The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-27


HENDRICKS & GILLESPIE,
PUBLISHERS.
aFFICE-Bissell Building. Corner LaPort
and Center Streets. Tele phone No. %.
Entered at the postofice at Ply mouth. lndi-
ana, as second-class mail mattel
Plymouth, Indiana, July 81, 1905.
Tom Lawson wants TO put Mr..
Rockefeller in the hands of a re-
ceiver. From all we have heard of
Mr.. Rockefeller, it probably would go
pretty hard with the receiver.
1t IS estimated that the forest fire
hend wipes out of existence $4,000
600 in property in this country every
year. Germany and France guard
against forest fires by system Of
strict police vigilance.
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The man who tried to assassinate
the king OF Spain in Paris IS no
doubt hater of monarchy and has
the courage of his convictions. But
if given chance to abolish kings
by means of the ballot it would
probably require a yoke OF oxen to
drag the fellow to the polls.
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The decision which places Caleb
Powers in the hands of the federal
court is based upon an assumption
that he cannot be guaranteed a fair
trial by the state of Kentucky. There
may lie some people in Kentucky who
really think that this is to be sue
cessfully disputed, but the majority
outside of the state hold no such
opinion.
1t has been announced again in
Washington that Postmaster General
Cortelyod is about ready 10 announce
his retirement from the Craftsmanship
of the republican national committee
and the selection of Harry New, OF
Indiana, as acting chairman. Mr..
Corte1you has settled contests ~
Maryland and Louisiana, and the
decks now being clear, he is ready
to retire from the national organi-
cation.
The state board OF assessment is
now considering the argument put
forward by attorneys for the various
traction companies of Indiana rela-
tive to taxation OF these roads. A
new arrangement has been sprung.
Heretofore the cry has been that the
roads were young, were simply ex-
periments but this year, the attorneys
argued that the material is old and
the property of less value because
improvements must be made. 1t IS
expected that all traction road as
sessments will be raised by the board.
Congressmen of Indiana who will
seek denomination next year Will not
all have clear sailing. Frederick Lam
dis, congressman from the Wabash
district will have hot fight J.
Wood Wilson OF Marion has an
nounced that either he or some other
republican from that place would
contest with Lands Tor the honor.
Wilson said that he had about deter
mined to make the race himself. He
is worth 100000 and is shrewd
politician Wilson said that he was
confident Grant county would be sol
idly behind him with its forty-eight.
Only seventy-seven are necessary to
a choice. Dr. Charles G. Good of
Huntington county, it was stated
positively will enter the fight. Lam
dis, who defeated Major Steele twice
for the nomination, had hoped for a
clear field.
The Kansas Supreme court in de-
ciaring unconstitutional the law pro-
viding for a state refinery says that
If the evil Of monopoly is SO great
that the state must enter the field OF
trade and commerce as a competitor,
we must amend our constitution and
adopt different system OF govern
ment. In the present instance the
court admitted that the provucation
was great, but the court could not see
way clear TO declaring the law con-
stitutional There is disappoint-
ment in Kansas, OF course, and SO
there is elsewhere. but it may be that,
after all, it will be the better for the
people as a whole If the state is
permitted clearly to override the con-
stitution, it will be difficult long to
preserve what faith we have in eth
er this or olr other institutions, and
the one thing necessary to the per-
oetuity of these institutions is faith
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Men who organize great corpor-
atoms are of course not supposed to
be working solely to promote the
public good. On the contrary they
are very likely to 90 into the bust