Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 November 1908 — Page 4

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OFFICE Bissell Building, corner Laporte and Center Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Plymouth, Indiana as second-class matter. Plymouth, IricL, November 25, 1908. DEMAND ALL STATE OFFICES DEMOCRATS PLAN CONTESTS OF ALL REPUBLICAN STATE OFFICERS. State Chairman Jackson Asserts Fight Will Bq Made Before Legislature Convenes. That the Democrats will conteit die election of all the Republican stati officials who received com missions from Governor Hanly om the showing of the election return com .p-!!ed at the office of the secretary of state and canvassed before the Governor was .the statement of Stokes Jackson, Democratic state chairman, while in the city of Indianapolis Sunday. Up to the present time it has been understood tha only the election of those officials who received the smaller majorities would be contested, but 'Mr. Jackson thinks that the Democrats 'will foe able to show enough illegal votin g and inaccuracies in tne count to prove their contentions that they are entitled to all df the offices. Just what bearing the suits . jw pending in Marion county will nave on the contests ro go before the next Legislature 'Mr. Jackson could not say. The contests will not be filed with the Legislature until after the speakership race has been decided. The selection of speaker is the first thing to come up with the organization of the House. The situation in Lake county, where the Dem-'; rats assert that 2,000 (foreigners were naturalized and voted illegally by the Republicans, will he one of the pivots v.pon which the Democratic contest will h'inge. Bernard Korbly, Democratic chairman in the -Seventh District, who is looking after the action brought in Marion County, with Attorney Henry Seyfried and others, will conduct Lie contests (before the Legislature. He rwill be assisted by 'Burt New of North yVernon, Democratic candidate for reporter of the Supreme Court, and others of the Demi-cra'iic state candidates, who are engaged in the legal profession. The Democrats will have twenty days after the session opens, it h said, in which to file their contests. The investigation will foe conducted by a joint committee consisting of 7 Democrats elected in the iloue and 7 men elected in the Senate. As tlere is a Republican majority r. the Senate the Republicans expect to elect seven Republicans toi represent then? on the joint committee. If. thi is do ie the committee will be equally divided, politically, and warm times are promised. a The Republicans are preparing for the contests, the state organization being assisted by Attorney Genera! James Bing'tam and George V. Cri-mer.tx-con.'ressman from the Eighlh district, and also, it is by erGov Winfield T. Duroin and ex-s-n-ator Perry Newby of Knightstown Since the final canvass of the vote the Democrats have had a force of accountants at work tabulating the vote in their state headquarters in the Knights of Pythias Building. The report of the legislative committee will be final. The sessions will be conducted in much the same manner as a court of inquiry, evidence being introduced by both sides. Arguments will probably be made by the attorneys. The committee will organize immediately after it is formed. The first clash will come with the selection of a chairman to preside. SHOT BY GANG. Brakcman Fatally Shot and Detective Hurt at South Bend Battle on Railway Tracks. D. L. Dryberger, thjrty-five years old, a foraken an on the Lake Shore railroad, was .,ot and fatally injured in cr encounter with a gang oj nine desperate men on the Lake Shore tracks at South Bend, Wednesday. H. G Golay, a'detective for the road, had a narrow escape from death, one bullet piercing his revolver holsttr and another going through Iiis coat. In addition 'his head ia badly bruised and swollen from the effects of a blackjack in the hands of one of the men. 1 Golay first noticed two of the men standing in Taylor street. Thinking their actions suspicious, he accosted them, and had started, to search one when the other drew a revolver lit grabbed the weapon, drew i or.vn at the same time, and each fired several shots, none of which took effect. At the first shot, seven men who had been hiding in the shadows, emerged and joined the melee, all using revolvers. One of the number came behind Golay and felled him with a blackjack. The men then started to run just as Dryberger appeared on the scene. He was commanded to halt by the retreatiag desperadoes, who took several shot, at him as tl'ey fled. One of these lodged just belo.v the heart. , Capture Policeman's Assaulter. Carl Takasc a Hungarian, has confessed to the shooting of Patrolman Harry Jennings at South Bend Sunday morning. Takasc wias captured in a round-up Tuesday, is 19 years of age and confesses ta the shooting.

..QUIT TEMPERANCE FIGHT.

Are Discouraged Over Attitude of Poitlicians in Sullivan CountyMany Names Withdrawn. The ministers of Curry township, Sullivan county, the leaders in the movement that placed Sullivan county in the "dry" column, have practi cally withdrawn from the temperaace work and the worst split ovtr temperance questions ever knoiwn in the county is imminent. Petitions that were circulated a few days ago for a county local option election have been withdrawn and the two men who have, mare than any other men, resisted the whisky power the Rev. J. E. Sidebottom, o Shelburn, and the Rev. A. M. Coudhman, of Farmersburg have notified Walter F. Wood, prosecuting attorney, they are 'out of it"yas far as temperance leadership goes. In that -county the party feeling has been high since the election. Feeling keenly the defeat of James E. Watson, many Republicans who worked hard on the temperance proposition before the election have announced, in the last few days, that t'.iey vould withdraw from the rmonstrances they had signed. Enough names have been taken from the remonstrance lists, in the last few days, to reduce the. majorities to barely enough to hold. Because of this discouraging situation, the ministers who have been the strongest leaders in the fight to keep Curry township "dry" have notified Mr. Wood they 'have quit active work along those lines. THOSE PLUMS THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAND OUT TO THE HUNGRY HOARD OF SEEKERS. Republicans Will Have Much to Say as to New I-aws to be Passed It begins toi hxk as though Governor-elect Marshvll and the Republican state officials will not dwell in peace and harmony at the capitol during the next two years. The Republicans are planning to cut down Marshall's patronage as mach as possible. Auditor Billheimer says ;.e has discovered a statute authorizing the governor, auditor and secretary of state to appoint the state house custodian and state house engineer two goad positions. Inasmuch as the auditor and secretary of state are Republican, Marshall would not have much voice in making the appointments of those places. The Republicans will control the printing board because all the members except Marshall will be Republicans. Unless t'.ite Demcicrats are successful two years hence, the Republicans will control the state board throughout tMarshalTs administration and the hungry applicants for the state oil inspectorship held iby Sid Conger will have to be patient for twoi years, as he has that long to serve. The tenure of the office is fixed by statute and is four years. Conger may appoint 'his awn deputies who may serve until his term expires unless they are re moved for cause. Governor Hanly has named ten men for vacancies on all of the institutional boards for ths next year. At present the superintendents of all the institutions for the insane with one exception are Democrats. The warden of the state prison and the superintendent of the state reiformatory are Republicans, appointed by boards made up of two Republicans and two Democrats. Ths patronage at Marshall's disposal now is very limited, but there are scores of applicants for places. Marshall insists that he went ihrough the campaign without making a promise of a job to any one. Among the Democratic leaders there is talk o passing a law abolishing the state tax board and railroad commission, but the Republicans control the senate and it is nat likely that the Democrats will bo able to abolish any places that are now filled 'by Repiftdkans. It is interesting, if not amusing to note the officions and important talk among some of the recently elected Democratic members of the legislature relating just what they are going to do when they go to Indianapolis this winter. They should remember that it takes both houses to pass measures and make laws, except upon certain matters provided for by law where the two bodies act in joint sessions, and fhiat the senate is yet Republican and A in whatever measures become laws they still hold the trump card. There will be no measures looking to polKical plums that will become laws with the next session of the legislature and before the session following is called to order there will be changes in the honise representation which will change the color of the politics in the lower house and will put Governor or-eleCt Marshall up against it when it comes to the game of politics. KILLS WIFE WITH OLD RIFLE Sad Accident Occured Near Town of Twelve Mile Husband Was Carrying Gun. Albert Skinner accidentally shot his wi.fe at their home near Twelve Mile Wednesday morning Mr. Skin ncr was about the place looking after his chores, when he saw a rabbit. He hurried into the 'house and loaded his oJd rifle. As he was about to pass out at the door, the gun in some way was accidentally discharged and the load struck Mrs. Skinner in the back She at the time was making pies in the kitchen. The lady lived but two hours. She leaves a husband and two children. The accident is a sad blow to her family.

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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE WILL KEEP UP FIGHT FOR NATIONAL LEGISLATION. Pure Food Law Said to be in Danger Child LaLwi Aho Will be Considred TCie National Anti-Saloon League will renew its efforts to obtain from Congress legislation that will enable the4 States, in the exercise of their police powers, to control interstate traffic in intoxicating liquors. It is not building up any false hopes, because it has seen the opponents of such legislation triumph time and again, but it means to continue the fight until it gets what it wants. The whisky influence is a good deal stronger in Congress than most persons suppose it to be. The National Brewers' Association and the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association, which are sometimes found at loggerheads in States, always work together when this old proposition of giving States the, right to control interstate shipments of liquor within their borders comes up. Under the circumstances it is not strange to hear that the liquor interests in Indiana are anxious to send a man to the Senate to succeed Senator Hemenway Statu s of Littlefield Bill. It will be recalled that tfie House committee on the judiciary refused to report the so-called Littlefield bill (the bill for a law giving States authority to deal with interstate shipments of intoxicating (liquors) by holding that it was unconstitutional. Even a delegation from the general conference of the Methodist piscopal church, headed by Governor Hanly, wMSch visited tfie speaker, was unable to obtain a favorable report on the bill. So the legislative status of the Ibill in the House is this: It is pending before the judiciary coimmittee, along with a decision by the committee that such legislation would be unconstitutional. The o tit look in the Senate is more avorable. The judiciary committee of that body also held tf.ie bill, as introduced, was unconstitutional, but Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, pointed out how a constitutional bill could be drawn, and at the request of the committee he wrote such a bill which was favorably reported and is now on the Senate calendar. This r..arrs that it can be voted on at any time. Under the circumstances it would seem that the House committee will again be the storm center during the coming session and dur'ng future sessions, if rhere shall not be action taken at the short session. The demand for such legislation is increasing year by year as the area ol dry territory increases. Realizing this to be the fact the liquor interests are alert to see that their influence in the legislative body does not decrease. Beveridge Child Labor Law. Senator Beveridge's child labor bill will be reported by the Senate committee on education and labor early in December. Just before tfie adjournment of the last session of Congress the committee gave a promise that the bill would be acted on during the early weeks of the short session. This promise to act does not mean that the committee will report the bill favorably, although the Senator from Indiana is hopeful that such will be its action. Imported Food Stuffs. The Agricultural Department and the Treasury Department have disagreed over regulations governing the admission into this country of imported foodstuffs. Importers of foods declare that their business is being interfered witih by the pure food law. The Treasury Department proposed the following regulations: (1) In all cases where foods or drugs were held up becaust of alleged misbrand ing or adulteration, the controversy should be left io be settled between the head of the local food laboratory and tihe collector of the port, provided that a similar case had been settled in the past and a precedent thereby established. (2) In every rase where papers bearing upon a ques tion affecting any consignment of foods ox drugs were to be transmitt ed to the Treasury people by the board 'of food and drug inspection, t yo paAaipj 3n pinous sjddnd tpns matter relating to analyses, chemical composition, eic, and should merely state the bare facts as to .whether given goods are adulterated or misbranded, and why. (3) In every case where a consignment of food or drugs was to be subjected to inspec tion and examination, Che consignment should be released and allowed to go into consumption without giving of bond by the importer pending the accomplishment of the analyses by the food laboratory. In the event that analysis showed that the goods were adulterated or misbranded, therf future similar consignments were to be held up, provided that such consignments had started subsequent to tie time when nortice of the alleged fradulent or illegal character of the goods had been given to the importer. Wilson Rejects the Third. Secretary Wilson was willing to accept the first two suggestions, but he has positively refused to accede to the third, on the grooiift that such a procedure wioiuld be an evasion of 'he food and drug act. The AttorneyGeneral will be ased to decide whether such a regulation would be disregard the letter of the law. Friends of t the Federal pure food law have reason to fear that it is in danger of being greatly weakened by "regulations" of various kinds. The pressure from manufacturers of foodstuffs for relief from this or that provision of the law is great. In some quarters there is discouragement because the President apparently, is not as deeply interested in the pure food

campaign as he once was. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist of the Agricultural Department, and a member of the food and drug board, is the one man who was steadily refused to yield to the pressure from persons who complain of the law. It will be interesting to see what the attitude of the new administration is toward the whole subject.

CHICAGO WOMEN MAY VOTE. Committee Engaged) in Formulating New Charter Are in Favor of Granting Suffrage. It is possible that Chicago will have equal suffrage for the '. sexes. The committee that is engaged in formulating a new charter has decided in favor of it by a vote of six to fojjr and it will go to the charter committee and thence to the legislature if approved. It is possible the measure will be killed in the convention but if not it will go to the legislature with- sufficient prestige to make its defeat difficult. If it becomes a law women will have the privilege of voting at all municipal elections for officers and all questions of policy relating to municipal affairs. Unraveling a Mystery. Early Saturday morning the postoffice inspectors together with some South Bend detectives were at work on a clue which they hope to clear up the big pastoffice robbery of the Sunday 'before, and lead to the arrest of a man they want. It is said a local' man may be arrested for participation in the affair. REPORT FOR THIS DISTRICT F.EV. HICKS WILL TELL OF ANTI-SALOON WORK DONE. Says That Marshall County Will Dry Up With Special V Election. The Rev. George E. Hicks of the South Bend district of the Anti-Saloon league, will make his report of the work done in this part of the state at a meeting of the league trustees in Indianapolis Tuesday. The fiscal year of the league ende I October 31 and the report covers tje work done up to that time in the counties of St. Jaseph, Elkhart, Fulton, Starke, Laporte, Pulaski, Porter, Jasper, Lake, Newton Kosciusko, Cass, Marshall and White. Report in Detail. The report states that in those counties of the state 23 saloons went out of business and 16 men were prevented from going into the business. Failure was met in three townships of all the counties, , Penn in St. Joseph, Jackson in Newton, and North in Marshall. In the district there are 185 townships and out of this number 14S are dry and 47 wet. There are four whole counties in the district that have no saloons. In Newton, Elkhart and Marshall there are saloons in two; places in each county, Cass, Jasper and Porter covnties have one saloon each. Out of the 15 counties the report states 11 will vote dry on a county election whicb leaves only four ta which the battle is now confined, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Laporte and Lake. Mr. Hicks further states in his report that there is a chance of the whole district going dry when the question is put up to the people. In the recent campaign, the report also says, that there were 12 representatives elected who were endorsed by the league: four endorsed by the league were defeated and three of the four did not ask for the assistance of the league. Four senators were elected who were endorsed and two were defeated. SPRING BUBBLES IN STREET. Water Suddenly Comes from Hard Ground Near Courthouse in Danville, Ind. A phenomenon appeared Tuesday in the streets of Danville, Ind. Trustee Edward P. Thompson, of Center township, discovered water bubbling up in the middle df one of the principal streets within a square of the courihouse. It comes up through the hard earth and run off in a stream as large as a man's wrist. The stream soon attracted the attention of other jiassers and during the day was viewed by hundreds. There was formerly a spring on the northeast corner of the square, but no signs of it have been seen for years. Wants to Right Wrong. Because his conscience hurts him, Krank Spera a former resident of Akron Ind,. has caused to be inserted in various newspapers the following announccmnt: "I want to make restitution and beg pardon of the people through the newspapers. When I was in the butcher business in Akron. I mixed tallow with lard and sold :t to my customers. I ask all these people in Jesus' name to forgive me of that offense; and if there are any who are no satisfied with just forgiving me, if they will send me a statement of I:e amount that they -think they were wronged, honestly, between God and man, I will make all wrongs right." Gary Wants Bryan's Mule, Mayor Tom Knotts, the Democrat ic executive of Gary, has opened a correspondence with W. J. Bryan with the object of getting the mule which was presented to the defeated presidential nominee at the Denver I convention.

LIQUOR NOT A PARTY ISSUE

DECLARES TEMPERANCE ISSUE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS. Anti-Saloon League in Official Organ Denies Charge That League Has Become Partisan Organization. That the temperance rsue should taken out of" politics is the argu. ment advanced by the Indiana AntiSaloon league in last week's issue of its official organ, the American Issue. The question is discussed in a state ment published by th-e league, in which a denial is entered of certain charges that the league has become a partisan organization. The charges are denounced as false and without basis. The statement in the Issue reviews the temperance question as it figured in the recent campaign, and then says: "We dot not desire to criticise the leiders of either of the great political parties because this was made a party question Iby them. We believe that we owe the existence of our county option law today to the fact that one of these parties declared for its adoption, even though it took a number of votes from the other partv to insure its passage. "The resuh of the election confirms bur previous judgment and position that it is wise to keep t.ws question out of party politics. While temperance people will unite to secure the passage of a law demanded by the good citzens of the state, it is a mistake tot make the success of the movemen't dependent upon the outcome of many other issues, such as in the recent election, inevitably became bound up with the temperance issue itself. "To the charge that .the league in Indiana has becoime partisan we wish to say that, while we indorsed the candidate of one party 'for governor, yet, dn two congressional districts (and one of these officially), and also in a number of legislative districts, the league indorsed the candidates of the opposite political party." In another editorial the officers of the league discuss the lessons derived from the national election as follows : "If the recent election results prove anything they pwe that the arrtisaloon question is not a national party issue . The vote of the national party which made the temperance question the main issue was so small as to have failed to be a factor of any material importance. The numerous great fights, hoiwever, which were waged in a score of. states with the temperance question as the leading issue, in the efforts t elect anti-saloon executives and legislators belomg'ng to various political parties, demonstrate once rhore in a most emphatic way that the temperance question is a very great national moral issue wThlch is receiving the attention of men in all parties and which will continue to be a great nonpartisan political question until it is settled in the right way. "The right method of solving the saloon problem has at last been found; men who have come to study the question carefully, and men who have come to observe conditions as they are, are unlited in the belief that no clTUHdh denomination which takes up the temperance isue to use in a fight against otficr churches can hope to win. It has also been fully dem onstrated that no one political party which takes up the temperance question as a sole lissue upon which to fight the temperance and moral elements of all other parties can hope to win." 3 1 1 THE LEMON BOX A colored mammy was among the audience wwch attended ZinZana when it played at Rochester last week. The magican was doing wonderful "stunts' on the stage. He put a newspaper on a table and spread a thick cloth over it, then read the paper as easily as we .would with it before our eyes. Mammy was 'stounded. Next time he doubled the cloth into four thicknesses and read the paper.' Mammy arase in great agitation. "Lawd-a-massy," she exclaimed. "Ise gonn' t' git away frum heah. Dis ain't no place foah a 'specable ctillud lady wifhi a thin caliker dress on!" Did you know that the very latest style for women 'is to "have no hips?" That's the gospel truth and a Kewanna woman has had sand enough to assert that sCie proposes to wear those that nature has provided for her even if style has decreed otherwise. She asserts that she won't make herself look like a bed slat to suit Madam Fashion or any other fellow. Nature gave hips and she was going to wear them. That woman lhas excellent gumption. The one that hasn't hips is only jealous of her and that is probably why the style has been concocted. Madam Fashion is a great old girl, but there should be some way to stop her monkeying with nature as she is. Kewanna Herald. Talk about nod getting acquainted with your affinity until after she has been your wife for ten years, did you ever hear of a man who did not know the name of his prospective bride, or else didn't stop to inquire, until the day before his wedding? Well that 'is what happened to Joseph Smith aged 48, of this city, when he applied for a marriage license in the county clerk's office Monday morning. "What is the name of the woman whom you wish to marry?"

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VALUE OF YEAR'S CROP. Enough Money is Made Out of Country's Farms Annually to Pay Government's Expenses. ' TXie farmers of the country pocketed eight 'billion dollars from their crops last year according to a rep rt about to be made by Secretary James Wilson of the agricultural department. i It is calculated that enough mtoney is now 'being extracted out of the farms of the country in a year to pay for running the government eight years. Last year the total value of crops was $7,500,000,000. One of the officials at tfais department said that the farmers of the country are better oK thisyear than in previous years in two, respects. The crops are better than the average and the prices are much higher. It is not so much, however, by reason of increased production this year than .that the farmers are better off as it is because of the high prices. NOT TO PREJUDGE FUTURE. In Reference to Running Again Bryan Says Fight on Policies Will Be Continued. The report has been in circulation that William J. Bryan will again be a candidate for the presidency in 1912. When asked Thursday if there is any foundation for this report, Mr. Bryan dictated this statement: "My friends do. not require me to prejudge the future and I shall not take the advice of my opponents on this subject. "I shall continue to write and speak in defense of the things which I believe to be good for the American people. "I hope that it may never become necessary to run for an office again but I will not attempt to decide that question until the time comes to act. I do not see an necessity to say more on the subject. '

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Pennsy Changes Schedule. It is rumored that a new time card will go into effect on the Pennsylvania railroad next Sunday, but just how it will affect the trains stopping in this city cannot be learned. It is said that a few more flag stops will result rflong the line and that nooe of the changes will be very great ones. 1 Married in Clerk's Office. Ernest J. Smith and Florence H. Livinghouse, boitu1 of Donaldson, were married by Rev. E. Miller n th county clerk's office yesterday. NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS FOR DEPOSIT O F PUBLIC FUNDS. . Notice is hereby given that the Boanfcrf Finance off Center township, Marshall County, Ind.. will, between the hiours of 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. on the 4th day of January, 1909, at the office of the Township Trustee in the City of Plymouth County of Marshall and -State of Indiana, receive written proposals from banks and trust companies, subject to examination by The State of Indiana or by the United States, and having their place of business in this State, for the receipt of a maximum amount of public fun-s on deposit, as provided for in an act of the General Assembly of Indiana, entitled "An- Act concerning public funds, their deposit and safekeeping and the collection of interest thereon; creating board of finance and defining their powers, duties and procedure, iprescribing punishment for violation;-prescribing when said act shall take effect and repealing laws in conflict," approved March 9, 1907, and "being Ciapter 222 of the Acts of 1907 page 391. Said funds to be deposiled consist of the public funds of Center township, Marshall County, Indiana. All proposals, personal and surety company bonds must be executed according to official ffVms prepared under the provisions of the above statute. Persona or surety company 'bond, or collateral bonds as security, must accompany proposals. i The Board of Finance of Center Tp. Marshall County, Indiana, By Hiram Shafer, President Attest Josiah W. Jacoby, Secy.