St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 November 1895 — Page 4

®l)t Jnbqjenbcnt. WALKERTON. INDIANA. NOV. 16. 1895. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. They are having good sleighing in Quebec. Congress will convene two weeks from next Monday. 'The new court house question seems ®o be as much of a mess as ever. The republicans of the state will meet in conference at Indianapolis November 20. There was a cigarette smoking clerk who once became proprietor, but it was by accident.—Hardware. The peanut crop this year will be small. The crop of peanut politicians, however, will probably continue to be as abundant as ever. The calling off of the Corbett-Fitz-simmons light is a severe blow to a number of western governors who are I as yet unknown to fame. It is a dirty shame. The Anti-Saloon Army is a new organization which had its rise at Bloomington, 111. The purpose of this organization is to establish posts throughout the United States to tight Hie liquor traflic. Lieutenant-Governor Nye recently stated to a correspondent in Washington that he would probably be a candidate for the nomination for governor of Indiana. He has not yet authorized his name to be used in that consection, however. There is considerable talk of war, but we notice that those who are doing the most talking never did much fighting, which is always the way. Great lighters, like Grant, Lee, Thomas and Sheridan, are what are known as silent men.—LaPorte Herald. Bob Lincoln does not want the nomination for president. He thinks nothing would be more unfortunate for His own welfare and happiness than to be elected to that, responsible position. There is a great deal of good sense in his view of this matter. John Sherman, the staid, dignified ; statesman, was a wild, reckless fellow i hi his youth and gave little promise of | Wie career before him. But it isn’t . very often that boys of that kind turn out well. John Sherman had the • right metal in him. He became sue- 1 eessful, not because he was reckless in his youth, but in spite of it. The Spanish government seems inclined to a desire to grant Cuba local autonomy as a compromise measure. It is questionable, however, whether the Cubans will submit to anything short of absolute independence, if it can possibly be won. The spirit and determination with which the Cubans are carrying on their fight would point to such a conclusion, at least. When prize fights can not be pulled off in Texas and Arkansas it may safely be assumed that prize lighting is about squelched in the United States, so far as great fistic exhibitions in public are concerned. Most of the states have prohibitory laws against such exhibitions, and the states which have not are losing no time in adopting measures for the prevention of| pugilistic encounters. When Corbett said that the last great public prize fight in the United States had taken place he no doubt came near the truth. The Chicago Inter Ocean says that “the Cuban problem seems to be solv- ! jng itself. It is diilieult to imagine a plausible plea against congressional i action in acknowledgment of the revo-1 Jutionary power as a defacto govern-j ment possessed of every right of a j belligerent. The war has passed be- j yond the stage of a rebellion, the pat- I riot troops now move under orders of a well organized government. Hav- j ing recognized Hawaii, we hardly can refuse recognition to Cuba. The sen- j timental phase of the question is as ! important as the legal one. Spain is, and for centuries has been, and during ather centuries is likely to be, the most intolerant and Jess progressive of any nation that ranks as civilized. J I Protestantism barely is tolerated in Spain; a free press does not exist, free secular education is unknown, agrieulture languishes, and manufactures hardly have means to live. An influence so blighting as that of Spain is out of place in the new world. “Free Cuba” it should be, and the United States should use all lawful means to make it ‘Free Cuba.’ ”

If it is true, as is the opinion of ► some scientists, that the recent earth- . quake in the Mississippi valley was due largely to the extensive depletion of the natural gas supply in the Indiana gas region what consequences may we expect eventually as a result of the continued outflow of imtum| gas? Don’t worry. It drives men to drink । and destruction. No matter how discouraging the outlook, face fate with a brave heart. Do the best you can. । If success or failure attend your efforts, you will have the consciousness of having done your du’y. That will bring contentment and contentment is happiness.—Dunkirk Republican. The South Bend Morning Herald suspended publication Saturday, Nov. 9. I’he paper did not have the required financial backing to stem the tide. Nothing is easier than starting papers, but it is quite another thing to keep them going. Some man with a small fortune to “blow in” may some time succeed in putting a morning paper |on a self-sustaining basis in South Bend. Corbett is of the opinion that pugilism has seen its best days. No more great fistic contests in public will be held in the United States, in his opinion. Healthy public seiftiment on this question has evidently triumphed, and pugilism as a profession is doomed to become one of the lost arts in this country. It is well that this is so, as prize fighting has never benefitted humanity in the least. An exchange well and truly says that there is a mistaken idea that “culture” means to paint a little, to sing a little to dance a little, and to quote passages from popular books. As a matter of fact, culture means mastery over self, politeness, charity, fairness, good temper, good conduct. Culture is not. a thing to make a display of. It is something to use so modestly t hat people do not discover at once that you have it. James R. Garfield, son of the late president, was elected state senator from the 24th and 26th districts of Ohio by a large plurality. He received a plurality of 14,000 in a dis- | triet which is normally republican by I 10,000. Garfield has practiced law in I Cleveland for the past seven years. | He is 33 years old and is said to close।ly resemble his father. The late ■ President Garfield first entered public life as a state senator in Ohio at. the age of 28 years. The Plymouth Independent and LnTorte Herald, we would infer, believe that the lynchers of negro rapists and murderers are themselves murderers and should be punished accordingly. Would it be right to hang the father or the brother of the murdered girl who in their desperation resort to this mode of punishment and revenge upon the fiend who has outraged and murdered the innocent and defenseless member of their household? No, in deed! Lynching is not right; we do not defend it. But when men are driven by these diabolical crimes to these means, desperate though they maybe, of reparation, they should be judged leniently. Account, must be taken of the extreme provocation. Men under such circumstances should not be judged as murderers, for they are not such. I “The people of Indiana do not. fully understand the financial rating of Indiana in the commercial world,” Deputy State Treasurer Jerhing tells the Indianapolis Sun. “No state in the Union ranks higher and a few as high. Indiana has been borrowing money at a better rate than the United | Slates government could get it. The i loans are at 3 and 34 per cent and the state gets a premium. These bonds : cannot be purchased from the holders, although the demand for them is ini creasing. Tennessee recently disposed j of bonds at 4 per cent and had to give ' 2 per cent commission to have them : placed on the market. Any paper with ! Indiana behind it is gilt-edged any- | I where. Those who deal in bonds are i ■ always in a scramble for it. In the j | latter part of this Thirties the state be- j i came the backer of the Wabash & Erie canal and other improvements in the sum of $10,000,000. The canal project failed and the state paid off her porI tion of the bonds, but others interested in the project did not. It caused the impression to go abroad that the state was repudiating her debts. Some years ago, when some bonds, drawing 8 per cent interest were due, the state credit had so far recovered that the bonds were renewed at 3 per cent and the rating of the state has been of the highest ever since.”

The Plymouth Democrat readied if ß 40th year with its last issue. Danie) McDonald, the editor, and one of the founders of the Democrat, gives a write up in this issue of the paper which is rich with reminiscences of the printing business in an early day in this then frontier region. By a recent decision reported in the American Lawyer, a person who signa an instrument without reading it when he can read, can not, in the aU sence of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, avoid the effect of his sig nature. I’he same rule would apply to one who can not read, if lie neglects to have it rend, or to inquhl^ as to its contents. One of the unexplained mysteries of. journalism is how an orlgnal item will travel the rounds and finally show up credited to some thieving exchange whose editor hasn’t brains enough tq be heard rattling in a gourd.—Goshen Democrat. Well, the one who is injured the most in such cases is the thieving editor himself. An editor who steals is known sooner or later. He doesn’t fool people as much as he thinks he does. 'l'he majority of people, no doubt, believed that the nomination of Coxey would make a burlesque of the Populist movement in Ohio this year and reduce the Populist vote to a number hardly worth considering in making an analysis of the returns. The vote has, however, been surprising. It might have been formidable had a strong man, enjoying a measure of public confidence, instead of hippodrome politicians, been the leader. It all shows that there is a tremendous sentiment as to finance that neither party met in its platforms and candidates.— Cincinnati Enquirer. Get the benefit of the INDEPEND ENT’s premium offer. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

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