Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 342, 15 October 1908 — Page 1

RICHMONB PAIXABI AND STTN-TFT TfTR A AT. RICHMOND, -IND., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 313.

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SALOONISTS NOW STAND FOR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY Each One Pledged to Secure Votes for Thomas R. Marshall, Candidate for Governor.

REPUBLICAN SALOON MEN BOLT PARTY. Floaters Instructed How to Mark Ballott for Marshal) Saloons Against Party in Power. ; (By Harper.) Has the democratic organization in Wayne county turned over the work of conducting the present political campaign to the saloon keepers, brew ers and their allies? The question gives promise of none but an affirm ative answer. Charles Beck, county democratic chairman, is a clean man. Nothing is to be said derogatory to his character. It is pre-eminently evident however, that Chairman Beck's time J s required by his employment in a capacity other than conducting campaign. the The majority of the saloon keepers in this city are men who have voted the republican ticket in the past. But these same men now are using every Influence they possess and straining every nerve to promote the interests of Thomas Marshall, the democratic candidate for governor. They are fighting for the life of their business. They know temperance Is one of the main Issues being advocated by the republicans in this campaign. They know Thomas Taggart, Albert Lleber and Crawford Fairbanks, the three most conspicuous democratic figures boosting the campaign of Thomas Marshall are engaged in the brewery and distillery business. They know that the majority of the saloons in In diana is owned or controlled by brew "ery Interests. They know that the men who operate these saloons , in many instances have not a penny in volved. They know this, also. Unless they fight the battles of this trio of brew ers or gambling casino owners, their own stock is liable to be cut off and they must leave the business. No where in this state is an attempt being made to dispute the fact that the breweries and saloons are fighting the battle for Thomas Marshall against James B. Watson. The condi tlon Is ' acknowledged by the saloon men of this city. And yet, when the local saloonists are asked, they say they, too, are fighting for their bus! ness and that they are supporting Marshall because he is the most friendly to it. Wayne county presents a situation wherein the republican saloonists ap pear more actively engaged in boom lng the Interests of the. democratic nominee than does the democratic or ganization of the county. Practically the same circumstances are to be found prevailing In many other sec tions of the state. Pledged to Get Votes. It is not generally known to the public that each saloon keeper in In diana is counted upon to deliver five votes to Marshall at the coming elec tion. It Is not known, but it is a fact, nevertheless. Sample ballots are kept in the saloons and the voter, who the saloonlst counts upon for help, is call ed Into the back room and instructed in the proper way to mark a ballot to Insure a vote for Marshall. That rule applied to Wayne county with about sixty saloons would mean 300 votes for Marshall secured solely through the saloons as the intermediary. This is the situation confronting the temperance element of the state and the republican party. Men in the sa loon business, who have been republi cans all their lives, are lined up with the democrats this year, because the republicans are standing for temper ance. The complexity of the situation does not appear to be understood morougniy Dy some disgruntled re publican voters who are holding an al leged grievance against republican candidates. The saloon keepers of this city are holding frequent meetings in the at tempt to promote their fight. They are outlining their plans and telling the results of the preliminary work, They , know the political leaning of their customers and they are planning to use their customers to accomplish their purposes. The man who enters a saloon, ord ers his beer and tosses a nickel over the counter, probably does not realize that perhaps the very next man i will be given his drink free. Free drinks are included in the plan of campaign. The floating voter is to be given drinks "on the house." According to the announced plan, drinks alone will not be the only Inducement offered. It Is proposed to offer free drinks and free lunches the day before election day. The conclusion to bo reached from such a plan is very limited. All that beer and lunch is not to be given away from a spirit of (Continued on Page Eight)

ROCKEFELLER LOOSES '

S1M00 BY EIRE Spark From Locomotive Caus es Blaze. Cleveland, O., Oct. 15. Fire started by a spark from a locomotive devastated ten acres owned by John D. Rockefeller near "Collinwood, early to day. Fifty acres of timber adjoining and a stone crushing mill were burn ed. The total loss will be $100,000.' niftiniinu r LAlVirAlhH r ARE MADE PUBLIC Bryan's Promised Statement For the Democrats Is Made Today. TAGGART IS A CONTRIBUTOR HIS CHECK OF $1,000 ONLY LARGE AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM IN DIANA $5,000 DONATIONS THE LARGEST. New York. Oct 15. William Jen nings Bryan's promised public state ment of campaign contributions was given out over the signatures of Chair man Mack and Treasurer Bidder today. showing $248,567 had been received up to Oct. 9. Of this sum, $75,712 came in contri butions of $100 or more, $115,355 came in smaller sums than $100, and $42,000 was left over from the convention fund at Denver. The balance now on hand is $22,604. The committee needs $100,000 more. . There was only one big contribution from Indiana, and that was $1,000 from Tom Taggart. Contributions of $5,000 from Charles J. Hughes, of Col orado, and R. S. Ford, of Montana, were the biggest. One contribution of $2,000 came from . Senator Clark, pf Montana, All others were for $1,000 or less. - The profits of Bryan's Commoner of $4,000 is included' in the total. GREAT. ENTHUSIASM HAS BEEN AROUSED Thousands of People Will At tend Great Barbecue at Greensfork. TOWNSPEOPLE WORKING. EVENT IS ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATIONVISITORS WHO AT TEND WILL NOT COME AWAY HUNGRY. Greensfork, Oct. 15 Never before in the history of this place has such great enthusiasm been aroused as now is be ing shown in the all day Republican rally and barbecue, which will be held here Saturday. Thousands of visitors are expected from all parts. There will be bands and drum corps in profusion, and there will be glee clubs from all directions. The prize of $10 offered to the township sending the largest dele gation is expected to prove a great inducement and already reports are com ing that some parts of the county will be depopulated Saturday, and all residents will have flocked to Grennsfork. The great barbecue is the topic for conversation on the streets and in the homes. - Nothing else is heard talked of, in fact. The largest crowd that ever assembled in a town of this size in Indiana is expected to be here. Many novel and attractive features are look ed for in the parade. The big free din ner will be served at 11:30 a. m. A feast of all kinds of good things is be ing prepared to tempt the appetites of the hungry thousands. As features on the music program there will be glee clubs from Centerville, Cambridge City and Newcastle. The "spirit of '76" drummers and flfer will be here from Richmond. Four other drum corps and two bands are depended upon to be here. The speaking will be held in the Lamb field at the edge of town. Hon. Addison Harris, of Indianapolis, former minister to Austria, and . the Hon. Thomas Davidson, of Greensburg, will deliver the addresses. Both are orators of reputation. The various committees are very busy and nothing will be left undone to make this the biggest rally of the campaign in this county. The streets of the town will be ablaze with colors and pictures of candidates. The houses will be decorated and the day's festivities will begin when the cannon 'feooms at 5 o'clock In the morning.

UNDS

BRYAN OF TODAY

IS BRYAN OF 1 Samuel H. Spooner Attacks Fallacies of Nebraskan At Cambridge City. HE ALWAYS HAS AN IDEA. THESE HAVE BEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN SPURNED BY AMERICAN PEOPLE AS UNSAFE BRYAN'S CRY OF TODAY. Cambridge City, Ind., Oct. 15. The first real campaign meeting held by the republicans in the west end of the county, was that of last evening. Sam uel H. Spooner who is connected with the department of justice at Washington, gave t rousing speech to the re publican voters of this place and vicin ity in the old opera house. Mr. Spoon er is not only an eloquent speaker but is very forceful and convincing. Much interest was taken by the republicans although there was only a small crowd of some 100 people present. Judge Fox of the Wayne county circuit court Introduced Mr. Spooner with a few brief remarks in favor of the republican party. In part Mr. Spooner said: "We, the voters of this country will have to select the man that has the best record, as the head of this great nation for the next four years. "Bryan, who is the democratic candidate for president, is the same old Bryan of 1896, as far as I can see, although some people claim that he has grown wiser and has accepted new doctrines. The same doctrines that have been repudiated by the Ameri can people he discusses now. Never has a policy or a doctrine of Bryan been adopted or incorporated into the statutes of this great commonwealth. If there had been any enacted into laws, dire calamity would have followed. All the crazy fads and ideas of Bryan were turned down by the party at the democratic convention at Denver, but Bryan as the candidate of this party has again confronted the American people in this campaign with the same old questions. "First Bryan went to his junk heap and began searching for an issue with which to confront the American peo ple in making his fight for president. He dug up the 16 to 1 free silver bill. He knew this wouldn't do four years later and again he scraped among the heap of ruins and found Imperialism and again he recognized that he could not- confront the people with this question and a third time he visited his remaining store of "left overs" and found government ownership and he recognized the American people would not stand for that so he finally hitched on" to the question "Shall the American people rule" and this is nis main issue in nis present cam paign humbuggery. When Kansas wanted to be admit ted Into the sisterhood of states the democrats objected and fought the bill admitting that state. When Abraham Lincoln, became president of the United States, eleven of the democratic states withdrew from the union and then followed one of the bloodiest and disastrous wars ever witnessed by any country under the shining sun. "Shall the DeoDle rule." The answer of the democraUc party was "no." Mr. Bryan is personally a clean and distinguished citizen of this country and is a noted and silvery tongued orator and is a politician and as a pol itician I have the right to dlscusghim as ne discusses the leaders of the re publican party. Although the democrats believe that Bryan is sincere, I will prove to all democrats that have honored me . with their attendance that he is insincere in his discussion of the issue of the present campaign "Mr. Bryan lacks consistency, Some time before the election, when Parker was the candidate for presi dent of the democratic party, Bryan denounced him as being a trust man and In other ways denounced the can didate. It was well known that Parker was with the trusts and then about two weeks before the election Bryan took the stump and begged the Anieri can people to vote for that man and he denounced the republican party as a party run by plutocrats. "Bryan has declared himself in fav or or free trade as has Mr. Marshall the democratic nominee for governor of Indiana. "Mr. Marshall says levvin of tar revenue will be disastrous to the business of the country. Mr. Bryan has said the same thing, and I projse you fellow citizens that If the democratic party Is successful it will be the death of this country. "This guaranteeing of bank deposits of Mr. Bryan is a crazy notion, If there ever was one. Not only that but it is a unsafe business proposition. "Fellow citizens think well before you go to the poles In November to cast your ballot. Fellow citizens I think that every one should see his way clear to vote the republican tickef THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Thursday night and Friday; fresh south winds. OHIO Fair Thursday night and Friday, warmer Friday, fresh south wind.

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GUNBOAT IS SIGHTED

American Battleship Fleet Was Nearihg the Coast Of Japan. DEMONSTRATION PLANNED. Tokio, Oct. lS.-'-The gunboat Yankton, the advance guard of the American fleet, was sighted off, the Japan coast this morning. An elaborate demonstration awaits the fleet on its arrival here. All is excitement in Tokio. BE MADE A KING Albania May Declare Its Independence From Turkey. CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED BALKAN DIFFICULTIES WILL BE SETTLED PARIS THINKS IT WILL RATIFY PRIVATE SETTLE MENT OF TROUBLES. Rome, Oct. 15. An Albanian leader, now here, says that should the question of Albanian independence from Turkey be raised at the conference of the powers, a proposal is to be made to offer the croWn of Albania to the duke of the Abruzzi, whose reported engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins has stirred society in Europe and America. Albania is largely under primitive tribal system. It is lawless in the extreme. It is said never to have been conquered, and it probably will take half a century to tame and civilize it. The Albanian leader in question says he believes the present crisis in the Balkans offers his country a good chance to declare its freedom. The adventurous spirit of the duke of the Abruzzi and his record as an explorer and naval commander lead the Alban ians to believe that he would make an ideal king for them. HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT. Constantinople, Oct. 15. It is offi cially announced that all the powers concerned, with the exception of Austria-Hungary, have agreed to the prin ciple of an international conference to settle the Balkan difficulty. A mob attacked the Austrian postoffice at Jaffa, Palestine and destroyed much property. The disorder grew out of the recent action of Austria Hungary in annexing the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. SUBJECTS OF CONGRESS. Paris, Oct. 15. It is believed here that the international conference on the Balkans situation, which is now regarded as certain, will be limited to the ratification of private arrangements. The matters to be settled between Turkey and the powers probably will be the recognition of the independence of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as accomplished facts; the annexation of Crete to Greece through the intermediary of the four powers under whose protection Crete has been; the opening of the Dardanelles; the abandoning of the Austro-Hungarlan rutelage over Montenegro, and, if possible, some sort of satisfaction to Servia. TAXICAR DRIVER DYINUN HOSPITAL Believed; He Was Decoyed to Place of Assault. New York, Oct. 15. George Leavitt, a strike breaking taxicab driver, is dying in a hospital here with a fractured skull, which he claims he received at the hands of a dozen men in a lonely neighborhood. He claims a pretty girl and a stylish young man engaged his taxicab to drive them through the deserted neighborhood where a gang of men beat him up while his two passengers fled. Leavitt believes It was all planned. TREATED CRUELLY. Anna Devers has entered suit for divorce In the Wayne circuit court against Joseph Devers, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. WATCH Sunday's classified page for bargains in Real Estate. Ail the real estate firms In 'Richmond will be represented. There will be innumerable opportunities for purchasing real estate at a bargain. Anyone having a farm, house or lot for sale should be represented on this day. Sure results will be obtained. Call phone 1121.

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MAY

GRIFFITHS ONE

OF BIG SPEAKERS He With Senator Beveridge And James E. Watson to Speak for Party. MEETING NEXT SATURDAY. EZRA MATTINGLY, J. V. BILLHEIMER AND ROBERT BROWN WILL DISCUSS MANY STATE ISSUES. Griffiths, Beveridge, Watson these three. Republican orators of the first water are to be brought into Wayne county the last week of the campaign and permitted to train their batteries upon the ranks of the opposition. John L. Griffiths, consul to Liverpool, will speak here the evening of Saturday, Oct. 24. Senator Albert J. Beveridge will deliver an address Tuesday evening, Oct 27, and he will be fol lowed the next evening by James E. Watson, Republican candidate for gov ernor. John L. Griffiths will need no intro duction to a Richmond audience. He has been here often oefore. and has won a place in the hearts of the citizens of the community. Nor has Mr. Griffiths forgotten the loyalty this county showed for him, when he was a candidate for governor and how the delegation remained by him to the end. He appreciates the favoritism in which he is held and those who hear him may rest assured he will put forth the best efforts of which he is capable. His capability is known not In Indiana nor the United States alone, but he has gained recognition since going to Eng land as one of the most gifted orators the foreign service department has sent abroad , Albert J. Beveridge has been called the "Hoosier idol" repeatedly. Mothers point to his picture and tell their sons the story of his life and advise them to try to follow in his footsteps. Like Griffiths, Beveridge is a noted orator. He is one of the most rcifted speakers in the nation's congress and he always appears at his finest when delivering a campaign address, as he speaks with the conviction of the truth of his words. " The campaign will be brought to a close with the address of Mr. Watson. Griffiths and Beveridge have gained broader fame than Watson, but his oratory is equal to theirs. His experience has been more limited, perhaps, but in the few years In which he has appeared In public life he has forced ahead until he became a leader in the national house of representatives, and was chosen as its whip. He is campaigning for governor and will appear in sup port of his principles and to defend himself against the imputations that have been advanced against him. One of the principal Republican meetings of the campaign to be held in this city will be Saturday evening at the coliseum. Ezra Mattingley, J. C. Billheimer and Robert Brown will speak on the state issues involved in the campaign. There is no doubt but this trio will be greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience. Nearly all the speakers, who have appeared here have confined themselves almost entirely to national issues. These three will talk on the many phases of the issues presented by the state platforms of each party. Ezra Mattingly is chairman of the temperance committee of the Indiana senate. He has been recognized as a temperance leader among the political forces of the state and his influence has been felt effectively in the past. John C. Billheimer is a former Wayne county man and he will provide the statistics for argument. He is auditor of the state and will use the information gained in this capacity to refute the arguments advanced by the Democrats. Plenty of enthusiasm and fireworks will be provided by Robert Brown, a former clerk of the supreme court. Mr.

Brown is a gifted speaker and one of j five splendid animals now and there ability. He will no doubt hold the at- is not a weak horse in the entire detention of the audience to the end. i partment.

AFTER 25 YEARS LOVERS MEET -AND ARE MARRIED

Cupid has strange ways of bringing loving hearts together, but the little god generally succeeds, no matter how hard the task. He is a persevering little fellow jand this very same perseverance was never more clearly demonstrated than in the story of one of the sweetest romances ever marking the lives of two Wayne county people, which has just been disclosed a story in which Miss Alice Davenport, aged 35, and William Toney. of Charter Oak, la., aged 45, are the chief actors. The beginning of the story hearkens back more than thirty years ago, when "Billie" and Alice were children attending the little old Short Creek district school, a few miles south of Richmond. It was then that little God Cupid began to fire with rapidity his darts and the two little children .fell beneath them. They loved a children and continued to love. A few years went by and still they loved, with all the fervor of the school days. One day In a childish way, Billie asked Alice to be his wife, and she in as childish, way

GRAND JURY TO

REPORT

MONDAY

Fox's Absence Delays Final Statement. No report will be made by the grand jury until Monday. The work has been concluded and' last evening adjourn ment was taken. The jury was ready to make its report at that time, but Judge Fox was out of the city. The law requires that the jury's report be returned in open court. L IS REPUBLICAN Taft Says Most Recent Trip Impresses Him Unions Are for Him. FARMERS ARE CONTENTED. DO NOT WANT CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL IMPERIL THEIR PROSPERITY. PRESENT GREAT Wheeling, W. Va.f Oct. 15. William H. Taft believes the attitude of union labor is favorable to the Republican party. He bases his opinion on the greetings he received during a three days' tour of Ohio, which ended here last night. Mr. Taft in a statement is sued here said: "I have spent three days in the state of Ohio, much of the time in industrial and labor centers among men who, it was reported, were disaffected and opposed to the Republican party and Its candidates. Wherever I appeared I was cordially received, and only an occasional Interruption indicated that misrepresentation of the attitude of the party and the candidates had made a casual impression. , "I believe the attitude of labor toward the Republican party has been misrepresented as freely as that of the party and the candidate toward labor, and I find no reason for the belief labor will divide other than on the lines that have heretofore divided it. In my opinion, the normal Republican labor vote will be cast as heretofore. Farmers Want No Change. "In the agricultural regions it is apparent that the farmers are opposed to a change that will imperil their present prosperity. "The situation in Ohio is entirely satisfactory, and no one has any reasonable doubt the Republican majority will be a substantial one. I certainly have no doubt on the subject myself." Again today the Taft special was delayed by accident. In entering a spur track at Cadiz, O., it was found first that the train was too heavy for the grade, - notwithstanding two engines were used. The train "was run back to the junction and three cars cut off. On the second attempt while a speed of about ten miles an hour was being made two wheels of the second engine jumped the track. On either side of the track the bang sloped down for twenty feet, and that the engine did not go over was said to be due to the pilot engine. NEW HORSE SECURED. Old Veterans Rapidly Retired Ranks. From Another new horse has been secured for the chemical wagon at the city building headquarters. The new animal is four years old and matches well with the one purchased last week. Harm Shofrr supplied the department with -the young jumper. The chemical wagon will be drawn by a pair of strong, fast four year olds now. The stalls at headquarters contain I gave her consent to marry the lad. "when he grew up to be a big man and she a big woman." The parents of the boy and girl began to notice and they had slight suspicion what the young people were thinking. The young people then happy in their love, knew not that dark an i ominous clouds of parental interference were hovering over their heads. mine" men became or the ageJ wnen ne tnougnt wuiiam a more appropriate name, began to pay even more marked attention to his childhood sweetheart. The girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Davenport, looked to the future and began to think of their girl's welfare. They were proud people, aa was "Billie." but -Billie" was poor and that made a difference with them. The girl was asked of the relations between herself and "Billie." and she candidly told her parents cf her engagement with young Toney and (Continued on Pace Eight)

CONFIDENT

ABOR

WATSON

'S LABOR IN HOUSE IS Legislative Representative of B. L. R. T. Says Attacks on Republican Candidate Are Slanderous. ALWAYS STOOD FOR LABOR'S MEASURES. Gompers' Attacks Not Justi fied and Warped Markle Commends County Local Option. Speaking as a trade unionist l titer trade unionists, Harry Markle, of Tipton, Ind., addressed an audience of laboring men and others at the Pythian temple, last evening. Mr. Markle is legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Railway Trainmen. He spoke as a man who has earned his bread by the toil of his hands and above all other things told his hearers the legislative record of James K. Watson, republican candidate for governor, upon labor subjects was such as to deserve praise and not censure. Every voter in the audience was urged to support the republican ticket in this state this year as it means protection to him and his home. The speaker delivered a scoring attack upon Crawford Fairbanks, Thomas Taggart and Albert Lleber, calling them three great ras cals and denouncing the Idea that they can be friends of the laboring man, when treating him as a friend only to secure his wages through the offerings of their breweries and gambling joints. ' Mr. Markle made no attempt' at platform oratory and spoke only in conversational tones. His address was punctuated with anecdotes and incidents that enlivened bis words and lent them emphasis. He said there has been bad sentiment spread among the laboring men ' and the railroad men In particular ; tn regard to Watson. He said he spoke in the effort to correct the misunderstanding in which the republican candidate is held. "I feel when a man knows something good about somebody, he ought to tell It. I know a number of good things about Mr. Watson and I want to tell them, the speaker said. In his prefatory remarks, Mr. Markle said he was not Bpeaklng from a party standpoint but that of principle alone. He based the cause of dissatlifaction among railroad and labor men as due primarily to a letter issued by H. R, Fuller, legislative representative of the railroad men at Washington, D. C. Mr. Markle said Fuller came to dislike Watson from reasons of his own and after threatening him undertook to turn all his resources to bring about the defeat of the" republican candidate. Watson's Labor Record. The speaker took up the real record of Mr. Watson while in Congress and showed his attitude upon labor and anti-trust legislation to have been favorable to the Interests of the working man. He called attention to the measures upon which Watson voted and especially those regarding Immigration. The, attack that is being made by Samuel-Gompers upon Watson was given passing consideration. Gompers was termed a "commercialized Jew," who now is striving to drag the American Federation of Labor to the same bottomless pits Into which the Knights of Labor fell. The people at Sheridan, Pa., his home town has denounced Gompers on every hand." said the speaker. "The Labor World in its Labor Day edition says he Is no longer the "Hon. Samuel" but "Slippery Sam." "Now Mr. Gompers is going to come here and he will talk to you Just as I say he Is going to. He will read you extracts from Watson or from the records of congress and attempt to show tiie candidate up unfavorably. But. he' will read only parts of these records. That is thewar he does. -He will tell you Watson Toted to suspend the operation of the eight hour law on the Panama can a! work. There was a speaker in your city on last Labor Day. He told you this same thing. He read to you this same statement, but why didn't he read on? If he had he would have read you: "He voted to suspend the eight hour law as to alien labor employed in the construction of the Panama canal." Any American citizen employed on the Panama canal works eight hours and then is done. Aliens may work twelve hours, but they are perfectly able to work that long and the government permits them to do so in order to hurry the construction work along. And then, there is hardly an American citizen actually engaged in labor. "Labor organizations have made the demand that before an injunction be Issued the case be heard by a jury. Now it is a poor rale that won't work both ways. Of course in time of strikes the strikers would like to have any action of court held up nntll a Jury is empaneled and a whole lot i more preliminaries disposed of, but (Continued on Page Three.)

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CHAMPIONED