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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The Indianapolis Sentinel reports
William ]. Bryan as saying. "You
may quote me as saying that from
what | know of Mr.. Reach ] am salts
fed that he is more nearly fitted to
be chairman of a republican than of a
democratic committee" Thus the
peerless leader between his lectures
ON ideals continues to distribute har.
mony in chunks. Reach is the chairman
Of the Indianapolis democratic com.
mittee and was a gold democrat in
1896 and 1900. He is one of the re-
whose scalp Mr.. Bryan
wants badly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Mr.. Tillman of Columbia. S. c.,
pays the highest possible compliment
TO that city by swearing that its peO-
pie are SO prejudiced against him that
he cam OF receive a fair trial there
II Columbia is prejudiced against Mr.,
Tillman it is prejudiced against assas-
siDation, and that is prejudice en-.
tirely credftable to any community.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Mohamedan Challenges Dowie.

John Alexander Dowie has been
challenged to praying duel to the
death. The challenger is Mira Ghu-
lam Ahmad, of Quadian, Punjaub,
India. Come thou, o self-styled
prophet, to a DUEL" says Mira in
his ''deti." 1.-THE weapons shall be
prayer. Let us kneel on our knees
in the dust of the earth, you and l
together, and petition the Almighty
that Of US two whoever is the liar
shall perish first. T" Dowie has not
accepted the challenge. Mira claims
that he is the promised Messiah,
while Dowie claims to be Elijah, the
prophet, reincarnated. 1t will be in
teresting to note how the false pro-
phet will treat the false Messiah S
challenge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Uncle Sans Cash Account.

On Tuesday, the fiscal year will
end, all the accounts of the govern
ment will be balanced an! the books
will be closed for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1908. The financial showing
of the government at that date will
furnish the basis of the next annual
report Of the secretary OF the treasury
for the year, and of his estimate of
revenues and expenditures for the en-
suing one. From present indications,
after settling up all transactions for
the year, the books will show an ex-
cess of revenues over expenditures
during the year Of about $50, 900. 600
Any other government would be glad
to end its fiscal year with surplus Of
one-tentn of that amount, and most
of them would be happy to escape a
deficit. Last year Great Britain had
a deficit of $3.50, 900. 10000; Germany
hal "a deficit of s1s, 1902, 900; France
had a surplus of s5S, Russia de-
felt OF s29, 299, 900; Italy surplus of
"a, 073, 26l; Holland of s2,669, 900;
Spain of SO, 754, 900, and SO on. 1t is
probable that everyone of these gov
ernments will show deficit for the
current year. Not more than three
or four governments in Europe showed
a surplus last year. Austria had a
surplus of s29, 900, Belgium of ST.
61O,Sl2, and thrifty little Switzer-
land of s46s, 600. Compared with
these figures our surplus of s53,000,-
seems truly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The alleged agreement between
Russia and China regarding Man.
churia, which China declines to ex-
plain to the world has a spider and
fly look. The Chinese foreign minister
refuses to tell the terms of the adjust
ment, and adds that China does not
want the assistance or the interior
ence LOT England or japan in the af-
fair. This may be another case OF
Muscovite diplomatic hypnotism. A
few months hence China may be ap.
pealing to the powers to protect hei
from her big neighbOr on the Amur
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
The South Bend Times the organ of

The South Bend Times the organ OF
the democratic party Of st. Joseph
county, edited by John B. Stoll, says
1.-The tone and tenor of Mr.. Bryan's
speeches at Greenfield and Plymouth
was that Of politician seeking re-
venge. Its main purpose was to in.
.enSify the feeling of his followers and
20 widen the gap between the two fac
tions in the democratic party. Evi
IDENTIFY Mr.. Bryan is bent on having
his way or playing Ned with the
partv."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
A Flower Book Of Real Flowers.

The Yellowstone Park Flower
Book, published by the Northern Pa
cific, is beautiful creation. 1t con-
tains eleven specimens Of real flowers,
in natural colors, from Yellowstone
Parks, with names and places where
found.
Also six full page, fine, half tone il
lustration of bears, the Grand canon.
geysers, hotels, etc., found in the
park, the most wonderful spot on
earth. "a by 81 miles in size, and
where President Roosevelt recently
spent his vacation.
The Flower book makes beautiful
souvenir. Send Chas. S. Fee, Gent
Passenger Agt., Northern Pacific R'Y.
st. Paul. Mimi. fifty cents for q
copy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The Iowa democratic convention
refused by vote of 463 to 354 to in
dorse the Kansas City platform. Theil
platform on the money question Il
as follows:
"We insist that the integrity of the
money Of the nation be guarded with
jealous care and demand that it shall
be sufficient in volume to meet the
needs of the business interests of the
country, and that it shall be safe
guarded by careful legislation so as &c
prevent the gamblers Of Wall street
from cornering the money market
thus inficting untold injury upon
smaller business men. the farmers
and the laborers of the land"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
CRITICISM FOR MIR. MADDEN
He Published His Letter Before IL Yves
Received by the Postmaster General.

AscCCtNcu ny Shc OBtmbstoT UeneIht.
Washington, June %. - Postmas-
ter General Payne has taken official
cOgniZance of the letter to him sent
from Detroit by Third Assistant Post
master General Madden, regarding
criticisms of the contract for supply
ing ca; bon paper to the service. Payne
conferred with his assistants OH the
subject. Subsequently he declined to
say whether any reply had been sent
to Madden, and similar reticence was
observed by those who discussed the
incident with Payne.
Madder's publication of the letters
in advance OF its receipt by his SUI
periOr officer, to whom 1t was adj
dressed. and his suggestion that the
matter might have been given out by
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne, or FOu til Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow, provoked consid-
cradle comment at the department. 1t
is believed that Payne has sent rath-
e. sharp reply to Madden.
The WynkOop- Hallenbeck- Crawford
Co.. of New York, holding the contract
for printing money order blanks. sub
mitted thei.. briefs in opposition to the
lowest bid. that of Paul Herman, of
Rutherford, n. j., and the legal cues
tons involved I'm the case which re-
Gently resulted in the removal Of SUI
perintendent Metcalf. of the money or
der bureau. are before Assistant Attor-
ney General RCbb for decision. The
award probably will be made by July 1.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The insurance of the lives of wo-
men and the employment Of women
as solicitors by insurance companies
is a comparatively new idea, but it
has become very popular and is grow
ing rapidly. There are probably
1, 900 women In the United States to-
day who make their living in the in
surance business and they have been
so successful in securing business and
earning large commissions that it
may already be considered an es-
tablished profession, and women in
surance agents will hereafter work on
the same terms and under the same
conditions as men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
LynehIns-Our National Crime.

Whatever apologists may arise for
the lynching of negroes in the United
States they certainly can offer no ex-
cuses for the brutality of the recent
mobs at Belleville, ILL.,. and Whining
ton, Del. Could cannibals or Apaches,
Kurds or Bashi- Bazouks show more
savage bloodthirstiness than these
American citizens who have burned
fellow human beings at the stake?
There is no avoiding this awful fact
by appeals to the popular Justice y
which the mobs pretend to admins
ter. The case is against the mobs from
the very start. Their victims have
been in the hands of the law, on the
sure road to justice. An outrage
against the government precedes the
outrage to humanity.
The Belleville negro had not even
committed murder, though he had at
tempted 1t. His slayers cared no more
for that than for hearing his defense.
They wanted blood and nothing else
this is the plain truth.
The Delaware negro's crime was
atrocious, and there was reason to
think him guilty. He is even said to
have cOnfessed-confesSe as the torch
was pressed against his body, after he
had been driven into condition of
fear described as bordering On in
sanity" His confession, such as it
was, mattered no more to the mot
than his protestations of innocence.
1t was his blood that was wanted.
1t is America shame throughout
the whole world that such lynchings
as these are common. They number
ed last year 90. They are our national
crime. No American is free from
their disgrace, because it is the dis
eased state of American public opin-
ion that alone makes them possible.
The rioters and their defenders fail
TO see that the crime Of lynching is
worse than any Of the crimss OF which
the lynched negroes have been guilty.
They say, as does the president of the
"Good Government League" at Belle.
villa, that SIT is better that the brute
should have been lynched than that a
dozen innocent men should have been
killed by the officials firing into the
mob" They actually call ''innocent"
the men guilty of this crime against
government.
What We need is set of public of.
ficials who have different ideas of sin.
nocence men who will uphold the
administration of law at whatever
cost. Better that whole mob OF
'lynchers" be moved down by bullets
than that this national crime continue
to grow in frequency.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
OF Interest in Plymouth.

The Elkhart Review says: Friends
of Miss Florence Brooke and Mr.. Will
H. Rohrer were surprised when in-
formed today Of their marriage We'd
nesday evening. That it was one OF
the futures certainties they had
no doubt, but only one friend in ad-
dition to the relatives was informed
of their determination to be welded
so soon. The ceremony was perform
ed at Trinity M. E. parsonage by Rev.
Somerville Light at $50 O'Clock, and
the bridal couple at once repaired to
their nicely furnished home at No.
ell Maple Row, Mrs. Rohrer, who is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brooke OF Warsaw, has been steno-
grapher at rhe. Hill store couple of
years. A genial personality has won
her many friends. Mr.. Roher is as
ISOLATED with his father and brothers
in the grocery business under the
name OF D. H. Rohrer s. Sons, and ne
is manager Of the firms new River
side store. Aside from his business
and social relations be is known to the
public as worthy representative of
bis native community In the army
during the trying times following the
occupancy of the Philippines, where
he was promoted to the rank of SER
geant.
The bride was born in Plymouth
and has several relatives here.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Speaking of the infinite as sCme-
thing which is and through all nature,
a lecturer at the battle-ground Chau-
tauqua said: Some obtain this feel
ing in beautiful music, others in the
hush and quiet of church, but each
and all may obtain this feeling and a
sweet content in the woods and field
surrounded by the great silent forces
of the universe. 1t is the content
which is absolute because it is not
from man."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

A significant feature of the Iowa
democratic convention was the defeat
of the government ownership idea by
a vote Ct 62S3 to 1924. Government
ownership is the pet hobby of William
Hearst, who has been mentioned more
than once as presidential possibility
next year. If Iowa, which is still per-
meated somewhat by populistic no.
tiOnS, turns down this proposition by
such an overwhelming vote, its fate
in other conventions, should there be
those rash enough to call it up, is not
a matter for conjecture.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The employment Of two lawyers OF
high standing not connected with
the administration, and both demo-
Gratis, to assist in the prosecution OF
the post Office department cases shows
that President Roosevelt is deter
mined there shall be no ground for
charging republican jugglery In she
trials, nor for raising the cry either
OF favoritism towards or persecution
Of the persons who mag be indicted.
He has furnished undisputable proof
Of his determination that no guilty
man shall escape, and he has closed
the door against democratic criticism
of the prosecution of the offenders.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
MIR. E. A. X. Hackett. editor an,

Mr.. E. A. X. Hackett, editor and
proprietor of the Fort Wayne Senti-
mel, made a very sensible little speech
to the democratic editors on the last
day Of the Fort Wayne meeting. He
said he had always been democrat
and felt proud Of his party affiliation.
But he claimed the right to vote
against any unworthy man who man.
aged to get on the ticket. This is
what Mr.. Hackett believes to be put
ting into practical effect the teaching
of political honesty. He not only
follows that course as an individual,
but also as the conductor of a political
newspaper.-South Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Sell Interest and Competition.

Herman JuSti, commissioner for
the Illinois Coal Operators Associa-
ton, maintains that the association
of right ought to have the power TO
fix scale of prices.
His argument is to the effect that
1T ought to have that power because
it can be trusted to exercise it in such
wise as not to wrong consumers.
mo one knows better than the in
telligent coal operator that if coal is
immoderatey advanced asudden check
may arrest our present prosperous
career" says Mr.. Justi. -''For this
reason alOne,' he adds. she resisted
an advance in the cost of labor
That is to say, in'shOrt. enlighten-
ed self interest is sufficient su5sti-
tute for competition. According to
this doctrine the public need not be
in the least concerned il the coal pro-
ducers, the producers of iron and
steel, Of sugar or Of any commodity
whatsoever combine to stifle all CO M
petition in their respective lines OF
production. The enlightened self
interest of the several combines will
impel them to keep their prices down
as low as is consistent with fairly
profitable production.
The theory is that whenever prices
are unreasonably high consumption
falls off, so that the Total profits are
less than they would be if prices were
such as to yield only reasonable re-
turns.
This theory rests upon the aSsump-
ton that competition is the control
ling factor after all, because. this it is
that determines the general earnings
of the people and consequently their
ability to buy and the quantities of
different commodities they consume,
and competition also limits the price
at which a commodity can be sold
without being driven out by COM
pesing commodity.
The truth Is the world cannot get
away from competition as the great
controlling factor of prices. But hel e
and there an industry can escape
competition in great measure by
combination and practice extortlon
upon the public or upon those who
are unable to make counter combin-
ationS. That is why we have laws
forbiddlng the formation of combines
to stifle competition Chicago Chron.
| icle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
The WAYNE of Mormonisrn

The recent withdrawal of a num-
Der OF Swedes from the mormon
church is now followed by the revolt
of 600 young people of Brigham City
through a trivial incident that
brought about clash with the church
authorities. The Mormon church
is evidently morlbund; not that these
occurrences have given it a fatal blow,
but they discover in it the weakness
of coming death-it cannot Stand
against the environment of American
Rfreedom ard self-reliance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
briggs NOW INDICTED
Ex Representative in Congress
the Latest M n to Get into
the Trouble.
CHARGED WITH BEING TOO soRDID
In 7 a * ing i'm Two Salaries at a Time
Criticism for Madden Is
Very Likely.

New York, June 25.-Ex-Represent-
alive briggs has been indicted by the
federal grand jury in Brooklyn. He
appeared before Judge Thomas and
gave bail. The indictment grew out
Of the investigation into postoffice at
fairs made by the grand jury. Four
indictments we found, all practical
ly alike. Each charges that briggs,
between July 20 end "a, 1900, unlaw-
fully agreed to receive and did receive
$500 check from tie Brandt Dent
company for procuring a contract from
the United States government for max
ing and delivering $50 automatic CASH
iers for the postof.ice department.
briggs Declines to Talk.
To the d. st two indictments briggs
pleaded not guilty, reserying the right
TO plead later to the Others. which
contain sixteen counts each, after his
lawyer had read them. briggs refused
absolutely to comment on his indict-
ment. He has previously admitted.
however, receiving a salary of SO 500
from the fraudulent company for in
Producing its machines, but declares
that the work he did for the COM
pany was done before he was sworn
in as representative in congress, but
after his election. and that he has done
nothing to which the government can
object.
AccnaaA yVaa Raf
The indictments were found under
sections III and 172 of the revised
statutes of the United States, which
provide for the punishment of any per-
son receiving emolument while in the
employ Of the government" briggs
was before the grand jury preceding
the finding of the Indictment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
President Roosevelt's letter to thu

President Roosevelt's letter to The
attorney general shows a determine.
ton to push the postofiice depart
ment investigation at every point
There have been intimations in some
quarters that the president wa!
alarmed at the possible political con
sequences OF the investigation ant
was disposed to cut it short. Those
who have made these intimatlon!
certainly misjudge the pres.depti
character. In the discharge Or.
fetal duty or the pursuit of ofhS "a
dishonesty be is absolutely fearless
and his letter to the attorney genera
concerning the investigation Of pos
tai affairs shows indianapolis
journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Delaware is In dread Of race riot,
owing to helpless attitude Of the state
government over burning Of negro at
Wilmington and subsequent street
fights. This a condition which is Ger.
tain to come in many Of the Southern
States If white people do not respect
and enforce the laws. The negroes
will suffer long in silence but when
aroused they may be able to take ter
rlble vengeance in states like South
Carolina and Mississippi where there
are twice as many blacks as whites.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Can such things be.
And overcome us like summers cloud
Without our special wonder.

Could any one living in the last
forty years have believed that his
eyes would ever see such statement
as that? Reading it, such one must
reflect, too, that this is case in the
United States court, not merely 70.
cal inquiry. Within forty years of
the PRONUNCIATION of the emancipa.
ton proclamation such things can be.
But even more remarkable is the fact
that this statement is beard without
stirring a pulse in a white man be-
you'd its normal beat-and the Re-
publican party, the party Of freedom,
is in power! We should reflect, too,
that this is not an isolated case. We
have the testimony OF Southern news
papers that it is system, and by it's
nature we know that it is a thing
that could not grow up in a night,
and it has not so grown. 1t is the
product of years. 1t prevails in vari-
Gus phases; one of the commoneSt
forms is the virtual bondage for debt.
That all this is so shows the long
way by which we have come from
the time when Reconstruction" was
begun by entranchlsing four million
slaves. There followed she saturnalia
of carpet baggism," the reign of the
"bloOdy Shirt" the rise Of the Ku
Klux clan, and the rescue of public
affairs by the white population of the
south. Marching with this were de
cisiens of the supreme court that
more and more relegated the regula-
tion of civil rights to the States.
Then succeeded the later era in which
the Southern States by forms OF law
have deprived the negro of the right
to vote. With this has grown up
his abandonment virtually on occa-
sion as to any rights SO far as law is
concerned, and the reign of lynching
for crime. And all this while the
North has grown more and more apa-
thetic. acquiescing If not openly ap-
proving.
Plainly, the negro problem is ma
tional problem. We of the North are
to join with them Of the South in
dealing with it. Happily, we can
join without the bitterness, distruSt
and suspicion that in the past have
marked the suggestion. The country
has acquiesced in the failure of ire
construction. But therefore 1t will
all the more unite in seeing that JUS
tice in done to the black man, giving
him the chance to graduate into citi-
zenship fully while fully protecting
his civil rights. News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Electric Axe For Telling Trees.

In some of the forests Of France
trees are now felled by electricity. A
platinum wire heated white hot by
the current is stretched between two
poles and used as a saw. There is
much less work than with an ordinary
siw, no sawdust is produced. and the
charring Of the surface of division
tends to prevent decay. In some
cases the time required to fell a tree
by this method is only one-eighth Of
that necessary by the old system OF
saving.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

1t makes no difference what the
race Of the victim of anarchy or OF
the anarchists. The law applies i'm
partially to all crimes and all crimi-
nails and is adequate to the needs OF
the people. Anarchy in the form OF
lynchings is as atrocious as any other
form of anarchy. AS anarchy it must
be stamped out.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

The commissioners appointed under
an act of the last legislature to codify
and revise Indiana corporation laws
are inviting the leading men of the
state to submit their views for their
consideration and guidance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
Chaae Amanda Hia BiIL.
Trying to Agree on Wages.

Bloomington H.. June 26.-Chica go
and Alton officers and a committee
of employees held conference rela-
tive to a wage schedule on the line in
Illinois. The Alton, the Illinois Cen
trail and the Wabash gave increases
to the Missouri division employees last
spring. This conference was to secure
the same scale
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02
The Race Problem.

Macon, Ca, June "a, 1903.-In the
United States Circuit Court today
Judge Speer imposed fine of 81, 900
each on three young men. William
Shy, Arthur Clawson and Robert
Turner, for holding negro in inyol.
untary servitude. He suspended the
fine under conditions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Thomas McCutchan. who recently
died at his hume near Evansville, was
the only democrat in family that,
with its collateral branches, number
ed 700 members. And yet Mr.. Bryan
says the democratic party is not in
need Of reorganization.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Opinions and policies often change
very rapidly. Twenty years ago no.
body believed that an Irish land bill,
drawn by Tory government, would
ever become law with the indorse-
ment of irish members of parliament.
There is spirit Of coDcilliation on
the part OF both sides now that au.
ours well for the future OF Ireland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-02

Iowa still belongs to the United
States. The republicans have aban-
doned the idea OF tariff revision at the
present time and the democrats have
discarded the l6-to-1 heresy.