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,igatwfc'A'''yu''('Si'sr.' tfiHlhh . lMgHl i bFFTS lAMHr; , as i.-jBl 3TTi,pwrW, WWVWBHB H1 s WPflWPHJ VI PWW H iuudHtaM - '.vicy'fEIBEr i .. ,. ttPvaTSX. &. 339BflnPMMIHB8 HL ' '''' Com mentaries. v.?. Only $24.00 Per Day. Congressmen niul senators aro now receiving pny nt tho rato of .$21 a dny for each working day of tho yoar, an lnoronso of just fifty per cent. Tlio incrcnBo of salary wns voted to thoniBolves on tho ground tlint tho cost of living lias advanced in proportion. It is unfortunate that tho toilers, business m on and pro fessional mon, who feel tho increased cost of living Just as keenly as do senators and congressmen, aro unablo to add to their annual incomes by tho simplo process of voting it out of tho public troaeury. Un nblo to do this they can consolo thomsolves with tho happy thought that they are paying tho bills of thoBO enjoying the salary grab, George Paid Back the Money; Roosevelt Should Resign. Georgo W. Porkins, former vice president of tho New York Life Insuranco company and now a mom bor of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co,, has sent to tho Now York Life his personal chock fir $5-1, 010.1!) to reimburso the company for the contribution njade by it to tho Republican national committee in the campaign of 1901. Tho restitution is only a partial remedy. Tho greater wrong lay in tho prostitution of the electorate of tho nation made possible by tho boodle fund wrung from the corporations by one Georgo B. Cortelyou, then national chairman and now secretary of tho treasury. The votes bought by that and other corporation contributions stand ns purchased and the man now in tho White House, posing as tho high and only exemplar of purity and honesty in politics, is the beneficiary. Senator Tillman Gave Them Shots. Some Hot Speaking on the Smoot resolution in tho senate Mr. Tillman said: "Wo havo all hoard that in tho last presidential olection on understanding was reached by those who had charge of tho campaign that if the Mormon vote wont a certain way acertiin colleague of ours would be cared for. And we have heard It talked too that the chief executive, who was the beneficiary of that vote though he did not need it has exerted himself to the utmost to cirry out that agreement, and is using his inlluonce to stave off a vote and protect in every way ho could tho sen ator from Utah. These bargains aro not conducive to tho public welfare 1 am sick and disgusted with this disposition on tho part of the senate, and with congress' actually sunendering everything into tho keeping of the oxeeutive." Factional Fight May.Bring Reform. Tho anxiety displayed by cortnin RopubllcniiB lu bohalf of a purely Douidoratic measure, tho dlroct primary law, is certainly cause for'rojo'lcing, but tho pleasure growing out of it is tinged with pltv by tho thought that thid now-foiind support is duo, not to gonulno convorsion, but to a fiorco faotionol fight now waging within tho Republican ranks. Burton Taft and othors belonging to ono faction boo In tho direct primary what thoy consider their only hopo of dofonting tho sonators and thereby scouring control of tho party machinery. Whllo thoir auddon espous al of tho principle of popular government symbolized in tho diroot primary is inspired solelyby solflsh mo tives, thoro is no reason why their support should bo rofnsod bv tho sincoro advocates of tho measure. It will not bo tho first timo a good causo has booh won through such support nnd it will not be tho last. That those men are not sincoro is shown by thoir courso during tho past dozon years, whon tho Repub licans wore frequently in overwhelming control of tho legislature and all was harmonious and- lovely within thoir ranks, by th&ir failure to ufgo tho pas sage of a law of this kind. Their silonco thou was as intense as their noise now is vociforous. Now Lthat a bitter fight is on botwoon the Republican load ers those not in control of tho maohino suddenly see a new light and have become madly infatuated with the primary idea. They lovo tho primary jU3t as a franchise-grabbing corporation loves "the initiative and referendum, no more and no less. Demoorats who are receiving the literature of tho"nonpartisan" Ohio Erimary Election League will therefore under stand just how strongly nonpartisan the leaguo is. It originated with Insurgent Republicans and tho literary bureau is maintained with "insurgent mon ey." Let the Republican factions continue to fight, to claw, bite and tear each other good may grow out of it, probably a direct primary law and possibly the Initiative and referendum as well. Poor Old Hamilton County Enjoys Being Robbed. The state bureau of public inspection reports graft in the public offices of Hamilton county amounting to nearly ono million dollars, to be exact, $901,021.01. More than $200,000 of this amount was unearthed and forced back into tho public treasury by the famous Drake commission which came to an untimely end through injunction proceedings nnd a partisan, supremo court. Tho state examiners have merely scratchod tho surface, reporting only what tho books disclosed and not touching rotten "streot paving, waterworks and like eteals, which are not apparent on tho records. The Drake commission was getting down to flio moat of the crookedness when fright ened Republican politicians invoked tho power of partisan courts to save them from prisons yawning for thoir reception. Whilo the ollleial corruption prevalent under Cox rule is to be deplored, no ono can entertain real sympathy for the citizens of that unfortunate city so long as they seem to onjoy tho sensation of boing robbed. Their street cur service is nothing less than an outrage, but mention it to them and thoy become enraged. Thoy scorn to feol hurt becauso tho company does not furnish real in stead of imitation cattle cars and does not charge them straight ten-cent instead of fiye-cont fares. Civic'virtue is almost a lost art in tho Queen City and most of her citizens seem proud of tho loss. Will be a Dickens, of a Job. Thore will bo not only some fancy prices for tho printing of school ballots this year, but much growl ing and kicking by the printers will be forthcoming when thoy tackle the job. Tho change, whilo pro vocative of cuss-words in the print shops, is another reform duo to tho Pattison administration, ono which will almost entirely eliminate partisan politics from school oleotionff. Under the now law thore- will bo no party tickets, no rooster or eaglo or other party emblems, but the names of all candidates will be grouped in ono column, with no mark indicating par ty affiliations, and the doctor will have to place a cross at the left of each persbn for whom ho desires to vote. In printing and binding the law provides that "Tho whole number of ballots to bo printed for the school district shall bo divided by the number of candidates for member of board of education of tho school district, and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of ballots in oach series of ballots to bo printed as follows: The names of candidates shall bo arranged in alphabetical order and tho first serios of ballots printed. Then tho first name shall bo placed last and the next series printed, and so shall tho process be repeated until each name shall havo (-been first. These ballots shall then bo combined in tablets with no two of tho same order of names to gether, except whon there is but ono candidato." The magnitude of the work incident to tho prepar ation of tho school ballots within tho short period allowed will bo apparent to the average printer. Not withstanding nil this the new school ballot is a re form which many good citizens hopo to seo extended soon to municipal and other local elections. Undor it there will bo no "voting her straight," no posting of illiterate voters by corruptionists as to tho loca tion of a particular candidate's name, but each elect or will be co in J cited to select his choice from tho on tiro list nnd mnrk accordingly. A WAIL FROM POMERQY ABOUT A PUBLIC ID E Gen. Grosvenor Was to Do Much for, That City Had He Remained. Pomoroy Dumoc-rat. Gen, C. II, Grosvenor, tho old hoaryhoaded statesman of Athens, who retired to private life nt 12 o'clock (noon) Monday, uftor a distlnguishedpublic careor of 20 yoars, dfd not neglect to heap a few burning coals upon the bends of those who had encompassed his overthrow, in tho closing hours of liiu oUioial life. The Washington despatches jn the Cincinnati En quirer toll how ho did it, ns fol lows ; "It was 1 :I6 o'clock this morn ing whon General arose at his seat nnd asked unanimous consent fo bring forward his bill, One ob jeotlon would havo killed it. No objection was mndo nnd the bill went 'through with hurrah, and it is safe to say that two thirds pf the House stood up and ohoered and a lurgo iiumbor of members from both sides crowded around tho General and congratulated him, The bill had been engrossed in juntioipntiqn of its passago and was promptly son); to the senate Ht Us opening at 11 o'clock today. Within ten minutes Senator Soott of West Virginia, chairman of tho committee on Public Buijdirigs and Grounds,-hnd drawn a report and had it signed by the committoo in formally and before 11 ;,10 o'clock tho bill was passed by tho sdnato nnd beonmo u law, lucking only tho signature of tho President, which will bo 'attached. Tho General is fooling exceedingly hap py about it and speaking of it said today: '' " It was not my Intention to pi'mli tho creation of a public building nt Athens during my present term. With tho expeotn'tion of anothor term in Congress..! had intended to pusji a building for Pomoroy at this term and then finish niy career with u building for Athens, but ub I am to rotiro I finally con eluded that Athens being tho larger town and Ifeing my homo, it would bo oaslej fpr mo to ac complish the purpose at Athens than ut Pomeroy. The bill could not havo been pnssod for any qthor town than tho ono in which J live," Now what do you think of that? A hundred thousand dollar public building for Athens, and it could jutb as woll havo boon, and would havo beon for Pomoroy hnd tho old'Gonornl boon returned for only another term in Congress I What had wo ought to do to tho r pln hended politicians who knocked tho props from undor tho vonor- ablo statesman's groat ambition to bo tlto ntdost congressman in his tory, and thus doprivod us of tho boon of a groat public building? Thoro is no possibility Unit Con gressman Douglas can sooilro an appropriation for tho purpose It is doubtful If anothor man in Con- . . . gross coma nnvo scoured such n prizo for n town such aB Athens nnd it was only'bocnuso of tho long nnd distinguished Borvioo of Gon. GroBVonor that ho waB potmittcd to havo whatovor ho askod for. Athons is by far tho smallest olty that ovor secured a public building. It must havo boon a soul-stirring spectaalo whon tho old hoary heuded patriot aroso in his soat and mado known to his congress ional comrados what his aims and ambitions had beon for tho bottor- montof his ungrntoful consistnncy. It had about tho snmo oiTcct on tho common peoplo of tho district ns it did tho speech of Mark An thony, when Btandinc ovor tho murdored body of Censar, ho ro counted tho provisions of tho doad statesman's will, making the com mon peoplo tho beneficiaries. And the Han. Al. cannot hopo to stand bettor in tho estimation of tho rab bio than did Brutus of old. O, General Grosvenor, thou art mighty yet I Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup is a new remedy, an improvement on tho laxatives or former years, as it doos not gripo or nansento and is pleasant to tako. It is gunran teed. Jiort&Co. THU ESI PLAN IS I0; ' PATRONIZE HOME MEKCHAN S What Is The Condition Your Corn? of The time is nt hand when each faimor should look well to tho condition of his seed corn boforo tho rush of spring begins. A fow hours spent now in testing tho germination of individual seed ears may mean tho prevention of tho loss of many dollars and much timo. Testing a sample of bulk seed after shelling and mixing is of lit 1 1 o valuo, for one is then powerless to improve tho quality of his seed by tho rejection tho ears of low germination. He simp ly has to discard all or none, nnd generally does tho latter. By testing each in such a way that ono knows exactly how each ear behaves, the worthless ears can bo rejected and the quality of tho seed greatly improved. Whilo the germination test is not a substi tute for the ear-row corn tost, since ears which show equally good germination frequently vary widely in thGir ability to yield, yet it is of groat value in that it will weed out oars moro or less in jured as a result-cither of too late gathering of seed, or of lack of proper oare in drying out, or both, and this will pay any corn, growor many times ovor for tho labor in volved. The Experiment Station doos not boliove in doing for tho farmer what he canlo for himself as woll, or perhaps. better, and honno it doos not contompluto making an individual ear germination test for him, but will bo glad to send full instructions for making tho germination box and test, to such aB apply. In addition to this, tho Staion would like to study, both in tho germination box and in tho field, as many samples as possible of tho seed corn that is to bo planted in Ohio this spring, To nil who euro to assist in this matter full instructions for sampling and ship ping seed samples will bo sout, Address, Uxi'Kimkktai.ist, O. A. K. S., Woostku, Onio, (JIvenUpTo Die Millions of Dollars go to Mail Order Houses at Higher Prices Than Paid at Home. B. Splogol, 1201 N. VirglniaSt,, Evnnsvlllo, lnd., writes; "For ovor five years I wbb troubled with kidney and bladder ail'ootions which caused mo much pain and worry. I lost llesh and was all run down, and a year ngo had to abandon work ontlroly. J had threo of tho host physicians who did mo no good and I was praoti cally given up to die, Foloy's Kidney Cure was recommondod and tho first bottle guvo me groat relief, and after taking the see ond bottle j was entirely ourcd," Why'diot lot It help you, Bort in Co, Kvory year" millions upon mill ions of dollars find their way from tho towns, villages and rural dis tricts of tho country to tho cofTorB of tho liinil order houses in tho cities, and go to tho upbuilding of onorinotiB institutions in tho centers, of population. Nnturnlly, tho sourceB from whloh tho con tributions aro mado sufi'or accord ing Figures ovor toll a hotter story than words. Horn aro figures which toll n story so stupendous that its full significance cannot bo grasped in a moment, but tho moro sight of which aro awo in spiring. In tho year 1005 two mail ordor houses, located in Chicago, did a business amounting in round num bers to $80,000,000. In tho year J001 these same concerns did a business of about $02,000,000, a gain of $18,000,000 or nearly &0 pdr oont. in a single year boing thus oxhibiton. These figures represent tho Bale last year of ono dollar's worth of merchandise for overy man, woman and child in the country by two catalogue houses alono, and those operating from the same centrnl point. Dozens more of varying size and importanco are operating all ovor tho country from coast to coast and from border to border. A fact not generally known is that hundreds of concerns through out the country which now are doing business through the regu lar trade channels are awaiting only a parcels post law to unloose literature, already prepared in many instances, which would pro ject them into tho mail older field, and this does not take into ac count tho hundrods and porhaps thousands of entirely new mail or der concerns which inevitably would spring into existence undor such friendly auspices. Tho two Chicago institutions referred to, already occupying immense buildings, found them selves cramped for room. Ono of them expended not less than $1, 000,000t nnd probably more, for a ne.w homo. The other lately has eecured a now location and also will expend nt .111,000,000 for an immense now building. Anyono who will reflect ovon casually on tho subject must be come impressed that the influence of tho mail order business is to ward tho"contralization of wealth, and how onormouu a part itis play ing in the direction will bo under stood from a socond glance at the figures which havo beon given above. It is due to himself that ovory patron of tho mail order house should inquire honestly of him self what the final outcome is to be if tho mail order business shall continue to inako tho groat strides which havo marked its progross during tho last half deoade. It is useless to ropoat tho woll worn argument pf tho mail order concorn that tho selling goous enough moro chonply than tho merchants in tho regular channels of trade to loavo their customers moro monoy than over to dovoto to homo enterprises and institutions. Tho fallacy of this statement has beon proved over and ovor again by aotual and minute comparisons of goods, as to their quality and prioes. To refute It finally and indisputably by a simpler and moro direct method it is necessary only to ask tho roll ablo business mon of any of tho smaller com munities to show tho ovidonco from their books and accounts of tho harm tho mail ordor habit is do ing thoir communities, It is a truth as old as tho hills and as cortain ns tho rising and setting of the sun that no country or section of a country can prospor unless tho people us a whole shall be prosperous. Such general pros perity as may exist cannot bo - Ml - III. III. retained if the inititutions of tho already larger anrl wealthier com munities are to continue tq bo buljt up by contributions that should be spent at home from tho thousands pf smaller communities. Tho nend of tho country, a despor ato need upon which tho wolfnro of tho Individual doponds, is for tho upbuilding nnd continuod pro gross of tho smaller communities, so that tho wnnlth of tho country may bo disturbed ovor tho ontlro country nnd not controlled in largo amounts in comparative fow con tors of population. Thoroforo, tho man who sonds away from this community monoy which ho might havo spent at homo nnd pormittod a fair profit to tho homo merohnnt to bo ro tainod thoro for tho benefit of tho community, is injuring his com munity, nnd thereby tho prospocts for his own futuro prosperity. In a largo number of instances ho is doing moro than this, Un wittingly, or unthinking, perhaps, he is violating his own principals of right and justice, for,' at tho expense of his own community, ho is needlessly contributing profits to capitalistic combinations which lio continuously cries out aro men acing tho country. Tho mail order giants direct their energies particularly toward tho peoplo of the smaller towns and the agricultural districts. In hundreds of thousands of tho homes of these tho catalogue of the mail ordor house is ns regular ly received as tho home paper. The man on the farm last year sent a very largo portion of eighty millions of dollars to two of these institutions, in one community, alono. In all sincerity wo ask: Ad mitting, purely for tho sake of the argument, that the fnrnier or the resident of tho small community can save a fow dollars on some of his purchasces, or oven that ho could do so on all of them, can he afford' to eontinuo to impoverish his own community, upon which hiffxMvn prosperity, tho valuo of his land doponds? If ho asks himself this question and consider it soberly and fairly in all of its phases, including the many which eannot bo touched up on within the limits of a singlo article, wo think his answer must be that ho oannot. Tho wonderful productivity of this country has been sulllciont to overcome tho various adverse economic influences which have existed during tho period of years in which the mail ordor businoss has accomplished its greatest growth. Everyone has boon "get ting along pretty woll." Whilo tho iiicruasing flow of guidon mill ions from thoir source in tho land of tho country to the already groat centers of money nnd population haB hold back the growth of tho smaller communities, it has not yot occasioned a groat disaster. Tho tost will oom'o with tho first, plnoh of "hard times," a condi tion which no dountry ovor has boon ablo to cscapo nt recurring intorvals. Whan' this timo nr- 1 rives thoBO communities will best stand tho tost whiofr linvo best consorved and husbanded their rosourco8. BREAKING INTO . HIGH SOCIETY. Millionaires Wives to Lead. Seek Washington, Mnroh 7. In the Bocial season just closed the rail lionniro element which has been Booking for years to rule capital society again wont down to defeat, and Mrs. Itnosovelt may boast of another triumph, if alio cares to brag. Tho wife of tho President still rules. She haB all wintor'Idng re fused to recognize any claims of self-made loaders of "unofficial" society. The pooplo who have milliors and little more have invariably beon excluded" from hor smaller dinner parties. She has even shown great reluctance to include them in her lovees. Tho Indies of tho Cabinet have followed her lead, and bo have most of the other shining lights in officialdom. Therefore, the ve neerings are still in the Be'cond rank. ' ' s There aro sooiety folk in Wash ington who believe Mrs. Herbert Wndsworth, who was the rich Mrs. Blow, of St. Louis would havo shone ns a leader. Sliv has a fine mansion, great wealth and intellectuality, but Boniehow -she does not lead. Mrs. Mary Scott Townsend, one of tho hoirs of the multimillionaire Congressman Scott, of Erie, as pired, but she still aspires. Mrs. Perry Belmont, of New York, tried very hard for -two years. She came nearor than the othors, and she won't succumb to this winter's failure. Her rich husband is building a palace in Washington in tho Louis Seize stylo, that will be as magnificent ijil.OOO.OOO can mako it, nnd with this Mrs. Belmont will renew the attack. They tho butterflies are already beginning to.sppculate on her house warming, which may not occur until a' year from next fall. SSfl - J L J "CTMW FRESH RELIABLE GARDEN SEEDS sSfG3tfP The kind that grows, not old worthless seeds that are expensive at any price. ?agH PAQF'Q DRUG, JEWELRY AND WALL PAPER STORE. ITOGAN, OHIO. s'ti rS-teu- " mB x. -jj&. b MjujS. -