Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 27 January 1922 — Page 1

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VOL. 2 NUMBER 4

MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922

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James M. Cox Makes First Public Statement Since the 1920 Presidental Election

Ex-Governor James Cox, of Ohio, democratic candidate for president in 1920, broke his long silence Wednesday night at Dayton, his home city, in an address made at the Jackson day banquet,' which marks him still as the leader of his party and the logical candidate in 1924. Lack of space prevents publication of the speech in full, but following are some of the more important paragraph of the great address made by

Mr. Cox:

“Some may pretend to doubt the good that would come from American leadership, but none' can deny the harm that has come from the lack of ' it. The policies of Woodrow Wilson were as unwavering as the stars that guide the pilgrims of the night; those of the present administration as shifting as the wind-tossed snows of the winter. In the time of stress we traded governmental vision and courage for vacillation and •, expediency. MTlions of voters admit their error and set up in self-defense the plea of misjudgmeht in the face of mis-

representation.

“The first essential thing to our prosperity is the formal recog/nition by our Government of the fundamental cause of depression. Since th s would carry acceptance of the theories of Woodrow Wilson, there is hope only for the belated relief that will corne from the pressure of public opinion. One might as well try to tear" down Gibraltar with a pickax as to restore commercial stability either with Mr. Hoover’s widely advertised conventlor s or proclamations. “Mr. Hoover knows better. He is not fooling himself. On billboards in the campaign of 1920 the people then I'ving.in plenty were told that they were mistreated by our Government. To-day in flaming posters the people, now idle, are told they are prosperous, or that prosperity is just around, the corner. Every economist and statasman in the world vvhose

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rior thought, adAVV.s’ that the house of civilization cannot be put in order without the co-operation of the nation possessing both the leading gold supply and the facilities of tremendous

productivity.

“Noisy Methods of Circus” “Furthermore, that no country that is an indispensable factor in a reestablished international stability can regain a normal prosperity for itself until world-wide conditions improve. In the face of these fundamental truths the Administration at Washington is vainly trying to bring better times by resort to the noisy methods

of a circi’.s. |

“Not only is the practical side of things carrying its deep impressions, but thousands of Republicans deeply resent the departure of.their party from the idealism that has made up so much of its history. It was inconceivable to them that the party of TJ.ncoln, in the face of the greatest moral question in all history, would, when the crucial test came, violate the basic principles of humanity and

religion.

would resist may as well try to check the plents in their course. “Far From Starting Point” “I read recently a book on adventures of an Arctic explorer. By sledge and foot he was crossing the 'me, his objective being toward the east. With speed to foot and dog he covered many miles each day, only to tind in his later reckonings that regardless of his effort the tides and winds had drtven him far west of his starting point. The Administration in Washington is in much the same predicament. “With deliberate industry it has for almost 12 months faced the setting sun—and yet the currents of public opinion have steadily borne the destiny of America, eastward, eastward, nearer each day to the seat of the League of Nations at Geneva. “Just when nations seemed com- . .ittcd to open diplomacy Mr. Lodge in the name of America resorted to the diplomatic methods of old. Verily it seems an easier task to reform the diplomacy of the old world than to reshape a seasoned American reactionary. “No one will deny/that if America were now in the league there would be no need of any agreements between the fcur Powers for the very simple reason that the covenant covers the matters of disputes; external aggression arid disarmament. “May Drift Into League” “Our nation may drift into the League of Nations under the existing regime, but our participation under such auspices iwould be halfhearted and our influence for good itm nished in consequence. The opportunity to render notable achievement in behalf of humanity remains for the democracy of the nation, because it is the only political organization committed by conviction or otherwise to this principle of govern-

ment.

“Our faith in the official pronouncements of 1920 is unaffected by the resuH' oi die SKvflBiE or-xnax-year. When our illustrious chieftaSn fell, a wounded soldier of ' the war, his standard was never allowed to touch the ground, but was proudly borne by Democracy’s hosts. If we had wavered in our beliefs or if we had dipped the colors to the temptingcurrents of racial discontent we would have been 1 "vorthy to cele-

brate Jackson Pay.

“We stand in mw very tracks, just where we Were when the votes were counted. We have not retreated a stop. The flag still flies, and we are ready for the next fight.”

Democrats Should Organize It is time that the democrats of Delaware County begin to wake up and get ready for the campaign. Therenerer was a time when the democrats were in better shape to make an aggressive fight for control of the county administration. There are some who think the recent city campaign, which resulted in a sweeping republican victory, spells disaster for the democrats in the fall election of 1922. Nothing is further from the truth. The city election was really a non-partisan affair. .The people were tired of the performance of ‘ a bi-partisan group who sought power for selfish reasons and the bi-partisan crowd was overthrown. The county, through its administrative sources, the county council and the board of commissioners, has been ruled in a criminally extravagant manner and the citizens of Delaware County are ready for a change. Favoritism, the appointment of family groups to fill important office, the extravagant use of county funds, the alleged misconduct of certain officers connected with the bi-partisan group who caused the downfall of the democratic ticket in the city election—these things, together with the bitter contest between the republican factions, should ffrake it possible for the democrats to win this fall, provided the right kind of men are placed on the ticket. Hundreds of democrats threw politics to the winds in the city election and helped elect Dr. Quack in order that an obnoxious condition might be removed. There are thousands of republicans in Delaware county who are tired of the vicious rule of the republican machine and they will join with the democrats this fall to help clean things up in the county. IfdBfel:

REVELATION! REALIZATION! REBUKE! REVOLUTION! LITTLE REASON!

element changes (butwhbn?) we may then hope foi' the glorious utterance. and the fulness thereof, “On Earth, Peace, Good Will toward Men?” When, Blessed Lord, when?

Rather seriously,

CHARLES N. MITCHELL.

Muncie, Ind.

CURRENCY PLAN

Editor Post Democrat:

If the past eight or ten months

have not been a “Revelation’’ then

sir, what in the h—1 has it been? Revelation reveals the v/orkings of

men and time! Revelation, since time begun has been the element in nature which prnnelled the human race by instinct and action in its various and varied channels and has started the ages by its forecast of human events and its writing the sullen pages of

a critical and blighting past. Revelation is the evidence of all

things, unvarnished, untouched by the artist’s skill to cover or to mystify or

to abolish Revelation stands in bold i New York, Jan. 26—Creation of an r Uie f with one and unchangeable j International Trade Bank to control edict.. Thus sayeth the Lord . What i exchange was proposed by Comptrolpart in Revelation are we enacting : le r of the Currency Crissinger in an today? Eactly the part that the re- —i t> ui:

leased criminal enacts. He suffered the penalty.

Bank to Control Exchange Urged By

Crissinger

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HELEN KELLER TALKS WITH

WILLETA HUGGINS

They Interpret Vocal Sounds by Placing Their Hands on Face and

Chest

WEEKLY LETTER

CLAUDIUS GALENUS

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Madison, Wis.,—Willeta Huggins, 16 blind and deaf girl of Janesville, and M'iss Helen Keller, blind, deaf and formerly dumb, conversed with each other here last night, placing their

hands on the face and chest of each

They had been reassured by the nt ^ r \° in \ e T rpre f t ^ e v ° cal sounds,

committee of 31, headed by Messrs.

Root, Hughes and Hoover. But beyond that they had faith in the compelling' influence of tradition. They now realize that present leaders of their party, in the making of policy, have profaned Republican history, and ignored every thought of an honored inheritance, by forsaking the soul of Abraham Lincoln for the spleen of Henry Cabot Lodge. “Abject surrender has been made to

The two. Miss Keller famed for her occomplishments despite the absence cf two senses, and Miss Huggins, who has become widely known as a result of what is said to be her ability to distinguish colors by her sense of smell, were able to understand one

another without aid.

Miss Keller said of the girl that she was “delighted that the power and gift of her spirit have been so marvelously developed and I look forward to her helping others

Mr. Lodge. He is Captain of the ship, forward to her helping others to and proceeding on his theory of long ^alize what they can do if they work standing that most people are wrong 1o V g en ^gh. There are many marin their concept of public questions' velous things m the world, but noth-

and he is right, he doubtless enjoys his contemptuous attitude toward a prevailing public opin on. But the mills of the gods are grinding nevertheless and there can be no more American isolation in thought than in commerce. The controlling impulses of civilization are moving toward a common center and those who

ing so wonderful as the adaptability

of human beings.”

FALLS 800 FFET AND LIVES Ogmore, Eng.—Walking over the mountain at night, John Sweeney fell 300 feet down a quarry. He was rescued the next morning suffering from only slight scalp wounds.

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The Facetious Cop According to the enterprising Gaston writer who contributes* news items to the Star concerning the doings of that enterprisiing little city, the town right watchman played an uproarious joke on the fire department Monday night. The veracious account hath it that about 11:30 o’clock that night, with the thermometer flirting with the zero mark, the waggish night policeman sounded a fire alarm. There was no fire, but the village sleuth, being possessed of a wealth of humor and the soul of a comedian. wanted to get the boys out of bed on a cold night just to see them hustle around in zero weather looking for an imaginary fire. The account failed to d’sclose the sequel of the side-splitting joke so, in the absence or any press account of lynching of the facetious Gaston cop, we naturally assume that the bucket brigade raced all over Gaston looking in vain for the fire that simply wasn’t, and then, after freezing their ears and ketchin’ their death of cold, discovered the wheeze, and lest la : d down in the snow and roiled over and over and almost died laffin. The Gaston hawkshhw with the overtrained sense of humor certainly deserves a Carhe'gies medal for execeptional bravery. He took a chance, but fortunately for him it appears that the members of the Gaston fire department are also possessed of an overtrained >sense of humor, else the. town hoard would have assembled Tuesday to fiill the vacancy caused by the sudden demise of the joker. The fire department say that they are going to play a funny joke on the night cop, themselves. They are going to get even. The next time he rings the fire hell at night they are going to stay at home.

The great reformer—the illustrious Junior United States Senator from Ohio—the man who gained fame as the champion consumer of “chicken giblets” while governor of the g(reat state of Ohio—the man who was elected governor of the said great state for one term, yes, only one term, has been vindicatied by the Republican organization of his home state. This “reformer”,* Franklin Bartlett Willis, who examplifies his ability as a reformer by “Newberrytemg” the { Ltoited States Senate, has been pronounced O. K. in his “strategy” which he so cunningly exercised in scaling Truman H. Newberry. Yes, the G. O. P. organization of this Republican state, that generally elects a Democratic Governor, has announced that they shall stand behind Senator Willis. They contend that such campaign expenditures as Senator Newberry’s are similar to the sale

of Liberty Bonds.

They say that such campaign expenditures and Liberty Bonds are pa-

triotic.

During our war-time drives in selling Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps the school children were taught the lesson of Thrift and Patriotism. Perhaps from now on it would be “fitting” to have the scholars, immediately after school takes up, to arise and define “senatorial patriotism”. It is a long, long time until the Junior Senator from Ohio will have to take the stump to retain his seat in the Senate but, never-the-less, he will be “catchin’ ’ell” from now on. Sister “Lizzie” Greep, Democrat from Cleveland, Ohio, is a candidate to seek the Senatorial seat now occupied by Atlee Pomerene. Yes, you bet, and so far she hasn’t hinted about saying, anything regarding Atlee, her opponent, but Oh Boy, she is going to tell ’em about “chicken gjiblet” Willis and his Newberry “stunts”. You know, Shakespeare said, “A low voice l is an excellent thing in woman,” hut we do not agree with Bill Shakespeare, because Elizabeth’s voice will tell the truth and do lots of good. Elizabeth, you are an Intelligent lady, a real Democrat, and a political asset to your party—go get him.

Every time Wayne B. Wheeler and J his lieutenants have an opportunity to T dig into the tax-payer’s pocket for 4» more money to enforce prohibition T they dig a little deeper than the time T before. 4! Yet, Wane B. says that every day ^ the enforcement of prohibition is Dc2 coming more successful. We, therefore, ask the question: “Why does it * take more money and propaganda to || make the average law-abiding citizen ❖ believe that illicit liquor traffic is on the decline when his eyes tell him I different?” v I The concensus of opinion throughout I* the coutnry tends to convey the idea , that the Volstead Act should be re- *> pealed, therefore, legallizing the sale % of beer and light wine. The illimination of the open saloon

and the liquor traffic was a God-send, but the drastic and impossible laws that were further enacted by the anti-saloon politicians turned the average citizen against the eighteenth amendment to the constitution, our most sacred government document. The layman who has enjoyed the liberties of America in the past has recently “balked” and doesn’t cate to co-operate in enforcing these laws. National Commissioner of Prohibition, Haynes, of Washington, made a special trip to Chicago to see that “prohibition was enforced”. When he stepped from the train he was surrounded by a body-guard to make him safe from bodily harm while in the city. This protection wasn’t to guard hlim from the thief, but virtually from the hatred of public opinion toward prohibition. Doesn’t it look like there is something wrong when a man has to be protected while enforcing the Constitutional Laws of the Federal Government ? Is it true that prohibition is being successfully enforced while the prominent Hotels and Exclusive Dining Rooms in the large cities “name che menu cards? their poison” in plain English upon Personally, we shall not state whether or not beer and light wine should ,be legalized under government supervision because the average American citizen has his own opinion and this same opinion will decide in the near future whether the sale of beer and light wine will eliminate the sale and manufacture of the damnable “Hootch” and Third Rail” that blinds and kills. This illicit traffic not only keeps millions of dollars out of the Federal Treasury but takes millions of dollars to try to stop it. Will beer and light wine satisfy to the extent of making it pleasant to feel like a true American when you pay your taxes? Will it make it “hard to make a sale”, on the part of the bootlegger, of his “cross bone poison” ? We might make a guess that when the voters of the various states vote ipon this question in the near future under the Initiative and Referendum, a great many will answer the above questions by saying “Yes”.

The ‘'‘National Republican” a G. O. P. publication, that makes the “Democratic Donkey” lay his ears backyes, ’way back—says, “When the Republican party came into power in March 1921, it found manufactures and American agriculture in the grip of depression. There was a huge army of the unemployed, farm prices were dropping, factories were closing and the American people were in the midst of the reaction from a financial and governmental debauch. It is a fact that Republican leadership is staggering under the load of Democratic recklessness and is thrown upon its shoulders by capacity.” The Dayton Daily News makes this comment—we copy for the benefit of

“The Republican party did

not come into power in 1921 so far as the legislative functions which attached to congress are concerned. On false promises made to the citizenship of the United States the Republicans came into power through the congressional elections an November, 1918. It was this event which ushered in the disastrous epoch through which American manufacturers and American agriculturists have been passing many months. Let the people of the country understand clearly this point; the national Republican administration which assumed control of the government in March, 1921 inherited exactly what the legislative Republican majority cooked up during the two preceding years. There was a huge national dndebtedness accrued from the war. But the expenditures would not have been possible except through Repubican approval of appropriations. The Republicans in congress during the trying period of the war prided themselves that they helped to win the war by backing up Woodrow Wilson in his requests for funds by which to conduct the gigantic struggle. It’s pretty late for the Republican party to he blaming its statesmen for the patriotism they display in cooperating in winning the decision. It is part of the propaganda to attempt to saddle the whole war* expenditures upon the Democratic Party. When the “National Republican” writes about a huge army of unemployed, farm prices dropping and factories closing having been found to exist on March, 1921, it condemns its own political party because these conditions grew out of a lazy and do-nothing congress which bent its efforts solely to obstructing every constructive measure Mr. Wilson proposed. A lot of critics of the Demo•cratic party ought to be down on their knees right now thanking Providence that the Democratic party passed the Federal Reserve Bank law. If this hadn’t been done perhaps Russia Would be sending food to America instead of receiving it from Americans. Tt isn’t possible any longer for Wilson critics to fool the American people. They managed to do this two different occasions, but they have failed in the

third attempt.”

Pope Benedict XV, the sovereign ruler of the Roman Catholic Church, has passed over the thresh-hold into the other world to his great reward so well deserved by one so beloved. Pope Benedict XV was a great man in many respects. Has personality will never be forgotten. His love for peace brought out'the real Christian spirit that he possessed. As a religious leader of his Church he ranked second to none of his predecessors. In the year, Nineteen Hundred Fourteen, a few days after the world was plunged into the terrible conflict, he was elected to the highest office within the gift of his Church. The many nations of the earth were a I each others throats. They were Christian nations, though they were killing and plundering which was contrary to the fundamental principles of the teachings of Christianity. Pope Benedict, throughout the struggle, put forth every effort to stop the terrible slaughter. This great burden no doubt hastened his death. Shortly after assuming Ms high Papal office he called upon the world (Continued On Page Two)

debt in prison and is now realizing the full force of the “Revelation” by a court that he was proven guilty, sen tenced, and served his term to cancel

the debt.

Just so, in society today. We hav: sinned against God and ourselves, in creating a false, a vain, a cruel, r, shoddy, a Wicked element among us styled “aristocracy” or “society”! anc put the crown of gold upon its heat and then the creator,—which is th. masses—has deliberately bowed th knee to Baal as in antiqnitv. here i the incipiency of the twentieth cer. tury of civilization”!?) We are s-. mongrelized and so much unfraterna! ized that we are in a perfect s.'a oi trouble and the rations standing with daggers in hand, and the dog-teeth glittering! for a f ray. One great, if not the greatest cause of it all seems to be, we have Nr. SINCERE leadership. Personal gain and party fealty take precedence oYer the soul-impressed desire ini a cleaner worjd, a better place in which to live, and today Washington and everjnational capitol is besieged with demagogues, hypocrites, moral pirates and the nude, social morals which are pervading society to an extent which resembles the “Handwriting upon the Wall”, in Belshazzar’s day, and which todav can be correctly spelled:

RUIN!

Why is the church silent upon these subjects? Money, '"HRT roof t>T fill evil”, is a factor insurmountable even in the holy sanctuary, and MONEY today propels the church, in a little less bold degree than when the Blessed Master rid the temple of the money changers. It is a common expression in these unleaven days of money-worship that “we had better be a cat in hell without claws than to be on earth without a great roll of

money."

Today there is more money on earth than ever before and more suffering and evil forebodings than in any age. So mu oh for “REVELATION!” “Realization!” What of it? Well, following the “revelation” that bitter, cruel, hated events and conditions have foisted upon the masses, comes, in juxtaposition the horrors of “Realization”, and it hits like a bolt from a black sky; like an edict from a Nero. Realizing that we are under the ban, the yoke, the reign, the terror of lucre-rule in a land called civilized and Christian, we are counted as nothing without dollars. We are calculated as GREAT, be our moral status as it may, if we are strong with the power of great wealth. Not all are good who are penniless. NO! Not all bad who are financially powerful. NO! But the unfortunate, impossible gulf between is the chasm which seems to be the bone of contention, and to become the gulf of despair, into which the social world must fall, and not far distant, and “great will be the fall thereof” for “money is the root of evil”, or divinity was a poor prognos

ticator.

Money-mad, from child to potentate, and from sacrific of virtue to the commission of crime, high anc

lew.

MONEY! Thy name spells ruin! It phrases death! Will insane love of it ever cease? God only knows, and He has cut off eommuncation to us on that subject. Are we looking foi a better day? Ah, what’s the use 9 Money is or seems to be the Americar .r,od! And thus we are in the grip of “realization”. Revolution! And what is that? If is simply the reverse to serenity or equilibrium. When does it appear 01 the arena ? Always at the close of r very bad condition. Its mission ircruel coercion, where “civilization’’ failed. Revolution takes hold whefl civilization, real or imaginary, fails “Civilization” held full sway for a few centuries, up to 1914, when equilibrium sank and chaos fell in line And now, in 1922, at its thr eshold, we are confronted with eighl vuillions idh people and the condltons sadly shadowed, with “NORMALCY” a hts sing by-word, and “politicians” bearing a stench with it. We are nearing a “parting of the ways” socially un less a Moses arises, and where is he to come from? ✓ Unless there is money or popu iarity back of it he’ll never “arise” in these unleaven days of money power and money worship. Not all are bad! But all too many arc bad! And money is becoming ? moral octopus instead of a safeguar and blessing. Who is not lured bv it? Echo! Who? There seems to be “little reason’ for all this world turmoil except the power of the “love of money”, the greed for “power”, and the selfishness of SELF! The world seems to b( J undergoing a great sweat of SELF! and love of “POWER”. When this

address before National Republican

I Club here.

Paid the This bank, Crissinger said, could

either ssue its own international currency for transaction of trade between nations ,or could adopt the currency of one of the sounder nations as its medium of exchange. ‘ Such an institution”, Crissinger said, “would furnish to every country, not only an incentive, but a valued and ever-present aid, to bring its own currency system up toward parity with the medium of international liens. Its power over the ratios of monetary exchange would constitute a leverage upon governments disposed too recklessly to inflate and debase their own domestic currencies. This, in turn, would be the most effective pressure upon governments to make their budgets balance, to reluce their expenditures to live within heir current revenues, and this, again, vould be a powerful influence to keep overnments in the nn^od of peace.” Cr'ss nger suggested that the proposed bank might be founded on a mrtion of the debt owed the United • tales by European nations. Interlational securities could he issued m this debt for sale in the general hi vestment market. The Genoa Conference will be as important in the realm of world finances as the Armament Conference is in world pol-

itics. Crissinger said.

naiving cuuws IFarm Interest

Sympathy in Present Plight Expressed to Agricultural Confere: ce

Washington, Jan. 26 - Attended by approximately 300 delegates representing agriculture in all its phases md the industries related to farming, the national agriculture conference .vas convened here by Secretary Walace and immediately head from Presiient Harding a declaration of interest and sympathy by the administration in the present plight of the ration’s farmers together with a series if suggjesEons for remedying existing onditions. Development of a thorough code of law and business procedure with the proper machinery of finance, to i.ssure the farmer as generous a supply of working capital on as reasonable terms as is granted to other inJustries, was advocated by the presilent in opening the conference. “An industry”, the president said, ‘more vital than any other, in which lear half the nation’s wealth is inested, can be relied upon for good security and certain returns.” Declaring that in the matter of vhat may be called fixed investment •aplltal, the disadvantage of the farmr so impressed public opinion that the federal farm loan board was established to meet the need, the president said the farmer still needed some pronsion for supplying! him with working capital. “Compared with other industries,” ae continued, “the wonder is that agiculture, thus deprived of easy acess to both investment and occommoation capital has prospered even so veil”.

MORE WORKERS

General Conditions Better, Says Labor Bureau

Washington, Jan. 26-—General workng conditions have been slightly bettered, a survey of the industrial situation and employment in 14 industries issued by the Department of babor. showed. In eight industries there were increases in the number of men em■loyed. In six there were decreases. The comparisons are based on figires for December, 1920 and 1921. The iron and steel industry showed he greatest decrease, with 29.3 per ent less men employed in December, 921. than in December, 1920. The •ool industry displayed the greatest limb with an average of 119.9 per •ent. Sbven of the 14 industries showed acreases in the total amount of the ay roll. Again the wool industry bowed the greatest increase with a 12.8 per cent average. The iron and Teel and bituminous coal mjning showed decreases of 59.4 and 43.3 per ont respectively.

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Tokio—Agitation has been begun here for divorce reform. It is claimed that Japanese divorces are granted almost on a moment’s notice.