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That's SAFETY what savings you can FOR account INTEREST depend at YOUR FOUR with upon the when PER you CENT. DOLLAR open that Farmers Trust Company 10 East Market Street WISE TALKS BY THE OFFICE BOY man, who had been reading the fortune teller's ads in the Sunday paid one of them a dollar the papers, other day to tell him "he would be without money until he was seventyfive, and by that time he'd be used to It. That was encouraging, wasn't it? Those human guessing machines are great. All you have to do is to pay your money -they do the rest. The give you.

There is one thing about more you pay the better jolly they The When store. They have no two sets of prices and they tell you the truth. often hear our clothing men "It's a shame to sell suit like say, this for $18.00. Why, it is worth $25.00 of any man's money." But it la a way the old man, has. He says he knows we sell goods on awfully close margins, but that's one of his secrets of success.

Did you ever see neckwear to equal our 48c grades at any such price? Well, I guess not. SANGERFEST FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT SUBSCRIBERS TO FUND GET 28 PER CENT. DIVIDEND. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES The local committee that had charge of the finances of the North American held- in this city is now ready with its final report. This report will show a return of 28 per cent.

to the subscribers to the guaranty fund after all expensen have been paid. Each one of these. subscribers not only had full value for his subscription in tickets for. seats, but will also have this large and unexpected dividend. In other words each subscriber to the guaranty fund got dollar for dollar in seats to the concerti, which he could use himself or dispose of as he saw fit, and now shares in this amount, $7,974.35, after all expenses have been paid.

The largest contributors were the Merchants' Association. Brewers' sociation, Clearing House Association, $1,500: street railroad company, Indianapolis News. $1,000: John Frenzel: $1,000. From these amounts the individual subscriptions ran down to $6, making a total of $25,150. The total celpta amounted to total expenises, $37,294.62.

WHITMORE ON THE STAND. Man Charged With Killing His Wife Testifies at Jersey City Trial. NEW YORK, October the trial at Jersey City Theodore 8. Whitmore, of Brooklyn, for the murder of hie wife in the Lamp Black swamp, defendant himself was placed on the stand to-day. He appeared to be wholly at cane and began the story in his own defense.

Whitmore said he cond his wife had not been on good terma some time and that he had seldom seen her except when she -needed money. In the year before her death had seen her twenty times perhaps, He did not see her at all on December 22 or December 23 last, but on: Christmas night was told she was in the street near his home. went out and spoke Whitmore. "'Then I took. hold of her and she dropped her pocketbook.

I picked it up and went back to the house. Later O' Neil, one of the tenants, told me my wife was crying out in the street over the loss of her pocketbook and. 1 sent it out to her." INDIANAPOLIS AND VICINITY BRIEF NOTES OF THE DAY. Mrs. Carrie Quinn will hold a sliver medal contest at the Emanual Baptist church.

Woodlawn ani Laurel streets. to-morrow night. Oak Circle, Independent Order of Druids, will give a card party to-morrow night at Red Men's Hall, Indiana avenue. Palmer T. U.

will meet with Mrs. Draper, 1247 McLain street, to-morrow afternoon o'clock. party to night in the Red of Men's will Hall. Alfarata Council, D. give a card JOHN A.

LAPP ACCEPTS. the State Librarian. has received notice from John A. Lapp, Cornell Untversity, that he will accept the altion of legislative librarian of Indiana, for which he recently passed a successful examina: ton. Mr.

Lapp will come here as quickly As he can. and Mr. Brown, belleves that will not be later than the last of this week. REV. GEO.

W. RULAND Says Vinol Built Him Up and Strengthened Him When RunDown and Overworked. iT have used the cod liver and iron preparation, Vinole as a tonic and I do not believe there is any other medicine that -can equal it. It built me up and strengthened me when rundown and. overworked, Vinol has done for me more than was claimed tor it." Rev.

Geo. W. Ruland. Keene. N.

H. Vinol is an honest medicine, it contains no injurious drugs, but it actually does contain all of the medicinal, curative and body-bullding elements of cod liver oil actually taken from fresh. cods' livers without a drop of oil to: upset the stomach and retard its work, and tonte. iron added. Vinol is recognized throughout the world as the greatest stremeth creator for old people.

weak. sickly women and children, and to build up strength after sickness. Vinol is also unexcelled for hacking coughs, chronic colds and bronchitis If Vinol fails to give satisfaction we Henry J. Huder, druggist, Indianapolis. I always return on demand.

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May Seth M. Richcreek was a private banker this city, until November, 1907. when he disappeared suddenly, taking with him the of the funds bank. He had engaged largely the business of buying contractors, assessment rolls and financing contractors. TELLS WHY HE IS "SORE." Ex-Judge Alford Replies to a Criticism by Bookwalter.

In opening his. address, last night, at the Independent Republican meeting. Fremont Alford said he wanted to present some facta connected with the management of the county as run by the Republican ring and bosses. and that he would show where part of the money has been going. "A man 1s a loyal Republican when he insists on party honesty," he said.

they tell me I must vote the ticket as prepared ring, they call me A disloyal Republican, or any thing else they please, The speaker said the Republican party had drifted away from what it had used to represent, and that It must get the back party honesty if it wanted support of good men. No personal grievance should drive a man from party, he said, but when party management represented graft and stealing, it was time for him to cry out against it. "When the voters have elected men to office who abuse their office, the manly thing for the voters to do is to undo their acts. Linton A. Cox is going around making speeches, saying that it is not true that Republican rule has increased our taxes.

I don't know whether Mr. Cox believes in Christian Science. If he can icole at his tax and say that his taxes have not increased he will have to use Christian Science on it. As for me, I haven't the faith. Let's select honest men for office, even if we hare to throw the other party out.

As to Bookwalter's Criticism. "As to Bookwalter's criticism of me, you can tell when a bird is shot by the way it flutters. I am going to admit to him that I am sore. I am not sore because I was not re-elected judge of the Criminal Court. The ring had a right to self-defense.

It used self-defense when it defeated me, and I will not deny It its right." Then Judge Alford detailed his reasons for being sore. "I am sore because Wendell 0. Bangs and other city authorities started Monte Carlo in North Delaware street, and the mayor and chief of police, could not discover it. I discovered it, and some men had to leave the city for their health until I. retired from the bench.

"I am sore because Bookwalter attempted to tear down Tomlinson Hall and wasted $50,000 of the money. am sore because it will cost the peopie $1,000,000 to build a city hall which Bookwalter Is starting. "I am sore because I helped to elect Bookwalter when he promised to give a new and square deal. Then, when he was elected to office, Elliott, of his Board of Public Works, asked for a new franchise for the Indianapolis Telephone Company. A few months ago the same board did sign a new franchise, which will cost the telephone users about $100,000 a year for thirty years.

"I am sore because Bookwalter promised to favor gas, and then didn't do it. Who appointed the city attorney? What has Bookwalter done for cheap gas?" Other Reasons for Soreness. Other reasons given by Judge Alford for being sore were: Because Robert Bryson was appointed postmaster after the people had defeated him for county auditor on account of not wanting Bookwalter to control the auditor's office; because "Baron" Rothschild was appointed custodian of the Government building: because Bookwalter was sent to the Chicago convention by the machine; because the county's bonded Indebtedness has grown to an enormous extent; because it WAS possible for Emmett Huggins, a mere boy, to steal $6,000 from the people; because Haag could sell an X-ray machine to. Julietta asylum for about five times its worth; because the expense of boarding prisoners at the county jail has grown from $19,000 to because Mike Jefferson has used his office for political purposes only; because during the last two years the City Council and the Legislature have placed an additional burden on the people of about $100,000 a because a justice of the peace was saddled on Center township which did not need him: because the county paid $20,000 commission to politicians for recommending voting machines: because John Ruckelshaus worked for the brewers in the last regular session of the Legislature, and (now claims to be their enemy. Still More Reasons.

Judge Alford read from the Indianapolis Star of September 21, 1907, detailing an alleged immoral dance which Mayor Bookwalter attended. "That ought to make any decent man sore," said the speaker. Judge Alford charged that there had been extravagance in the management of the street department by Joe Hogue, the Republican candidate for sherIft. He said that $100 month is now being paid for automobile expenses In having Al acting street superintendent while Hogue is running for sherin, hauled about the streets. It was charged by the judge that while Hogue was superintendent he lent a sewer machine to the Marion County Construction Company.

which took the machine out of the city, and did not pay $180 for, its use untie it was noised about that Judge Alford was intending to inform the grand jury. Judge Alford wondered why the elty paid for 986 feet of sewer which the street department placed in Irvington in the vicinity of the residences of Councilman Portteus and Emmett Huggins. Judge Alford said he had heard from three different sources that John MeGregor would demand vindication by running for mayor next year. suppose McGregor will run for mayor on the certificate of innocence that Charles Roney he said. Roney had a job within a week after he signed it." Succession in Office.

It was asserted by the judge that Pierson Mendenhall is being trained as Treasurer Robison's successor. As to Robison, Judge Alford said he had fused to examine the books of his predecetsor on the ground that his own books were correct. asked Isidor Wulfson that, whether should he be elected township trustee. he would examine the books of Mendenhall and West." said the judge, "and he repiled that It would be none of his business what other books showed, if his own books were kept correct. Orpheus Teague acted as chairman, of the meeting, which had been arranged by independent Republicans.

George Prohibition, candidate Hits. for county commissioner, made the opening address. said that although he was on the Prohibition ticket, might be classed as independent Republican. an Court Reports and Te the Editor The News: Sir At the approaching election the lawyers and Judges of Indiana should not overlook the improvement in. our Supreme and Appellate Court reports Inaugurated George W.

Self. the present Reporter of the Supreme Court, is a who candidate for re-election. Not only have the methods of reporting been greatly improved by him. to the conventence of busy and overworked judges and lawyers, but the character of the mechanical construction of the reports has also been vastly improved. Let us re-elect Mr.

Self 50 the good work of improvement may continue. Cordon, October 20. LEX. WANTS BOOKS EXAMINED FOR LAST EIGHT YEARS MAYOR SAYS SCHOOL BOARD AF. FAIRS SHOULD BE PROBED.

APPOINTMENT OF BIRD In discussing the efforts of the Board of School Commissioners to locate the alleged discrepancy of $1,258.41 in the school funds, Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter said to-day he would urge that the auditing committee go. over the school board's books for the last eight years. He said that unless such a step is taken it would be practically, impossible to locate the shortage. It developed to-day that it has always been the custom of the special auditing committees appointed by the mayor to regard the difference between the amount of warrants issued and the amount paid on warrants as a and that this was regarded as the amount necessary to: cover outstanding warrants.

"As I understand it, the auditing committees have never compared the, outstanding warrants with the said the mayor. Why Bird Was Appointed. Relative to the appointment of Frank Bird, deputy auditor of the school board under Jacob P. Dunn, who was city controller at the time, to audit the books for the last six months of his administration, the mayor said the appointment the solicitation of Bird's friends. of his friends came to me, that Bird was in need of money and that, being familiar with the representing work of the office, he would be a valuable ald on the auditing committee.

I had been in office seven months at the time, and did not realize at first that be would have to audit the books for six months of his administration. "When I discovered that fact I went to the city controller and talked the matter J. over W. with As I accountant, appointed result on the committee with Bird. Hamilton, an expert "The following year Bird again solicited the appointment, but I refused to make' It.

This year he was recommended for the place again, but I did not appoint Exact Amount Not Known. It was reported yesterday that experts at work ion the books had succeeded in lowering the alleged discrepancy to about $300. Samuel P. Stoddard, the present deputy auditor of the Board of School Commissioners, said this was not a fact. He said they had reached a dozen different results, all of which had proved incorrect.

He said the question was probably no nearer a solution than it had been. The matter of appointing an auditing company to go over the school books has been left John E. Cleland, business director of the Board of School Commissioners, with power to act, his provided estimation, the asked is not, in too much. It is probable the appointment will be made within a few days. A report submitted to Edward J.

Robison, county treasurer, presented to the board Tuesday night, is said to have covered only a few months of the administration of Mr. Dunn as city controller. The Voice of the People to the editor, intended for publication, should be made as brief as possible, and should deal with toples of current interest. The name of the writer should always be given, though it will not be printed 11 the writer so requesta. Anonymous letters can not be printed.

The editor reserves the right to reject or to edit all communications. None will be returned unless accompanied with Ohio's Negro Voters. To the Editor of The News: Sir-Considerable attention is being paid to the negro vote of Ohio, as the Republicans know it will be necessary to secure that support to carry the State for Taft. Cincinnati, the home of Taft and Foraker, is the -storm center of the opposition to Taft. It appears that there is a prejudice among the negroes against the Taft family, due to various causes, some of which are not political.

This feeling has been growing for years and is in part the outcome of race discriminations by tenants of P. Taft. It is argued that the hotel which refused accommodations to Joseph E. Lee, of Florida, the colored member of the committee which notified Taft of his nomination, is the property of C. P.

Taft, and that a number of theaters where negroes are segregated, or, as they call it, "Jim Crowed, are also a part of the Taft estate. It is but say that the rank and file of the negroes living in Cincinnati and suburbs are far above the average in intelligence and one of the timers" expresses himself his opinion carries much weight. 'This is due to the fact that the early regro settlers of Ohio have always enjoyed the public school privileges. Oberlin College was established largely in the interests of the education of negroes. And stress is put on the "first families" of Ohio because of superior advantages that the college people had over members of their race in other sections of the country- even in the days of slavery and the underground railroad.

It is because of this fact that there is found more independence and more general intelligence among the old resident negroes than among negroes elsewhere. the attitude of large and Influential number of voters In Hamilton county may be, there lies in the background years of learning and opportunities which enables them to know why they are for a candidate for office or against him. There is real opposition to Taft among the "old-timers" or the ancestors of negroes who boast of having never borne the yoke of Alavery. And they know the Taft family. The writer accosted an old negro seated on a box in front of a drug store which is owned and operated by a negro, and asked if he was going to vote tor Taft.

He replied that he was not, giving as his reason that when Taft was judge of the Court of Appeals he refused to recognize the merits of 8 colored boy, who was connected with the court in a minor capacity, but gave evidence of ability and worth. He said that this young negro was familiar with every book and all the cases connected with the court and that after the Government decided that. the court should be made a permanent institution and remain no longer an experiment, Taft had the appointment. of a librarian, and pressure was brought to bear to have the negro appointed to the place. But it was given to a white man, who only considered it a sinecure, while the negro did all the work and the white man drew the salary.

This is a sample of the grievances against the Republican candidate for President. It is claimed that the Republican organization is worried over the situation, not so much because of the negroes themseives, but on account of the large following Senator Foraker has among them. It is stated on what appears to be credible authority that at least 75 cent. of the negro voters of Cincinnati wish to do whatever they belleve Senator Foraker would like them to do. And it is generally understood that the negroes will presume largely upon his supposed wishes and vote for Bryan.

or remain away from the polls. A negro attorney of Cincinnati makes the following statement: are a few Colored men in the country who seem to be scared since Maryland and Virginia have passed Jim Crow laws lest. Ohio and Indiana follow suit. wish to say if the black laws of Virginia have caused the negroes of Richmond to open four or five hanks, form insurance companies, build decent hotels, made the negroes producers as well as consumers, made them to see the distinction between mere privilege and property, and mere tempo. rary -if these laws must be made to keep US from our shalFlow attempts to conceal our Identity, a little taste of these laws would not do Cincinnati and Indianapolis any harm with its negro population, with not enough energy to take a lesson from Virginia.

These laws can not hurt if they come, even from Democratic hands, if this is the crime this party has committed in the State of Virginia" There is an evolution working among the negroes, politically speaking, a pastor of one of the large colored churcher says. Bolt Taft and vote for Bryan is our battle said he When the colored Masons were here, recently, some effort to sound them as to presldential preferences was made. Numbers of them said that they would rote for QUESTIONS RELATIONS OF ENSLEY AND RICHCREEK, EX-JUDGE ALFORD PRODUCES CHECKS AND PAPERS. SUGGESTS A PARTNERSHIP "Were Oliver P. Ensley, former county treasurer, and Seth M.

Richereek, now away for his health, partners in the sewer and street improvement, bond and "While treasurer, did Ensley use the people's money in financing Richcreek in the businees? were questions asked, last night Eremont. Alford, former judge the of Criminal Court, who spoke to enthusiastic crowd of Independent Repubifeana at the Red Men's Hail. Fountain Square, on the subject. I am check from him, I lost no time cashing it. Ensley's Way of Explaining It.

Mr. Alford produced checks, aggregating more than $100.000. which had been Issued by Richcreek Ensley while the latter was treasurer, and had been cashed by Ensley through various banks. He said the existence of those checks brought up the questions he asked. "The people would like to know what they were he said.

The checks, he asserted, showed an umbilical cord between Ensley and Richcreek. To-day Ensley denied having had any business dealings with Seth M. Richcreek, except as treasurer. A Score of Reasons. More than twenty definite reasons were given by ex-Judge Alford to show why he was "sore" at the Republican county ring, and Ensley's transactions while treasurer were given as one of them.

The speech was in a measure a reply to Mayor Bookwalter, who recently gave out an Interview accusing Judge Alford of being sore. Judge Alford admitted he was sore, and he proceeded to tell why. giving the Epokwalter machine scathing denunciation. Judge Alford Identified Ensley as one of Bookwalter's lieutenants, who has "helped Bookwalter every time: he has been saddled on the people," and called attention to the fact that Ensley is still the publican chairman of the Seventh congreasional district. A fat pile of checks was produced from Alford's pocket.

No explanation was made by the judge.as to how he obtained the checks, but he exhibited them to the crowd as visible proof that Ensley, while treasurer, did transactions with amounting to more than 000. He showed that on February 10, 1904, a check was issued by Richcreek to Ensley, payable at the Merchants National Bank, for $8,916.50. On September 8, of the same year, another check, payable at the Indiana National Bank, was issued to Ensley for $5,000. Another check for $2.984.07, payable at the Columbia National Bank, was issued by Richcreek to Ensley on September 28, 1905. Afraid of His Own Bank.

"This shows that Richcreek kept his money in other banks than his own," said Alford. "Some one must have put him next to the fact that he had better not keep his own money In his own bank, but that it would be well to place his money in other banks, and advise other people to place their money in his own Judge Alford showed that from January 10, 1906, to November 6, 1907, Richcheek paid a large number of checks to Ensley. aggregating a large sum. The of the checks were payable at the Columbia National Bank, but many of them were payable at the Richcreek bank. "I won't attempt to say what this money was paid to Ensley for, said Alford.

"The checks themselves don't show. One for $14.69 says 'for Could it be that Ensley and Richcreek were partners in the sewer. and street improvement bond business? If Ensley was financing Richcreek in this business, the people want know. Ensley loaned Richcreek so much money, he was lucky in cleaning up 80 well before Richereek left town for his health. It he was dealing with Richcreek in sewer and street improvement bonds, he must have been pretty close to the throne.

One hundred thousand dollars. was a pretty good sum for the treasurer to have." Adds to His Exhibits. To-day Mr. Alford added to his list of exhibits a package of papers containing six assignments of assessment rolls for sewers from John Jenkins to Seth: M. Richereek.

On the back of the last of these, forming the outside when the papers are folded is written "Assignment of John Jenkins to S. M. Richcreek. Sold to 0. P.

Ensley- $9,000 pd. April 24, 07. Under the la written in peneil, $2,000 and the two amounts added to make $11,000. A sheet of paper pinned on the front of the package gives a list. of six sewers, naming them, with amounts specified beside them.

They are totaled on an adding machine slip, also pinned to the first. page, making $10,493.24. "I can not say what the significance of this is." said Mr. Alford, "unless it is that assignments totaling $10,493.24 were sdid by to Ensley for Mr. Ensley, when seen, said he had never bought any of Richcreek's assignments.

"My only, dealings with him were as treasurer. he said. "I do not remember anything about the checks he may have paid in, but they probably aggregated a great deal. I only know that if I got a checks were probably used in making settlements with me as treasurer for amounts which he had collected on assessment rolls bought from contractors. Where property owners did not settle and It was necessary for him to bring suit, payments were sometimes made to him: directly, instead of to the treasurer.

It was then necessary for him to turn in the money to the treasurer. He was the only man in that business. I believe, that the property owners ever made such pay: ments to, but he collected a great deal of money in that way. Ensley said the had never been in partnership with Richcreek in financing but had financed contractors while he was treasurer. Every treasurer for thirty years has done that." he said.

"The money I used WAS my own money, however. not the county's money." In the office of the city controller in the Index to assignments of assessment rolls, page ds a list of eight assignments from S. M. Richereek to C. 0.

Harris and in the number are included the six in the package held by Mr. Alford. C. Harris was cashier in the treasurer's office under Ensley and Robison. holds the same position with Treasurer Mr.

Harris said to-day that any assignments which he hought from Richcreek or anybody else were for Enslev and with Ensley's Ensley, money. said, His name was used by he sometimes, and he said he supposed it was done as a matter of convenience, he being cashier and handling the checks. Could See No Reason for Checks. Harris said further that he could see no occasion for Richereek's paying large amounts into the treasury. Richcreek sometimes collected from property owners who tailed to pay their sewer or street assessments in time.

and turned the money in -to the treasurer. Where suit was brought and collection made by foreclosure, the money was collected by the county clerk and by' turned over him to the treasurer. However, in case the owner paid on notice of an property tention TO sue, compromised before suit was determined. Richereek received the directly turned it into county. Harris expressed the opinion, that would be an extremely large total for Richcreek to have paid in this manner in payment of his own taxes.

The following is the list of and checks which Alford has in his possession, all from Richere to Ensiey: Februars: 150, Bank Bank. Columbia Nat. Bank January Rich2 January B. Aril April B. December N.

B. Creek December 3.000 December Rich. 10 Bryan, and others said they would not vote at all. It was said that they will not make any stir about it. and what they do will 'count for more than what they NEGRO VOTER.

Cincinnati, 0. October 25 A Temperance Preachment. To the Editor of The News: Sir--As temperance Republican, should like to say few words to my friend the Prohibitionist. (Whatever may say is meant for the party as an organization and not for those many worthy people who are among its adherents. For the character of these men and womentheir loftiness of -I purpose, have nothing their but passion the righteousness deepest respect.) You, friend, are good church member.

So am You hate the liquor traffic So. do But you want to get rid of it at one fell blow. Anything short of that, in the way of local option, you call a compromise with sin. Drinking intoxicants is not a new, fwentieth century vice. It's as old as the race.

And ideas do not die out in a day, the liquor traffic in this country big business proposition. If the woods All around your house were fall of rattlesnakes, would you sit around wishing for a gun that would kill all of them at once? And, if you had a gun that would kill a big bunch of them. and let a few others crawl away, stunned and halfscared to death, I would you use that weapon? Or would you call it a compromise with the snakes? But this county option is a regulative measure. you say, and you want the whole traftic declared illegal and a crime. So do I.

But let's have patience. Rome was not built in a day. And, under the present! circumstances, if you can't absolutely prohibit those snakes, wouldn't it be worth while to regulate them a little with dose of The curse of the Prohibition party has been in quibbling over terms and Why do the breweries fight county option? The trouble is that your leaders have thrown mud at that term "local till you can not see it for the dirt. There are two ways of getting rid of the liquor traffic. The Congress of the United States may pass, a national prohibitory law and the President call out an army to enforce it.

At the point of guns they may take the saloons away from the people and destroy the distillerles. But there is something far better -something truly magnificent. And that 1s for the people of the United States, of greeds and parties, to say of. their own free' will, don't want saloons. They harm us and we will not have That is what- the people of this country are beginning to do to-day.

And that is Jocal option. Outside of helping to create public sentiment, what has the Prohibition party ever done for the cause of temperance? As an. organization is. it the Prohibition party that is knocking out those saloons Ohio at the rate of a hundred a week? Now I'll tell you what the Prohibition party has done. It has divided the temperance forces and weakened their power.

And, when at last there has risen great temperance organization, founded on nonpartisanship and common sense, and doing more good in a year than the Prohibition party has done in a lifetime, it has fought that organization every step of the way. When it comes to hating the Anti-Saloon League, there are two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one -the Prohibition party and the breweries. I confess that the two old- parties are not all made up of saints. They have in them the whole whisky crowd, the brewery tools. But when it comes to running for office, sometimes these fellows get left, for Christian people don't always vote a straight ticket as they used to do.

This United States Government 18 mighty big affair, Managing this liquor business, great as it is, is only the fraction of the work of a statesman. How many men have you in your whole party who have ever been even members of Congress? Your leaders do not know enough to run this Government or run this State. They are long on morals, but short on brains. If you really want to gain votes and gain respect, tell your campaign orators to cut out their abuse and ridicule and use a few more arguments. Fire 8 few shots at the enemy once in a while and don't waste all your ammunition on Jim Watson and the Anti-Saloon League.

Fairmount, Ind. X. Y. Z. Bryan Assurance of Safety.

To the Editor of The News: Sir-I in the newspapers of to-day that Judge Taft in his speeches in Indiana yesterday, said that if Mr. Bryan is elected it will retard business, while It he (Taft) is elected business conditions will be improved. As 8 business man I can not agree with him. On the contrary, I believe that it would be for the best interests of the business world If Mr. Bryan were elected, for the reason that we are bound to have a Republican Senate during the next four years, and with a Democratic President and Republican Senate business men would know that no radical measures could be passed and what business men need now is to be let alone, to know "where they are at," to know what they can reasonably count on in the future in matters of legislation.

I voted for Mr. Roosevelt four years ago and with thousands of other business men I have had reason to repent it bitterly, I knew that he was "strenuous" and would be likely to give us 8 strenuous administration, but did not for a moment think that he was going to travel up and down the country with a meat ax ruthlessly slaying, regardless of consequences, every one who happened to come within reach of his mighty arm. Mr. Taft has repeatedly said that he would continue the Roosevelt policies, and in all the swingings of the big stick of late the President has hailed Judge Taft as the divinely anointed and Roosevelt chosen successor to continue policies." If we are to have four years: more of "my policies" God help the bustness men of our country, for they won't get any help at Washington. I am just a common, ordinary retailer, but there are thousands of us in the United States, and I believe there are many who, like myself, prefer to take a chance with Bryan and a Republican Senate, rather than to have four yearn more of meat AX methods and ruinous L.

J. LAW. Cadillac, October 23. Law for Public Stealing. To the Editor of The News: Sir-I was Impressed with the justice and necessity of changing our embezzlement laws as relates to public officials by a speech made by Salem D.

Clark to the voters of the Fifth ward, in which he indorsed the merchants' platform and an amendment to the present law making the statute of limitations not begin to run until after a demand for the return of money embezzled by public officers. It- seems that an attorney who has collected money for client and appropriates it can not plead the statute of limitations until two years after a demand for the money has been made. Why should not public officers who appropriate the people's money be compelled to submit to the same rule? not this another good reason for a change of party management at frequent Intervals long as the present law stands, so that deputies who succeed to the office can not cover up embezzlements of former officers until after the two years' statute of limitations has barred- the prosecution for the crime? FRANK D. SHERA. Greenfleld, October 28.

To Get at Public Theft Better. Republican to Temperance Democrats To the Editor of The News: Sir- have been taking The News for years and want to congratulate you on four fairness this campaign. 1 wish to say a few words to temperance Democrats: Do not be deceived by the olly tongues of Republican orators about county local option. They know that the local option law will not stand the test in the Supreme Court. Therefore, they tell us to wait until after the next sion of the Legislature before we try it.

Then when it is too late to get a sound law passed what shall we all. have? Simply remonstrance, 1 and that's We can carry the Legislature If you temperance Detriocrats do your duty. You can not depend on the Republicans. They promise to do things and never do them. They can not pull the wpol over my eyes any longer.

I intend to vote the Demogratic ticket straight this time and ask You to consider well before you cast your vote for the Republican ticket. A REFORMED REPUBLICAN. To the Editor of The News: Sir--The declarations of Salem D. Clark, Democtatic candidate for State Senator from Marion county, in support of legisiation to prevent dishonesty in pubile office, deserves the approval of every good eitizen and voter of the county. He advocates a law would prevent that graft and dishonest conduct in public office, fixing the limitation on such crimes at two years after the date of the discovery and the demand for the return of the money, which would supplement the I WILL RID YOUR STOMACH OF ALL GAS AND DIGEST EVERY PARTICLE OF FOOD NO MORE DISTRESS FROM A DISORDERED STOMACH AFTER TAKING.

Every family here ought to keep some Diapepsin in the house. any one of you may have an attack of Indigestion or Stomach trouble at any time, day or night. This harmless preparation will digest anything you eat and overcome a sour stomach five. minutes afterward. If your meals tempt you, or don't.

what little you do eat seems to nil you, or lies like a lump of lead in your stomach. or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of Indigestion. Ask your Pharmacist for 50-cent law that we now have barring the cost after two years. As the law 1s it prevents the prosecution of dishonest acts in public office it not unearthed within two years. If the statutory period was at two years from the time the crime became, public and a demand had been made, we would find it easy to break up graft.

I heartily indorse Mr. Clark's position and feel that such law would be of great benefit to the taxpayers of Marion county, DR. WILLIAM P. HOWIE. Independence for the Colored People.

To the Editor of The News: Sir Perhaps there is nothing more disgusting in the present campaign than the "rot" and nonsense which is being carried on in the colored Republicans' gatherings, in colored churches and elsewhere. Seldom do the speakers touch the issues most prominent in the campaign. This weakness is also painfully noticeable in almost all of the newspapers supposed to be 'devoted to the interest of colored folk. They seem to ignore everything that is intelligent and progressive for the sake of being partisan. They confine themselves to the bad habit minding of it lauding how the colored race and rewould crush it and how the Democratic Republicof the party an's heart pulsates in admiration of its worthiness.

I wish the colored people to realize that they are treading on dangerous ground if they continue to limit their of political fear action to the narrow confines and prejudice and revenge. Instead of race hatred alone, political narrowness on the part of the negro was, I belleve, the prime factor of his disfranchisement in the South, and who would say that the same thing may not occur here in the North? The negro race as a whole has always shown but a shallow conception of the higher order of political convictions. Wise men hate the fool who will not discriminate. For the ballot such characters are dangerous to society in general and a distinct clog on the progressive members of their own race. There Is yet another serious feature: That Is Federal patronage for a few negro churchmen who, it has been reported, agree to deliver the colored vote, This truly hope is not true.

It it. develops that there 1s deal on with the Republican party and negro churchmen, there will enough public sentiment to make them sorry for their sins before they have had time to go far with their project. believe that thousands of thinking colored men will vote independent of the will Republican party on November 3. They have set a commendable precedent which, even though their candidate may not win, will be more pronounced four years hence. The best colored people will -repudiate such logic as is being handed out by white Republicans their colored.

F. DALTON ROPER. Indianapolis. Republican Wants Bank Guaranty. To the Editor of The News: Sir--It seems to me that the Democratic party has not lived up to Its opportunity on the guaranty of bank deposits.

The Republicans are put clearly on the de fensive. They tell us that it would make bankers reckless, but all logia points to the opposite. Bankers In a position to be better watch dogs of bad banks than depositors can possibly be. If anything will put rascals out of the banking business it will be guaranteed deposits. They ask us why not guarantee all business? Because banking is peculiarly a guardian or administrative work.

large percentage of depositors, are not capable of entering into "the battle of business." They ask and expect the bank to take care of their Interest- for this reason the Government presumes to control the banks- and for the sound reason an administrator of an estate gives bond. But we are told depositors are now secured. This is a confession that the guaranty is a good thing. But the present security has 1 proved to be inadequate. If some security is a good thing, why in not complete security a better thing? In order to be consistent the Republicans should take away the present safeguards.

But they say the strong, good bankers would have no way to show their strength if all banks were made good. This sounds like a school board's ordering a saloon in the basement of every school in order that the strong scholars may show their case of Pape's Diapepsin and take one after supper to-night. There will be no sour risings, no ing of undigested food mixed with held. belchno stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach, Rich. TROUBLE IN PRACTICING ON VOTING MACHINES DEMOCRATS WISH TO SHOW HOW TO VOTE SCRATCHED TICKET.

ARREST OF AN INSTRUCTOR Considerable- trouble being expertended in the operation of voting machines for practice which have been distributed by the County Commissioners to different parts of the city. Arrangements were made-by. the Democratic county committee this afternoon to send a representative to each place where there is a voting machine, in order that it may be assured there will be fair play. Jesse Haynes, a young man who had been sent to the voting machine at inter- 121 North Pennsylvania street, in the esta of the Democratic committee, was arrested. yesterday afternoon on the charge of loitering.

Haynes said he was raising no disturbance, and that he merely had been trying to tell two or three men how to vote. Haynes was later released on bail, which was supplied through the efforts of those at committee headquarters. Haynes lives in Shelby street. Put In a Republican Home. To-day It was found, Democratic committeemen said.

that the voting machine which it had been advertised would be placed in engine-house No. 9, 525 North Germania avenue, Had instead been taken to the home of Matthew Spelcher, In Walnut street, near Germania avenue. Spelcher the Republican committeeman in the Fourth precinct of Wayne township. Ari envoy of the Democratic committee who visited the the place yesterday afternoon finally found machine, and he said it was still up and had not been In use. A man named Danner, -who lives in Wayne township, telephoned to the committee headquarters to-day that Spelcher had said the machine would not be used to-day.

At 440 Virginia avenue, in engine-house, No. 12, where another machine had been pinced, more trouble was It reported that this machine was in operation only a short time yesterday. These conditions were found by Clarence Weir, who is looking after this work for the Democratic committee. At noon to-day he had only found time to make investigatons at six or eight of the places where voting machines are supposed to be in use. He belleved, however, that conditons were such that a representative of the Democratic committee should be sent to each place where there is a machine.

Haynes's Charges. Haynes, who was arrested yesterday afternoon, declares that at the voting machine at 121 North Pennsytvania street, voters who desired to scratch their ticketa were being misinformed on the methods of voting. He said they were being instructed to begin to scratch the county ticket at No. 32, when they should begin at No. 13.

By beginning at No. 32 the voters would fail to scratch the names of she judges, prosecuting attorney and candidates for the Legislature. Haynes said that when he attempted to show some of the men trow to vote he was arrested. The police said that several complaints were received in regurd to Haynes's conduct. First bicycle officers went to the place, but they could not see that Haynes was disturbing any one.

Finally, on the third complaint, Sergeant Cox went to the place. He also said that he failed to see that Haynes was disturbing any one. Sergeant Cox sald, however, that Haynes refused to tell him under whose direction Haynes WAR stationed at the machine, and it was then that the arrest WAS made. Haynes's case was continued in Police Court to-day until Saturday. It is charged at Democratic committee headquarters that there 18 an apparent attempt to prevent voters from learning how to vote a scratched ticket.

In order that the voters may. learn all about the methods of voting the representatives of the county committee will be sent to the different machines. PASTORS FOR BINGHAM. Ministers of Muncie. Write Letter Urging His.

Re-Election. E. 8. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, has received letter from the pastors of the leading Protestant churches at Muncie, urging the re-election of James Bingham 38 Attorney-General of Indiana. Muncie the home town of both Mr.

Bingham and Walter Lots, his Democratic opponent for the same place. Mr. Bingham is indorsed by these pastors, they say, because of his excellent record. It explained by the pastors that they are not concerned -AS to the political bearing of Mr. Bingham's race, but they express the hope that all men of all parties who love good government and desire the advancement of cleanness in public officials will support Mr.

Bingham at the coming election. The writers declare that the defeat of Mr. Bingham would be a calamity to the State and a blow at civic righteousness. Mr. Bingham has been opposed by the brewerles ever singe the campaign began.

His attitude In bringing suits to oust several brewing companies from the State has added greatly to the opposition, from this source. On the other hand, he in receiving the support of those who are opposed to brewery rule. MANY NATURALIZATIONS. More Than 1,000 Have 'Taken Out Papers Since September 18. William E.

Berner, deputy county clerk, who has had charge of issuing naturalization papers, said to-day that since September 18 more than 1,000 persons had plied for their first papers. The majority of the, persons naturalized are Hangarlans, but Mr. Berner says a few Italians have been coming in lately. The clerk estimates that about two-thirds of the men naturalized will vote the Republican ticket. Barbecue for Colored Voters.

barbecue for colored voters, arranged bey W. A. Bogardus, private secretary to Mayor Bookwalter, will de held at Northwestern baseball park. Eighteenth street and the canal. to-night.

There will be several Republican speakers. Bogardus, said to-day that four hogs, two sheep and a beef had been slaughtered for the occasion, and that the beef had been cooking since last night. There will be a large tent for the speaking end of the program. Among speakers will Congressman Jesse C. Overstreet, William N.

Harding and James H. Lott, a colored attorney. Governor at Fairmount. Governor Hanky went to Fairmount this afternoon, where he delivered an address on the political issues. Governor Hanky is not well, but is much improved since terday, and feels that he Irill be able to all every engagement that has been made for him by the State committee.

Political Notes. County Auditor Sahm has announced that he will be ready, on Saturday, October 31. to deliver the credentials and supplies to all election Inspectors. Henry Bullock. an Indianapolis attorney, has brought suit against William Randolph Hearst and the local leaders of the Independ-nce party for which he says he earned in circulating petitions and obtaining names in support of Inde.

pendence party, candidates, and in certitying the names before a notary. Rich. 3,837 sea. Debilitating Headaches, or Intestinal griping, This will and, left besides, there will be no food breath over in with the stomach to polson your nauseous odor all Pape's stomach Diapepsin misery, is a certain cure for hold of your food and because it will take the. same if your stomach wasn't Just digest there.

stomach Actual, misery prompt is at relief for all your waiting for you. your These than large sufficient 50-cent to cases contain more cure Dyspepsia or Indigestion: case of B. citizen strength. should The be, slogan "Let of every patriotic, us have no bad But savings the bank. Republicans Why, advocate the postal power that makes postal can banks not safe, the make all banks safe? As shame an that old-time a party Republican I blush that has shown with much patriotism will and faced so year emergencies, and permit a stand large by year after Tonne humble, confiding citizens to number be fleeced.

of Its it wholesome us guaranteed deposits and with Give shall have safeguards, and We add to the comfort of the system banker. that a banking confidence of the depositor. the E. A. ALLEN.

Epworth, October 23. Time Limit In Voting. To the Editor of The News: Sir- The general opinion prevails that only one minute is allowed to vote on machine. If there is a time limit who gave authority for it? It is most assuredly wrong In a free country. All the politicians have been active for months teaching us how to vote while only one minute is allowed the votar to express complex his convictions on the strange, machine when he casts that scion precious of the vote.

election Is it right? On Investiga laws of Indiana I find no restrictions of any kind, no time limit of time voting, limit. and I hope there is no legal However, the impression is out that the time sented is limited, and this should be relinit until the law is shown that places the on us. The voting machine is not a familiar first sight. It is a perplexing device for the five minutes to the best of men. It is a big puzzle for the average man for a longer time, on account of its mass of levers and names which cause confusion: when the voter attempta to his men.

He is dismayed again when he hears one of the election clerks call out "half minute No. good citizen likes to lose his vote on account of error. 50 he must hurry through without the full satisfaction of voting as he intended. To vote the straight ticket may be as easy for an uneducated man as for the best mechanio, but the machine does discourage scratching tickets for fear of error and of time. This is why one minute for voting is wrong.

Many can and will do it in less than a minute, but not the average man. XX. Laboring Men Want Facts. To the Editor of The News: Bir -Evidently the Republican speakers and writers have seen the "handwriting on the wall." and the apparition drives them from vituperation to desperation. Some Republican newspapers are dally asserting that Mr.

Bryan's views of government, finance, tariff, production and distribution, the labor question, are opposed to all the known laws of political economy. These are naked assertions, with no evidence to back them. What the this year is facts, not representations. such assertions those edItors ought to explain to their readers the economic conditions that caused the great panic of 1907, the effects of which the people are still groaning under. And also tell why the millions whose labor produces the wealth of the world, almost universally live and die poor, while the few who boast that their hands have never been soiled by labor can roll in untold wealth.

These are subjects that interest the laboring men, and they can be answered correctly only by one who is conversant. with the solence of political economy. In the elucidation of the foregoing subjects may be found "food for thought." City. EN. HARRIS.

Marshall's Charge on Billhelmer. To the Editor of The News: 8ir-Thomas R. Marshall has charged that John C. Billheimer received $1,000 as secretary of the State Board of Tax Commissioners in 1903 and 1904, without warrant of law. Mr.

Billheinier states that the act of 1891 gave the State Board of Tax Commissioners the power to make necessary expenditures. The appropriation act of 1903 has the following: "For the salary of the deputy Auditorof State and clerk of the State Tax Com-. missioners. $2,500, And yet in the face of that direct and positive statute, passed twelve years after the act of 1891, the deputy Auditor is allowed this money. Mr.

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