Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 22, 8 March 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND) PAIXABIUM AISJD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. XO.22. RICII3IOND, IND., SUNDAY 3IOKMXG. 3IAKCII 8. 1008. SINGLE COPV, 3 CENTS.

PETTY STRIFE BETWEEN RIVAL DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS CAUSE OF RIG CONVENTION UPROAR

IN ORDER TO GIVE VENT TO PERSONAL GRUDGES, SCHIL LINGER AND BAYER FACTIONS OF THE PARTY CAME NEAR WRECKING T. H. KUHN'S GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDACY SATURDAY NIGHT.

VERITABLE MOB OF STRUGGLING, ANGRY AND EXCITED MEN What the Schillinger Faction Wanted the Bayer Faction Did Not Want and Then the Two Locked Horns. KUHN ACTED AS HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE. Preacher-Politician Was Only Cool and Collected Man in The Crowd and He Poured Balm on Troubled Waters. DELEGATES INSTRUCTED. MEN REPRESENTING WAYNE AND DALTON TOWNSHIPS IN STATE CONVENTION TO SUPPORT CANDIDATE ON FIRST BALLOT. CONFIDENCE IS EXPRESSED Mfter the First Ballot, Local Candidate Said Delegates Would See That He Was the Logical Candidate For the Nomination. The joint convention hold bv the democrats of Wayne and Dalton town- j ships last evening at the city building, endorsed the candidacy of the Rev. T. If. Kuhn for the gubernatorial nomination and the delegates to th state

convention received instructions to ac demand made, loud and long, for vote for htm on the first ballot. If 1 another vote. A motion was finally niter the first ballot they see that he j made to have the Wissler amendment has no chance for landing the nomlna- j withdrawn and this motion was carlion they arc at liberty to vote for the j ried. It was by mutual agreement, no

most "logical" candidate. It was the sentiment that the delegation will stand by Mr. Kuhn to the end. The convention was one of the most turbulent ever held by the democrats in this county and for a time it looked as though the Rev. Mr. Kuhn's own township would refuse to support him. The city administration faction was lined up solidly back of the preacher-politician, but the anti-administration forces in an effort to down their opponents, threatened for a time to sacrifice Mr. Kuhn for factional differences, all of a petty nature, alone. . These differences were nauseating. The anti-administration crowd, headed by Ben Price and John C. Bayer, gave battle to everything brought before the convention by the opposing faction, at the same time Mr. Bayer and Mr. Price professed great admiration for Mr. Kuhn and stated that, they favored supporting him in the state convention, but for one ballot only, unless he should develop Kreat strength, in which event, they thought the Wayne county delegation fhould back him to the finish. Kuhn Cool Headed. The only cool-headed man in the mob of struggling, angry and excited men was Mr. Kuhn. He showed his ability as a politician at every turn, ar.d but for his constant application tf soothing oil on the turbulent political waters, it is more than probable that the convention would have come to an end in a grand row. When the Buyer-Price crowd showed hostility to him because the administration crowU had rallied to his banr.rs. Mr. Kuhn won them over to him lv a forcible, clever and diplomatic ;n, .ins. ! in w'lieh he stated he had no c.eFiro to pici his own delegates and alternates to the state convention and compel them to vote for him to the t-itter end. Mr. Kuhn expressed the v.miost confidence that he would be nominated and he said after the first ballot the Wayne county delegates would perceive that he was the "logical candidate and that he knew they would never falter in their support of him until the nomination had been assured him. When Mr. Kuhn concluded his address, all hostility, with the exception of one strenuous opponent, had been dispelled and he was greeted with enthusiastic cheering. "You'll never be elected." yelleS Mr. Kuhn's solitary but still belligw

cuit opponent as he concluded his address. Immediately there were shouts of "Throw him out," "that man's a Republican heave him through the door," "smash hini in the mouth," and other heated remarks which caused the auti-Kuhn man to fade into the clear. "Listen not to the untried neophife," laughed the candidate for governor, and the crowd laughed with him. First Skirmish. The first skirmish between the waring factions tame when C. W. Merrill, temporary chairman, called upon the convention for the election of a permanent chairman. B. K. Wissler immediately nominated Pettis Heid. Mr. Wissler was one of the field marshals of the administration fortes. Mr. Ben Price then nominated Erastus Stover. An aye and nay vote was taken on the Wissler motion and Merrill ruled that Reid was elected. "Division." shouted the Stover supporters and Price informed the temporary chairman that if any "monkey business" was attempted trouble would result. On a motion the supporters of Reid assembled on the north side of the room while the Stover adherents gathered on the south half. Noses were counted and Stover was declared the victor, receiving I'M votes to Reid's 108. Mr. Reid moved to make the nomination of Stover unauiimous, but this failed. Price Objected. On a motion to elect delegates to the state convention. Mr. V.'issler offered an amendment which would permit Mr. Kuhn to appoint his own delegates and that these delegates should support him and G. B. Harris, candidate for the nomination for state statist ican, as long as eitiier of them was in the race. Mr. Price objected to this motion aud moved that the delegates be chosen by the convention and that these delegates should support Mr. Kuhn on the first ballot, but that after that they should have the privilege

of casting their votes for the most) logical candidate. A vote was taken I on the understanding that the vote was ! on the amendment proposed by Price mit n developed tnat tne vote was on the original amendment introduced by , "isslcr. When the anti-administration crowd discovered that they had, through a mistake, voted in favor j of the Wissler amendment there was! vote being taken in theh matter, that the delegates be instructed as proposed by Price. Predicts Victory. Mr. Kuhn at this time made one of his diplomatic statements, saying that he approved of Mr. Price's amend ment. He. said that he didn't want; the delegates to be instructed to vote for him for more than one ballot out of courtesy. He said that after the first ballot they would realize Jie was the logical candidate, and that the delegation would give him their loyal support until the last ballot had been taken. Mr. Kuhn also approved of the plan of having the convention name the delegates instead of himself. The latter plan, he said, smacked too much of republicanism. He then said in ringing tones that if the convention did not want to endorse his candidacy he would like to have this statement made. He also stated that this year the democrats of this state would have a republican plurality of 30.000 to overcome and that the party could not stop to quarrel and bicker over such trifling affairs as they had fought over at this convention. Any one the convention would name as a delegate to the state convention would be satisfactory to him as he knew they were all his friends. He said that he had driven Watson out of the Sixth district arena and that now he intended to drive him out of the state arena. Mr. Kuhn predicted that Watson would be nominated for governor by the republicans and that he would he defeated at the election by at least 20.000 plurality. Two Delegate LisU, After this address Mr. Price placed in nomination a list of eight delegates t.,xA v i ni . i i i , uu risiii. aueiiuties iu me siaie anu u wut-iiLioiis. .ir. issJler offered a list of delegates and alternates and another misup was

threatened. It was finally compro-jy mouth. They did not know that I mised. however, by the two sides ; am associated with Rev. J. Wilbur agreeing to split the delegation. The I Chapman. Dr. Biederwolf and others administration crowd was to be rep- j composing one of the greatest evanresented by the first four delegates ! fttHcal circles in the religious world and alternates appearing on its list i today. Our mission U to cry out

and the same arrangement was to be carried out by the other faction. Just when everything began to look lovely and harmony, with a Wg H. was about to prevail some one stated that Price's name appeared next to last on his list but that he had juggled tb names so that he was to b one

of the delegates. If is Honor M'ayor Schillinger t'ui-n leaned across a table and challenged his political opionents to battle royal. With a high tenor roar II. Farwig, a staunch member of the Bayer-Price clan, jumped into the arena and hurled back at the chief executive the gage he had cast to the floor. "If you want to fight this out we will accommodate you," yelled Farwig and the other clan leaders gave their battle cries. Mr. Kuhn was again called in to act as a Hague peace conference and "harmony" was once more restored.

DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES The delegates and alternates chosen were as follows: To State Convention. Delegates Hans Koll, Frank J. Macke, B. G. Price, Henry Farwig, Richard Allen, Pettis Reid, Charles Beck and D. H. Kuth. Alternates Adolph Blickwedel, Jacob Kern, John C. Bayer, William Urban, Henry Walterman, Ben Hill, E. It. Stover and Harry Dalby. To Congressional Convention. Delegates Perry Jackson, C. McDonald, Frank Pickett, J. If. A. Bode, George Xoggle, William Urban, E. R. Stover and William Beekman. Alternates John Crane, Adolph Blickwedel, William Haberkern, Jacob Kern, Kd. Berheid, John Getz, John X. I,antz and W. B. Dye. Following the selection of delegates the various wards held meetings and chose precinct committeemen. MAYOR M'KEE WAS DECLARED GUILTY Thought Punishment Will Not Be Meted Out. Logansporl, Iiid., March 7. Mayor George P. McKee of this city, has been declared guilty of intoxication by the impeachment court, but no other action was taken in the trial by council. Another meeting of the Council must be held to determine what, if any, punishment should be meted out to the mayor. However, there is a strong feeling that this is the end of the impeachment proceedings that the Council, in the face of the feeling of the citizens of Ixgansport, will not try to proceed further and attempt to throw Mayor McKee out of office. HIS POSITION Evangelist Says Many People Thought Him a Little "Two-by-Four." PLEDGED THEMSELVES. THIRTEEN RICHMOND CONVERTS HAVE DECIDED fo TAKE UP MISSIONARY WORK IN FOREIGN FIELDS. The Grace M. K. and First M. E. churches have decided to continue the joint revival services under Dr. Till man Hobson for another week. The ! meeting will be moved back to the Grace church Monday night for remainder of the revival. At the end of ; fho m 1 it-) (to hero Tr Unhcnn will rrn I

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... . , . , .just now without owners who have to his home in Anderson for a rest i J

preparatory to his departure to Kansas where he will ioin Dr. E. H. Bied-' erwolf in a state-wide revival. Thirteen Pledge Themselves. The Grace and First M. E. churches here are unanimous in their praise of the great work that fne Rev. Hobson has done. There have been many converts and Friday night thirteen of these converts publicly dedicated themselves to the work iu foreign fields. The Rev. Hobson himself feels that his position in the evangelical field has been misunderstood, perhaps wantonly by many , people in Richmond. When seen yesterday by a i preis representative he said: j "Wh(,n I anie to Richmond and be1 bsti to crv nut np-nlncit sin thfrp vre - nermi uhn thrmpbt that T -na n lit lo

j 1 " : " i not stand for the dead-head dne- anv two-by-four preacher and it devolved'1"" and fr tbe CeKa bead ds any

I upon them as a public fluty to close against all forms of sin and we will continue to do so despite all the forces that are massed against us. Xext fall we will be associated in a great revival services that will include the whole state of Kansas and we expect to see a religious wave sweep the state that is without parallel in its history."

MEN OF

EVELYN T 1 1 A V,' IH A SERIOUS CONDITION She Has Suffered From a General Nervous Breakdown Following the Trial. GRAVE CONCERN IS FELT. HER FRIENDS ATTRIBUTE HER CONDITION TO THE EFFORTS OF THAW'S RELATIVES TO BRING ABOUT A SEPARATION. New York, March 7 Mrs. Florence Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is seriously ill as the result of a general nervous breakdown and inquirers at the house tonight were informed that her condition is such as to cause grave concern among her friends. Two trained nurses are in attendance upon the patient and Dr. Valermmer Stillo has ordered that she must see no one or be disturbed. Mrs. Thaw has been in poor health ever since the beginning of the last trial of her husband. Two weeks ago she was attacked by grip and had to take to her bed. Mrs. Thaw's friends attribute her condition to the fact that her husband being now saved, his family is making every effort to separate them. PEOPLE ARE NOW DODGING DOG TAX Owners Refuse to Claim the Stray Canines. There are many dogs in Richmond forgotten that part of their assessable assets, said an assessor today. The assessors are making their annual spring visits and are having just as much trouble as ever. They do not have much difficulty in getting lists of personal property, probably because the tax does not have to be paid for some months. The assessors are supposed to co'lect the dog tax as they go and many people would rather make an excuse about the ownership of the canines than pay the money. Where the money is not paid, the account is turned over to the prosecuting attorney and no doubt many arrests will be made in the near future. Dog tax must be raid this year. Ppnle who nav on other nronertv wi'l ! people no paj on otner property WlJ THE ROD IS NOW BARRED. New York Will Not Be Used in Schools. Xew York, March 7 The plan io re vive corporal punishment in the j schools of New York City has finally been killed at a meeting of the Board ! of Education. There were thirtyeight of the forty-six members of the board present and the vote resulted twenty-one against corporal punishment and seventeen for it.

AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND

EDWIN H. CATES. Cashier Union National Bank. WILLTHIS COUHTRV BE CALLED UPON AS A Diplomatic Circles on Eve of Jap-Chinese Crisis Talk of This Country's Situation in Impending Conflict. EUROPEAN POWERS MAY SUGGEST NAME OF U. S. Japan Could Accept this Country as Mediator, or Could Refuse China Has to Answer Today. acute Washington, March 7. An stage in the negotiation between Japan and Chirm, where war now looms as an ominaus possibility, has caused diplomatic circles here to discuss the pertinent question as to whether it is likely any European nation may suggest the United States as a meditator. The general impression appears to be, that the inquiry may be convened within a day or so by some continental power to Pekin, asking if the United States would be acceptable as a mediator. Inasmuch as the Japanese government has stated that its honor is concerned, there is little chance of having the cause of the quarrel referred to the powers, unless Japan should agree to waive the point of national honor an issue raised by the hauling down of a Japanese f'ag when the Mira was seized by China. Japan could accept the United States as mediator or not as she like,d. DOES NOT WEAKEN. f Japan's Ultimatum Expires Today But. China is Stubborn. Pekin, March ultimatum expires tomorrow China shows no sign of weakening, BULL KILLED WAIF. Bruised and Gored Little Body Was Found. Alietitown. Pa.. March 7. Bruised and gored by a vicious hull that tossed him high in the air and over the partition between stalls, Adam Clay, the nine-year-old adopted son of Tyranus Grim, residing between Monterey and New Smitl, vi! was founf dead by his fo.-ter f'a:l.-r. The child's bodv was s;tiil wariu wht-n found. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday, not change in temperature. much OHIO Fair Sunday except snow flurries on the northeast lake shore. i he Telephone is a iyour Classified Ads to the

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HORRIBLE FATE IS MET BY A Drugged, Robbed and Laid on Tracks of a Railroad at Rockford, III. STRUCK BY FOUR TRAINS. POLICE BELIEVE THE WOMAN WAS DRUGGED, BEATEN WITH A STONE AND THEN PLACED ON THE TRACKS. Rockford. 111., March 7 Drugged, robbed and laid on the tracks of the Burlington road that a train might

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kill her, is believed by the police to wanjs orant showed great unwillinghave been the fate of Mrs. Anna ' ness to convict Babcock, his own fa-

Layng of this city, whose mutilated remains were picked up today after j four trains had passed over her body. j0iin Samuelson, night watchman at a factory, saw Mrs. Layng and a man walking along the side tracks when he went on duty. Later he saw the man alone. The police theory is that Mrs. Layng was drugged, beaten with a stone and left on the track. BE BROUGHT BACK HERE If Government Desires This, Action Will Result. Paris, March 7. If the United States government should really de- , sire it, Paul Emile Roy probably will ; be taken to New Hampshire for trial jfor the murder of George A. Carkin, I brother of Mrs. Roy, who is better known as Glacia Calla. Every effort is being made by his i ramii to nave tne matter tnrashed

,lthmi . Tan9n,J,Jt before the French courts. They fe p. i base their contention on the law which

provides for the trial in France of a French citizen for any crime committed abroad, and would force the accusers of Roy to bring their evidence here. OPERATORS COMPLAIN. New York Central Uses Bulldozing Tactics. Goshen. Ind., March 7. Tbe railway telegraphers in northern Indiana in . ;he f'l.ipJoy .f the Xew York Central j railway : the company of bull!:ozii:g tactic,. asserting that the eom- ' nany is leaking unjust dem b-rigth of ievir.s and divj. ion It is fuithf r charged that the company i:- evading the isrhr-bonr law by ebbing the office for two or three hours, asserting that the law does not cover ofEces not fully open for twenty-four hours, thereby dividing the laltftr into two shifts. Willing servant to bring Palladium oTilcs with the

ROOSEVELT HAS

THE RIGHT TO URGE HIS CHOICE William Dudley Foulkc Says That He Was Surely Right In Picking Secretary Taft As the Man. POLITICAL MEASURE OF PRESIDENTS TAKEN. Declared That Presidents Pre ceding Roosevelt Were Content to Keep Up With Times And Were Not Leaders. PRES. ROOSEVELT'S DUTY. SHOULD DO WHAT HE CAN TO PROMOTE SUCCESS OF GOOD PRINCIPLES AND GOOD CANDIDATES, DECLARES REFORMER. IS FOR GENERAL WELFARE. Some May Disagree With His Methods But Few People Will Question The Great Aim of His Many Actions. In the course of an address on "The Present Movement for Civic Betterment," before the teachers of Wayne county Iu the circuit court room Saturday afternoon, William Dudley Foulkc made plain in no uncertain terms his position on the presidential question. He declared that President Roosevelt has a right to urge upon (he country his choice for his sktcv sor and that he is certainly right In picking as that man Secretary Taft. Mr. Foulke discussed the causes leading up to the great reform period of today and in the course of bis remarks took the iK)litlcaI measure of Grover Cleveland. ltenjaniin Harrison and William McKinley and found them all wanting. He said: J "After the Civil war the issues In- ! volved in reconstruction were allabsorbln?. How should tiie country best preserve the fruits of the great struKgle? That was the question. There, was little time to devote to common civic virtues and these were neglected. Grant eaid to Bristow, during th prosecution of the whiskey frauds. i "Let no cuilty man escape," yet aftermiliar. Secretary Cox was a reformer and was dismissed in consequence. Corruption was ramnant In comrrpsa. I There was tho CreJU Mobller scandal ! where Oakes Ames sold stock to memjbers "where it would do most good": I there was Secretary Belknap whose family sold post-tradeships; there were the Safe Burglary frauds, the Star-Route frauds, the princely domains granted to the great railroad companies. The debauchery of public offices was so great that In 1SS0 Flanagan, the Texas delegate to the national convention, openly propounded the question "What are we here for if not for offices?" Our civil service was the most corrupt (If w-e except Russia, Turkey and Morocco) of any In the civilized or semi-civilized world. About a quarter of our revenue was wasted or stolen. The desire of public officials and of all legislative bodies seemed to be to cover up tn unpleasant reality so there might be no scandal. Hence there was no punishment, no terror to wrongdoers. Even , was off pn k.nt t mVn 'llh j He was to involve unnecessary criti'tBm- Every statesman's ear was laid to t,!e ground to catch, if be could. tne voice or nis constituents, whether fliey wanted what was good or what was bad. Every kind of clap-trap was adonted to win nooularitv. Th Meal of the political chieftain was not to load the neor.le hnt tn keen ni..t of the times. The coach-doe theorr of politic was prevalent. The politician must find out which way the political coach would drive and then run a.iead and bark aloud, fometimes the coach went, the other way aifd there was a hard scramble to catch up. Senator Ingalls declared "That purification of polities is an iridescent dream; the decalogue and the golden rule have no place In a iliucal campaign." Thf? one thing irpon which every statesman insisted was that he shouM keep his own full share of the pairutiajre. Po'lfiea! organizations sordid and corrupt acd yfiieraUj own-

iiard- j!ed by somebody, controlled elecMri r tvi. ' ! by dividing the votes irto "Mocks or fchiiu. ,. .

ions of i five, with a trusted man in charge. I with sufficient funds." When a rotj eminent was thus elected it was naturally dominated by the special Inter

est!!, which secured its election and which sought special privileges for what they had paid. A tariff bill was drawn in their favor and our government was rapidly becoming a government of the interest, by the Interest and for the interests. We had president mho were personally good men, but mho had not wisdom or courage enonsh to stem tbe tide. Cleveland iC'ontinued on Page rive-j