Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 June 1904 — Page 2

TEbe TEtttmne. Established October 10. 1901. . Oaiy Republican Newspaper in the Couaty. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers.

OFrlCE Blssell Building, Corner LnPorte and Center Streets. Telephone No. 27. fcCBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. In advance, 11.30; Six Months. 75 cents; Tbre Months, 40 pents. delivered at any postofflce ADVERTISING RATES made known on application. Entered at the poitofflce at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. Plymouth, Ind., June 30,1904New York, Illinois, Ohio and Inddiana have furnished the Presidents for forty-four years, and the syndicate is about to extei.d the contract for four years more. Every day should find us a little farther up the hill of life. There are many slips and twists along the way, but each day we can go higher if we will and each day leave old llfemarks behind. Day by day through God's help we can climb up, up, up, out of the shadowy valley of sin and Into the fair sunlight of truth, honor, love and righteousness. Each night we can go to sleep a little more remote from our lowly starting point and wake in the morning another day's journey nearer our lovely destination. The first and highest duty of a man is reverence for his Creator. The clashing of creeds will not excuse him from this virtue. It is the same whether God be impersonal or person al, spirit or matter; or if matter; whether bis body be the uni verse and bis spirit the soul which governs it. he is still our creator and ruler. In either case, he Is the great est and grandest object of man's con templation and love. The second great duty of man Is to love and to be just to bis brother man. Mankind is the grand society of earth. When we divide it into races, nations, -creeds or classes, of any kind, we narrow it, weaken It, and lessen the grandeur of our duty. H. P. Biddle. We should be willing to search foj trjtbsand tolojk on the bright side of things instead of weakly succumb ing or craviling at every ill. Every op I o t unity for improvement should be embraced and we should be progres sive in all our various walks of life. Every failure to follow these lines of action makes us weaker, eyery suceess increases our strength. Success follows every honest effort, and a success, f ul life is not that which shows but one vlctory-nj matter how great that victory may have been. Life is a constant battle and it ends only at the grave. Hence it is that we must strive every day and hour against self that we may glorify our Heavenly Father and add to our treasures In heaven. The bread winner is he who earns the living for himself and others. Children are never bread winners, as their day to earn a living has not arrived, and the old are not bread winners because their earning davs are passed. As bread winners we are responsible for all dependent upon us whether young or old,. Every man who is able to earn in any capacity or degree. Is a member of this responsible class. Therefore, why should any man who has his own soul's best interests at heart close to spend the best days of bis life exiled from the world In penal servitude? It has been proved times without number that the deed returns to the doer, be it evil or good, and in its return it invariably comes with interest. Try to fill your present with thoughts, words and works of good and your harvest will be glorious. , Fourth ot July in Plymouth. Plymouth will celebrate Fourth of July in a royal manner this year. Everybody in Marshall and the surrounding counties are cordially invited to C3me and enjoy the day with ls. We publish below a partial list of the entertainments that will positively take plac; A monster barbecue in the morning, base ball both in the morning and afternoon, two balloon ascensions, two automobile races, a thrilling run by fire companies to an imaginary blaze, numerous bands of music, a patriotic address by Judge Gecrge W. Beeman of Knox, one of the ablest orators of northern Indiana, aud other amusements to make every minute interesting, ending by a grand display of fireworks in the evening.. Excursion rates on all roads. If you would drive Away the blues, There is nothing you can UC2 That'fills ths heart to full of glee, 3 a drici cf r.cciy llcuntaia Tea. Pcc-12'ä Druj Ctors.

The Republican Platform. The relative Importance of political

issues can never be accurately deter mined until the campaign has develop ed, but it is unquestionably true that the tariff has been the most prominent topic ol discussion, during the deliberations of the republican national convention. In considering Its platform, therefore, the tariff plank Is naturally brought to the fore, and it may be said very positively that Its language contains not the semblance of a promise of revision. Eliminating the attack upon the democrats, which forms a considerable part of it, we get at the heart of the resolution In the following. Protection which guards and develops our industries is ä cardinal policy of the republican party. The measure of protection should always at least equal the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad. We insist upon the maintenance of the principles of protection, and therefore the rates of duty should be readjusted only when conditions have so changed that tne public interest de mands their alteration, but this work cannot safely be committed to any other bands than those of the republican party. This does not shut the door against revision, but it certainly does suggest resistance to the arguments that have been made for revision during the last year or two. The minimum "at least" is stated in a way to suggest approval of an excess above the difference in the cost of production, while the phrase concerning readjustment contains not the slightest admission that readjustment is now advisable, its whole sense, with the emphasis on the word "only," being obstructive. On the related subject of reciprocity there is, however, an avoidance of the exclusive indorsement of "reciprocity Id noncompettive products only," the plank reading; We have extended widely our for eign markets and we believe In the adoption of all practicable methods for their further extensioj, including commercial reciprocity where reciprocal arrangements can be effected con sistent with the principles of protec tion and without injury to American agriculture, American labor or any American industry. The question as to what constitutes injury is then left open, but consider ing that, the arrangements of a republican expert have been systematically held up heretofore something more than the expression of a belief was in order. Nor can the want of definitiv ess in both the tariff and reciprocity planks be attributed to a delicacy about pledging the official representa tives of the party. For the - convention did not hesitate to say "we propose to continue" the policies of the past and "wc renew our former declarations" that the civil service law "shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced." Aside from the tariff resolutions, the most interesting statements as to the future are those hinting at a reduction of southern representation on account of the disfranchisement of the negroes and favoring the legislation which will encourage and build up the merchant marine, while the platform is most convincing in its synopsis of the party's recent acnievments and in its indorsement of the President. Here it follows very closely the lines of Elihu Root's speech and no one can deny the record for efficiency. It is this capacity for action, much of it highly beneficial to the country, that gives the party its strong hold upon the people, and because tills capacity isso clearry proved there is all the more reason to emphasize the paltering with reciprocity and the lack of perfect frankness with regard to the tariff. Here are weak spots which are likely to prove troublesome during the campaign; Medical Society. The Marshall County Medical Society was held In this city yesterday aftercoon and evening. Drs. Hager and Porter, specialists, presented papers under their respective specialties which were freely discussed. Dr. W. R. Cisna of Chicago, presented z paper entitled "How Necessary a Correct Diagnosis" and Dr G. W. Thompson presented "Treatment of Pneumonia." These two papers were well received and discussed by all. At 5:30 the meeting adjourned to Albert's restaurant where a banquet was spread and thoroughly dissected. Rev. W. S. Howard envoked Divine blessing, Professor R. A. Chase delivered a talk entitled "A Laymen view of the Medical Profession." The timely remarks were appreciated , by all. Prof. Redd, Rev. Howard and Dr. Gould were also on the program but on account of lateness it was Impossible to continue further to the disappointment of ail. The invited guests were Drs. Porter and Von Swainger of Ft. Wayne, Dr. Cisna of Chicago, Dr. Kelsey of Monterey, Drs. Daugherty, Stoltz, Hager, Lentz, Cannon and Tallman of South Bend, Prof. Chase, Prof. Redd, Rev. W. S. Howard ot this city. In all it was a very Interesting meeting and the members and visitors enjoyed themselves very mnch. Ths Texstjihs 10 cts. per week. 1

The Republican Ticket. When a nomination is determined months oeforethe nominating convention meets, when the nominee is the most conspicious man in public life by virtue of his office, his personality and the deeds be has done, comment is anticipated like the convention program. Every newspaper, every citizen has discussed Theodore Roosevelt, his public acts, his public documents. Out of all this discussion has arisen various conceptions of the man and the official which meet at some points, seperate at others and lead to diverse general conclusions. And upon these conceptions the nomination will, of course, have no effect whatever. Any effort to create sentiment lor or against Mr: Roosevelt now would be like an attempt to make new men'and women out of tho present generation of Americans. There will be common agreement, ho.vever, that be has earned his nomination. In such emergencies as those brought about by the Panama revolution and the resistance to the Cuban treaty be has Impressed himself upon republican policies in such ways that the description, logical candidate, fits him completely. For other illustrations of this same truth we might refer also to his activity in connection With the new army and navy schemes, the anthracite strike settlement and the trust cases. Though conventions indorse administrations of their own party as a matter of course, even when they are secretly weary of them and ready to throw them over, this Chicago convention could have found no other proper man for its Roosevelt platform except Roosevelt. He has not, it is true, been closely Identified with the money or tariff questions, but one of these was practically determined when he came lato office, and his comparative indifference toward the other leaves him more acceptable to the party as a whole thaa an ardent protective tariff leaguer or an ardent tariff reformer would be. But it is not enough to say that he has earned the nomination merely because his record has been turned into an asset by the convention. He has a right to it because be is the undoubted choice of the masses of the party. This is shown not only by the instructions to delegates, which have often beeu influenced during the history of the country by a President's power over the administrative machinery, but by the manifest popularity of the instructions with the party's voters and the early disappearance of anything approaching organized opposition. Though it would be untrue to say that dissatisfaction disappeared, at the sime time a great majority of those voters are assuredly for Roosevelt, and his nomination is a response to their demand. Aside from their superior ability to fill the. exalted positions to which they have been called, both candidates are college graduates, men of high Christian character, and notable representatives of the pure American home. They are indeed an honor to American society, to American education, to American statesmanship, to American patriotism, to American citizenship and the proper ones to be at the head of the American government. Political. Another evidence of Indiana's conspicuousness in politics is that the handling and dispensing of tickets at both national conventions has devolved on Indiana men Ina little while Thomas Taggart will be .undergoing therdeal that Harry New has just passed through. The news from Chicago is that Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, has outParkered Parker-that he is not only remained perfectly silent as to his desires in relation to the matter cf his nomination for the vice-presidency, but has, even kept the world from knowing whether he wants the nomination, while everybody knows that Parker wants the nomination for the presidency at the hands of the democrats. Indiana always excels. -Lafayette Courier.

People Who Live in Class Houses Should Throw No Stents. Refreshments were served and the bride cut and presented each of the guests with a piece of the wedding cake. Plymouth Independent. This is the first we have learned of any cutting affray in Plymouth. After the ceremony the young people left for Cleveland, Ohio, where they will visit Mr. Hitchcock's parents. They, were showered with an abundance of rice and old shoes. Plymouth Independent. As Mr. Hitchcock's parents do not live in Plymouth, it is taken for granted that the' weddiug couple were showered with rice and old shoes. Fl! Wins Scholarship. Notice has been received here that the University of Virginia has selected as its representative for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, England, William A. Fleet, of Culver, who has tust received the degrees of B. A. and M. A. at that institution. Mr. Fleet received his preparation for college at Culver Military Academy, where he vron the scholarship medal in 1S00. Ths Rhodes scholarship is vrcrth CI, 503 ayeir, and lists for thres JC2.T1. " .

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MORTUARY George Dietl. George Dietl died Saturday morning at 12:30 o'clock at his home three miles northeast of Plymouth. Mr. Dietle was born in Germany but came to this country when young and at the time of his death was in his seventy-fifth year. He was a successful farmer and a much respected citizen of Marshall county. The funeral was held Monday morning at nine o'clock from the Catholic church. Trivial Causes cf War. Nothing is more amazing in the history of nations than the absurdly trivial causes which have been sufficiaat to let loose the dogs of war and deluge continents in blod. Many an American, says the Chicago Tribune, has started an incipient riot in his household by appearing unannounced with a clean shave after having worn a hirsute adornment for a number of years, but it is almost incredible at first glance that two great nations should have plunged into an intermittent warfare lasting 300 years from the same cause. Yet nothing more than this was the primary source of three centuries of war between Eugland aud France. In order to please the archbishop of Rouen Louis VII of France consented to remove his beard in common with bis subjects and present a clean shaven face to the world. It was a disastrous shave, for it led to so much friction with his wife,' who resented her husband's changed appearance, that , at last the King divorced her, to become a few months later the wife of Henry II of England. From that marriage of Henrj to the angry, discarded wire of Louis centuries of bloodshed may be said to have followed. Inclosed in an iron case in the tower of Modena cathedral may be seen today a bucket, which 900 years ago was the innocent cause of a terrible war. Some soldiers of Modena, In a mood of mi&chlef, bad stolen tne bucket from a public .well in Bologna, and refused to give it up on demand. Fights between the -soldiers of the rival and jealous states ensued, and from this spark was kindled a fire of war which devastated a iarge part or Europe and led to the lifelong imprisonment i f the King of Sardinia, son of the Germau Emperor. A war in China two centuries and a half ago, which Involved the loss ol half a million lives, sprang directly from a broken . teapot. The teapot was the treasured possession of a dignitary high in the favor and councils of the Emperor, and. when be was traveling through the lawless provinces in the northwest of China some or retinue, who had fallen behind the main body, were intercepted by a band of robbers, and among the spoil the teapot was found and contemptuously flung on the ground and btokeh. The matter was reported to l hi Emperor by the indignant mandarin, a punitive force was sent out, and along and terilble war ensued. Lord Jb'almerton used to say that only three men had ever known the nature of the troubler of -Schleswig-Holstein, which led to two great wars, two of them had died before the war broke out, and he, the third of the trinity, had completely forgotten what it was all about. It is now well known,-however, that a slight maoip ulation by Bismarck of a telegram set France and Germany flying at each other's throats a generation ago, with results too apjaalling to contemplate. The war of the Spanish succession, in which the great Duke of Marlborough played so conspicuous and brilliant a part, was, it is said, the outcome of a spilt glass of. water at a Tuilerles ball. One of the court ladies bad expressed a wish for a glass of water in the hearing ot the British and Spanish Ambassadors, who forwith hastened to fetch it. On returning, each holding a tumbler, they found that the fair bird had flown and was dancirg with a French statesman, and to drown their discomfiture the English diplomat caromed against the Spaniard and upset the glass of water he was carrying- an accident which led to an apolegy and an exchange of courtesies. A trivial, ridiculous Incident enough but it served to inflame jealousies and cement sympathies and thus to turn the balance in the direction of war. The Seven Years' War was largely due, according to his own confession, to the" vanity of Frederick the Great in wanting to see his name figure largely in the gazettes. . J. W, RirurT. Aeka the readers of this paper to test the value of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Tho3a persona who have used It and who bave been cured by it, do not heel' ate to recommend it to their friends, Kodol digests what fou eat, curea indigestion, dyspepsia and all Btoasch troubles. Increases Btrecjth by enabling the stomach and digestive organs to contribute to the blood all ot tho nutriment in the food. Kodol DyapspsiaCursia plsssnt and palatable, For Ella by J. W. Rin&rd. - Subscribe tor Tun Tribune the only Republican piper in the County

REFORM MEASURES

Enacted by Genera! Assembly During Past Decade. DISCUSSED CY PRESIDENT PERKINS Indiana Has Attained a Reputation for the Enforcement of the Labor Laws Upen the Statute Books of the State Politics Has Played No Part in Affairs of Factory Inspection Department. Reference has before been made in Ihe columns of this paper to the many labor reform measures enacted in Indlsra during the last nine years of Rc Hear supremacy in legislative affairs. An article contributed by Mr. Edgar A. Perkins, president of the Indiana Federation of Labor, to the Indianapolis Star, furnishes, additional evidence to show what has been accomplished along this line since the accession of the Republican party to responsibility in Indiana in 1895, and this evidence is strengthened by the fact that President Perkins is a Democrat. He says: The report of the Department of Inspection, just issued by Inspector McAbee, shows the strides that have been made in the last few years in the curtailment of child labor in this state. While this feature of Industrial life is not all that it should be, it is at present so much better than it was a few years ago that the advocates of legislation for the retarding of child labor have hope that the future will see more accomplished than has the past. The present Inspection department, although hampered by littleness of appropriation and in the number of deputies, hi.8 done much to bring the state forward in its reputation for the class of labor laws that prevail. A Reputation for Enforcement Indiana, while it has not so many laws in the interett of labor as have some of tne Eastern states, has a name for the enforcement of those that are on the books second to none. The Inspection force at the present consists of one inspector and five deputies, who are expected to attend to all the work that comes under the department At the last session of the legislature an effort to have the force increased was defeated. Compared with the forces employed in other states, the inspection force employed in this state is small and the amount oi money expended in its maintenance is not to be compared with that of many others. Yet, in the number of inspections to be made and the territory to be covered, there is not such a great difference. It is contended by those who have been instrumental in bringing the law to its present point that unless there ls some mcns of compelling an impartial eniorcement of the factory laws an injustice would be done, and especially would this be so in so far as child labor Wat concerned. It .was largely tor this reason that an increase in the inspector force has been advocated. It-is pointed out that this state has become one of the big manufacturing centers of the country and that It is sure to cost more for the enforcement of factory laws from year to year. la Now Five Years Old. The inspection department has now been in existence a little over five years, having been created by the legislature of 1897, during the term of Governor Mount, who appointed D. H. McAbee, the present inspector. The first force consisted of Mr. McAbee and one assistant, who was expected to do tne office work and keep up his end of the outside work. The law at that time was not materially different from the present one, and the inspection department did not accomplish in its first two years as much as its friends had hoped for. It did. however, demonstrate the necessity for its exist nee, and at the following, session of the legislature not much opposition was encountered in the effort to Increase the efficiency of the department. Again, at the following session, an increase was secured, but many of the members of the last legislature were of the opinion that the end had been reached. And, strange to say, the opposition did not come from the rurel districts, but from the representatives from the cities. The matter, however, will not be dropped, and an effort will be made between now and the next session of the legislature to create a public sentiment in favor of further increasing the efficiency of this department ' Results of the Law. v Through its efforts many children have been taken out of the factories, the sanitary conditions have been wonderfully improved, accidents have been reduced and In connection with the truant authorities hundreds of children hae been placed in school that would otherwise have been denied the benefits of education. The law is originally the effort of the trade union movement in this state. Such legislation was among the first asked by the State Federation of Labor, but it was not until the early '90's that a systematic effort? was made to secure its passage. In the spring of 1892 the secretary of the Indianapolis Central Labor Union secured copies of the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts factory acts and out of these original Indiana act was drafted. The late Captain Silas Shepard drew the bill, i At the meeting cf the State Federation in the same year the hill was Indorsed as v one of the measures to be put forward by the legislative committee, and was introduced at the next session of the legislature. It was defeated, as was its fate at the next session. By 1897, however, there, was a sentiment in Its favor, and it passed without as much opposition as had been anticipated. Law Has Deen a Benefit. All the opposition, however, did hot come from without the ranks of organized labor, there being some decided sentiment against it from a very few members of certain trades who tiers fearful the effect the anti-child labor section might have on their 1

trades. TL'.s G'.a not result, ana m recent years these opponents have become the most insistent on this class of legislation. That the law has proved a beneficent measure, and though in no manner perfect has sustained the claims of its advocates, the yearly reports of the inspector bear witness. And with the small force at its disposal few Mates show as good, and none better results than those achieved by the Indian department. This Is accounted for In part by the fact that politics has played but a small part In the affairs of the department, and also to the fact that the organized labor movement has at all times kept in close touch with its affairs.

IV LABOR LAWS Placed on Sta'uto Books by Republican General Assemblies. SOME VERY IMPORTANT MEASURES Which Contribute to the Betterment of the Condition of Those Who Toil Nearly All the Modern Labor Legislation New on the Statute Books of Indiana Placed There Since 1895. During the past decade of Republican control in the General Assembly nearly all the modern labor legislation now on the statute books of Indiana has been enacted. During th General Assembly of 1895, when for the first time in many years the Republican party assumed responsibility for legislation in Indiana, the law compelling streetcar companies to equip their cars with vestibules for the protection of employes was enacted. This was only a starter. In 1897 the factory Inspection and child labor laws, with its companion, the one creating the Labor Commission, received the signature of Governor James A. Mount These two measures have almost revolutionized conditions in factories, the former looking after the health, comfort and bodily welfare of employes, the banishment of children under fourteen from factories and mercantile establishments, shortening the hours of labor for them, preventing the working of women at night and in numerous other ways looking after their welfare. The labor commissioners, who might be styled a "let us get together and talk it , over committee," have accomplished a great deal, much more than the general public gives them credit for. The first of these measures was introduced at the request of the Indiana Federation of Labor. The other, as soon as Its provisions were 'understood, received its hearty support. In 1899 the legislature amended and strengthened both the factory inspection and labor commission laws; doubled the force of the former and made the latter more serviceable; Increased the salary of both commissioners and the chief inspector; passed a weekly wage law, the fire-escape law, and one concerning pleadings and proof in action for damages, which removed the burden of proof from the plaintiff and placed it on the defendant These measures met the hearty approval of the Indiana Federation of Labor and were considered their measure. In 1901 there were passed a law concerning a minimum rate of wages on public works of state, counties, cities and towns; an act regulating the handling of explosives in mines; one concerning the issuance of checks, tickets, tokens or other devices given in payment for the assignment or transfer of wages, making them payable on demand; the bak e-shop law; one protecting laborers who work on public streets, alleys," sewers and other public improvements, by compelling the contractor to give bond for the payment of wages; and one compelling convict made goods to be plainly labeled "Convict Made." '- This same year the railroad men had an act passed compelling railroads to maintain lights at street and railroad crossings, in towns, and one providing for signal lights on switches. Both of these were for the better protection of trainmen and were supported by their committee. At this session of the legislature the forces of both the mine Inspector and factory Inspector were again increased and the mine inspector's salary increased to $1,800 per annum. In 1903 there were passed the boiler Inspection law, the temporary floor law, and one compelling the inspection of naphtha and gasoline launches on inland lakes and rivers, by a competent mechanic. All of these laws were not introduced at the request of the Federation of Labor, but many of them were; however, they all received their hearty support and were recognized as being to the interest of the workmen. At this session the railroad men received a law which forbade their employment for more than sixteen hours consecutively, thus giving them eight hours rest out of twenty-four. They also secured the passage of an act compelling all railroads within the state to equip their cars with automatic couplers, continuous brakes and hand-holds. Here are eighteen distinct acts passed at the request of organized labor and the amending and strengthening of some of them at each session of the legislature. Not only has the Republican party passed these laws, but in the appointment to positions created by them they have invariably gone to the ranks of organized labor for persons to fill them. When the factory inspector and labor commissioner were to be appointed, Governor Mount gave them to men who had long been identified with organized labor, Mr. McCormack and Mr. McAbee, either of whom had had twenty-five years' experience in the active ranks of organized labor, and Governor Durbin only a short time ago reappointed these gentlemen. Mr. McAbee, in the appointment of his deputies, followed the . precedent established by Governor Mount by taking them from the ranks of practical mechanics, and all of them with one e ception were members of organized la tr. The exception wzs when he needed a man whoxa trade, that of boiler

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tender, has never been organized. , The factory Inspector's force has been increased from two to seven pareons, and there is no doubt that when the needs of the drartment require a larger force that a Republican legislature w!Il grant it, as they have that of the mine inspector. The facts are that never have the requests oi organized labor been heeded to the same extent as they have been by tne last four or five Republican general assemblies. Not every measure backed by the Federation of Labor has become a law, but if they did not it was because of an honest iifference of opinion as to the valueto workmen and the general public QUAY'S LAST FIGHT

An Interesting Incident of the Historic Statehood Struggle In tl.d Senale. "WHIPPED TO A STANDSTILL Congressman Charles O. Landis Gives the True Inwardness cf Notable Bout Between the Late Senator Quay and 6enator Lsvridge. Senator Quay's death has brnugM out many stories Dl the great Pens ylvania politician, but none If moreinteresting than one told by Representative Charles B Landls'of Delphi about the now historic statehood struggle between Quay and Senator BeverIdge ot Indiana. Mr Land Is' story hastome additional interest from the fact that it appeared in the last Issue ot the Indianapolis Journal. "Speaking of Senator Quay," said Representative Landis at the Columbia Club "reminds me that the only real defeat Quay ever suffered during: the eight years I have been in congress was at the hands of Senator Beverldge. Our junior senator tackled Quay and whipped him to a standstill. He not only did that but he made Quay admit that he was whipped. "It was when the bill for the admission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona to statehood was up for consideration. Quay had all sorts of interests In New Mexico and Arizona Including rallroaus, mines and ranches and after planting some senatorial seed which he thought would grow and ripen about the time statehood came along, he arranged for a unanimous report from the house committee on territories of a bill admitting the threeterritories. It was called the omnibus bill, and it did not take long for theleaders to discover that the bill c going through the house on a ga: The way had been prepared for r Quay having planned it all. He knew his power In tho senate, and did not think for a moment there would be any opposition there. -"Beverldge was chairman of thecommittee on territories. He held the bill back, and when Quay requested a report Beverldge replied that the committee was not ready to report, that the committee had not had time to give thev matter the consideration itdemanded. Quay was fairly consumed with indignation. He was accustomed to having his own way. and the mere thought of a young senator like Beverldge standing in his path and shaking his fist in his face almost crazed him. Quay went to Florida for two months, returned in the midst of warm weather, as congress was about to adjourn, and coolly announced that his statehood bill would pass or there would be no adjournment. Beverldge replied: 'All right we will stay hereall summer. And for several days there was as Interesting a parliamentary contest as has ever been seen In congress. Quay was mad, downright mad. He could not conceal his anger. Beverldge never lost his head. He way deference personified and the senate never before realized into what graceful sentences senatorial courtesy could be weaved until Beverldge got to assuring Quay of his esteem, his frie ' ship, his affection, his love, his ev thing except his consent that . statehood bill should pass. "When the fight started not one person In fifty in Washington but thought Beverldge was walking through a slaughter house to an open grave. Quay could not stand a summer campaign, and so a truca was agreed onv and the bill went over to the next b. sion, with the understanding that It should have the right of way. Congress adjourned and Beverldge put in the summer loading up. He visited the territories and amassed a fund or information that was astonishing. In addition he studied the history of tbeadmission of all the 'states to the Union, packed his mind with facts and' when the next session opened was ready. So was Quay. Day after dar the contest went. on. The Democrats favored statehood, knowing the threeterritories promised to be Democratic,, and that meant six additional senators. They flew to the assistance of Quay. Beverldge did not seem to need help. .Indeed, the older Republican senators, who had seen Quay do so many things in a roughshod way nd with an Iron hand, appeared to re C""" silently at the plight of the boss. had boasted of never having lost 'a battle. "I have seen Beverldge engaged In that contest with a half-dozen opponents at one time and clean them cut beautifully, put therj out of business like a trained athlete boxing with amateurs. His conduct was "simply a delight to Colonel 'Pete Hepburn, th most masterful debater In public life. His undying admiration Beverldge wott by that fight. The contest held the boards during the entire session. Quay demanding an Immediate vote, or that a day be set for a vote, and Beverldge Insisting on further time for delit;tion. consideration and discussion. Beverldge had but one goal toward which he fought and that was to fight off a vote, for he knew he was In a hopeless minority. I have never seen a greater victory won In the senate. None who was not a consummate parliamentarian and tactician could have won It It was a victory for endurance, courage and Industry. It was Quay's Ixst fight He never xnustere.1 court -8 to mcke another. In that ;bt Eaveridje made history. But for hin Nevr Utzlzo tu J Ariic.a cculi c.ihioixj ta a ttrta." . ,