Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 5, 13 November 1908 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908.

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Ratfelph G. Leeds Maasglas; Editor. Ckarlea M. IIora;aa Baslaeea Maaaaje. O. Own Kaha Ifewe Edlter. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year (In advance) or lOo per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year, tn advance $5 00 Six months. In advanoe 2.60 One month, in advance RURAL ROUTES. One year, tn advance a-?2 Six months. In advance lf Oue month. In advance " Address charged as 4ften as desired; both new and old addresses must be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should b fflven for a specified term; name will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, postoffice as second class mall matter. THE 'SCUTCHEON CLEARED. Colonel Orran Terry has rendered a great service to the good name of Indiana. He has lately written and collected a book entitled "Indiana in the Mexican War." which clear forever the stigma which has attached itself to the war record of our soldiers in that struggle. n brief the situation was that Hooaier soldiers were accused of cowardIce on the field of battle, that they had the position that was the key to the whole engagement of Buena Vista and at the crucial part of the battle they retreated. For many years this opinion, has been so current that Indlanians were forced to blush when the subject was mentioned. Indeed the reputation was so bad that we find Morton referring to it In a speech he made on the return of the soldiers from the civil war. In Mr. Foulke's life of the, war governor there appears this significant statement: "At the commencement of the struggle the reputation of the Hoosiers had been a little under par. They had been ashamed ' of Indiana, and when they had spoken of their nativity they had made It convenient to be born in Kentucky. But now these men were all born in Indiana. They had been born again." What then has Col. Perry done? ' An extract will show. "I wish to give the people of Indiana a few facts In order to vindicate the Second-Indiana from unmerited disgrace. They began the battle of the 23d in as fine a style as anybody of troops on earth could, and fought as bravely until It o'clock, when they retreated in confusion and a part of them could not be afterward rallied. They mustered on the field much less than 400 men and were opposed at the time they gave way, to at least 4,000 Mexican troops and exposed to the fire of one of the enemies batteries at the same time. This state of things would not have justified them in retreating, nor was it the reason they did so. "They were manfully maintaining their ground against all the immense odds and Brigadier General Lane had ordered the battery on their right to take an advanced position with a view to bringing the regiment closer to the. enemy that their fire might be more effective before his aid-de camp had time to return from deliver ing the order to advance the battery and while he was still waiting for his return in order to, give the necessary order for advancing the troops, they PRVA W9T On th 1ivlt onil 4n a fmn minutes the whole line was in full retreat. This unfortunate circum stance was very near losing us the victory and costing the lives of the whole army, for It has since been ascertained that Santa Anna had given orders to take no prisoners and it has covered the state with disgrace. This odium must be removed and the estab lishment of one fact is sufficient to do .IV. "They were ordered to retreat by their Colonel." J. And who was this officer? he was none other than Col. W. A. Bowles. This man was far from being a model officer as his subsequent actions at the time of the civil war showed. He later became a major-general in the ."Sons of Liberty." and was arrested and condemned for conspiracy against the government in the sixties at Moriuu maugauou. m ms Conduct UU der fire It is said; "He dismounted as soon as the firing commenced and en deavored to shield himself by stay ing immediately m the rear of his troops, with his horse between him and the enemy's battery, and while his men were fighting as bravely as ever men fought, and no one think ing of retreating, he gave the order to "Cease firing and retreat." " Hence it comes that It has never been rightly understood why it was that Indiana apparently showed grave cowardice on the field of Buena Vista. Indiana owes a debt of gratitude to Col. Orran Perry for his valuable work of compilation. Too often it is that adjutants-general of the states are In no way fitted for their office.

Col. Perry not only has a brilliant "war record but he Is fitted in everyday for the position he occupies. It is a commentary on his qualifications that in addition to the successful performance pf his actual duties he should have recognized the need of the work of keeping the war records of Indiana. His "Indiana in the Mexican War" has more than local interest. It is valuable to the future historian of that period of our history. It may not be generally known, but the Mexican war i the one thing of which there is the least knowledge in all our national life. But beside this, the most Important result Is the clearing of the good names of those valiant Hoosier boys who fought ten to one against the Mexicans, although handicapped with an incompetent and cowardly officer who subsequently became little short of a traitor to the flag.

CANNED SERMONS. Where will modern labor saving devices end? A New York syndicate is offering to furnish "sermon service" for the modest figure of f 10 per year to clergymen who run out of things to say. Not only that, but these goods are "warranted strictly up to date, contain'ng allusions to current affairs and matters of national interest." "No patron need fear the accusation of plagiarism," state the enterprising sermon merchants," because the service will be given to only one clergyman in each town." The sermons are mailed in New York every Friday morning in plain, sealed envelopes. They are evangel ical in tone. They enable the clergyman to get along with fewer homiletic books and magazines and the terms put this unique service within the reach of the poorest ministers. We shall not furnish our service to more than one minister in any given city or town." The opening paragraphs of the circular to the clergymen, are as follows: "Dear Brother: '.'Though the quality of pulpit work demanded these days is much higher than that of a generation or two ago, the time for study and preparation has been markedly cut off by the increase - of business and routine parish work which the times have thrust upon (the minister. We believe that hasty and piecemeal sort of preparation has a great deal to do with the acknowledg ed diminishing interest and attend ance at the church services. The pul pit is the minister's throne; if he is weak and slipshod there he weakens his power all the way around. AVe believe that many ministers get ill or nervously incapacitated by the worry and strain of the situation more here than elsewhere. "All this Is possible of remedy. We are in a position to help. We prepare every week a new and original sermon which we offer for the small con sideration of 25 cents to the harassed and hard-driven pastor of the average church. These "sermons are from twelve to fifteen minutes long. They are printed In large type-writer type, so that the minister has no labor of copying. The price is payable in advance. We shall be pleased to answer inquiries, especially if accompanied by stamp." A great rush to enter this scheme is hard to believe, and yet on the average would it matter much? Even the ministers themselves confess to the dull mediocrity of the average ser mon. .' The church papers, which are the trade journals of the profession, announce the fact brazenly. One of the most refreshing of the incidents contained in the life of Benjamin Franklin, is his defense of a preacher in the Philadelphia of his time, who had a splendid delivery and who was held in high esteem until it was discovered that his sermons were those of a celebrated divine who had lived some years before him in England. Up to this time the man had spoken to crowded houses and many people confessed to the power of his sermons. When he was unmasked Franklin was the only one in the province who did not jeer at him. Franklin insisted that he "would far rather hear a good, thgugh borrowed Bermon, than a sermon that was original and bad." The value ' of a sermon is in the amount of good it does and who can doubt that if a sermon is by a man of the stamp of Phillips Brooks, Henry Ward Beecher, or Spurgeon or Robertson of England, that the gain of the congregation would be much greater. THE RETURNING PROSPERITY. The papers from all over 'the country are bearing the good tidings of bet ter times. If indications are to be relied on, it looks as if we were on the verge of one of the greatest eras of prosperity which has yet been seen And there is no good reason why this should not be. The large increase ir railroad stocks may be due som times to manipulation of speculators but the increase In Industrials cai hardly be laid to that door. The tw coming la conjunction is a hopeful

sign indeed. It is a sign of actual Investment. Already U. S. Steel, American Car Foundry, Pressed Steel Car, and many other stocks show ' a strong advance over the October panic of last year, indicating a healthy condition throughout the industrial world, which is utterly different from the fitful and unhealthy palpitations , of the market caused by pure manipulation. J.Plerpont Morgan (whose utterance is always conservative and a safe barometer of trade); has assured the country that a dividend on Steel (common) Is about to be declared. Amalgamated Copper which sold at 41 this time last year Is now up in the eighties and nineties. Standard railroad securities are now being invested in heavily. Witness St. Paul common, 148 a day or so ago, last year 96; Union Pacific, 178, last year par; Reading, 138, last year 80. Nor Is the stock market the only barometer take any great daily newspaper and compare the help wanted columns and the situations wanted not only last year with this year, but even with the weeks preceding the election. There is something doing now!

NEW YORK SENATORS. Who will New York elect to the senators hip? New York has done well in the last election, with Hughes in the governor's chair and Roosevelt still in the white house with a Taft to follow who had the support of the Empire state, it looks well for that state's political awakening. Hughes put the bosslets to confus ion but to what extent? Do they still hang on to the senatorship? It is to be hoped that the moral awakening extends that far. It is to be hoped that the state which has sent to the senate DeWTltt Clinton, William' H. Seward, Roscoe Conkling men who stood above 'their fellows will forget the party bosses and leave such men as Thomas Collier Piatt at home. It is encouraging in looking over the names of Elihu Root, Joseph Choate and Theodore Roosevelt mentioned as material for the senate from that state. With any of these men as the choice New York would stand well in deed and what a contrast to the past! There is hope that the bosses have lost their grip in that neck of the woods. The resolution which was voted down in the German Reichstag asking that William refrain from entering into the discussion of international questions coming on the heels of the flurry caused by the suppressed interview with the German emperor which William Bayard Hale obtained for the Century Magazine is interesting. Apparently our friend the Kaiser, has cause to be likened to our strenuous Theodore Roosevelt. Talk about muzzling either one! What is the use in being a Hohenlohe and emperor if you can't get into the game yourself? LET US ROOF THE STA TE AND BE HAPPY LUNIES ALL Editor Palladium: I note with sad interest an item in one of the papers with large head lines "POPULATION," in which it set forth the cheerful information that the population of Easthaven Is now the largest in the history of the institution; that the recently erected buildings are almost full. Would it not be in harmony with the present hedomic ways of the world to call a mass meeting of jubilee over this great increase of our population; or would it be better to roof the state and all join in a happy-go-lucky lunatic commonwealth? Verily, verily, "When it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather, for the heaven is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today; for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven. but ye cannot discern, the signs of the times." , How long O Lord, how long, before the people will learn that the human body is not a machine, that can be run like an automobile with a wildeyed denioniaclal chauffeur-dement; that it is not a mechanico-physical contraption, into which at ones sweet will and pleasure and with perfect immunity, may be taken alcoholics, nicotines, "the flesh-pots of Egypt." and all sorts of eudemonic abominations. When will they stop to think and reason as to the causes of insanty? How many thousand years must yet roll by. ere they refer to "a volimn of ancient and forgotten lore' and read therein and realize that the human body is the temple of God, and f any man defile this temple, him will tjod (through the outraged soul or vi'al force), destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. JOS. M. THURSTON. What is said to be the largest proectile ever manufactured was made t the Krupp works for the Czar's -overnment. It weighed 2,600 pounds, t was made for a gun which was Placed in the fortifications at Kron;tadt. An African camel can carry 350 pounds. The load for a donkey must not exceed 150 pounds, while a mule can carry up to 230 pounds.

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SACKETT GETS PLACE Former Earlham Professor on State Conservation Committee, GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 13. Gover nor Hanly last night appointed Judge' J. F. McClure of Anderson, to succeed : Union B. Hunt as chairman of the In-1 diana Railroad commission. Judge McClure was not an applicant, but he accepted the position, which pays $4,-j 000 a year. J Other appointments made by the governor yesterday included the State Legislative Visitation committee, the State Conservation commission, the Indiana delegates to the National River and Harbors congress to be held in Washington, D. C, December 9 to 11, inclusive, and two members of the Board of State Charities. On the Visitation committee Governor Hanly appointed Senator Horace Hanna, Plainfield, and Representative Gus Greiger, Laporte and Porter counties, and Henry P. Slicks, Boone county. To membership on the State Conservation commission Governor Hanly appointed I. H. Odelt, of Evansville; Prof. R. L. Sackett, of Lafayette; Will II. Freeman, secretary of the State Board of Forestry; E. W. Wickey, East Chica-i go; J. D. Oliver, South Bend; C. S. Bash, Ft. Wayne; James W. Noel, Indianapolis; Henry Rlesenberg, Indianapolis, and F. A. W Davis, Indianapolis. Appointments were also made by the governor to fill places on the Board of State Charities. W. H. Eichorn, an attorney of Bluffton was appointed to succeed Sidney B. Davis, of Terre Haute, whose term expired on Wednesday of this week. Mr. Elchhorn is a member of the firm of Elchhorn & Haugh, of Bluffton, and is a well known republican. John H. Holliday, of Indianapolis, was appointed to succeed himself. The terms of both men are for three years. Mr. Holliday was appointed originally to fill the unexpired term of Timothy Nicholson, of Richmond, who resigned several months ago. It is only a few years since butter was unknown in China and even the milk from the cows would not be purchased. But recently Chinese restaurants have taken to the serving of "European style dinners" and the better slass of Chinese are becoming large consumers of butter and other European luxuries. In the ports where fresh butter is obtainable this , is given the preference, but in the in terior Chinese cities tinned goods are being largely used. J. P. Durst lost a valuable colt by drowning last week. This at first glance might seem a misfortune, yet on reflection if one is an optimist he ! will realize that it's a fine thing to' have enough water out on the"Staked Plains" to drown a horse. Church Calendar Friday. Friday service at the St Paul's Episcopal at 7:30 and confirmation lecture at 8:15. The women will hold an all indoor picnic in the vestry at the Grace M. E. church. The time will be spent socially and in needle work. Come and bring your basket of provisions. Choir practice in the majority of the churches. Fast day at the Wesleyan Methodist church. The general class meeting will-be at 8 o'clock. MASONIC CALENDAR. Friday Evening, Nov. 13. King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R. A. AL,

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Indianapolis, Nov. 13. Some of the democratic leaders are bitter over the action of Governor Hanly in giving commissions to the republican state officers recently elected. They assert that in fairness to them he should have waited until they have an opportunity to go over the returns in several counties where it is said that errors were made in favor of the republican ticket The fact that the republicans hold commissions for all of the offices except governor, lieutenant governor and state superintendent of public instruction, places the advantage in the hands of the republican organization. The onJy hope the defeated democratic candidates have is that the courts or the legislature may decide against the republicans. Cox Still Hopeful. James F. Cox, of Columbia, who was on the democratic ticket for secretary of state, and who was defeated by TO TO GREENFIELD Left Hurriedly After Financial Trouble. Greenfield, Ind., Nov. 13. Announ cement has been made here that El mer J. Binford will return to his former home. According to the information that has been received Mr. Binford's return is scheduled for next week. It is claimed he has been at Bruce, Mich., for several months and that he is improved in. health. Bin-

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Fred A. Sims by a plurality of 492, declared last night that he has been elected and that he can produce the evidence to prove it. He would not state, however, what course will be pursued by the democrats. The defeated candidates on the democratic ticket have appointed a committee to look after their interests. William Fogarty, chair of the democratic organization here; Charles Korbly, congressman-elect from this district; Edward" Raub and other

democratic workers, are now visiting the larger counties for the purpose of going over the returns to see whether or not errors have been made against the democratic ticket. Governor Hanly. after issuing the commissions, stated that the democrats can go to the courts for relief, and that there is nothing further for the governor or the secretary of state to do in the matter of tabulating and canvassing the official returns. ford left Greenfield hurriedly after becoming involved in a financial deal that included Judge Edward Felt, the democratic nominee for judge of tho appellate court. Judge Felt made an attempt to meet his indebtedness by a sale of his personal properties but Binford left Greenfield. What kind of a settlement he will make after his return is not known. Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c. Some 8,000,000 tons of moss peat are located in the bogs near Lake Tezcoco, in Mexico. S M

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Price RICHMOND TO ATTEND Y. M. C. A. Event Will Be Held at South Bend. The Richmond Y. M. C. A. will be well represented at the state convention of Young Men's Christian association, that is to be held at South Bend, Ind., Nov. 10 to 22 Inclusive. It will be the thirty-eighth annual gathering and it promises to be the largest that has ever been held. The meeting was to have been held in Richmond, but owing to, the fact that the local building will not be completed before December 1, it was decided to hold the convention in South Bend's i . . t He w uuuujug. Amnnr th riolppnt i9 that will nruh. ably attend from Richmond, are Sec. George Goodwin, several members of the board of directors, two delegates from the boys' department, Orville Brunson and probably several other officers of the local association. BARBERS INCREASE PRICE. Rushville Massagists Want Mor. Money. Rushville, Ind., Nov. 13. The barbers of this place like those in many other cities and towns are going tn advance the price of a shave from 10 to 15 cents. The claim is made the cost of barbers' supplies and room rent have increased, and this must be offset. Nothing is said as to whether the patrons have received advances in wages so as to meet the extra barber bill. Bob: Just made some splendid blacuita Gold Medal Flour. Bam. O E S