Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holtbouse Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as secund class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One week, by carrier -10 One year, by vurrier —— 5.00 One month, by mai1—................. .05 Three months, by mail — 100 Six months, by mail — 1.75 One year, by mall —3.0 u Ane year, at office-— 3.00 (Prices quoted are wßhln first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue. New York. The voters of Indiana will never forgive the members of the legislature who vote to increase the gasoline tax to five cents a gallon. We are sending a heap too much money to the state capitol now. The grand-dads used to say “a January fog will freeze a February' dog." Just what the connection is we never understood but we know they meant that fogs in the first month of the year meant some bitter ' cold weather the second month anil 1 that is usually came that way. When they tried to frighten Benjamin Franklin many years ago by -threatening to cut off his income he • told them that when a fellow could livp on "sawdust and water" as he 1 could, the idea of starving him to -death wasn't much of a scare. If we ptook the same attitude today and for principles rather than for *money, we would get farther. •» A penny a day is not much money. ■ You may be poor but you probably | don’t think much of a one-cent piece. l „Yet thats all we charge you for the Daily Democrat by mail. Certafajy 'we can't reduce the price lower. 'Surely you cannot have that as an excuse for delaying th e repaying of your subscription, when three dollars will bring you the news of the county, state and nation for an entire year. Please renew this month. Its a serious matter when it becomes necessary to investigate irregularities of grand juries, the state board of accounts, municipal and state officers and boards, yet thats what the resolution offered in the house this week, calls for. There is no doubt that the vile conditions in Indiana smell to high Heaven and all the shouting that State Chairman Walb and his crowd can do about saying something good about Indiana will be useless until the conditions are cleaned tup. Abolishment of the public service commission without some plan for ( taking care of the telephone, gas, , electric and other utilies might be a serious thing. It is possible that the commission has not functioned as it was intended to or should but that should not make us do foolish things. How many people would like two telephones? How many would like to do without electricity or gas? Not very many. If the commission is wrong, change it, if some improvements can be made in the law, make them, but be careful about doing those things which cause chaos. Frank Smith, of Illinois, who admitted having accepted 3200,000 from utility interests to aid in his campaign and against whom numerous charges of irregularities connected with his primary and election are charged was yesterday denied his seat when the Heed resolution was adopted 48 to 33. Smith was elected last November and then appointed following the death of Senator McKinley to till out the short term until March 4th. Senator Watson, -of Indiana. led the fight for Smith. Fifteen republicans voted with the democrats opposing Smith and a peculiar thing was the argument of the regular republicans for state rights. The senate argued for two days, the real issue being whether or not the senate had I

the authority to refuse to administer ’ the of office to a senator-desig-nate, presenting valid credentials.. Evidently they have set up the precedent that they are the bosses of their own affairs. — B Former Senator Thomas Taggart is ' never too busy to take a little time | off in the Interest of the Democratic ! party when his help and attention are I* needed. JIo campaign in Indiana Is ' complete until, disregarding his often repeated declaration that he intends to take no active part, he relents and puts his shoulder to the wheel in support of the Democratic nominees. The I national Democratic party always benefits from his counsel and consideration, and would have fared better sometimes If It had listened to him more than it has. Mr. Taggart takes a sympathetic interest even between campaigns, which may account in part for his present visit in Washingi ton. where he is finding occasion to I call national attention to Evans Woollen of Indianapolis as a Democratic presidential possibility. The former senator can quality as "the original Woollen man,” as he has pointed out to Hoosier Democrats the availability of their neighbor and recent senatorj ial nomine. Mr. Taggarct told the correspondents in Washington that Indiana will name Woollen delegates to the Democratic national convention, and he generally comes about as 1 near as any one to knowing what the Hoosier Democrats have in their minds on that score. Some Democrats have made the point that Mr. Woollen is not widely enough known outside of Indiana. Mr. Taggart counters , with the explanation that Hoosierdom , ( will introduce him to the rest of the .country before the next campaign. , Mr. Taggart also is probably think- ‘ ing that what his party needs just ( now is some able man who is not so . well known as are the present , prominent contenders: some one who ] . would apeal to all parts of the country on merit and without involving any factional strife or prejudices.— IndiAnapolis Star (Rep.) — — ♦ BIG FEATURES < ♦ OF RADIO « ♦ ♦ + + ♦♦ + ♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦ + 4 Saturday's Five Best Radio Featurer Copyright 1927 United Press Central Standard Time WEAK New York 492 M (13 station ) hookup— Bpm Walter Damroscl’ and New York Symphony orches tra. WUZ Springfield, 333 M, WJZ—New York 454 M 7:10 pm—Boston sym ph ney orchestta, from Symphony Hall, Boston. WPG—Atlantic City. -300 M. 8 pmI'un.eisiiv of FennsylvoEia Glee Club. KDKA—Pittsburgh 309 M 5:15 pm— Westinghouse band. WLS—Chicago, 345 M, 7 pm Nations barn dance. —o ♦++++♦♦++♦♦+♦++♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ * ♦ Twenty Years Ago This Day. + ♦ From the Daily Democrat File 4 *<44’+4>* + 4-4- + * + + + + 4 January 21 —Buffalo suffers $2,000,000 storm lot's. Ohiq river is at the 65-foot stage and flood leases are heavy. Furnace at the jail exploded without serious damage. Abolishment of capital punishment bill is taking up much time in the legislature. Frisinger and Co. pay S6OO for a team of horses. Miss Celesta Kintz is taking music lessens under Prof Mi es, at Fort Wayne. C. B. and I railroad announcer that employes found invoking cigarettes will be discharged. Decatur attorneys at Fort Wayne where the case of George McKean vs City cf Decatur is on. o — CONGRESS TODAY By United Press Senate: Considers 1. C. C. nomination of Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania in executive session. Agriculture committee considers small bills. House: Considers deficiency appropriation i bill. Naval committee considers improvo- . merit of naval works. Foreign affairs committee consldiers China treaties. I Judiciary committee considers tic(ket scalping bill. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. .IANTARY 21 ■ 1927

Fight Over G< Bill Look

Democrats Plan To Delay And Prevent Passage OI Measure Under Suspension Os The Rules; Cann Bill For Repeal Os State Utilities Act Expected To Pass In Senate; Trend Os Session Is Toward Home Rule; Report Os .Judiciary A Committee In House On Legislative Probe Bill Awaited With Air Os Expectency.

By Walter A. Shead (Written tor the Daily Democrat) Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 20- Democrats in the seventy-fifth general assembly Friday girded their lolm for a light to prevent tire Republican gerrymander bill introduced in tin House of Representatives, which, when passed, will make every congressional district in the state safely Republican except tire Third. House Democrats, where the first fight will be centered, of course, have no expectation of defeating ’he meaeur which it is expected, will be fought out purely on party lines. The gerrymander is one of the mqst daring ever attempted in the assembly and the only hope of the minority is to point out its unfairness and attempt to hackle the measure in every way possible. The House Democrats cannot employ the tactics used by tire Senate Democrats in 1925 and bolt over the gerrymander as they are not cf sufficient strength to break the House quorum. Neither are they strong enough in the Senate this session. Their only hope is to delay and prevent passage under a suspension ot the rules. . In the state senate there was every indication that the Cann bill providing tor repeal of tire state utilities act would likely pass the upper body, if a vote Thursday forenoon is any Indication the anti-public service commissicn senators can muster thirty votes, in a vote to recommit the measure. the motion was lost by a vote o, thirty noes and twenty ayes. Senator Cann, who is sponsor for the measure asserted that this is an indication cf the strength he will muster on final passage. The measure was amended in committee after the public bearing Wednesday st. iking out the section calling for creation cf the o.d railroad commission, so that if the measure is passed it sets up nothing to take care cf the inter-state utilities except the inter-state commerce commission, which already has taken over those duties. In the Senate vote Thursday, only two Democrats deserted the solid Democrat phaian. who will vote solidly for the Cann bill. These two were Senators Orrin H. Marked, of Elkhart and Otto W. Koenig, of Fort Wayne One of the most important measures which likely will receive Democratic support at this session is a lull scheduled to be introduced in the state Senate Friday, taking away from th. State Tax board the right to review county bond ir.tws when anpealed :r---by ten tax payers. The new measure which is'sponsored ..byy sphacr H-v witt, (Kep. Terre Hau'.e) would pro vide ’hat on petition of twenty-five remonstrators appeal shall be to the Judge cf the Circuit court of the county and that appeal may be taken from this court to the Supreme or appe late courts of the state. The entire trend of the jession this far has been toward home rule and indications that many cf the so called home rule bills may pass are cropping out daily. These bills are, in the majority of cases, sponsored by Democrats, who in some eases have prevailed upo:. Republican friends for their introduction. This is the case of the tax board bill to be introduced by Hewitt. The state board of accounts is ccming in for a combing when Senator Car! Gray takes the floor in defense of his measure calling for a provision that the chief examiner of the state board of accounts cannot “meddle" in local taxing unit contracts. Senator Gray, whe hails ftom I etersburg. intends to attack the board of accounts and air the report of the board which leads to file indictments of members cf the- highway commissi.n. Gray, while only thirty-one years of age, is marked as a “comer” among the senators. It is rumored, however that the Republican leaders sensing the young solon's possibilities have made overtures to him about accepting a Democrat Job on the public, service commission, providing that he will jump the reservation and support the Republican leaders in their defense of the Public Service Commission. It is known that Frank Wampler, Deiriocratic member of the commission, will net be reappointed. Wampler's term expires in the Spring and it is known that Governor Jackson already has made overtures to Clarence Cifster, Democratic county chai) man of Bartholomew county, a close friend of the Governor’s concerning the appointment. It also is known that Clyde Jones, of Lafay- ! ette, the other Democratic member

errymander sing lu House

of the commission, will resign within a short lime. it will be remembered that during' the 1925 session the Governor held, out premises ot appointments to Sen-' ators King, of Sweetser, Easton, ot 1 Sandborn, and Crosby, ot Huntington. all Democrats to support the administration policies with regard to the service Commissi n. It also is a significant fact that none of the three Democrats were returned to the 1927 session although a l three were candidates. in connection with the talk of Custer's appointment It Will be recalled that when the Republican county committee in Columbus, Bartholomew county, refused to invite Cove;n r Jackson there during the campaign, Custer took charge of the meeting, although slated as a Democrat, and introduced the Governor at the meeting in Columbus. Democrats are grabbing at every opportunity to air irregularities in connection with the circumstances surrounding the recent gland July probe of gtaft and corruption and a bi 1 introduced by Senator Joseph Cravens, whfch aims to abolish the Marion Criminal course, was done so for the s.le pm pose of allowing Senator Cravens to expose the “interest’ Judge James A. Collins took in the grand jury session. It will be remembered that when William 11. Remy Marion county prosecutor sought to publish

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testimony taken by the sruuu ju.y after they failed to return Indictments Judge Collins impounded the evidence to prevent it In the meatime. there was a general air of expectency hovering over tic legislature pending a return of a report by Judiciary A of the House on the legislative Investigation resolution introduced by Representative George L. Saundrs, Adams and Wells Counties. Democrats assert they bare dulling gathering strength from the Republican said to the cause ot the investigation. *——o -f~ Expect Anti-Evolution Laws In Many States New York. Jan. Ml—(United Press) —That bills outlawing the teaching of evolution will be pressed in many of the 40 State legislatures holding tegular sessions in 1927 and that campaigns for such measures hate already been started in South Caro.ins. Washington. Oregon. Kansas. Florida, Virginia and California is asserted by the American Liberties Union. The Union has been fighting such legislation since 1925 when it instigated the Scopes trial in Dayton. Tenn., and supported the defense. It is now trying to a:range a taxpayer’s suit to test the constitutionality of the Mississippi anti-evolution law.

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