Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 February 1894 — Page 5

THE MAIL.

A TAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

MAN ABOUT TOWN.

General Manson, who has been a close student of the bible for two years past, joined the Methodist church on probation at Crawfordsville this week.

An Indianapolis traveling man joked about politics with Rube Butz at the Terre Haute house this week without making him furious. He told the hotel man that Tom Taggart, chairman of the state Democratic committee, had bought the World's Pair search lights. "What in the world did he want with them?" asked Landlord Baur's right hand man. "To find Democrats," was the reply.

At a meeting of the Terre Haute ministers last summer there was a spirited interchange of remarks about a private meeting that had been held in regard to taking steps to stop gambling during race week. One minister who was not present at the private meeting felt slighted and intimated that it was gotten up by "the star preachers of the town." He meant the preachers who were attracting an unusual amount of public attention. Since then Dr. Leech has come to the Centenary church. It is not an invidious distinction to say that at present he outshines all the other stars.

It is folly to say that a crematory is a failure because it cremates itself.

Banker Beach and his friends begin to believe that he is in real danger of conviction on some one of the indictments that have been returned against him. The eight on which he gave boad last Monday are said by lawyers to be proof against technical objection and tbeprosecution say that if he is brought to trial they will have ample evidence to convict. Six of the new indictments are for receiving deposits within thirty days prior to the assignment which under the law of 185)1 is embezzlement, the law also providing that an assignment is to be accepted as prima facie evidence of insolvency during that time. All the eleven indictments returned by the former grand jury were for violation of this law but ho will probably not be called for trial on any of them. The six new ones arecach drawn in eleven counts to cover all contingencies of technical fault. Anothor of the new batch is for embezzlement. of 850,000 from the Savings Bank of which Beach hud been trea-urer for many 3'ears and of whose money he made free use, leaving nothing but an undated memorandum to account for its alisenco from the bank. This indictment is under the law of 1881 providing the felony of embezzlement by a treasurer, clerk or servant who converts to his own use the money of others. The remaining indictment is for the embezzlement of $750 he had received as trustee of the bondsmen of Ex-City Treasurer Kitzpatrick and which he had failed to pay into the city treasury.

The prosecution say the books of the Prairie City Bank show that the institution had been insolvent for at least ten years that the money of the depositors was regularly drawn out to pay for property, which is either mortgaged to protect his bondsmen as treasurer of the Savings Bank, or is in his wife's name, and to defray his household expenses. It is hold that for this reason the mortgage can bo set aside and recovery can bo made on the property now in Mrs. Beach's name. A decision by Judge Baker, of the United States court at Indianapolis this week, is in point. He gave judgment against property in the name of the wife of the president of the First National bank because President Haughey incurred the obligation, on which suit was brought, when his bank was insolvent.

The chief interost in the Beach case now centers on the probability of a prompt trial. The prosecution declare it to be their purpose to Insist upon an early trial. It is expected that Sidney B. Davis and l«aac N. Pierce will be associated with Piosecutor llauiill. When the first indictments were returned the defense took a change of venue from Judge Taylor and th« latter then said he could not appoint special counsel. In the case of the Bruce gang, where the situation \viii the same, lie appointed John E. Lrtinb .vim now appears for the defense in tiie B«aeh case. Last Saturday when the second indictments were returned .Prosecutor llamill petitioned in regular form for assistant counsel and a record was made of it. Very early Monday morning Mr. Lamb appeared in court with a petition for a chauge of venue from the judge. Beach making an affidavit that he could not get justice with Judge Taylor on the bench. No doubt it was expected to repeat the practice pursued in the first instance but Judge Taylor read the record showing that he had received the petition for assistant counsel. "Please read that again," said Lamb, with an elongated countenance. Then the defense said they wanted to be heard on the question. And there tho matter rents. Judge Taylor assigned the case to Judge McGregor of Brazil, but he writes to say that he can not serve owing to the preasureof court business in Putnam county.

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Judge Taylor will now ask either Judge Ared White, of the Park and "Vermillion circuit or Judge Briggs of the Sullivan circuit to hear the case.

The physicians are hoping that the Rose Dispensary building will provide them with an assembly room. A year ago, or more, the Vigo Medical Society sent a committee to confer with the Dispensary trustees, but of late nothing has been said or done in the matter. The physicians believe that as they have a great deal of free practice they are somewhat entitled to this recognition in connection with an institution for giving medicine free. A suitable assembly room would be one capable of comfortably seating one hundred persons with, perhaps, room enough for a medical library.

The death of Dr. Spann, of Anderson, will enable Governor Matthews to provide for Terre Haute's representation on the board of trustees of the State Normal School, of which the city otherwise would be deprived on the retirement of Mr. I. H. C. Royse on the 24th of this month. The governor had appointed Professor Tomlin, of Rockport, to succeed Mr. Royse, because his excellency wanted to recognize a demand for the presence on the board of an alumnus of the school. It is generally understood that Mr. Joseph Gilbert will succeed Dr. Spann. Mr. Gilbert was Mr. Royse's predecessor, and is thoroughly acquainted with the affairs of the institution.

The attendance at the State Normal School is larger than at the winter term a year ago. Perhaps this is due to the advertisement the school received through the rebellion of the students, but one wouldn't have supposed it was the kind of "advertising that pays."

Morton C. Rankin informed Man About Town that at the meeting of Populists the other night seventy nine were present and that seventy signed the roll. He said, furthermore, that in a few weeks, or as soon as a formed organization of tiie party in the county is effected, 1,500 will have been enrolled.

Ihere id no longer any doubt that there will be a struggle between the operators and miners in this siate after May 1st over the wages schedule. The operators will insist on a reduction and the men will resist, which, of course, means a strike. That such a struggle is not now on is due to the fact that the majority of Indiana operators desire in the main to deal fairly with the men. Last May a wages contract was signed for one year and though operators in other states aro refusing to abide by their yearly contracts the Indiana operators are living up to theirs in good faith. Altogether thore is an exceptionally good understanding between the operators and the men in this state. Of course each side is alert in its own interests and more or loss suspicion attache!* to everything said and done but there is a spirit of good will that has done much, and may hereafter do a great deal more, to relieve a mining strike of its worst features.

It has just been learned at the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen that a check for fl.500 issued a year ago for the payment of a death loss to the Heirs of a fireman at Nevada City was cashed through forgery by persons not entitled to it. The money should have gone to the fireman's mother in England. The bank at Nevada City will be held responsible for the amount.

Man About Town heard Col. McLean, as indeed did nearly every one in the hotel corridor, tell Mr. John E. Lamb that "you can't believe what you see in the newspapers." This commou remark isn't justified as often as it is used and oftentimes it is capable of boomerang effect. No doubt there are newspapers which do niHke misrepresentations but it is no more just to all newspapers to fail to make the exception than it is to say that all lawyers pervert justice. The colonel a few weeks ago rushed into print to deny a printed statement that he was an applicant for the position of pension agent, saying there

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iota of truth in it The fact was that the colonel the day before had taken part in a telegraphic correspondence with Senator Voorhees in regard to his appointment to the position, a fact which, no doubt, he did not suppose was known when he rushed into print with his denial. Mr. Peckham, who has been nominated for the supreme court, has ju*t been caught up in like manner. An Interview, was printed with him at the time of the rejection of Hornblower in which he grossly villified the senate. Now, when his own nomination is to be acted upon, he hastened to repudiate the interview whereupon the truth of it has been clinched upon him in a manner hp doesn't like, just as the truth of thestatemetit about Col. McLean was established. While it is true that newspa-* pere do "get things wrong" at times that fact does not warrant men in public life escaping from their dilemmais by the loud and general assertion that newspapers are not to be believed, and it Is a pleasing sign of the increasing the selfrespect of the newspapers that they are pilloring those who attempt to do so.

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The decision of the Supreme court, which it was supposed would fall like a wet blanket on the budding hopes of many prospective candidates for public office, has, like the traditional first frost on the Delaware peach crop, produced false alarm. While doubtless several will withdraw from the race for the nomination, the number has not been reduced to any material extent. As the small boy would say, "there's oodles of 'em," and they are coming strong.

Naturally, the number of candidates for places on the Republican ticket this fall exceed those looking for similar places on the Democratic ticket. In political vernacular this is an "off" year, and an off" year is supposed to be against the party in power. Add to this th$ discontent and dissatisfaction created by the lack of employment, and the chances of the Democrats in the fall election diminish correspondingly as those of their opponents increase, Smart men who aspire to office are not looking for the worst of it. They never want a hard fight, and when it looks like an easy one they stand "dead ready" to shy their castors into the ring. For 1 this reason the Republican conventions will have ample material from which to make up a ticket, while their friends the enemy will, from the present outlook, have a living exemplification, in a majority of the offices, at least, of the office seeking the man.

Of coursb, the first fight of the year will be for the city offices in May. Under the I new law the general officers and councilmen are all now elected for four years, thus giving the successful party complete control of municipal affairs for two years without opposition. It is understood that Mayor Ross will be a candidate for re-election to the office he has filled so acceptablj' to all parties, irrespective of politics. It is said that ex-

Mayor Danaldson would not be averse to having his name placed at the head of the Republican ticket, which he led to victory in the 1889 election. The Democrats aro rather at sea on the mayoralty question. Under ordinary circumstances N. Stein, Jr., would deem it an honor to be the candidate, but he doesn't care to go into a losing game. E. F. Williams has been mentioned in coutjection witjS the race, and some are talking of B. V. Marshall for the place. Some pressure is being brought to bear on Gus Conzman to induce him to take the Democratic nomination, but those who talk in that strain are wasting thei .sweetness 011 the desert air. His personal popularity and his splendid record as a public official would make Gus Conzman a strong candidate for any office, but he is altogether too smooth to make the race for mayor this spring.

For treasurer plenty of good material is at band for the Republicans already. The list up to to-day includes Charles Balch, the present clever and popular deputy undet Treasurer Hauck Fred Lee, the real estate man Frank Oilman, who made a strong race for the nomination in 1889, and George W.Krietenstein, the druggist, whose father was an unsuccessful caudidate for the same office in 1887. Patrick B. Walsh, councilman from the Sixth ward, Wm. Penn, G. A. Gagg, Fred Hertwig and John C. Reiss are spoken of as possible candidates among the Democrats.

For city clerk, Chas. H. Goodwin, the present incumbent, who is familiarly known among his friends as "Pasty, "and who has made an efficient, accommodating officer, will no doubt be renominated, as he has made many friends during bis first term. Jerome Perry, formerly timekeeper at the car works, has his eye on the place, and will possibly make a fig^t for the nomination. Up to date no candidate is annouueed on the Democratic side for this office.

There will be ten councilmen to elect this year, to succeed John R. Goffin, First ward, John Diotz, Second, N. Stein, Jr., Third, Dr. Young, Fourth, George Haller, Fifth, W. O. Weldele, Sixtffi, Joseph B. Fuqua, Seventh, B. S. Rockwood, Eighth, J. A. Asbury, Ninth, Herbert Briggs, Tenth, all of whose terms expire. Politically the retiring members are evenly divided, leaving the holdovers aa follows: Democrats, 6, Republicans, 4. To gain control of the council the Republicans must necessarily elect seven of the ten councilneo, or six and the mayor. This lends an interest to the spring campaign that it would not possess were victory assured to either side in advance. Candidates for council are not announcing themselves very rapidly jast at present, and for a very good reason. Time was that it was hard to get candidates for council, even when the term was but two years, but now that it has been increased to four years, few men havtf the hardihood to say of their own free will and

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accord that they want to be councilmen for four years at a stretch—especially when two years is made to seem like a lifetime. For this reason, therefore, councilmanic candidates are keeping under cover for the present.

Under the new salary law the county clerk will draw $5,000a year salary, providing he can collect fees amounting to that much, and out of this he must pay his office help". Hugh Roquet has five assistants, which is about as small a force as the office can be operated with, and the work kept up. If he pays $250 a month for this help, or $3,000 a year, he will have $2,000 a year left, out of which to pay campaign assessments, the expenses of his own campaign, buy ball tickets and benefit tickets, subscribe for this good cause or that. The expert who can figure how a man can do all this, and to the extent that he is expected to, and get anything out of the office, is a good man.

Despite this, Mr. Roquet will doubtless be a candidate again. There was some talk that ex-Clerk John C. Warren would again be a candidate, but he says no very positively. His office expenses during his four years were close to $16,000, and he says he can see very little in it, at a salary of $20,000 for four years, to compensate a maa for the responsibility and risk of an office where a slight mistake of a deputy might mean several hundred dollars out of the pocket of the principal. The name of M. T. Hidden has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the nomination.

'Billy" Stout will not be a candidate for re-election for sheriff, because he couldn't legally hold it for more than two consecutive terms, and also because he wouldn't if he could. If the truth were known, he probably regrets that he ran the second time, for he is out of pocket. The new law struck him below the belt, pugilistically speaking. Tony Frisz, his head deputy, expected to be a candidate, but is not so sure now that he wants it. John Grimminger, Will White,- the grocer, Louis P. Seeburger the Fourth street butcher, Aaron Moon, "Pete" Mahan and Lee Parish are all talked of, but it is not known whether they are in the race or not. There will be little trouble however, in getting a candidate on the Democratic ticket, for if all else tails, John S. Griffiy, of Lost Creek, will consent to take the nomination. In fact it is really the case that Dr. Will Davis and Jack Paddock, of this city, have bven quietly grooming him as a dark horse, ready to spring on the nominating convention at the decisive moment. Mr. Griflfy claims to have had positive assurances from the President that he would be given the Terre Haute postotfice, but he was disappointed—and he was not the only one. Messrs. Davis and .Paddock interested themselves in his behalf in the postoffice fight, even going so far as to have their pictures taken with him, the phottf ljeVngforwarded to Washington blong with Mr. Griffy's recommendations. It is privately asserted that this picture queered his chances, -r

The Republicans will have an abundance of material to select from, the list including such well-known men as Webb Casto, Daniel Reibold John Butler, Ben DeBaun, Warren Soules, of Lost Creek, Chas. Rogers, of Riley, Harry Russell, John Barbazette, Wm. Athon, Tom Johnson, and otheis. There can be no question of getting a good candidate out of this list.

It is twenty-four years since the Republicans had a man in the Auditor's office, despite the fact that the county has until the past two elections uniformly given a majority to the head of the ticket. William Paddock was the last Republican auditor, and since he retired Samuel Royse had the office eight years, Andrew Grimes, eight years, and Frank Armstrong four years before Auditor Scbaal went in. Vigo County politics are noted for their queerness and this is one of the strangest of the queer things— that an office that is popularly supposed to be one of the best—if not the very best paying, should for nearly a quarter of a century have been filled by a Democrat when according to the returns there are more Republicans than Democrats in the county.

Auditor Schaal will no doubt be a candidate fer re-election, and if he isn't, there are two men in his office either of whom from his experience and acquaintanceship would be strong, John D. Bell, who has spent nearly an ordinary lifetime in the office, and Geo. F. Seeman. Thus far, there has been little talk of Republican candidates. Riley flay, who was the candidate against Mr. Scbaal in 1890, J. A. Willison, the well-known Congress Corner druggist, and W. C. Isbell have been mentioned, and other candidates will doubtless be developed before convention time.

Under the new law the recorder's salary will be $2,500 and find his own help. This means that if he has a head deputy at $12 a week and two copyists at $5 a week, and these are not by any means looked upon as exorbitant salaries, he will have a little less than $1,300 a year to live on, and meet the demands that are daily made on the men who held public office. This is not a particularly "fat take," but Levi G. Hughes will probably be a candidate for re-election, although he says not just now. Levi Hammerly, whom he defeated in 18D0, would like to give him a tussle for it again, and Charles Denny, formerly a deputy under Hammerly, and Scott Borgan, the well known Lost Creek township resident, would also like to try conclusions with him.

Jack Walsh has the best office in Vigo county, under the new law, for while the salary is fixed at $4,000 he can get along with leas help than any of the others. The office ought to have a good

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salary attached to it, for it isn't every man that can give a bond for $500,000, as the county treasurer is required to. In private business, a man who is required to give $500,000 bond more frequently gets more than $5,000 a year salary than he gets less. Jack Walsh, who in addition to being a clever fellow, is a competent officer, will be a candidate for reelection. Geo. C. Buntin, who opppsed him in the campaign of 1892, is not now a candidate for the nomination although it is not' impossible that he might under certain circumstances become one. W. T. Sanford, Leyi Dicker son and Dr. E. L. Larkins are numbered among the possibilities in connection with this office, and either of the four would be strong before the people.

Judge McNutt will be a candidate for re-election to the Superior Court bench, and on the opposing side David W. Henry, Geo. W. Faris, Geo. W. Kleiser and Judge B. E. Rhoads are being suggested by their respective friends as candidates for the nomination against him. An item was published this week that Judge Rhoads had presided at a Populist meeting at the Court House, thus indicating that he had gone over to that side of the fence, but he denies it, and says he is a stronger Republican, if possible, than ever before. The Circuit Court Judge will not be elected until '96.

Two commissioners will be elected this fall to succeed John Beal and Bovll H. Ladd who will be candidates for reelection. S. S. Henderson, Thos. Hook and James Nicols are thus far the oan* didates announced.

No candidates are thus far announced for representatives, but it is understood that the Republicans will put a strong legislative ticket in the field this year. A general effort will be made to capture the legislature, and the very best men who can be induced to run will be put up.

The township trustees are to be elected this fall for four years' terms. Henry M. Griswold, ex-mayor, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination in Harrison township. He will make a strong race for the office if successful before the convention. Aaron Conover, north of the city, is also a candidate, and is also looked on as a strong man.

Vigo County will have a good chance to furnish a Republican candidate for Congress this year against Congressman Brookshire who will doubtless be the nominee of his party, despite all talk to the contrary. It has been so long since this county has had a Republican candidate for Congress that the oldest inhabitant would be compelled to stop and figure for a while before he could tell you who it was. As a matter of fact the last Congressional candidate Vigu County had was in 1862, when Harvey D. Scott ran against D. W. Voorhees, and was defeated. Before that, and, qot so far back that others than the oldest inhabitant can remember the facts, Vigo County had several Congressional candidates. Grafton F. Cookerly was a candidate in 1848 or 1850, Harvey D. Scott in 1854, John P. Usher in 1856 and Col. Thos. H. Nelson in 1860.

Among the Vigo County possibilities in this connection are' Jacob D. Early, Geo. W. Faris, David W. Henry, Frank P. Sargent and Col. Thos. H. Nelson, all of whom are well qualified for the position. Either of the gentlemen named would make a creditable representative in the halls of Congress for the State of Terre Haute. Col. Nelson has already been endorsed by one township in Sullivan County.

Samuel M. Huston, who made such a hard fight, for prosecuting attorney in 1892, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination again this year. The only candidates against him thus far are S. M.'Reynolds and Frank A. Kelley. If Prosecutor Hamill wants the nomination again on the Democratic ticket he will probably get it, and if not Louis Leveque, his deputy, will probably get the plum. This is one of the offices not hurt by the new salary law.

It is not beyond the pale of possibilities that Vigo County will have a candidate on the Republican state ticket this

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year. Wes" Hauck, who has made one of the most efficient, as well as one of the most popular city officials Terre Haute ever had, is figuring on becoming a candidate for Auditor of State and J. Irving Riddle, the well-knowu insurance man, is already an avowed candidate for the same position. It is not likely that both will be candidates, and it is possible that a conference will be held by these gentlemen and Auditor Elwell, of Fountain County, who is also a candidate, in an effort to unite this district in support of one of the ihree. While Mr. Riddle has never been actively identified with politics, he has always been a true and consistent Republican, and he has a wide acquaintance over the state, acquired as the .state agent of the Phoenix Insurance Company, that would come into strong play should he get the nomination. As to 'Wes" Hauck, everybody in this bailiwick knows him, be it man, woman or child. He is one of the most expert bookkeepers in the country, and has the record of having beaten the strongest and most popular Democrat in the county in his first race, and WHS reelected by a phenomenal plurality. He is a whole-souled fellow, with a heart in him as big as his body—which isn't very small—and when he starts out campaigning his opponeut had better stand from under. He also has an extensive acquaintance over the state, having been an instructor in the Commercial College forseven years, which naturally brought him into contact with the young men of nearly every county in the state.

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