Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 34, 13 December 1910 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU21 ST7N-TELEGrRA3I, TUESDAY, -DECEMBER 13, 1910.

Tbe Richmond Palladium as Son-Telegram Published and ownd by tha PALLADIUM PKXNTINO CO. Xstuad ? days each waek. venlna's and tiunday morning. Offle Cornar North th and A atreais. Palladium and Run-Telffram Phons IlunlnrM GffRa, &; Editorial Itooma, 1121. RICHMOND. INDIANA.

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RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY'

llaa a population of 23.000 and fa a-rcwlnir. it la the county aeat of Wayno County, and the tradlnc center of a rich agricultural community. It la located due eaat from Indlanapolla 9 mllea and 4 miles from the . tata Una. Itlchmond la a city ef homea i and of Induatry. Primarily a manufaoturlnr city. It la alao the Jobblna- conter ef Eastern Indiana and enjoys the retail trafia of the popufoua community for mllea around. Richmond la proud of It eplendld atraeta, well kept yarda. Ita cement aldewalke and beautiful ahada treea. It haa 3 national bank a, 3 trust companlea and 4 building aaaoclatlona with combined reaourcea of over IS.OOO.OOO. Number of factorlea 115; capital Inveated 17,000.000, with an annual output of 137.000.000. and a pay roll of fs.70G.OOC. The total pay roll for the city amounta to approximately $4,300,000 annually. There ara fir a rat'road rom- . panlee radlatlna In elffht different direction from the city. In romlna; freight hrndled dally, 1.. 70.000 Iba.: o-itirnlnff frettht handled dally. 7C0.000 Iba Yard facilities. per day, 1.700 care. Number of paaaena-er tralna dally. 09. Number of freljrht trrtns daily. 77. The annual pout office receipt amount to $10,000. Total naaenae.1 valuation of th city. $15,000,000. Richmond has two interurban rati way a. Throe newspapers tiith a combined circulation of 13,000. Richmond la the a-reatoet hardware Jobblna cener In the state and only second In reneral Jobblna InteroMta It haa a piano facrry prodnHn a hte-h arrada r 'lano every 15 minute. Zt Is the eader In the manufacture of traction enarlaea, and produces more threshln machine, lawn mower roller skate, rraln drills and burial casket than any other city In the world. The rlty'a area la 3.440 ars: To a court houae coetlnr 1500 . ano: 10 publlo school and baa the finest and moat complete hlrV rho-l In the middle west under construction: 3 parochial schools; Karlham r1teso and the Indiana Runlnex College: flye splendid fire companies. In fine hose bou: filer) Miller nark, the Jartrest and most beautiful park In Indiana, the home ef Richmond' annnal rhautanqua: -.even hotels: municipal electric light plant, under auceeaeful operation, and a private elertrto llarht plant! tn-ntrtn competition: the oldest publlo library In the state, accept one and the second lara-es 40.000 volume: pare, refresh In water. nnurpaed; 5 miles of Improved etreets; 40 mllea of aewtrs; it mile of cement curh nd emitter combined: 40 mllea of cement walk and manv mile of brick walk a. Thlrtv churches, inHud In a the JtM Memorial, built at a c"t of $350,000: r-m :.im; orlal ffoepltal. on of the most modern In the state T. M. d A biilldlnar, erected at a cost of $100 000 one of tb finest In the state. Tha amusement center of "aetm Indiana and Western Oh o. Wn cttv of the site cf Richmond bold a" fine an annual art exhibit. Tb Rlrbmond Fall Pes. tlval held each October 1 unique, no other cltv bold a similar tiffalr It 1 riven In the Interest of the cltv and financed by the bunee men. awaitlna anvn with e-tterprise In the Panlo Proof City.

This Is My 49 th Birthday

BISHOP FARTHING r Rt, Her, J. C. Farthlntr. bishop of the Anglican dlocene of Montreal, was born In Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 13, 1S61 and rccclred hta early education In his natlvo city. Later he pursued his tudlea In England and in 1SS5 he wa3 graduated from Cambrldgo University with high honors. Immediately after bis graduation he rcm&ved to Canada. In 1SS8 he was ordained and took charge of the parish of Durham. Two years later he went to Woodstock as curate, and In IS S3 became rector, remaining thern until 1907, when he was made dean of the Kingston diocese. In November, 1308, Dean Farthing waa chosen as head of the Montreal diocese to succeed Bishop Carmlchael, who had died soveral months previously.

Mrs. Austins Famous Pancake Flour Delicious light cakes, all grocers.

NEW MEAT MARKET

A meat market will be opened on Saturday at Thirteenth and Main streets by C. E. Wiley, chairman of the Wayno county Republican Central committee.

A City's Dilemma

A recent editorial in the Richmond Evening Item entitled a "City's Dilemma" brings up a subject which needs discussion. The editorial was a good synopsis of the proceedings of a meeting held in Indianapolis before the Commercial club. John M&cVlcar of Des Moines, outlined the plan and work of the commission government of the Iowa capital. He then placed himself at the disposal of the audience to answer questions about commission government In general and Des Moines in particular. He did this In no spirit of trying to set forth the Des Moines plan as a holier than tbou affair. He presented no Ideal picture, but simply answered questions regarding everyday problems. Mr. Augustus Lynch Mason, of Indianapolis, who was one of the framers of the present charter is naturally opposed to any change in the present form although he is very wiling to add the initiation, the referendum and the recall. The synopsis of Mr. Mason's letter to the Commercial club is well presented by the Item in precisely tlie form that Mr. Mason himself would like it to be: "Mr. Mason insists that the present system of governing Indianapolis is all right. The whole fault, he says, lies in the men chosen to fill the official positions. And with the commission form of government, ho argues, there is still less likllhood of desirable men being interested, in view of the increased responsibilities imposed and the closer accountability to the people required. Mr. Mison points out that under the present charter council on the one hand and the mayor and controller on the other, furnish a lock one upon the other, in the matter of levying taxes and spending tho people's money. This he regards as one of the most reassuring and commendable features of the entire system of administration. He deprecates the idea of consigning to five commissioners the authority both to raise revenue by assessment and to spend it without a censor. "Mr. Mason went further and pointed out the remarkable progress made by Indianapolis during a period in which the tax levy was refused from 90 cents to 75. He cited the vast extension of the city's park system, enforced track elevation by railroads at grade crossings, reduction of the price of artificial gas from 90 cents and $1.00 to 60 cents, lower telephone rentals, a splendid boulevard system, fine streets and bridges." It is easy to understand how a man like Mr. Mason who framed a charter which was as far in advance of ita times as the new plan of commission government Is over the old plan should be reluctant to any change whatsoever. However, Mr. Mason himself has committed himself as favoring the incitive referendum and the recall in a series of articles which he wrote for the Indianapolis News and also in his communication to the Indianapolis Commercial club. No one denies that under th present charter of Indianapolis, that city has made much progress. - It has been effective in some directions. It is not necessary to deny that the results obtained In almost one hundred other cities In tho United States under the new commission government have been more successful. It may be .said In passing that Mr. Mason himself admitted in his communication that the taxes of Indianapolis had been lowered for a time only, and that they have now come back where they started from. This only -means that figures are not conclusive evidence as to efifcient government it is the dollar's worth, rather than the dollar that people are interested in. If we mistake not, the charter of Indianapolis is in no way connected with the price of gas the private enterprise of a number of citizens who went in to form a citizen's company and a legislative act had more to do with 60 cents gas, than anything else. The lower telephone rates, which are mentioned are not so remarkable when one realizes- that this has gone on all over the country; when one tries to telephone in Indianapolis and finds abominable service, dear at any price; and when there appeared at this same meeting Mr. William Fortune working side by aide with Mr. Mason to keep the present charter is the representative of the Morgan telephone interests in Indiana which are endeavoring to get some municipal and state legislative favor. It is also true that in the list of things which profited the city of Indianapolis, Mr. Mason cited the parks, boulevards, streets and bridges of Indianapolis. It is common talk of Indianapolis that the park board has been in very close touch with the desires of the street car company which with the traction Interests seems to be the controlling force of not only Indianapolis, but much of Indiana. There was, if we mistake not, some little hushed-up affair about the paving of Indianapolis the Barber Asphalt company figuring in it while the bridges which Mr. Mason mentions were built by the county commissioners. This is merely said in passing for it does not prove or disprove the worth or worthlessness of commission government

All these things may or may not have been done the question remains, what is the condition of Indianapolis government today? "Mr. Mason Insists the present system of government is all right. Mr. Mason points out that, ander the present charter, council on the one hand, and the mayor and controller on the other furnish a lock one upon the other in the matter of levying taxes and spending the people's money. This he regards as one of the most commendable features of the system of administration." And that is the theorythe chief theory of the government of Indianapolis. What is the truth? How does it work? The Indianapolis charter must stand the test. A charter should stand the test of bad men. What use have they made of it? Has the Indianapolis charter done anything for the everyday man what can he do? Since the first of last February there has been a deadlock in the affairs of Indianapolis. The council appropriates the money. This is in theory supposed to be an effective "check" on the city government. " It was In January and February that council which is simply supposed to appropriate the money refused to appropriate the money unless it knew what contract was to be accepted. Under the' leadership of Councllmen Rubens, Owen and Copeland a majority of council for various reasons held up an electric chandelier contract until they knew who was to get the bid. Owen and Copeland and Rubens, the ringleaders insisted on the highest bid being accepted. That is what the "check" amounted to. The theory is beautiful the effect is that any councilman can connivo with the contractors and the people have no recourse. FittBburg has more "checks" of a charter sort than any other city in the country it also has the rottenest government. The people of Des Moines could annul any such contract, could have broken the deadlock and if the affair were so suspicious as that at Indianapolis they would know exactly who was responsible because there were no "checks" and could recall the guilty man. And because this is true they have had no occasion to do so.

Another instance. On the very night that Mr. Mason's letter was read to the Commercial club at Indianapolis, Councilman Rubens who held the deciding vote In a matter to make the street car company live up to its franchise which it has ignored for years, was called to the telephone and left "to see a sick brother at Joliet." Inquiry by the Indianapolis Sun through the Jollct Herald found that Mr. Rubens' brother was not sick and that Rubens could not be found in that city. The facts are not conclusive but it is signiicant that on this same council. Rubens and Owen always work together and Owen is the paymaster for the street car and traction interests! That and not figures shows the trend of a city government whose controller was bandied around by the machine as spoil In the famous Cincinnati expedition. Whose mayor, though a buffoon had appointed two good members of the board of works and was to be impeached by the powers that be to get rid of them.

These two Instances cited show that the mere adding of the Initiative, referendum and recall are not enough while the charter makes the mayor responsible. Shank is incompetent remove him and do an injustice to his board of works? Hold them guilty of the controller scandal and make a clean sweep. No. Each man should be responsible for the affairs of his departmentand that la what the Dea Moines commission plan la.

It is said that this will not work in large cities but can it be worse than the present deadlock in Indianapolis? The chance would seem to be small when you consider the record of the hundred commission-governed cities.

There does not seem to be the best chance in the world for a commission government bill in the next legislature. Many forces of strength are against it. There is only one dilemma how to get action in the legislature. The dilemma of Indianapolis is how to get out from under corporation influence.

PYTHIAN MEETING HAS BEEN DELAYED

JONES IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT AGAIN

Eaton, O., Dec. 13. Unavoidable circumstances have necessitated the postponement of the proposed county Pythian meeting to be held in Eaton. The meeting has tentatively set for January 11 and will take place in the castle hall of Waverly lodge. Each lodge in the county will send a delegation, and it is expected to surpass both in attendance and interest any gathering of the kind ever held here. The afternoon session will be devoted to the promotion of good fellowship and a program of speeches and music will be rendered. In the evening the degree staff of Waverly lodge will confer the Knight Rank upon a class of candidates. Following closely thereafter a sumptuous banquet will be served by all the ladies of Dorcas Temple of Pythian Sisters. A number of the grand lodge officers are ex

pected to be present and deliver addresses. Edgar E. Bailey, deputy grand chancellor for Preble county, is chairman of the committee that will have charge of the affair. Charles F. Brooke, John H. Jones and George W. Longnecker and other members of the committee.

Sharon E. Jones of tbis city, who has been very active in the local and state Young Men's Christian association work, has been re-elected president of the state association, which held a meeting at Vincennes. Prof. Elbert Russell and Herbert S. Weed, secretary of the local association attended the state meeting. At the Sun-

! day services the Rev. Andrew Oester of Xavier'B Catholic church, told the representatives of the state organization that he advised members of his faith not to enter the association because Chinese and Japanese were ad-

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Tuesday. Dec. 13 Richmond lodge No. 19fi, P. & A. M. Called meeting. Work in Entered Apprentice degree. Wednesday, Dec. 14 Webb lodge. No. 24, F. & A. M. Called meeting. Work in Fellow Craft degree. Thursday, Dec. 15 Wayne Council, No. 10, R. & S. M. Work in the degrees. Friday. Dec. 16 King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Work in Mark Master degree. Saturday, Dec. 17 Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. S. State Meeting. Work in the degrees.

"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

DECEMBER 13JH. 1545 The last general council of the Roman Catholic Church opened at Trent. 1775 American Congress determined to build a navy of thirteen frigates. 1784 Dr. Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, died. Born Sept. 18, 1709. 1S16 Provident Institution for Savings, the first savings bank in the United States, established in Boston. 1835 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, and famous pulpit orator, born in Boston. Died there, Jan. 23, 1893. 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg ended in a victory for the Confederates. 1884 Attempt made to dynamite London Bridge. 189S Sir William Vernon Harcourt resigned the leadership of the Liberal party in England. 1902 Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant died in Washington, D. C. Born in St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1826. 1905 First elections held in the Province of Saskatchewan.

COASTS WITH KIDS AND BREAKS ANKLE Monarch Lamar, a traveling salesman, sustained a painful injury on Sunday afternoon while coasting with his children. The sled overturned and his ankle was broken.

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Scarf Silks 39c 12 Pes. 27 inch fancy scarf silks, worth up to 75c; choice, 39c. Faille Silks 39c 19 inches wide, 16 shades, special, 39c. Plaid Silks 59c 10 Pes. 19 inch plaids, worth up to 75c, at 59c. Persian Silks 79c 9 Pes. fancy Persian and Dresden Silks for waists, all new $1.00 value, 79c. BlacIiSillis 36 inch, $1.00 Taffeta. . . .79c 36 inch $1.25 Taffeta. . .98c

500 Ladies' Hand Bags SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE All choice, new bags. See the display and prices in the Leeds building window. Bags from $1.00 to $10.00.

For $1.00 Choice of 8 styles, all leather, leather lined. For $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Special numbers in metal frames, French Grey and Gilt.

For $3.50 A large variety of fitted bags, all the new styles.

For $5.00 The handsomest ever shown. Real Seal Walrus.

ART BRASS A Choice New Line, 25c to $5. Pin Trays, Ash Trays, Baskets, Fern Vases, Jardiniers, Umbrella Stands, Etc.

For 69c 5 inch Fern dish with inset For $1.00 7 Inch Fern dish with inset For $1.35 9 inch Jardinier, one piece

For $2.50 12 inch Jardinier, one piece For $4.00 22 inch Umbrella Stand. For 25c to $1.00 Large Tariety small items.

SILVER MESH PURSES 25c -to $5. Long chain child's purse, 25c. Long or short chain purse, 50c. See the genuine german silver goods from $1.00 to $2.00. 10c Counters By all means see our 10c counters. They will interest you. On second floor. A dollar will accomplish much here.