XTbe Tribune. Established October 10, 1901. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. H B. OGLiESBEE, Bdltor. Teilepiioiie 'o. J7. OFFICE in Bissel! Block. Corner Center and Laporte Street. SUBSCRIPTION: One Year in Advance $1.50' Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 40 cents, de livered at any postoffice. Entered tbe Tostoffice at PI3 mouth. Iod., as second class matter. Plymouth, Ind., November 28 1901. We . desire to call the attention of our exchanges and correspnodents to the fact that the Plymouth Republi can and News are no longer published. We ask them to substitute the name of Tue Tribune on their mailing lists, if they have not already done sc. nM v1 2 : a. - m i i wreciviess V-HVl Vi cuddy-j hole sheet over on Michigan street an-1 . M A. t M MM nounces mai ior ten consecutive years he has saved five or six hundred dollars a year. Like the rat-hole In Abe Lincoln's law office, this will bear looking into, and the attention of the count3 assessor is respectfully called to it. The adverse impression created by the general suspicion of such things referring to the dishonesty of legisla tors is infinitely intenstied w hen some member returns to his constituents and proceeds to erect buildings that he could not have dreamed of owning prior to his sixty-one days at the cap ital at six dollars per d ty and pay his own board. The Tribune. Metsker says that fits him. Instead of denying that he is guilty he sits snarling in his little cubbyhole nnd calls bad names. "Let the gall'd jade wince;" he leaves no sign of his ridiculous fury but foam and splinters. As innocence confirms itself by being unmoved at a false accusation, so does guilt stand self-confessed by the self application of a statement so general as the one quoted above. "We can well afford to leave the unfortunate wre tch just where he has placed himself. The true inwardness of the railway combine bill that cut so great a figure in the last session of the Indiana gen eral assembly is beginning to appear. The merger of leading northwestern lines effected by the organization of the Northern Securities corporation, the protests of governors of states through which those lines pass and whose farmers and manufactures will be deprived of the berefits of com petitive transportation if the protests prove ineffective, and the persistent rumors of attempts to "harmonize" the railway systems between Chicago and 2sew York in the same manner, are very aggressive facts in justifica tion of the opposition the Indiana bill met and which resulted in its defeat. The railroad lobby, with all its power and corrupting influence?, was unable to place the bill upon the statute books and among the most vigorous opponents of the measure stood John W. Parks of Marshall and Kosciusko. Among the most active and persistent friends of the railway interests that were pushing the bill was the "state representative" from this county, Clay W. Metsker, who has voluntarily and eagerly put on a certain shoe, thereby admitting that it fits him. SOUND REASON VS TWADDLE If getting whipped by 20,000 more majority than it did in 1900 places the Ohio democracy - In infinitely better condition than tor six years past, it follows logically that if it had been walloped to the extent of 100,000 ma jority it would have been in still bet ter condition than it is now. We don't quite understand how it is that a party polling 20,000 less votes In an off year campaign than it did in a pre vious presidential election can be said to be "in infinitely better condition than it has been for six years." Ply mouth Democrat. Let us reason together. The con vention that nominated the Kilbourne ticket and adopted a platform that omitted any and all reference to the Chicago-Kansas Citv declaration was a representative body. It may be as sumed to have voiced the sentiments of those who appointed its members as delegates. The convention was composed of pearly 1,000 delegates. Among all these only six dissented from the platform finally adopted. Xow, suppose the majority had yield ed to the minority and for the sake of accommodation, harmony, concilia tion, etc., had agreed to accept the plank demanded by the minority, does our esteemed contemporary over at Plymouth suppose for a moment that the democratic vote would have been larger than that cast at the recent election? If yes, then it will be in order to show why the Chicago-Kan sas City platform endorsement in Iowa worked so poorly. South Itend Times. GET ACTION. "Get action. Do things. Besane. Don't fritter your time away; create, act, take a place wherever vou are and be somebody. Get action." That is what Colonel Roosevelt said to one of his Rough Riders one day as they were parting after the war. The advice, in substance and in form, is in the best and most characteristic Roose velt style and is essentially the story of his own career. To another he said, "Remember that for nine days you will be a hero, and then you will have to take your place an oidinary citi zen. You will be judged then for what you are and what you do, not for what you have been. Don't get gay." The law of life is work. If work is not at hand, make work. The world and its victories are for the people who do things. Look ahead and keep busy is the rule that wins. Roosevelt hates a lie and despises hypocrisy, he detests moral or physi cal cowardice, he has no time for dreamers. He is loyal to his friends and reticent as to his enemies, he be lieves in common sense and is calm, cool and conservative. Above all, he is personally clean. In private and in public he has walked soberly and care fully, with clear eyes and unsoiled hands, faithful in all things. Roosevelt is an intensely practical man and an American clear through and always. That he is loved by Americans is due to his conspicuous characteristics, the mainspring of which is expressed in the American admonition, "Get action." HIGH GROUND IN DIPLOMACY. In his speech at the New York chamber of commerce dinner Tuesday evening Secretary Hay gave expression to some phrases which are not likely to be forgotten. Speaking of the part which the United States is to play among the other powers, he declared that "there is to be no more surren der of our rights than violation of the rights of others." "Xo wantonness of strength," he added, "will ever in duce us to drive a hard bargain with another nation because it is weak, nor will any fear of ignoble criticism tempt us to insult or defy a great power because it is strong or even be cause it is friendly." The nation, furthermore, while frankly striving to cany its commerce into all the mark ets of the world, v.ill endeavor to cult ivate peace with all powers, "but not to take part In the formation of groups or combinations among them." In short, to quote a phrase which bids fair to make Mr. Hay's speech memo rable, "the briefest expression of our rule of conduct is perhaps the Monroe doctrine and the golden rule. " Diplomacy used to be the art of duplicity and of artfulness, its lan guage was the language of concealed meaning, the diplomat was a man of polite subtlety and urbane cnJtiness, to whöm "All friendly trust was folly" arid no international communication was what it seemed. American statesmanship is changing all that and foreigners are no longer shocked at the plain speech and open meaning of our ministers abroad. The utterance of Secretary Hay will not have to be construed and translated to find its significance. It means, and will be understood to mean, tint the United States stands on the high ground of fair dealing in everything that affects international relations, while maintaining to the utmost e ?ery right it poccccccs. THE LAW OF ASSESSMENTS. In considering the paving assess ments and the plan adopted by the citv commissioners for determining the amounts, it should be remember ed that no absolutely fair and equit able plan for distributing the cost of such improvements has ever been devised. One extreme view is that all public improvements should be paid for by the entire public, on the theory that the sum of all general and special benefits from all public works will thus be most evenly divided among all the people. One trouble with this plan is that the division is made on the basis of property values and per sons owning no property avoid pay ment altogether while enjoying as much actual use ot the improvements as others who pay the highest taxes. Another trouble is that public im provements ordinarily commence in the center of the municipality and work out toward the limits., and prop erty owners around the edges would be compelled to pay for much that they would never get. At the opposite extreme is the opinion, widely held at one time, that the full cost of public improvements should be assessed to the property directly affected by them, the idea be ing that as .the improvements are extended each piece of property will in turn pay its share of the whole in the order in which it Is reached. This is objectionable for the reason that though the general public en joys a very large proportion of the benefit of public works, a large part of it escapes the burden of the cost as they are carried forward, and for the further reason that the placing of the entire cost upon adjacent property sometimes makes the tax intolerable, even to the point of confiscation. The rigid front-foot rule of the Barrett law was adopted under this extreme view. It greatly simplified the cal culation of assessments but compelled thousands of foreclosures and was so Inequitable and odious that.lts repeal was demanded from all over the state. Somewhere between these two ex tremes lies a basis of adjustment that is nearer fair and right than either, but no golden mean that is perfect will be discovered. . The present law provides that each piece of property shall be assessed in a sum equal to the excess of the special benefit it re ceives over the damage it sustains by reason of the improvement, that if the benefits to do not equal the con tract price for the job the city shall pay the difference out of the general taxes, anä that the benefits and dam ages shall be fixed by the city com missioners, who are selected as disin terested representative citizens and freeholders. This is an exceedingly elastic law, even leaving out of consideration the human proneness of city commis sioners to err in judgment. It leaves each contract to be handled according to the conditions that prevail with reference to it and it contemplates that each piece of property affected shall be considered separately and as sessed according to the benefits and damages belonging to it. The com missioners are confronted with a seri ous proposition and are under a heavy responsibility when they take up the duty of distributing the assessments and they are assured from the outset that at least some interested parties will differ from them in judgment; if they are men of sense they will realize that their own judgments may not be fruitless and will govern them themselves accordingly. They will know that no hard and fast rules can be laid down and that a satisfactory method in one place may be radically wrong in another. The thing the Plymouth commis sioners are required to do now is to find out the exact amount that each lot affected by the- pavement is In creased in value bv reason of that im provement. This is the amount of the assessment within the Intent and meaning of the law. When thac is accomplished and the assessments are footed up the deficit, if any, is the amount the city must pay. If the commissioner; do not fail in their duty neither the property owners nor the city will pay too much. In a situation where there is so little varia tion from normal conditions as on Michigan street it would seem reason ably clear to the great majority of people that the owners should pay for the work in front of their respective lots, leaving the city to pay for the intersection of streets. SELF-ACCUSED, SELF-CON DEMNED. In the course of an article com menting in the most general way on Indiana legislative life, printed in this paper recently, the following passage occurs: The adverse impression created by the general suspicion of such things is infinitely intensified when some member of the legislature returns to his constituents and proceeds to erect buildings that he could not have dreamed of owning prior to his sixty one days at the capital at $6 per - day and pay his own board. This statement of a general and well-known truth would seem to be sufficiently indefinite; indeed, the fact could not be well put in any more it- definite language. The experience has occurred in many places in this and other states si nee legislatures have been organized and such bodies have been subjected to much disrepute thereby. No innocent man could by any pos sibility read into the paragraph quoted, especially when taken in connection with the context of the article, any impugnment of his character, direct or indirect, for nothing is stated ex cept a general truth, without even a suggestion of a specific application. In the entire article there is absolute ly no reference to any Individual. But the misfit who is fond of cal ling himself "the state representative" rushes into print with a half-column editorial charging that the innocent little paragraph impeaches his hon esty and integrity. He has put the shoe on and the presumption in such cases is always that the shos fits. His ed itorial contains no denial of the charge that he assumes was made against him, as though he is the only "state representative" there ever was, but it amounts to an abject confession and the plight in which he has thus placed himself would be pitiable If he were less ridiculous. A guilty conscience is its own ac cuser and the weaker a guilt man is the sooner will he condemn himself out of his own mouth, for children and fools unconsciously yield up the truth. A more homely way of putting it is contained In' the familiar aphorism, "Give a calf plenty of rope and it will hang itself." To the ticklish and self-condemned "state representative" we commend the words of an old poet: N;ne have accused thee; 'tis thy conscience cries. The wltcest In the soul that never dies; Its accusation, like the moaning wind Of wintry midnight, moves thy startled mind. O, may it melt thy hardened heart, and brine From out thy frozen soul the life of spring To The Public. Allow me to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy. I had a very severe cough and cold and feared I would get pneumo nia, but after taking the second dose of this medicine I felt better. Three bottles of it cured my old and the pains In my chest disappeared entirely. I am most respectfully you.vs for health, Ralph S. Meyers, 64-Thir-ty-seventh St., Wheeling, W. Ya. For sale by J. W. Hess, Druggist YANKEE NOTIONS. ThebarkentineTitania, from Liver pool to St. Johns, was wrecked Satur day morning in a dense fog off New foundland and for thirty-six hours the crew suffered such hardships as mei are not often called upon to endure During that time they were lashed to the rigging, without covering except their shirts and drawers, wholly with out food and constantly beater, by the icy November seas. Three men rora shore made a thrilling rescue at great risk to themselves, while one of the crew, in an effort to swim to land in quest of help for his shipmates, was dashed high against the rocky cliffs and his lifeless body was found torn and broken. The story appeared in the daily papers and was read careless ly and without a thrill of excitement; but when such hairbreadth escapes are described In books of fictitious adventure we read them breathlessly and conjure up in our vision the most horrible pictures of staring mariners, with death in their eyes, battered by the implacable waves or washed against the beetling rocks, no help of human hand to reach them or plant a ray of hope irntheir despairing souls, nothing but agony and ruin, until the hero comes with superhuman effort and snatches them into safety and comfort under a bright shining sun. Truth is stranger than fiction, but not nearly so impressive. A stanch old republican farmer friend dropped in for a chat the other day and in the course of conversation remarked that he had never under stood the true inwardness of the poli cy of reciprocity until he read McKin ley 's Buffalo speech in Halsted's Life of McKinley, obtained under oar great offer. In that speech the President said: Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth of our wonderful industrial develop ment under the domestic policy now firmly established. What we produce beyond our domestic consumption must have a vent abroad. The excess must be relieved through a foreign outlet and we should sell everywhere we can and buy wherever the buying will enlarge our sales and productions and thereby make a greater de cand for home labor Ave should take from our customers such of their pro ducts as we can use without harm to our industries and labor. This, commented our friend, is a wise and helpful policy, calculated to benefit the farmers and wage-earners alike. It is easily comprehended when the entire speech is read. "But," we said, "you should have known all that before, for we printed McKinley 's speech in full in our next issue after it was delivered." "Yes," he replied, "and I read it; but that was in a paper while this is ma book." It was the case of the shipwreck over again. One cf our merchants, not much of an advertiser, by the way, and there fore a dealer of minor standing, ac costed us recently. "Say," he exclaimed, "you ought to print something In your paper about people buying goods away from home. They come to us when they want favors but when they have cash in hand they chase off every place for goods and usually get stuck. Give it to 'em about that." "Ii people do not read the paper any closer than you do," we rejoined, "it would be of no use to advise them on that or any other subject." "Why's that?" "Why, we have time and again pub lished just such articles as you sug gest, in our news columns and in the editorial department. We know that it has been productive of good, too." "Well," he said complacently, "I don't have time to read the papers very carefully and did not notice it." He doubtless read the articles but did not think. It was the shipwreck tar Restaurant -FOR A- Thanksgiving Dinner! mm FreBh Oysters in can aod bulk at alj times. m Fruits and CaDdies. Hot aod Cold Luoch at all times. PHONE 114. OTTO ALBERT. case again. If a man will advertise for black cats at a dollar each, or if he will an nounce in small type and in the most inconspicuous part of the paper that he will sell sugar at a cent a vound to the first hundred comers, he will find that though shipwreck stories and reports of speeches may lack some what of being as Impressive in news papers as 'In books, yet the great masses of the people read advertise ments and look to them as reliable glides to the market. Newspaper readers would gain much if they would read their papers In all departments as thoughtfully as they read the advertising columns, and ad vertisers would gain 'much If they would prepare their copy as carefully as the editor does his. And if men who do not have time to read the papers would take time there would be -'- less gold bricks , sold and non advertisers would realize that their backwardness in business is due to their self imposed obscurity. . . Yankee One Fart Plus $2.00 tor the Round Trip. In the rate the Northern Pacific will make to western points reached via its lines on account of Home-seek ers excursions. -Selling dates will be Oct. 15th, Nov. 5th and 19th and Dec. 3rd and 17th. For further informa tion write, J. E. Turner, D. P. A., N. P. R.'Jackson Place, Indianapolis, Ind., or address Chas. S. Fee, G. P. & T. A., N. P. P. I Sell Groceries, Stationery, School Books and Supplies, Wall Paper, Window Shades. W. Gfl. Kendall, PLYMOUTH. 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We sell Typewriter Furniture. We furnish Stenographers and Operators Can Wc Scr-Oe you 7 J Wyckoff. Sea. mans & Benedict 327 Broevdwvv. New York INDIANAPOLIS HOUSE ; 12 E Market Street. 1 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM, .iiVJ Promoetaluvriantgrcw1h. .v never jraiia o aww" u-rj ft Pre-nt "iff and hair tailing -l I Free' Railroad Fares 2 ar" I The Shoppers' Association of Logansport will refund the entire railroad fare (both ways) to persons liviDg within a radius of 50 miles from Logansport, upon the purchase of $25.00 worth of merchandise from any one member of the Asso ciation, or from all combined. HERE IS THE PLAN: Ask for a Shoppers' Association Rebate Book in the first store you enter of those named below as members, have each purchase entered in every store you trade in, and when through buying the last trading place will direct you how to receive your rebate. It's all very simple no extra trouble. Application must be made for rebate at the time purchase is made. The Shoppers' Association of Logansport includes all of the representative retail stores of the city; and covers practically every line of merchandise needed for personal or home use. You may spend three dollars at one store, ten at an other, eight at another store, and four in miscellaneous purchases there are 25.00 expended for which the amount of your fare is promptly refunded. a o rinlpmin flr)vrf!ctnn rAmmtto -I Ort A MQDODT I M Ol in a&5 . c f c. r, V c c c c . c c V Members of The Shoppers9 Association, " A glance through this list ehows that none but firms ot the very nighest reputation in their respective linea ask you to do business with thtsm. flsh& HftdUy, 425-427 Market street, furni ture and upholstering. Di. Avthuv Bakv, 403 Broadway, optician, eyes examined free. Homiv Closson & Co., 506 Broadway, drugs, paints, oils and varnishes. ! H. 7. Cviitnood, 312 Market, stoTes,tinware, - hardware and house furnishings I. fl. Ccufovd, corner Broadway and Fifth struts, hardware, (runs and ammunition. DsuitDctp dt Co., 303 Fourth street, hatters and furnishers. J. o. Frgason, 322 Market Btreet, clothier furnisher and hatter. J. T. Flngic, 310 Market street, hardware, stoves and sporting goods. Can Fisher, 311 Fourth Street, druge, paints, oils and varnishes, nil Grnsfldir, 315 Market street, clothier, hatter and furnisher. C. iar. Graves, 413 Broadway, books, station er o, pianos, organs, framing and cameras, Lüm. Cia & Co., 316 Market etreet,clothicg and men's furnishings. Jaeob Hz, 409 Market street, the leading tailor. O. It. Harrington; 421 Fifth street, photog- . rapher, frames and moulJing. Helvla & Sellers, 424 Broadway, clothing and men's furnishings. . m. Ii. Johnson, 403Eroadway.hardware,bet- i )g, cutlery and sporting goods. Colombia Breeding Co., 'phone ;40, John . . G. Keip, manager. m, meCaffray & Co., two stores, 410 Market street and corner Broadway and Sixth Ste, groceries at Wholesale prices, Sugar, cof fee and tobecco exempt. W. H. Porter, corner Fourth and Market Sts., drugs, paints and oils. The Globe, corner Fourth and Market streets, clothiers, hatters and furnishers, Sehmitt & Hlnly, (The Golden Rule) corner Fourth and Market Sts., dry good, cloaks, carpets atd millinery. Hal B. smith &. Co., 416 Broadway, jewelers and opticians, smith & peCormaek, 306-303 Fifth street, bugeies, harness and horse furnishings. Snider & Alber, 414 Market Street, queens ware, china, glass, silverware and lamp?. Geo. W. seybold & Bros., (Trade Palace, )319- 321 Market street, big department store. Stemart Diry Goods Co., 315 Fourth street, Logansport'a bargain store, dry goods and cloaks The Otto' Shoe and Clothing Co., 317-319 Fourth street, clothing, shoes, hats, fur nishings. Free chinaware, 'Nuff said. The Boston,5c andlOc store,blue f ront,Fourth street, queensxare, hardware, kitchenware and toys. J. D. Taylor. 309 Fourth street, jeweler and optician specialist. Eyes examined free. H. Wiler & Co., corner Broadway and Fourth streets, carpets furniture, draperies ana wall paper. J. m. Oiaters, 323-325 Fourth street, dry goods, notions, cloaks and curtains. Elias Winter & Son, 510 Broadway, boots, shoes and rubbers. D. a. Ycungker & Co., 402 Broadway, manu facturers ot "Little Duke" cigars. Young & Coster, harness, carriage, rubber tires. The Bee Hive, Wiler & Wise, 409 411 Broad way, dry goods, cloaks and millinery. Persons living at a greater distance than 50 miles may have their fares rebated. To il lustrate: If you live CO mile j away, you pay for only 10 miles, and the association pays for 50 miles both ways. C: For fur ther information address, O TT O A. KRAUS,