Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 98, 13 February 1910 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRA3I, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1910.

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Rudolph O. Leeds Editor Charles M. Morgan . . . Maaaslas Editor Carl Bernhardt Associate Editor W. It. Poundatone Xewa Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year ln advance) or 10c per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance $5 00 Six months. In advance 2.60 One month. In advance 46 RURAL ROUTES. One year. In advance . . Six months. In advance One month, in advance .12.50 . 1.60 . .25 Address changed as often as desired: both new and old addresses must be riven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office as second class mail matter. sr m The Association of American 4 AJ.i..r. t ISUw York CitT ) hll 4 riHTViMaviv X " w w examined and certified to the circulation . of this publication. Only the figures of circulation contained in its report are ; In: items Gathered in From Far and Near The Valentine. From the Philadelphia Press. Next to our rejection of Santa Slaus the worst thingk that the sophistication of time does for us is to destroy the interest in the other best dates in the calander. Jf some of us strove to keep that interest alive we might know life better and live longer. One of these days is St. Valentine's, now near at hand. There was a time in the life of most men and women of middle age today when the approach of February 14 meant a thrill. It was a day of sentiment and humor. To the very young it was an occasion for the exhibition of irresponsible and frequently cruel play in the dispatch of the "comic" and mostly coarse valentine. Old maids and bachelors and other grownups of well known weaknesses and tender sensibilities suffered most, but even these could afford to forgive and ignore the thoughtless effrontery of children. The other and elaborate valentines, however, if sent anoymously, bore a mysterious even celestial message. There are many thousands of women still living today who have some of these lacey colorful creations preserved in lavender. And why not? There is all too little of the. tender and innocent expression of distant and respectful regard for women to be noted among men just now, and altogether too much of a bolder and degrading admiration. Fool's Gold. From the Duluth Herald. There is hardly anything so pathetic as the manner in which men of small means are roped in by schemers who tempt them with glittering plans to make them rich quickly. The man on small salary or scant wages sees others who do not work half so hard as he does "rolling in luxury," and while he may not covet luxury, he does cherish the hope that by some sudden twist of fortune's caprice he may win independence. So the man with mining scheme, or some other tempting get-rich-quick plan never lacks victims. His prospeevtus reads well, always. In fact, the prospectus of the mining scheme which is practically a certainty, though it calls for largo capital, seldom reads so beautifully and promises so much as the prospectus of the man who has nothing but a plan to get other people's money. Men who wouldn't lend money on good real estate without a careful examination of the title will launch their money in faraway mining schemes merely on the promises of utten strangers. Savo as he will, it is hard for the man who has the habit, of testing such schemes to pile up his pennies fast enough to satisfy the greed of the schemers. Eye Strain in School. From the Newark News. A little boy or girl totally blind is on extremely pathetic sight, but next to this is the child wearing spectacles to piece out its defective eyesight Yet such cases are declared by doctors to be on the increase, and they claim that many of them are caused by th eye strain to which those under ten years of age are subjected in the schools. A number of years ago a crusade was begun against nursemaids, older sisters and even reckless mothers who would expose babies' eyes to the direct glare of the sun when taking the helpless infants out for an airing in baby carriages. That crusade is by no means ended yet, and many a courageous woman will today stop a baby carriage who's occupant's unprotected eyes are being blinded by the sun, and will instruct the attendant to either shut out the light or wheel the carriage in another direction. Billboard Revenues. From the Los Angeles Express. One hundred and fifty dollars a month. That is the revenue Los Angeles derives from the myralds of billboards that convert the beauty of the town into ngliness. Five dollars a day! That is the sum total of the payments made by all the vandals here engaged in the business cf desecrating the charming homes cl Los Angeles. For that revenue the

THE AMERICAN CONFLICT Resolved: That in View of the Necessity of Battling for the First Principles of Republican Government and Against the Schemes of an Aristocracy, the Most Revolting and Oppressive With Which the Earth Was Ever Cursed or Man Debased, We Will Co-operate and be Known as Republicans Until the Contest be Terminated. July 6, 1854, Jackson, Mich. The Republican party was born in the Middle West in the states of "Wisconsin, Michigan. Iowa, Ohio and Indiana. The founders of the party who met at Jackson. Michigan, did not concern themselves with party regularity, with the technicalities of phrase and rhetoric of platforms they were Intent on a deeper thing. They were engaged in a battle for the right against the wrong. They were battling against a foe which denied the fundamental freedom of man and which sought to wreck the Union, for the business interests of a few men in one section of the country. And so the Republican party was founded for the battle of the people o! this nation. Over half a century has passed away since those men met determined that the rights or man are greater than the enrichment cf a few; that the control of the government must be vested in the people of the republic and not in an oligarchy of greed. Those pharses that we have heard in defense of the Aldrich-Cannon tariff, that "the interests of business demand these schedules' and that "the vested rights of property must be observed" in trust legislation, are nothing but the same confusing arguments which kept a race in servitude for private gain in 'ol. As our fathers, the founders of the Republican party, saw the real problem and faced it so we must face the same problem today. It is not a new problem, and not a new battle. It is the same struggle which has been going on since the beginning of the world. Always have we had the agents of special privilege; always have the people fought against it. Insurgents and reactionaries are as old as right and wrong. Call them what you will, one force has fought for Big Business the other for the things which do not appear on the ledger.

The issue may be confused, but the issue is one of honesty and always will be. Were the issue made clear so that it lay where honest men might read for themselves, the forces of greed and selfishness would never triumph. But the forces of special interests take good care that the issue shall never become distinct. Skillful men and persuasive orators,, agents of special interests come fresh from the lobby at Washington, where in their paid service they have written on the statute books the law of the land. The same men who are just from the task of defeating the desires of the people complete their service to greed by confusing the issue.

In the past few years the railway rate bill; meat inspection and pure food measures; the employer's liability act; conservation and child labor regulations and the Aldrich-Cannon tariff have been before congress. Always the reactionaries of both parties have opposed these measures when they attacked Big Business. Always the Insurgents have fought the battles of the people for the people. When Roosevelt and the men now called Insurgents forced an unwilling and spoil laden congress to pass what legislation is now there for the protection of the nation they were met with the same arguments of the men who sought to confuse the issue. They were told that a law which attacked special privilege would "destroy prosperity.' They were told that protection of the rights of men against corporate aggrandizement was "in violation of vested rights." And Roosevelt answered: "It is an evil thing for the nation as for the individual, if material well being is accepted as in itself all sufficient; such well being is worthless, save as a foundation on which to build the higher life. It is a good thing for the nation as for the man to have the money making capacity, but back of this, and above it, must stand those qualities of intellect, and of the spirit, the mind and of the soul, which in their sum make up that high and fine type of character which calls for true greatness. "Such was the character shown in every phase of the work of Lincoln."

So they fought and so they battled for the principles of the founders of the party. Past Aldrich, past Cannon, past the whole yellow pack of reactionaries of both parties they carried the fight and won. But the battle is not over, The great conflict of the American people is still with us. It must be constant and ever. The fight is on to the death in every state between the two forces and the effort to confuse the people is subtle and shrewdly managed. Between now and November the voters of this state of Indiana must face the issue and see the great American conflict as the founders of the Republican party saw it. The reactionaries, the agents of special interests, the lobbyists of corporations, know no party when they do their work. Yet they will prate of party regularity and party platforms and seek to confuse the issue. There is a greater issue than that of mere party allegiance and party regularity. These are the cries of the men of special privilege. The issue is an issue of honesty. Senator Beveridge said the other day that the Republican party had won and had been a force for good when it had faced the issue. "The Republican party is born of conscience and not of cash."'

Those founders of the Republican party who met in Jackson, Michigan, and declared that they were "battling for the first principles of republican government and against the schemes of au aristocracy" were fighting the same fight. They faced the same problem in a different guise, and declared that the nation shall not be enslaved for the interests of a few, nor its life imperiled by greed. That is the issue that we face today. On that issue Senator Beveridge and the people of Indiana must win.

city bestows its permission on the billboard builders to destroy values in the residence section; to maintain nuisances that are flagrantly objectionable and highly injurious to hundreds and hundreds of men and women who spend time and money and labor in making their homes beautiful. It is an outrage! and it is an outrage against which all the powers of this municipal government should be promptly employed. Perry Should Be Honored. From the eSattle Post-Intelligencer. The announcement which comes from Washington city that Peary, the discoverer of the north pole, will probably be set to work by the Navy Department superintending the construction of dry docks, as a civil engineer, with no recognition of his great ser vices as an explorer, will hardly be j well received throughout the country. It emphasizes too strongly the different ways in which this country treats its notable men from the manner in which such men are treated in other countries. Kitchen Cabinet. From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Why wouldn't it be a good idea for the administration to create a kitchen cabinet to investigate the cost of living?

TWINKLES

(By Philander Johnson.) Graduations. "How much will you tip that waiter?" "Oh, just enough to avoid getting a harsh look, but not so much as to make him anxious to help me on with my overcoat." "My suspicion is," said Uncle Eben. "dat some hook worms ketch deir laziness fura de folks dey been travelin' with."

Bad Faith. I"s feelin' kind o' lonesome As I thinks about de way Beliefs I used to cherish Soht o' weakens day by day. I tries to be mo' cheerful. But dar ain no room for glee When I thinks 'bout dat groun hog Been a-goin' back on me. Is had my disappointments In de human folks I know. But It's worse to fin de critters Tellin' things dat isn so. Dar's another friendship broken; Nuffin's like it used to be Since de groun hog dat I trusted Went completely back on me! x .

INDIA'S UNREST

England's fear of jealousy of Germany is not a circumstance to what she may be called upon to face in India if conditions do not improve, fo: the people of India are fast being welded into a compact mass, out oi which is rising a spirit of Indian na tlonality and of Indian unity, eonsti tuting a problem difficult of solution. Paul Kennaday, in discussing the situation in the Forum for February, says that "the Englishman is England's greatest enemy in India," and that b his selfishness and hij lack of syuipa thy and understanding he has spread wide through Cs,oOO,00 Indian sub jects of the British crown discontent, disloyalty and hatred. Mr. Kennatiay quotes approvingly from a declaratioi. by the marquis of Salisbury, when secretary of state for India thirty five years ago, thus: No system of government can be permanently safe when there is a feeling of inferiority or mortification affecting the relation between the governing and the governed. Those who leave this country to govern India, if they choose to be so, are the only enemies England has to fear. Mr. Kennaday says that "this warn ing has gone unheeded," and the English civil servant, taken from his school or his college, perhaps from a humble station in life, and released from the control which his own people held in manners and mind, under a tropical sun loses his veneer of culture, forgets his manners, learns to despise the poor, cringing native who fears him, and he sometimes "becomes that abhorred thing, that absolute negation of a gentleman, the English call a 'bounder'." Mr. Kenuaday tells of meeting a cultured Parsee, who, talking of the government and the British rulers of his country, exclaimed with flashing eye: Shall the dirtiest, lowest white man. or a mongrel of an Eurasian, if he has only a little white blood in him, be preferred to me. and this is my own country? And then he related, with a face full of mingled anger and dispair, how that very day two Englishmen, with a curse and a jeer, had slammed in his face the door of a first-class railway carriage which he had attempted to enter, and recited the indignities and affronts to which he and his family were daily subjected. There are other causes of complaint, not embraced in the arrogance and insulting demeanor of the British in control, and a principal one lies in the desperate straits to which the agriculturist has been reduced. He is wretchedly poor and is constantly confronted by fear of famine. It is estimated that a hundred millions of people subsist in perennial hunger, usually one meal a day. Plague has carried them off by the millions, and famine has taken its millions more. While the English have supplied irrigation for probably six million acres, there are millions of acres with no relief from the long burning dry season. As the Indian extracts his scanty crops he is taxed to the limit of endurance; from SO to 3 per cent of his net income being extracted for land tax or rent, besides which, if it possibly can be extorted, he is compelled to pay extras for schools and roads, police, irrigation works, etc. The poor famished Indian believes that the taxes have much to do with famine conditions, and that the railways which the British have constructed also do harm to his country. One thing he knows beyond all contradiction: He starves. And this leads Mr. Kennaday to say: The times are ominous with the selfishness, the blindness and the folly of this handful of conquerors; with the deep just cause for resentment and anger on the part of these multitudes of conquered; with the inability and apparent unwillingness of the English to appreciate the growing demand for political power, the yearning for liberty, and justice which the very history of the English people themselves has awakened in the people of India. Gross and Chantecler You may have to think twice before you can recall "The Merchant Prince of Cornvilie," a poetic drama, by Samuel Eberly Gross, former millionaire real estate operator of Chicago. One reason may be because you never had the privilege of seeing the drama performed, and there may be others. Gradually, however, it will inie to you that "The Merchant Prince of Cornvilie,"" is the simon pure, original conception of which "Cyrano de Bergcrac," by Edmund Rostand, is a base plagiarism, according to Mr. Gross's view of it. There was a good deal of discussion of the subject at the time, especially by Mr. Gross, who. as a matter of fact, is still talking about it. Nor is that all. Not only according to Mr. Gross did M. Rostand crib "Cyrano" from "The Merchant Prince of Cornvilie, but from the same rich mine he has now dug up "Chantecler," a play, which, it is said, is causing Paris, in its excitement to forget what it has suffered from the flood. Says Mr. Gross (a3 reported by the Chicago Tribune: "Chantecler" is more the product of my brain than Rostand's. He studied my plan so thoroughly and in such painstaking fashion that it remained in his mind even after he had written "Cyrano." He was saturated with the ideas which make the "Merchant Prince" unique: he could not get away from them, and the result is that I have furnished him with two plays. If much virtue, or something or otheh, in "if Mr. Gross is correct it must be admitted that M. Rostand has made the most of his opportunities. It is not every playwright not even every French playwright who could make two plays grow, and, wnat is still more important, go. where one grew before and failed to go. But it is feared that whatever the facts may be, Mr. Gross's indignation will be its own reward. If memory serves correctly the vigorous protest he voiced against "Cyrano" did not get him any place or bring him anything, while M. Rostand continued to collect royalties and glory galore, apparently In no wise disturbed in bis

A PARTY OF CONSCIENCE NOT OF CASH

Senator Beveridge made an address to the Republican Editors of Indiana in Indianapolis on February 10, from which the following extracts are taken:

"Let us face the facts. No one ever wrestled with a fact without getting thrown. And the fact is that independent voting by citizens at the polls is widespread and increasing. Always it has been and always it will be so at times when no mighty fundamental issue divides citizens into opposing camps of hostile belief. "It is the blood of independence that flows through American veins. Our forefathers began it when they threw the tea overboard. It was the meaning ot the spirit of 'CI. We will hold voters to our party not by shackles, but by confidence. We will win voters from other parties not by bludgeons, but by ideals.

"The Republican party was born of conscience not of cash. Its very life has been the spirit of progress not reaction. It has been conservative, too. Always it has advanced; but it has builded as it advanced and builded solidly. It has builded solidly because it has builded upon real things and high ideals, and rejected erratic schemes which would hurt instead of helping the people. "When one thinks of the Republican party one thinks of Abraham Lincoln. And when one thinks of Abraham Lincoln he thinks of ideals so noble and so pure that men marched joyously to battle and went singing to their death for them. This is the spirit that always must inspire our party should inspire every party. "It has been eloquently said that, 'Lincoln was a pessimist of conditions and an optimist of possibilities.' So is every patriot who thinks. Always there is some condition which can be bettered for the welfaro of mankind.

"What has made our party so strong during the decade now closing? Fighting for any enactment of laws along these lines; and it is a notablo fact that not one of the great measures which has made the jlast ten years historic in America and the world's legislation, was written by any member of the opposition party, and every one of them was resisted by reactionaries of both parties. "What forced their enactment then? The people. "Who passed the Railway Rate Law? The people. "The Meat Inspection Law; the Department of Commerce and Labor Law; the Employers' Liability Law; the Irrigation I-iw, and other laws like them? The people. They grew out of the real needs, grew out of the settled convictions of the masses of men and women who make uji the Nation. And because our party responded to these needs of the people, the people respond to our party. This plain course wo must continue. "We are not seeking the success of a party, merely, but seeking the good of all citizens. A party can grow strong only by being broader than itself."

belief that the play was the creation of his own brain. So probably it will be in the case of "Chantecler," which, if the cabled synopsis be accurate, we ought to be content to wait a long while before seeing, and really not seriously disappointed if we never saw it. Indianapolis News. A Colony for Inebriates Superfluous officials and methods of procedure which the valueless but expensive are just now being subjected to scrutiny. We make bold to call attention, therefore, to the expensive, but useless methods employed by this city in dealing with persons arrested for public intoxication of inebriety. Some 3,138 such cases went through the courts in Manhattan and the Bronx in 19UJS, and 14,271 in other boroughs. It was a futile process, for most of the cases were jf alcoholic "rouuders," or "repeaters," not to be reformed by it. and the rest should have been disposed of in some less public way. The State Charities Aid association has prepared a bill introduced yesterday by Senator Grady, which proposes to relieve the courts of much of this useless work. It follows the plan which has been practiced in Massachusetts since of releasing first offenders directly from the station house after their previous record and other facts about them have been determined by the investigation of a field officer and of the board of inebriety, which the law would create. This provision has worked well in Massachusetts. In Boston 4 per cent in Worcester 4 per cent, and in New Bedford 4M per cent of persons arrested for public intoxication are so released, and the courts are relieved of them. The bill aims to substitute the physician and a hospital and industrial eol--n-iTH n luinrlorii.n rf frocn 'J i r t Tl , u f , Vv a l sunlight, for the warden and the dark - ness. poor ventilation and enforced i idleness of the city prisons and work houses. The law would further reduce the work of the courts by doing away with the short sentence and the petty lines which inevitably produce the alcoholicrounder. It substitutes release on probation, fines to be paid in installments, and the use of the indeterminate sentence for those who must be committed. The measure is well supported by the State charities Aid Association, th? State commission in Lunacy and the leading alienists and social worke-s of this city. Dr. Frederick Peterson, Dr. Charles L. Dana and Dr. Alexander Lambert, experts, who come very closely in touch with the problem of the inebriate, are actively urging its passage. There is no doubt of its economical wisdom. New York Times. Cat Taught to Talk (Turner Maine) Cor. Boston Post. Cyrus Young of this village, claims to own the only talking cat in America. Timothy Young, the cat in question, can certainly make his master understand him. He can say "Hello!" can tell his mistress when he wants to "eat" and can "coop" when playing hide and seek as well as any child of his age. This remarkable cat is now eight years old, and he has been in Mr. loungs possession lor over seven years. It was when Mr. Young lived on the county road that puss appeared to him in the shape of a tiny coon kitten. Later It was found that the kit ten was the property of some people

who were moving from New Portland

to Brunswick. The ywner. some years, later, called on Mr. Young and told him how much he valued the cat. but nevertheless gave him to Mr. Young. Tim has grown to be handsome. He weighs about lj pounds, is dark gray in color, with a jet black stripe down his back, a black tail and black feet. These markings are peculiar to the coon tribe. His claws are more like a coon's than a cat's. When contented he purrs very loudly. His most noticeable characteristic is his ever-moving tail. He thrashes it like any wild beast He never sleeps in a ball, but always stretches out, coon fashion, on the alert Although Tim has been trained to do many tricks, his ability to make his master understand him is by far his most wonderful attribute. He Is always the first to wake up In the house. His master generally rises at ii o'clock. If Mr. Young does not ap pear soon after the clock strikes, the cat will go into his room, climb up on to the bed and say. "Up Cy' He will kee. this going until he has roused his master. When Mrs. Young appears he run3 to her and rolls over on the floor in front of her , then says, "Eat." in au almost human tone. When Mr. Young's daughter is at home she plays "Hide and Coop" with the cat. The cat blinds at the corner and waits until the girl has shouted "coop" and then invariably finds her. But the cat can hide and cry "coop" just as well as the girl. Recently, hei has taken to cheating at the game, following the girl, and watching where she hides, then running back to the goal to wait for the signal. Another feat that the cat does nearly every day is to lead Mr. Young to Mrs. i Young, if the latter happens to bo out : of the house. The cat always meets Mr. Young when the latter comes home with the mail. If Mrs. Young is not at home the cat will roll over in front of his master and thn he will ! .. . . . ... . . . . . say, "ix)me. and will lead him to the house where Mrs. Young is calling. Whenever the cat wants attention he rolls over in front of his master or mis tress. It is a peculiar fact that all of j the sounds the cat makes to express his ; wants are never misplaced. He never ' says "come" when he wants to eat. He ! generally sleeps all day and goes out at night. He asks to go out by say- j ing "out" as plainly as a ierson can. The cat likes the water. He catch-! es frogs and fish and will wade in a j brook turning over stones with his paw: like a dog. Some years ago Mr. Young's house was burned. The cat was nowhere J to be found. The next day it appeared 1 at the ruins of the house and stayed ' there all day. whining piteously. Aft-j erward when Mr. Young would go toi the old house, he would tell Tim that! he was going up to the "old place." j and he would always find the animal! there ahead of him. j Mr. Young has had large sums of-1 fered to him for the cat. but he would t ! not part with him. At present he is j teaching the cat to handle figures and; j has made some progress teaching it to ; ; ; count ! m m .11 a - . . I i I xvt. ioung is a i Known resiaem ' of North Turner, where he has operat ed a farm for some time. After the Musical. An amateur performer is one who sings or plays because he loves music, j I i -1 ir.. --.. . i "That didn't sound like love to me. , . - , 1 1 -M Mt. . i re o lieu ucr uusuai u. il soanaea , m. - If thl concerns too. read carefully? Dr. Caldwell's Srrap Pepsin is positively rnaraav teed to core iodise atkm. coostipaxioa. sick beadacbe. offensive breath, malaria aad all flliaairi ansia trota stomach trouble.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE HEATINQ PROBLEM. Looking back a oar. Richmond has seen some rapid advancement in the heating problem. Hut why shouldn't it? In this panic rroof city and during this old fashioned winter it is highly important to have cold-proof homes. liisb. priced heating plants have beea on the market many years, some good, some medium and some bad. Bat during the last year a new principle of heating was placed on the market (new because of its adaptation to homes, but old because it conforms to the laws of nature! that is giving genuine pleasure and comfort to those who use it right And to whom does this new principle of heating appeal? It appeals to everybody who has a home th laborer, the mechanic, the farrier, the professional man, the business man. The results are good enough for anybody, the price low enough for everybody. But tiiis new principle of heating homes is so different that many people looked inn it with doubt and surprise. However, the confidence of thv parties promoting this now idea of heating could not be shaken Ur they realized that every go-l thing has its doubters and critlcisers. Minds of jH-ople are different. Some are always ready to tear down, some to build up. Some express opinions about things they know nothing about, others first make thorough investigation. Fulton knew this when he launched the steamboat on the waters. Field knew this when he promoted the Atlantic cable, look at the genuine good such men accomplished for humanity. It is those who made careful investigation of this new heating plant who arc now enjoying it

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