Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 April 1906 — Page 1

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THE ID YMOUTH PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 190G. NO. 28 VOLUME V

THE EVIDENCE.

People Can Form Their Own Opinions of C. W. Metsker's Character. The editor of the Plymouth Democrat having published a long account of the trial of the case of the State of Indiana vs John W. Wolford, before Solomon Zehner, J. P., tried April 10th, l906, and in which article he tried to belittle the evidence of impeachment of Clay W. Metsker the publisher thereof, it may be well, in defense of the witnesses whom he seeks to upbraid, for the people to know who they are and what their evidence was, and therefore we will give the substance at least of the evidence given on that subject. The first witness called by the defense was William O'Keefe, ex-Treasurer of this county a person well known to the people, who after stating his name, residence, etc., was asked to state if he had heard the question of the truthfulness or untruthfulness of Clay W. Metsker discussed and talked about by, the citizens, of the city of Plymouth, the community in which he lives. His answer was that he had. He was then asked if he was acquainted with the general reputation of Clay W. Metsker for truth and veracity in the community in which he lived? Answer, he was. The next question was, Is that good or bad? Answer, bad. Cross examination by W. B. Hess. Question, you have had some personal difficulties with Mr. Metsker, have you not? Answer, The first trouble I had was for another person. He, Metsker, tried to beat a poor orphan boy out of his wages and it was over that and his grafting, and Mr. O'Keefe then started in to give other reasons, when Mr. L. M. Lauer, Metsker's employed attorney in the case, objected, and then Mr. O'Keefe was asked the question, Are your feelings toward Mr. Metsker friendly or unfriendly? He answered, unfriendly, but I would not do my worst enemy a wrong. I would like to give my reasons why. No further questions being asked, Mr. O'Keeefe left the stand and Peter J. Kruyer, former member of the Democrat State Central Committee, and referred to by Metsker in his article as an uncle of Wm. G. Hendricks, was called as a witness and after giving his name, residence and business, was asked the question, Have you heard the citizens of Plymouth the community in which Clay W. Metsker lives talk about and discuss the question as to his trrthfulness or untruthfulness? Answer, I have. The next question was Are you acquainted with his general reputation for veracity in the community in which he lives, based on what the people said when they talked about it? Answer, I am. Question, What is the general reputation of Clay W. Metsker for truth and veracity in the community in which he lives? Answer, bad. Cross examination by W. B. Hess. Can you name some persons you have heard say it was bad? Well I can't name all the persons, but can name some. I have heard Arthur O'Keefe, Wm. O'Keefe, William Craig. I have heard his truthfulness questioned in a business way in commissioners' court, I have heard others speak of his being untruthful. Question, How many? Oh, eight or ten. I have heard Arthur O'Keefe and Wm. Craig say they would not believe him under oath. Otto Weber was the next witness, After stating his name, residence and that he is now Deputy Auditor of Marshall county and City Clerk of the City of Plymouth and that he knew Clay W. Metsker. Question, Have you heard the question of the truthfulness or untruthfulness of Clay W. Metsker discussed and talked about in the community in which he lives? Answer, Yes. Question, Are you acquainted with his gneral reputation for truth and veracity, based upon what you have heard people say when they talked about it? Answer, Yes. Question, Is that good or bad? Answer, Bad. When asked to state who he had heard say it (meaning the reputation of C. W. Metsker was bad, answered Arthur and Wm. OK'eefe, Hoy Singrey, auditor of Marshall county, and John R. Jones, clerk of Marshall Ciruitcourt, and others whose names 1 can't remember. Albert Wickizer the next witness, stated that he had heard persons in the community in which Clay W. Metsker lived, talk about and discuss the question of the untruthfulness of C. W. Metsker, but could not say that he was acquainted with his general reputation for truth and veracity and for that reason he was not competent to state what it was. And to the same extent L. G. Ilarley stated that he had heard the question of his untruthfulness or truthfulness dis-

cussed and talked about by the citi-

zens in Metsker's community, but could not say he was acquainted with his general reputation. Harry Buck was also called as a witness but staed that he knew nothing about the reputation of C. W. Metsker for truth and veracity. John H. Harris was called as a witness and after stating his name residence and business, was asked the

Have you heard the question of Clay W. Metsker's truthfulness or untruthfulness discussed and talked about by the citizens of Plymouth, the comunity in which he lives. Answer, Yes. Next Question, Are you acquainted with the general reputation of Clay W. Metsker for truth and veracity in the community in which he lives, based on what the people say when

they talked about it? Answer, I am. Question, Is it good or bad? Answer Bad. William G. Hendricks was called as a witness and after stating his name, business etc. was asked the following questions, Have you heard the question of Clay W. Metsker's truthfulness discussed and talked about by the citizens of the community in which he lives? Answer, Yes. Next question, Are you acquainted with the general reputation of Clay W. Metsker in the community in which he lives for truth and veracity? Answer, I am. Question, Is it good or bad? Answer, It is bad. Cross examined by L. M. Lauer, attorney for Metsker. State who you have heard say it was bad. Answer, L. M. Lauer, the attorney for Metsker, Prosper Ball, Harley A. Logan the mayor ot this city, Charles McLaughlin, Samuel Parker, Moses Lauer, brother to L. M. Lauer, James Hancs, Adam E. Wise, ex-Representative of Marshall county. At this point Mr. Lauer stopped the naming of others, by asking the following question: You never heard any person say they would not believe him under oath? Answer, Yes, quite a number. You remember you and I talked about his committing perjury in an affidavit filed at the court house. We talked about his committing perjury and others talked to me about it. Alpha J. Ball, was then called as a witness and after stating his name, business etc., was asked the following question: Have you ever heard the question of Clay W. Metsker's truthfulness or untruthfulness discussed and talked about by citizens in the community in which he lives? Answer, Yes. Next question. Are you acquainted with the general reputation of Clay W. Metsker, in the community in which he lives for truth and veracity, based on what people say when they talk about it? Answer, Yes. Question, What is that reputation good or bad? Answer, Bad. On cross examination, he was asked whether he had heard as many as ten speak of it (meaning his reputaion). Said he thought he had, said he could not tell how many. This closed the evidence on that branch of the case. After Mr. Lauer for the State had occupied over one hour, in arguing the case on behalf of the State, and Mr. Martindale, defendant's attorney, a like time, Mr. Metsker asked and was granted privilege to talk, in which talk he took occasion to berate those who had impeached him and Mr. Martindale, defendant's attorney, and to laud himself for his prosperity saying among other things, that he had been honored by the people of the county by his election to represent Marshall county in the legislature of the state one term, that he therefore bought the Plymouth Democrat and had built up a prosperous business, that he is now worth $25 for every dollar Martindale is worth. Yes, Mr. Metsker was elected representative to the legislature one term, and he did so well at that term that he came back and bought the Plymouth Democrat at the price of $9,500. He went to the legislature a poor man according to his own statement and came back and was able to buy the Democrat and pay cash thereon $6500. He must have been a very active legislator and skilled in the art of making money. Let's see, he received legally $6 per day for 60 days, $360, not a very large sum with which to pay $6500. Now that he is the editor of the Democratic organ of the county, he asked the Democracy of the county to return him a second time to the legislature. Democrats who knew him were like the man said about the bed-bug. He had nothing against the bug, but it was the way the bug made his living to which he objected. They began looking for some one to beat Metsker, finally only a few days before the day fixed for the primary election, which nominated the candidate was held, Charles Lemert of Teegarden, announced his name as a candidate and the result was that out of thirty-three voting precincts of the connty, Clay W, Metsker had a majority in only one and in that precinct only 17 votes were polled. Charles Lemert, though a good man and a good legislator was not known to 10 per cent of the voters of his party at the time of his nomination over the said Clay W. Metsker. We guess the people were on to Mr, Metsker's money making proclivities and wisely retired him from public life. Every one in this city knows that Mr. Martindale's home on N Center street is worth $4,000. Metsker says he is now worth $25 to his one. That makes his property worth $90,000. Is it any wonder that the witnesses called to impeach him, so thoroughly sustained by their evidence the charg-

es that he is a grafter and an untruth-

ful man and that the Democracy relegated him to private life? Now let us see what class of men it was who impeached him. William O'Keefe, a man twice elected treasurer of Marshall county and the last time elected he was elected by over 700 majority, the largest majority ever recorded to a county officer in Marshall county, and that majority procured over the opposition of the opposing party and Clay W. Metsker. A man whose name has been prominently and favorably spoken of by his party for Treasurer of the State

of Indiana and also for the opposing candidate for Congressman from the 13th Congressional district, Otto Weber, City Clerk and deputy County Auditor, John Harris, a more honorable citizen does not live within the confines of the city, Peter J. Kruyer, who was for two terms chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee and therefore a member of the State Central committee. Alpha Ball, a member of the firm of Ball & Co., one of the oldest mercantile firms of the city and a most estimable citizen. Now let us see who are named by these impeaching witnesses as per sons whom they have heard say that Clay W. Metsker was and is untruthul. Hoy Singrey, present County auditor, John R. Jones, present county clerk, Hon. Daniel McDonald, L M. Lauer, Metsker's attorney, Moses Lauer, his brother, Prosper Ball, brother to Alpha Ball, Harley A. Logan, mayor of the city of Plymouth, Charles McLaughlin, proprietor of The Phoenix Cigar Store, Samuel Parker, all know Sam; James Hanes, freight clerk Penn. Co.; Adam E. Wise, a man who was twice elected to the legislature by the people of Marshall county and unlike Metsker, he returned no richer than when he was elected, but with that which is far more valuable than riches, an honorable name. Mr. Metsker is in his article gives the names of the following persons whom he says would have sustained him if asked so to do and leaves the impression that he had them all subpoenaed, P. O. Jones, Theo. Cressner, Senator Parks, Ben M. Seybold, J. D. McCoy, Clarence Slayter, R. C. Kloepfer, Wm. F. Young. Mayor H. A. Logan, S. N. Stevens, David E. Snyder, John R. Jones, D. C. Knott and Councilman Guy Baker. Why was it that he put none of them on the stand? The legal presumption, Judge Hess said in his argument is, that he could find no one who would so testify because he had the opportunity and did not do so. Judge Hess made this statement comparing the impeachment of Metsker to the evidence of Wolford, who had failed to testify though he had the opportunity, that he did not play cards as charged in the affidavit, claiming in his argument that when a man failed to prove that which he had a right to prove and which would have been to his advantage, the presumption invariably is that he can make no proof. The facts are that not one of the men named would have dared to take the stand and sustain his reputation or truth, in the face of what they knew, the facts to be against him. The facts are that he did not have either S. N. Stevens, D. E. Snyder, H. A. Logan, Mr. Guy Baker, J. R. Jones, D. C. Knott subpoenaed and not one of them would have sworn that his reputation for truth was good. Why H. A. Logan and John R. Jones are persons by the witness named, who say his reputation is bad, and that fact stands undisputed. Even his own counsel L. M. Lauer did not dare take the stand and sustain his reputation. Well he knew the awkward questions he would have to answer did he try the experiment. He would have had to explain what the witness W. G. Hendricks and he were discussing regarding Metsker's perjury at the court house. Did he commit perjury? It is very evident that Mr. Lauer did not dare take the stand and say he did not. Oh, it is an old dodge, to say, I could have proven it, if I had thought it necessary. My God! is a man's reputation for truth and veracity of so little importance, that he does not care to sustain it, when it is inpugned by at least a score of the best citizens of the city? Well men who go to the legislature poor, serve 60 days and return and purchase expensive property to the extent of $9500 can't be expected to have a very high appreciation of spotless reputation. Poor Metsker. So Metsker has found a gentleman to sign a testimonial for him stating that his "business relations have always been pleasant and satisfactory." We venture the assertion that in the nine years Metsker has been in Plymouth this gentleman has not paid him the sum of $1.50, and therefore could not come within the grasp of the grafter. Now if the Honorable (?) gentleman will get one out of the score of newsboys whom he has defrauded in sums ranging from 3 to 90 cents to state that their relations have always "been pleasant and satisfactory" we will apologize to the gentleman and take back everything we have said about him excepting of course the four charges of perjury---two at $3.00 each and two in his attempt to convict two men for "bumping his noodle" and his various at- tempts to defraud the county, township and city treasuries. R. B. Long of Leesburg, spent a few days of the past week in this

vicinity.

Metsker. The Honorable (?) in his paper Wednesday says that Mr. Lauer denied ever having expressed himself derogatory to Metsker. We doubt very much if Mr. Lauer ever made such a statement because less than a month ago Mr. Lauer before the city council denounced Metsker and

intimated that he was a grafter. Mr. Lauer is in a position to know that Metsker is a perjurer for he himself was called to the witness stand a few weeks ago in the case of the state of Indiana vs Wm. K. Corbin in which Metsker committed perjury, Lauer's testimony flatly contradicting that of the little editor. As to Mayor Logan's statement we can recall the time and place if necessary when Mr. Logan by prefixing an oath declared that Metsker was a LIAR. Mr. Logan was not on the witness stand Wednesday when he was talking to Metsker. The Tribune charges the Horrible Clay W. Metsker, ex-member of the Indiana legislature, ex-speaker in the Methodist church with being a perjurer. See Commissoner's record O page 485, see L. M. Lauer's testimony in the case of state of Indiana vs W. K. Corbin. Metsker testified in this case that Corbin never spoke a word to him but sneaked up behind him and struck him. Lauer testified that Corbin did speak to Metsker and told what he said. See James A. Gilmore's testimony in the Zehner farce comedy trial on April 10th. We charge the little editor with being a grafter. See any bill he files under oath with the county commissioners, with the city council and with the various township trustees; also refer to City attorney L. M. Lauer's speech before the city council in which he advised the council not to allow a portion of Metsker's bill. We charge him with being a selfconfessed law breaker. See Justice of the Peace Molter's record page, 244, Metsker fined $5.00 and costs. The presence of troops finally cowed the lynching mob at Springfield, Mo. Several ring-leaders were arrested and 100 persons will probably be indicted.

LIKE GETTING A LETTER FROM HOME. Outonalimbville, April 12, 1503. My Dear Brother: ;- - . - I see by the Plymouth papers that a number of good citizens have testified that your reputation for truth and veracity was not gocd. The letter that you sent here for me to sign did not imply that you would continue in your, old habits. I sincerely hoped that you were in earnest or I certainly would not have signed that letter. How about brother? I learned through a friend that he had won something like $24.00 in a twenty-five cent limit. Oh, what a shame. Can you not induce him to reform (like you did) so that I may sign a similar letter for him? Affectionately, ' Your loving Sister.

(J) -fZrJj rj ; vr. Easter Dance. About seventy couples attended the Easter dance given . by Miss Dora Fogle in the opera house Monday evening. A feature of the evening was a competition for a prize to be award ed to the best couple. The judges, S. N. Stevens, James H. Thayer and Moses Lauer, had a very difficult task to decide. They finally decided and awarded the prize to Mr. Eckerman of South Bend and Miss Effie Conger. Those present from out of town were Messrs. Eckman, Klingel, Losey, Clark, Coil and Miss ' Nellie Wheeler of South Bend, Messrs. Miller, Wiles and Sells, of Chicago, Mr. Starr of Ft. Wajne, Prof. Tebay, Messrs.- Carpenter and Norton of Inwood, Chas. Miller of Bremen, Miss Margaret Campbell of Shelbyville and Earl and Gertrude Twomey of Bour bon. The music was furnished by Tanner and Soice. Resolution is Killed. Representative Abraham Lincoln Jrick's resolution providing for the riming of 10,000 copies of the Decaration of Independence and biograhies of its signers in book form has cen killed by the house committee n printing of which Representative Charles B. Landis is chairman. Death was administered by the soft nd sophoric process known 'as mothering. Landis claims that the reatment accorded Brick's resolution oes not by any means indicate that he committee regards the Declaraion of Independence as obselete or hat it has any lack of veneration for he immortal instrument of freedom, t is merely a step in the direction of olding down the printing bill, he ays. South Bend Tribune. Easter in Plymouth. Easter at the churches in Plymo-itl was very appropriately and fully observed and every church in the city was crowded. The weather was so cold and threatening that Easter hats and dresses were not very much in evidence, but the decorations inside where all was warmth and beauty were never more appropriate than last Sunday and the sermons and Sunday school exercises, the anthems and everything reminded people of the risen Saviour, and were the most inspiring and impressive ever known in this city.

MARRIED.

At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manuwal, four miles east of Plymouth, Earl R. Barts and Miss Olive L. Grossman were united in marriage by Rev. J. S Keppel at noon on Easter day. A number of guests were present, among them being the parents, grand parents and near relatives of the bride and groom. Immediately after the ceremony and many congratulations, a bountiful wedding dinner was served. The bride was the popular teacher in the Berkey school, district No. 9, during the last year, while the groom is a prosperous clerk in a grocery in Bremen. The happy couple will immediately take up their residence in Bremen, where they will be at home to their host of friends. An Easter Suggestion. Representative McDermont of New Jersey, in a recent speech in congress made the suggestion that the Russian church might at once stoA the persecution of Jews by simply proclaiming the fact that Jesus was himself a Jew, born of a Hebrew mother, taught and teaching in Hebrew synagogues, and crucified not by Hebrews but by tjie Romans. His sug gestions are along the' line of Dr. Hirsch's argument in his recent elo quent address in South Bend, and if acted upon in good faith would doubt less produce the result predicted by the eloquent New Jersey congressman. South Bend Times. . Says Dowie is Crazy. 'Rev. George Lambert, of Elkhart, has returned from Chicago and Zion City, where he went out of curiosity to visit the place which has recently been the subject of so much talk. He was surprised at the excellent condition in which he found Dowie's town. Rev. Lambert is of the opinion that Dowie's mind has been unsound for several years. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many kind friends for assistance, sympathy and loving kindness during the illness of Miss Rose Haslanger at Port Huron and the funeral services here. Our especial thanks are extended to the choir. Mther and Children. 05 i'i Ü Ü Ü . - r fV MORTUARY. Mrs. Phoebe Clarke. Mrs. Phoebe Clarke, who has made her home in this city with her sister, Mrs. John S. Bender, for the past sixteen years, died Good friday morning at 1 o'clock aged 81 years. She was the daughter of James Houghton, one of two brothers who came from England and settled in Rush county, Ind., and came from that county to this section of country in 1836. Thomas Houghton of Culver, is her brother, and she was a cousin of the Houghton brothers and Mrs. Horace Corbin who were among the early settlers of Plymouth. She had been an invalid for maiiy years and for the past seven years had been confined to her room most of the time. Her husband died at Winamac about twenty years ago and the remains will be taken to that place for interment. Refuses to Be Ousted. W. G. Hendricks, editor of the Plymouth Tribune, whose election as chairman of the Republican central committee of Marshall county in January precipitated a factional fight which culminated in a meeting of the committee two weeks ago called and presided over by John L. Moorman of this city, district chairman, at which Mr. Hendricks was uncermoniously kicked out of tie committee, refuses to accept the ousting meekly. In fact he vigorously denies that he was legally ousted, and "comes back" with some pretty hard jolts at Mr. Moorman and others who are attempting to put him out of busi-ness.---Starke County Democrat. Speech Creates a Stir. President Roosevelt has created a great stir among members of Cong ress by the declaration in his speech Saturday in favor of a tax on inheri tances. Many Republican congress men do not take kindly to his sug gestion, believing it would be a long step in the direction of socialism. As a rule the Democratic congressmen applauded the President's doctrine. 'I am glad the President blazed the way for an inheritance tax," said Rep resentative Fred Landis, "a good many conservative and reliable men are thinking along the same line."

THE STATE CONVENTION.

Keynote . Sounded and Platform Arranged by Committee. The Republican convention convened at Indianapolis at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Congressman Brick was made temporary chairman and delivered his keynote speech. The principal points were as follows: Every man beneath the flag, be he rich or poor, who is willing to think holds in his hand the scepter of a ruler. America expects every man to do his duty. We (the people) are the, govern ment and if we make a. mistake the fault is ours. rixperienc is the little red school house ot man's best intelligence. The cottage by the wayside is the watch-tower and citadel of the nation, Born oi a sublime idea, for half a century our historic party has advanced with giant tread upward in a career of unparrelleled usefulness an stately-eminence. Whatever difficulties have been sur mounted, whatever prestige has come to the stars and stripes, whatever increase has been added to our wealth, whatever dignity ' has distinguished, whatever growth has expanded the nation, all, all has been achieved by the intelligence, individuality and pat riotism of the American people through the leadership of the Republican party. A country has never been and never can be prosperous except when labor is adequately rewarded and in this country labor never has been ad equately rewarded, except when we have had a protective tariff. Of all the world and every country in it the genius and industry of our citizenship, reinforced by our resour ces and marshalled by- our political polices, have been incomparably the beit. What the Republican party has done, what it is doing and what it proposes to do are an ample guarantee of what it will do in the future. Labor enters into and holds up everything. It is the backbone of the nation. The genius and industry of our peo ple have outstripped all bounds and we have a surplus everywhere. The savings bank is the home of infinite thrift, the strong box of. the men who toil. They have more than $3,000,000,000 deposited there today, aud that is $1,000,000,000 more than '.hey had in 1896 when 3,000,000 laboring mJn were pleading for work and tramping the streets starving for food. . The grand aggregate of farms of all classes, the increased value of the last few years, amounting to the enor mous sum of $0,133,000,000. The Republican party is the pioneer of progress and the guardian of protection. We musn revise the tafiff schedule as to particular items to meet the evolution of commercial activity. The device of railroads rebates is the life crippling, death dealing arm of organi2ed oppression. No state in the union can point to a more-splendid development of industrial and mental prosperity thn Indiana. At a meeting of the Thirteenth dif-j trict delegates at the state house ati 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. El mer Crockett of South Bend, was elected one of the vice-presidents ofj the state convention; M. 11. Summey of Kosciusko county, was named as I a member of' the comittee on rules and permanent organization, A. E. Darling of Elkhart county, was plac ed on the credentials committee, and George H. Thayer of Marshall coun ty, on resolutions. M. L. Essick of Fulton county, was named assistant secretary of the convention. Congressman Charles B. Landis was chosen permanent chairman of tin convention and Edward Hancock of Brookvillr, permanent secretary. The platform as agreed upon by leaders of the party and presented to the resolutions committee dwelt at length upon state issues, indorsed President Roosevelt's administration, Vice President Fairbanks' conduct of. his office, the Indiana senators and representatives and included the following planks: ' We favor the national regulation of railroaa" rates in such manner as to insure equality of service to all upon just and reasonable terms. Such regulation must be effected so as to operate justly upon the shippers, the common carriers and the bod.y of tht people. .We adhere to the time honored Republican doctrine of protection. The 'Republican party, the friend of the protective policy through good and evil report, can be trusted to make changes in tariff schedules whenever more than evil will result. We recognize reciprocity as the handmaiden of protection and favor such reciprocity arrangements with other nations as will increase our foreign trade without injury to American industry. We favor the enforcement of all laws enacted to protect the people against the encroachments of combined capital. We realize that capital must combine in a lawful way successfully to conduct our modern industries and commerce and ve believe in protecting it in its legitimate functions. We indorse the action of President Roosevelt in rigidly enforcing the an titrust law placd upon the statute books of the United States by the Republican party. We heartily approve the efforts of

the Republican party in the con

struction of the Panama canal. This work of world-wide interest will in due time be accomplished through the statesmanship of the Republican par ty. . We favor the enactment of a law fixing the maximum railroad passen ger rate at 2 cents a mile on all railroads operating within the- state. The present state administration from its inception has stood for the wise enactment of laws and the fearless enforcement of laws enacted. It has been and is characterized by jealous regard for the tax-paying public and for the promotion of high standards in the administration of public affairs. The administration will long be remembered by reason of the fidelity and sturdy integrity of Governor J. Frank Hanly, whose administration we most heartily and unreservedly , commend and indorse. Indiana Republican Results. The Republican party of Indiana is now squarely before the voters with its record of achievements, its promises of performance, and its can didates for office.. The speeches of the public men and officers in attend ance, the formulation' of ' the principles and purposes of the party in the platform, and the selection of men for the administration of affairs in our state combine to prove the safety to the people of trusting affairs still fur ther in the hands of that party. The discussion in the speeches and in the platform of national policies and intents of the party was fitting because the state elects thirteen men to represent it ' in congTess of the United States. What the , Republi cans in congress have done, and what is their relation to the chief questions at present before the country and likely to come before it within two years are of interest to the voters of this state. The relation of the party to the principle of protection is especially timely and interesting, and the announcement by tue temporary chairman, Congressman Brick, that the party stands unreservedly for the principle of protection, but that shift ing conditions and enlarged prosper ity suggest and possibly demand .a modification of the application of that principle through a revision of the tariff schedule meets the emphatic en dorsement of the majority of the leaders of the party. Even Congressman Landis, the permanent chairman of the convention, in his able and characteristic defense of the Dingley law, confessed that he was wedded to the principle and not to the schedule, while not admitting directly that he was in favor of modifying the latter. Regarding state affairs the tittcrances of the party in its platform, the endorsement of the enforcement of law for the protection f the interests of the people the emphasis on such acts of Governor Hanly as show his honest purpose to administer the af fairs of the state to the correction of dishonesty, to the encouragement of higher citizenship and to the economical adjustment of all internal af fairs of the state, the tribute to the progress which we have made in the care of the dependants upon society, the statement of the fiscal affairs, and .i t . .. . me reduction ot debt, the desire, for conservation of the material 7y,ces for the progress of the whole people, for the progress of the who!e people. the wise promise for such legislation as is based upon necessities and prog ress, all seem to meet the require ments of party statement and the de mands of the people and the time. hlkhart Review. Indiana's Republican Party. The Republican state convention at Indianapolis did its' work well: Ev erybody, including each defeated canJiuate, is suited .with the action ol ihe convention everybody is atUied. The speeches were good, the platform is splendid, the candidates are magnificent. What more could be asked? No great question was ignord. The party's future is simply to be judged by the party's past. That's all the leaders ask; that is all the peo ple can ask. That is all the times demand. The Republican party of Indiana is alert, active, progressive. As Senator Beveridge says: "The real leader leads. He stands for things. He represents causes. He is the spokesman of principles, the fearless doer of deeds which events command him to perform. The Republican par ty has won all its vast victories as the champion of progressive liberty. It must wm its future victories-as the champion of progressive liberty. It must always be the here-and-now par ty, the up-to-date party, the party of conservative advance." Impartial Justice. Greene and Gaynor, the New York contractors who through the conniv ance of Captain Carter, as engineer in charge, defrauded hte government out of large sums of money in the improvements of Charleston harbor, have just been found guilty and sen tenced to imprisonment for four years and a half and a fine of $575,000, the amount of the embezzlement. Cap tain Carter is already undergoing im prisonment for his part of the trans action, but Greene and Gaynor fled to Canada and fought off extraditfon for several years. The fact that at last they are to be punished is gratifying proof that it is no longer the woman who steals at loaf of bread for her starving children that feels the heavy hand of the law. The rich ras cal is receiving as impartiil justice as

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Martial Law Declared in Springfield io Jfrevent a Race War. A mob broke into the jail at Springneid, Aiis&ouri Saturday night hanged and roasted three negroes who are uow said to be innocent. This of course aroused the colored people of liie city. and liaster was the most exciting and gloomy day ever kiown in Springfield. Sunday night seven companies of state troops and 200 special deputy sheriffs were patrolling the streets to prevent an outbreak of a desperate race war. The enmity toward the negroes which actuated a mob of several thousand men, women and boys to break into thcjail Sunday ni;at and lynch and burn three blacks, was not satisfied by the tragedy, and so threatening was the situation that the authorities of the city and county uni ted in an appeal to Governor Folk to send the militia. In striking contrast to the spirit cf violence and defiance of the law, was the attitude taken by the prominent men of the city, who united in a demand that the leaders of the ccb be punished. They declared that ths lynching and burning of Horace Duncan and James Copeland, accused cf assualting Mabel Edraondson, a white wemun, and William Allen, charged with the murder of O. P. Rouark, an aged man, was a blot on the n-me cf the city, which must be tviped out. At the same time efforts were xnadt to recapture the fourteen prisoners, who were liberated when the jail tzs broken into and four were taken during the day. The authorities assert that Copeland and Duncan were innocent. This is the general belief. ' The demand of the peace-loving section of the population was prcrtly seconded by Governor Folk, v.ho took quick action to prosecute th; leaders of the mob. He authorized the offering of a reward of '223, the limit allowed by the law, for the ar rest and Aonvittion of members of the mob, and insfucted Assistant Atter- , ney, General Gentry to proceed here at once and aid the grand jury cf Grene county in ferreting out and . punishing the leading lawbreakers. Prosecuting Attorney Roscoe Pat terson and Sherriff Horner are txii to have secured the names cf mere than 100 men who took part in the lynching. The horrible conditions "ctrrtJ ly Upton Sinclair in his r.vd "TL-a Jungle," as exis.ing in Chicago meat packing bouses led the President to order a special inspection of these places, the charge that the reg dar official inspectors are corrupt and connive at the sale of diseased meats affording excuse for such proceedings. These special ;nspectorst after an investigation lasting several weeks, report, that the conditions described do not exist, and that they failed to ver ify a single important statement made in the book. It is now up to the New York publishers to come forward and give testimony, they having stat ed at the time the novel was issued that they had verified all its asser tions. A Surprise Pzrty. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hammond were given a tarewell surprise by about forty members of the Reformed church and a number of other friends, a half hundred or more all told, Mon day night, and were presented with set of silver spoons, knives and Jorks, and given the best wishes of all for 'success in their new home at Rochester, N. Y. The family has resided here over fifteen years, Mr. Hammond bein one of the leading employes of the basket factory, and Plymouth is sorry to lose them, but glad that Mr. Ham mond has secured a good position in a factory at Rochester. High Hark in Immraticn. New York, April 15. A new high water mark in the- tide of American immigration will be set when the aliens who arrived in this port today on European steamships and those due tomorrow on eight big ships which are expected to pass in Sandy Hook before nightfall, have been permitted to land on United States soil On the vessels which arrived today were 11,839 immigrants. The steamers due tomorrow are expected to add at least a like. number to the army of Europeans seeking rew homes in this country. Origin of "Slave. The word "slave" which is happily used seldom unless metaphorically in this country, is a word of brilliant historical antecedents; Its original, the Russian "slava," means glorious, and is the title of that race which subsumes the Russian people. But when the Germans reduced hosts of the Slavs to servitiude, . their name, from malice or accident, as Gibbon says, became synonymous with "ser vice Golden Veddisj. . Several persons here have received invitations to the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rice at Indianpolis next Monday. Mr., Rice yj.s the engineer who surveyed the L. E. Cz W. railway from Peru to Mi'hijan City and he and his wife were mar ried in Plymouth April 23, 1S15. They resided here until 1C3 when t:ey went to Indianapolis vhich has czr.ta been ; their kmc

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