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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
About ResiQninQ.

Because Judge Parker has resigned
his high judicial office TO accept the
candidacy of political party for pres
ident, the democrats are claiming that
Senator Fairbanks should resign his
senatorial position while running for
vice. president. There is Wide diff.
ference in the two cases, thOugI.
Judge Parker could not consistently
hold position where he is obliged to
give an opinion from the bench that
might seriously conflict with his pol
itical opinions and sayings. Senator
Fairbanks, it should be remembered.
holds political Office and il he should
be elected, Of course will be compelled
to resign it, but there is nothing in
the duties of his senatorial position
that will conflict with his candidacy.
Grover Cleveland was governor OF
New York when he ran for president
and did not resign until after his elec-
ton. The same was the case with
President Roosevelt when he was a
candidate for vice-president. There
are many cases on record where men
holding strictly political positions did
not resign them when made candidates
for another. 1t is the opinion of good
authorities like that Of Justice Brew
er, of the United States supreme
court, that no man holding judicial
office should accept a nomination for
a political one.-South Bend Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

A dispatch from Philadelphia states
the mint there is the only one in the
United States which makes cents and
nickels, and there will be record
breaking production Of those coins
from September to December. The
mint will devote itself exclusively to
this coinage, and, as result, $685.
900, 900 will be turned out each month
In the last four months OF the year
the demand for subsidiary coin is so
great that the 800, 200, 900, it is es-
timated, will be exhausted by Feb
ruary. This has been record-mak-
ing year at the mint. In one month
more gold was coined than in any
other similar time. Since January
s117, 5000, 900 in gold has been turned
out, most of which has been forward
ed to the sub-treasuries. In the vaults
at the present time are 100, 200, 900
silver dollars held as collateral for sill
YER certificates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
New York Sun for Roosevelt,

The New York Sun, an indepen-
dent paper with decided democratic
leaning which has been openly opposed
to President Roosevelt, gets down off
OF the fence and after a calm view Of
the situation comes out heartily in
support of the whole republican tick
ct. Its position is stated in these
positive words: "AS the case is now
made up we prefer the impulsive can
didate of the party of conservatism to
the mildly conservative, temporizing,
opportunlst representative Of the Hun
vote in the background. We have
more faith in the distinct promises of
the Chicago platform, not ignoring
the many serious defects Of that 6ocu-
ment, than we have ia the miserable
hell-broth Of dishwater and dynamite
concocted at St. LOUIS a month ago by
party afraid to renounce its GRIMM
al f0llieS and tasted today at Esopus
by respectable candidate who de-
clareS with guSto that its favor is
admirable. We shall therefore advo-
cate the election OF Roosevelt and
Fairbanks and advise the defeat of
Parker and Davis"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
The Blessing OF Work.

The injunction which was granted
on application of opponents of the IL
inoiS priSon-labor law to stop work in
the Joliet prison has been dissolved,
and the warden has put the inmates
at work again, much to his relief and
to their better ment.
He was already finding that the
idle men we're becoming moody, rest
less, quarrclsome and hard to manage,
and two had shown definite signs of
insanity. He expected further de-
velopment OF insanity had the idle
ness continued, and was looking for
ward to the administration of his
office with dread.
If ever work is blessing-and it
most aSsuredly belongs in that cate
gory-it is when the workers are con-
fined within four walls and have moth
ing else with which to occupy their
minds. While hands are busy some
thought must be taken of the work.
When the tasks are over the physical
WEAKNESS prevents unwholesome
brooding over personal woes. and the
result of the labor is shown ia the i'm
proved tone of mind and body.
If a law could be passed compelling
idle people outside of jails to do a GER
tain amount of daily labor a good
many social problems might be solved.
The tramp question would be elimin-
ated Of. course. but this would be
minor consideration. Such law
should include women as well as men.
If there were no idle women and no
idle men there would be precious little
minding of other peoples business;
there would be less gossip, less
scandal, less mischief, and altogether
a general betterment of social condi-
lions. -Ird ianapoliS Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

Sale Made OF Dausman Ditch at Six
Gents q Cubic Yard.

On Thursday, at the court house,
Drainage Commissioner S. G. Funk
and County Surveyor Wallace Dilling-
ham conducted the sale of the con-
S.ruction of what is known as the
Dausman ditch. This is large ditch
commencing near Tasting. in Jeffer-
son township, running in a westerly
direction for sixteen miles with two
arms OF about six miles, making the
entire ditch a total Of over twenty
two miles in length. 1t drains over
half of Jefferson, most all Of Scott
township, KoSciusko county, and a
large portion Of Bourbon and German
townships, Marshall county, or TO-
tai of eighty-nine sections. 1t will be
from six to twelve feet deep and from
eighteen to fOrtv feet wide. The
digging alone will cost over s3l, 900
and will be an economical piece of
work, 1t is said, considering the
amount of land drained and the price
paid. The contract was let for 6
cents per cubic yard TO John Hughes,
Of Nappanee, and the sale was ex-
ceedingly we'll managed to secure as
low bid as cents. Drainage Com.
missioner S. G. Funk will have charge
of the construction Of the ditch with
Surveyor Dillingham; as engineer.
The bids on the work were as fol.
lows: II. G.. Harding, Vincennes, &c:
Keck & Multi, Bremen, 7.75c; Miller
Dredging Co.. Winamac, 7.45c; Mon-
arch Dredging Co., Plymouth, $3.50;
Jerry Sherwood, Valparaiso, zoe;
John Hughes, Nappanee, &c. The
contract was let at nearly SC cubic
yard below the estimated cost. and
much less than the usual price paid
for such work.-WarSaw Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
RumblIn9s Along the Rail.

The Lake Shore management has
just closed a contract with the British
government to carry the British Aus
tralian mails across this continent ON
the Twentieth Century limited. This
mail service will be handled between
New York and Buffalo by the New
York Central. by the Lake Shore
proper as far as Chicago, and by the
Lake Shores regular Western connec-
tlons-Chlcago and Northwestern and
Union Pacific-trom Chicago to San
Francisco. Canadian railroads here
tOfore have handled the British Aus
tralian mails Recent improvements
in the Lake Shore roadbed and equip
ment, however, give the Lake Shore
exceptional facilities for handling fast
mail trains.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Orossman Family Reunion.

Members and relatives of the Gross
man family assembled at Lake Max.
inkuckee Sunday August I spent an
enjoyable day together in the way OF
a family reunion. The occasion was
in honor of Ferree GroSSman and Sis
ter Cora, IF Parksburg, Pa, who have
been visiting at the home Of Daniel
GroSsman and other relatives in this
vicinity for few weeks. Fifty-two
members of the family constituted
the gathering and in addition to the
pleasant social features of the meet
ing steamer accommodating all the
party was chartered and a Lake trip
of two hours was enjoyed, when at
noon an elaborate dinner was spread
from well filed baskets. Arrange
ments were make to hold another
family reunion next year at a date to
be decided upon later.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
TagSart Needs Negro Voters.

Some surprise was expressed
throughout the south when Davis,
Parker's running mate, said to the
West Virginia convention that no
plank for the elimination of the negro
vote should be put in the platform.
In order to appease the indignation of
the anti-negro democrats the follow
ing dispatch comes from Washington:
1.-The failure of the democrats Of
West Virginia to declare for the elm
ination of the negro vote was the re.
suit of the advice sent to the State
convention by William F. Sbeehan
and David B. Hill, who, as the man.
ayers for Parker, feared that such a
plank in Davis state would lmperil
the National ticket in Indiana. Tag
CART had confded to Sheehan and Hill
that he proposed to divide the negro
vote in Indiana, and the New York
erS wired to candidate Davis SuggeS-
ting that it would be wise TO omit the
nlank -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Back To The Cabbage Patch,

One of the distinct features of tn
age is the tendency TO return to agri.
culture. Where a few years ago the
farmer boys were rushing to the cities
to crowd the professions, there is now
a decided move in the other direction.
The natural reaction that must al
ways follow a movement so radical in
some measure. accounts for the dis
position to return to the soil for a
livelihood, but there is more.
The agriculturist has become pro.
fessional man. The college and the
university have added special
course for his benefit, and given him
a degree. He is a botaniSt AID a
chemist, and science has taught him
to take In the jaded and wornout
farm, and with intelligence cause it
to blossom like the rose. The dis
spiriting labor which bent the form of
the elders and sent the lads Scurrying
cityward has been lightened by de-
vices that better accomplish the end
sought
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

Senator Cullom is not the mouth
piece of the administration, but he is
Chairman If the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and knows whereof
he speaks, and what he said in his re-
cent speech at Plano, H.. may b. ia
ken as an accumulation of the work Of
the administration, and it will be so
recognized. Dealing with the foreign
policy of the United States, Senator
Cullom said:
'Our position during the war has
been one of strict neutrality. Our
interest 10 China is an indirect one-a
commercial interest. We have no
territory there, we have no sphere Of
influence to protect, but we do have
an interest in seeing that the open
door for trade is maintained. We will
not lend our sympathy or aid to eth
er country In the present conflict. as
both nations have been our friends,
bit whatever the result of the war
NAV be, we Will insist that our open
door policy shall be continued"
The insisting will be supplemented
by performance-by the swinging Of
the doors wide open for the passage Of
the American merchant and manu-
facturer to be protected by the strong
arm of the United States and the wise
and the firm diplomacy of the admin
lStration Of President Roosevelt. in
time OF peace, as we'll as in time Of
war, and in time of war as well as in
time of peace. The stand taken by
Secretary Hay against the holding Of
cotton and breadstuffs to be contra
band Of war, as Russia insisted, has
been also, but later, taken by the
governments of France and of Eng
land. Even Russia indicates that af-
ter all, and unless the stuffs are plain
ly intended for the use of the armies
of either combatant, the position Of
the United States is satisfactory to
her.
1t is most certainly satisfactory in
the United States, and what is salts
factory to the United States the ad-
miniStration of President Roosevelt
will cause to be made satisfactory to
other governments, for this Govern
ment will not assume wrong nor an
unjust nor an illegal position. 1t was
hardly necessary for Senator Cullom
TO make the statement he did make.
But it is an accentuation of a policy
known to all Americans and Satisfac-
tory to them-Commercial Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
A STATEsMANS QUEER LETTER
Views OF Ohio Congressman OF 1896
With Reference to Railroads.

In the Office of the general mana
ger of the Grand Rapids s. Indiana
railroad is letter dated 1886, which
we'll illustrates the difficulties under
which the pioneer railways Of this
country were constructed and the op-
position with which they were met.
The letter was written by Congress-
man Mason of the Springfield, Ohio,
district at the time when bill pro.
viding for the construction Of a rail
road along the National pike from
Springfield to Richmond. Ind was
pending. The letter reads.
Dear PerkinS-The committee on
roads and canals has come to a deci.
sion in favor of the road fIom Spring
field to Richmond. This is sorry bust
ness; it will give us a deal OF trouble.
There is great danger in my opin-
ion the road will be OVERLAND with enc
scheme after another. l am opposed
to all these experiments and as rail-
road in lieu of the present macadamiz-
ed road. l have no idea it will answer
the purpose at all. No one can travel
on horseback or in carriage Of any de-
Scription on railroad DO matter how
wide it may be nor how finished
Could you drive livestock on such a
road? No not within a half mile Of
1t. The few that might escape being
slaughtered by the engine ID its pas
sage through the drove would be
frightened and driven Ia the woods,
where they would not be herd from
again. For that reason new road
would have to be opened Immediately
70 accommodate the people on the
line. They could not 60 to market or
any where else in the direction of the
road.
besides, how is it to be kept up?
Who is to superintend it? How long
must people wait at the point where
the cars start after they arrive there
and are ready to pursue their journey !?
Would not the affair soon become a
monopoly in the hands of few enter
prlsing capitalists? Is not the whole
scheme wild and visionary?
lit is great while since l have
had the comfort of a line from you.
We have no news here. Since Great
Britain has undertaken to settle the
difficulty between General Jackson
and his cousin, the king of the French,
we shall be cheated out of a war, and
the majority in the Ohio Legislature
will nave nothing to do but tend to
domestic affairs. Still we shall be
urged to make appropriations for ma
tional defense. Yours with esteem. !"
S. MASON.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Mr.. Hanly and Labor.

investigation is quite sufficient to
prove the truth Of the assertion that
Mr.. Hanly. private and publicly. has
always been an earnest friend of labor,
and there is not an iota of evidence to
the contrary. notwithstanding the in
dustrious efforts CT SELL perpetuating
democratic politicians masquerading
as labor leaders who have reSorted to
ali manner of questionable schemes to
diScredit Mr.. Hanly'S candidacy in
the estimation of organized working
men. Lafayette Courier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Cure for Rheumatism.

Washington Irwin, forty-eight
years old, negro, gigantic in size. of
Charleston, S. c., claiming to be a
preacher, lay on cot In the improve
ment camp at Manchester station,
near Lawrenceburg, day after day,
saying he was disabled by rheuma-
tism,' while his race administered to
his wants. Eventually the author
titles concluded he was shamming, and
while his tent was filled with sympa-
thizers, constable Farrell stalked in
carrying valise in which two large
black snakes. captured alive, had been
concealed. The constable turned the
snakes loose In the tent, and the first
to reach the door in the wild flight for
the hill was the rheumatic colored
preacher. He failed to return.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

1t is stated that one of the. most re-
markable trips IN connection with the
Of the worlds fair was
when Rev. S. p. Werner,
thePresbyterian missionary, who
brought eight pygmles out Of the AZ
rican jungles, arrived in st. Louis.
His journey included 26, 900 miles, 500
miles of which was covered on foot
through the wild deserts of Central
The trip lasted eight months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
CostIiest Residence in New York.

Who owns the cOStlieSt residence in
all New York? A New Yorker? New
err! Just an immigrant from the
West; a one-time peddler of clocks,
Senator William A. Clark, BILLY"
Clark. the copper king; maj" Clark
of the Nez Perces campaign of 1878,
whose income is over l,50o,0 a
month. The mansard roof of the
Clark palace on the Highlands of Fifth
avenue is being sheathed in copper
from the owners mines. The walls
are constructed of marble from his
own quarries. In the basement are
Russian and Turkish baths, etc., and
on the second floor are the art gallery
and dining room. The gallery will
contain many of the celebrated paint
ings of the world. and the house and
its contents will represent an outlay of
SO, 000,0 So much for copper
New York Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Heavy Rains in the South.

Rains have been very severe
throughout the gulf states. Espec-
tally is this true regarding the SOUTH
west part OF that country. AS a
sample of rain storms of that section
we take the following from the At
lanta Constitution of Tuesday.
Americas, Ga, August S.-(SpeciaD
Rains continue throughout this
section. this being the ninth day Of
heavy downpours. The farmers de-
clare that irreparable injury is being
done. Fodder is running in the fields
while blackrot and rust is spreading
in cotton. Nearly all farm work is
suspended. From dozen other
points southwest of Atlanta came SIM
liar reports.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

TIE New York World, the leading
democratic paper of the United States
is trying TO bring democrats to their
senses on the suffrage question. IL
says the claim that this is d white
mans country" or white man IS
government" is denial of the Dec
laratioD Of Independence, challenge
If the constitution. The supreme
court has affirmed the right Of the
several states to prescribe the con-
ditionS Of suffrage to their citizens,
provided only that the right to vote
shall not be denied on account OF
race, color or previous condition Of
Servirude." If any southern state
shall undertake TO maintain an intelli-
gent man S government or thrifty
mans government, it has the same
right to do so that Massachusetts,
and other northern states have exer-
ciSed. But all the states are alike
forbidden by the constitution and by
the very genius OF our institutions
rom making the accident of color a
test of equal citizenship.
A government or a party which
would take in the George "cracker, "
the "poor white" of other states, the
members o. the mountain vendetta,
the Baltimore "plugugly," the Chi
cago "hObo" and the New York
"tough'-becauSe they are white
and exclude Booker T. Washington
because he is black, is not democratic,
whatever it may be.
This is not a ~ bite man S country"
save in the sense that the white men
are in vast majority and therefore
will continue to rule it. But that
majority will never assent to the doc
trine, born of the stultifying and
blighting institution of slavery now
happily 40 years dead, that a man
who is good enough to produce wealth
and pay taxes and fight and die for
his country is not fit TO have voice
in its government, under any condlt-
ions whatever, if he is black.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
CHANGES al Studebakers.

After January /, 1905 Col. Geo. NJ.
Studebaker will relinquish the man.
agement of the carriage department,
become more closely Unidentified with
the executive department; and, as pres
ident of the Studebaker Automobile
Co., give especial attention to the d.
rection and development Of that bust
ness.
Mr.. Z. Louis KuhnS will relinquiSh
the management of the sales depart
ment and assume the management of
the spring vehicle factories.
Mr.. Lloyd +. Weaver will relinquiSh
the management of the San Franciso
Branch and assume the management
of the sales department at the home
office.
Mr.. Chester n. Weaver will be-
come the Branch Manager at San
Francisco.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

Port Arthur squadron is reported
to have made dash for the open sea,
and the japanese fleet, under Admiral
Togo. is in pursuit. A great naval
battle is expected. The desperate at
tempt to escape from the beleaguered
fortress is taken as evidence that the
place is in dire peril and its fall is
near. General Kuropatkin is report
ed to have taken advantage of The jap
anese inactivity to retreat forth of
Lao Yang and thus escape from the
coil that so long has held him. Dis
counting the fall of Port Arthur and
the defeat of Kuropatkin, diplomats
are discussing the probable result.
1t is believed that while Japan Will
welcome peace Russia will refuse to
abandon hostilities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires consti-
tutioIal treatment. Hall Catarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. thereby destroying the foundation
Of the diseases, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer one
Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails to cure. Send for list Of testimo-
malls.
FL, CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

All of the great independent papers
seem to have been disappointed in
Judge Parker'S speech of acceptance.
They all admit that he has failed to
express himself forcibly on the issues
of the campaign; that his speech is
cautious and vague; that there is no
ringing keynote, no electrifying bat
tie cry, nothing that inspires one with
A sense of lofty mission in the
speakers party, and with a spirit OF
fierce aggression toward the party Of
the second part-with which issue is
joined on platform that reads much
like an agreement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
The Canteen Question.

81 have always thought, writes a
army officer, "that the Jokes on the
abolition of the canteen were pure
fabrlcatiOnS. However, woman of
intelligence last night asked me this
question: is it true that the soldiers
no longer are allowed to carry can
teens on their backs because a few
men were found who put liquor in
them? / hear that the soldiers are
now forced to drink impure water
from wayside brooks and that an cpl
demic of typhoid fever has broken
out in the army in consequence. +"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

The democratic congressional con-
vention called 10 meet at South Bend,
Sept. l, is utterly unnecessary as the
finding of a candidate was placed in
the hands of a very small committee
several months ago, and these mana
gers have decided to nominate Mel
son j. Reilly, of the Studebaker Co.
unless he backs out before September /.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
HanlY al Clear Lake.

Hon. j. Frank Hanly of Lafayette,
republican candidate for governor at
tended the annual meeting of the Nor
them Indiana and Southern Michigan
Pioneers association at Clear Lake nine
miles northwest of South Bend, We'd
nesday afternoon. He spoke for an
hour in an entertaining manner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

The city of South Bend is evidently
to be made the center of a strong
fight on the part of the democracy.
That party somehow seems to have
become imbued with the idea that
working men are class all by them
selves, and that they estimate govern
mental policies only by their personal
effect. The working men are better
thinkers than all the average dema.
gogues who seek to influence them
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