The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19

Denver, July 7, unanimously endors
ed proposition for publicity in cam
paign expenses. There will not be
much interest in the convention as
the nomination OF Bryan is a fore
gore conclusion
The Muncie Press feels constrained
to say: The deficit in the postoffice
department this year will be about
s6,OO0,oOO Enact parcels post law
and the deficit next year will be ten
times this amount To a business
man the question naturally arises as
TO why there SHOULD be any deficit
at all. Is the department not run on
business principles?
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The trial of General Stoessel only
confirms all previous revelations OF
graft, incompetency and general de-
bauchery OF the Russian war Office
The only wonder is that the Cars
armies were enabled to put up as
good resistance against the Japan
csc as they did. About the only thing
that can come out of the present
court marital IS humiliation and dis
grace to the Russian government
1t is sad to think that among all
the southern senators in this congress
there is scarcely one who can be re-
he'd upon to assist in any constructive
work They choose to be obstruc-
tionists, fancying that some petty
party advantage may be gained there
by. But the people always have de-
spised, and always will despise, the
obsructionist who has not intellect
enough to le9slate wisely himself
and devotes himself to putting OBJ
stacles in the way of better men.
All the Washington correspondent.
of rhe big city dailies say that it j.
now the field against Taft or Tai
against the field for the Republican
nomination. But these fellows a
Washington know very little abou
the sentiment of the country at larg,
and it will not be surprising to hnt
two or three candidates at Chicago
with more votes on the first ballo
than the Secretary of War Taft i
a good man however, and will b.
elected If he is nominated
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Now the Republican party is LET
free TO make its own choice, Taft
Hughes, Cortelyou, Cannon. Fair
banks, Knox, LaFollette, Foraker
anyone it likes. The head and from
the leader OF the party. the creates
and most powerful and popular ma
in it. says: 81 don't want it. | wi
not have it. I said so before and
say so now. I'll take care that tn
convention is not made up of Office
holders Now, go ahead and choos
your. man, leaving me out of j.
Governor Warner, of Michigan, hs
announced that he will remove Stat
Treasurer Clazier, who refused I
resign after his failure in business
State Representative Ward of thu
state also refused to resign la:
spring, despite the cloud of suspicio
which enveloped him as TO his cor
nection with The death OF a youn
woman, an employe of one of the d,
partments at the capital, who died
Detroit as the result of a Grimm;
operation There are some men VIII
seem TO have no desire to hide the
shame from the eyes of their fello
mortals.
The states have full authority owe
foreign corporations and can fore
them to accept any regulations, as
condition Of admission, they ma
deem necessary But of course. til
very fact of forty-six states enfort
ing, or having the right to enforc
forty-six different sets of regulation
on corporations raises the problei
of federal control in a new aspec
Uniformity of state regulation OF col
'porations is as necessary here as
England or Germany or France, an
federal control will be urged hence
forth more on grounds of exped
ency and convenience than on tn
ground Of the inability OF the state
to regulate corporations not create
by them