Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 325, 23 December 1906 — Page 4

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The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, December 23, 1906.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

Enucrodat Richmond PostofTlce as Saeond Class Matter

SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1906

RICHMOND, IND.

NUMBER 30!

The Same Old Senate. The people of this country may have had some hopes that the Senate, supposedly composed of well educated, experienced and bright men, would return to Washington this fall and act as though It had a little more horse sense than usual. JJut in the main it is the same old Senate and up to the same old game blocking Mr. Roosevelt and the will of the people. It is .still ruled by a majority of old line politicians who believe that the present so-called wave of reform is only temporary and will soon fade away. They have connected this reform wave w ith Mr. Roosevelt, and have concluded that if he can be discredited in the eyes of the people the latter will "subside in their clamor for the "square deal"," and ,the good old "safe and sane" days of free and uninterrupted graft will return again. This majority of the Senate, however is mistaken and so utterly so that it dosen't see its present course of action will land it in the minority before many years. Educated public opinion is the real" cause of the reform wave which has swept over this country. This educated public opinion has hot been caused by Theodore Roosevelt or any other one man. It represents the results of the thousands of earnest, conservative, thinking workers in every community ol the land. It means that the majority of the people instead of trusting to a few "shining lights" to decide how they shall be governed, have determined to attend to their government themselves. This public opinion, educated and militant, has made Mr. Roosevelt-the powerful president he is today, and it is this fact, those of our Senators owned by the special interests have overlooked. In attacking Mr.-Roosevelt ley are attacking some 85,000,000 people odds which they cannot overcome and a force which when . finally and thoroughly aroused, will grind them to pieces and put in their places honorable men, who will govern in the best interests of the many and not of the few. " " '

THE ALCOHOL BILL MAY BE HEL'DEB

The Measure Now Before Congress of Interest to Farm

ers in General.

declares his call at the White Houo has no political significance whatever. ,

Washington is determined that it will keep abreast of New York. It hs established a day and night bank. The institution opened for business on Fourteenth street, and it. is said that already a number of poker-olaying Congressmen have found it a ;reat convenience. It is situated not far from several of the clubs.

I I r or the oenent ot the national stom

ach "$250,000", might be the Title o the iirrfnt ripfirfnrv bill whfrh It -3

THEY MAY START STILLS just passed the Senate. This amount is appropriated for the carrying into

! effect of the pure food legislation pas1

MANUFACTURE OF DENATURED

his own, but he did not succeed in getting even newspaper mention at the time. Since that time thert have been hundreds of cla mants for the honor of having originated the plan, and even at this late day there is an inclination to use the subject for personal laudation rather than results.

. Representative Victor Murdock. of

Kansas, has revived the periodical mail-weight scandal, but it will die; aborning. The railway-mail employes j tell the story thuswise: The periods ! for w eighing " the mail are known in I advance. If hundreds of sacks of? franked mail leave the capital city during that period, of course it is a coincidence. The government sends out thousands of tons of books which .

PRODUCT WILL BE MADE

PARATIVELY

WASHINGTON NEWS.

ed at the last session. Th's Jaw "oe- jhave been sacked and ready for deliv-l comes effective January 1st. an l th ery for some time. If a mambe. of ',

COM- nuortcr of a mil linn lrlfirs! ic nr"ort. 1 ConTPS!5 Spnds to his riisfrirt sVr:il !

EASY OTHER ly needed to continue the pre- j tons of these books during the weigh-;

parations for making it immediate-j ing-in period, of course that is coinci-'

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i ly effective. The measure alrertdv

j had passed the House, so that the mon-

dence, 'too. Stories are rife of large j

publishing houses who "happen" to

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Felix T. McWhirter, of Indianapolis, a prominent Prohibitionist, says the president is not the real stuff as a reformer because he doesrnot attack the liquor business. It aeenis to be a pretty hard job for Teddy to please everybody Rushvilie Star.

For several years past th.J people of, this country and England have recognized the fact that the Salvation Army constitutes the most practical, thorough going organization for the dispensation of charity in existence today. Without knowing it 'the -"Salvation Army has mada the' most scientific, comprehensive study of the different sociological phases of the problem of poverty of any body of men afid women in the w'orld. It will be well for the charitably inclined people of Shelbyville to bear this in mind during the holiday season. None of us should confine our giving to the limited circle of '- our personal friends. The 'poor we bavo with us always, and a gift to the widow and orphan accompanied by the heart's sympathy of the giver B thrice blessed. To give wisely to the worthy poor is a problem which has long vexed the generous middle classes of this country. The task of discriminating between th impostor and the actual sufterCr is so great as to discourage many of OJf charitably inclined citizens. It tis here that the Salvation Army has always been found the best medium for the transfer of the needed things of life from the han-.ls of the well to do to the homes of the deserving poor. As has been the custom in this city for several years past, the Salvation Army is this winter establishing a fund for the relief of the needy and a dinner for the poor on Christmas daj. There is no doubt but that the response of Shelbyville will bo prompt and adequate this winter as it has ever been in the past. It has been said that for every three dollars contributed to the cause of missions, only one ever find3 lodgment among the "heathen." This is not true" in the case of the Salvation Army. In the management of its affairs, red tape is reduced to a minimhm. Of every dollar contributed at least three-fourths reach the intended spot. From an economical view point the Army is a charitable organization par excellence. Help it and you help your weakest brother who has fallen In the grim race. Shel byville Republican, .

Publishers' Press.J Washington, Dec. 22. (Spl ) If an amendment to the alcohol bill offered this week in the Senate is accepted

every farmer in the country will be enabled to have a still in his barn lot.

Under tho provisions of the bill as ori- j ginally framed, each distiller was com- j . tl j m ..... .

io nave an individual ware

house, and the inspection of a regular- I

ly appointed revenue officer was necessary. This entailed such cost that the farmmers of the country would not have enjoyed the advantages with respect to the manufacture of. the denatured alcohol for light, heat anl power purposes which it was original ly intended they should have. The amendment seeks to remedy thin by authorizing the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue to make special arrangements for the denaturing of alcohol in such small quantities as not to justify this almost prohibitive expense. The amendment seeks to establish the German system of distillation, which does away with a great amount of government red tape and permits individuals or groups of farmers to engage in the manufacture cf alcohol at the lowest possible eo3i for governmental supervision.

ey is now available. The Admialstri- J have large shipments of books in i;Jntion is expecting great things from ! gle wrappers at that time for delivery

this especial bit of legislation, and it is said that already results are seen in the better quality of certain standard brands of food, especially the c.iuned variety. If the Administration can

curb the American appetite for pie, it is not at all unlikely that citizeus of

j the United States will cease to bo rcgarded by the world at large a? a

race of dyspeptics. As theAdministration has evolved rules for almost every form of human endeavor, the pie problem should not prove an insurmountable obstacle. . No matter, how familiar with history one may be, it is never-the-less

through the mails instead of sending them by express. Mere coincidence' A friend of the writer living over three hundred miles from New York City sent a postal card to one of th general passenger agents at that city inquiring about rates for a round trip to California. To his surprise a renrsentative, cf the company called at his home and talked him into buying the ticket, and then "scooted" back to tho big city. Now the proposition is, if a railroad will send an ngent 300 miles to sell a $200 ticket, would it not be wise to see that large shippers of mail matter send out a goodly bulk

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always pleasant and interesting to during the weighing-in period, the see the actual places where history average of that weight to continue to

was made, and those who visit the ine next, weign-in.-

Jamestown Ter-Contennial Exposition1 in 1907 and take advantage of

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this opportunity of seeing points of interest, will ever remember their pleasant trip on the palatial steamers of the "Water Belt Line."

There has always been a belief throughout he country that government employes are highly paid, and to a certain extant that has been true in the past, but the experiences of a res-

j ident of the capital city the past few Has the general activity of the coun-1 years has been far from pleasant. Restry reached Washington? This Is up- ignations are assuming alarming proparently the case, for never before hr.s portions, and as is always the case, Congress tackled so many details of j the government is losing some of its general administration at the begin- brightest and most efficient workers, ning of a short session. It was freely Hardly a government employe is Ktaprophesied that but little would be ' tioned in Washington but has been accomplished beyond passing the.ap-jmet with the answer, "You" are in of-

Comerce Commission in Minnesota, ; proprlation bills tnis winter, ana pro-; nee, are jou not, jou can anoru io pa concerning the transportation condi-, bably this will prove true, yet iues good prices," when a protest has been

maae io excessive cnarges ior me necessities of life. The scale of salaries today is practically the same as paid during the cheap-price period of 'So'95, with ordinary living expenses rais

ed from 20 to 150 per cenL

The special inquiry which is being

made by a member of the Interstate

tions in the Northwest, IS being watch- j tions are coming up. daily for d'scused here with great interest. It seems sion that will have a momentous bear-

that not only are entire communities 1 ing on future policies. In fact, memisuffarine ereatlv from the inability ! bers of Congress are "doing '.busi-

! of the railroads to transport coal, but i ness.

instead of splitting hairs as

usual. The influence of the big stick is shown pretty conclusively, and the concensus of opinion is that while some matters have been brought to the floor that might have been re-

i leeated to future generations, vet in

! been able to turn their nroducts into ! the main the effect has been to regen-

cash, are unable to meet their obli- j rate the entire government service.

gations, and the depression is i3tt all along the line. That such a situation

the inquiry has developed the fact that the great grain growing section is financially embarrassed by reaso.i of the lack of , cars to move the corn crop3 to market. Farmers who had ample

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The value of city franchises has never been fully appreciated by the great masses of the people. They are often much more valuable when granted originally, than they are thought to be,( but at times go on their value increases. This hist has been clearly demonstrated in recent years by the renewal of franchises m many of the, large cities. It may become necessary in the institution of certain enterprises to make some concessions in the way of inducing their establishment but they should be grant ed cautiously and on limited periods of time. It is very evident that the public is awakening in regard to the ralue of such privileges, and eie long will bo getting benefits from such valuable rights, which will greatly reduce the burdens of taxation. Greenfield Star.

The ship subsidy deal is meeting

should arise in the hey-day of the j with hard sleddling, regardless of the

greatest prosperity that the country i plans laid for the enrichment of the has ever known is a direct rebuke steamship lines. Representatives o'the government for its supine policy Fordney of Michigan, Birdsall, of Iowa, with regard to the waterways of theiHinshaw of Nebraska, and Wilson of countrj-. Had the Mississippi and the i Illinois, have declared that they will Missouri rivers been developed as they j not stand for the measure, and the should have been in , the past, the j list of "Inland" Insurgents is growing

vast crops of the Northwest could I daily. There appears to be an tin-

easily have been transported to mar- j ket, independent of the railroads. This J situation is to be remedied as a result of the missionary work done by the National Rivers and Harbors Con- J gress, and the passage of a bill at this session carrying $30,000,000 or j more for preliminary work will insure j the beginning of active operations. j

Hari Kari. New York, Dec. 22. Airu Kana-

i mura, a Japanese salesman, commit

ted suicide here. Police say he deliberately stuffed the crevices of the doors and windows of his room with rags and turned n the gas. The body was fourd lying on the floor just beneath the p!cture of a beautiful girl, which he recently framed in fresh flowers.

pression that as the great majority of the American people never saw the ocean, and are not affected by shipping interests, there is no use in catering to a special class of business men who have everything to gain and nothing to lose. It would sound grand for the postal. authorities to sajr that they could send a letter to Bravl In 'steen hours less time than formeriy,

Pity the poor government clerk! If ! but when cables are available, letters half the letters that are being written , are not the Important factor they for-

to the local newspapers speak trurn, . merly were.

the cond'.tion of Uncle Sam's employes

'is pitiable indeed. To judge by th's ! epistolary complaints, the average gov-

GOVERNOR MORTON AND GEN. WALLACE.

Some Light Thrown on the Relations That Existed Between Two Famous Indianians in the Early Sixties.

It is certain that a movement for a child-labor law will receive an impe-

rlprk in Washington lives lit-1 tus this winter that will result in a

tie better than a serf ,and at his death ' more' or less effective federal regulathere awaits him only a yawning hole tion of the subject. The labor unions in the potter's field. All of these com-1 of the country have for years been munica tions have for their subject "hammering" on the matter, but as 4 v, nr.naoH Infrcaco nf 9ft nor n&YiT !n niial tho Tinlitirlans nr now takinST

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Ca?att III. Philadelphia, Dec. 22. A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, is ill at his home in Haverford. He ha3 not been in the best of health since he was attacked with whooping cough, contracted from one of his grandchildren at Par Harb6r last summer, He is confmed to his bed. . Roasted AMve In a Car. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 22. J. S. Gilliland and an unknown man were burned to death in a car in the Rock Island yards here. Gilliland was moving from Northboro, la., to Marlin, Indfan territory. An oil stove in the car was tipped over, and set the household goods on fire, roasting the men alive. School Burned. Chicago, Dec. 22. Fire practically destroyed the big St. Stanislaus parochial school at Noble and Bradley

streets. The loss is about $250,000.

Mine at Bottom of Lake.

Toronto, Dec. 22. The Ontariogov-

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In anveditoral communication upon tho relations between Governor. Morton and General Lew Wallace, tho Indianapolis News says: A citizen of Morgantown thinks Gen. U'w Wallace should occupy Indiana's vacant niche in Satuafy Hall at Washington because "Morton is nlready there." He thinks "as they were together in war and peace it would be fitting for them to be ia the Hall of Farm together." The Hail of Fame is at the New York University, and Indiana has no representative there yet. There may be good reasons for placing General Wallaca in Statuary Hall, but his relations with Morton do not furnish any argument. General Wallace continued to act with the Democratic party for several years nfter Governor Morton left it. Ho bpposed Morton when tlio latter ran for Governor in ISr.ti, and said many harsh things of him between theu and 3 SCO. From 1S5;5 to 1SC0 General Wallace and Governor Morton did not speak. Tho firing on Ft. Sunipter brought them together on the common pine of loyalty, and their relations for a while were cordial. But after the ShiloU incident, which resulted in General Wallace's tempor I arily retirement from a command iorj

which he held Morton partially respen

' salaries, which President

some time ago declared he might lec- i treating it as if

jommend. The President is consulting had been made. I the members of Congress on his pro-student at the nosition. and this week had a lengthy , worked out the

conference with Representative L.Htauer. a member of the Committea on

Annmnriation. Mr. Roosevelt la un-

" 3 an unwarranted liberty with;V-' favnT. f n ,

you rather than do nothing, but yoa!ket increase of 20 per cent, but is .. . . s' . 1 ,u l i T,T,-ino,t that fhprA should ae some

have laid me on the shelf.

'T can get you back again." "You are influential, I know, but: not where that power lies." "Who is the man?" "General Halleck." The Governor flinched and looked awaj. "Make the appointments," I said. "It must be understood, however, that I am through when done with the First district." "They are already made. You will begin at Evansville." , The style was that of a superior, and seeing myself subject to hia order, I left him with ill grace."

bend me. the appointments.

convinced that there should be some

general raise in the clerk's pay. Mr. Littauer is distinctly opposed to a general increase in government salaries, but he has acknowledged that there are men in the service, particularly those at the heads of bureaus, who deserve better wages. As a matter of fact. Uncle Sam's employes are wofully underpaid.

Sir Horace Plunkett, a former member of the British Parliament and

j vice president of the Department of Agriculture and Technical . Instrucr tion for Ireland, arrived in Washingi ton this week. Sir Horace is a firm

1 admirer of Secretary Wilson, and has If yOU J rt . F 4 Vwi nnrnnca nf it 11 A VI n f Tin

i ,t . - . . , - ; I 'llitT 1UI llic v w -"

r i t". ... 5 tvan3VlU" f methods of the U. S. Department of

never friends again: or

We were

ltither, our friendship parted then and there with its coriality. I resented the liberty he had taken with me; he resented my resent iment. Let the disinterested judge between us. They were never cordial friends again, at least General Wallace persisted in holding Governor Morton partially responsible for his tempor

ary shelving. At a later period, when

Wilson's Department is the most ?ffective organization of its kind In tha world. His visit Is for the purpose of gaining information to be applied to the agricultural conditions in Ireland and Great Britain at large. Sir Horace dined with President Roosevelt one evening this week, and already has hsd several conferences with Secretary Wilson.

ible. their relations were broken snd ! he was directed to report to Governor

were never again cordial. In his autobiography, recently published. General Wallace tells how, after having been shelved for a while, he received n telegram from Governor Morton s:sk him to. call on the Governor at Indian ripolix. He did so immediately. We Quote: The Governor then brought out a telegram from Secretary Stanton :r ilering me to report to Governor .Morton. It required no Solomon to t?ll

Miat this was the very thing lying big !

m . ui it-ai i .sioo.t actually relieved rf my command. The division was :o longer mine. "I did, not ask. Tor this. Governor Did yon?" " - " " V .'

Morton and learned that he was to be

asked to make speeches, he held 'Morton responsible for the order and declined to report. He writes: . My experience with Governor Morton were fresh; through him I had lost my division in the Arrar of the

The happiest man, probably, in Washington is Governor Winthrop, of Porto Rico. President Roosevelt's powerful plea to Congress for citizen

ship for the Porto Ricans is the causa

Governor- Winthrop arrived here t iis week from Hot Springs, Va., where lit

stopped oft witn Mrs. w mtnrop iorj

a great discovery Out in Nebraska, a Nebraska university ground plan of our

present interstate commerce law Confidingly he took the data to the member of the state legislature from his county. That gentleman brought it to Washington, as a discovery of

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, i au servea mm iwce, t pleasure ana to iaKe me oatns, xi

uHiuiufiius ui msregard of my rank; ; is confident that Congress wiU grant he had seen me in degradation roor.ths ( to the Porto Ricans the pririleg3 of and months, and st silent when he ' citizenship, and declares that the Ismight have saved me at the expanse land is thoroughly entitled to :t. of a word spoken. It was. too much, ! . , ,

ann i iiroiip out in V telegram. The tele-grain was to Secretary-Si anton, decJiiring to ' report", to Morton.

niia inr?; continued to

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maintain

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Representative Esch, of Wiscous'n, called at the White House this week and introduced to President Jloosevelt the. new Lieutenant-Governor of the State. Kmil TJaensch. Mr. TJansch is in Washington cn a visit, and

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