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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

The platform very properly gives
prominence to the trust question The
appalling growth of combinations in
restraint of trade during the present
administration. proves conclusively
that the Republican party lacks either
the desire or the ability to deal with
the question effectively If as may be
fairly assumed from the speeches and
eonduct of the Republican leaders. that
party does not intend to take the peo-
pies side against these organizations
then the weak and qualified condem-
nation of trusts to be found in the Re-
publican platform is designed to dis
tract attention while industrial despot-
ism is completing its work. A private
monopoly has always been an outlaw.
No defense can be made of an indus
trial system in which one, or a few
men. can control for their own profit.
the output or price of any article of
merchandise. Under such a system the
consumer suffers extortion, the prOdu
Ger of raw material ha. but one pur-
chaser, and must sell at the arbitrary
price fixed; the laborer has but one
employer, and is powerleSs to protest
against injustice, either in wages or
in conditions of labor; the small stock
holder is at the mercy of the specula-
Tor, while the travelling salesman con-
tributes his salary to the overgrown
profits of the trust. Since but a small
proportion of the people can share in
the advantages secured by private
monopoly. it follows that the remain
der OF the people are not only ex-
cluded from the benefits, but are the
helpless victims Of every monopoly Or
gained. 1t is difficult to overestimate
the immediate injustice that may be
done, or to calculate the ultimate eff
feet Of this injustice upon the social
and political welfare of the people.
Our platform, after suggesting certain
specific remedies; pledges the party to
an unceasing warfare against private
monopoly in nation, state and city. I
heartily approve of this promise; il
elected, it shall be my earnest and con-
slant endeavOr to fulfill the promise in
letter and spirit. i shall select an at
tOrney-general who will, without fear
or favor, enforce existing laws; shall
recommend such additional legislation
as may be necessary to dissolve every
private monopoly which does business
outside of the state of its origin: and.
II contrary to my belief and hope. a
constitutional amendment is found to
be necessary, | shall recommend such
an amendment as will, without impair
ing any of the existing rights of the
states, empower Congress to protect
the people of all the states from injury
at the hands OF individuals or corpora
tons engaged in Interstate commerce.
The platform accurately describes
the Dingley tariff law, when it con-
dennis it as a trust breeding measure,
skIllfully devised to give to the few
favors which they do not deserve. and
10 place upon the many burdens which
they should not bear" Under its op-
Grafton trusts can plumber the people
or the United States. while they sue
cessfully compete in foreign markets
With manufacturers of other countries.
Even those who Justify the general
policy of protection will find it diff
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Interstate Commerce.

The Republican party has persist
emily refused to comply with the ur-
gent request of the Interstate Com
merce commission, for such. an en-
largement of the scope of the inter-
state commerce law as will enable the
commission to realize the hopes
aroused by its creation. The Demo-
cratic party is pledged to legislation
which will empower the commission
to protect individuals and communi-
ties from discrimination, and the pub
lie at large from unjust and unfair
transportation rates.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
LATEST Indiana NEWS.


Near midnight an east-bound ex-
press on the Lake Erie and Western
ran into an open switch on a curve
southwest of Red Key. crashing into
a freight engine. Fire Mcclellan was
killed and Engineer Montague had
both legs broken. Both men were OF
the passenger train. Two unknown
men were pinioned in the wreckage,
one killed and the other so badly hurt
that he could not talk intelligently.
They could not be rescued until an
engine arrived from Muncie. The
engineer noticed the danger signal
light, but he says he thought it a sig
nal on the freight train. The baggage
car was wrecked and many passen-
gers slightly injured. The freight men
jumped from their engine and ran for
safety. The engine was running forty
miles an hour.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Chinese Exclusion.

The Chinese exclusion act has proven
an advantage to the country, and it's
continuance and strict enforcement, as
well as its extension to other similar
races, are imperatively necessary. The
Asiatic is so essentially different from
the American that he cannot be as
simulated with our population, and is,
therefore, not desirable as a permanent
citizen. His presence as a temporary
laborer, preserving his national identi-
ty, and maintaining a foreign scale of
wages and living, must ever prove an
injustice TO American producers, as
we'll as perpetual source of irrita-
ton.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

Ing and his progressiveness. He
was graduated from the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college and later
studied at GOttingen, where he TO
ceiVed doctors degree. From Bos-
ton university he received the degree
OF bachelor Of science. an honor earned
by his researches in chemistry.
After completing his studies in Ger
many Dr.. Stone was for a time con
nected with the chemical department
OF the University of Tennessee. In
1889 he left the Tennessee university
tc accept the chair of chemistry at
Purdue university.
Dr.. Stone is a great favorite with
the students at the Indiana college and
the opening of the institution viii
bring him enthusiastic greetings from
the members Of his old classes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

the army and navy have their repre-
sentatives there; the state department,
with its consular service, and the
treasury department, with its close
connection with fiscal affairs, keep the
executive in touch with the business
and commercial interests. A cabinet
officer truly representative of the wage
earning class would be Of invaluable
aid, not only to the toilers, but to the
president.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
FOrmer Eiancee a Freak.

DR.. Samuel Deeters of Union City.
who promised to marry Lucy Ravens.
an inmate of the LaPorte county poor
house. and, for the performance Of his
promise 10 we'd he agreed to deposit
SlO0 IN bank in LaPorte, has lost his
suit. Miss Ravens left the poor
house and is now travelling with a
museum. DR.. Deeters now threatens
to bring suit for $4,000 damages
against the museum man for alienat-
ing the affections of his promised
bride.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

that SO much of it came ashore led
Bath and Portland capitalists to take
an interest in the matter. and a COM
pany was formed to search for it. Some
OF the company believe it good policy
to hire a diver, while others believe it
would be better to drill into the ledge
at Cape Small Point. A drill was ac-
cordingly sent down several hundred
feet, and 1t passed through. so it is
said, a thin stratum Of coal. A dia-
mond drill was then sent down more
than 1000 feet. with no encouraging
results, and as the company had ex-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Labor Question.

Several plankS of the labor plat
form are devoted to questions in which
the labOring classes have an immediate
interest, but which more remotely eff
feet our entire population While what
is generally known as government by
injunction is at present directed chief
ly against the employees of corpora
lions, when there is a disagreement be-
tween them and their employer, it in
wolves principle which concerns
every one. The purpose of the in
junction in such cases is to substitute
trial by judge for trial by jury, and is
covert blow at the jury system. The
abolition of government by injunction
is as necessary for the protection of
the reputation of the court, as it is for
the security of the citizen. Blackstone
in defending trial by jury, says:
THE impartial administration Of
justice, which secures both our persons.
and our properties is the great end OF
civil society. but if that be entrusted
entirely to the magistracy, a select
body of men. and those selected by
the prince such as enjoy the highest
offices OF the state their decisions in
spite of their natural integrity, will
have frequently an involuntary bias
toward those of their own rank, and
dignity. 1t is not to be expected from
human nature that the few should be
always attentive to the interests and
good of the many"
If the criminal laws are not sufficient
for the protection of property, they
can be made more severe, but a citi-
zen charged with crime must have his
case tried before a jury Of his peers.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Hero of BIG Rfof.s.

Police Lieutenant Edward J. Steele
of Chicago, who died suddenly the
other morning, took prominent part
in suppressing the Haymarket riot,
his company being at the head of the
column that advanced to dispense the
anarchists. His clothing was riddled
with bullets and he injured his wrist
in clubbing one OF the rioters sense
less with his empty revolver. Lieu
tenant Steele was out for two days
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
To Rebuild Big Antitrust Plant.

Kelly's AK factory, which burned re-
Gently, at Alexandria, Will be rebuilt.
The company received $4,000 bonus
and fifteen additional acres OF land.
Large offers from Peoria, H., and
many other cities for removal Of plant
have been rejected. The factory will
be Independent Of the trust and will
be the largest of its kind in the world.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Department OF Labor.

l cannot too strongly emphasize the
Importance of the platform recon-
mendation Of the establishment of a
department of labor, with a member
or the cabinet at its head. When we
remember how important a position
the laborer fills in our economic, So
cial and political fabric. it is hard to
conceive of valid objection being
made to this recognition of his serv-
ices. Agriculture is already represent
ed in the presidents official household;
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

be something in that" the company
has made arrangements with one OF
the best known divers in this section
of the United States. He will come here
early in September with an electric
lighting device and hydraulic pumps
for removing sand.
Should coal be found in paying guam
titles. tunnel will probably be cut
from the shore, as in the case of mines
Chilli
Forgive many things In others;
nothing in yourself.--Ausonius
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

The platform indorses the princi-
pie of direct legislation. This is al
ready applied to the more important
questions in nation, state and city, 1t
rests upon the sound theory that the
people can be trusted, and that the
more responsive the government is to
the will of the people, the more free
1t will be from misuse and abuse.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

All Bey, the second son Of Arab
Pacha, is soon TO be married in
Handy to the daughter Of the kts
Jacob Samy Pacha. who died last year
IN Handy. The bride-eleet is said to
be an intelE gent young woman and 30
speak English fluently. Arab Pachs
intends making the wedding a big so
cial function and in view of that the
presents are already very numerous
The honeymoon viii be spent IN
Egypt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Cuba.

The recognition contained in both
the Democratic and Republican plat
forms of the right of the Cubans to ia
dependence, removes the general prin-
ciple involved from the domain of par
tisan politics. 1t is proper, however,
tn consider whether the accomplish
ment of this purpose can be safely en-
trusted to the Republican party after
1t has yielded to the allurementS of the
Colonial idea, and abandoned its ear
lier faith in the natural and inalien-
able rights of man.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

The blacklist as now employed in
some places enables the employer to
place the employe under practical
duress. for the skilled laborer loses his
independence. when the employers can
not only discharge him, but prevent his
securing any similar employment.
The blacklist enables employers to Sc
cure, by mutual agreement, that con-
troll over the wage earners which a
private monopoly exercises without
contract.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Income Tax.

By inadvertence the Income Tax
plank agreed upon by the Resolutions
committee, was omitted from the plat
form as read and adopted. The sub
ject, however, is covered by the re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform,
and l take this occasion to reaSSert
my belief in the principle which under
lies the income tax. Congress should
have authority to levy and collect an
income tax whenever necessary, and
an amendment to the federal consti-
tuition specifically comforting such au-
thority ought to be supported by even
those who may think the tax unneceS-
sary at this time. In the hour Of
danger the government can draft the
citizen; it ought to be able to draft
the pocketbook as well. Unless money
is more precious than blood, we cam
not afford to give greater protection to
the incomes of the rich than to the
lives of the poor.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

college as vice
president fro N
1892 until his cleo
ton to the presi-
dency last July.
DR.. Stone is .
young man, en-
thusiastic in edu-
catiOnal ork
Although only IS
years old he has
won wide recogni-
ton by his learn
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Deposits Beneath
Ocean Off Smoll
Point, Ne.

the old settlers in that region say, and
traditions support the assertions. that
large quantities OF the coal have been
washed up on the beach after every
severe storm. and that it has been
adhered and used as fuel. The fact
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Alaska and Porto Rico.

There will be popular acquiescence
in the demand for home rule, and a
territorial form Of government in
Alaska and Porto Rico Both are en-
titled to local self-government and
representation in Congress.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
New Railway Omen in I,d,an.

The Southern Indiana road. of which
John R. Walsh of Chicago is presi-
dent, began running trains into and
out OF Terre Haute Monday, three
passenger trains each way. The east
ern terminal is Westport. las miles
from Terre Haute.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Election of Senators by the Poor

Election OF Senators by the People.
The demand for a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of Senators by direct vote of the peo-
pie, appears for the first time in a
Democratic National platform, but
resolution proposing such an amend
ment, has three times passed the
House of Representatives and that,
too, practically without opposition.
Whatever may have been the reasons
which secured the adoption of the pres
ent plan, century ago, new conditions
have made it imperative that the peo-
pie be permitted to speak directly in
the selection of their representatives in
the Senate. A Senator is no less the
representative of the State because he
receives his commission from the peo-
pie themselves, rather than from the
members of the State legislature. If
a voter is competent to vote for men,
Der of Congress, for State officers and
for President, he is competent to
choose his representative in the Sem
ate. A system which makes the SEN
ator responsible for his election to the
people, as a whole, and amenable to
them if he misrepresents them, must
commend itself to those who have con-
fidence in the intelligence, and patriot
ism of the masses.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Monroe DOcfrine.

The doctrine enunciated by Monroe,
and approved by succeeding presidents,
is essential to the welfare of the
United States. The continents Of
North and South America are dedica-
ted to the development of free govern
ment. One republic after another has
been established, until to-day mon
archial idea has barely a foothold in
the new world.
While it is not the policy of this
country to interfere where amicable
relations exist between European
countries and their dependencies IN
America, our people would look with
disfavor upon any attempt on the part
of European governments to maintain
an unwilling or forcible sovereignty
over the people living on this side Of
the Atlantic.
The position taken by the Republic
can leaders, and more recently set
forth by the Republican candidate for
the Presidency, viz: That we cannot
protect a nation from outside inter
ference without exercising sovereignty
over its people, is an assault upon the
Monroe doctrine, for while this argu-
ment is at this time directed against
the proposition to give to the FilipinOs
both independence and protection, it
is equally applicable to the Republics
of Central and South America. If this
government cannot lend its strength to
another Republic without making sub
jects of its people, then we must
either withdraw cur protection from
the Republics to the south Of us or abb
sOrb them. Under the same plea, that
the guardian nation must exert an au-
thority equal TO its responsibility, Eu-
rOpean nations have for centuries eX-
plotted their wards, and it is a sig
nificant fact that the Republican party
should accept the European idea Of
prOtectOrate, at the same time that Il
adopts a European colonial policy.
There is no excuse for this abandon
ment of the American idea. We have
maintained the Monroe doctrine for
three-quarters of a century. The eX-
pense to us has been practically moth
ing, but the protection has been beyond
value to our sister Republics. II a
Filipino Republic is erected upon the
ruins of Spanish tyranny, its protec-
ton by us will be neither difficult nor
expensive No European nation would
be willing for any other European ma
ton to have the islands, neither would
any European nation be willing to pro-
woke a war with us in order to obtain
possession of the islands. If we assert
sovereignty over the Filipinos we will
have to defend that sovereignty by
force, and the Filipinos will be our
enemies; if we protect them from out
side interference, they will defend
themselves and will be our friends. IL
they show as much determination in
opposing the sovereignty of other ma
tons as they have shown in opposing
our sovereignty, they will not require
much assistance from us.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
have long been ready to assume the
responsibilities and enjoy the privi-
leges of statehood, and it will be a
pleasure, as well as a duty, to carry
out the platform pledge concerning
them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
SUBMARINE
COAL FIELDS

Bath (Me.) correspondence New
York Commercial Advertiser: II -
traditions are true. there lies som
where off Small Point large depos
Al coal more oily and of greater value
than any soft coal discovered. All OF
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

H., he was a base
b a IL esthuSiast
and belonged TO q
club there, the
baseball club Of
NJ org an county
bar. r e c e thy
this fact was
brought to light
by the finding of
John W. Springer,
one of the leading
citizens of Denver,
of a faded photo
graph, showing Mr..
Bryan in the uni
form of a ball
player. Speaking
of the matter Mr.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Foreign Alliances.

The reasons given by Washington.
Jefferson. and the other statesmen of
the early days in support of the doc
trine that we should maintain friendly
relations with all nations. but enter
into entangling alliances with none.
are even stronger to-day than they
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

distance from
Dresden.
Prince Albert
was the fifth son
of Prince Freder-
lex George of Sax
ony, brother of the
king. He was
born in Dresden.
Feb. Is, 1875, was
a captain in the
LIST regiment of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

a trust to exact an exorbitant toll
from the citizen.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

permanency Of national debt. 1t Is
hardly conceivable that the American
people will deliberately turn from the
debt-paying policy of the past, to the
dangerous doctrine of perpetual bonds,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
pended about SIS, 900 1t was then de
ed best to abandon the project.

ed best to abandon the project.
Some persons assert that the coal
which comes ashore is from some
schooner which was wrecked close by.
The answer to that is that coal has
been coming ashore at Small Point
more than 100 years, that the first car
60 brought to that section Of the world
was In 1889. and that the coal is of
different grade from that mined any
where else. and that when it comes
ashore 1t shows that 1t has been re-
Gently broken off, Believing there may
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
Bryon'S Home Run Hif.

Back in the SOS when William J.
Bryan, the standard bearer OF the De-
mocracy, was a lawyer at Jacksonville
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28
6be UeekIy
Panorama.
Metz Prerfdenf of Purdue.

Nt t~IutFIF y DF q ut-
DR.. Winthrop Ellsworth Stone,
who has succeeded the late James
H Smart as president OF Purdue Uni
versity, Lafay Ind, served the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

Uhlans and was a chevalier OF the
Order of the Black Eagle. He was un-
married.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

and two nights, and nine of the twen-
ty-four members OF his company were
seriously wounded
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

The picture Of Mr.. Bryan was taken
after the club had participated In a
vigorously contested game one of q
series of charity games played at
Jacksonville. in the summer of 1884.
The day the picture was taken. Mr..
Springer recalls that the club OF
which Bryan was pitcher and himself
catcher had been victorious over a
team made up of the best players
among the town store clerks He also
recalls that victory was pulled out OF
defeat in the ninth inning by Bryans
home run HIT
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

The duke of Westminster, on the
nomination OF Lord Roberts, has been
appointed second lieutenant in the
Royal Horse guards. The duke went
out to South Africa at an early stage
OF the conflict. He was obliged TO
return home on the death of his
grandfather, but went back to the seat
of war as soon as possible, and has
been acting as one of Lord Roberts
aids-de-camp.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-28

Prfnce Of Sarony h Wed.
Prince Albert of Saxony was killed
in carriage accident last week at
WQlkau a short