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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
CHILDREN BORN TIRED
A Preachers Apt Illustration in a Tenn.
perance Talk.

There are lots of people who are
born into the world tired" said a
minister the other day. "There's an
old, slangy expression about being
born tired, but there is truth in it.
1t is biologically correct. Thousands
of children are born literally tired,
weary before they are ready to take
up life's activities.
II went into little hovel i'm this
city few days ago where child had
been born some hours before. The
walls and the cupboard were equally
bare. The miserable place groaned of
wrecked man. The woman who had
borne the child was poor
creature shattered by hard labor.
Probably a few hours before the child
was born she had bent over wash
tub. That child was an accident. 1t
was not born because of definite pa
lcuUdl dulDll1OllS. IL WdS Ollc vi Tic
accidents which are constantly hap
pening. No joyful anticipations of
fatherhood or motherhood preceded
It's birth. The wretched mite was
an unwelcome visitor.
''It was born tired. Years before
in the stony stratum of life into which
it came to fight its way, its progeni-
tors by alcohol and hardship had
weakened it before it was thought of.
Its nerves were corded, its brain was
spongy, its blood was poisoned. 1t
was tiny bit of WEAKNESS protesting
with squalling voice against the evil
which had been done it. Is it nee
essary to remark that intemp rance
was largely responsible for that i'm
perfect child?"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
Testing Trainnen's Eyes.

The Pennsylvania company has fit
ted up car for the examination OF
trainmen's eyes. The safety of hun
dredS of passengers often depends up
on the ability of the engineer and
fireman to distinguish the color of
signal lights, and above all other re-
quirements of railroader, this is es-
teemed most important by the rail
road officials. Systems to detect the
weak-eyed and the color blind have
long been in use by the various rail-
road companies, but the Pennsylvania
is preparing to perfect these systems
and, with this end in view, have fitted
up car with all the modern devices
and tests. The first work was
done at Fort Wayne Thursday when
iremen, engineers, conductors, brake
men, Switchmen and others connected
with the road service were invited to
step in and be tested.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

worked up the same sort of artificial
movement against Grant. They fail
ed utterly, and the democratic leaders
who had consented to or advocated the
nomination of candidate for the
presidency who had been a lifelong
enemy of the democratic party were
discredited.
The same sort of democratic leader.
ship has now in training for preSiden-
tial honors General Miles. a lifelong
republican, whose whole stock in trade
in politics is resentment against his
superiors and against the leaders OF his
own party who have failed to consider
him as an available candidate. With
HIM is put forward Admiral Schley,
whose friends, disappointed over the
decisions of court Of inquiry called
at his own request, are seeking to
make political capital out of the cir
cumstance
This policy cannot win. No move
ment based on mere personal resent
ment or disappointment can succeed.
The present agitation is significant
as showing that the democrats have
no hope Of succeeding in 1904 on a
question of principle or national
policy. They base their hopes for
success on the belief that the Ameri-
can people can be deceived by an
artificial issue in campaign where
the interests Of the nation are at
stake.
In this belief the democratic lead
ers are at fault. The people divine
talready that Mr.. German and his
associates care little for Admiral
Schley or General Miles, but are will
ing to use both or either to defeat the
republican party. This feeling will
grow stronger as the months pass,
and the outcome will be a reaction
against the men who permit them
selves to be used by designing and un-
scrupulous politicians.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

1t is of no consequence whether Adj
miral Schley is republican or de-
mocrat The general impression is,
however, that he is the latter, but no
word OF that officers can be found TO
sustain the claim, and in certain
quarters it is denied In the whole
controversy he has preserved digni-
fed silence which will in the end Sc
cure him greater regard than will the
championship of those who would use
him for political ends.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

The trial of Nicely, the Muncie
pIotege of Perry Heath, will begin at
Havana Jan. 2. This leads the
Logansport Journal to express the
hope that we may celebrate convic-
tiOn by the Fourth Of July. We do
not feel sanguine in this matter.
"Farmer" Nicely has already succeed
ed in getting enough legal knots into
the record to keep the courts busy
the rest of his natural life. The one
source of satisfaction in it all is that
the government has kept him from
enjoying his ill-gotten gains and will
continue to do SO indefinitely, which
is the same as term OF imprisonment
under sentence so far as he is con-
cerned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
PERSONAL RESENTMENT IN POLITICS

There are indications that the de-
mocratic leaders will pursue the same
tactics against Roosevelt that they
pursued against Lincoln in 1864. On
the great questions of national policy
Roosevelt, as was Lincoln, is almost
unassailable, so the democratic leaders
turn to the fomenting Of popular re-
sentiments. They are seeking candi-
dates not for close Identification with
democratic policy in the past, not for
the principles that they represented,
but for their ability to pose as martyrs
oefore the people.
The success of such a movement de-
ponds largely upon the shrewdness with
which plainly artificial appeal to
popular resentment is urged. In pre-
yious movements of the kind the
American people have been quick to
detect the false note, and they have
not responded.
In 1864, when certain disaffected
republicans attempted to use the dis
appointments and resentmentso OF John
c. Fremont and his friends against
Lincoln, and placed him in nomination
for the presidency, it seemed at first
that that they might be able to exer-
else some influence. But in the end
Fremont was persuaded by the same
friends to withdraw from the contest,
and the battle was fought on an issue
between Lincoln's personality and
policy on the one side and Mcclellan s
jealousies, resentments, and disap-
pointments ON the other.
II. 1870 ri, dicorunflo6 republicans
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
THE ROUND ROBIN EPISODE.

There is disposition on the part
of some democratic newspapers to
criticise President Roosevelt for re-
primanding General Miles. They
assume that the President IS past mill
tary record is open to criticism on
account of his action i'm the matter of
the celebrated round-robin episode in
front of Santiago.
This criticism Of the President, in
the opinion of The Tribune, is not
justiiable. The round-robin period
was one of great stress and storm at
Santiago. A crisis apparently had
arrived Of such nature that it in
volved the fate of an army. Colonel
Roosevelt-as he was at that time
could not act differently without fail
ing to perform what he conceived to
be patriotic duty. and one which ap-
pealed to the higher sentiments of
humanity. Hence it was that mere
considerations of military etiquette
weighed so lightly with him.
1t was not SO much a question in
Colonel ROosevelt's mind at that mo-
ment whether he should be censured
or not. The alternative presented to
him was whether he should keep silent
or whether he should speak out, and
in SO doing possibly save the lives of
thousands OF his fellow-soldiers and
fellow-citizens.
Colonel Roosevelt, caring less for
the observance Of military punctiliO
than for the preservation of the lives
of his comrades, preferred to speak
out. In so doing he accomplished
that which he set out to do. 1t must
be said, too, that he was in excellent
company in the 'round-robin" period.
No soldier need be ashamed of seeing
his signature recorded in history by
the side of those of Generals Kent,
Bates, Chaffee, Sumner, Ludlow,
Ames, and Wood.
Already history has indicated the
wisdom of Colonel Roosevelt in joining
in the 'sround-robin. If he had
been 'scensured" hundred times by
the authorities at Washington he
would have been justified in signing
it. The reception which it met with
from the whole country was sufficient
Justification of it. Probably no single
act of President Roosevelt's life was
more generally approved by his fellow
citizens than that brief story of the
rerilous situation at Santiago, which
resulted in the removal of the army
at a critical moment from station
where it was exposed to grave danger
without any possible benefit accruing
therefrom to position of comparative
safety.
General Miles was not spurred on by
any such necessity. He was notscom-
PEELED to speak out for Admiral Schley
or anybody else. 1t was not a life
and death question. 1t was matter
Of pure yolition, and he exercised it
well knowing he was indiscreet and
perhaps expecting-even inviting
the "reprimand" which followed. :
We do not choose to put these two
cases in the same class and probably
the public will not do so.-Chicago
Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

The annual report of the Indiana
state factory inspector shows that at
this time the demand for labor in the
mills and factories of this state is in
excess of the supply. That the same
is true with the railroads has been
evident for some time. Certainly it is
not the laborer who has ground for
complaint as the first year Of the Gen.
fury closes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

The democracy of Center township
met at the court house Saturday after
noon pursuant to call for the selection
of committeeman and delegates. c. w.
Metsker made hard but ineffective
effort to secure place on the delega-
ton to the district convention. The
committeeman chosen are the usual
wheelhorses, Vinnedge, Logan, Corbin
and company. Tho delegates are
Adam Wise, Louis Mcdonald, James
Anglln, p. ]. Kruger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
Down in South America the

Down in South America they EVIL
IDENTIFY believe in the adage, "In time
of peace prepare for war;" Chile and
Argentine have signed a peace protocol
and are both engaged in vigorous pre-
parations for hostilities. War loans
are being negotiated, Notifications are
hurriedly going forward and armies
are being recruited in both countries
Notwithstanding the agreement for
peace and harmony.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

The democratic press is exhausting
its ingenuity in the invention OF
motives for the various acts of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, not being able to
conceive of the one motive, honesty,
that has always inspired him in ali
his official career.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

che Christmas number of the Argos
Hector was'in every way one of the
'ost creditabie pieces of newspaper
work ever gotten out in tissS county
The local Illustrations and historical
articles are Of great interest and value.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

Maclay says that as TO him "the
incident is closed" Yes, and it closed
With quite snap, too: but it ought to
i've closed on him like a steel trap
ago. for the honor of the navy
1rtment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02
Plymouth, Ind, January 2, 1902.

We sincerely wish each of our
readers happy ana prosperous New
Year-so happy and so prosperous
that they will hasten to settle for the
paper
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-02

Makes the fires of life burn with a
steady glow. Renews the golden,
happy days of youth. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35c. j..
w. Hess.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Business Good In Spite of Strikes
 and FinanciaI Stringency.

Business Good In Spite of Strikes
 and Financial Stringency.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-R. G. Dun & Co., s weekly review of trade says;
 Favorable symptoms still predomi- nate, and the business outlook is en- couraging despite the adverse factors of labor controversies, fuel shortage and tight money That these draw backs have not seriously checked in. dustrial progress testifies to the strong position attained during recent months of uninterrupted activity and growing confidence. Manufacturing plants de pendent upon steam for motive power are finding profits curtailed by the high prices for fuel, and unless normal conditions are soon restored it will be necessary to secure better quotations for products. The problem of ade- quate transportation is also disturbing, as there is already congestion in the coke region.
 Weather conditions were exception ally favorable during the past week for securing the nations abundant az ricultura1 yield. There is no longer any question as to the enormous quan- tity of grain, but in some cases there has been a decided loss in quality Wheat comes to market freely, west. ern arrivals for the week amounting to 7,958, ,283 bushels compared with 7,426, ,651 year ago, but for the crop year thus far the movement has not equaled last years.
 Failures for the week numbered 24s in the United States, against 231 last year, and 21 in Canada, compared witt 34 a year ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11

s"The coal strike has become a de- pressing factor in the market" says Banker CleWs, mot so much for it's effect upon the. coal shares as for the important questions involved. The threatening attitude of labor and the sharpening of issues between monopo- lies of capital and monopolies of labor are likely to have a seriously deterrent effect upon all sorts of new enter. prises, unless. an early settlement of the coal strike is forthcoming. The aI- most certain projection of these issues into the coming elections and the in- eyftable raising of a new set of eco homie problems with which the scount try is not yet prepared stos deal siEe cBra tain to have a sdepressing eHeet upon all. lines sof business. It is fortunate that the country is still enjoying great commercial and industrial activity, and that general conditions are sound, but 1t would be folly to.oyerlook that a new set of influences are coming into prom thence which will have to be seriously reckoned with in business affairs as we'll as in politics. .s
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11

This has been e. A. R. week in
 Washington and the veterans owned the city says our Washington core
 spondent. The hotels an dstreets are
 thronged with the survivors of the
 Civil and Spanish wars. Headquar- ters are established on every corner, and men in uniform and headed by bands march and countermarch on every street and avenue. Wednesday was the great day and for many
 hours the old soldiers marched up Pennsylvania avenue led in many in stances by the remnants of the bands they had followed in '6O-65. During the early part of the week, there was tinge of sadness observable, due to the fact that the president was an in valid, confined in his chamber and un- liable to take part in any of the festiY- ities, but on Wednesday, he drove l in the white house carriage the en- i tire length of the line and back again. His physicians had phohinit. ed the long period in the reviewing stand which had been outlined in the
 original program, but the drive which
 occupied a comparatively short time
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
HEARD IN PASSING

It costs the country about S5,000 a year for each criminal we have. The total bill is $50O,00O,O00. Please be good. But whipping posts would cut expenses in three directions.
 The advertisements in the magazine are frequently better reading than the matter they serve under that head
 The museums are offering large re- wards for the discovery of any per Ison who has no scheme to settle the coal strike.
 The republican politicians are try Ting very hard to ''bulldoze' the coal Operators into granting the demands llofa the striking miners. John Mitchell is wa ting patiently for the result, as The can well afford. to do. His plans IFWere sskfllfully conceived and have Isbeen Il ably carried out.-Hartford 5THnes:. ai9
 Worry over the coal famine is be- lieved to be responsible for the death of former assessor and tax commits sioner Patterson of Brooklyn. He had large orders of fuel for the public schools and several churches but be- came so distressed over the fact that he could not fulfill his contracts that he suffered from insomnia to an un- usual extent and died yesterday after brief illness.-New Britain Herald.
 A Salem lady writing to her brother l in Boston, anent the coal situation, says: ossWe have halfsa ton and are l holding on to,qthat like grim death. | I'm burning everything else l can lay my hands on. The partition in the l old woodShed has gone. as we'll as the board borders to the flower beds. They served the purpose well. be gan yesterday on fathers library of Reports of Bureau of Labor and Sta tistics. ."-Boston Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
FRISCO NEXT YEAR.
Grand Army to Meet on Pa-
 ci1c Coast Tn 1903.
A SPLIT IN UNION VETERANS UNION.
Action of General Torrance Asking Aid For the Confederate SoI- d1ers' Home Is Warmly
 Commended.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic for 1902 came to close yes terday. San Francisco was chosen as the next place of meeting, and the election of officers was completed. Resolutions were adopted by the en- campment having in view liberal treat ment of veterans in the matter of pub- lie office and pensions. The kindred bodies to the parent organization also brought their several conventions to a close, the Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief corps and other bodies choosing officers for the ensuing year.
 The Union Veterans union had de- cidedly lively day, and the final result was split of the organization. The first row was over question of eligi- bility to membership. A resolution was adopted that let down the bars too much to suit some of the state delega- tions with large membership in the order This caused i'll feeling. Later the friction in the union developed rap idly in consequence of committee of the order which had been Investigating the character and conduct of Com mander in Chief Dyrenforth adopting report recommending the suspension of the commander in chief.
 Before adjourning the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic adopted a resolution submitted by Past Commander in Chief Burdette indors- ing the position taken by Commander in Chief Torrance in his recent address calling for assistance from members of the Grand Army for the Home For Confederate Soldiers at Mountain Creek, Ala, and urging on the veter- ans generally the adoption of an atti- tude of brotherly kindness toward their foes of the civil war.
 Since his arrival in Washington Gen. eral Torrance has received many as- surances of appreciation of the spirit J of that address from his comrades of the Grand Army. Among the letters received is one from Major J. M. Falk- ner of Montgomery, Ala, who is inter- ested in the Mountain Creek home, from which the following is an ex- tract:
 Contributions as result of your inspired and inspiring letter continue to reach me from nearly every part of the Union. But better than all the money that could be sent me is the brotherly love, good will, gentleness and kindness which prevades every let ter that,I have received, and have yet to hear of any adverse criticism anywhere in Alabama, either as to your action or as to mine in receiving the funds contributed.
 Tn my opinion down to this date nothing has ever been done that is so calculated to obliterate all the scars of war and to wipe out forever all the bitterness between those who wore the blue and the gray as your action in this matter.
 My friends and comrades through out the state wish for you and every member of the Grand Army of the Re public great meeting at Washington, and if we could meet you there there l would be such union of hearts and shaking Of hands that it would be i'm possible to distinguish between the l blue and the gray.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11

served every purpose and in many re- spects proved even more popular than would have the review originally in- tended. It afforded everyone an op- portunity to see the president and pre- vented that congestion of the crowd in the vicinity of the reviewing stand which is always productive of the greatest inconvenience and often of danger. MT Roosevelt was greeted with enthusiastic cheering, colors were dipped and the soldiers saluted as he passed down the broad avenue. This was the first time even the resi- dents of his own city had seen him since his return from the operating table at Indianapolis and he looked decidedly pale as result of his long confinement. No secret service men accompanied the president. He would not permit it, saying that he was am ply safe, practically surrounded by the veterans and their friends and families. The present reunion is one of the largest held in recent years and as the weather has been perfect, since Sunday, and the preparations made for the reception of the veterans left nothing which could add to their com fort or entertainment undone, the en- campment is voted great success. An amusing incident occurred on the street on Tuesday. A Pennsylvania post and band were marching up Pennsylvania avenue when they es- pied a small heap of anthracite coal on the sidewalk. They immediately surrounded it, the band played dirge an then they continued their march amidst the cheers of the spectators.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor -MELBERT B. CARY
 of Ridgefeld.
 For Lieutenant- -Governor-E. hENl
 HUBBARD of MiddletoWn. For Secretary of State-ARTHUR D.
 CALKINS of East Lyme. For Comptroller EDWARD G. KIL.
 DUFF of Waterbury. For Treasurer PHILIP HUGO of New
 Haven.
 For Attorney General NOBLE E
 PIERCE of Bristol. For County Sheriff CHARLES A TOAILINSON of Milford. For Representatives. JOHN J. BRO-
 PLY and LEONARD ASHEIM. For Representative-at-L Large HOMER
 $. CUMMINGS of Stamford. Congressman, First District-WIL
 LIAM F. DWELL, Hartford. For Congressman, Second District
 GEORGE N. MORSE of Meriden. Congressman, Third District-J JAMES
 H. POTTER, Killingly. Congressman, Fourth District-WIL.
 LIAM D. BISHOP, 1T, Bridgeport. For Judge of Probate A HOWE, Waterbury. - ~ ~5
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
ACCIDENTS
 WILL HAPPEN

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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
New orieans strike stil1 orr.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-The strike situation shows no material change The governor is understood to have presented to the committee of the strikers whom he met an offer of the New Orleans Railway company of ten hours and 20 cents an hour. At the canal bank, where the great ma- jority of the strikers were assembled, they were informed of the nature of the proposition, and it's announcement was greeted with loud negative shouts. The trial of the sixteen strikers for interfering with the mails was contin- ned until Monday.