Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 November 1906 — Page 1

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CHAIRMANSHIP CASE.

Election Commissioners Hear Evidence Showing That Hendricks Has Not Been Removed. The Republican chairmanship contest was taken up by the election commissioners Thursday morning m order that both sides might be lull heard before deciding the position and emblems of tickets on the ballot. . The board was organized with William Everly as president anu John R. Jones secretary. Francis Manon Burkett, the other member o the board was also present matcin the board complete. Attorney John W. Parks appeared for Garn and Charles Kellison and L M. Lauer for Hendricks. All witnesses were sworn by John R. Jones. VV. G. Hendricks was on the stanu over two hours and presented all tlu facts in the case showing that he was legally elected, had been recognized as the legally elected chairman by State Chairman Goodrich and District Chairman Moorman, that his elction was made unanimous on motion of Lewis Hess, his opponent, after the ballot was taken at tne regular meeting for the organization 01 the county committee in Kuhn's h?."i Saturday, January 13, 1906 he having received 18 votes to 6 for Mr. Hess. Pie showed that no charges had ever been preferred against him, that he had been given no notice of any intention to attempt to remove him and that no attempt had been made to remove him at any meeting ot the committee regularly called in accordance with the usages of the party in this county during the past twentyfive years. He stated that at the regular meeting in January Condie M. Parks was elected secretary; N. P.. Aspinali vice chairman and Clarence Slayter treasurer,' all by acclamation and that none of these officers had been removed C M. Parks, J. M. Black, Samuel D. Medbourn, Frank Garn, John A. McFarlin, Homer H. Bonham, Francis Marion McCrory, John W. Siders and-Clarence M. Slayter al corroborated Mr. Hendricks as to the usages of the party and the irrgulanty of the attempt to remove the chairmn. ' - Mr. Hendricks also showed that he had received no notice of any meeting of the state committee to consider the chairmanship case. That a communication' from State Chairman Goodrich dated March 14, was mailed to him from Warsaw. (This letter was admitted in evidence). This was after Hendricks had. been acting as chairman two months and. more than a month after the pretended election of Garn in February. During all this time Mr. Hendricks had been allow ed to act as chairman and all delegates to the congressional convention which met at Warsaw, from this county were selected under a call issued by him. When District Chairman Moorman called a meeting for Marh 24. to elec a chairman, he was given no notice, but he filed a protest against the pro ceeding as irregular and illegal. Mr. Garn's witnesses were examined Friday. District Chairman Moor man was placed on the witness, stand to prove that the state committee had decided that Hendricks was le gaily removed before the notice of his removal-was sent out by Chairman Goodrich, but he testified or oath that so. far as hr knew no meeting of the state committee had considered the case before March 14, when the state chairman sent Mr. Hendricks the notice am! that the state committee as a whole had not been informed of the confer lion in Marshall county. He stated that he was ordered by the state chairman to call the meeting held at the Grand hotel March 24, to elect a chairman and corroborated Mr. Hendricks in almost every particular He proved a far better witness fo Hendricks than for Gam. Bert Hand who was secretary of rump meeting held February 3, to remove Hendricks, testified that he di ? not know much about it, that S. K Boys was allowed to wri'e up the proceedings as he chose. It sejmcd from his statement that he wa only the nominal secretary of the meeting, allowing his name to J signed to any statement of the proceedings the chief plotters and d's rupters of the party might choose to send out. F. E. Garn, the pretended chairman, was placed on the stand, but it was soon apparent that he is a mere figure head, a cats-paw in the hands of others and knows nothing aboul what was done before or since he has been pretending to be the chairman of the Republican party of Marshall county. He admitted that a number of committeemen had been removed by his followers without giving them any notice but he did not know when where or how it was done. ' It was really pitiable to have this condition of the Republican party shown to the people of Marshall county. S. E. Boys was on the stand and admitted that he was almost the whole thing in the Garn organization. although he holds no official posi'ion He said he wrote the resolutions presented by J. F. Behmer for the removal of W. G. Hendricks, February 3, and made many other admissions of like character. None of the Garn witnesses denied ,any of the irregu!arities proven by Hendricks' witnesses. The evidence was conclusive that 'so far as the state committee is concerned Goodrich decided the matter before he referred it to the state

committee and a statement over his own signature was in evidence that a chairman of a committee is not a member of a committee and can only exfeut; the orders of the committee. If every Republican of Marshall county had been present at this trial before the commissioners there would not be a corporal's guard to follow the bolters. Attorneys Kellison and Parks argued the case Saturday morning and the commissioners, began their analysis of it in the afternoon.'

Inheritance Tax Law. Will am L. Taylor, former Attorney General of Indiana, and Congressman Overstreet addressed a Republican meetir.g in the town hall at Brightwood Thursday night. They had a big crowd. Mr. Taylor's theme was "What the Republican party has done for the laboring man." Among the things he spoke about was the proposition to enact a law providing for an inheritance tax. On this subject he said: "Inheritance tax laws are nothing new. They are a9 old as the Roman empire. These laws exist in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Sweden and England. England has had the inheritance tax law for more than 120 years. Seventy millions of dollars this year will come into Engand's treasury from this one rource. It will be enough to maintain Jl of the expenses of her vast and increasing navy. "Inheritance tax laws are not new in this country. Eighteen states of the Union have adopted the system in one form or another. For eighty consecutive years Pennsylvania ha profited by this law. It has been the law of New York for more than twenty years. The great states of Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, lllincis, Minnesota and California have followed Pennsylvania. Indiana almost alone of the great Northern States of the Union, lags at the rear. Four years ago in my nnal report as Attorney-General I urged and recommended to the Governor and the Legislature the passage of an inheritance tax law. I did not stop. there. I wrote a bill and had it introduced in the Legislature. I went before the committees of the Senate and House. The bill passed both bodies. "It went to the Governor and was vetoed because of clerical errors in the enrolled bill. I shall write another law and have it introduced inthe coming legislature-and shall work for its passage. I believe in such a law I believe in th justice of such a law. I know of no law for the collection of revenue so just as the inheritance tax law. It is not a tax upon property. It is not an income tax. No living man pays the tax. It is simply :oll that the State takes while property is passing from the dead ances for to the living heir. It never is paid but once. It is a toll which the State takes as property devolutes from the dead to the living. "I believe in a progressive, inheritance tax law, one that increases the percentage as the estate increases Time and again these laws have been assailed. They have gone through the furnace and fire. The Supreme Court of the United Sta'es again and Tgain has been called upon to d terTiine their constitutionality and val idity, but approved of their most righteous provisions. To Provide State Farm, It was announced, at Indianapolis Thursday that the commission ap.ointed by the governor in accordance with a joint resolution passed by tho !a general assembly for the purose of investigating tuberculosis conditions in the state, will make the -ecommendation to the next general assembly that a state farm for the rure. of tuberculosis be established The commission appointed is now a work on a bill that will be offered and fought for in the 1907 legislature The plans as matured now include the expenditure of perhaps $100,000. This money is to be used to buy about 200 acres of good land, änd to provide for what buildings are necessary. Th' intention of the present commission 's that this will make provision for about 300 patients to begin with150 male and 150 female. "It will probably be recommended that the" younger of those suffering from the disease be treated first," saM one in touch with the commission. "The incipient cases among the youn? -eople can be cured, and right here i ' Indiana. They are the ones that should receive the first care of the state in the proposed farm." Taxing of Wealth. If an inheritance tax and an income tax are to be proposed, why aim at those gigantic accumulations of capital which are generally disliked because of the character of their owners, and not at all the obscure millionaires, such as most Americans would like to be, who enjoy the opportunities and protection of the law? The taxation of wealth as such through income and inheritance taxes should begin somewhere above the point of subsistence and reasonable thrift, and be graduated so that th? millionaire or multi-millionaire be not the exception or victim of a rule but an incident in a system. These taxes should be imposed upon large fortunes not as a penalty as though for wrong-doing but as a matter of justice, because great wealth implies extraordinary rights and unusual obligations. New York World.

Bryan on Dreams. In his speech at . Plymouth W. J. Bryan said: "Democratic ideas have not grown because I advocated them but have grown because I have advocated Democratic ideas. I owe infinitely more to Democratic ideas than Democratic ideas will ever owe to mc. "I am glad therefore, to bring you a word of encouragement, and the character of my address is determined somewhat by an address that was made by Senator Beveridge in my home city of Lincoln, Neb. He visited our city not long ago and made a brilliant speech, and a part of it was devoted to me as a resident of Lincoln. He said many nice things about me, for which I am duly grateful. But, after having carefully considered my case ,he decided that I was a dreamer, while the President was a doer of things. "Well, when I first read the speech it did not make a deep impression on me, but I learned afterward Governor Cummins called mc a dreamer, and then that Speaker Cannon called me a dreamer, and then that Governor Hanly called me a dreamer. "The Bible says that by the testimony of two or three witnesses a truth may be established, and I am afraid that with four prominent men testifying solemnly before public officers that I am a dreamer I may be found guilty, and rather than put my denial against the testimony of such men I have decided to plead guilty and justify it-; So I have commenced to look up the subject of dreams and dreamers, and I find that one poet, I think it was John Boyle or Riley, said that the dreamer lives forever, while the toiler dies in a day.' But, my friends, sometimes poets speak with poetic license, and I never liked to found my case entirely on a quotation from a poet. So whenever I get into a real tight place I always go back to the . Bible and see what authority I can find there And I fin.d the Bible speaks of dreams and of dreamers, and I have made a careful investigation, and so far as I have been able to find, the most prominent dreamer mentioned in the Bible was Joseph. His brothers called him a dreamer." When o:ie day his father sent him to visit his brothers while they kept their flocks in Douthan they saw him coming, and they said, 'Here comes .he dreamer," and they plotted to kill him. And then they decided, instead of killing him, that they would put him in a pit and say that some aninal slew him, and then, when some

mrchants came along, they said, "We will sell himto the merchants, and the merchants took Mm down into F.gypt, and after a while his broihers went down and got corn of the dreamer. "And, my friends, I have always thought that it was good in Joseph to let them have the corn. I have been looking the matter up, and I am not sure, but what the Democrats have been dreaming some, and now hey are prepared to furnish the corn Congressman at Bourbon. It seems from, the report of the meeting at Bourbon, as given by the News-Mirror, that Congressman Bri:k does not want to ally himself with the bolters of this county as the Chronicle and the bolters claim. He ave them the cold shoulder at Bourbon and evidently believes their support is hurting him in the district The News-Mirror gays: "Congressman Brick was here last Friday night and addressed a nice crowd of Republicans and several Democrats. His talk was character ied by reference to the fulfilled prom ises of the party he represents and and an appeal to go to the polls the nth of November' and vote.' Messrs. Sheppard, Garn, Boys, Kcssinger an'' Ramsey were on the rostrum with him and the audience was dissapoint d that they were not called on fc remarks,, especially Mr. Sheppard the nominee for auditor on the Re publican ticket, for he is scrapping hard for his success at the polls Frank Martin, candidate for clerk and Jones Grant, candidate for re election for treasurer were also present. Death of Mrs. Weireiter. Mrs. Katherine Weireiter died sud denly at her home on Sophia street early Sunday morning aged 77 years , Deceased was born in German)', came with her husband and family to New York over 40 years ago and from that city came to P!ymou!h in August 1860 and for over 37 yearsthis city was her home. Her husband, John Weireiter, died fourteen years ago. She was a member of the German. Evangelical church of this city, was a good wife mother, neighbor and friend. She leaves seven children living They are George and Mary of this city, John of Chicago, Mrs. M. Has langer of South Bend Mrs, Weidmann, Mrs. Reese and Mrs. Ketz berger of Indianapolis. Funeral at the German church iv this city at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Goffner of th;German Lutheran church of South Bend; interment at Oak Hill. Landis Says 60,000. Congressman Charles B. Landisays that, after six weeks of hard work in the present campaign and after study of conditions all over-the state, he is convinced tint Indiana will give a Republican majority of a least GO,ooo

Marriage of a Former Plymouth Girl. The announcement by Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Reed of the marriage of their daughter, Myrtle Reed to Mr. James Sydney McCullough, all of Chicago, has been received in Plymouth. The Reeds were residents of this place twenty-five years ago, Mr. Reed having brought the "Restitution" here and during his residence of several years was its editor, and he also preached for the Advent church. Since then they have resided in Chicago where Miss Myrtle Reed, the bride, has developed into one of the best writers of fiction in this country. Shuman, the Chicago Rec-ord-Herald's book reviewer, writing from New York this week, says: "Myrtle Reed---or should we say Mrs. McCollough now?---is one of the Chicago authors whose books are the largest "sellers" on the lists of their several publishers. G. P. Putnam's Sons are especially pleased with the reception of her latest, "A spinner in the Sun," calling attention to the significant fact that every new story from her pen commands a wider audience than the one before." Another significant fact is, that her royalties on the books she has already written and published by the Putnams are larger than any other author except President Roosevelt. Her many friends in Plymouth send her hearty greetings and earnest wishes for her present, future and everlasting happiness.

Death of Mrs. David Reynolds. Mrs. Ellen D. Reynolds, wife of David Reynolds, died suddenly at her home in the south part of this city, Wednesday afternoon, October 24, aged 83 years. Her husband is blind and is in his 89th year. The old couple were never blessed with a large amount of this world's goods, but they had a large stock of Christian fortitude and trust in God and while Mr. Reynolds has been blind for a quarter of a century and his wife often sick, they remained together caring for each other as best they could until parted by death. Mrs. Reynolds, had not been well for years, but she prepared dinner Wednesday as usual, washed the dishes, put the house in order as best she could, and then, about three o'clock, was stricken probably with neuralgia of the heart and lived only a few minutes. Deceased was born in the state of New York and has, we believe, no children living. Henry Reyonlds of this city is her step-son and she has nephews, nieces, one sister and some other relatives besides her husband. She had been almost all her life a member of the Methodist church and was known as a good woman. Funeral services at the residence at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, interment at Oak Hill cemetery. A Dull Campaign. Word comes from all direc.ions that political affairs are dull. Both of the dominant parties are exceed ingly languid. The contest undojbt edly will inure to the benefit of th. party that gets out its fullest vote. Secretary Shaw returned to Washington the fore part of the week and in conversation with a newspaper man remark4: "I never saw such lethargy before There is not much interest in politics anywhere. I am not able to say whether this implies splely to Repub licans, but I am inclined -to think it does not. The audiences are smaller than ever before. Th people are bus with their own affairs and evidently do not want to be bothered about pol itici. "I found this particularly true in Ohio and Indiana, and in other State weit of the Allegany mountains There is more interest, of course in New York and Pennsylvania, but tak ing the country as a whole, the cam pa:gn is not attracting any attention.' A Stab at A. L. Brio'c It seems that Goodrich, Moorman, Boys & Co., hired Louis Ludlow to write an article for the Indianapolis Str.r of Friday, Oct. 20, abusing W. G. Hendricks and the regular Repub lican party of Marshall county; but while Mr. Ludlow was doing the job he was paid for, he, being a Democrat, could not desist irom giving Congressman Brick a sly stab under the ribs. Ludlow says the people are begin nlng to appreciate Brick at what he is worth and he will have a plurality of very near 1500 votes. Mr. Brick hada plurality of very near 7000 votes two years ago and now the man hired by the gang to abuse Hendricks says the reopl; are beginning to appreciate Brick at what he is worth and his majority will be 5,500 less than it was two years ago. When the bolters hire such sly old Democrats as Ludlow to write editorials for them, they must "look out or the goblins will get 'em." Zenor Quits Fight In a long letter issued to the voters of the Third District, Congressman W. T. Zenor withdraws from the bitter factional fight with W. E. Cox, leaving the latter a clear field in his candidacy for Congress against George H. Hester. Zenor declares in this letter that the Democratic ?tate committee has retracted the charges of fraud in the Floyd County primaries, which were held over the protest of the State committee, and that his action is promoted bv his desire for party harmony.

Three Factions in South Bend. Louis Ludlow, the Dmocrat who is hired by Goodrich, Moorman, Boys and ether bolters from the reg ular Republican organization of Mar shall county, has a grain of truth i.. referring to conditions at South Bend, as it is well known that Congressman Brick has always assstea Mayor Fogarty to beat Republican, and Mayor Fogarty has always help ed Congressman Brick to get votes for congress in South Bend, regard less of who was the Democratic candidate against him. Brick and Fogarty work for themselves and help each other regardless of party. Ludlow in that wonderful aiticle o. his written at South Bend, Oct. 25, in which he abused and belittled the straight Republicans of Marshall county says: "Mr. Shively is confronted with difficulties, however, fo. St. Joseph county long ago won tiie reputation of being a veritable hotbeu of Democratic factionalism. There is one faction headed by Frank Hering, the brilliant young Democrat who made the race for congress two and four years ago; another headed by E E. J. Fogarty, the. able and ambitious mayor of South Bend, who lays political fences with as much skid as he used to lay bricks, and a third, headed by Mr. Shively himself. On the surface these factions appear to be working together with a reasonable amount of harmony, but there is quite a general belief that when it comes to casting the vote Mr Shively will suffer more or less from treachery in h's own camp. It is well known that Shively did not want the congressional nomination, and that he was forced into taking1 it by the. opposing factions. It - is seriously doubted whether the nomination was thrust upon him for any good purpose. It is believed that there are schemers in both of the opposing factions who would like to see him laid on the shelf.

All Should Keep to Right With the advent of automobiles, motor cycles, bicycles and. various other vehicles for rapid conveyance, a faster rate of travel upon the public streets has been ushered in. It is useless to cry for the same speed laws in force twenty years ago.' People must adapt themselves to progress in travel as well as other things. The bicycle causes little trouble It is so small that it can avoid a vehicle easily, a small ' space being sufficient to pass in. Again if a bicyclist collides 'with a vehicle, the hicycle being the lighter machine, its rider suffers. However, the automobile presents a different proposition It is so heavy that any vehicle striking it suffers. It is doubly dangerous because there is death beneath its heavy wheels. It is so much larger than nther vehicles that it is hard to avoid and must be seen some distance. The great danger lies at corners. An iron clad ordinance compelling all vehicles to keep the right of thoroughfares both on the street and in turning corners would do much to insure safety of travelers and pedestrians. Goshen Times. Big Bourbon Land Dead. . Forty thousand dollars worth of land changed hands near Bourbon last week, the interested parties concerned in the transaction being Henry Eyrich, of Joliet, 111.', who purchased of Owen Unger, 200 acres northwest of town and Stephen Eyrich, a brother of the former and of the fame place who purchased Mr. Unger's 300 acre tract northeast of town. The price was a round $40,C00. Mr. Unger took this land when it was a wilderness and by dint of hard personal work and management of men he converted the acres into farm land ttyat just suited these mr. They will be here the first oi March to take possession and we predict they will be just the kind of farmers that will hustle things and be a credit to the county. Bourbon Mirror. Election Commissioners Decide. The supreme court docs not seem to be mandating election commissioners down in the Third District. The commissioners of Orange county have decided to place the name of William E. Cox on the ballot under the rooster as the regular Democratic candidate for congress in the Third District. The name of W. T. Zenor who also claims to be the Democratic nominee was placed on the ballot under a star as the emblem. At Jeffersonville the election commissioners decided that W. T. Zenor was the regular nominee and his name shall be placed on the ballot under the emblem of the roos:er in Clarke county. The Gibson-Jacoby Wedding. Charles Herbert Gibson and Miss Harriet E. Jacoby were married at the Episcopal church at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening by Rev. W. S. Howard. It was a very pretty wedding and was very largely attended. Supper was served by Bowell at the Plymouth Inn and the bride and groom went east on the 9:15 p. m. train. Both of these young people are too well known in Plymouth to need any introduction here. They begin married life with bright prospects for the future which hundreds of friends hope will be fully realized. They will make their home in this city where both grew to manhood and womanhood.

Causes and Cure of Socialism. A. S. Trude, the eminent Chicago lawyer and student of political economy, .has returned to Chicago after a several months' sojourn in the aiountain and Pacific states. He has observed a marked trend towards socialism and has sought to divine its cause. From conversation with all classes he is convinced that the underlying reasons - are the accumulation of enormous fortunes in the tiands of individuals or close corporations on the. one hand, and, on the other, the increase of an ignorant, ajscontented and vicious immigration. he latter furnishes the soil and the ornier is the seed for the growth ji socialistic ideas. Trude has, also, made a careful study of the workings of our immigration laws. He is satisfied hat iheir restrictions are largely farcical, owng first to the partial inadequacy of their provisions, but chiefly to the graft that prevails in regard to their enforcement. The big steamship companies, the mine owners, iron founders and contractors are usually able to reach the inspectors. The Times has already emphasizced these two dangers enormous individual fortunes and undesirable immigration .Both have their remedies, however, and the American people are perfectly competent to apply them. Still further, there are hopeful indications that they intend to sec to it that the proper, medicine is taken, instead of the quack nostrums of socialism, 'government ownership, and other patent cure-alls. South Bend Times.

The Congressional Oulook. What are the probabilities at this stage of the campaign in regard to the complexion of the next House of Representatives? There are Republican forecasts our correspondent "Sumner" refers to them in his New York letter and Democratic forecasts, of course, but there are also the estimates of impartial observers of the situation. In spite of the "apathy" anc "lethargy" of wheih even such prominent campaigners as Cannon and Secretary Shaw have complained, it is the belief of the Republican managers oi the congressional canvass that the House will remain Republican by a substantial majority. There will, it is admitted, be losses in a number of states. The majority of 114, obtainea two years ago in consequence of the 'Roosevelt tidal wave," is abnorma under ordinary political conditions, and the record of all former "off years foreshadows a reduction .of it. Forty-one of the districts carried o the Republcains in 1J04 had been carried by the Democrats in 10J2, anu many of these may return to the Democratic column. However, even if the Democrats should capture all of them an unlikely contingency-fit is pointed out that the Republicans would still be left, in control of the House by a majority of 30. As a matter of fact, the consensus of opinion in Republi can circles is' that the party in power is almost certain to command a much larger majority. , Compliments Newspapers. Siate Superintendent Cotton, in a recent bulletin to teachers, commenting on Indiana's school atfairs says: "Hut nogs of these could have succeeded without the support of the newspaper. The press of Indiana has been constant in session and out in its advocacy of educational progress When a teacher goes into a community he can depend on the newspapei man as an ally against ignorance They have a common cause. The editor is interested in everything thai will benefit the community and schooi superintendents and teachers should work with the editor. They should be. students together of problems oi education. If this is not the case as a general thing it is safe to say that the trouble lies in the teacher himself. There is no force that so makes for civic righteousness in a community as a good fearless newspaper, and the school and the paper should be found working together." New Soon to Become Head. t Postmaster General George BP Cortelyou will retire from the chairmanship of the Republican national committee before he becomes secretry of the treasury in succession to Secretary Shaw. This statement was made on excellent authority. It has been generally understood that Secretary Shaw would retire from the treasury March 4, but an intimation was given that he might sever his oennection with the department earlier. . Harry S. New, of-Indianapolis, vice chairman of the. Republican national committee, will, .it is expected, assume the duties of chairman when Mr. Cortelyou retires. Girl Kicks Dynamite. Mistaking a package containing a stick of dynamite and a bottle of nitro-glycerin for useless rubbish Miss Lena Beahlers, a chamber-maid in the Aetna powder mill boarding house, in Porter county, kicked it aside Wednesday afiernoon and caus ed an explosion which may cost her her life. Besides giving the town a bad scare, the force of the explosion tore out one end of the boarding house, causing considerable damage. Miss Beahlers is in a .Chicago hospital, one of her legs having been torn off and' the other may have to be amputated because of its mangled condition.

Which Sex is More Honest? The National .Union ol Wo'uen Workers of Lircai Britain has cast a firebrand into the world by taking the position that women are not a honest as men. The principil speaker gave as illustrations of tne case women "who cheat at games, wnu talk of having servants when thc have none; who, without authority, read other persons' letters, and who listen to conversations not intended for their cars." The audience oi women did not seem to take offense, and another speaker maintained thai "the public expected a lower sense of honor among women than among men." Is this true? A favorite illustration of woman's dishonesty is her lack oi conscience about smuggling, which is generally conceded. Perhaps thai gives a key to the problem. Woman's process of reasoning as to snuggling starts with the proposition that it harms no one. The men have made a law requiring her to pay a tax on goods purchased abroad. She had no hand in making the law. She wants the Paris or London goods. She takes not a cent from any person only from that abstract thing, the Government. And if she pays, like enough some man will steal the money "eventually. Woman is more influenced by her feelings than man. She sympathizes with the condemned murderer, while man says "it serves . him right." In that case somebody is being injured. Satan knew the sexes. He tried Eve first with the apple. What difference did it make? It harmed nobody to eat an apple. Why should she be shut out from opportunity on a mere abstract principle? Surely no harm could come from swiping an apple. But when Satan wanted a murderer he hunted up Cain. Somebody was to be injured in that case. It was not an abstract question of right and wrong. The difference in temperament of the sexes makes a difference in the standards of honesty. Woman may have little conscience about smuggling, but try other tests. Are men more loyal to their wives than women are to their husbands? Are men more observant of their duties to their children than women? Are men more careful not to inflict injury on others than women are? Will a man give ' up drink more quickly than a woman because of the suffering it entails? 'But what have these to do with honesty? Everything, on one standard. They are what you owe. Society is a compact. The family relation is a contract, as much as a note or a mortgage is. Indianapolis Star.

Moody for Supreme Bench. The selection of Attorn. Gnicra! Moody for the supreme b-m-h shows that man's calculations and ambitions are often diverted in a pecn'br manner. When Mr. Moody wi a member of congress many of hi.; colleagues were impressed with his emi nent fitness to preside over that body as speaker. The general tendency in the selection of that presiding officer, has been westward rather than cist ward. Somewhat suddenly Moody was transferred from the house to the cabinet President Roosevelt became warmly attached to Moody, and has held him in the cabinet much longer than the latter desired to remain. Moody desired to resume the practice of law. Roosevelt deemed him peculiarly fitted to serve as r member of the suppreme court and Moody acquiesced. Selections for thai exalted position, thus made, augur well for the country. South Bend Times. Joke Will Cost Iowa $5,000. All because of the thoughtlessness of 1,000 Iowa voters the name of Andrew Townsend Hisey of Tama, la., will go on the official ballot for the November election, an expense, of $3,000 will be incurred as the result and a huge joke, unlike anything before perpetrated upon a commonwealth has been worked on the Hawkeye state. Hisey, an eccentric old man, has lived at Tama for fifty years. He has studied a great deal, and written a number of books on his hobbies. Some acquaintances pro; posed to him as a joke that he run for governor. He took the idea seriously, and started on a canvass for signers 1 on ! his petition asking that his name be placed upon the official ballot. He was successful. America's Chicken Population. The nonvegetarian citizen will rejoice in the knowledge that the chicken population of the United States in 1000 was 230,000,000 and at present approaches 300,000,000. Turkeys numbered more than 600,000, ducks more than 5,000,000 and geese as many, though that seems an underestimate for geese, everything considered. The yearly consumption of chickens is more than 300,000,000. though not a few, it appears, arc carried over-from yeir to year indefinitely, in cold storage for the ultimate benefft of the hapless boarder. In the Social Circles. Misses Emma Koontz, Iva Dishcr, Rose Follmer and Bertha Hoover, who are . employed at the court house were delightfully entertained Wednesday evening by Miss Elsie Taylor, at her home on west Adams St., the occasion being her 19th birthday anniversary. Games and other amusements were the features of the evening. Refreshments were served and all report a good time.

WARN OF PERIL.

Pastor Says Chicago School Board Should Abdicate. Convinced that he had the facts. Dr. Quale renewed his attack on the board of education last Sunday night. He made a plea for all good citizens to rally against the professional agitators who, he asserted, are running the schools in such a manner that the ideals of American citizenship are being replaced with the disintegrating spirit of anarchy. He asserted that the present Chicago school board members are unfit for their positions and in speaking of the proposed advisory board or board of expert examiners he said: "What we need is a real board of education. If the present board will abdicate we will-have no need of. an advisory board. In regard to the influences which the teicher's federation has exercised he sa d:-"The public schools of Chicago are the greatest institutions in the city and to turn them into labor unions by placing them under the control of a labor union would be to wreck the system." Dr. Quale was bitter about what he called the un-American attitude which was manifested in the action of the board cf education last Wednesday night, when it repudiated its contract to advance efficient teachers. "By this action," Dr. Quayle said, "the board of education has committed itself to an un-American policy. It has said that the efficient shall not be rewarded . It has taken the policy of the labor unioa wiiich it favors all men on a dead level. "Recall further, he continued, "that Chicago has been the home of fierce anarchy which ultimated in murder and that it has the repute among American cities of being, the breeding place of labor difficulties and lawless strikes which had no justification. Recall that for three months and fifteen days the streets of Chicago were under the sway of crime which the authorities eeither could or would not prevent, and then answer me when I say that there is just cause of alarm in the conduct of the present school board. "1 have never attended a school board meeing. I know only one member of the board, and him only slightly. But I think that it is unnecessary to know them personally or to see their policies shaped. It is enough that the finished product is such that must condemn them. "In this matter I leave out personal attack. I don't, doubt that the members are honest and well meaning. But if they do ill, which I feel they do, it matters not how right their motive .The board of education is no place for the visionary lo come with his moral and pedagogical panaceas like the quack doctor with the dozen or so vials of medicine and stuff them down the throats of the Chicago schools." The schools, he asserted, are the bulwark of the nation and whosoever does as these people have done in . tinkering with the system and trying crude ill-advised schemes on it subverts th. nation. The foreign make- .... up of the board is a menace. Taxpayers and Americans seem to be excluded. Everything in the schools should be distinctly American from the flag on the school house to the teaching inside. I would not thank any teacher for teaching my boy Dutch. He goes there to become an American. There are, for instance, 250,000 Poles in this city, and when we consider the foreign predominance on the school board the fact that these people will not become Americanized and will therefore be a menace stares us in the face. Railroad Statistics Given. According to the figures compiled by the State Bureau of Statistics, during the year end'ng June, 1900, nearly as many passengers were carried on railroads in Indiana as there are people in the United States. According to the figures, Indiana railroads last year hauled 64,439,322 persons. Of 204,5SG,5S2 tons cf freight hauled during the year, ,26,315,593 tons originated within the state. Forty-four and sixty-five hundredths per cent of the tonnage was produced in mines, 15.57 cent was manufactured products, 13.75 per cent was agricultural products, 12.61 per cent was miscellaneous freight and 40.1 per cent animal products. Twenty-two thousand three hundred 2nd fifty-eight and twenty-four hundredths miles of main track were operated by railroads during the year and 2,864.10 miles of side track were maintained. The State of Oklahoma. The people of the prospective state of Oklahoma are rightly giving careful attention to the framing of their constitutoin, and both parties have nominated their best men for the various offices. Oklahoma, the fortysixth state, will be the largest in population that ever entered the Union. The territories of which it is composed have 2,500,000 inhabitants. Quick Returns. By 7 o'clock on the night of Nov. 6th the people of Indiana should have a report of how, approximately 135,000 of the voters of the state have cast their ballots. By that time this year, full returns should be received from Marion, Vanderburg, Vigo, Montgomery, Delaware and Newton counties, every one of whose voters on Nov. Gth will vote by machine.

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