Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 347, 20 January 1907 — Page 4

The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, January 20, 1907 THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM want, and which are necessary for their good, should be conferred without discrimination. Law violation Is a very bad thing for any commu-nity, and it is governed by an element that thinks It more necessary to make money than to guard public morality as it is when laws are disregarded in spite of the wishes of the better element of the community. There is one lesson which, the people of the country are beginning to understand and that is that there are some considerations of more importance than dollars. Legislature should not pass a law if it seems to them it will tend to a laxity in a law enforcement. It cannot afford to do so. If there are other just reasons for the passage of the bill, they should be carefully considered, but if it is a question of the wide open town or strict enforcement of laws the legislature has no choice in the matter. It is necessary to enforce the laws as they are. Shelbyville Republican. What Representative Manufacturers of Richmond Think of a Ship Subsidy Bill One and All Believe It Should Be for the Upbuilding of Our foreign freight Business and Not for Aiding the Already Prosperous Mail and Passenger Lines W. W. Schultz, of the Wayne Works, Takes Exception to Any Ship Subsidy Measure Until the Tariff Has Been Revised. Entered at Richmond Postoffle as Second Class Matter SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1907 RICHMOND, IND. NUMBER 30 1.

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Earlham Should Not Accept JRockef ellcrs Money All the arguments to the contrary, we still remain convinced that Earlham should not compromise itself by accepting money and tainted at that from John D. Rockefeller. Not because his money may be any more tainted than some other person's money, but because men of his class need a Rood dose of social ostracism, and the stronger the dose the better it will be on the future of this country. In the past, men have become rich, not through hoi est methods, but by descending 10 such low business methods as rebating and drawbacking, obtaining information to be used against comjetitors and keeping paid spys in their bookkeeping and other departments. Anything in fact, just so the competitor could be beaten. A little child has a higher sense of honor thin such men. Take any school boy, he will have "scraps" at school, as a'l such boys do, but he will fight fairly. IIi3 blows will be struck above the belt. lie will not slip up behind an adversary and strike him wnen he Is not looking. If he did descend to such tactics his school mat would make short work of him. They would leave him severely alone, considering him a sneak and not fittj associate with decent, manly boys. Competition in business is but an older and more mature form of the school days "scrap" and why should it not be carried on with as high a degree of honor? If there is any answer to that question, John D. Rockefeller has it, for he is the one living being who has astonished the world by the magnitude and daring of his crooked business methods. In the past, before the people were aroused to do some thinking for themselves, such men generally tried to ease public opinion by a great show of generosity such as endowing colleges, etc. And the people, fools that they were, swallowed the bait whole and lauded the man for his "philanthropy." And the colleges. Well John D. en-dowed a university in New York state some years ago and its president has stood up for him ever since. When President Roosevelt began his great crusade against illegal and criminal wealth this man, Chancellor Day, came out and decried the defamation of such captains of industry,, such philanthropic gentlemen as John D. and the rest of his crowd. But what good did it do? Everyone knew that

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VUXUV-IWA MriJ ...... ' . . . - - " " D., and decided that the louder he raved against the attack on the interests, the more the interests deserved to be investigated and punished. And they are still investigating and punishing, old John D. is still trying to carry on his old time pose as the "philanthropic" gentleman with other people's money. What if the money he would give to Earlham were to be a part of what he had filched from Richmond and this vicinity? Most of the peoplo who have unconsciously contributed would be perfectly willing that he should keep it and not pay it back in the form of a bribe to enable him still to keep his title of the "philanthropic" gentleman. As to helping higher education. We had far better concern purselves with bettering the condition of our lower grades. With millions of children laboring In foul mines and filthy factories a result of the "philanthropic" gentleman's system getting absolutely no education, but the education of grinding work almost from the time they were born, It looks as though higher education could afford to be neglected until we are able to fix once and for all time the "philanthropic" gentlemen who have forced this system upon us. And the only way to do it is to convince them that we are In earnest. That as a people we have decided to keep up the fight until they give in and enable all of us to live in the best condition. And the best way to do this is by refusing their "philanthropic"

bribes and giving them the benefit of any such advertising. Worse and Worse You cannot pick up a newspaper now-a-days without reading of some horrifying railway wreck. We have had two minor wrecks near Richmond within the past three days with a loss of one life. Yesterday a train was wrecked at Fowler, Indiana, aud sixteen or twenty people killed. Earlier in the month a wreck on the Rock Island caused the death of over thirty people and a terrible disaster on the Baltimore & Ohio resulted in over fifty persons being killed beside a large number injured. In nearly all railway wrecks it is the passengers in the day coaches that suffer the greatest injury and of whom the largest number are slain. This is directly caused by the cheap construction of the day coaches. They are constructed almost entirely throughout of wood and in a collision are reduced to a mass of splinters. The Pullman coaches, on the contrary, are of steel construction throughout and in case of collision are practically uninjured. They can neither buckle or telescope and their occupants generally escape with very little if any injury.! Why should not the day coaches be of the same construction? Is tle mere fact that their occupants pay less fare than those who ride jin Pullmans any just reason as to why they should not enjoy just as much safety? Boiled down it really comes to the same old question of the protection of the few at the expense of the many. The majority of passengers on any railway ride in day coaches. They cannot afford to ride in Pullmans. But they ought to receive the same protection as those who ride In the Pullman's. Their lives are just as dear to them and just as necessary to their family. Yes, we venture to say that their lives are more valuable than the lives of the Pullman riders. Takj a working man riding in a day coach which is wrecked and he loses his life. If he Is married and has a family their provider is taken Irom them, a fact that probably in nine cases out of ten leaves them in a condition sooner or later of absolute destitution and want. The man of family riding in the Pullman, however, who loses his life is probably wealthy and leaves his family at least free from want or poverty. Furthermore the fact that he did leave his family well off leaves them in a position to obtain still further money from the railway for damages. IIow many times is the poorer passenger In the day coach able to obtain any redress from a wealthy railway? lie or "his surviving family have no money to afford going into the courts to force the railway to pay damages. Every state legislature in the country and our national legislature at Washington ought to make it a criminal offense on the part of the directors of any road for a wreck to occur. In stead of putting the blame 011 some under paid, over-worked operator or other employee the main officers of the road should be held responsible. If the present rate of accidents keeps up the country will begin to think that after all private ownership of the railways has had its day, and that the government should step in and manage rightly where the present private owners are so grossly and fatally mismanaging.

Governor Ilanly's very long message to the sixty-first General Assembly is not without recommendations that should be enacted into laws. Passing over his references to the State's finances and the cases of Sherrick, Storms, Ward and the others, we come to his first recommendation that a State accountant be authorized by law. The suggestion is a good one, and in view of what has transpired, the legislature need look no further for argument in favor of the Governor's proposition. Next, the Governor desires to establish an independent insurance department to divorce all insurance matters from the Auditor of State's office. While making this recommendation he admits that the weakness of the present system dealing with insurance matters in the Audior's office is due to the niggardliness of the legislatures -which have allowed but $5,290 for this most important department. If the Governor's statement of the case be true, as it no doubt is, then, by his words, we do not need a separate insurance department, but we do need adequate funds and methods for the supervision of insurance work in the Auditor's office. There, really, is no excuse for the

creation of a new department. The evils of the past and present cannot be corrected any more completely they cannot be corrected as completely by iaking the matter from the Auditor's department. What the Legislature should do is to fortify and support the present method. The Governor then deals with the tax commission situation, . recommends longer sittings and urging that the Governor be relieved of his membership in the commission. These suggestions appear to be proper, although it is doubtful if the Governor can serve the state in any better way than by watching over the matter of taxes. The anti-lobby recommendation is one of the very best in the message. The pests that prey on the legislature and thwart .the will of the people should be forced to give up their unholy work by law. The governor also recommends anti-pass legislation and urges state supervision of private banks, which is entirely proper. He thinks an inheritance tax is "an eminently just form of taxation," but he only "commends for consideration" the proposition to elect United States Senators by popular vote. Shelbyvillo Republican. '

President Roosevelt has decided to rescind that part of his famous order charging three companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry (colored), which debarred those so discharged from holding civil office. He frankly admits that his position in the matter was wrong, that he didn't have the right to prescribe civil punishment. There is no disposition on the part of the chief executive, however, to rescind the remainder of his order, and he is willing to abide by it. The reason for rescinding so much of it as is taken away, is that the order by that much exceeded his powers. Without regard to the order itself, which we hold to have been not only just but necessary, a very admirable trait of the president is shown in his new position in the matter. One of the things for which he is famous is his frankness. When he intends to do a thing he goes at it straightforwardly, impulsively and without hesitancy. His decisions are quickly made, and they are almost always right. But President Roosevelt is open to argument, and when he is convinced that he has made a mistake he is as free in admitting it as he is frank in stating his purposes. It is a quality that is rare in public inen, although it is an admirable one. Shelbyville Republican.

The proud Indianapolis News, the self-proclaimed "Indiana's greatest newspaper," has had to swallow a bitter pill administered by its hated competitor, the Indianapolis Morning Star. It seems from the Star's showing that the News sent out a confidential letter on circulation that set out things to the News' advantage and the Star's detriment. The Star first offered to

give $25,000 to charity if the News could prove the assertions in the letter,

the News to give an equal amount if it could not prove them. The Star then

offered $50,000, next day $75,000, and today $100,000, but the News is still silent.

It appears to us as if the News had resorted to unfair methods in the

strife for business. The Evening Star has encountered dishonest, lying and

unscrupulous competition in Rushvilla, therefore we sympathize with the Morning Star in the present controversy. Rushville Star.

There are husbands and wives whose love is so deep that each cares

only to have what will be best for the other and for their children. Thesa men and women belong to no particular class, they are to be found among the highly educated and luxurious classes, in the great middle classes and

among the laboring people. Such people are honest in their affections, honest with each other and honest with the world. Their homes are not places for show, but what the name implies places for rest, happiness and inspiration of good work. These homes may consist of only two or three rooms or may be palaces, yet the influence is always good. It is always such homes that make the world sweeter and better, and experience shows us that they are common in our country. Shelbyville News.

The efforts to publish a newspaper in the interest of the public is not without its trials and worries. The editor is not a mere automaton, without f3eling, affection or sympathy, but he is human and possesses the attributes cf humanity. In gathering the news he often finds that which he would rather not have found, and in publishing it his regret is scarcely less intense than the sorrow of those affected by the publicity. But what is he to do? He is not responsible for the happening of the event, but if, upon request or importunity, he fails in his duty to the community, he is responsible, and while the interested few may feel grateful, he is criticised by the many, and his paper loses influence and standing before the public. New Castle Courier.

There may have been a time when the Foraker tactics in the senate may have been "good politics" for the man who inaugurated them. That is not the case now. People are reading more than they did. They know Foraker had a "grouch" at the president and his haste In jumping into the Brownsville incident only proved this fact more clearly. Whatever the senate may do, the President is fully justified in the eyes of the country for his action. As to Foraker, if he ever had the shadow of a chance for the presidency, he has sacrificed it by his advocacy of special interests and his holding up to the senate to vent the personal spleen against the chief executive. Connersville News.

Lest we forget, in the intensity of our pose as the personification of morality before the world, it seems proper to mention that when Count Boni de Castlelane arose to address the French Chamber of Deputies, his confreres arose with one impulse and left the hall as an expression of contempt for a social leper, but in New York a fashionable audience rendered to one Caruso, a singer, at his first appearance on the stage after he had been convicted and fined for immoral conduct, an enthusiastic ovation in token presumably of confidence and esteem. New Castle Qourier.

At the present time when the ship subsidy question is agitating the na

tion, the Palladium has collected for, its readers the opinions of four of J Richmond's representative manufac-j turers. Of course as is to be expected;

mere is considerable divergence of opinion on some points, but m the main all the men questioned favored the idea of a ship subsidy bill. Stephen Strattan, secretary, Gaar: Scott Co., when questioned said: I am

a firm believer in ship subsidy, but I j am not thoroughly acquainted with! the bill now pending Tefore congress, 1

I do not care to express an opinion I on it. j Since the opening of our business f with South American ports we have ; been handicapped by slow shipments, j by the way of England because there : are no American lines of any importance traversing the distance between ! New York and South America, and !

hence the English vessels have to car- J ry our goods. They are taken to E.ig-1 land where they await the pleasure of! the steam ship companies, so far as ! haste in dispatching them to their des- j tination is concerned. English goods' cannot help but be favored and as the j result we are left out in the cold, fig- j uratively speaking. The shipping i rates via Liverpool, England, are large ! and we have to suffer from this incon-j venience as well as delay in shipment. As an illustration of this we sent a ! shipment of threshing machinery to Beunos Ayres last September, but in the past few days received a letter j from our representative in South j America stating that the shipment had ' as yet not appeared. I suppose that it ! was delayed in England as the ship- j ment was made via Liverpool. The one line doing business directly j between New York and South Ameri 1 can ports is not at all up to the stan- ,

dard, the vessels used being sma'l .'

and of inferior quality.

A notable instance about our (the United States) trade with South American points is that practically all of our exports are handled by English German or French vessels and as those vessels now under American control are so crude that they are almost the laughing stock of the nations of the earth. Many of the European countries, including some of the smallest, support an excellent merchant marine while America probably falls to the rear in this respect. Yes I am thoroughly in favor of a ship subsidy." "The question has been raised that a ship subsidy would give an opportunity for graft. What do you think of this?" was asked. "Well," said Mr. Strattan, "I don't see why that objection should be rais

ed, although I believe, too, that the men back of the freight lines would profit greatly, but if the general results of an appropriation are good, and net the manufacturers of this country millions of dollars each year, the good would more than offset the result of the gains made by the men controlling the steamship lines to the South American and Oriental countries." S. E. Swayne, vice-president and treasurer, Robinson & Co. "I am taken at a disadvantage, as I am not thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the present ship subsidy bill pending before congress, but I will say that I am not in favor of a ship subsidy if the money appropriated is to be used for passenger and mail lines. I do favor, however, a ship subsidy, so long as it is confined to merchants or freighting vessels. America is woefully weak in vessels whica are of such size and number that thev can accommodate the various shipping interests of this country. Yes, you can put me down in favor of an appropriation for a ship subsidy so long as it is used for the benefit of tty demoralized American freight lines, but not if it is used for passenger and

mail lines, and by old anJ well established steamship companies. Theso are able to take care cf themselves without a subsidy. I would not hav them profit by government appropriations. John M. Lontz, president and general manager of the F. & N. Lawn Mower Co. "I am in favor of a ship subsidy, if it Is used along the proper channels, viz. the building up of American freight interests, instead of passenger and mail steamship lines." Walter W. Schultz, president, Wayne Works Co. "1 am not in favor of ship subsidy, because I believe that the men now controlling the steam ship lines would use it as they saw fit while the American government would have no assurance that it would be used along proper lines. I believe that there is something lying back of th' present great agitation on the part o! a few men in Washington for the appropriation for a ship subsidy. Then again. If the United States government paid these lines a large amount each year, in the form of a subsidy we would have an opportunity to shin our exports, but when we wished ta profit by the imports, ones which we use every day and which we are required to pay excessive rates to American concerns, we would be unable t j profit by the subsidy because of th i high protective tariff. If the tariff wai lowered, then I might favor a subsidy but until this is done I do not. We are held up every day by the steel and lumber combination and have to-pay $6 more on the ton for steel than It U really worth. If the tariff was lowered and we could profit by having American vessels bring the thlngi which we most need to this country, a subsidy would then be of some practical use. As It appears to me ths present time, everything would be ; ing out and nothing coming in. Wi could send our products out, but licit benefit, by the products of other ia tions being brought In."

WOULD TAKE JOHN D's GOLD

Palladium Subscriber Takes Exception to the Words of the Rev. Case, and Shows VShy Earlham Should Accept Rockefeller's Offer.

j the world. John D. Rockefeller's doI nation to Earlham college will merely ' furnish the oil which will make the J light, and the officers of the institution must so manage the machinery

that the candle power of the light is kept up to its present high standard. If any doubt exists regarding the acceptance of this money, let a com-

EARLHAM SHOULD ACCEPT JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S MONEY because Earlham did, in no way, shape or form, forfeit any of its cardinal principles for which it stands to secure the money. Because if its cardinal principles are antagonistic to John D. Rockefeller's style of doing business, this money will help Earlham to prosecute its ideas and inculcate them into the

minds of thousands of the young who

mittee be appointed to investigate every Institution to which John D. has given money and ascertain the facts as to whether his money did contaminate and whether the usefulness of the institution from the date of its acceptance did degenerate and gradually lose Its power for good. SUBSCRIBER.

THINKS SALARIES OF CONGRESSMEN SHOULD BE INCREASED TO $10,009 A. 13. Votaw, a Termer Richmond Man, Now in National Capital, Writes to the Palladium of the Observations He Has Made on the Subject.

The salary of a member of the congress of the United States is by stat-

come to this college for a lifes train-1 "e placed at $5,000.00 a year, payable . ) in monthly Installments.

Because if It should be proven that 1 .,nce of $1200 00 per annum is grant-

John D's immense fortune has been j ?j for the services of a clerk. Many

accumulated by a series of rebates, j members pay more than this amount

., . ., . I for clerk hire, and some who appoint

their clerks from their immediate families may actually pay less than

special privileges etc., it Is reason

able to suppose that the city of Richmond and vicinity, possibly, has suf-

this .sum. For the purpose of this ar-

fered as much in proportion as any) tide this sum shall be estimated as a other territory on the face of thei P"1 of the compensation. Fmm tno funrl rf rnnflnwonf ov.

earth, and therefore has contributed ponses a sUpuulated sum pe annum its share of what he now possesses j amounting to $125.00 is allowed to

and a mere pittance of $50,000 would j each congressman for stationery. If

only be returning to Richmond a part j a congressman does not use this j no means an adequate compensation

amount ror stationery, tne Daiance is 1 for t:e character or tne services

paid to him in cash. If his bill for sta-

Justment of the provision for meeting the traveling expenses of the congressmen. Hence the annual compensation of a member of the Unitel States Congress, Including all the items to which we have referred. Is 6323 plus Mileage. The franking privilege, granted to the members as a perquisite for all official business, should be refered to, but this expense is chargeable to the government, and has nought to do with the personal account of the congressmen. Is this compensation sufficient? The writer has not the slightest hesita

tion in asserting that the pay Is by

of what rightfully belongs to it. Ac

cording to those criticising John D. tjonery amounts to more than $125.00

he should return his illy earned the disbursing officer collects the dif-

wealth to those from whom he stole ference. Some years ago an article by

it.

which ought to be rendered. Thli la not saying that every member of congress is earning his salary. They ara good, bad and indifferent. Some of

The Associated Prohibition Press reports that 30,000,000 people in America are now, living prohibition. But it does not say that this condition has

been brought about through laws that the Prohibition party has almost invar

iably opposed. The $1,000 license measure now pending in the Legislature

will drive many saloons out of small towns and confine them, as a rule, to the large towns or cities, thus enlarging the prohibition area; yet we find the leaders of the prohibition party bitterly arrayed against the high license

measure. Connersville News.

For an entirely innocent man. Senator Bailev nf Tptso fsr,,-o. v.--.

- - - - .j lx ci 1 a to prevent an investigation of his record. As Mr. Puntenay, of Rushville, once said in his paper, on another occasion not dissimilar, his attitude is a virtual plea of guilty. Connersville News.

IS PROMISED ONCE MORE

C.C.&L. THROUGH SERv'ICE

SIXTH DISTRICT EDITORIALS.

One of the bills proposed for introduction in the General Assembly while not openly stating it, of course, is intended to pave the way for towns in Indiana to be t ither "wide open" or "closed" according as the people of the town fhai! direct. The bill provides that the appointing of police boards shall rest iu the mayors of the cities themselves rather than in the governor of the state.' This bill is the result of many conflicts that have arisen between the j:oevnor and the cities under his jurisdiction, because the police boards have vished in certain instances to allow what is known as a wide open administration, that is, saloons were to be allowed to violate the liquor laws, gamblers were to be allowed to violate the gambling laws, and other illegal practices permitted. . The situation is rather paradoxical. The legislature meets to pass laws for the regulation of affairs in Indiana. The constitution prohibits sectional legislation. Yet it cannot be denied that the purpose of this act is in reality to allow certain communities, at their own volition, to disregard laws which have been deemed wise and necessary by other legislatures. We do not wish to be understood as saying that the legislature intends to legalize disregard for law. There will doubtless be communities In which the majors will see to It that the laws are obeyed if they have control of the police boards. And yet, it must be admitted that the real argument behind the law is that if it wishes to disregard the laws it may do so. - We believe that the laws should all be enforced. There should be no law on the statute books which the people do not want and those which they do

To Be Three Trains Each Way Be

tween Chicago and Cincinnati by February 15 Will Also Provide Sleepers.

neer of maintainence of way for the C. C. & L. for several years, has resigned and the office has been abolished, temporarily at least. The duties of that office will be divided between Roadmaster M. A. Mulligan and Paul Barnard, both of whom have headquarters at Peru.

Hammond, Ind., Jan. 19 (Spl.) F.

E. Landweier, district passenger agent of the Chicago. Cincinnati &

Louisville railroad, promises that not

later than February 15 trains will be running regularly on the road which

is now completed to within two miles

west of this city. The link which is to connect the extension with the Chicago Belt line into Chicago is completed with the exception of about 1.400 feet at Chicago Junction. When this is completed there will be through regular service between Chicago and Cincinnati, with three trains each way every day, including ideen-ing-car service. J. K. Stroufe. who has been. eni-

Watson's Pension Bills.

Among the special pension bills that Representative Watson has presented are the following: For Sarah E. Ball, Henry H. Moore, Hueh L. Mullen, Thomas Shepherd. Elizabeth Finnan, Addison W. Wilson, Benjamin M. Rickets, John Colby, Margaret OTool, Mary D. Farrar, Mary J. Martin, Christian B. Shelley. Catherine Frank, Joseph B. Israel, John Shoemaker, Daniel W. Mason, William Coe, Maria E. Walcutter, George Atchison, Winfield S. Condo, Margaret A. Reed, James E. Taylor and Thomas B. Foutty.

j James Paxton, written for one of the t them appear to be less than thousand

! DOlllllar marazinPS cmatfd in the ; rTnllnr rnen Vfvt-tholtsa tht Tett-

Because it has not yet been proven 'b,Jc mind an entirely erroneous im- ' pie sent them there end we are in a

that John D. made every dollar he pression in regard to this allowance measure responsible for their proper

possesses m a aisnonest way, ana iui biauunt'ij. imij-a-mifi ..remuneration, iney are tne ones

whom we have chosen to accomplish some highly important duties, and if they are not the right sort of men,

who knows but that which he has have taken D tl) cr' and have tal:en

. i-L. 1. , a stunm or a vicious oeugnt in sumpromised Earlham, he has carefully mh;s up jnst hQw many l)enkniveg

selected irom nis special, stncuy j0Ws-harps, handkerchiefs, cuff-but- they represent the majority of their honest by the Ten Commandment tons, bottles of perfumery, etc., have j constituents. Rule account, thinking that some been obtained by congressmen from i Jn 1789 the pay was fixed at $3.00 person might object and he would the stationery department, and the pert diem for the time actually In serbe deprived the pleasure of having country Is gravely informed that con- vice. This arrangement continued till Earlham accept. Therefore let Earl-j gressnien are furnishing their houses. 1816, when the salary was placed at ham take the benefit of the honest , at the expense of the public revenues. ; $1500.00 per annum. This st'pend was doubt, accept the money and forever j Wholly wrong, for if the member repudiated by the country and next keep it in its proper channel. j chooses to snend the whole amount of year this statute was repealed and Because if it were possible to taint., $125.00 on granulated 6ugar, it does soon after the pay was raised to $100 a piece of monej-, it would not make j not concern the public. He will re- pr diem. There was no change made any difference whether the offering ; ceive no more than this amount, and till 1S56 when a yearly salary of $.5,000 were one dollar or one hundred thous- j he will get no less, no difference what , 00 was agreed upon, and In 1S6 this

and dollars, as the one dollar placed . he buys or does not buy. sum was increased to 5000.UO. Annar-

with the other money would necessarily leaven the whole lump. Because if Earlham college is to raise $50,000 by popular subscription in the city of Richmond together with some of its friends, and succeeds in doing so, it is a safe guess that if some of the subscriptions were

analjzed with, a microscope they

Mileage is allowed to each member ! ently the country endorsed iht,n

would be found infested with the mic- method of meeting the traveling ex-

robes of dishonesty. Earlham should , penses is Inapplicable at the present

accept because she needs the money,

and John D. has it. and has offered it as a gracious gift; anything else would be gross ingratitude. The immense fortune which John D. has and is likely to leave on this earth when he goes hence, were he so inclined, conld be placed in channels that would forever carry out vicious ideas. There is nothing which he would wish to do for the breaking down of the better things of life which his money would not come pretty near doing. He must be given credit for wanting to place his fortune in channels which go for the building up of society and the better things of this life from one end of this county to the other. Earlham college along with all other colleges stands as a light in the world and by its teachings that light Is liaj&le to be carried to any nart of

at the rate of forty cents a mile (twenty cents each way) for each session of the congress. This rate has not been altered since the year 1818. This allowance was made when members traveled to the Capitol by stage, by private carriage, by canal, by horseback. It is evident that such a

Use artificial gas tor ilgnt and heat. 10-tf

The Palladium gives a dollar each week for th best piece of news "tipped off to It.

day. Senator Gorman, who resided at

Laurel. Md., was entitled to $.00 mileage though the round trip cost abnt 50 minutes in time and one dollar in cash. Congressman Humphrey, who lives at Seattle, Washington, is entitled to more than $1200.00 on mileage account. In actual cash the Maryland senator has realized about seven dollars on account of mileage, while the member from Washington will easily make a profit of more than $1000.00. even when we include all

Pullman expenses. The system is very Inadequate. The delegate from Hawaii receives about $2200 for mileage, or nearly one half as much as his salary. This is a very nice investment for Mr. Kalanianaole. Some day when we have delegates or full members from the Philippine Islands, the mileage for each will be more than S3104. Strode exicity dema4a a re&d-

changes, although in both cases iho increased pay took effect at the beginning of the tenn of tho conzres? In which these chanse. were voted. la 1ST3 congress vo'e ! nn Increase In the salary to $7500.00, but the c juntiy o overwhelmingly repudiated th's bill that at the very next session of congresa the law was repea'ed- The bill of 1873 was framed with total lac; of discretion. It was unvije to vote an Increase of sair on the very last day of the session to lake effect, for the preceding two years. Some other salaries were raised by the snme statute, but they were not retroactive. So much remonstrance wa? mad? b the people that somj jismber.i never drew the additional salary, oil: en covered the extra amount back into the treasury, and many lost all opportunity of future elections or advancement, and so we'-e remanded to what was sooken of at the time to an "infamous obscurity." 'ilio lesson was well learned and no active attempt to change the salary has bien madi for more than thirty years. An effort was made the other day to raise the t-.n irv to $7500.00 sr.d to abolish the pieen system of mileage simply

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