Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1927 — Page 4

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1) E C AT I R DAILY DEMOCRAI Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr A. R. Holthbuse Sec'y & Hue. Mgr Dick D. Heller -..Vice-President Entered at the Postofftce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies —I .02 One week, by carrier ___ — .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mail .85 Three months, by mall 1-00 Six months, by mail 1.75 sne year, by mail 3.00 ®ne year, at office. ...... 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. Among other unnecessary bills which the legislature need not pass this year is an antl-corset bill. Six people were killed in auto accidents in Indiana over the week-end and if the toll is just a starter of the spring season the papers will not be able to list all the accideents by June. It is now a violation of the law to operate your automobile without displaying the new 1927 number plates. The time limit was up yesterday and if you failed to secure your license, do it before you run your car and save the expense of a line. Mr. Groundhog, do your stuff tomorrow. Anyway if he sees his shadow or not w e more than likely will continue to have the usual brand of February weather aud will take it as it comes. Photographs show millionaire Browning and "Peaches” with the gander which the old man trotted around with his girl bride last summer and from all appearances the gander was wondering what it was ail about. Ah boy, such knighthood. The town of Garret had a costly fire last Saturday, several buildings being destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Ample fire protection is one of 'he best things which a city can have and money spent for equipment to fight fires is generally well spent. Not all of us can enjoy a trip to California, but every subscriber to the Daily Democrat can enjoy reading a wholesome story about the California forests if they read the daily installments of "The Understanding Heart," the story written by Peter B. Kyne, one of America’s leading authors and printed in this paper. Things are beginning to hum at the state capitol and the legislature is entering the period when action, one way or another will be taken on thp bills offered. The Cann bill, which would abolish the public service commission is the main subject of dis- ~ cushion now and the action of the legislature in regards to the bill is being watched with interest. Since members of the legislature have not drawn any pay for the past month, some of the boys must have good drawing accounts or stand high with their bankers back home. An early decision on the increased pay bill is expected from the attorneygeneral and until that tune the state auditor will not honor the warrants for the law-maker's per diem. It is estimated that the population of the United States will be more than 118,000,000 by next July, an increase of about a million and a half over a year ago. Indiana will have gained about two hundred thousand in population by that time, according to government estimates. The increases are not as large as in some other countries, the immigration restrictions preventing an influx of foreigners to this country. This week marks the opening of 4he annual farmers’ institutes in several of the townships and ftu ( > programs have been arranged for the different meetings. The institutes! provide a few day’s vacation for

I the busy farmer aud the opportunity f to meet neighbors aud friends ami at the same time profit from the talks aud discussions on the program. Farmers in the different townships r. are invited to the programs and we'll r< all grant they have earned a few days of rest and should forget about r, the chores and enjoy a day at the institutes with the family. 2 In defiance to the state fire mar--0 (dial's order, the school trustees at 5 Portland opened, the Gen. Shanks 0 school Monday and regular classis i) were held. The state fire marshall ® ordered the building closed until certain repairs were made to the furnace and the action of the school board may be alright, until something happens and then it will be a case of "I told you so.” It seems that we cannot be too careful in protecting the , children from hazards and its probi ably wise to use a little precaution , and remedy the trouble before its too late. The Daily Democrat is entering on the last month of its twenty-fourth 1 annual renewal campaign. Hundreds ' of our loyal subscribers have renewed ' and indications are that our list will be larger this year than any year in the history of the paper. Within the ' past week more than 45 new subscribers have been added to our list and those who have renewed will enjoy reading the home news, the ' features, the serial story and other items of interest which we try to give you daily. We will appreciate your renewal and assure you that we'll strive to make the home paper interesting and valuable to you. - o ♦++♦+♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ Twenty Years Ago Thl» Day. ♦ ♦ From the Dally Democrat File ♦ February I.—Marriage license—Albert Husser and Evaline IJddy. The Krick-Tyndall Company have a rush of orders. F. C. Foreman, of Berne, appointed a notary public. t The Buckeye Whipstock Company, operating in the old Lynch chair factory building is paying $12.00 a cord for second growth hickory, thirty inches long. The United States Steele Corpora tion has purchased 8.000 acres at Gary and propose to build an industrial city. They plan to eventually expend $75,000.000. The Old Adams County bank has total resources of over a million dollars. Firm of True and Runyon have opened for business. Dick stub’ leaves for St. I-oiiis. Michigan, to inspect a farm. H. M. DeVoss is reporting the Blauser case at Bluffton. o 444444444444*444 ♦ BIG FEATURES ♦ ♦ OF RADIO ♦ +++++++♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦+ WEDNESDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES Copyright 1927 United Press Central Standard Time WLW —Cincinnati, 422 M, 5 pm. WLW Anniversary program. WEAK—(Hookup, 3 stations) New York, 492 M, 9:30 pm. Gilbert and Sullivan's “Yoeman of the Guard.” WJZ —(Hookup 3 stations) New York 7:30 pm. MacDowell quartet, followed by Shilkrct’s orchestra. WOC —Davenport, 424 M, 9:30 pm. — Organ recital. WHA —Madisop, 535 M. 8 pm. readings from “Hamlet.” 0 CONGRESS TODAY By United Press Senate Continues discussion on conference report on Pepper McFadden branch bank bill. Immigration committee considers ’ bill on National origin as qouta basis. House Considers District Columbia appropriation bill. Ways aud Means committee consider Hull whiskey bill. Foreign affairs committee considers Fairchild resolution on Mexico. — o - Elks to Nominate The Elks lodge will hold a meeting at the home on Second Street at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Officers for the ensuing year will be nominated. All members of the lodge arc urged to be present. | o , Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays.

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’ Democrats Rally Behind Program In Legislature i Minority Party Determined To Make Stand That Will v Abolish Present Personnel Os The Indiana Public Service Commission And At Same Time Save The Utility Law; First Os Democratic Measures Is introduced In Senate Monday; Jones Bill Likely To Be Reintroduced; Measures Os Farm Bureau Due For Bitter Fijrht.

A VI > 'ft 11 *! 1 By Walter A. Shead J (Written for the Daily Democrat) i Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 1. —Rallying I to the principles of Democracy, and . determined to make a stand that will abolish the present personnel of the Indiana Public Service commission 1 and at the same time save the utility law in at least a modified form, members of the Democratic minority of the Seventy-Fifth general assembly today began to entfench themselves behind two or possibly three measures, which they hope will be received in the two houses as party measures. With this in mind, the minority members planned to caucus late Tuesday in an effort to get together on this program. It is understood that R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman, while not attempting to dictate for or against any single measure, has taken the stand that the minority must adopt some principle and stand solidly for that principle. Peters, all along has been against the Cann bill which provides for the abolishment of the public service commission, and leaves nothing in its place, but favors abolishment of the present personnel and probably some modification in the law which it will make it more amendable to the will of the people and so as not to make it operate entirely for the benefit of the utilities as it had done during the past three administrations Peters, it is understood takes the position that the utilities act is a Democratic measure, passed in 1925 during the administration of the late Samuel Ralston aud as such, should not be entirely scrapped because the administration of the law has been wrecked by the appointments of Governor Jackson. ' A poll of the Democratic minority in the Senate today shows that the Democrats as a solid body will not stand solidly behind the Cann measure. At first, it was understood all were for the Cann bill. Possibly seven or eight have been weaned away. Senator Andrew Durham, of Greencastle. the Democratic floor leader, and Senator Joseph Cravens of Madison, veteran of the senate, will vote with R-juator Cann for total abolishment of tl.e commission. “I have been here several sessions aud have seen many abortive attempts to modify the utility law, but none have succeeded,” Senator Durham said, “and I have come to the conclusion that the only way is to just abolish the thing, so I am going to stick by me Cann bill”, he continued. It also is uiiaex'sttiud that a good many Republicans who first stood with the Frankfort senator for abolishment have been weaned away and were not now in favor of complete abolition of the utility body. The first of the Democratic measures was introduced in the Senate Monday by Senator Anderson Ketchum (Dem. Decatur, Franklin and Union) and the measure would provide that the senate ratify by a two-thirds vote the appointments of the governor to the four major commissions. The measure provides that within for-ty-eight hours after the senate convenes, the governor shall submit a list of his appointments as nominations and they shall be elected by the senate. Appointments made in vacation are to be with the advice of the Minority and Majority floor leaders, as now constituted, these would be senator James J. Nejdl (Rep Lake) and Senator Durham. The measure further provides that any appointee may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the senate upon motion in writing signed by five senators. The measure would not in any way interfere with the present political complexion of the boards. The boards affected would be the state board of accounts, the state tax board, the .state highway commission and the public service commission. Another meastire which will come in the house, it is understood, is a reintroduction with a few minor changes of the Jones bill which was killed at the 1923 session. This measure sponsored by Jap Jones, of Martinsville, who was a candidate for treasurer of state at the recent election. it is understood, will be sponsored by Representative George L. Saunders (Dem. Adams and Wells). The measure would provide the municipalities may buy or erect public utilities without regard or without permission from the public service commission. Saunders, however, would make the cost of the utilities paid through bonds to be paid of the earni jugs of the utility aud not by the muni-

I cipality as under the old Jones act. | A similiar measure is now pend- ? ] lug in (he Senate, sponsored by Sena--1 tor Curtis A Shake (Dem. Daviess and 111 Knox) which, however, applies only to '' tlie cities now owning and operating n I electric utilities, The measure to be >’! introduced by Saunders would allow '■ municipalities to erect utilities in comf petition to privately owned utilities " and defeat the monopolistic tendencies ' 1 of the present utility law. • Senator Carl Gray (Dem. Gibson 1 and Pike) said Monday that he would not introduce his measure until the ' Democrats had caucused on the bill. ' The Gray measure has previously been 1 mentioned in these articles. It appeared today that the Demo- ' crats will get together on some one or ‘ all of these measures, after a week 1 of bickering and feeling out the strength of the Republican majority. The Can bill was not called down : again Monday, Senator Cann, however, 1 taking the flow and announcing that 1 his bill would not be withdrawn, neitb- ’ er would it be altered, but would be ’ killed or passed on the floor of the Senate. Senator Can is receiving communications from all of the state fav- ' oring his measure and the latest one is a resolution from the city council at Huntington asserting that the Cann bill should become a law. The three measures sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation were due for a bitter fight when they are introduced simultaneously in the House and Senate. William H. Settle, farm bureau president, is behind all three measures and insists the farm bloc support them. Senator Alonzo Lindley (Rep. Fountain, Vermillion and Warren), leader of the farm bloc in the Senate, however. asserted Monday that he would not support the one measure providing for a luxury tax on cigars, cigarettes, cozmeliee and sporting events. Senator Lindley is sponsoring the revolutionary bill which would provide for a two cents tax on the earning power'of farm lands, such tax not to exceed twenty percent of such earning power. On lands which have not earning power the tax would be on the true cash value. The luxury tax measure, it is understood would raise from two to four million dollars annually which would Ire applied on the institutions of higher learning in lieu of an increase in tire senate tax levy. This measure, however is meeting with much adverse criticism and as Senator Lindley points out, is a return to the old war tax system and “not sound economically.” This action of the farm bloc leader indicates that all is not serene in the ranks of the farmer leaders. Everything that could be done by the Republican leaders, including Clyde A. Wall), Republican State chairman, Governor Jackson Lawrence Cartwright, Eighth district Republican chairman, to block the Saunders resolution calling for a legislative investigation of alleged graft and corruption in state politics, has been done, ineffectually, it appears, for the word out that the committee on Judiciary A in the lower house will make a report probably Wednesday. Wall) has been active about the legislative corridors and has been seen in earnest conversation with utility heads and utility lobbyisis and all this taken with the fact that the Republican state committee is facing a $60,000 deficit leads one to imagine many things. Walb has cracked his whip' and his pleadings have fallen on deaf ears, it would be supposed for it is known that Harry Leslie, speaker of the House aud who owes nothing to Walb nor the other rowers in the Reppublican state committee,- has conferred with Democratic leaders and has intimated that, while he is not iu favor of a public bearing on the Saunders resolution, he will likely receive the committee report in the House as a committee of the whole. This will exclude onlookers but will give a free reign to the Democratic air-| ing of charges which predicated the' resolution aud give chance for frank * aud open debate on the subject. This, is what tlie Democrats want. Demo-] crats feel that if they once get their. case before the house the resolution' will bo adopted. Another plan which i would make for the same advantage] for the Democrats would be the report of the committee in the regular] way and then an agreement not to move the previous question until the, debate had been concluded on both' sides. The first method, however, it 4

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