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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Silent Lenislators.

Some editors who ought to know bet
ter are trying to confer fame on a
member of the British parliament be-
cause he boasts that during his twenty
four years of service in that body he
has never made a speech and never In
tends to do SO. Pray, what credit Is
that to him? There is time to make
a speech and time to refrain from
making a speech. A wise man will
determine the psychological moment
when to do the one thing or the other.
One editor remarks that speeches in
legislative assemblies are seldom made
to convince the opposition or win votes
for the measure under consideration"
That would be important If true, but it
of strict party measures Is not fire.
quently determined by speeches, still
they sometimes are. Were all bills
party measures the usefulness Of par
liamentary oratory would undoubtedly
be reduced to a minimum, but nine
tenths of all the bills considered by
parliamentary bodies are nOnpartisan,
anu tlelr Iute ~ frequently ueteTmlueu
by speechmaking. have served in
both the Missouri legislature and In
congress, and time and time again
have seen bills killed and bills passed
by reason of the skill and force with
which the reasons for or against were
urged by trained speakers. The error
in the argument that all speechmaklng
is futile grows out of the foolish idea
that the main duty Of a legislator Is
to pass bill. The contrary is true.
His chief duty is to kill vicious bills,
and one Of the most effective ways to
accomplish that Is to talk them to
death. Some very good people count
that as a waste of time, while as q
matter Of fact it is most valuable
consumption Of time. The plain truth
is that certain persons delight in lam
bastlng congressman, yet every one Of
the lambasters would be in congress
himself If he could only break in. Con.
sistency is rare jewel. Parliament
means talking body. Is it. a misno-
mer?
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Trouble Among tho Mormons.

Good news comes from Utah-the
Mormons are falling out among them
selves. There Is fiat rebellion against
the despotlc rule of the hierarchy of
which President Smith Is the head. His
rule Ia too much Of the iron variety. 1t
Is claimed by the recalcltrants that the
church governs the moral, religious, ed
ucational and business movements of
the people as though the latter were
serfs or poems. Hitherto 1t has been n
matter Of gravest danger for any Nor
mon to raise his voice against the pow
ers that be-gravest danger in every
way. The kicker was certain to be
ruined. At least it has been currently
reported to be so. Now, however, the
opposition to the twelve apostles ap-
pears to be widespread and systematic
Perhaps 1t is and perhaps it isn't.
There may be more smoke than fire.
At any rate, gentiles will watch the rev.
olutionary proceedings with intense in
terest. Utah possesses many resources
and will become rich and prosperous
whenever non-Mormons feel assured
that they will have square deal out
there
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Tariff Revision,

1t has been generally supposed that
Representative McCleary Of Minnesota
was the only statesman in the land
who has nerve enough to argufy In
favor Of revising the tariff upward,
but now comes Senator Henry Clay
Hansbrough Of North Dakota and
classes himself with McCleary, partial
ly at least. As understand McCleary's
beautiful and comprehensive scheme, 1t
was to have a general upllft of tariff
rates. Uansbrough Is more modest
and moderate His desires for a rise
In the tariff appear to extend only to
spring wheat. His constituents mostly
live by producing wheat. He wants to
see them prosper. Therefore he Is in
favor Of taxing Canadian wheat to
such an extent that every man, woman
and child in America will be COM
PEELED to pay more for bread. The epi-
taph ON Sir Robert Peel's monument Is,
''He gave the people cheap bread" and
he Is one of the immortals. Hans.
brough would reverse the Peel plan. Safe
to say that no shaft will be erected to
his memory by penny subscriptions.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
unnla Sam az Bond Bull.

Since President Roosevelt took his
Sam appears In the role Of bull In the
bond market of all the bankrupt re-
publics In this hemisphere. This may
pander to our national vanity, but will
1t eventuate in our national well being?
Is not our uncle biting off more than
he can chew when he sets up as receiv-
er general and financial agent of these
tumultuous, debt ridden and debt con.
tracing republics? What matters it to
us that the bonds of all these Central
and South American states are going
up? Or how does 1t concern us if they
should take tumble? Nevertheless
London spectators are exploiting all
these bonds on the strength Of the as
sumed fact that we are going to be-
come sort Of guarantee company for
all the claims, legal or illegal, mostly
illegal, now pending against them all.
The secretary Of the Foreign Bond
holders corporation says:
Let us compare the quotations on some
of these bonds year ago with the prices
the Colombian bonds were quoted at II.
The present price Is 40 Costa Rica bonds
year ago were Is and are now 40: Guate-
malas have advanced from IL to q; Hon
duras bonds from to Q, and Venezuelan
from q to 46, The foregoing debts are all
at present and have been for many years
in total default.
The rise that has taken place appears to
be largely due to the idea that the United
States Is going to intervene In some way
so as to make oil these defaulting coun-
tries pay their debts.
Whom does all that profit? Not n
soul except the greedy gamblers who
have bought those bonds at ridiculous
ly low figures, taking great risks Of
realizing great gains, hoping that their
respective governments would collect
their claims at the cannon's mouth.
Their respective governments being a
little slow about performing the cannon
mouth collection caper, these greedy
gamblers are no doubt rejoiced because
President Roosevelt has taken that
bandit chief, Don Carlos Morales, pres
ldent of the Santa Domingo republic (O,
under the shadow OF his protecting
wing. Nobody can blame these gam
blers for being glad. 1t Is the greatest
and most unexpected wlndfall that has
come to any gamblers in human folly
and distress since gambling was first
Invented among men. The important
questions staring us in the face are
these: Whittier are we drifting? Are
we not playing with firef Why should
we imperil our peace, our honor. our
good name, by mixing in the revolution
airy affairs Of set OF the most grace
less cutthroats that ever vexed this
glorious world with their malign pres
ence? Why cannot we attend to our
own business? What mania leads us
Into poklng our noses Into other peo-
pies business? The idea of being a
world power seems to have added our
Uncle Samuel.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
A Democratic Error Is SCandalOuS.
State Auditor Guilbert Makes Awful Face If DEM
ocrat Stubs His Toe.

AS a rule without single ex-
ception, when state Auditor Gull
bert's corps of costly "inspectors''
discover Democratic official
whose accounts are out of balance,
Mr.. Guilbert sends for all the
newspaper reporters and blows a
blast, compared with which Rod
erick Duh's bugle was smaller than
q penny whistle.
For weeks now the facts about
the Athens County treasury defA-
lcation, running somewhere be-
tween $25, 600 and $75, 900, have
been kept entirely from the public
ear, SO far as the State Auditors
end of the string is concerned.
There are some people unkind
enough to say that the reason for
this profound silence is because
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04

~ NCE upon time, so the story
runs, there was n boy too ip-
q y dolent to say his prayers, 50
he wrote him one and glued 1t
to the head Of his bed. When he tum-
bled in at night he would point to it
and say, Lord, them's my sentiments"
am in the same frame of mind touch
ing the news to the effect that they
have succeeded in Identifying the
bones of our first and greatest naval
hero, John Paul Jones. OF course ev-
cry patriot would rejoice If his body
could be recovered and buried in Amer
ica. OF course, also, he ought to have
been buried here when there was no
doubt about the identity of the re-
mains. There would never have been
any trouble about the matter had our
then minister to Versailles, Gouverneur
Morris, attended to his business instead
of dancing attendance on the fine la
dies Of gay Paris. But the so called
identification is decidedly gauzy The
st. Louis Post-Dispatch expresses my
idea exactly in this vigorous fashion:
At distance the identification of the
body of Paul Jones is not satisfactory
There was no inscription on the coffin,
no uniform, sword or decoration to distin-
gush the remains from those of other oc-
cupants of ST. Louis cemetery. The phys
ical features of the body itself might be
possessed by 900 or 10000 men OF that
time or this. The "peculiarities' men,
toned in the cablegram are not peculiar
tiles. How many men are exactly" five
feet seven inches high? Besides, Is 1t not
reasonably certain that Paul Jones' body
has shrunk since his death? Why should
he be unique in this respect? How many
men have dark brown hair slightly streak
ed with gray? The arrangement Of his
hair corresponds with that I'm vogue among
gentlemen of that time. The face Is clean
| shavcn. How many gentlemen of 1892
were not clean shaven? There Is mark
on the linen which looks like "J' or an
| inverted "P," which reminds one OF the
cloud seen by Hamlet which looked like a
| weasel or q camel or a whale. THE body
was carefully packed" Anything ex-
traordinary In that? Tin foil was wrapped
about the limbs presumably for sea
| transportation" Why Is 1t presumed?
And, even so, does it prove the body to be
| John Pauls?
| Those who seek shall find. and General
Porter may claim the triumph due to
working faith. but when the object of the
search is a hero's bones lost for a hundred
years skeptical people must be pardoned
If they require a clearer proof than Is Of
fered in this case.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
CORRUPT ATHENS.
Moore" Grating Comes to Light in That
Learned Citadel.
LOOKS LIKE A BAD PROPOSITION.
Senator Moore Seems to Have Secured an Appropria-
tion for His Own Private Properties

Columbus, Ohio, April 28.-
Since the startling exposure of the
shortage in the Athens County
Treasury many rumors have filed
the atmosphere about the Capitol
concerning other doings in that
bailiwick. The county is prolific
of sensations, political and other
wise, and one is never astonished
as they developed. Within the
past week there has been conduct
ed at the Capitol and at Athens an
investigation regarding an appro.
priation of IS, 900 by the General
Assembly for the ostensible use of
the Ohio University, which is To-
Gated within the town OF Athens.
On Page 610 of the laws enacted
in 1904 appears an item in the
general appropriation bill setting
aside the sum named for the
equipment, repairs and mainten-
ance of the girls dormitory.
From members of the Senate
Finance Committee it is learned
that this Item was inserted at the
last moment at the request of
Senator David III. Moore, a men,
her of the committee, who lives at
Athens. On the face of it there
is nothing that might be deemed
improper in this allowance. The
money wae paid to the university
last March through the First
National Bank of Athens, of which
Senator Moore is the Cashier, up
on the order of L. M. Jewett,
Secretary of the university.
But it turns out that the dormi-
tory is not owned by the state. 1t
is not on the university lind.
The records show that it is owned
by the College Place Improvement
Company, of Athens. This body
is stock company and was incor-
porated March 8, 1895, by David
Fl. Moore, Henry o. Blenness, w.
E. Peters, FL. f. Dickson and S..
N. Hobson, all save Peters being
officers or employees of the First
National Bank. Its capital stock
is 500, 900, and its avowed purpose
is the constructing, owning, hold
ing and maintaining buildings for
tenement houses. The dormitory
which it constructed has been
rented to the state for $1,000 a
year. The L. M. Jewett who is
Secretary of the university is also
Secretary Of this company, and
receives a salary of 5000 year
for his services.
The David H. Moore who was
one of the incorporators and stock
holders of the concern is the men,
ber of the Finance Committee
which allowed the appropriation.
1t was on his motion that the item
was inserted. The question has
been raised as to the powe er of the
state to repair at the public ex-
pense building in which it is a
tenant. 1t is also a question
whether the money can be lawfully
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
An important Movement.

For some time there has been
sporadic talk as to substituting Italian
labor for negro labor down south. Up
to this time it has been talk-merely
that and nothing more. At last, how
ever, it is taking definite shape. The
Italian ambassador, SignOr des Plan
cheS, has been revolving in his mind
Il project to divert the stream Of
Italian immigration pouring into this
country from our northern to our
southern ports and to induce immi-
grants to seek labor rather on south
ern farms than in northern cities, in
northern workshops and on northern
railroads. With such head to the
movement it bids fair to become Of
vast Importance to all concerned.
There can be no question that negro
labor is becoming more and more un-
satisfactory at the south and every
where else that 1t exists in this cOun-
try. There are two reasons for this.
First, the ceaseess exploitation of the
race question by demagogues who
know nothing of it has tendency to
make the colored people dissatisfied
with their lot; second, the negroes who
We're old enough to learn habits Of in.
duStry in antebelum days are rapid
ly disappearing, and their descendants
do not take to manual labor with any
considerable degree of enthusiasm,
especially to farm labor, which, when
the long day is considered, may not
improperly be regarded as the hardest
of all labor. They are the most gre.
garious of peoples and love to congre.
gate in the towns and cities, where
they lead Il very precarious life. But
they prefer an opportunity to see the
passing show, even from the curb.
stone, to the more solid comforts oh.
tainuble on the farm. This downward
movement Of our population generally
has been much deplored by various
philosophers, but it seems never to
have occurred to them that 1t is much
more marked among the colored folks
| than among the whites.
Northcrn newspapers with one ac-
cord hail the project of Signor des
| Planches with delight because, as they
say, 1t will relieve the congestion OF
population IN the great cities. But
query: Are they not congratulating
themselves prematurely? 1t is safe to
say that where three Italians displaee
three negroes down south, Mt least two
and perhaps three negroes will betake
themselves to the great cities of the
north, and the last condition of both the
cities and the negroes will be worse
Than their first. Another query: VIII
the whites down south be willing to
do the very desirable thing of spbsti
tuting white for negro labor If they
must use italians for that purpose
For 1t Is well known that Itallans are
not assimilatcd with ease or rapidity
They remain separate people wher
ever they 60. to large extent. Sc
! that from any standpoint Signor des
Planches' project Is much better In
theory than in practice. English. Ger
man, Irish. Scotch, Scandinavian and
even French immigrants mingle read
lily with the descendants OF the origlna
settlers by intermarriage, and after q
generation or two their children are
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04

mania for Japan and everything Japa-
nese seems to be dying out, and that is
California. The people out there do not
appear to be 80 completely stuck on the
little yellow men as the citizens of the
rest of the country. Quite the contrary.
Indeed, they are beginning to clamor
for japanese exclusion bill which
shall be n fitting companion piece to
the present Chinese exclusion law.
What will those enthusiasts in Amerl-
ca who have been shouting themselves
hoarse every time the Japs thrashed
the Russians think of that? If the sen
timent in California Is fair test, then
in the case of the Japs 1t Is like unto
the case as to mountains-"'T 'Tis dis
tance lends enchantmcnt to the view."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04

used for the purpose of equipping
the same. Above all is the ques-
tion of the right of member of
the General Assembly to partici-
pate in transaction which will
inure to his own financial benefit.
An inspection of past appropria-
tion bills discloses that this item
of expense is an extraordinary one.
The rent of the dormitory has al
ways been included in the current
expense of the institution. So far
as has been discovered there has
been nothing done in the way of re-
pairing and equippirg the build
ing. Secretary of both institutions
Jewett is reported to have said
that the money would be used for
the purpose of paying the rent.
But the allowance is for repairing,
equipping and maintenance of the
dormitory. The rental expense is
supposed to have been included in
the general appropriation for the
university. The query as to why
the $5, 200 extra was secured re-
mains to be answered. Some of
those who are investigating the
queer transaction think that they
have the solution.
Very recently normal school
for the training of teachers was
established at Athens as one of the
departments of the university. 1t
is expected that this will produce
a larger influx of students than
ever before, and consequently
larger facilities for accommoda-
ting them will have to be secured.
Certainly larger d. rmitory will
be needed to meet this unusual de-
mand. While the state has been
erecting library buildings and
/ other structures upon the univer-
sity land no mCve has heen made
for the erection of dormitory for
the female students, the Trustees
/ evidently deciding that private
ownership was the better policy.
In connection with this matter
there is also in existence report
that the money of the university
has been used for other purposes
than appropriated.
Two years ago a dinner was
given at the Columbus Club in
this city to the members of the
Senate ut which certain officers of
the university were present. The
charge was afterward made, and
it has never been officially denied,
that the cost of this dinner was
betrayed from the funds of the in
stitution. Its purpose was to
facilitate the easy passage of the
appropriations asked for at that
time. 1t is understood that Spe-
cial Examiner Frank Rochester, of
the Auditors office, may be detail
ed to look into the dOrmitory tran
saction. Mr.. Rochester was for
merly steward at the Athens In
sane Hospital and is we'll acquaint-
ed with the surroundings of the
university and its workings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
LAWRENCE T. NEAL.

In issue of last week published formal declaration
coming from Lawrence T. Neal announcing his candidacy
for Governor We also in receipt of letter from Mr..
Neal stating that he is in the We certainly glad
that he has determined for better could not be
found in Ohio for that Office We certainly do proudly pre-
sent his to the Democrats of Hooking and ask them to
He is a salwa of district and be proud to regis
ter our votes for him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04

really American citizens, but the Ital-
ians prefer or are forced to herd by
themselves. All these matters will
have effect In helping along or hinder
ing the Italian colonization scheme for
southern farms.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
The Government Should
Prevent Overcapitalization
~ Governor ALBERT cyr1r1INs of Iowa

w HERE many things the government do check the
rising tide of combination for the suppression of cope
ton 1t amend laws that the stocks and bonds
of corporations SHALL NOT EXCEED THE CAPI
tai INVESTED in the enterprise and there will be instantly
moved of the potential motives for modern consolidation
this had been the law Carnegie would have endowed fewer
libraries but there would been less ofcnng of the MORAL
tissue for educational processes to strengthen.
the that had been in during
the last quarter of century nnecnhs of consolidation which
has revoutonzed business would have occurred and while
would have fewer magnates WE WOULD HAVE MORE MEN.
MAHuFAcTvaER3 WOULD
NAVE IN THE 2vhL7lzs CT T7h2l, IS
BETTER FIGHTING THAN 5E sT.7LEo TIE DUST
lTRUDoiNo BEHIND Tilr ca:cc-27-c c;s-ic-.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Beauty and the hsathsn.

AhC SiiNuSo OSeull uSho tllio
founding and far reaching question,
"Can ugly people convert heathens"
and for answer quotes Mrs. Dora S.
Soper's remarks as follows:
The practice OF churches In regard to
foreign missionaries Is to send to the
heather those who are not good looking
enough to get married. You can't be too
good looking to be a missionary. Good
looks is the fundamental qualification of
an up to date evangelist. Beauty acts as
an opening wedge to the soul of the be-
nighted heathen.
Sister Soper may not know 1t, but In
this regard Mt least 'the heather" seems
to be "allee samee Mclean man."
Those astute political philosophers
who in 1900 endeavored to make so
much capital out Of the fact that Will
liam Mckinley carried William ].
Bryan's precinct would do well to turn
their luminous minds to the fact that
at the recent municipal election Oyster
Bay went Democratic. What's sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander.
There Is precisely the same Importance
In the Democratic victory In President
RoOsevelt's home town as there was In
the Republican victory In the Bryan
precinct. The effect In each case was
nil.
People generally will be delighted to
know that Marse Henry Watterson is
about to shake the dust Of Europe from
his shoes and to return to his own
country, for he Is prime favorite
with all sorts and conditions of people.
He Will be able perhaps to tell VI some
thing new about the Spanish fandango
and "slch."
Kaiser William stirred up Europe by
his brief visit to Morocco, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt is stirring up the bears,
wolves, rattlesnakes and other denl-
zens of the great and gorgeous west
by his exploits as the modern Nimrod.
MIR. Joseph Chamberlain, Togo, Nogl,
Linevitch and the rest of the blgwigs
will have to get move on them or
they will be lost to view completely in
these strenuous times. There's not
llmelight enough for all. Just at pres
ent William and Theodore are monopo-
lizing about all there Is.
Mr. Circuit Attorney Jerome of
Greater New York has pronounced
Thomas Jefferson to be faklr. There
Is an old saying that living ass may
Kick a dead lion with impunity.
Hon. Robert NJ. La Toilette is still
holding on to the governorship of Wis
consin, though the term Of six years In
the senate to which he was elected be-
gan to run March 4. He has n prece-
dent In the case Of David Bennett Hill,
who held on to the governorship for
ten months after the beginning OF his
senatorial term.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Where Japs Are. Unp OpuIar.

There fs at least one place in the
United states where the accountable
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-05-04
Especial Washington Letter.l

- NCE upon a time, so the story
runs, there was n boy too ip-
y dolent to say his prayers, so
he wrote him one and glued 1t
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