Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 212, 14 September 1908 — Page 2
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THE RICII3IOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRA3I, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1908.
amendment to the constitution providing for the direct election of senators than there Is for an amendment to the constitution providing for the direct vote of the shrdlutacmfetahrdl rect election , of thoprccident. f the people of any state wizh. ary particular man to be chosen as senator, they have only to Instruct their legislature, as the people of a considerable number of the states make it their practice to do now, ad no legislature will ever for a moment think of Lcobeying the instructions any more than presidential electors violate their obligations. The proposed amendment Is simply to enable the people of eaco. state to escape from the duty of electing a legislature that can be trusted. Are we prepared to abandon tho performance of that duty? Trust Question. "Mr. Bryan charges tt:?.t the republican party Is responsible for abuses of corporate wealth. As well might he charge that man who plants cotton is responsible for the boll weevil, or that the man who plants fruit trees is responsible for the Saa Jose scale. Until the mlllenium has brought the eradication of human' selfishness and greed social abuses will come according to the shifting conditions of the times. Adversity and prosperity, wealth and poverty, have each their own kinds of abuse. Constant vigilance and constant activity to meet and put c.n end to abuses as they arise Is the task of government and good citizenship; but the work Is never finished. The republican party has produced the condition which, has made our great prosperity possible, and it is dealing with evils which have been incident to that prosperity with vigor and effectiveness. Upon the course to be pursued regarding these evils, upon the attitude end action of tho government towards trusts, railroads and all the great corporations, there Is no substantial issue between the two parties. Questions of detail and of minor tactics In the conduct of govornment procedure alone remain for discuslon. The great difference between the two partios Is that in dealing with these evils the republican party shows efficient performance and proved competency,- while the democratic party tenders nothinr but' campaign promises." Guarantee of Bank Deposits. The other proposition of the democratic platform is to require all national banks to guarantee the payment of deposits by all other national banks. This is another patent financial mostrum, advertised to catch the fancy of the multitude: and it should be suppressed under the pure food law until it is correctly labelled "a measure to compel legitimate business to bear the risks of speculation." It might well be called a measure to destroy the national banking system, for who will wish to invest hia money in a business where it is not merely subject to the risks assumed by the men whom he and his associates select to manage it, but is subject also to be called upon for the payment of an indefinite number of persons over whom and whose obligations he and his associates have no control whatever? A bank deposit is a very simple business transaction. The depositor in effect loans his money to the bank, which borrows it upon a promise to repay it on the lender's order, with or without a stipulated interest Banks seldom fail to pay the debts thus contracted. Although the deposits are ordinarily many times the capital, losses are exceedingly small. The principal reason why this is so is, that bankers are ordinarily men who have established a good reputation in the community for honesty and business sense. People ordinarily will not risk their money by lending it to men who have not these claims to confidence. Under the law any one who can furnish $25,000 can start a bank, but In practice, as arule, no one can start a bank who cannot also furnish a character which leads the community to trust him and deposit their money with him. If, however, the sound and honest banks of the country guarantee the debts of every bank, a well earned reputation for honesty and business Judgment will no longer be necessary ; as a part of the banker's capital. It will no longer be necessary for the community to consider whether a banker Is honest or not. Any scalawag can start a bank and obtain deposits on the credit of all the banks of the country. Any one who wishes to use funds in speculative enterprises can start a bank, invite deposits and thus borrow money on the credit of the entire banking capital of the United States. With such opportunities, who can doubt that the standard of' character of the bankers of the country would deteriorate. Is it to a dishonest purpose that Mr. Bryan claims to be the heir, and is it possible to ascribe a desire to perpetuate personal power to the man who held the highest power in his grasp and rejected It? "What evidence of Democratic fitness to be entrusted with power is to be found in the record of its candidate for the presidency? It is with profound satisfaction that we recognize the purity and uprightness of Mr. Bryan's character and we cannot withhold our admiration from the skill and attractiveness of his oratory; but when a candidate for high office can furnish no evidence of fitness derived from the actual performance of official duty and relies entirely upon what he proposes to do in the future we must test, so far as we can. the soundness of his Judgment by the substance of his proposals, not by his manner of presenting them. 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that he is bound by the omissions of the democratic platform as well as by what it contains; but who dictated the omissions as well as the nlatfnrm? Can an omission of todav win nt utterances of the past and reo them from memory as a basis for judgment upon the public man? Was he right then? Was his Judgment sound then? Would it have been wise for the people of the country to elect him president then in order to carry out the policy to which he- was then devoted? Mr. Brran sronoses that under
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supervision of tie national government everybody shall provide for the payment of everybody else's debts by his bank deposit guaranty scheme. It Is prudent to place in his hands the great power of the ..presidency; and above all is It wise to give to him rather than to Mr. Taft. the experienced Judge, the filling of the four vacancies In the supreme court of the United States which may be expected during the next administration? There was but one sentiment in which a majority of the democratic majority could be united? that was in hatred of Mr. Cleveland, and they hated him for his virtues. Ills sturdy integrity and high coruage, his sincere convictions and patriotic purpose, his experience In government and strong practical sense afforded a leadership under which a party capable of government could have done great things for the country. The i democratic party repudiated his leadership and the very men who now control that party followed him to his grave with depreciation and detraction. Under that discordant democracy the country drifted through years of commercial depression and disaster, poverty and distress, without effective governgovernment until the first election of McKinley and a republican congress placed the reins of power in the hands of a party competent to govern. Are the people of the United States ready to repeat that experience of democratic government?
SWEARS VENGEANCE 0P0I HIS . FAMILY Mayes Threatens Life of Mother, Sister and Baby. IS MENTALLY UNBALANCED INQUEST IS ORDERED BY CITY JUDGE AFTER STORY OF MAN'S WILD SUNDAY ESCAPADE IS RELATED. Judge Converse in the city court this morning ordered an Inquest be held to determine the sanity of Harry Mayes, colored. The young negro yesterday threatened to kill his mother, his sister, and a baby about four years of age. He became provoked becau6 his mother told the child to get her cup of water. He took the cup away from the child and when his sister interfered he struck her and attempted to throw her out of the house. Mrs. Mayes summoned tho police. When Officer Roberts arrived he was informed by excited women that Mayes had armed himself and had stated he would never allow a policeman to take him from the house. When Roberts entered ho found Mayes sitting in the kitchen, armed with an ax and hatchet. He persuaded the young man not to make any trouble. Enroute to the police station Mayes said that he would kill his mother and his sister, and that he had bought a revolver to kill Frank "Snooks" Murray. In police court this morning Mayes stated that he did not care what the authorities did with him. His mother and other people told Judge Converse that they thought the young man was mentally unbalanced so the court ordered an inquest held over him. MILLIONS LOST BY KING FOREST FIRES (Continued From Pag One.) burned up by the sun. and plowing for fall crops is impossible because of the hard baked soil. And what is considered as far more lamentable, the entire district, comprising perhaps 30,000 square miles, is threatened with a beer famine because of lack of pure spring water for its manufacture. Factories are Closed. North Vernon, Ind., Sept 14. This city is in the midst of a terrible dought, and, should a fire of any consequence break out, the city would be practically helpless. The Muscatatuck river, from which the city gets Its water, is the lowest ever known and today all the city's industries were shut down owing to lack of water. SCHOOL BEGINS WITH INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE (Continued From Page One.) the board spoke. In part he said: Reports saying that the high school factulty has gone to pieces is not true. Although some of the strong members have resigned I am convinced that we have the strongest faculty that the school has ever had. Mr. Thompson Is the only member of the school faculty that was a member when I became a member of the board twelve years ago." SupL T. A. Mott announced this morning that the total attendance at the high school is the largest that it has ever been in the history of the school. The rresent year promises to be one of the most successful the Richmond schools have ever enjoyed. Principal Knouff made a short talk this morning to the student-, dwelling upon his future policies.
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IN SPOTLIGHT First Big Games of Season to Be Played on Saturday. WHAT THE SEASON OFFERS MORE INTER-SECTION CONTESTS ARRANGED FOR THIS YEAR, SCHEDULES SHOWING PENNSY AND MICHIGAN MEET. New York, Sept 14. While Interest in baseball is now at Its height preliminary practice of the candidates for the leading colleg football teams has started and in a short time the gridiron season will be under way. The first games of Importance on the schedule will be played Saturday, September 19, as follows: Carlisle Indians vs. Albright at Carlisle; Pennsylvania State College vs. Bellefonte, at State College; Dickinson vs. Lebanon Valley, at Carlisle. The season will be marked by more inter-section contests than ever. Pennsylvania will play Michigan; while Yost's eleven play Syracuse, Cornell will line up against Chicago on Marshall Field; the Carlisle Indians toward the end of tho year will play at Minneapolis and St. Louis. Yale will meet West Point at West Point, Saturday, October 17; Pennsylvania will play the Carlisle Indians at Philadelphia, Saturday, October 24. Haravrd meets the Middies at Annapolis on the same date. Princeton plays at West Point, Saturday, October 31. The Carlisle Indians and the Middiies meet the same day at Annapolis; Harvard and the Indians contest at Camdridge November 7. Pennsylvania meets the Michigan team at Ann Arbor on November 14; on the same day Yale and Princeton play at Prlnceon, and Cornell at Chicago. The YaleHarvard game is played at New Haven on Saturday, November 21. The same day the Carllnle Indians play at Minneapolis. Pennsylvania and Cornell at Philadelphia on Thanksgiving day, November 26, on which day the Indians play in St. Louis. The West-Point-Annapolis game is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28, at Philadelphia, WHO WILL WIN? NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won Lost New York 81 46 Chicago 83 51 Pittsburg 82 51 Philadelphia 71 56 Cincinnati 64 69 Boston 55 77 Brooklyn 44 85 St. Louis 44 87 Pet .C38 .620 .617 .559 .481 .416 .341 .336 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost Pet. Detroit ..75 55 .577 Chicago 75 58 .564 Cleveland 74 60 .552 St Louis 72 59 .549 Philadelphia 63 66 .489 Boston 64 68 .485 Washington 57 70 .449 New York 43 87 .330 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Pet. Indianapolis 91 61 .599 Louisville 88 64 .579 Columbus 86 68 .558 Toledo 81 72 .530 Minneapolis .. . ..77 76 .504 Milwaukee 71 83 .460 Kansas City 70 83 .458 St. Paul 48 105 .314 RESULTS YESTERDAY. National League. Chicago 3; St. Louis 0. Cincinnati 3; Pittsburg 2. American League. St. Louis 2; Detroit 1. llinnlngs. Cleveland 3-0; Chicago 2-1. i American Association. Louisville S; Indianapolis 4. Kansas City 2-4; Milwaukee 1-7. Columbus S-5; Toledo 4-2. IUieapolis 5-1; St. Paul 1--GAMES TODAY. National League. Brooklyn at New York. Boston at Philadelphia. American League. New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Washlngto Detroit at St Louis. Cleveland at Chicago. American Associatir Louisville at Indianapolis. St Paul at Minneapolis. Milwaukee at Kansas City, IS KNOWN LOCALLY. Woman's Golf Tournament Winner Has Friends in City. Miss Augusta Jameson of the Indianapolis Country Club, won the championship at the Woman's State Golf tournament which was held at Anderson during the past week. Miss Jameson Is a well known young woman. She Is the daughter of Dr. Jameson of Indianapolis. It was night. They he and she! were sitting on the porch looking at.' the stars. Tou know, I suppose," he i whispered, "what a young man's prlv- j Ilege is when he sees a shooting starT ! "No," she answered. "I haven't the ! slightest Idea. There ee oner" Chi-j cago Tribune.
.r GOVERNOR HANLY TAKES RAND III MUNCIE FIGHT (Continued F "om Page One.) Delaware county, the governor put forth his best efforts to convince his hearers that the public welfare demands the passage of a county local option measure at the coming special session. Replies to Marshall. Without mentioning the name of the democratic nominee for governor, Mr. Hanly took occasion to reply to two points made in the recent speech of Thomas R. Marshall at Terre Haute. He said an Inquiry had been made "In a querulous mood" as to why the governor had precipitated a vote by the legislature on county local option while that issue was being discussed by the people preparatory to the registration of their will in regard to It at the November election. This was one of the points made by Marshall in his Terre Haute speech. He dldlculed Mr. Marshall's criticism. Ministers Are Defended. Governor Hanly's shot at the democratic nominee because of his criticism of the ministers apparently was appreciated by a large number of clergymen who heard him. "Much has been said about the Christian ministry beating a drum in a political procession," said be, "but the Christian ministers are beating no drum; they are sounding a bugle call to all men, regardless of party, to walk in the county local option procession. Judgment on the liquor traffic began in the Christian church and the church will continue a militant organization until the people of Indiana are enfranchised on this proposition. These, godly ministers could no more abandon this contest than they could cease to preach the gospel of a blessed Master." The climax of the governor's speech was reached when he said: "It will be the crowning act of four years of honest endeavor to serve the people of Indiana if I am permitted to sign the bill establishing county local option." The audience cheered wildly at this point Story of Fight The outcome of a contest that Is raging here between the republicans backing Lewis G. Cowing, an avowed advocate of county local option, and the brewery combine, supporting Otto Williamson, an outspoken liberal, is attracting the attention of politicians from one end of the state to the other. Charges are made at the republican headquarters that the brewery combine has perfected arrangements to colonize voters in many precincts at Muncie. Poll takers have found an unusually large number of strange
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names at many rooming houses in the business district Muncie has 101 saloons and it Is said that in practically every one of them there are large bills containing the lines: "Vote for Otto Williamson, democratic candidate for representative at the special election. September 17." The brewers and saloon keepers are making no secret of their preference for Williamson. See a "Slush Fund." The republican leaders say the brewery combine is prepared to use a big "slush fund' in the Muncie election in the hope of cutting down the republican majority to such a point that the wind will be taken out of the fight in other parts of the state for the county unit. Up to this time there has been no precedent on which the strength and the opposition to the county unit in the large cities could be accurately estimated. The result in Muncie will be awaited with anx iety on that account The republican leaders declare the brewers will attempt to use repeaters at Muncie and much care is being exercised by them in the selection of election officers, so that the opportunity to corrupt the ballot will not be great The republican state organization is sending Senator Hemenway, Congressman Watson and other speakers to Muncie to help arouse the masses while the Anti-Saloon league and Governor Hanly are doing everything in their power to get out a large vote. r rat catchers; One of the Methods by Which They Make Bis Haul. "Rat catchers, like horse tamers, try to make a mystery of their trade," said a zoo keeper. tie pointed toward the large gray rats that played about the corners of the carnivora house. "But they can't mystify me in any phase of the rat question," he went on. "Living as I do, surrounded by an army of the largest finest rats, I know the animals too thoroughly. I could set up as a successful rat catcher tomorrow. "This is the way the men work. They go to the infested place late at night with a pair of tongs, a powerful lantern and a lot of bags. "They walk softly about in the darkness, and they make a low, chattering, whistling noise, like this." At the sound all the rats In the cor ners of the big room looked at the keeper inquiringly. He went on: "This is the signal whereby a rat tells his mates that be has hit on good feeding. That sound made in the dark gathers rats as molasses gathers files. The catcher, having made it opens his strong lantern, the rats are dazed by the light and be picks them up with his tongs and drops them in his bag. "Of course there are other ways to catch rats, but of the secret mysterious ones this is the best Exchange. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY Monday and The :dy of a Tuesday A comedy of a
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Weather Department Predicts Rain For the North Central States
Washington, Sept 14. The weather bureau has Issued this special forecast: "The first well defined disturbance of the present season is approaching the North Pacific coast, and West In FLEET TO BEGIN LONGEST CRUISE American Vessels to Leave West Australia for Manila. JACKIES GET THEIR MAIL. FIRST RECEIVED SINCE LAST JULY VESSELS TO LEAVE PHILIPPINES FOR CRUISE TO JAPAN IN OCTOBER. Albany, West Australia, Sept. 14. The 15,000 men of the American battleship fleet are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Kansas today, which is bringing mall from home, the first since July. The fleet is rapidly preparing for Its long trip of 3,649mlles to the Philippines. Two ships at a time are coaling at the big piers here, and all expect to have full bunkers by Wednesday. They will steam Thursday morning, September 17, on the second longest lap they have undertaken since leaving San Francisco. The route will be up the western coast of Australia and through Lornbont Strait, a narrow passage between Bali and Lombont of the Sunda Islands; thence through the Strait of Macassar, between Borneo and Celebese, to the Philippines. The first sight of the Asiatic possessions will be Basilan Island, off Mindanao,
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I &C0. dian storm is moving toward . our Southeastern coast This combination should produce abundant r&lna in th drought stricken districts of the north central states before the close of the present week. which will probably be reached Sept 29 or 28. The vesseles are due at Manila October 1. and will remain there ten' days before starting on the Japanese and Chinese visit During the entire cruise the fleet will be in touch with land through wlreleses stations In Australia, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and the supply ships, which will form a wireless station when the distances are too great The Albany visit has been the quietest of the cruise so far. Albany is a small city, and only 48 first class men are allowed ashore dally. Ten 8tiok Island. In the Southwest bay. In the !ftw Hebrides group, there is a small wood- . ed Island of considerable height abort the sea. although only a few hundred yards in circumference. The story of Its acquisition la a curious one. South west bay ned to be considered a good place for target practice by the Brit- ' ish men-of-war on patrol duty there, and this small inlet was used as a tar ' get so frequently that it seemed in 1 danger of being gradually a hot away. The chief who owned It protect e4 and ' wanted compensation. The captain of a man-of-war whn nnilaratAAsf th. na tives knew that these claims would be a ceaseless source of blackmail unless they were settled once for all. so he bought the Island for the Brltlah crown, paying ten sticks of tobacco tor It and every one was satlafled. The place since then has been known as "Ten Stick Island." London Standard. Owlett I bad an awful time thinking op an excuse t? give my wife when I got hone from the club last night Ascum Did eh? :.:-nnd one? Owlett Of co-.ii': I got home so early it rlqueJ i;or curiosity. Kansas City Independent G. MUBR Y CO Managers VAUDEVILLE
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