Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 109, 25 February 1909 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AXD SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1009.

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Publish! and owned by the PALU ZnJM PRINTING CO. Issusd 7 , days each week, evening . and Sunday morning. Office Corner North tn and A street Horn Phone 1121. ."RICHMOND. INDIANA. Redolsk G. Leeds Maaagtag Belter. CaarUe M. Monas Baalaeaa Manager. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS, la Richmond $5.09 per year (la vanco) or lOo per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. do ne year, fit bdvar.ee ,, Ix iron the. tn advance be month. In advance ..t.0 RURAL ROUTES. ' One year, la advance '? ?? wix uoatoit, in advance Cae month, tn advance ... Addreaa chanced as often an dosiied; beta new and old addresses roust be given. Subscribers will please remit with order, which - should fco given for specified term; name will not be enter d u.itll paymont la received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, postftlce as second class mall matter. GOOD ROADS. One man more than any other who was responsible for' the "GoodV Roads Congress held here bo successfully last fall was Mr. Logan Waller Page, who Bent his representatives here to arouse Interest" in the matter of good roads. At that time his representative convinced the large number of those who heard him that there is no doubt of ths actual material benefit of the movement. It was also significant that the question of good roads entered into consideration of the Rural Commission lately appointed ; by President Roosevelt: ' Some sane and logically consistent work should be done by the legislature along this line. Although Indiana ranks high as having a great number of improved roads it is mostly on paper in comparison with the improved roads fother states. Mr. Waller Page, the director of the department of public roads cf the department of agriculture states 'thr.t the '"iO.CCO miles of improved rcad3" in this state are merely nominal. Moetof the blame for this, thinks Mr. Page, is due to the antiquated system ofworking out the road tax." He says: . "This statute is a relic of antiquity that ought to be repealed In a hurry. The practice of 'working out' road tax dates back to Henry VIII of England, and it never has worked with any degree of satisfaction from that' day to this. Nearly every state In the union that has tried it has concluded it is a dismal failure and one after another the statutes have been repealed. In Indiana however, the system still pre valla in its most pernicious form." Mr. Page has the. following, sugges tions to make to the legislators of the . state: ', . .': "The legislature ought to create a state highway commission and a state engineer of highways. The commission should be unpaid and sou Id consist of three members.: each to be selected from the engineering faculty of one of the principal colleges of the state. The members of the commission should be chosen either Jty the president or by the memebrs of the faculty of the colleg which he represents. The purpose of this would be to keep the commis sion everlastingly out of politics: There is nothing that more quickly demoralizes the road building service of a state than to get into politics. If the "members of the commission were appointed by the gvoernor of the state there would sooner or later be some governor who would prostitute the whole service - for the benefit of his party or himself. The members of the highway commission should have the power of selecting the state high way engineer, who should be a competent person, and for whose service a a salary should be paid by the state, while the legislature is creating this commission it sould revise and codify the road laws so as to make them uni form Indiana has today the most wonderful anil complicated system of road laws to be found anywhere in the country. , Mr. Page is right in hla suggestions and the wonder is hot that we have so few good roads under the system in vogue, but that we have so many. Indiana has rich deposits of the best road making material in the coun try- and a competent geologist at the head of its department. Why not use some Of the rich , road material with some of the expert knowledge that is at the disposal of the state? Nothing can improve our roads except consistent work under an organized plan. It may be that Our Jim will want a aecret service man detailed to guard that silver service of 283 pieces. That will disprove that he has no aversion to having those naughty men around. : v Even if the score of SO to 18 is a little uninteresting, the base ball fans will not find it so. 8enator Beveridge will take the tar role in The Man From Home" for a few days. Play ball! But what will His Umps do on the decision? They say his name is Marshall. Even the sluggish Ohio goes on a tear sometimes though It is dry most of the year. The fleet has , come home ' and yet Hobson has not proclaimed war. Of course the Indianapolis News may Juvro UbeJed4terrard.

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Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Con- . tributors - Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order ReGved'. Editor Palladium: As a merchant of Richmond I would like to ask the Ladies' Aid society of Economy if, before they 'concluded to boycott the "business men of Rich mond" they learned just how these business men voted, and if they did find out, how they worked it? Do they possess some gift of clairvoyance or second sight by which they can read a ballot box miles away? Have they an. X ray machine for giving up the secrets of the Australian ballot sys tem? Do they think that one swallow makes , a summer and that the few business men in this man's town are the -whole push? Are they such geese as to believe for one minute that these few merchants with such tremendous influence that they could turn Rich mond over 1800 majority to the wets? Do they remember that they held up their hands in holy horror when1 the local papers reported that some saloon keepers were boycotting and trying to coerce some business men who talked openly and in an honest way? Don't they remember that they v protested against coercion and boycott because the other fellow was trying it on? Don't they know "that this was an option election and that each and every voter had the right to choose which side he opined was best? If they have such a thing as a dictionary in Economy will they look It up and see what "local option" means-j"the right or privilege to choose in any given locality." . By , boycotting any one who chose differently from them do they not strike at the very foundation of liberty? Do they think an opinion different from theirs is an evidence of immorality? Do they endorse the old heathen and ignorant idea of excommunication? If they have an encyclopedia in Economy will the ladies turn to the subject "Boycott" and see what the most eminent jurists have called It "An unlawful conspiracy to injure, to coerce, to Intimidate, to injure the business and welfare of others." IS that Christlike? Do they not remember that Bryan went over the country asking "Shall the people rule?" The majority of the people in Wayne county decided this "option election" and that ieflaw, sovereign law. "The people rule." Now In . conclusion I want to say this: No matter how 1 voted' on this question I would not tell these Economy people that I voted "dry" for all the, trade they could bring me, and 1 1 would not go fawning to a single saloon keeper and tell him that I voted "wet" for all .the business he could throwmy way. Honest men sell their wares, not themselves. A RICHMOND MERCHANT. Items Gathered in From Far and Near THE MAYOR. A mayor should be chosen who will study the public welfare, giving a fair deal to every citizen and to the various activities ln which they are engaged, The best government and advancement of the city as a whole are the ob jects desired. A mayor of the best type must be a man of energy and en thusiasm in behalf of the entire com munity. There is as much difference in mayors as in the commanders of arm ies, and as great contrast in what they accomplish. --St. Louis Globe-Democrat, FACT! Give out wise saws and preach and pray. And late and early storm and rate. Advance what reasons that you may, Of decency and duly prate. The most sad instances relate Of lovers who've been made to smart For all of that I beg to state. You can't keep lad and lass apart. Chicago; News. PILING IT ON. A convict in a western prison had been extremely refractory and different means were tried, without success, to break his spirit. One morning the superintendent said to the warden: "That scoundrel No. 213 is behaving worse than ever. Put him on bread and water." "But he is already on that diet," re plied the warden. J men keep, it up and give him a cook book to read." New York World. Valuable Item for Men and Women Who Want Strong Nerves Health and strength hitherto unknown will b felt surging In rich red blood through the arteries and vpinn. and life's greatest ambitions mav ; he realized as never before, if the following special treatment is followed by those men and women, too. who are Bircicen witn mat most dreaded of all afflictions, nervous exhaustion, accom panied witn such symptoms as extreme nervousness. Insomni oold pitremlties. melancholia, headaches, constipation and dyspepsia. Vidnev trouble. dreadful dreams of direful disasters. timidity in venturing- and a general inability to act naturally at all times as other people do. Lack of poise and equilibrium in men is a constant source of embarrassment even when the public least suspects tt For the benefit of those who want a restoration to run bounding health and all the happiness accompanying it, the following home treatment is given. It contains nO ODlltS Ar hlMt.rn,mln .ri -.., whatever. Mix U at home and no one wU.Vbe.th wiser as to your affliction, l he treatment i i aimnia , k v. orr.t- dlnT druggists supply the, mam tinctures, extracts and essence In one-ounee bottles, ready to mix. vrci .Miirrej ounces syrup sarsaparilla compound, mi with one ounce cornround fluid balmwort. and stand two nours. Add one ounce compound essence, Cardiol, and nn radomene compound (not cardamom. fenake well, and take a tuJiniMinfiii . 'L-f . mJ n at bedtime.

All ADROIT FLANK MOVE CRIPPLES THE NSURGENTS Old Heads in Senate Trick Youngsters by Passing Reslution providing for No Committee Changes.

HOUSE VETERANS ALSO OUTFLANK THE REBELS Outlaw Members Say They Will Still Be Able to Take Committee Appointing Power From Speaker. (By Sheldon 8. Cline.) Washington. Feb. 25. Adroit flank movements by republican leaders in both the senate and house have "put a crimp" in the insurrections which threatened in those bodies. The senate has passed a resolution continu ing the present committee organiza tion until the first regular session of the 61st congress, which shuts off any attempt at reorganization at the convening of the extra session to be called by President Taft. The house leaders have agreed that beginning with the next regular session each Tuesday shall be devoted to the consideration of bills on the house calendar and that ! for this purpose there shall be a call of the committees. This concession satisfies one faction of the house insurgents and, so the leaders claim, so weakens the insurgent strength that no effective fight for further changes in the house rules can be made. Its Same Old Story. It was the same old story of ama teurs sitting in the game with veterans. The men who have been in congress the better part of a generation know tricks of which the new-comers never dreamed. It is true that Senator LaFollette had been tipped off that the senate leaders were preparing to "hand him one" and that he was on guard. .- But a senator cannot remain in the chamber every minute of the time. LaFollette went to the marble room to meet a friend who had sent in a card. During his ab sence Senator Aldrich sprung the resolution continuing the committees, and it had passed before LaFollette could get back. This will not prevent LaFollette and his insurgent followers making their proposed fight for committee reorganization next December, but it will leave the present organization in control at least until after the tariff bill is passed, and that is about all the senate leaders care for at the present time. . Combine Against Speaker. Opinion is not agreed as to bow important a victory the house leaders won by agreeing to a weekly calendar day. The insurgents claim there will be enough of them left to take' away from the speaker the power of appointing committees. This is the crux of the entire house revolt. If the appointment of committees can be taken from the hands of the speaker and placed in the hands of a representative committee on committees, the other things complained of will soon right themselves. Should Col. "Pete'' Hepburn's suggestion be followed and the committees thus select ed allowed to choose their own chairman every vestage of the power now centered in the hands of a few men would disappear. It undoubtedly is true that Speaker Cannon and his lieutenants have picked off a goodly number of insurgents by the calandar day concession. How many they have picked off they probably know better than any one else. As a matter of fact. Speaker Cannon, Dalzell and others in the speaker's confidence probably tell you more about the numerical strength of the insurgents than the insurgent leaders themselves. More than that, you may be sure the speaker has every Insurgent listed and classified, with voluminous information about the reforms he demands and how much in the way of reform will satisfy him. When they agreed . to the calander day proposition they knew just how many votes it would take away from the complete insurgent program. If the number isn't sufficient to assure victory for the house organization, it is altogether likely some further concession will be banded out to secure a rurtner number. For a good,: wholesome, cheap break fast, always buy Mrs. Austin's pan cake flour. Your grocer has a fresh supply. Are Plants Lazy? Are plants lazy? From my standpoint of observation for sixty years, tbey are. Tbey will seek the nearest food regardless of consequences. In my garden a few years ago I bad an annual six or more feet high. One morning I observed that the wind had blown it over flat upon the ground. There were no projecting roots protruding from the northeast side of the plant. All of the roots upon that side were curved around toward the southwest." "With a spading fork I lifted 'the earth upon the southwest side of the plant and discovered a forkful ef decayed stable manure. : The roots upon the northeast aide carved to the southwest because It was the shortest route to a food supply. That was manlike. The fact that it meant death to the plant when the fall winds came was not nsidered. Francis Wayland Glea la Louisiana Plantar,

Heart to Heart Talks.

By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye A LOOK INTO A SOUL. "Julius Selmers, teamster." That is the way they wrote it in the records of the Chicago city morgue. Julius Selmers sampled life for slxtyfive years and at the end of the period made up hla mind life held nothing for him. This old man kept a diary. Reading the entries, one gets a look, as through a window, into the soul of a man who is friendless and despondent, but who nevertheless dreams his dreams. Note some of the entries: "Jane 27. What a bright, sunshiny day it is! The air is full of sweet sounds and odors. How lovely it would be to spend an hour in the green fields, but the iron wagon summons me, and nature's fragrance must come to me through the chinks of the foul freight houses." "Dec. 25.What memories the day brings to my old heart! But they are memories of some sixty odd Chrlstmases that I have spent in poverty and rags. "The boss gave me a dollar for a gift. I dare not refuse it, but I gave it to the first newsboy I met. I hope he will have a merry Christmas. A beggar's Christmas is romantic; a teamster's is not even that." "May 6. I came near ending it all this morning. The old drudgery, the dally round of sickening humdrum, is almost too much. Why did I not drive off that bridge when it was open? The poor old horse! I would have been cruel to him. Who would care for old Toby or for old Selmers, for that mattery "Nor. 29.-My day of rest again. It is on 8unday that I can feel how my life has been a failure, I am going to end it soon. I feel it. Nothing to live for, nothing to die for, either, but I will take the chance. It cannot be far off. "Goodby, little book, for today. Ton are the only friend I have, and, after all, you are only myself." The poor old man bad a fine love of nature, of humanity and of old Toby a mute, inglorious poet and dreamer. We all dream dreams. But some of us see some of our dreams come true. This old man, with the soul of a poet, dreamed for half a century, and not one dream was realised. You see, there MUST be a heaven, just' as there must be a hell, else God is .unjust and life la meaningless. A SOMBER PICTURE. "Where oan I go? Ne place to work, no mere home, no one to work for. Christian, my husband, he died two years ago. Then my kids six of them die croup of cold. I marry Amil Jelke. He leave me two months after. He way out In the country. I dont believe him working. He never work for me; just eat bread all the time. "One day be bad all the time and get sent to Lansing my girl she go away, too, and Henslow he ran away to Ohio, and I work and work and never go ahead, and then my back breaks. Oh, it hurts terrlblef Thus in ber broken English did Caroline Freslau, an almost helpless German woman, tell her Iliad of woes at St. Mary's hospital at Detroit Several years ago she left the fatherland, happy in her young motherhood and eager for the future of her young brood in the new land of plenty. Indeed, the poor German mater found bitter hardships, unending toll, sickness, sorrow, failure and heartache. Her husband died. She tolled at the washtub in a tense and tragic struggle for bread. Six ef the eleven children died. She married again, and the worthless husband deserted her. Her health entirely failed, and she was sent to the hospital. This is a picture from real life almost hideously real. The tints are all somber, and the background is dark. There Is no blue sky, no gleam of sunshine, no horizon. Pictures of this kind, make the lover of bis kind grow sick at heart. As one thinks of the hopeless little German mother sitting with lusterless face and dazed eyes, looking backward on the utter waste of the years, one begins to know the real meaning of MISERY and DESPAIR. And it also makes one' ashamed of his complaining at petty things. In the allotment of human life this woman has somehow been cheated out of her rightful share ot the good things. With questioning, almost anger, In your heart you turn to fate and question it: If the law of compensation holds, as we have so often heard if each soul born of woman must get his portion of the good Where will broken hearted Caroline Freslau get what Is owing her? Many persons use the Dhrase "in a trice" who have no conception of its! meaning, a trice is the sixtieth part of a second of time. The hour is diTmed into sixty minutes, the minute Into sixty seconds and the second into sixty trices, or thirds, from the Spanish tris. 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Bill Introduced in House Permitting the Merging of Phone Companies. INDEPENDENTS' MEASURE PUT UP PLEA THAT UNDER LAWS OF STATE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ADVANTAGE AS THE BELL COMPANY. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 25. There was a big wrangle in the house yesterday, over a' telephone bill that was Introduced in the house by Representative Wells, of Allen county. It is a bill to enable telephone companies organized under the laws of the state of Indiana to accuire and own either, by purchase, lease or otherwise any other telephone companies in the state. It also gives them the right to operate the acquired companies or wipe them out of existence. At first it was believed that the bill was a scheme on the part of the Central Union Telephone company to get legislation that would enable It to obtain a monopoly in the state. Yesterday when the bill was called out on the floor this point was raised and a dispute followed. Independents Believed It. It was explained that the Central Union Is incorporated in Illinois and that it has under its charter the right to acquire and own or operate any other company, and it was' stated that it did not need this bill in order to buy out and bold other companies in this state. Then it was disclosed that the independent telephone companies of the state were behind the Weils bill. These companies are organized under the laws of this state and their charters do not give them the right to buy out and merge with other companies. Thus, they say, they are at a disadvantage in the fight against the Bell, and they are asking that this bill be passed so they may be placed on an equal footing with it. All Working For It. The officers of the Indiana Independent Telephone association, of which nearly all the independent telephone companies in the stpte are members, are working for the bill. When the question was raised as to what effect this bill would have on the existing laws and what it would do to and for the Independents the bill was referred to a committee consisting of Representatives Smith, of Jay, Merriman, of Wells and Elliott of SL Joseph, all lawyers, to look into it and report back today. Anecdotes ef Evarta, One summer when William M. Evarts was at his country home in' Windsor, Tt.. a farmer who had followed his political career In the newspapers for many years was extremely anxious to see him In the flesh and drore eighteen miles into town In order to catch a glimpse of his idol. Senator Everts at that time was being entertained constantly, dining out almost every nlgbt, and as he drove out of bis grounds to an appointment one evening the farmer was lying in wait for him in the road. The latter, seeing the pale, ascetic face and meager form of the famous statesman, was disappointed. "Well, I declare.' he exclaimed, looks as if he'd always boarded!" An impromptu riddle Is attributed to him while at his country place. One day in presJdlng at table with a swarm of grandchildren about him he asked, "What Is toe difference between this goose before dinner and me after?" After much futile guesslns be said In quiet glee: "Sow the goose Is stuffed with sage, and then the sage.' p"ef to hla -win be stored wttk

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