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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

The Associated Press gave scant atten-
ton 10 most important result of the cleo
ton Just held. Ohio has chosen delega-
ties to a convention to frame a new con-
stitution. Ninety out of the ll9 elected
favor the Initiative and Referendum and
6l OF these are pledged in writing in ia
vor of making the percentage on consti-
utional initiative petitions l. per cent,
on statute laws, 10 per cent and ON refer
endum, S per cent.
The victory was gained after hard
fought campaign in which the privileged
interests under the name of "Ohio State
Board~of Commerce moved heaven and
earth to defeat the progressive candi-
dates and elect reactionaries.
The battle would certainly not have
been won but for the preliminary educa-
tional work of Herbert S. Bigelow. For
the past five years he has been carrying
on a strenuous campaign, going about the
state to arouse interest in the Initiative
and Referendum and urging on reform
ers of different kinds the necessity of
getting together in order to obtain this
KEY to all reforms. This work he car
ried on in spite of obstacles and difficult
ties that would have discouraged any
man less earnest than he.
He is now being prominently mention
ed for chairmauship of the convention.
No better or more appropriate choice
could possibly be made.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
The World Movement for Democracy

[Chicago Tribune, Republican, Nov. 2. ]
In the future, when the political phe-
nomena of this generation can be seen
clearly, it is probable that the age will
be conspicuous for its wonderful demo-
cratic movement. 1t will be remarkable
not only because of the progress made
by popular government but because of
the general and sudden breakdown of
autoCracy.
1t is apparent even now that the old
order has no stability and no strength.
1t has crumbled almost at the first at
tack, as if nothing but the shell we're
there; as if invisible or hidden forces
had been at work OH its vitals. Only in
Russia has an autoCracy maintained itself
against a popular movement, and even
there a policy Of concession and compro-
mise has been needed to preserve it. 1t
has been almost as if the nations were
responding with sudden enthusiasm to a
fiery evangel of freedom. The dust
hardly settles on the ruins of one autoc-
racy before the crack of another is heard
They have fallen like the walls of Jeri-
cho at the sound of the horn. The old
order has not had the power to resist.
Revolutionists have not been compelled
to carry on long, uncertain and desperate
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

war to accomplish their ends r6bsolut-
ism, tyranny, and autocracy have been
discovered to be without substaice2-to
be mere shells with no body. lR
That so many nations in so few years
have found liberalism and democracy 10
strong and successful and the old order
so ineffective and weak iHdicatest the
progress of a world movement asrenlarlEs
able as any of recorded history It's eff
ects can be observed even in the most
democratic of countries. The reE0hsz
tionizing of political methods in the
United States and of governmental.
methods in Great Britain illustrates il -
the demand for Direct Primaries, for the
direct election Of United States Senators,
for the Referendum and the Initiative
here, and the elimination of the House
Of Lords as an irresponsible and unre-
sponsive legislative body there. 4
To the historian who will survey this
Vorld movement for political freedom in
the perspective of time it may seem as
remarkable a phenomenon as the cru
sades, as remarkable as the Renaissance,
as remarkable as the great Fifteenth and
Sixteenth century movement of eXplora-
ton and conquest, and as the liberal
movement of the latter part of the
Eighteenth century.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
THE REV. IRL h. HICKS
1912 ALMANAC

Before the great drouth Of 1901, the
Hicks Almanac gave timely warning.
For over two years prior TO 1911, the
Hicks Almanac again sounded tho
warning of drouth danger. And so
iur forty years this same friend of the
people has steadfastly refused the offer
OF spectators aud continued 10 warn
the public Of the coming dangers Of
storm and weather. As they should
have done the people have nobly sioou
by Prof Hicks, their faithful puh'ic
servant, who has grown old IN ihpr
service. Send only one dollnr n
Word aud Works Publishing Com
pary, 3iOl Franklin Ave, st, Louis,
Missouri and get his magazine and
almanac both one year. The Altman,
Hc alone, dne book of i5O pages, is
only 30 cruts by mail. Let everybody
respond and receive the warnings Of
our national seer for the coming year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

course, Duponts flagship still led ana
after turning sailed to within COO yards
OF Fort Walker. She was an especial
target. but was scarcely touched,
Brother Against Brother,
Fort Walker was the first TO fall II
was commanded by General Thomas
r.. Drayton. whose brother. Captain
Percival Drayton, commanded the Po-
cahontas in Duponts fleet General
Drayton said that the fire from his
guns was delivered with coolness aud
precision. but 10 his surprise the ships
passed apparently unharmed. The en-
nlading fire from the hanking ships
he declared, proved the most destruc-
tive 10 his work At the end OF an
hour and half the gunners at work
were exhausted and Drayton went
personally 20 n battery I'm the rear and
brought up fresh men. These fought
for four hours. and then, when only
three guns remained ht for service.
abandoned the work
The flight of the garrison from Fort
Walker was signuled by the Ottawa
Just as the flagship turned for the
third time 10 sail past and deliver her
broadslde orders were given TO cease
firing, and the flagship steamed close
and delivered a single shot II was
unanswered Captain John Rodgers,
serving rs aid to the flag officer, went
on shore with a flag Of truce.
The battle Of Port Royal was one or
the 6rst great Federal successes Of the
war and exerted a wonderful inhu-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

tic corporations a stop was put to an an
nual loss of 81 900, 600.
A law to prevent sales of fraudulent
ferterlizer saved the farmers 81 ,00O, 900 a
year.
The central board of control for 19
state institutions will save $500, 600 a
year.
Another law limiting the amount that
county officers can eXpend for clerk hire
saved $50 600 year.
By strict enforcement of the excise
law, public corporations will pay an ad-
ditional $3.50, 600 i'll 1911.
The competitive bidding plan for
awards of public money has increased
the states revenue SIS, 900 a year.
If State Auditor Fullington wants to
be honest he will call attention to these
acts, when he tells of the few salary in
creases made to get this revenue and
to stop leaks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
THE WAR FIFTY
YEARS AGO

of Belmont, Mo-, and Naval
Attack at Port Royal, S.C.-Gen.
u. s. Grants First Important
Engagement Victorious at First
but Finally Compelled 60 Retreat
Flag Omcer Dupont Won Brill
Iant Victory and Fine HarbOr
for Federal Ships OUtfOught
Confederate Batteries ON Shore
with Wooden Ships Brothers
Fought on Opposite Sides.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

Under the head Trust Prosecutions, -
the astute old Mercer County Observer
prints a list of wonderful achievements
of the COP. as a trust buster, We
quote one of the busted trusts It
names, to-wit:
STANDARD Oil Company, dissolved
by Supreme Court May IS, 1911,
This reminds us of an explanation of
the processes by which it was wiped of
the map, nicely painted by L, d. Cum
nuns in Bryan's Commoner, which reads;
"Some gigantic monopoly which has
been permitted to grow up unopposed,
lin the very shadow of the law, by throt-
Ting its competitors and making them
walk the plank to destruction, is now
declared to exist in unreasonable" re-
straint of trade, whereupon it proceeds
to break up in fractions which for all in
tents and purposes are yet parts OF one
great whole.
The whole thing reminds me of aking
who in order to destroy the swine, de-
creed that all the sows should have pigs,
Each great trust is another swine, and
the supreme court plays the part of the
king by whose decree each trust found
to be unreasonable" is made to give
birth to a numerous litter, each one OF
which knows its mothers voice and has
an inborn instinct to act in harmony
with the ideals emanating from the pa
ternal pigpen
The same court seems inclined to the
belief that it would be unreasonable
to impound the old sow, and that the
ends of Justice and the intent of the law
are satisfied and the public welfare con-
served by letting her remain at large,
with the admonition that she must forth
with multiply and replenish the breed.
Is this enforcing the law made for the
protection of the public? Is this the
acme of the craftsmanship and Of judi
ical wisdoma Or is it simply opera bouffe?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
Some Things That FullingtOn OOerIOOks

State Auditor Fullington in his detail
ed statement of appropriations of the
Democratic general assembly, pointed
out that there has been an increase i'll
salaries in old offices in the state house
of S75, l50 but the auditor, who is de-
voting more time to political manipulat-
ing than he is to the duties of his Office,
a rule that he learned from former ma
chine boss State Auditor Guilbert, neg
lected to call attention to the many
economies that have been affected during
the Harmon administration.
In one bill alone that of abolishing
county infrmary directors) the general
assembly saved the people S275, 900
year.
BY enacting the low rate tax law the
people were saved s., 900, 600 a year.
BY impartially enforcing the law levy
ing a tax on the capital stock of domes-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

the works named respectively Fort
Beauregard aud Fort Walker, consisted
Of forty-three guns about evenly dis
tributed.
Duponts plan Of attack was to sail
rapidly between the forts, deliver his
Ere ON both while passing; then. after
going two miles in. return and take
Fort Walker on It's land side, which
was the weakest As the heet adyane-
ed Tamalls ships met them In the en-
trance and the pennant Of the COnfed-
crate aagship was gallantly dipped
three times to the Wpbash for the sake
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

GENERAL GIDEON J. PILLOW, @. S. A., con-
sPIoUoUs AT BELMONT.
ence AT home and abroad 1t gave the
northern navy one of the finest bar
hors on the Atlantic seaboard as a
base for operations and paved the way
for the blockade OF the entire coast
south Of Charleston.
Other events of the week were the
seizure Of the Confederate European
commissioners, Mason and Sliden, on
board The British steamer Trent il
the bahama channel by the United
States steamer San Jacinto on the
sth. heavy skirmish ut Piketown,
Ky, between General William Nel-
sons Federals and Colonel J. $. VIII
liams' Confederate force on the 9th
and two minor actions at Occoquan
river, Virginia, and Guyandotte, west
Urn Virginia, on the 10th and 18th.
The Trent affair created a worldwide
I,nsation when the facts Of the seiZ-
ere became known on the mainland
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

We call the attention Of the Mercer
County Observer 10 the fact that on last
Tuesday, al Columbus, the National
Grange, the country's largest farmers
organization, declared unequiyocally for
the initiative and referendum as well as
the recall The mob is likely to give
the Observer another ft, as well as few
other political Rip NanWinkles,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

TThe Public, Chicago, Nov. Il.
Secretary MacNeagh's S Chicago speech
in support of the Aldrich Reserve As
sociation" is not as disquieting as it
might be if gold brick men were still
abroad in the land They might find the
opportunity propitious for selling a job
lot cheap to the Treasury This Associa-
ton is democratic, quoth the Secretary;
and it is not a central bank, though it
may do pretty much everything that
banks want to do and more than they
ought to.
WHY'S it not a central bank? Because,
so the Secretary explained, it does not
compete with other banks and it makes
no profits. OF course it doesn t compete
with other banks, it swallows them; and
as to making profits, if this Association
ism to make profits then no bank makes
profits.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

It is announced by the Cincinnati En-
quirer that Herbert S, Bigclow, who
made vigorous and highly successful
campaign for delegate from Hamilton
county will be a candidate for president
Of the convention. His election is high
ly to be desired In the Initiative and
Referendum movement lie has been a
State leader, if not THE State leader
more than one campaign. His
choice Tor president Of the convention
would therefore be at the outset guar
antee to believers in the Initiative and
Referendum throughout Ohio and the
country, that at least majority of the
convention believe in their pledges and
are standing by them Happily, too, Mr..
Bigelow has the nat ural aptitudes, the
in the school of experience, and
the knowledge of me and affairs in Ohio
for precisely such p'lblic service as will
be most needed in that convention -
The Public, Nov, IL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

By the official count of the election re-
turns of September II, the people OF
Maine did not repeal the Constitutional
clause prohibiting the liquor traffic. The
latest unofficial returns had indicated
repeal by a majority of 26 but the Gov
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

Initiative and Referendum who do not
care for these bulwarks of representative
government, and if there ere the unob-
trusive Mr. Foote will find them out.
Those, therefore, who do believe in these
reforms, pledge or no pledge, must keep
a neighborly but vigilant eye upon the
others if others there be.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

COLONEL J. O. uAUMAN, q. s. v, COM
MANDIEG THE SEVENTH IOWA AT BEL
MONT.
of auld lang syne. Then the firing be-
gan. Tanall was forced to retreat be
fore the broadsides Of his old friend.
Fort Walker had twonty-three guns in
position and Fort Beauregard twenty
The guns raked the channel for a long
distance, but Dupont carried his heet
sufficiently near the works to get their
outline the night before the battle and
anchored Just out Of gunshot
Moving at the rate Of six miles an
hour, the Federal ships were complete
" lost to view in the smoke Of their
own guns. The forts fred at blind
targets, yet bore on the channel, so
that many shots told. After passing
the forts the danking line stood of
and fred into works, while the other
ships turned and sailed over the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

ernor and his Council finding errors in
the vote OF four towns, announced ON
the 9th that Constitutional prohibition
has been retained by a majority of lSS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

To be sure, the government is to get
the surplus, should there be any after
the Association and its stockholders are
fairly well gorged but in the gorging
process the stockholders get minimum
of 4 per cent on their stock if the second
half of their stock subscriptions is called
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
The ALdrich- Taft Money Plan

in and of per cent if not. That it
won't be called in is not an unfair infer
ence. The concern could hardly be
managed so badly as ever to need more
than half the subscribed capital, for its
opportunities for profit rather than loss
would be phenomenal. The government
MUST deposit all its funds in this Associa-
ton without interest, and the. Associa-
ton may issue legal tender currency to
the extent of 5000, 900, 900 without the
slightest expense, without even loss of
interest on two-thirds of it.
Waving all other questions for the
present-there are several important
ones-we should like somebody to ex-
plain, what nobody seems to have ex-
planned yet, why an organization "of
bankers and for bankers" as Senator
Aldrich called this Association in his
Chicago speech-perhaps inadvertently
should have so great a privilege granted
it by Congress as the one it seeks with
reference to government funds. All the
receipts of the United States gov
ernment for fifty years to come,
must be deposited with this AssO-
ton. WHY?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

the victors seemed TO think that the
position, the armament and the camp
were the sole objective Of the cam
paign. When the guns nc Columbus at
tempted to fire upon the invading mob
at Belmont the shots passed over to
the merriment Of Grants men. They
changed their tune, however. the mo-
ment their enemies under the river
bank began to climb tall trees and send
bullets into the captured camp.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24
Successful Flank Attack.

ABOUT ludl llLlt HtNeLdl hltuAltIH
loaded with Confederates were seen In
the river steering for the shore above
Belmont, between Grants column and
the landing. Then began n general re-
treat, and from that time on until the
transports were reached the march
was one continuous brush fight. The
Confederates were mt home on the
ground Grants soldiers were nearly
exhausted by the excitement Of the
day and the labors Of the march, but
they gallantly fought their way to the
landing 1t was there that Grants
horse performed the difficult feat Of
trotting aboard over n single plank
twelve or fifteen feet long.
This sudden turn Of Grants fortunes
had been brought about by the prompt
and energetic action Of General Polk.
the Soldier Bishop" as soon as he
discovered that General Pillows force
was being defeated. The Federal gun
boats Tyler and Lexington, which had
engaged the Confederate batteries at
Columbus, were repused after two
attacks and retired to the landing to
await the results of Grants adven-
ture on shore The river being clear
Of enemies, General Polk crossed over
to Belmont in person, with additional
re-enforcements. striking the Federal
flank and rear, as aboye narrated.
Dupont Leads the Attack.
Dupont's task at Port Royal was the
dangerous one Of attacking land fortif-
cations with ships, and his feet was all
wooden vessels except four little gun
boats of the NINETY day" type. In his
flagship, the steam frigate Wabash,
Commodore Dupont led the attack,
paying no attention to three Confeder-
ate wooden ships commanded by his
old messmate in the United States
navy, Commodore Tatnall The forts
encountered lay on opposite sides Of the
entrance to the harbor about two nau-
teal miles apart The armament OF
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

celina. ohio, oetober 81. l9ll.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-24

hereby give notice that the Rates 0
able property i'll the several townshi
ools, .335. Total, .45l. County lie
r, 4; Agriculture, .02; Blind Reliet
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-21
BEATTIE LOSES NERVE;
CONFESSION RUMORED

Richmond, Va, Nov. 21.-
Throughout the day there was a
persistent report that Henry Clay
Beattie, sentenced to die in the
electric chair Friday, had con-
fessed the murder of his wife.
.It,is rumored he is much nearer
a, physical and mental collapse
than has been generally known.
! His air of bravado has entire
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-21

-fy disappeared, and practicable
every minute of his time is put in
either in praying or in reading the
Bible and other religious litera-,
ture selected for him by Rev.,
Benjamin Dennis.
1t is. said the alleged confession
was made to DR.. Dennis, but.
there is no confirmation available.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-21

man, IA married man of thirty
years, answered Benson:
eve let women vote out here.
They claim to be our equals in
everything. They ought to be our
equals when it comes to paying
the penalty of their crimes"
Mrs. Patterson leaned her
head ION the table, and her sobs
could be heard all over the room.
In the stiffness, voice rose plain
ly: X
What has become of the chiv-
airy of the West?" And before
the bailiff's gavel raped on the
table, the answer in a mans voice:
Woman suffragep
1t is expected that the jury will
be selected tonight A new jury
is in vogue in Denver, and all of
the talesmen drawn so far have
been young men, instead of the
usual professional Jurors.
IN. Hilton, attorney for Mrs.
Patterson, counts much on this.
He expects to appeal to the sym
pathy Of the men, most of whom
are married, to draw for them a
picture of a broken woman, driven
to shame and disgrace and insan-
ity BY dissolute, cowardly hus-
band.
-o-o-
BEATTIE LOSES NERVE;
CONFESSION RUMORED
III
Richmond, Va, Nov. 21.-I
Throughout the day there was
nerSistent reDort that Henry Claw
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-21

1t is. said the alleged confession
was made to DR.. Dennis, but,
there is no confirmation available,
SEN. REED DENOUNCES
SUPREME COURT
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. al
II will not bow to the dictum of
any court that never has taken
the trouble to read the record i'm
a case on which it has passed" 81
United States Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri, special
prosecutor in the second trial of
DR.. B. Clark Hyde for the mur9f-
der of Col. Thomas H. Swope.
Senator Reed referred to thee
Supreme Court of Missouri, and
his denunciation of that court hasr
caused CONSERVATION among law-1
yers. 80
Never before has an attorney,
of national prominence referred
to supreme court in such un-
measured terms in open court.
The cause of Senator Reeds
wrath was the ruling out of alt
testimony in regard to the death
of Chrisman Swope, whom the
Supreme Court decided died of
typhoid fever. q
Senator Reed said fatty the
Supreme Court didn't know what
it was talking about in the first
place, and was wrong in the sees
ond. %
The whole day was given up too
the opening addresses of theJ'
nroSarfffiof1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

ClOUX FALLS, S. D.-Lamro.
~ town of 1000 inhabitants and
several hundred houses, was put
on wheels the other day and moved
over to Winner, where, as the
result of bitter county seat war and
agreement between the two towns. it
was consolidated with Winner and as
town ceased wholly TO exist. Store
buildings, with their valuable contents,
were moved intact. Banks, with their
cash in the vaults, were put on wheels
and made the trip across the prairie.
Without disturbing the officials, the
county court house was hitched to two
of the largest traction engines ever
built and was hauled from Lamro over
TO Winner, where It was placed on a
foundation previously prepared for it.
The Lamro hotel, drawn by 70 teams
of horses, made the trip without so
much as ceasing business during a
single meal
Lamro was unique in being a town
built by Indians for the use Of white
men. Indians promoted the town,
sold lots, opened business houses, and