Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — Page 3

PAPERS. BY. THE PEOPLE.

WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND.

GOV. C. E. HUGHES.

selfish purposes and attempts through the form of popular election to place In office those who In the guise of executing public trusts serve private interests, are less successful than heretofore. The people have become Intolerant of suOh traitorous representation. And it is entirely within their p<swer to put a stop to it altogether. Political leaders who have performed the function of clearing-houses for legislation, and.who-while posing as party workers- bars' served under a retainer of spe•claT’fnterests, careless alike of party principles or public justice, are passing from the stage. The people demand leadership, and parties need effective organization to advance their principles. But the time is rapidly passing when any one can long maintain a position of wide political influence who is under suspicion of maintaining a double allegiance.

GREATEST DISCOVERIES STILL TO COME.

Some years ago Ix>rd Kelvin, that master mind of British.science, remarked to my uncle, the late Henry Field—l cannot quote his exact -words, but the substance of them was this: “Great as have been the discoveries of the past fifty years, those that are coming will make the next half century as far ahead of the last as it was In advance of the previous period. We are on the brink of dis-

coverles greater than have been dreamed of, and of high•est Importance to mankind.” I can see the forerunners of some of the marvels that are in store for us. What a weird thing is wireless telegraphy,'sending our messages mysteriously over the aea! The airship seems to be a practical possibility of the near future. The telegraph and the telephone already have enabled us to accomplish a valuable saving of time. Think what it means, this one thing of saving time in our human existence. It gives us more opportunity to think, to study, to work, to accumulate wealth, to carry on trade and commerce, and more time also to devote to helping others and promoting peace and happiness in the world. The merchant of the past was confined principally to his isolated community. The merchant of the future may deal with the whole world, reaching out into every -country, buying, selling, trading in faraway lands, carrying on enormous transactions that could not be undertaken but for the Inventions of science that gave his time at home and bring the other side of the world instantaneously to his door. We have affllionaires to-day and billionaires to-mor-row. Perhaps we Shall Have trillionalres next. Let us

ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE.

Danger of Vainff Slang; th Business Intercourse with Foreigners. Illustrations of the disadvantages of cultivating local vernacular and slang in one’s own language are sometimes brought sharply (home to business men, an was the case In a letter received tihe other day by a New York Ann from one of their own correspondents in the far east, which read In part as follows, says Shipping Illustrated: “Will you kindly send us a modern dictionary of American language, as we are unable to understand some of the phrases in your letter. Writing on the —th ultimo, you say, for Instance: ‘Do not let Messrs. hand you a lemon In this deal. If they try it on pitch one for fair right over the plate to Mr. , and if he foozles cable J for a solar plexuk’ The terms used are foreign to us and we entirely flail to comprehend their significance.” Another incident similarly lllustra-' ttve occurred on iboara\a big liner in New York a short time ago when a representative of Shipping Illustrated was conversing with one of the officers: "Have you been often In New York?” aSked the visitor. “No. This is my first trip,” was the reply. “You have 'been running to other porta then. You speak very good English,” suggested the visitor. "No. This is the first English-speak-Ing place to which I ever oarne." “May I ask where you learned English?” “In school at Sebastopol. We had a good professor and I understand you very well, but many of the people here with, whom I speak I cannot understand, so that I have supposed the American language Is different. I am told by some of the other officers who do not speak English, but who sj>eak French or ■German, that people here who speak those English languages speak the some as at home, but English here seems too large a language. •One cannot understand the words. People say things and laugh and I am puzsled, but do not comprehend.” The moral of such Incidents is obvious. If business men are to take advantage of the fact that English is now more widely spoken abroad than any other language, they must be at pains not to becloud their meanings by the une, especially in correspondence, of slang ptirnses which have merely local algnlflcanca ‘

By Gov. Chas. E. Hughes.

Ours is not and was not intended »to be a pure democracy. It is impracticable that the people should administer the government directly. They govern through representatives. For their protection they have by direct legislation created constitutions fettering the power of their representatives and establishing safeguards by which they are secure in their personal liberty and in the results of their thrift. W T e note with satisfaction the increasing sense of responsibility to the people on the part of those who represent them. Efforts to dominate legislation for

By Justice David Brewer.

Guest —Why do you call this the Sea View Hotel? You can’t see the ocean from here. • Proprietor—Oh, yes, you can. We have a captive balloon that goes up 500 feet You get a magnificent view of the sea from there.

CORNISH TREASURE FOUND.

Burled Gold Found by Farmer Claimed by the Jluchy. Mr. De Castro Glubo, coroner, held an inquest at Llskeard* guildhall yesterday on thirty-one gold coins, found burled In Trebraze farm yard near the town. The coroner stated that no similar Inquiry had been held In Cornwall for at least one hundred years. If the Jury found that the coins were treasure trove, he said, they would be claimed by the Duchy of Cornwall, who, no doubt, would deal generously with the finder, as was the practice of the crown. James Croker Govett, son of the owner of the farm, how he found the coins while cleaning the farm yard. His mother’s family, be said, bad owned the farm for years, and he produced a document dated July 18, 1745, relating to the finding of guineas In the floor of the barn by John Croker and Dorothy, his wife. Mr. Volk, Jeweler of Llskeard, said many of the coins were rare. Eight were Portuguese milrels, dated 1652 to 1725. The remainder were English, the most ancient being three gold units, or 20 shilling pieces, of James I. and Charles 1., while the rest were guinea pieces dating from 1680 to 1725. The Jury, of which the mayor (Aiderman Bone) - was foreman, found that the coins were treasure trove, and the

have them if their wealth is used for increasing the welfare and the happiness of humanity. I do not view with alarm the accumulation of wealth,'because I believe that the spirit of humanity and the sense of responsibility is gtowing among us. '

YOUNG MAN’S SALARY NOT MAIN THING.

Thousands of young men are starting out in life with the salary magnet the only attraction to them. “A job” that shall pay sufficiently to meet his small necessities and pay for as many of the small luxuries of the time as the young man-feels more and more are parcel of his necessities becomes at once the young man’s objective alm. I have a business acquaintance who started

in life as a clerk in a general store in a small town, lie could have had more money in another store whose specialty was shoddy goods of all kinds. He decided to stay by the better man at the smaller salary, with the result that to-day in his own business, aggregating millions annually, he says that some of the basic principles of bls house were found in the methods of that country store where he first sold goods for an honest man. With the young man at the outset this question of salary seems all Important. To the extent that it shall not humble his pride to have to accept so little, this salary has distinct bearing. But as between $1 and $2 on the salary roll, many a young mgn. who in the beginning lived well on half as much finds himself in debt with twice the money in his pay envelope. He discovers suddenly that a salary of whatever size is subject to new perspectives. ;; j ~7 Considering the young man venturing into business as an individual, training for business, he Is fortunate if he shall have some level headed counselor who may help him see the full stature of Opportunity in sharp and lasting contrast to the petty salary of a day-.

WORK FOR THE EDUCATED WOMAN.

JAMES BRYCE.

how to mitigate the contrasts of wealth and poverty; how to adjust more fairly the burden of taxation; how to deal with Intemperance, with unhealthy dwellings, with discharged criminals, with vagrants, with neglected children—how in various ways to help those who ne6d help. All these questions have a double side. They need to be studied in their principles as- a part of economic science. They need, even more to be studied In practice by getting into actual touch with the evils inherent In ' the growth of dense centers of population. And if the antagonism of rich and poor which exists in man/ parts of Europe is to be averted from American cities, It must be by keeping the richer people in close personal touch with the life of the poor.

ONE WAY OUT OF IT.

By. John A. Howland.

By Ambassador James Bryce.

There are two fields of work which the average educated citizen of the male sex does not find time to enter, but into which women have more time to enter. One is the cultivation of a thorough knowledge and a fine taste In literature—the habit of reading that which Is not ephemeral, the habit of study, the acquisition of a critical faculty which discovers and enjoys what is of permanent literary value. The other field includes the study of economic and social phenomena—

coroner handed them to the finder. Subsequently they were claimed by Alexander Webster, steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the matter will be laid before the next meeting of the duchy.— London Standard.

The Chameleon Goshawk.

I know no bird which passes through so many changes' of plumage and color of eyes as the 'goshawk. A young one which I have mounted is about the slzs of a small hen and Is covered with white down. His eyes are pale blue. I colored the eyes exactly from life. When fully grown, tbs first plumage Is dark brown above and the eyes are pale yellow. No one would be likely to suspect this being a goshawk who bad seen only adult birds. Later II changes to the dark slaty blue of the adult, and the eye, after passing through all the Intermediate changes In color from straw yellow, orange yellow and pink, finally assumes the deep rich red of the adult I know no other hawk, adds Manly Hardy, writing in Forest and Stream, so handsome as the goshawk.

Transparent Glass Ruler.

The transparent glass ruler, an Innovation, is of great assistance to draftsmen tn their work. When a woman doesn’t like she will scream when one approaches her; "Take It away; It baa fleas F

POLITICAL COMMENT,

A Governor Who Govern*. Gov. Hughes’ supervision over legislation has surprised Republicans as well as Democrats. He . has vetoed thirty-seven bills, his threat of a veto induced the Legislature to recall 197 measures, pud he has allowed 250 bills to die unacted on. This shows that New York’s executive is not an eight-hour-a-day man. He works ten or twelve hours every day, and he is doing something throughout all of that time. His readiness with the veto recalls President Cleveland’s activity in that direction, but Cleveland’s veto was directed chifly' against private pension bills, while Hughes’ hits measures of larger importance. This activity has created something like consternation among the politicians. He examines every measure which reaches him. There is nothing perfunctory about his performance. He acts on the assumption that the people of his state put him in office to use all the powers of his post to give them good government. Nothing within the scopfc of his official duties escapes his attention. Many of the Republican politicians have turned against him. He is accused of pernicious meddlesomeness, and the party leaders on both sides are gettnuT-somewhat uncertain as to whether he ought to be called a Republican, a Democrat or a Mugwump. No other New York governor within the memory of anybody now alive has given so much time to the duties of his office. But the people of his state seem to like Gov. Hughes. He Is looming up into national proportions. Already the prophets are beginning to couple his name with the presidential candidacy. If the national convention were to meet to-day he would get many votes in it. Apparently, he is not thinking of the presidency, but is doing the duty which confronts him. That is the sort of an official that the people like. He is making friends all elements of the people, though the politicians are igainst him. As New York’s Legislature meets every year, he will have abundant chances to do many things Before the national convention meets. The country is following Gov. Hughes’ jourse with a good deal of interest. • Misplaced Censure. The Sherman anti-trust law was massed by Congress long before Theoiore Roosevelt was thought of In consection with the Presidency, and it was passed in obedience to a public demand :hat combinations of capital should be restrained from encroaching on the flghts of the people. The Valentine law was passed by the Ohio Legislature also in response to jopular opinion that some measure of restriction was necessary in order to ireserve Individual rights from the exictlons of corporations. There has been no demand for a repeal of either the United States or the Ohio statute, which would seem to (how that the people have not changed ffieir minds concerning these measures. But in spite of the fact that Presllent Roosevelt had nothing to do with the passage of either law, It Is true that he is being held accountable for he prosecutions instituted under both aws. Activities of county prosecutors followed the campaign of the national idministration for law enforcement. If President Roosevelt had not directed lis attorney general to proceed against .'ompanies doing an interstate business 'or violating the Sherman law, it is tontended that local authorities would lave been less aggressive. But why should censure attach to he President?,, He was elected to enforce the laws. He should not be flamed for doing his sworn duty., As ong as the people permit a law to land, it should be obeyed. If it is an injust law, If it works hardships on he Innocent, the people will demand ts repeal, and Congress must heed the '.emand. If Icemen, lumbermen and brick men vho confessed to having violated the Zalentine law have a grievance, it is igainst the people, not against the President. —Toledo Blade. Unfair Tariff Conceaalona. It does seem unfair that Germany, vhich has a tariff system, can, by makng certain concessions, get goods Into he United States on more favorable erms than Great Britain, which has tot such a system and which has alvays been a fine market for American roods. It has been suggested that the ’resident might look upon the action •f Great Britain in making existing aws as a concession, although It was nade before any negotiations were tpened for “concessions” under the Bingley act. The German tariff agreenant has stirred up much criticism pro ind con. The American Protective tariff League criticizes It severely, boldng among other things that the grantng of privileges to Germany was In •onfllct with the administrative sections of the Dingley act. The feature that permits the chambers of commerce »f Germany, which are semi-official In character, to place the valuation on foods exported, is being attacked on (he ground that It will result In an inreasona'bly low valuation. The tarff Issue la very live just now on account of the agreement with Germany. —Tacoma Ledger. ~ Nine hundred and thirty-one British municipalities own gas works, ninetytine tramways and 181 supply electric-

OBEDIENCE TO LAWS

S6m« Who Are in Trouble Might 1 ‘ - V Have Avoided It. Some who are in trouble at this time, yet claim ‘to be upright, wellmeaning citizens, could have avoided their present experiences by rejecting the idea that certain laws made by Congress or the State legislatures are less binding than others; and that law observance to some extent, is a matter of usage, or subject to manipulation " by those who command Influence. The laws against methods in restraint of trade have been on the statute books a long time. Mergers and rebates have been forbidden by law for years, but many acts have been committed at variance with it. Lack of knowledge can not be* pleaded, but there was a prevailing belief that the enactments would not or could not be enforced, and the glamor of big operations Induced carelessness. New schemes in millions and billions sprang up freely, and visions of vast wealth resulted in a careless, if not reckless, spirit. A day of accounting has arrived. Those who have genuinely Observed the laws are on solid ground, while those who have tampered with them are called upon to square their conduct if they can. Many new laws were passed at the recent sessions of Congress and the State legislatures. What individuals may think of them gives no prescription for their violation, and those who ignore them in letter or spirit will find no sympathy when summoned to defend themselves -in the courts.. The trust laws,, rate laws, pure food law, and all the rest of the statutes must be respected, or worse will come to any who fancy that they mean less than they say, or that there are subterfuges by which they can be nullified. The great majority of citizens willingly obey and < support the laws and take pains to aeqnaint theniselveg wttti their true intent. It is the only safe course, as some who are now arraigned have discovered. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat# The Panic in Japan.

The financial smash-up which Iras just hit Japan was expected. Japan is poor in natural resources. Her soil is now producing up to its limit. She has but little mineral wealth. Most of the 45,000,000 Inhabitants ofi the islands comprised in the Japanese Empire are only a short remove from the mast abject poverty all the time. Taxation, even during before the Russian war, bore with a crushing weight oh the Japanese people. The tax burden was increased heavily by the war. Famine came in a ’large part of the empire just after the war ended. And now the crash has come. One of the things which caused the crash, howeyer, was the speculation which set in about a year ago. Immediately after the recovery from the famine the stock market became active. New companies in many sorts of activities were launched. Their promoters promised and their dupes expected a rise in prices. A fall came instead, and many of those wildcat enterprises collapsed. Runs were started on the banks throughout a large part of the empire. Thirteen banks suspended. Stocks of all sorts dropped to low figures. Factories closed their doors. All the familiar features of a panic were present. . The banks in some of the business centers united to check the spread of the scare. Report says the worst is over. A long period of liquidation, however, is probably ahead of Japan. As in the United States and other countries in such dislocations of credit, there will be an industrial stagnation for several years. Much suffering will necessarily take place. It is altogether probable that relief will 'be asked from the outside world. In the meantime the war talk will subside. The wild men In Tokio who were urging an attack on San Francisco and an invasion of the United States will get no audience hereafter. Tariff Sense and Nonaenae. Mr. Bryan does not have much faith In the prediction that the tariff is to be the paramount idea in the next campaign. He says that, in his opinion, it will occupy no such place of Importance. It will be merely Incidental. Here is a matter upon which the Nebraskan Is eminently right. There is nothing in the tariff to quarrel over. This country continues to believe in a .protective tariff, which is the true basis of our Industrial and commercial supremacy. This country is not going to abandon that policy next year. To abandon it or to modify it greatly even would bring upon this country Industrial borrors compared with which those of a dozen years ago would be mild, indeed. As we are industrially greater now than we were then so our depression would be greater.—Cedar Rapids Republican. Should Demand a Halt. National prosperity is a tender plant We were prosperous sixteen years ago. Surely our memories are good enough to recall the result of the, disturbance of business confidence which followed the election of Cleveland. The disturbance which present conditions, unless they are soon interrupted, are going about to create, will be the cyclone to the zephyr compared with that former one. It Is high time for citizens who are capable of thinking, to think, and, thinking, to demand that there be a halt In the harassing chase of the goose that lays the golden eggs.—New Haven Register ' The average monthly tncoms tn Japan, after recent advances in wages, la officially stated at Ism than

Indiana State News

STEER HAD TUBERCULOSIS* Animal Slaughtered at Richmond Found to Be Afflicted. A beef steer, suffering from tuberculosis, was slaughtered at a Richmond abattoir and the! carcass was condemned when " the government inspector east his eyes onjt. It was the fifth animal slaughtered for '.food that has been condemned Jn Richmond during the summer at the same place, and as the animals were all sold by farmers in that immediate vicinity, the belief prevails that it is likely many dieeased beeves have been slaughtered at houses where there is no inspection, and have been sold to consumers. PoMniaftter Good Pedestrian. Michael P. Poling, postmaster of Nashville, having frequently asserted that he had walked from Schooner to Nashville, a distance of seven miles, in an fiour, Manville Tomlinson challenged him to a pedestrian contest, and the pulled off, Poling covering the distance in fifty-five minutes, while Tomlinson reported five minutes' later. Wounded at Winona. Guy Turpin, a member of the Winona Lake boy-city, a son of Charles Turpin, Indianapolis, was accidentally shot at the entrance gate of Winona Lake Park by Glen McDonald of Indianapolis, who in some manner dlschAfge<r"an old Springfield rifle which had been discarded -by the Indianapolis militia and turned over t 6 the fbdianapolis Boys’ Brigade.. Trolley to French Eick. Surveyors are at work a few miles, above Millersburg, surveying a route for an electric line to run direct from Indianapolis to Evansville. The proposed line will pass through French Lick. The road will be a three-electric line, and will be used for both freight and passenger business. Result of Kick at Hen. Mrs. Charles Douglass, a farmer's wife, living west of Crawfordsville, attempted to kick a hen that was bothering her, and in missing the hen Mrs. Douglass fell to the ground in such a manner that her arm was broken, for the vigorous kick she gave caused her tb Ipse her equilibrium. Malicioua Trespaaa by a Tramp. A tramp went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stevens, a farmer, near Lebanon, and after driving Miss Osborn away, he feasted on what suited his appetite and then deliberately wrecked the furniture and fixtures, breaking whatever he could lay his hands upon. Saves Her Husband. While in a fit of rage Orlo Miller, living two miles northeast of Homer, tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the presence of his wife, but the prtlcky woman, realizing her husband’s intentions, seized the revolver in time to prevent him from doing so. May Get Full Amount. All Of the creditors of the People’s bonk at Brownstown, which closed its doors recently, will get the full amount of their claims, according to the report of C. W. Camp, a State bank examiner, if the stockholders of the bank are able to pay the assessment. Paator Decries Old Maida. Rev. W. G. Archer of Evansville and superintendent of the local Chautauqua, says young men do not marry because they cannot support a family. He wants all the shop girls to go into kitchens to avoid being old maids. • End* Else in Jail. A Civil War veteran, who gave the name of Frank E. Taylor, and who said he came from the Soldiers’ Home at Ma-’ rion, committed suicide by hanging ia the city jail at Richmond within an hour following his arrest for intoxication. Banclng Caused Typhoid Fever. Miss Rosa Zipp, a well-known Evansville society girl and prominent in church, and charity circles, died of typhoid fever brought on, the physicians state, from excessive dancing. Bank Clones Its Doors. The People's State bank of Brownstown was closed by the State authorities and application was made for the appointment of a receiver. The total liabilities are $336,000, with assets of $200,000. Elka Dedicate $50,000 Arcade. More than 500 guests took part in the dedication of the magnificent new $50,000 arcade, built by the Elks’ lodge of Warsaw. One Negro in Crawford County. Archibald Boone, 83 years old, is the only negro in Crawford county, as shown.., by the present enumeration. Minor State Items. An effort is being made to organize a company of the Indiana Rational Guard at Hope. Mrs. George B. Deming, 45 years old. while attending a Sunday school picnic near Poland, fell dead of heart failure. Spontaneous combustion of new mownhay caused the destruction of a barn owned by S. B. Whittenberger of Warsaw. Mrs. Frances Lee of Terre Haste, aged i 82, pleaded guilty to assault and battery t on her neighbor, Mrs. Bailey, and paid a fine. The aged woman had given the other woman a severe beating. While Heury Lung was being tried at Warsaw on a charge of illegally bavin® , a fish net, Constable Jarnos Stephenson, who arrested him, fell over dead jn th» court room. Fanners in the d-ction around Boonville fear another short crop of clover seed, owing to the absence of bumblebees. The bees are essential, because they carry the pollen from one clover blosaosß, to another and fertilize the seed. Bumblebees became so thick a few yean ago that they wera a pest, and the farmers* concerted effort to exterminate them resulted disastrously to the crop,