. There is no Issue before the country. Ko wonder J udge Parker can't talk. No argument is necessary to con vloce the American people that the cost of living has advanced. It Is equally true that life is worth a great deal more than it used to be. The veto of the Niagara Falls bill and one or two other things that have happened lately combine to make the impression that this country does not exist solely that a few men may make millions. There appears to be a great awakening in Missouri. Not only have the democrats determined to make Folk governor, but St. Louis has gone to work with a vengeance cleaning out the winerooms and other resorts of Tice. There is hope for humanity even in democratic states. . Of the men In the United States senate. Walter Wellman says twelve determine the legislation, and amoDg the twelve both Indiana senators are oamed. Such a recognition Is deserved, and the state feels a pride that Is not partisan inv the fact. Indiana used to be sneered at by the other states, but now they envy and jespect her. The New Yor!i legislature recently passed a bill giving a franchise to a power company to utilize Niagara Falls. Had the company been allowed to place its plant in operation it would have meant the practical destruction of one of the country's greatest natural wonders. But Gov. O'Dell vetoed the measure and the falls will be preserved. The highest judicial tribunal of the land lias decided that the government of the United States has the power to exclude from its tenitory all alien believers la the doctrines of anarchy, whether they advocate a resort to physical force or not. Now let the government see to It that the law, as construed and affirmed by the supreme court is rigidly enforced. Let no more anarchists come in. and deport as many as possible of those already here. South Bend Times. Lots of old-time populists will voie the Bepublican ticket this year. So -will lots of old-time democrats. The republican standard bearer . of 1904 will draw heavily on the other paities for support. Throughout the West there is a general disintegration of party forces when Roosevelt is the issue. All political shades of voters are in favor of him, He will carry the West by a majority which will look very imposing In figures. He will also carry every state in the East which has been casting Republican ballots in the electoral college in recent presidential years. One of the most significant of the remarks made by Prince Pu Lun during bis reception in Indianapolis was to the militia assembled In front of him after the general reception in the ßtate Housed To these he said, in effect, that they were the greatest soldiers In the world because they were the defenders of liberty and believed in the cause for which they were fighting, "The American troops," he said, "were the best that came to China during the Boxer trouble.' He attributed to them a greater Influence for permanent good that exercised by tny other power, and ended by mvltirj any oi the soldiers who happened to tz near the Chlness empire to visit

Wisconsin" aemocrats propose toj"

have a sclid Wall delegation at St. Louis, but several ambitious people are already boasting that they expect to butt through it on the second ballot. In New York a rumor is current that Tammany's leader, Charles F. Murphy, is on the verge of nervous prostration. His secretary denies this, but admits that the boss is at Hot Springs, Va., for the benefit of bis health. A Japanese murderer, condemned to death, had a dollar left on the eve of 9 A hisjExecution, out of money that had been sent him by his friends. The jailer advised him to spend it in one last luxursous meal. But he sent it to the war fund. From the most recent reports the Japanese have suffered some very se vere reverses at the bands of the Czar's forces. Several of the Mikado's warships have been destroyed at Fort Arthur and it is said that the army from the Yalu river has been driven back by the Russians with heavy loss. The war is not going to be an easy one for either side. It will be a desDerate. conflict to the bitter and bloody end. The Japanese army advancing against Mukden was defeated by force of Cossacks in a battle all day and dnven back upon Feogwangcbeng, The Japanese were forced to abandon four positions, and reports in St. Petersburg state that the loss was heavy. The Russians report light casualties. Newchwang reports that a Japanese force of 20,000 met 32,000 Russians east of Fengwangcheng and retreated. Postmaster General Payne says that the receipts of the Postoffice Department for the fiscal year ending June 30 next will be approximately $144,100,000. In 1896 the receipts of the postoffice department were $82,499. 298. This year the rural free delivery appropriation was 20,816,600. In 1899 200 rural routes were in operation. At the close of the present fiscal year there will be over 25,000 rural routes In operation, bringing a daily mail service to more than 12,5000,000 people, residing in rural districts. Over 500,000 people are now suppled with mail by the star route carriers in remote districts where the number of people is not sufficient to justify the establishment of rural free delivery, this mall belüg deposited bv the star route carriers in boxes stationed along their routes. The situation in Wisconsin, looked at from a republican point of view, is exceedingly ominous. There are two complete republican tickets in the field. Governor LaFollette and the other candidates on his slate were nominated by one convention, composed of 585 delegates. The other convention, composed of 567 delegates, nominated Samuel A. Cook as candidate for governor and chose candidates for all the state offices. The Cook convention has the Indorsement of Senators Spooner and Quarles and of the entire congressional delegation. In order to prevent a split on the national ticket the two conventions chose the same presidential electors. But they differed in every other par ticular. The anti-thlrd-.termers, or the so-called bolters nominated the two Senators and Congressmen Babcock and Minor as delegates-at-iarge, none of these men having been nominated by the LaFollette convention. Thus the national convention will bave to settle the question of regularity." ' . Silver L&Xe BinX Closed. The Commercial Bank of Silver Lake owned by Adam Stout & Sons, has closed Its doors, and there is much surprise in the little village. No explanation is .offered for this unexpected turn of affairs, although the managers make the statement that all depositors will be paid in full. The deposits .are said to exceed 925,000 with loans of about the same amount. Adam Stout was a successful farmer near Silver Lake for many years and owned a hardware store in the village. It is very probable that the old, old story of bank failures will be repeated. Conference cl Clergy. The semi-annual conference of the Catholic clergy of the counties of Laporte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and Starke was held in Gothen Wednesday at the residence of Rev. Fitzpatric! Thirty-five prlcdts belong to this Conference tad most of thssa viere In attendance.

Detention Day.

Miles H. Tibbetts Post No. 260, De partment of Indiana G. A. R. extend a cordial Invitation to all citizens, the city officers and all organizations (if the city to participate in the exercises of the day. Gen. Geo. Crook Camp, Sons of Veterans, and Co. I, 3d reg. Ind. N. G. are especially requested to participate. Thf; column' will form at 1:30 p. m. on Michigan street, right of column resting on Garro street. Each organization will be assigned position in llae under the direction of the officer of the day, W. II. Conger, column led by Plymouth Band, will move north on North Michigan street to Madison, thence west to Center street, thence to the Court House Square, where Memorial services will beheld, Commander W- E. Bailey, Presiding. PROGRAM OF EXERCISES. Music '. . . .Plymouth Band Song Plymouth Quartette Invocation Rev. C. A.Brooke Reading Lincoln's Gettsburg Ad dresses Oration .Rev. W. S. Howard The column will re-form and march to Oak Hill cemetery, where after rit ual service by G. A. R. Post, the graves ot all deceased soldiers will be decorated with flowers; after taps, the oolumn will re-form and march to front of G. A. R. Hall and break auks. The Next Indiana Senate. The republicans have lost four holdover senators by death and the leaders are now conncerned over the condi tion of one other hold-over, Senator James Gray, of Evansvilie, elected in the district composed of Vanderburg, Pike and Warrick. He is suffering from Bright's disease and there are firrave doubts of his recovery. The hold-overs that have died are T. J. Gibson, of the district composed of Perry, Crawford and Spencer; Benj. Starr, of Wayne county; A. M.Burns, ot St. Joseph county, and Chailes A. DeHaven. of Howard and Miami. If it bad not been for these deaths, the republicans would bave had 16 hold overs. The, four deaths reduce the number to 12, and if Senator Gray does not recovet, the number will be only 31. The democrats have nine hold-overs, none having died. The deaths among the republican sen a tors naturally increase the democratic hope of controlling the next senate. Preventing Potato Scab. . A correspondent of the Farm and Fireside writes that he has for two years been testing the value of a rye sod In which to plant his potatoes, to prevent them from being scabby. The rye is sown in the fall and turned under in the spring, when about six inches high, then the potatoes are planted. Although the land had pre viously grown very scabby potatoes. and was supposed to be full of scab germs, he says the result was potatoes "reasonably clean.'' While he dees not claim perfect faith in the rye sod as a preventative of scab, he says this or some other cause has greatly re duced the number of scabby potatoes in his crop. His theory is that the decaying green rye plowed under pro duces an acid in the soil which is unfavorable to the development of the scab germ. Sow rye this fall where potatoes are to be planted next year and it can be tested at small cost. Probably the green manuring would increase the amount of crops enough to repay the cost of the experiment. No Great Trick. The layman often wonders how de tectives go abont their work, and what circumstances lead up to the solving of a mystery in crime. Here is just one illustration: The residence of a West Philadelphia man was robbed recsntly, the thief carrying away a small safe filled with silverware and other articles ot value. Detective Gallagher, of the City Hall force, who was assigned to the case, learned that the thief bad also taken a pet chicken that had survived since Easter. This led him to believe that the theft had been committed by a negro, and that he lived in the neighborhood, for the safe was too heavy to be carried far. But the chicken was the clew on which be started to work. He argued that it wasn't big enough to be killed, and tnat it was still alive. He was told that It could easily be recognized, for it had a twisted neck. The detective at once began to inspect the br.ck yards of a negro settlement in the vicinity, and his search was soon rewarded by the night or a little chic ken with a twisted neck. He entered the house from tue rear, found the thief and recovered all the stolen prop erty, which was still in the safe. And the entire time consumed in the oper atlon was less than half a day, Phil adelphia Record. Many Years ot Usefulness. Dr. William S. Evans, who died in Clinton county. Missouri, tLe other day, was a preacher for 23 years, then a physician for 27 years and again a minister for 29 years. Dr. Evans was almost 96 year) old. He began to preach the first time when he was I years old and did not commence his medical studies until he was 40. He gave up medicine in 1875 and had been Lines then merely a local preacher. ' Ttk Tr-criis 10 cb. p:r vVeek.'

The Enforcement of Law.

No citizen of a foreign civilized country ever came to America and T" ! maloed any length of time wKb.ati beinsr forciblv struck bv the way j do not enforce our laws. We make - 9 them in the greatest profusion. When the legislatures and councils are-not in session, the bench is still busy maklaws. And, after we get them, they are used to suit the pur poses of the officers charged with their execution in the various com munities. If the officers like them, well and good; they will enforce them. But if they do not like them, or be lieve thev do not meet the views-of the voters that elected them, these laws remain a dead letter. Fortunately, all communities belieye theft tobe a bad thing, and property is therefore, comparatively safe; but, unfortunately, all communities do not believe murder to be a bad thing, and, therefore, in many communities mur derers go free if they commit their crimes In moos of a dozen or more. A state adopts certain regulations covering the liquor traffic, and some com munities observe these l regulations, while others do not. And thus it goes with nearly all the laws we have. Is it because we make our own laws that v e have no raspect for law because it is law? In England and on the continent law is enforced to the letter because it is law, and because officers are sworn to enforce It. One no more thinks of shoving a law aside, because it Is unpopular or inconvenient, than be would think of disre garding the weather. It is a good point of view to have, and one we ought to cultivate. Indianapolis Journal. New Lands For Settlers. President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation opening for settlement the lands of the Rosebud agency in South Dakota at 9 a. m., Aug. 8. The proclamation covers 418,000 acres. The Rosebud reservation is about 30 miles long from north to south and not quite so wide east and west. It lies on the west bank of the Missouri, In the southeast corner of South Dakota, occupjinalmost all of Gregory county, one of the largest in the state. Some fine streams water it. The rainfall has averaged 28 inches for 20 , ears. The soil is exactly like that, which, a few miles away, in northwest Iowa, is worth $80 per acre and the surface is perfect, from the view point of the prairie farmer. Along the small streams there is just enough fringe of timber to solve the fuel and fencing questions for new settlers. In short it is as near perfect as a bit of new country could well be. The choice of land sites will go by allotment. Applicants will have to register their names with government" officials appointed to conduct the drawings. In the sixty days after the opening of the reservation, the lucky seekers for homes, determined by lot, "will have the chance to select the land they want, in the order of the numbers drawn. This plan, which has always been worked successfully by the govern ment in other recent land openings, is held to bave many advantages over the old arrangement under which the first man on the spot got his choice. The price to be asked by the government is $3 per acre. It is 'expected 50,000 people will register for the drawing. Pension Commissioner Ware. It was announced a few days ago that Pension Commissioner Ware was shortly to retire. There has been a good deal of difficulty during "the last few years in keeping this office filled. "Corporal" Tanner, President Harrison's first commissioner, lasted only a little while, nenry Clay Evans, who was appointed by President McKin ley, was retired by President Roose velt, who appointed him consul-general at London. And now Mr. Ware has decided to give up the office, The Chicago Chronicle thinks there has been trouble over the recent pension order, which has been so so severely criticised. However that may be, it is certain that peace will never prevail in the pension office till We get there a man who will content himself with administering and enforcing the law ascitis written, and an executive who will sustain him against all pressure as long as he performs his plain and simple duty. That combination, it Is true, is not an easy one to get, but we ought to strive for it. And no president who cares for his own peace of mind, and is ambitious to do his duty. ought ever to remove even by pro motion a pension commissioner mere ly because he does his duty under the law. Indianapolis News. Urd of Think We wish to express our thanks to all the members of his class, the Blue Ribbon Club, the College Fraternity, the neighbors, his associates every one who by word and act showed their friendship and sympathy in our be reavement. We feel unable to express adequately our feelings, but assure you each that we appreciate your kind hess, and shall e?er remember you for what yot nave done for us. Me. and Mrs, Maktindale and URANS. Miss Grace Montgomery, Hies Flora Koontz.

X Educating Filipinos. t ' of the wisest things the War ' pirtment has done in its administration of the Phllllpines was to bring

a considerable number of young Fili pinos to America and distribute them in American schools so located that the climate did not cause them to suffer. It was the action of Japan in scattering her young men among the best schools in the world that enabled her to move out of feudalism into modern civilization in less than half a century. While the Mestizos of Luzon may not bave the character of the Japanese, all accounts credit them with a remarkably alert intelligence, and the records made by these students during their first year bear this out. A large percentage of them expect to become teachers at home, while others desire tojpuruse courses in engineering and various other branches of scientific and commercial study, and there seems small room to doubt that, on their return, their influence among their people will be great. This does not, of course, mean the rapid civilization of the whole archipelago. There is neither racial nor national solidarity among these inhabitants, as there was f.mong the Japanese to begin with. They are merely a congeries of tribes, varying from the rather polished Mestizo of Luzon to the savage Negritos of the mountains and the fierce Moro barbarians of Mindanao, differing from each other in civilization and customs as much as they differ from us. The methods of handling these different peoples must depend much upon circumstances and opportunity. Some will rise to ciyilization, and others will doubtless follow the American Indian to the level ot a definitely Inferior face, hut time, patience and common sense will do their work In the Philippines as they have done in other regions of the earth. Indianapolis Journal. Historic Oak Tree. Many years ago Chas. Sumner picked from a tree near the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon an acorn which be sent the Czar of Russia. The Czar planted it in the grounds of the Petertros palace at St. Petersburgh and from it grew an oak which is now a large tree. When Ethan Allen Hitchcock, the present secretary of the interior, was minister to Russia, in 1898, be picked some acorns from that tree aad planted them at his home in Missouri. Last April one of those trees was taken up carried to Washing:on and planted on the grounds at the White House. So the little tree just set out at Washington comes of illustrious lineage and doubtless is destined to become a historic tree in the years to come. Xo doubt future presidents and cabinet officers will tell the children about this tree and relate to them its history and the history of these trees from which it is descended. And it is likely, too, that it will be visited by many people who may have the honor of being guests at the White House. Warsaw Union. A New Departure in Law. It appears that the Supreme Court of the United States in Bessette's case decided Monday, has not only overruled the famous Debs case and many cases of its class, of both remote and recent date, denying an appellate review in contempt cases, but that the court has made a differentiation bf contempt cases which will be of great utility in jurisprudence and may put an end to government by Injunction. Heretofore the Supreme Court has always held that the Federal Courts in punishing for contempt were exercising an inherent power in which they could not be disturbed by another tribunal, whether of concurrent or appellate rank, so long as the court which was acting proceeded within its jurisdiction. The Supreme Court now denies the existence of an inherent power and brings all Federal Courts under the yoke of the constitution, so that henceforth they shall prxeed only under the authority of the constitution as prescribed by acts of Congress. Indianapolis Sentinel. Marshall Circuit Court The Marshall circuit court convenes Monday, May 23; and the jury commissioners have drawn the following grand and petit jurors for this term of court. Grand Jury John Peeples, Green township; Wlllard Rhodes, Center tp., Ferd Fribley', Bourbon Tp., Samuel Muttl, German Tp., Jacob Myers, Union Tp., Samuel Ruff, Polk Tp. Petit Jury A. D. Gerrard, Bourbon Tp., H. C. Sheetz, Polk Tp. Thos. Mllner, North Tp., Clarence Sellers, Tippecanoe Tp., Joseph Glass., Center Tp., John Cooper, Tippecanoe Tp., Clarence Slayter, Center Tp., D. A. Ross, Center Tp., Omar Senour, Bourbon Tp., Levi Hill, West Tp., Dan Lemler, Bourbon Tp., John SIbert, Polk Tp. GttYcu a Heme. I can sell you a lot cheap; reasonable amount down and balance in monthly or quarterly payments. Only 6 lots left. John Blainv v- . . Tfcll -your utXOL Jots about the 'fcood

MORTUARY

Mayer Lauer. The people of Plymouth were greatly shocked Saturday morning to learn of the sudden and unexpected death of Mayer Lauer, one of the best known and most substantial business men of the community, which occurred at his residence on South Michigan street, Friday evening, May 20, 1904, at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 2 days, having been born at Gehans, SaxeWeimer, Germany, January 18, 1833. Mr. Lauer came to America at the age of nineteen, and remained in New York City where he worked at cabinet making about one year. Giving up this calling he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio and engaged in business in a small way, traveling through the Southern states. He was united in marriage at Cincinnati, on the 19th day of September 1858 to Caroline Marks, who he leaves surviving him, with four children, Ben M. Lauer, Osage City, Kansas, Leo M. Lauer and Moses M. Lauer, Plymouth, Indiana, and Mrs. Jacob Speyer, Lexington, Kentucky. He settled in Plymouth and started in the clothing business in 1861, and continuously up to the time of his death was engaged in that business, leaving at the time of his death the well known firm of M. Lauer & Son. In the fraternal relations of life, be was a member of Plymouth-Kilwinning Lodge No. 149, F. & A. M.; of the Odd Fellows Lodge, and also of the Jewish Order of Bna'i Brith. During the well on to half a century of his residence here, Mr. Lauer was identified with every laudable enterprise looking to the upbuilding of his adopted city, never failing to contribute of his means and influence in that direction. In all the business and social relations of life be was a highly respected citizen, moral and upright, modest and unassuming, of a kindly disposition, and went through his earthly career commanding the respect and esteem of the entire community to the end. Like the snuffing of a candle, his life went out suddenly just as the rays of the setting sun had guilded the golden west. "Night came Releasing him from labor, When a hand, as from the darkness, Touched him---and he slept." AN EXODUS IS BEGUN i Prominent Indiana Democrats Joining Party of Progress. They Desire the Maintenance of National Prosperity Achieved and Maintained Under the Fostering Influence of Republican Legislation Sound Reasons for Change of Allegiance Cogently Stated. ' A feature of the political situation in Indiana which has not received its due proportion of attention Is the quiet exodus of former Democrats into the ranks of the Republican party. This movement has been induced by the unanswerable argument of continued prosperity under Republican legislation and administration. The irrepressible conflict between two factions of the Democratic party has convinced others of the hopelessness of formulating a policy promising that unity and stability of purpose necessary to make a political organization anything less than dangerous to the interests of the country when charged with responsibility tor national affairs. The young men of the state, particularly the first voters, are turning to the Republican party because the positive character of youth inclines it -to a stand-for-something party, particularly when it is led by so typical a representative of the best type of American young manhood as President Roosevelt. Hon. Thomas W. Lindsay of Boonvllle is one of the leaders in this year's exodus toward Republicanism. Mr. Lindsay has long been a Democratic leader in the First district, at one time representing his party on the electoral ticket in this state. He Is a young man, vigorous, able and effective In all that he undertakes. No political disappointment has operated in the case of Mr. Lindsay to bring about a change of heart politically. He has simply taken the situation as he finds It and derived from it common sense conclusions. An Ex-Democrat's Views. In giving the history of his political evolution Mr, Lindsay says: "In 1896 I was a firm believer In the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the legal ratio of 16 to L and I believed Mr. Bryan's prophecy, that if Mr. McKinley was elected and the finances of the ccr ntry were placed upon a gold basis, that the price of wheat and silver would go together, and that so long as that condition prevailed wheat would be worth 40 cents a bushel, and the price of other farm products would be proportionately cheap. I alsq believed at that time, that the protective tariff was class legislation and a burden upon the poor, all of which was paid by the consumer and in the interest of the manufacturer upon the pretense that It benefited the laboring man. "I believed that the panic of 1893 was' due to the concerted action of the moneyed Interests of the East, with he avowed purpose of defeatinj the Democratic party and elevatlts U power the ttcfpubllcin party. "y this literature Cf the BmccritXrrJcrto thst tic's,. X tÜ IZä L t3 CäSii tha rtlcssl tinier

and the capitalist. "I believed that capital was the enemy of the laboring man. With these-1 opinions and prejudices I expounded the "so-called virtues" of the Democratic party and exposed the "socalled vices" of the Republican party for two national campaigns, and continued to vote the Democratic ticket (although I took no part in the campaign) until the election of 1902. "By that time I had realized that Mr. Bryan was mistaken in his views upon the money question, and believed then and believe now, that the cause of the panic of 1893, was a lack of confidence in the- ability of the Democratic party, to manage the governmental affairs and the "free trade" policy of the Democratic party, which was put in operation by passing the "Wilson bill." "I was also satisfied that Mr. Bryan's prophecies were all false, and saw that Immediately after the election of Mr. McKinley in 189G, confidence was restored, the price of all farm products immediately advanced and labor, that had been idle for years, was employed at good wages, and factories that had been upon a standstill, were again turning out the manufactured products. Convinced of Error. ' "After two years of patient inves tigation. I have become convinced that the demagogue in politics is a very dangerous factor, and that every voter should use his every endeavor to expose him. This government wants a sound financial policy, Just such as the Republican rrty has given It The laboring man of this nation wants a protective tariff r just such as the Republican party has given him. The legislation of the Republican party protects the laboring man of this country against coming Into competition with the pauper labor of Europe. By it, the laboring man of today is able to provide for his family in a respectable manner, and move in as good society as the merchant or banker. Labor and capital should not be enemies; they are dependent upon each other, and the energies of every true American should be devoted to bringing about a better feeling between them and to erase from the minds of the laboring: can, the false teachings of the political demagogue, that would ride into ofüce as a reward for his folly. The Republican party to which has been referred the settlement of all difficult questions, will amicably settletha disputes between capital and labor, and by Its wise legislation, control the capital of the country, in. such way that labor will receive its Just reward. Believes In Expansion. "I believe in expansion. I believe that this country is the greatest nation on earth, and there I no reason for taking a backward step. I believe that the cherished memory of the boys who sacrificed their lives on San Juan hill, should not be buried In shame by surrendering to the whipped enemy, nor any other people, the acquired territory, but that the memory of their valor should beforever perpetuated, by giving the acquired territory a place in this nation. "1 believe in the construction of the Panama canal, and the Republican party will, In the near future, make a reality out of what has been a dream for centuries by constructing, a canal across the isthmus of Panama. "One other reason that I cannot leave out is, that I am opposed to the policy of the Democratic party inprefacing every platform for the past twelve years with the phrases, 'we are unalterably opposed,' and 'we view with alarm.' There is no cause for alarm in the present conditions nor has there been any since the ascendance of the Republican party to power in 1897, and there is no policy advocated by the Republican party for the past eight years that should be opposed, and those two phraseshave formed the principal part of the Democratic platform for the past twelve years, I fully made up my mind that I could no longer adhereto its teachings, and therefore abandoned its faith and declared my allegiance to the Republican party, in. whose principles I firmly believe." Will Vote for Roosevelt. Recruits to the Republican ranks, come from among the older as well as the younger followers of the Democratic standard, and from the northern as well as the southern part of the state. The Winamac Republican in a recent Issue prints an interview with a Democrat of forty years standing, long prominent in the affairs of his county. The Republican says: Noah R. Freeman, one of Pulaski county's oldest and most respected, and substantial citizens, openly declares that he will vote for Roosevelt this year. Mr. Freeman is sixty-sir years old, and is hale and hearty and jolly as any young man in town. He. was raised a Democrat, and has always voted the Democratic ticket,, but has the courage of his convictions, and says there is nothing in amere name. "I'm for Roosevelt,"' says he. "because he's my type of a man. I'm for sound money, because it makes times good, and that's best for my neighbors and for me. The tariff does not need tinkering with. It's better to leave it as It is for all of us. Roosevelt went after the biggest trust in ' the country and won. his point, and has now interpreted the law, and big business combines must toe the line. The Panama canal project is one of the best things for the couatry that bould have been Imagined. In lta general effect It will, be a grea: thing for the country, and incidentally is good for all of us. These are all good, sensible, every day practical business propositions, and I believe in them and for them, and I don't care what name a party goes by. If It stands for things ray judgment tells me are right and for the best, I am for them. I was a. Democrat for over fifty years, but I was never for the things the present-self-constituted leaders of Democracy are for. The Republican party seems to be pushing and standing for iall the good things and Is doing business , for the country successfully, Wnd there is no reason why for the mere sentiment in the name .Democrat, I ehoüld fcttach myself longer With, a mifclid Vdd mi&uide4 party ' Vji'ft low ihitil tpltdi til tc-dtrs without a leader cr ea Izzzi