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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-23
A LETTER TO w d. FOULKE

II
LEEDS
MY self
activity political in Richmond and
Wayne County
through al
Districts with those
to line
their pockets with gold nched by means unfair and unjust
with those wish unaniay unsafe and unsighy
their greed and ev
dnc q their for the rights Of those who
schedules that make
mocky OF our protective who forms such alliances ana uses
thereby will of the people in
his of thinking political
Fouke
sought political forming Of the
entanslns alliances
In the affairs OF political and to the best OF Its
ability grabbA win
steal in Richmond that fight by the Palladium that
unfair
people
And-pardon
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justified his
justification with Furthermore
believe worldly the time and
this not
then is true that the present captstc system has right exist
s.
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Richmond BY
fishing that will
believes be those things which
lieves
franchise manufacture sell would have
benefit immediate supported franchise
mted by the company my 4mediate family are
the seeing that franchise
franchise
sisted in Its defeat to that extent
you Foulke Of
would take?
your
namely seeking political
willing political
IN the Palladium am preaching the political gospel Of political parties
to 20 into the political field and seek to have that which
preaching?
know you
would
Rnshvl
holding conventions stating that
the Sixth district to all could
adoption OF resolutions endorsing the bill You Will mm
the PayneAdch BILL And
showed list OF OF whom said the voters
would from their respective localities
could for
ward You said would
.
Of rather than
of delegates Wayne Though
everything
Chairman Basse
hint Of that to Judge Bnard
discussion County Chairman Wiley
information
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
RANG Them ALL UP

Col. Edwin w. Hine, the secretary or
the public service corporation, takes
freduent trips over the line and keeps
In close touch with the rank and t1le
of the trolley company. The colonel Is
a great admirer of the corporations s
employees and believes them to be the
b. P. o. e. Nevertheless he tells this
story with gusto:
On one occasion he was on the rear
platform of a fairly well filled car In
charge of loquacious conductor. The
latter ratified away at great rate,
taking a fresh lease upon the CONVERSE
ton whenever the colonel nodded MS
head or got in d word.
After having posed as the target Tor
a rapid fire verbal onslaught for sew
eral minutes, the colonel lifted his eyes
to the fare register at the end OF the
car. The movement was involuntary,
but detected by the conductor. who
managed a few minutes later to learn
the colonels identity. The one-sided
conversation was succeeded by an om-
inous silence, and the conductor, leav-
ing the platform, walked to the CEN
ter Of the car and without stopping
rang up exactly seventeen fares.
'I counted them" said Colonel Hine
afterward in speaking of the incident,
"and there was genuine satisfaction
every time the bell rang. Newark
Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
TIE LIMIT OF HERolsM

Mighty Napoleon, hands clasped he
hind his back. feet wide apart, trem-
bled as he spoke.
rs there no way to check the on
slaught?" he asked
mot even the Tenth Legion could
do itl' rejoiped Caesar.
''The Macedonian Phalanx would
crumble before 1t like a sand wall be-
fore a tidal wave,' declared Alexan-
der.
Worse than useless would be the
dusky cavalry of Carthage nuttered
the swarthy Hannibal.
"Tn such a war as this there lies no
virtue in wooden horse" Achilles
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

rose a xood-pay tenant boarderf LIT
want ad help you TO take It like ph'loso-
nhex.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
TAKES AGENCY

Mr.. Williams of the Williams Auto
mobile company has just returned from
a particularly resultful trip east, where
he made arrangements for the exclu-
sive agency for the Moon cars and for
the Schacht cars. The former will be
shown in the 80 and 45-horsepower
models. priced at $500 and $4,000, and
the Schacht in the style which includes
a roadster. a light delivery wagon and
a family car, all in one. The company
has moved from 1906 South Main street
into a large garage at 1894 South
Main street. where 1t has roomy quar-
ters and a fully equipped machine shop.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

chemicals, 90 IL million; art works,
1912 million and undressed furs, r.
"a millions.
The figures above quoted. showing
the percentage of the merchandise
Imported free of duty at various periods
are published annually by the bureau
of statistics and can be obtained on
application to that office.
1t is proper to add that the figures
for each fiscal year from 1871 to 1909
relate to imports for consumption whlle
those for the five months ending with
December last relate to general I'M
norts and while the latter are not
absolutely comparable with the annual
figures referred to, they indicate at
least in a general way, the proportion
Of the imports under the new tariff
entering the country free of duty In
comparison with earlier conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

gether with their managers and out
line a vigorous campaign for the COM
ing season.
The Empire roadster has been one OF
the popular cars of the show, and yes
terday sales were reported of one each
to r. A. Purcell, Tucson, AriZ.; r. H.
Hayes, Pasadena, and +. IL. Solomon,
manager of the Grand avenue rink.
Sales of Halliday cars reported for
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
INSPIRING

Visitor-Ten thousand students at
chanel to hear Rev. Drool! Isn't 1t
fInel What tribute to the power of
mani
Willie Rahrah-You bet. That ola
niebald ape is on the faculty, and just
one word from him would disqualify
every member on the varsity baseball
squad. Puck,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

remarked, more to himself than to the
others.
Let come who may, I'll hold the
bridge" thundered Horatius.
mot much!" exclaimed Leonidas,
they're suffragettesl'
And they all sat down and wept. for
they saw the day was lost.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
A LONG JOB

where have you been for so long,"
asked the head man of the menagerie.
Been watching one of the animals
clear his throat, sir" replied the at
tendant.
But does it take half an hour for
an animal to clear it's throat?"
Yes, sir: it was the giraffe, sir"-
Yonkers Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
He'd Seen Her

Mr.. Churchill see one Of those Saio-
me dancers has returned from Europe
with sixteen trunks filed with clothes,
Mr.. Gotham--For gracious sakes
What is she going to do with the
Clothes Yonkers Statesman,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
AUTO SHOW TO
CLOSE TO NIGHT
EXHIBIT HAS BEEN SUCCESS IN
EVERY WAY
DEALERS REPORT MANY SALES
ON FLOOR
Committee In Charge Congratulated
for Manner in Which Affair
at Grand Ave. Rink
Has Been Handled

The great independent" auto show
at the Grand avenue rink closes to-
night. and from every standpoint 1t
has been a success. Exhibitors have
been w-1i naid in the amount of buSl-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

feet from the track. without injury
to the frame, the only iunjury being a
slightly damaged rear axle and wheel.
Louis Bill, manager of the San Fran
cisco branch of the Rambler, has been
an interested visitor to the show.
While the entire exhibit will present
just as good an appearance today as
on other days, there will be no at
tempt to sell any cars
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

The Bulletin has had much to say about dirty work by
dirty in the sherfs office Readers of this paper know
the public generally know that the many glarng mscar-
ages Of justice in the circuit this county have been
due IN large to the infamous operations Matched
and carried out by the gang of iuryfxers and witness
brokers who permitted to nfes the sherfs office,
clothed by him with the garb of official authority servants
of the people only that they might the better Satan
1t is fact which not be denied because is matter Of
record that it only when such state of things existed in
the sheritfs office that the administration of justice in tie
circuit court in this county has been tainted with corruption
and contemplate in the eyes Of awabding men. This
not the only it is true but that it very conspicu-
and very potent cause is known to ALL When Sheriff
Nes appointed sheriff by the Board of County Commits
oners he pledged himself to his friends that this condition
condition should not prevail in his Offices he promised that
he would issue commission for deputy sheriff to any
who not reputable and who could be depended upon
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

glory: the essentials of good govern
ment and the interests of the com.
munity at Nome and abroad. lie.
rot IN RESISTING MODS, BUT IN
PREVENTING THE NECESSITY
Or RESISTING MODS IN THE MAN
NER I'M WHICH HE RESISTED
THAT or FEB. 17--lN PREVENT.
ING THE CONDITIONS WHICH AL.
WAYS AND EVERYWHERE
AROUSE THE MOB SPIRITUAL
WAYS AND EVERYWHERE,
WHERE MEN HAVE HEARTS IN
THEIR BosoMs AND RED BLOOD
IN THEIR VEINS.
The mob of Feb. II has nothing to
90 WITH the opposition to Mr.. Nellis,
except In so far as ne demonstrated
that he Is not capable OF meeting
such emergencies In the manner die
tated by good Judgment and official
r...:.1fency-fn the manner that AAe!
s1nr.far demonstrations have beer
met by his predecessors: without
disparagment to the cause of justice
without loss of official dignity anI
without injury to the community
And, aside from this--much more i'm
portant Than this--Mr. Nellis hal
shown. IN Ills brief record as sheriff.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
DESTROYS OF CURING THE
DRINK HABIT.

We are honestly DESTROYS of cur
ng all who are addicted to drink,
and If you are interested in any one
needing Orrine we invite you to
write us. Our correspondence is
confidential and our replies are sent
in plain sealed envelopes. Orrine
No. /, is the secret treatment, and
No. for those who wish the volun-
tary Treatment, 81 per box. Write
for free booklet on How to Cure
Drunkenness" The Orrine Co, 1857
Orrne Building, Washington, d. c.
The leading druggists endorse Orrine.
Sold in this city by p. G.. Sehuh &
Sons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
SHERIFF NELLIs' DEFENSE.

Last evening the Citizen repro
ftIcea in its daily in Cairo, an edi-
1orial relating to the sheriff's race,
which it had printed in its weekly
Issue several days before. for circula-
fion in the county. 1t need not con-
Germ us why Che contemporary hest.
fased 70 give TITS matter TO its Cairo
readers in the regular order OF
things, in the same manner that it
gives lem ali other matters which
appears in its weekly edition. There
may have been some special reason
for Withholding il from the people OF
Cairo: and there may have been
some later and better reason for Civ.
ing It 20 them, afer 1t had been sur
reptitiously put for tn in the county.
Be this as 1t may. 1t is matter OF
little consequence and is worthy OF
note only in so far as it smaeks OF
gum-sfoe politics affected by men
who are afraid to present and meet
an honest issue openly, before people
who are able to judge intelligently
and fairly
The contemporary complaint is
that the race issue has been raised
by opponents Of Mr.. Nellis for the
purpose Of pulling wool over the eyes
OF voters as TO the real issue. The
people Of Cairo need not be told VINO
raised the race issue. They know
that the contemporary does not tell
the truth. In so far as there is any
race Issue in the campaign, it has
been raised by Mr.. Nellis himself, and
his partisans II may have been
raised when he constituted himself
essentially, IL not exclusively, the
candidate of the negro voters of the
city. depending upon them wholly for
his nomination. 1t may have beer
fostered by the series OF meetings
which he organized and paid for-not
meetings OF voters, but meetings or
ganized and called exclusively for ne.
gro yoters--at which inhammators
ntterances were made by Negro
orators, one OF whom 1T. A. Head)
urging them to give Mr. Nellis their
votes without demanding the usual
price in silver, as they had been
paid in in advance tv white man S
blood The race issue--in so far
as there Is any race issue--may have
been promoted further when another
negro at a meeting Of negroes held
In one OF the country precincts de
clared. I'VE have killed one white
man and we ought to have killed
twenty" and 1t may have beer
given definite form and effect on Tho
registration day before the primar!
election, when Sheriff Nellls and his
lieutenants secured the city for negr.
voters and brought hordes of them t,
the place OF registration, who crowd
ca the entrance all day and till nea
midnight. preventing many whit
voters from registering. Whether O
not, and to what extent. all this tend
ed to raise the race issue with refsr
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

ence to Sheriff Nellis' candidacy, in
the sense in which the Citizen uses
the Citizen uses the term may be
left to the intelligent reader to decide
for himself.
But there is race Issue In mar
rover meaning OF the term than that
in which the evening contemporary
Would have it's readers understand it.
1t has been clearly and repeatedly
stated by The Bulletin. 1t does not
relate to the negro race as a whole;
lit has no bearing upon the protection
of negro criminals in the county jail,
as the Citizen declares--lT HAS
REFERENCE TO THE PROTEc.
TON or NEGRO CRIMINALS WHO
ARE NOT IN THE COUNTY JAIL
BUT WHO OUGHT TO BE THERE;
--RoGuES WHO MUST BE MADE
TO FEAR THE LAW AND ITS OF
FlcERs. BECAUSE, HAVING NO
RESPECT FOR THEM AS A MAT
TER. OF PRINCIPLE. 1T IS
THROUGH FEAR ALONE THAT
THEY MAY BE RESTRAINED IN
THEIR LAWLESs VACCINATIONS.
Cairo must cease 10 be recognized
and advertised as safe harbor AMI
refuge for the negro riff+raF OF the
sonth--especially from Tennessee. The
negro would-be rapist of Saturday
night has been In Cairo but five
weeks, according to his own stare
ment in court yesterday. He came to
Cairo from Jackson, Tenn, and, like
many others of his filthy breed
standing in fear of the authorities q
1.-THE south and restraining. his beastly
proclivities. concluded to come Il
Cairo where he had been given q
understand that "a colored man and
voter Would have some privileges"
The high duty which lies before the
people of Cairo now rs to proclaim
Ito the world that Cairo shall be no
longer the jumping of place and
sanctuary for the scum Of the negro
race Of the south, north. east and
west; and the question naturally
arises whether or not such proela-
nation will find expression in the
election of a man to office, who
stands distinctivvely as the candidate
of that element in this community,
even laying himself liable to penalty
under the election law in his efforts
to place the names Of negro jail birds
and ex-conyicts on the registration
books.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
September Circulation.

The above Is a correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1909 and for the month
Of September, 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this sixth day of October, 1910.
LEO J. KLNB.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

HIS failure to Gealize ana his refusal
10 admit That the law makes him
anything more than a collector OF
taxes ar1 OF fees, his appointment OF
unworthy men, black and white, az
deputy sheriffs; his Indifference as
the county's highest conservator OF
re peace-all this justifies the con-
clusion that his election would
mean a revival Of those conditions
in the sheriif's office which were 80
prolific a course of harm to the COM
munFty during the last several years,
and against which tbe friends of law
enforcement have so often and sc
fervently protested.
The Citizen cites the case Of muir
derer Jim White, defending the sherifi
against criticism on account of his
Indifference in that case. II says hall
the police force of the city we're on
duty but failed to catch White. But
the police force at least made III
effort to catch him. The police force
did not sit down at headquarters
doing nothing, taking no interest In
the murder, and trying to find justifi
cation for such conduct in the plea
that there was no extra money In
sight for them In the capture Of the
murderer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1903. 49,. .221
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of September
1910. ........... .213
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

Little Phyllis was a. a concert. The
leader raped and ,tf hpzz Of con
versation ceased "G. ANNA" ex
claimed Pbyllis "i"st si.tor to TIE
hush"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
Morality

My duty 10 my neighbor is most
nearly expressed by saying that |
have to make him happy--if may
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

a''i'Stes Sho" ual eYE one 10
this country ate SO polnts Of sugar
last wear but whether i vas trust ar
actual weigh, is not stated
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
D-,ed by the Limit.

Tn 81 ,fe inference of searchlight
the hunters of the northern woods
ran approach within a few feet OF a
90 roose at night. Some even make
70 rub the animals nose
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
true OptImism.

old smoker-After all. the best pipe
is a clay pipe When you drop 1t you
never have to pick 1t up.--Figaro.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

new About Ice Cream.
I'll st time three-year-old Ray
notic rainbow he shouted: oh
That IS just like Ice cream in the
Ky"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
L..s.craleees and Poverty.

Poverty produces masterpieces. but
vealth smothers them. You would be
able 10 count on your fingers all the
asterpieces produced by rich people
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

Tho nuIlstIn 10 on sale n ths III
swlns piaces:
CoIsman,s, 702 Commercial Avenue
halliday House News stand.
Dlua Front Restaurant
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01


Then there's the mob and mob law.
The contemporary SAYS: This
crowd who are seeking the defeat
Of Sheriff Nellis has not dared 10
meet the real issue the Issue
whether or not the law shall be su-
prame in Cairo / They have not
dared to come out boldly and say,
Because Fred D. Nellis defended a
negro prisoner in the cou house on
the night of Feb. 18th last instead Of
letting the mob take him out and
lynch him for stealing a purse We
are going to defeat him.
Surely, the Citizen does not mean
this. The words must have been
written without proper thought, in
utter ignorance of the truth or in
reckless defiance thereof. Certainly,
they are a gross SANDER upon ninety
per cent of the white people OF
Cairo-perhaps more. Before writing
the paragraph above quoted, the edi-
tor OF the Citizen could not have stop
ped to think or to discover who
composed "the crowd who are seek
ing TO defeat Sheriff Nellis," or he
would not have made such a
serious charge Practically all of
the substantial business men of the
eity are in "the crowd" referred to;
the leading men in all the manifold
activities of the city are in that
GROVE" bankers, lawyers, doctors.
owners and managers of the city's In
dustriat establishments, practically
all white working men, the largest
property owners, church men and
leaders in the reform and good gov
eminent organizations and Of the
comemrcial organizations of the city
are in that crowd" Tonight
meeting will be held at Swobodas
hall on Twenty-eighth street. 1t is
TO be meeting OF Fraser voters, and
among the men who have consented
to be present and to speak at this
meeting are Fl. $. Antrim, president
If the Cairo Board OF Trade, Chas. S.
carey, secretary OF the Cairo CONNER
eial club, and w. H. Sutherland, presi-
dent of the Cairo Milling Co.
Does the Citizen mean to be under.
stood as saying that these men seek
the defeat of Sheriff Nells because
re stands for the supremacy of law
In this city? Would 1t intimate that
these men and their associates in
'the crowd" who have so much to
gain or lose by good government or
bad government in the city; who
know SO well what mob law has
cost the city that these men are
against Sheriff Nellis because he
stands for law and order In the CON-
murity?
It Is not true. The people of Cairo
are rot against Mr.. Nells because
be stands for the supremacy of law
because he resisted the mob They
oppose Mr.. Nellis because they want
the law upheld, because they do NOT
want mob law, because they want the
criminal element In the city re.
strained and punished, when they
commit crime, through the properly
constituted authorities; they oppose
Sheriff Nellis because they believe,
| and have the best Of reasons to be.
lieve, that he will not serve these
ends.
Granting 20 Mr.. Nellis all the
credit THAT Ne may Justly claim for
resisting the mob of Feb. II, and
much more, and still his claim to
favorable consideration by law and
order loving people Of Cairo is not
sustained, for It is all lost In bis
lamentable failure to understand that
bis official duty and hin official
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
Mus, 30 a Pair.

one dupe Is as impossible as one
win. -SteI!t ling.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

serve the people they demanded to be served that his
office should be made hobed Of conspiracy for muir
derers and against people Mr. Nes has not kept that
promise Almost his first official to sign commits
sion man who has been known all the county and
years past Of the corrupt in the county
as one who bold and shameless in his dirty work in politics
and as one who has been unaithul to public rusa de-
faner-a sealer of public money paid by the people to main
tain the schools And Sheriff Nes has gone further He has
given commissions deputy shers to who have beer
for years notorious among the most Infamous of the gans
of ucepouters and iuryverc hucksers In the circuit
Ice ur of this county say nothing about giving commissions
land placing pistols into the hands Of Irresponsible mpudent
land disreputabe blacks.
And sheriff Nells has gone further than this. AS the
friend protector of the awess negro element he stands
confessed AS the protector of his corrupt white bench
men he has gone far to violate plain mandate OF
1.-THE law by failing papers issued in due process OF law
is matter Of knowledge that Ben Jones, who
lis Sheriff Nes chief deputy besides being political corrup
Zionist faser of ballots cast by voters in his precinct
idefaulter Of school district He has been
given ample opportunity to make good the money he
discovered but he has done Some time before the last
term of circuit convened the trustees, feeling that it
would be useless wait longer Mr. Jones decided to bring
suit against his bonsman George Miller The papers in the
suit were issued and turned Sheriff Nels to be
sed They turned to him in ample time to be made
matters of record the October term of the circuit court
lBUT SHERIFF NELLIS DID NOT SERVE THEM HE
HELD THEM IN HIS POSSESSION UNTIL THE TIME
FIXED BY LAW FOR FILING THEM HAD EXPIRED
AND TT WAS TOO LATE TO FILE THEM. He may be
able explain why he did this. but the absence of
satisfactory explanation the people must draw their own
lconcluSionS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Nov. |.

Bombardmenr OF Capua. the
only fortress guarding the APP
proach TO Naples on the north,
by King Victor EmmanuePs
forces.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-01

1t stands that the people of Cairo and Alexander
county must the shers office from the hands and
control of inefficient Indifferent and corrupt men, they
hope to have clean administration of law with peace
and prosperity in their city and county They put
person into that important office who will not be the tool Of
constituencies politicians who place their interests
office holders above the interests of the people, and who will
scrupe at nothing promote them matter what cost
ito the people They must place in that office who is
mot the recognized protector of that element this
munity whose crimes primarily responsible for tie
boodest chapter Caros history and whose dominat
this community, through the election of Mr. Neis next Tues
day will mean incalcuabe harm to the entire county