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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
"White Indian" is Dead.

After long illness, Silas Ward,
the half breed Indian Negro,
whose remarkable chance in col
or brought about his release
from the Suffolk county On. W
jail some time ago, is dead in the
home of his father in Bellport,
L. I. Ward was descendant of
Peter Ward, chief af the Poose-
patuck Indians, who had straight
hair. He had, however, negro
blood in his veins. Ward was ar
rested and-convicted of stealing
chickens and sentenced to the
Suffolk county Jail in Riverhead.
One day a turkey noticed that,
while one side of Wards face re-
mained in appearance the same
as it was the evening previous,
the other side was covered with
large blotches of white. He was
watched for a day or so. during
which the spread of the white
blotches was distinctly noted, and
then Sheriff Preston and District
Attorney Livingston Smith appli-
ed to Judge Jaycox to have the
man released.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
RooseveIt's Letter.

The Indianapolis News. an in
dependent paper says Roosevelts
letter of acceptance is a vigorous
argument to prove that the dem
ocrats do not know their own
mind, and that their party is not
deserving of trust. The presi-
dent puts his case strongly,
though at times with too sweep
ing expressions. He opens up
the whole field, and challenges
criticism of any Of the admins
tration's acts or policies. The
letter is the utterance of a vigo-
rous, confident and hopeful man,
of one who is sure he is right,
and who means to be honest with
the people. The record may
not sustain him at every point.
But he has put his case with SO
much skill, eloquence and con-
fident enthusiasm that there can
be no doubt that the letter will
be most effective campaign doc
ument. One can not read the
letter without feeling that back
of it is man who has clear and
definite political convictions, who
has no doubt of their soundness
and who has abundant courage
to show forth his faith by his
works.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Negro Agitation.

Col. Park Agnew of Virginia,
discussing politics while in Wash
ington said: There's alot ofnon-
sense about negro agitation. If
the democrats should come in
Parker will appoint a lot of me-
groes to Office. The democrats
cater to the negro vote where
they need it. Why, Cleveland
appointed three negro postmast-
ers In Virginia, and never a word
was said about it; but when the
republicans name a negro as
postmaster in the South there is
a great outcry. An industrious,
peaceful negro is a very useful
citizen. We need them in Vir-
ginia, where they are the best
laborers we ever had; in fact, we
could not get along without
them" Colonel Agnew says the
election of Roosevelt is assured.
II never saw the democrats of
Virginia taking less interest in a
presidential campaign" he de-
clared. MANY of them seem 10
persist in believing that there is
no campaign on. They just keep
going ahead about their business
and pay no attention to politics.
Apparently Parker arouses no
enthusiasm among the democrat
ic voters of the state and the
leaders take il for granted that
Roosevelt is going to win"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
HanIy's Keynote Speech.

Frank Hanly. the republican
nominee for Governor, made his
first real campaign speech Tues
day night Sept. 6. alta meeting at
Muncie, with which the campaign
in Delaware county was formally
opened.
Mr.. Hanly has made other
political speeches this year, no.
table among them being his ad-
dress to first voters at the Put
nam county convention at Green
castle. ten days ago, but his
speech Monday night is to be re-
garded as his keynote.
He spoke without a manuscript
and held the closest attention of
large audience for two hours
with his presentation of state
and national issues. The bur-
den of his address was on state
issues, setting forth the record
of the republican administration
of the affairs of Indiana during
the last eight years, an especial
ly satisfactory feature of which
is the large reduction of the state
debt that has been broughtabout.
The meeting was one of the
largest and most enthusiastic
that has been held in Indiana
this year. A large number of
factory employe, union labor
men were in the audience, and
it was apparent from the recep-
tion they accorded him that Mr..
Hanley is very popular with
them. Mr.. Hanly had his quar-
tet with him and the musical pro-
gramme scored a distinct hit.
From this time on Mr.. Hanly
will speak at least once a day
until the election.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Stand by the Farm.

Some years ago when improv-
ed farm machinery began to take
such part in agriculture, the
cry was that the farm Iaborer
would be driven out of business.
Today with all the machinery
that genius has produced and
farmers have been able to get
together there is demand for
more labor. Measures are tax.
en- to secure the needed labor un-
thought of years ago dyet sup
piled Twenty years ago the
farm hand wondered what i'm.
proved machinery would force
him to do. Today the farmer is
wondering what he would do
without it. There is as great a
future for the fam laborer as
there was; the high prices for
help indicate that conditions
were never better. While the wag.
es may be less than in the city, the
expenses are less, therefore the
average is in favor of the man
who stands by the farm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Diet For Consumptives.

You have to eat at a sanitarium
for consumptives, hungry or not.
There no big gorges to overwork
the stomach, but there are six
meals a day of moderate size.
The aim of the treatm ent in
these sanitariums is 10 get the
sick man to drink three quarts
of milk and eat a dozen raw eggs
a day in addition to his regular
meals of simple food.
And you must eat meat, and
plenty of it. Don't cut the fat
off. The cow got most of the
good out of the lean in her life
time. The fat is what will do
you good.
All that there Is to cod liver
oil that makes it warth while is
that it is a fat easy to assimilate.
Bacon fat is nearly as easy to di.
gest and about 500 times as easy
to take.
Fruit and salads you may eat,
merely to amuse yourself and
pass the time. But you are vast
ing stomach-room on them.
Milk, eggs, meat and hard breads
for you if you are to get well.
Not great deal at a time, but
often .-Everybody's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Best Campaign Speech.

The following is the best
speech that has been made or
will be made this campaign:
During the seven years that
have just passed there is no duty
domestic or foreign, which we
have shirked: no necessary task
which we have feared to under
take, or which we have not per-
formed with reasonable efficiency
We have never pleaded impo-
tence. We have never sought
refuge in criticism and complaint
instead of action. We face the
future with our past and our
present as guarantors of our
promises; and we are content to
stand or to fall by the record
which we have made and are ma
king. President Roosevelt's
speeci' accepting 1904 nomina-
ton.
The above campaign speech
cannot be improved on. It is
Roosevelt out and out. It is the
truth, and nothingsbut the truth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
An Advertising Venture.

A car or train containing spec
linen products of some part of
the country which the residents
wish to advertise is not an un-
common spectacle. California
fruit, Texas grains and fruits and
vegetables and grain from the
northwest have been displayed
in this way all over the United
States.
An extension Of the idea is
shown in the fitting out of ship
with cargo of American goods
and manufactured products to
sail from Seattle next month on
an educational tour of Oriental
ports. 1t is to be called the ex-
position ship and will stop at
each important port in China,
Australia and South America for
several days. :he entire trip last
ing SIX months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
A Lost Battle.

1t has been many years since
organized labor has suffered such
a disastrous defeat as it suffers
in the loss of the great besf
strike. The strike was formal
ly called last Friday. though it
has really been ''off" for several
weeks. The surrender of the
strikers is complete. The pack
ers agree to reinstate the strik-
ers as rapidly as possible, but
they are to retain as many of
their nonunion employees as may
wish to remain. The men are to
return as individuals, and no
agreements with the unions are
to be made. Skilled workmen
will receive the same wages they
received before the strike was
ordered, and the demands made
by the organization before the
strike are now to be considered,
nor is the question of the wages
paid to unskilled men to be ar
bitrated. The original cause of
the strike was the demand that
unskilled workmen be paid 184
cents an hour. This demand,
and all other demands, are now
abandoned, and the men are to
go back-such of them as can get
back-on terms dictated by the
packers. Thus. after having
lost 50, OOO,O 900 in wages. and in
ficted a loss ofS7. 500. 900 on their
employers, the men give up
everything on the sole condition
that they be taken back as fast
as possible, and as individuals.
There ought to be valuable
lessons learned from all this.
One is that on the low ground of
selfish interest it does not pay to
break an agreement. Business
is business, and to be successful
must be transacted on business
principles. Another thing is
that labor unions as we'll as any
one else must keep faith. The
business man that repudiates his
agreements soon has no business
to do. 1t is so in the long run
with every one. More than this
labor unions should become i'm
bued with the idea of response
bility. They can rot enjoy
rights and repudiate duties. The
whole social organism is connect
ed by reciprocity. No part of it
can get and not give; no ele-
ment of it can enjoy its advant-
ages and supply none OF its pro-
lection. Indianapolis News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Indiana Republican Leaders.

Last Friday night Frank Han
ly spoke at Rockport, Saturday
afternoon at Boonville, and Sat
night at Newburg.
And here's a bit of history,
just to show the sort of stuff Ind
lana republican leaders are made
of, Congressman Hemenway pre-
sented Mr.. Hanly to the audi.
ence at Rockport Friday night.
Within seventy-five feet of the
old courthouse in which the meet
ing was held Mr.. Hemenway
worked in a livery stable twenty
five years ago, and within very
few miles of the courthouse Mr..
Hanly worked as a ditcher only
sixteen years ago.
twenty-five years have seen
the livery stable employe devel-
op into successful lawyer, and
an even more successful politi-
clan, who has served ten years
in congress, is now chairman of
the most important committee in
the lower house of congress, and
is a prospective United States
senator; while the ditcher of six
teen years ago has won recog-
nition as one of the leading at
torneys of the state, has served
his district in congress, came
within an ace of election to the
United States senate, and now
has the governorship of Indiana
almost within his grasp.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Murder in Mississippi.

Southern Italy. including Sic
lily, has the reputation of having
more murders each year in pro-
portion to the population than
any other part of the civilized
world in which a government of
law and order is supposed to be
firmly established. The annual
rate there is thirty murders for
each 100, 900 of the population.
Yet the murder statistics of
Mississippi which appeared in
yesterdays Record Herald would
indicate that life is almost twice
as safe in southern Italy as in
that state. 1t is true that the
figures are not given out as Off
cial, but their accuracy seems
sufficiently we'll attested.
The population of Mississippi
at the last census was 1,550,O00.
At thirty murders per 100, 900 of
population Mississippi would
have a total of 465 murders a
year, or $40 in eight months.
Yet the figures sent from that
state show $50 killings this year
from January to August, inclu-
sive.
We are told that in most of
these murders the slayers victims
we're negroes. The inference is
that the negroes are a peculiarly
dangerous element of the popu-
lation responsible for most of the
violence. 1t is nevertheless a
fair question to ask whether the
defiance of the law shown by the
white citizens in the many lyn-
chings by which they disgrace
their state is not itself responsi-
BILE for much of the Iawlessness
of the negroes.
There can be no denying that
the white rulers of Mississippi
have a very important duty to-
ward themselves to perform,
unless they are willing to see the
lawlessness of their state grow
steadily worse instead of better.
Record Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
WARNING TO BRYAN.
Indiana PopuIists Ask Him to
Support Watson.

AS a result of a conference and
acting upon the advice of party
leaders, Hon.. Samuel W. Will
Jams, OF Vincennes, Ind. has
written William Jennings Bryan
a letter, in which Bryan is asked
to come out and support the Pop
ulist candidate for President,
Thomas E. Watson, Williams,
who is one of the leaders in the
Populist movement, was candi-
date for the nomination of Pres
ident on the Populist ticket, but
was defeated. In the letter to
Mr.. Bryan Mr.. Williams says, in
part:
"The men who will vote for
Mr.. Watson are. in the main,
men who voted for you in 1896
and 1900. They refuse to sup
port Judge Parker. Their rea-
sons for not supporting Judge
Parker have been tersely stated
by you, both from the stump and
in your newspaper. the Common
er. If you wish to read in ex-
tense their reasons l refer you
to the manuscript of your great
Chicago speech.
when you keep your promise
to attempt a reorganization of the
democratic party in 1908 you will
expect these men to work with
you and for you iu that effort.
"Your embarrassment is that
you hold membership in the dem
ocratic party and your idea of
party honor and party loyalty
leads you to hold your nose and
vote for Parker. no matter how
thoroughly and justly you de-
spise the man and abhor the plat
form, AS it is you can not con-
ceal your contempt for the noml-
nees and the platform to which
Wall-street domination gave. birth
at st. Louis.
"You declare that you recant
nothing of the truths spoken by
you in your great Chicago speech
made just preceding the cruel
crucifixion of Jeffersonian demo
cracy at St. Louis. The Popu-
lists know it will be better for
the people, better for the demo
cratic party and better for you
if Parker meets a crushing de-
feat.
Your political future depends,
as you know and as we all know
upon the utter rout of the Par
ker forces at the polls.
"Your responsibility is GER
tainly very great and in any
event nothing but good could re-
suit if, observing that Mr..
Hearst's peerless and powerful
daily newspapers print Mr.. Wat
sons speeches in full. and say,
editorially, of them that they are
able, brilliant and masterful,
you should join Mr.. Hearst in
giving publicity to the utteranc.
es OF your distinguished friend
and co.worker from Georgia"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
GIVING UP THE FIGHT
Democrats Do Not Expect to
Elect Parker.

The announcement by John P.
Hopkins, the noted Illinois dem
ocratic politician and national
campaign worker, that the dem
ocrats will establish no national
branch headquarters in Chicago
in 1904 tells the story of demo
cratic despondency. Hopkins
explanation of the refusal of his
party to have a headquarters in
Chicago is that the work in the
East will keep the party SO busy
that it will have no time to do
anythingin the way of campaign
ing except what is done from
the general head center in New
York city. The explanation is
adequate. The West has been
given up by the democrats. and
all their efforts will be concen.
trated on the old doubtful states
of the Atlantic seaboard, New
York, New Jersey and Connect
cut. Their chances in the East,
too. since the Vermont and
Maine election are getting dis
couraging for the most optimis-
tic IF the democratic leaders.
Should Roosevelt carry the
country in November" said one
of the most exuberant of the
Parkerite exhortors in a letter
to the democratic editors who
have just called on Parker, as
it is possible that he may, the
adverse vote of New York would
serve as a salutary check of his
usurpation of power, and no ef-
forts should be spared to secure
this result
Except for New York and it's
two neighbors of the old doubt
full list, the democrats are giving
up the fight throughout the
whole country. All the elector-
al votes that they look for now
are those of the solid South and
what they may pick up around
the Hudson, and their former
confidence in the latter region
is vanishing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
The "Show Ne" Club.

Indiana democrats, and, in fact
democrats the country over, have
been led to believe that their ma
tional committee would have a
practically unlimited campaign
fund with which to essay the
election of Parker and Davis.
Such were the assurances sent
out from New York when Parker's
candidacy for the presidential
nomination was first launched,
and when Henry G. Davis and
his forty millions we're nominal
ed for Vice President at ST. Louis
democrats everywhere smiled as
one long a. hungered on sitting
down to Thanksgiving dinner.
whatever they say of our
candidates and our platform.
we'll have a barrel this year-and
that'n help some," was the word
they passed along the line, one
to another, and it was that con-
viction that had much to do with
arousing considerable real en-
thusiam in the party and a little
confidence that the ticket might
be elected.
Two months have passed since
the ST. Louis convention, how
ever, and six weeks since the or
ganization CT the National com.
mittee. and not only has the
much touted barrel not been tap
ped, but there has appeared no
very satisfactory evidence that
there will be a barrel. As q re-
suit, Indiana democrats are los
ing a little of the confidence that
stiffened their backbones a few
weeks ago, and they are wonder
ing. duly and vaguely, if it is
possible after all that they are
to 60 through another campaign
s ch as 1900 or 1896. At any
rate they are ali claiming mem
bershipin the "Show Mem Club.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Stand For the Right.

Stand up for the right and op-
pose the wrong in everything.
Right and wrong are incompati-
BILE, and there is no room for
compromise between them.
When Jesus said, 81 came not to
send peace on earth, but a
sword" I" he meant that his doc
trine, teachings and his
kingdom, and his people would
be at perpetual war with evil,
and that there could be no truce
between that which is good and
that which is bad. But we must
at all times remember that the
war is to be waged against the
evil that is in men, and not
against the men that are evil.
The Christian that can love bad
man and at the same time hate
the sin that makes him bad has
reached the highest rank posi-
bic for any human being upon
earth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
SOWING CLEAN WHEAT
Some Good Advice that Farm
ers Should Heed.

The American Grange Bulle-
tin has the following on the i'm
portance of sowing clean wheat?
When our subscribers see the
above heading they will at once
know so we'll what we have in
mind to write that it will be nec-
essarv to write only very lit
tie.
Wheat does not turn to chess
any more than dust turns to
chinch bugs. But chess and rye
are much harder than wheat.
While on the average wheat
multiplies only twelvefold in our
farming in this country, it is safe
to say that chess sown with
wheat multiplies at least forty
fold. Some think, as a result of
close observation aud investiga-
ton. that it multiplies one hun
dred fold.
The man that sows the wind
of chess and rye will reap the
whirlwind.
There are threshing machines
that certainly do all that can be
expected of threshing machines,
but none of them will clean wheat
as it should be cleansed for seed.
Farmers are strangely indif-
ferent to the merits of the fam
ming mill. A good tanning mill
will soon pay for itself if used to
make the wheat properly clean
for seed. In addition, it can be
put to many other profitable u.s.
es. We know one farmer that
paid for his tanning mill the first
season by cleaning up the timothy
seed on the floors of his own
barn and the barns of his neigh
bors. If wheat is all dirty, it
will usually pay well to run it
through a good tanning mill be-
fore taking it to market.
At all events, SOW only clean
wheat. To do otherwise is not
good or wise farming.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN
Oldest Man in The State Dies at
Alexandria.

Alexander Ferguson, probably
the oldest man in Indiana. died
on Tuesday Sept. 6. at Alexan-
dria at the age of 116 years.
Ferguson's home was an humble
log cabin of two rooms, and in it
with an infrm son and his aged
wife, he spent his last thirty
five years. His home was often
visited by newspaper men, and
for them all Ferguson had a good
story or an interesting reminis-
cenoe. His mind was clear up to
the time of his death, although
his body was feeble, and had
been so for years. Ferguson de-
lighted to tell of the habits and
customs in vogue in his old home
in Ireland, although he left it
when but boy. He remember.
ed, too, the war of 1912, and had
family Bible which once, with
other family possessions, was bur-
led to keep it from the British
soldiers. Ferguson despised
agents, dating from time when
whisky agent visited him and
gave him bottleof whisky, TAX
ing his photo. Ferguson later
was made to say in big adver-
tisement in metropolitan papers
that he attributed his long life to
the fact that he had for many
years daily used that brand of
whisky. Ferguson never tired
of repudiating the falsehood. and
before he would allow a photo
taken the visitor had to clear
himself of suspicion. The old
couple almost were in penury
for a few years. At one time
they owned a good farm west of
Alexandria, but it was lost in
trading. The family of adult
children were little able to help
them. and of late years it has
been a battle to keep the wolf
from the door. Ferguson was
not a church member, although
a good Christian, as was his wife
and they were much esteemed
by their neighbors. The wife
who is 81 years old. is now left
alone.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
Effects Of Agitation.

AS by one impulse. the press
of the United States gave warn
ing persistently for several weeks
before the Fourth of July OF the
care that should be taken to pre-
vent fireworks injuries which
might result in lockjaw, says an
exchange. And it appears to
have been to some purpose.
The statistics of the American
Medical association show 81
deaths from lockjaw as against
400 last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-15
A CommendabIe Reform.

The idea entertained by Super.
intendent Whitaker of the Jeffer-
sonville reformatory that it is
more important that young pris-
oners should be taught the means
of earning an honest living than
that they should earn a little
money for the state during their
CONTINENT is not new, but it is
none the less sound.
1t is somewhat unusual, how.
ever, to find advocates of such
reform in positions where their
theories have a chance of being
put into practice, and it is inter
esting to note that Mr.. Whittak-
er does not stop at mere discus
sion of the subject, but has de-
finite plans for a transformation
of the prison intoa big industrial
school and the doing away with
the contract system, if the legis.
lature can be pursuaded to agree
to the change. The inmates in
the Jeffersonville institution are
young and most of them are ig-
norant and lacking in industrial
skill. Their terms of imprison
ment are comparatively short
and released they have yet a long
life before them. If by course
of education they can be made in
to useful citizens. then the train
ing should be given them. The
prison board is said to favor the
plan s.nd no doubt the charities
board will do the same. 1t is a
reform that should go through.
Indianapolis Star.