The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 20

THE DECATUB Sunday Morning, September 1, 1912. THE EAILY REVIEW. BVBRY BAT. at Deeanr. UllMli.

PMiatHw The Review Publishing; Co. DBCATUR. IIX1MOM. Kvrtew emw North en H.W aAmi BH lm idra ThFM advance) WMk I. tearing elty for summer mar Review mailed to them dally without additional charm.

Address chanced ai often aa necessary, but both old and new should be (Ivan. Notify by phone or poetal card. THH REVIEW FOB. The question la who voted for Dick ftlps In the convention yeaterday. It looked (or a time aa If Senator Hanson would have to be recalled.

olothea haa been that our been carted away, but' It would be atlll more unpleaaant to on the burglar while he la at work and (et ihot. We might ilaen with a pistol under our pillow with the object ot protecting: ourselves and our property, bat the of our a member of. the. family: are altogether better than of shooting a burglar. We wlah that the police would capture the burglar and -Bend him- to the chair factory.

Of course It.la easy to understand that about difficult for our little squad of night police to find a burglar In a qlty ot 15,000 as It would be to find -the proverbial needle In-the hay stack. But 'Mil that does keep us from wishing that the police would capture him red hand, ed or any other way that will tag, him straight to Joliet-or Chester. We know that Sherlock Holmes and Craig Kennedy exist only In flctlon, but we believe that If the wits of an Intelligent police department such wo. have. In Decatur were matched against those of a burglar the police would ultimate- win.

The matter Is worth the serious attention of the police. The fresh air kiddies quite a hit in Decatur. If they so back to Chicago and tell their friends we may have a million of them here next year. Arthur O. Bolen reports sheaves of oats six feet long on his Canada farm.

Mr. Bolen has always been a high character for truth and veracity but he may as well know that he Is Just about subjecting our confidence to the breaking test. Since we are not from Missouri it would be a good thing- for him to telegraph for a sheaf or two of those oats and get them here before they have time to shrink. There is some Indication that we may have to withdraw our attention from perplexing pastime of a triangular political campaign and take some notlre of a war or two of our own. However, the situation must not be alarming, for the president is reported as Indulging in his dally game of golf.

It 1: possible, of course, that this Is no Indication of the gravity of the situation for the president would probably have played golf while the battle of Gettysburg was on. RECORD IN IN4CEST9. We have not made a new record this year for deaths by drowning, says Coroner Buxton. There have been six this season, three in the river, one at the lake In Faries park, one at Nelson park, and one at Woodbine. That is about the usual number of summer drownlngs.

but usually most of the victims drown in the river. This year half of them drowned In artificial lakes, which seem to be just as deadly Lake Michigan. But we did make a record In July for deaths which called for Investigation by the coroner. There were fourteen Inquests in July, the highest previous number being nine. Five of the six drownlngs occurred in that month.

There were several killed on the railroad and one suicide by shooting. DEMOCRATS AS SPECTATORS. Friday was political day at the Lov. Ington home coming. There were Re- publlcan, Progressive and Socialist and they were given all the rope they wanted.

Democratic was on the program. Frank Funk and Raymond Robins, Progressives, lambasted the Republicans, Speaker Charles Adklns laid the gad on the Progressives with vigorous band; Steadman, the Chicago Socialist, denounced the constitution, the courts, the political parties and the politicians. Judge Cochran took the hide off the Socialists, nailed It on the barn Boor and rubbed salt on It, and MeKln- ley made not the slightest allusion to things political. At the close of the Donnybrook melee Democrat who was present remarked: "Things all broke for Wilson and Dunne. There Is In sense In our exerting ourselves, when the other fellows are as busy driving them Into our M.

can he." WORTH CONSIDERING. We are again reading that here and there the busy burglar has cleaned out a store) gutted a residence, rifled an office, or been frightened away from window. The burglar is back from his vacation early and is his season with zest and energy. We expect to hear of him a great many times In the next several months and the Information In a large number of cases will be that he got away with the goods. Apparently his trade Is so that there la no excuse for his carrying life Insurance, The aggregate collected from the city anmml'ly in burglaries amounts to a good many thousand dollars although It Is an Insignificant sum when considered as a tax upon the wealth of the city as a whole Upon individuals the burglar's toll is Sometimes pretty heavy.

But It Is not so much what the bur- friar takes as that we dislike to have an evil minded person rummaging our premises while we sleep. It is unpleasant to find In the morning that trousers are in the yard with the pockets, rifled, that our best suit of ANCIENT FAM.ACT. The ancient fallacy that dene such good service in so many presidential campaigns, that protective tariff for the protection of the working man, securing better wages for him and safeguarding him against the pauper labor of Europe, might, like Tennyson's brook, have gone on forever, it protected manufacturers had been content to stay in their home market. But they are not. They Invaded the foreign markets and are underselling foreign manufacturers upon own ground.

The tariff reform committee of the Beform club, a non-partisan organlza- lon. gathered at the expense of much jme and labor some valuable on home and foreign prices of Ahier- can made goods. It is not easy to get at these facts. In the list of articles printed herewith the price charged home consumers is from 22 to 100 per cent more than the same goods sell for In 'the foreign market. That the excess charged home consumers not go to the working man requires no demonstration.

The list Is as follows: Wholesale Price Abroad In U. 8. Typewriter Sewing machine 35.00 Lead pencils, 2.2E 3.65 Aluminum frying .61 -75 Meat chopper 93 1.87 stove 16.00 20.00 'White Rose" toilet soap, gross 48.00 Gale steel beam chilled plow T.20 Remington rifle 22 SS.S4 Eight h. p. gasoline engine Baby 9.10 PROM THE PEOPLE, Abcnt Editor Review: Statements the city council Thursday by R.

F. Davidson and M. Fahay about a barbel wire fence built on the Morthland property In justice to the property owners need correction. It was stated before the council that there Is a public thoroughfare west of Oakland avenue. This Is an error.

The land has never been'given to the public at all and has been fenced all of the time except when the fence waj torn down by the people and the land trespassed upon. Records will show the Morthlands have paid taxes and assessments for fifty years and the city understands the land was never given them for street. As far as the Morthlands petitioning for the opening of Oakland avenue, that Is an absolute untruth. Others got the petition out and the city condemned the land and people familiar with the facts know that It was not to the heirs' benefit, It took their old homestead. It Is also known that Cerro Gordo street was not Included In this petition.

The parties stated that there Is danger In time of fire. Why Is Cerro Gordo street not opened through from Monroe to Mercer, across the Ice plant and also across the Kanan land? Those are the same obstructions and are just as dangerous. All this trouble came from F. Davidson coming on the Morthland property and Insulting John Morthland wben he repairing this fence as people had torn down the fence and broken the poets, and since being repaired It has been cut several times. JOHN MORTHLAND, MRS.

CHARLES GRING. Even Chance to Help. Aug. 31, 1912. Editor Review: It seems strange why so many people commit suicide yet there are a few places where we would do the same if we were put In those places.

For instance, take John Shadrick who hanged himself few days ago. We see him when he wae young and strong --an honest working man, with a good wife. Their future looked bright. They saved up a little money and went In the grocery business. It was not long until his money was gone.

Then he went Into the hog business with another man. The man was to furnish the hogs and John was to gather slop and was to get half of the hogs. The hog cholera came along and John woke up one fine morning with a lot of dead hogs. So he decided that the safest way to make a living for his flock, which had by this time become quite large, was to get a good steady job. So we found him working In the Mueller factory.

He worked for about eight years' there and the brass so poisoned his system that he had to give It up. But. alas, he did not quit In time. Be never was able to work after that. All through he tried to and did light haul- Ing.

He soon had to give that up. But his wife took In washing and with the help of'the children she managed to get something for them to eat and wear. Then, fate cane alone and- left the diphtheria In their home and It claimed a little girl six or seven old. But the mother stayed with Job and washed every day and many half night. But hit her another blow and her partly para- lysed.

She not use of one of hof not through yet. oldest boy took down sick and had to go to the hospital for three In about six months the next oldest boy had to go to the hospital for three weeks and the father all the was growing worse. We find at last almost helpless, wife's health'gone, his (Oldest girl married, and only two boys, fourteen and sixteen, to feed ten mouths, school about to, commence, and clothing to buy and back on the' payments on their house. And, oh, what Is the use to say any more? If the good people of Decatur, who have plenty and to spare, had only known they would have been glad to at least made It worth while to stay around In this cruel world a while longer; But It Is too late. But they can'at.

least help the poor widow and the two with their load. you do it? she believes that If she, had their home paid for she could make It all right. She still owes about on It. But the'people of Decatur ought not only to pay off her Indebtedness but also ought to build her two more rooms. If they could get the lumber the would build It free of charge.

What do you say? A. GARVER. NEW PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRESSIVES MAKE THE WAITED MOVE Now the Question What Will the Effect Be in Congressional Fight? The political oampalca has so far been lacking In exclUawnt. have been no stirring events. It-was promised that when Mr.

McKlaley 'on the Job the congressional campaign at least would begin to hum. has nearly a week and nothing hummed so far. Mr. McKlaley has. leveral speeches at comings, and has carefully refrained from talking politics.

In fact Mr. McKlnle-y would fain have the voters forget politics. It Is a bothersome subject at best and It Interferes with friendship, love and amity. He would have them remember Mr. MeKlnley, a courteous, pleasant, thoughtful gentleman whom it Is a delight to meet.

WAITED ON PROGRESSIVES. There has been a feeling that it the Progressives' move, and have waited on the The have moved. Thsy met In convention in Decatur aad nominated a third candidate congress In the person of John H. Chadwick of Tuscola. That tears loose a mass of doubt and uncertainty and it float away.

It is presumed that Charles M. Borchers and William Me- Klnley now know exactly the sort ot lob that is out for them and have figured out. NO GOOD GUESSES. It Is a singular fact that nobody Is able to guess with any feeling of cer- alnty what effect a third candidate for congress will have on the race of the other two candidates. It is probable both Borchers and McKlnley would lave preferred to fight it out flat-footed, between themselves, with nobody the ring, yet each, expresses himself as assured that the third candidate will not hurt his a liberal Republican put It yesterday, "looking at It one way it would seem that the third candidate wilt help MeKlnley.

and look. ng at It the other can see how he third man will help Borchers." DEPENDS ON DEMOCRATS. In Its ultimate analysis the result JB8BB B. NVWliOK. Jesse H.

Kewlon accepted the prlncipalshlp of the Decatur high school, which was offered him by the board of education Saturday afternoon. The matter of securing an assistant principal will be taken up by the board of education sometime next week. With the securing of Mr. Newlon all the vacancies In the teaching corps are filled. Mrs.

Minnie P. Hostetler will teach Mr. Newlon's classes in history until an assistant principal is secured. Old Settlers' Day Great For Mr. Candidate.

The Old Settlers and ion and picnic on' Thursday of this week giave plenty of enjoyment to all of the old settlers and soldiers present and did something else as well. It give those desirous of office a chance to seen and to get around and shake It surprising how many ot the candidates In the fall election at the grounds. Some of course were an ttie program and had to be there Other oame of their own accord. Mr. Candidate ambled about among the crowd and wherever he say arty one who even seemed to know him, shot out a hand.

The candidate soon met the friends of all his friends. And so it went. ALL DAT. C. M.

Borchers was there all day His speech did not come till what proved to be the last thing in the day but he was there early In the morn- Ing. L. Deck was also on ground early and stayed the rest ot the morn-' ing. His address came early in morning. His political rival, W.

O. HeCulIougih on the scene about the time Mr. Deck began to make his tddreas o' welcome. E. 0.

Brlntllnger, candidate for coroner, wiped away all signs the care worn face an smilingly greeted friends. In the afternoon all of then but Borchers left and a new set arrived It brought largely to Republican MR. M-KINLBT, W. B. MeKlnley was on the program so of coursa he was there.

No one a word about his ideas on from the platform, but Mr. MeKlnley expressed the feeling of all when he said "Well of course I can't say anything about politics, but we political fellows are always glad to be at such occasions just to show ourselves." E. C. of Lincoln put In his appearance on the platform and It was not long till William McGHnley joined him. Although none of them was on program the bull moosltes were on the spot and had W.

C. Dadds on hand pass. Ing out those little bull moose buttons which they hold so dear. HISTORY OF CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY HEFT. 1, 1863.

Generals' Phil Kearney and Isaac Stevens were killed at ChantlHy, Va. two north of 'Fairfax Court House In between 01 General army and command. Kearney kill- Ad within the confederate lines, having ridden forward to reeonnolter and penetrated within the killed In leading Reno's division. He was leading the In per. and shot dead, to depend upon the Democratic voters.

If the Progressive candidate ahould drag a lot of Democratic votes It will hurt Borchers. There is no apparent reason why the Progressive candidate should 'pull many' Democratic votes. It Is impossible to understand why any Democrat, however progressive, should quit his party at this time and follow strange The party always been in modern political sense. The head of the ticket this year Is as progressive as need and at the same time la sane and level headed. The Democratic candidate Cor congress Is also progressive, doubtless progressive as the Progressive candidate, and also has the qualities of saneness and level-headedness.

Therefore It Is believed that the Progressive candidate for congress will not have any material following of Democrats. He will get some Progressive who otherwise would have voted for Borchers, and he will get some Republicans who for reasons of political Inertia could not have brought, themselves to vote for Borchers. On the other hand, Borchers will get the votes of a good many Progrea slve Republicans who were not carried away on third party tidal wave. FROM REPUBLICANS. That the adherents of the third party candidate for congress will largely be drawn from the ranks of the Republl there can be no doubt.

The net loss to MeKlnley will be the total num- of these seceding Republicans less the who would have voted for Borchers if there had been no third candidate and less the Democrats who will vota the'Progresslve ticket, allowing that these would otherwise have voted for Borchers. The total vote of Borchers and Me- Klnley will be reduced by the total Progressive vota for representative. The question then, seemingly Is, from which of these candidates will most ot these be taken? And the answer apparently is that Borchers will be the heavier loser, the votes being mainly of who would have voted for him. But that not the actual question or the, real, answer. Tbaae Republican that will go to the.

Progressive candidate have been taken away'from both MoKlnley and Borchers. That Is. they lost to MeKlnley without a third-candidate! and they are lost to Borchersi with a third candidate. It being; borne in. mind that are (till lost to McKlnley.

The real question is, will Borchers lose enough Democratic to materially weaken him? Tnv answer Is that so far as any one can see he will not. He will get a good many Republican votes, and with something near the full Democratic vote he should win. WB TAUT CAMPAIGN. at Ticket Is Lost Hlght of In Election. So far one may see, there has been no Taft campaign In this county.

The Republican campaign thus far been for McKlnley. The McKinley campaign Is presumably the Taft campaign, but the head of the ticket has not figured conspicuously. No doubt there will be some presidential campaign 'later and there will be some speaking for Attorney James expected' to be at the head of the-national campaign as well as the state campaign. Mr. McKlnley has BO tar confined visible work the'send- ing out of literature.

The last piece of literature sent out was an adroitly written personal letter addressed to the voter and printed oh a duplicates letter presents to the voter a list of bills which he supported ana which would indicate that be one of the foremost progressives In congress. This letter was not franked was sent out under the regulation government stamp. LOCAL MEN STIRRING. Pries and Them Good Chance. The local candidates and especially the candidates for county offices have been stirring about among the voters a good deal.

The numerous chicken fries, home comings and have furnished them an excellent opportunity to meet voters in the aggregate. The Progressives promise a stirring campaign. Governor Johnson, the candidate for vice president, has promised to be here on the 17-th, and other (peak- era are being arranged for. 1 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY IN DECATUR ciuntjr issued JT. licenses during August Miss Clara, presented Superintendent Gaatmsn with a mottq In a frame, 'which she secured hes visit to the Roycroft at Bast Aiirora, RESIDENTS OBJECT; TO DEEP DITCHES A.

E. WUUiuB Cut Of frm living on UUnd," said A. 15. Flirty, 2401 East William street Saturday night. "The townkhlp commissioners have had deep dltthes dug on each side of Bait William from-Seventh to Eleventh stfeet.

They are putting town a conetete pavement and they have, lug those ditches for drainage. "In some the ditches are four feet deep and or wide. They cut off the residents from the and It Is impossible to grocery wagons to drive -up next tf the parkings. It's up to these eommli to do away with those ditct or there'll be some court to fight." CHEAP RUM INCITES I Alaska FUheraeB VteHmm Deadly Siltwtltnte for WhUky. San Francisco, Calv whisky made, of fishermen In Alaskan water insane, will the result that suicides have been ct frequent occurrence In fleet this season, according to Captalt Dahloff of the schooner W.

H.Jlmond which arrived last from tTnlmak Several of crew of Dimond were driven to suicidal mania by drinking the poisonous substitute for liquor and one of the men, after had been frustrated several times, jumped overboard to his death. GettlBa- Even. 'Satire: The Doctor--Hark! Whence those cries of agony? The Lawyer--They from the office of the dentist. Last week the chiropodist operated on the dentist, agreeing to take his bill out In trade, and now the dentist la taking It out. OXCCCC.COO33COCOCOCOXO^ YOU GET WISE Both Phones.

147 South Water Street. i The man who "gets wise" to our kind of work will be satis- fied with no other. He knows where to get one hundred cents worth of good washing for his dollar. DECATUR MODEL LAUNDRY NEWSPAPER!.