The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-07


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DANIEL w. coMsTock.
J. NJ. RABB.
FRANK RoDY.
Congressman Stanley, of Kentucky,
speaking recently of resolution he
had offered for the investigation of
the American Tobacco Company, de-
clared that the tobacco trust has
openly violated the laws more than
any other set of men outside the
penitentiary The tobacco trust ey-i-
IDENTIFY needs attention at the hands
of Attorney General Moody
Congressman James E. Watson be-
lieves that unless free trade is estab-
lished between the United States and
the Philippines this government may
as well decide to abandon the islands
IF we do not treat those people as
we treat the people of our other pos
sessions said the congressman 1--WE
will be unable to manage them, and
we might as well give them up at
once.
Robert Adams, representative in
congress from Pennsylvania and one
of the most popular and influential
members of the House, committed
suicide Friday. He left note to
Speaker Cannon saying that his only |
excuse for killing himself was that
his personal obligations exceeded his
resources This is a sad commentary
on the life of politician who tries
to be society man and general
good fellow in Washington. We sup
pose that Adams thought it was cas-
Ter to die than live on $4,000 a year
There ought to be no men of that |
kind III Congress.
The state supreme court has AFFIRM
ed the judgment in favor of the Van
dalia railroad company in which the
state sued for the recovery of nearly
two million dollars alleged to be due
the state school fund. The states |
attorneys charged that the railroad
company, by bribing Legislators, had
prevented the enactment of legisla- |
ton by which the debt could be col
lected. Judge Monk, the judge who
wrote the opinion, said the court
could not assume that legislation
would have been enacted If mem
bers had not been bribed, and proof
of such a speculative probability was
impossible
Sentiment is growing that the
Democratic state convention will
adopt a resolution favoring William
]. Bryan as the Democratic candi-
date for president in 1908. Alonzo
Greene Smith, one. of Thomas Tag
CARTS chieftains, and other men in
the Taggart wing of the party, say
that such a resolution undoubtedly
will be passed Hearst supporters
are working and talking against Bry-
an as well as against Taggart, and
will do all in their power to prevent
any endorsement of the Nebraskan
A lively fight between the supporters
of Bryan and Hearst is confidently
expected.
1t is really strange to see the ig-
norance displayed by Chicago pap
ers and other leading papers of large
cities. They tell us that John c. New
was one of the 300 delegates, who in
1876 at the Republican national con-
vention in Cincinnati, voted first and
last for the nomination of General
Grant for third term. The facts are
that general Grants name was not
presented in the Cincinnati conven-
ton. 1t was at the Chicago conven-
ton in 1880, when General Garfield
was nominated, that the famous BOG,
led by Roscoe Conkling and John
A. Logan made their losing fight for
the nomination of Grant.
The railroad rte bill has emerged
from conference perfected in nearly
all of its provisions and probably will
become law by the middle of this
week. One of the amendments pro-
vides that all persons shall enjoy
equally good passenger accomoda-
tions by paying equal compensation
thereof The other is the amendment
of the senate requiring that five
days notice be given to the inter
state commerce commission before
a temporary restraining order is
granted against a rate fixed by the
commission. This latter amendment
practically involves the whole subject
of court review and has occupied
more of the time and attention of the
conferees than all of the others to-
gether.
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Decoration day was appropri-
ately observed at Bourbon, Bre-
men, Argos, Culver, Poplar
Grove and other points in Mar
shall county. There was large
attendance everywhere and all
Business practically ceased
throughout the county Wednes-