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THE RICH3IOXD PAL.LADIU3I AND SUX-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1909.

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, f days each week, evening- and . Sunday morning-. Office Corner North Sth and A street Boa Phone 1131. RICHMOND. INDIANA. Radolyh. O. Leeds Editor Caarlea M. Morsaa . ; . Maaasias Editor Carl Bernhardt........ Associate Editor A'. R. Poaodatoae. Newi Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year (In advance) or 10; per week. MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. 1 One year. In advance 15.00 Rx months. In advance 2.60 One month. In advance 45 RURAL. ROUTES. One year. In advance $2.50 Sx months. In advance 1.50 One month, in advance 35 Addreae changed aa often as desired; both new and old addresses must be Clven. Subscribers irlll please remit wltn order, which should be riven for a specified term; name will not bo entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post office as second class mall matter. t. ." .- 4 Advertisers (Nw York City) as j nuuiN ih MrtuMd to Uis eussiausa J f this aahUaatlaa. Oal tas Beans of I eoasauaa ta lis asa j Ms, it fSr SELLERS The Paw-Paw Belt has sustained two grievous shocks in the last month. First conies Booth Tarkington's announcement that he is a retired author and that he is entering a larger field for imaginative work in counting chickens before they are hatched, at his farm at "Home." The second is the discovery of Meredith Nicholson's "Confessions of a 'Best Seller' " where It lies anonymously embalmed in the Atlantic .Monthly. A true inhabitant of the Paw-Paw region may wonder which is the truer retirement from the best sell ing-standing room only game. To desert a fairy princess in a Worth Gown and elope with a "high brow" seems a much more cruel thing than to go back fo the farm and raise chickens in Arcadian simplicity. We should say that the only redeeming feature from the best selling point of view, is that Mr. Nicholson did not sign his article in the Atlantic Monthly. He may indeed return to the fairy princess in the Worth Gown which all of us In the Paw-Paw Belt are bound to hope, lest the state stat istician report a slump in the yearly Indiana output. ROOSEVELT REDIVUS Col. Roosevelt dead? Don't believe it for one small second. Not all the animals, savage, nor mistaken amateur hunters and special Africo - magazine - correspondents armed with gatling gun cameras could phase him. This report, gentle reader is the dream of some Wall Street manipulator who was taken sick In his profit and loss account after the Northern Securities case. Or else, bright througbt of the advertising department, the Outlook and Scribner's have spread this false alarm. Never fear Wall Street. Col. Roosevelt will be back yet and not even the bar sinister of the North Pole can tempt him to muckrake far from '.'i! Broadway. And yet, sop to -the market of bromideshe might have been run down by a slow trolley car. The forward pass worked at last at Earlham. Theonly solution of the Indian Summer-Squaw winter weather is summer clothes and an automobile coat. Items Gathered in From Far and Near Lifting It Up. Prom the New York Tribune. "I have got to lift this canvass up. if I can, and make it educational and respectable." Mr. Gaynor told the public on Thursday night. A few hours earlier he illustrated his intentions bywriting a reply to a campaign letter, in which he gave the writer the lie direct, told him he was quite capable of writing lying letters and "the live coal in his head'' blazing up with sudden inspiration, changed the spelling of his correspondent's name from "Kerr" to "Cur." Thus is the campaign lifted up and made educational and respectable! But for the Christian Jurist's efforts it would sink below the level on which it would be conducted by an Ill-bred school boy in a temper. By! his exercise of self-restraint, however. ' Mr. Gaynor contrives to sustain it on that level. Good Old Times. From the Toledo Blade. "When I was a boy." remarked the man on the car this morning. "uarly every house had a gate in front of it. which helped to make Halloween in teresting." Off the List. From the ittsburg Gazette-Times. We understand that possum will not be reckoned among the breakfast j fapds t the White House this winter.

COMMISSION GOVERNMENT Note: Before going Into the discussion of any one of the many points which are interesting in the Des Moines plan, we publish a synopsis of the plan as a frame work to succeeding articles. By way of comment we ask our readers to compare this simple plan with the wonderful net work of complications now in force in the cities ot Indiana. Is it any wonder that remarkable results have been the rule under the Des Moines plan with its simplicity and the power vested in the voter who elects the public officer?

--.-- ANALYSIS OF DES MOINES PLAN Officers All legislative and administrative functions ot city government are put in the hands of a mayor and four councilmen who are elected at large at a non partisan primary. Primaries The two mayoralty candidates receiving the highest number of votes become the candidates for mayor at the election. The eight councilmanic candidates receiving the highest number of votes become the candidates for council at the election. Election At the final election the candidate for mayor receiving the majority is elected. The four councilmen (out of the eight selected at the primary) receiving the highest number of votes are elected.

POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL i The mayor is chairman of council with one vote. He has no veto, but any measure passed must be signed by him and two councilmen. All administrative and executive powers of city government are transfered to council and its act is final except when protested by the people and vetoed by their vote at an election. The council elects from its members the heads of departments as follows: 1. Public Affairs. 2. Accounts and Finances. 3. Public Safety. 4. Streets and Public Improvements. 5. Parks and Public Property. All other officers and emplayes of the city, such as police Judge, clerk, city attorney, treasurer, fire chief, superintendent police, civil engineer, etc., are elected by council. They are subordinates who may be removed by council at its pleasure. Civil service examinations under the supervision of commissioners appointed by the council provide for the employes of the city.

LEGISLATION

All ordinances and franchises are passed by council except under the following restrictions: Franchises must be put to a vote of the people. If a measure of council is unsatisfactory it may be protested by a petition of the people and if councilthen insists on passing it it must be put to a vote of the people. (Referendum) If council refuses to pass a measure which the people desire on receiving a petition signed by 25 percent of the voters it must pass it or put it. to a vote of the people. (Initiative) REMOVAL FROM OFFICE The mayor or any councilman may be removed at any time by a vote of the people. (The Recall)

TWINKLES (By Philander Johnson.) Taught by Experience. "So the Jury returned a verdict without leaving the courtroom," said the visitor. "Yep," answered Bronco Bob. "That's the way Crimson Gulch juries always do nowadays. The boys have had so much trouble that they stay where they are instead ot taking chances on getting separated from their hats and overcoats." More Argument. The statesmen soon will hither stray And, though we shout for mercy, Will surely bring to light straightway Some brand-new controversy. "De real art of de soft answer," said Uncle Eben, "consists in laying a foundation for it dat makes it no use foh de other feller to talk back." Not Up to Modern Standards. "Your wife's new hat makes her look like a queen," said the man who tries to be complimentary. "Don't let her hear you say that," answered Mr. Bliggins: "I have looked through the histories and I never yet saw a picture of a queen who looked as if she employed a first-class milliner." Unburdening. "You must at least give that candidate credit for speaking bis mind." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "But it's unfortunate that people most willing to speak their minds are so often those whose mentalities are more or less unpleasant." Determination. Sir Thomas was a sportsman bold, His country's pride and joy. Who had a passion uncontrolled To be a sailor boy. And every time he had a race, 'Twas comforting to note. He met defeat with courteous grace And built another boat. Sir Thomas is a model still Well worth attending to: A man is ne'er defeated till He quits and says "I'm through." Though tricks of wave or wind may bring Dismay, he does not fall While he has breath for challenging And nerve to hoist a sail. Bicycles and Airships. From the Springfield Republican. One of the most striking facts about flying is the ease and quickness with which the art seems to be mastered under proper conditions. For example, Lieut. Lahm has been a pupil only three weeks, yet he made yesterday a flight of forty-five minutes, which only a little while ago would have been a record. Half an hour, says Wilbur WTight, is long enough to get the knack of the machine, but it is to b? noticed that he does not let pupils quite so green as that shift for themselves. The first stages seem not to be much more difficult or alarming than the mastery of the high bicycle of twenty years ago, which to the novice looked as high as a house. In fact, the well taught aeronaut seems to lose rather less cuticle during his apprenticeship than the oldtime - bicyclist.

BY COUNCIL

Fairbanks at Manila (Indianapolis News.) The Manila newspapers gave much space to the visit of Mr, and Mrs. Fairbanks to the Philippines. They reached Manila from Nagasaki and spent a month in the islands. From there they were to proceed on their journey around the world, expecting to spend a month in India. While in India Mr. Fairbanks is on Nov. 20th to deliver an address at the world's concention of the Christian Endeavor at Agra. While in Manila Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were the guests of Commissioner and Mrs. Newton W. Gilbert. An informal reception at the home of the Gilberts marked their arrival, which was attended by many scores of people, upon all of whom Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks impressed themselves by their graciousness and affability. All of the leading newspapers of Manila tried to get expressions bearing on the Philippines from the former Vice President, but he declined to commit himself, remarking: "However closely one in the United States may follow the affairs of this distant possession, a personal trip of investigation is certain to be informing, and I would not feel free to give opinions until after my provincial trip." In welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks to the islands the Cable News-American expressed itself in this way: It is always a pleasure to the Americans in this outpost of the great republic to welcome their countrymen and to show them what is being done toward solving the problem that confronts America here. The distinguished services which our present guests have rendered their country on the mainland makes their coming all the more noteworthy, and agreeable to the people of Manila. Every public man who comes to the islands and gets a first hand knowledge of Philippine affairs becomes a center of correct information when he returns to the mainland. We are glad to welcome Mr. Fairbanks and his amiable wife to Manila, for these political reasons, but we are glad also to welcome them because they are what their illustrious neighbor and fellowHoosier. James Whitcomb Riley, would call "home-folks," because they come from a part of the country where American ideals are still cherished in their pristine simplicity: because they represent in their own characters and achievements what is best and most admirable in American life. The Manila Times wrote in this vein: Mr. Fairbanks is one of the most distinguished Americans of the time. He came to prominence first as a counsellor in the great state of Indiana, which commonwealth chose him to represent it in the United States sen ate. He quickly took his place among the leaders of that body and, elected vice president, returned to preside over ! it as its chairman. The personality of the man gave to the office of vice-; president a dignity from which it had . receded, and had the republican party j not passed to the control of its more : radical elements, it is very probable , that Mr. Fairbanks would have beenj its standard bearer in the election which selected Mr. Roosevelt's success- j or. But he belonged to the conserv-' ative wing of the party, and the times demanded a man of the Roosevelt section of the organization. It is good to have men of Mr. Fairbanks's type; and position come to the Philippines J It is highly desirable that they should know them well, should know their, problems, their needs. j

Kipling to Young Men

"When, to use a detestable phrase, you go out into the battle of life, you will be confronted by an organized conspiracy which will try to make you believe that the world is governed by the idea of wealth for wealth's sake, and that all means which lead to the acquisition of that wealth are, if not laudable, at least expedient. . . . You will live and eat and move and have your being in a dorld dominated by that thought. Some of you will probably succumb to the poison of it. "Now, I do not ask you not to be carried away by the first rush of the great game of life. That is expecting you to be more than human. But I do ask you, after the first heat of the game, that you draw breath and watch your fellows for a while. "Sooner or later you will see some man to whom the idea of wealth as mere wealth does not appeal, whom the methods of amissing that wealth do not interest, and who will not accept money if you offer it to him at a certain price. At first you will be inclined to laugh at this man, and to think that he is not smart in his ideas. I suggest that you watch him closely, for he will presently demonstrate to you that money dominates everybody except the man who does not want money. You may meet that man on your farm, in your village, or in your Legislature. But be sure that, whenever or wherever you meet him, as soon as it comes to a direct issue between you, his little finger will be thicker than your loins. You will go in fear of him; he will not go in fear of you. You will do what he wants; he will not do what you want. You will find that you have no weapon in your armory with which you can attack him; no argument with which you can appeal to him. Whatever you gain he will gain moro. I would like you to study that man. I would like you better to be that man because from the lower point of view St doesn't pay to be obessed by the desire of wealth for wealth's sake. If more wealth is neccessary to you, for purposes not your own, use your left hand to acquire it, but keep your right for your proper work in life. If you empl y both arms in that game you will be in danger of stooping; in danger also of losing your soul. But in spite of everything you may succeed, you may be successful, you may acquire enormous wealth. In which case I warn you that you stand in grave danger of being spoken and written of and pointed out as a smart man. And that is one of the most terrible calamities that can overtake a sane, civilized, white man today. "They say youth is a season of hope, ambition and uplift that the last word youth needs is an exhortation to be cheerful. Some of you here know, and I remember, that youth can be a season of great depression, despondencies, doubts and waverings, the worse because they seem to be peculiar to ourselves and incommunicable to our fellows. There is a certain darkness into which the saul of the young man sometimes descendsa horror of desolation, abandonment and realized worthlessness. which is one of the most read of the hells in which we are compelled to walk. "I know of what I speak. This is due to a variety of causes, the chief of which is the egotism of the human animal itself. But I can tell you for your comfort that the chief cure for it is to interest yourself, to lose yourself in some issue not personal to yourself in another man's trouble, or, preferaby, another man's joy. But if the dark hour does not vanish, as sometimes it doesn't; if the back cloud will not lift, as sometimes it will not; let me tell you again for your comfort that there are many liars in the world, but there are no liars like our own sensations. The despair and the horror mean nothing, because there is for you nothing irremediable, nothing ineffaceable, nothing irrecoverable, in anything you may have said or thought or done. "If for any reason you cannot believe or have not been taught to believe in the infinite mercy of Heaven, which has made us all, and will take care we do not go far astray, at least believe that you are not yet sufficiently important to be taken too seriously by the powers above us or beneath us. In' other words, take anything and every thing seriously except yourselves." The Hookworm Commission. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Rockefeller has made a magnifi cent use of his great wealth in offer-j ing to bear the cost of a scientific and i popular campaign for the eradication ! of the "hookworm disease," which has had so depressing an effect upon the" population of the Southern states.; Though the disease is not new, the recognition of its nature and cause is quite recent, and has opened a way to scientific treatment and cure and ultimate eradication, just as the discov ery of insect agency in malaria and ? yellow fever furnished the needed keyj to what had seemed an insoluble problem.

Tubal Cain

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young; By the fierce red light of his furnace bright The strokes of his hammer rung; And he lifted high his brawny hand On the iron glowing clear. Till the sparks rushed out in scarlet shower As he fashioned the sword and spear. And he sang, "Hurrah for my handiwork! Hurrah for the spear and sword! Hurrah for the hand that shall wield them well. For he shall be king and lord!" To Tubal Cain came many a one. As he wrought by his roaring fire. And each one prayed for a strong steel-blade. As the crown of his desire. And he made them werpons, sharp and strong. Till they shouted loud with glee. And gave him gifts of pearls aud gold, And spoils of the forest tree. And they sang, "Hurrah for Tubal Cain, Who hath Kiven us strength anew! Hurrah for the smith! Hurrah for the fire! And hurrah for the metal true!" But a sudden change came o'er his heart, Ere the setting of the sun; And Tubal Cain was filled with pain For the evil he had done. He saw that men with rage and hate Made war upon their kind; That the land was red with the blood they shed In their lust for carnage, blind. And he said, "Alas! that ever I made. Or that skill of mine should plan The spear and the sword for men whose joyIs to slay their fellow man!" And for many a day old Tubal Cain Sat. brooding o'er his woe; And his hand forebode to smite the ore. And his furnace smoldered low. But he arose at last with a cheerful face, And a bright,courageous eye. And bared his strong right arm for work. While the quick flames mounted high. And he sang, "Hurrah for my handiwork!" As the red sparks lit the air; "Not alone for the blade was the bright steel made.' And he fashioned the first plowshare. And men, taught wisdom from the past, In friendship joined their hands. Hung the sword in the hall, the spear on the wall. And plowed the willing lands; And sang, "Hurrah for Tubal Cain! Our stanch good friend is he. And for the plowshare and the plow To him our praise shall be. But while oppression lifts its head. Or a tyrant would be lord. Though we may thank him for the plow We'll not forget the sword!" Charles Mackay.

Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copy.ight, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye A judge in a western state gave notice recently that be would hear any divorce case brought to his court within three days after it was filed. - A few days afterward a married woman took a notion that she was tired of living with her husband. She filed her petition in this judge's court, and in three days, her husband being absent, she bad her decree ot absolute divorce. Which is the limit of get-dlvorce-quick. This woman by the kindness of the court was able to rid herself of matrimonial bonds in about the time it takes for two gypsies to swap horses. Some one said of Goldsmith that He threw off his friends As a huntsman his pack. For he knew when he wished He could whistle them back. This woman shook off her husband with the same abandon, knowing doubtless that If she could not whistle him back she could as easily whistle another. But Suppose all our jurists should follow this prompt judge's procedure. Then any fickle woman whose head Is turned by some adventurer, any foolish man attracted by some affinity, would be able to doff the old and don the new like unto a change of garments. And Rome In her day of dissoluteness would be clean by comparison. In those later days of Roman moral debauchery it was mostly the very rich who made marriage an empty ceremony. The common people could not afford the luxury. Should an era of lawful Immorality uDder the guise of quick and easy divorce like that exemplified by certain of the rich set and stage people become the order of things among the mass of our people you would need to revive the theory of a literal hell of fire and brimstone to fitly characterize our society. Divorce may be a necessary evil In our day and in extreme cases, but it ought to be hedged about by every possible restriction of law. Divorces while you wait, like that granted by this western judge, should never be permitted. Instead of loosening the provisions of court procedure, judges should restrict them. Fortunately the laws of most states are strict along this line, requiring a reasonable length of time under due legal notice or publication. Among freak laws and freak Judges these recent methods certainly afford abicins. examples. e - . -

STATE ORGAN IS GREATLY WANTED BV STATE PARTY (Continued From Page One.)

run Its own affairs. Taggart, however, has for years been the political head of that element, and a large number of Democrats, including the governor, concluded some months ago. that it would be wise to reorganize) the party on different lines. Reorganization Plan. It is known, too that the anti-Tag-gart fellows have been working on a plan of reorganization along that line. A couple of weeks or so ago, however, Governor Marshall and Taggart chanced to meet in the Denison hotel, and they bad a talk. Taggart asked Marshall about the report thst he was trying to reorganize the party and eliminate him. Marshall told Taggart that he had no such aim in view and that he was not trying to eliminate him or any other democrat He said, however, that he did not believe the brewers should control the party and that he was opposed to control by any boss or any interest This was taken to mean that while he would not oppose Taggart as a democrat, he would oppose Taggart or any one else that sought to control the party in the interest of the brewers. And now comes the story that Marshall and Taggart have made nn. Marshall believes, so it is said, that the fight that was made on Taggart in the city campaign was unnecessarily bitter, and that he is now for Taggart because he feels that Taggart was the under dog in the fight So far as is known, he has not made any open statement on the subject, but some of the democrats who ought to know how he feels have been telling the story of the reconciliation. Of course, this may mean that if Taggart seeks again to control the party for the brewer, Marshall will fight the plan, but If Taggart tries to select a state committee merely as a good democrat he will find the governor with him. At any rate, the story of the recently-acquired admiration by the governor of Taggart is being told and is attracting much attention. If these to men make up then the party certainly will be reunited for tbe next camnaicn. Preliminary Bout. Maude When does your breach of promise suit come up in court? Clara . To-to-to morrow m-morning. Maude J There, dear, don't cry. I'm sorry to ! see you so overcome. Clara Oh. I'm : not overcome; I'm merely practicing for the Jury. Chicago News.

On The Commission Plan

The Chicago Examiner of recent date contained the following editorial expression concerning the commission plan of city government for which au enabling act is now before the Illinois legislature, backed by a number ot the cities of Illinois: If any one thinks Chicago is making radical demands from the legislature by inserting the recall and the refer endum in new charter bill a compari son with the demands of Interior Illinois cities will make our wishes seem conservative. Senator Barr has introduced a bill allowing any city in the state to introduce the commission form of government if its electors care to. The measure is an enabling act only. It merely enlarges home-rule powers to a point where the entire fundamental form of municipal government may bo changed by popular vote. It Is destred to let any Illinois city, if It chooses, duplicate the experience of such cities, as Galveston and Des Moines in a commission form of government. Springfield. Peoria, Joliet and some other Illinois cities have taken up the commission idea. Their represent atives have held conferences. Senator Barr, who bails from Joliet had an original bill in the interests of that city alone, but has lately put in an amended bill with features applicable to the whole state. The most radical feature of the Barr bill In its political aspect Is tbe wiping out of partisanship t purely municipal elections. Chicago's charter bill abolishes the party circle from the ballot at municipal elections, but retains the party column. It also abolishes party primaries which la the finishing touches la the death, knell of rule by partisan bosses. The commission bUl allows all voters to participate at a single primary. Tbe names of all candidates are on the same ballot, without party desis nation. The two candidates receiving the highest number ot votes are the nominees on the official election bal lot no other naems betas nrint thereon. If more than one person i to be elected to an office the nominees are the four or more highest vote getters at the primary. Another fundamental feature, of course. Is the recall. This, together with the initiative and referendum. which are also features of th mm. mission bill, take away the last vestige of responsibility for government from any one but the voters themselves. The latter not only retain the power to oust unsatisfactory officials, but retain an Intimate supervision over all legislation. If they want a law passed, and their officials refuse to act they report, to the Initiative. If laws are passed that they deem unsafe they correct the errors through the referendum. Thus far the spread of the commission Idea In municipal government has been confined to the comparatively smaller cities. The reason Is obvious. In a city of the first class like Chicago or New York for Instance the necessary multiplication of separata commissions might prove unwieldy. In the smaller cities all functions of government can be embraced In less than half a dozen commissions. That accounts, doubtless, for the practical results obtained by such cities as Des Moines. Tho first year of the Iowa capital's commission government has put the city on a sound financial basis and abolished useless offices. While the commission form of city government may seem a radical departure, it is not entirely new. The local government at Washington. D. C. has been practically a commission government for many years. When western cities began to adopt the plan they introduced special features applicable to modern conditions. And it is notable that each city adopting the plan seeks Improvement over any of its predecessors. Senator Barr's commission bill expresses the collective wisdom of modern American municipal science. And its first blow Is at the role of the political boss. It begins by making It impossible for professional politicians to control municipal omces. And it keeps both legislative and executive functions within the people's continuous supervision. The legislature Is not asked to approve or disapprove the commission form of government But Its grant ot power is needed to give municipalities the right to adopt it Hallowe'en. , From the Philadelphia Press. The origin of no religious holiday has been so completely forgotten In Its latter day festival character as balloween. It matters not a bit what historic significance it may have had. there is nothing hallowed about it now save the innocent play of Jocund youth. It Is a night devoted to tbe pasttimei of tentative lovers or the escapades jf prowling urchins. It Is a glorious night to the small boy. who masquerades and capers from" door to door begging sweet cider, gingerbread, apples and cuts; a more hilarious night to the older lad. who puts nicks on windows, changes gates, rings bells, robs the cabbage patch and raises Cain generally. But, above all. It Is the night of nights to the sweethearts, who before an open grate fire In town, or. far better, in the barn on the old farm ' decorated with cornstalks and pump- ! kins, with lighted candle inside, -bobfor apples, toast marshmallows or read their fate in the bursting of cestnnts. Its memory may never dena from their Urea. .