Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1927 — Page 4

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SMBMM DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse..Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copiesl .02 One week, by carrier -10 One year, by carriers.oo One month, by mail- .35 Three months, by mall LOO Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall.. 3.00 tone 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. The new board of directors of the » Decatur Industrial Association should meet at once and map out a plan of < progress for the year. Lets t ork towards a goal. Neither Senator McNary or Representative Haugen is a farmer. The senator is an ex-judge fr««n Oregon and Mr. Haugen was in the real estate business in lowa before ne entered upon tire job of saving the country. ■—SSl————»■ The budget operating the city of Chicago is more than three hundred nhllion dollars. Os course it takes a lot of money to operate a city of that size but we wonder what would happen if that amount was just cut in two and the officials were told that thats all they could have, its probable that by being careful they could get by. Please help to save the roads. We know you realty how expensive they are to build and how much it costs to maintain them 4>ut we also know that many people overlook the fact that they are hauling loads which break the roads down, it is your interest as much as any one eise’s that *we hhve good roads. Don’t help brealf them down now and then complain the rest of the year because they are so rough. The recent fatal accident at a railroad crossing in Decatur and the fact within the week since then two other similar accidents have just been averted when the fast meat train dashed through at fifty or sikty miles an hour should arouse us to a demand for some kind of protection. The crossings should be ‘'wig wagged" or 'guarded in some manner and I lie view of the track cleared to that there are not a half dozen death traps within tlie city. The Indiana legislature will not pass any of the bills which will abolish 4'ie public service commission and it is doubtful if they will enact any laws which will greatly change present proeeedure or the personel of the board. They seem to be under control of leaders on the outside and the vote on the Cann bill recently is indicative of the real strength of the opposition. The tide against the commission is strong among the people and indications are that it will become a real issue in the next campaign. The Adams Post of the, American Legion is showing the right kind of pep and enthusiasm and there is no reason why it should not grow and prosper and be of great assistance to its members and bftfefit to the community. A membership drive is now in progress ami the boys are hoping to increase their total number to two hundred within the next few weeks, it is an honor to belong to the Legion and there is no reason why the local post should not Eventually boast of live hundred members. With that organization it can be made a great power for good. There are comparatively few doctors who favor a law to place in their hands the writing of prescriptions for whisky. Among the Hartford City medical men the News failed to find one. The doctors know from the experience n f the profession in the ztates where there is such a law, that

' writing such prescriptions Is a nuis- ’ p once and that the law Is so much | abused as to make it atravosty. The' kind ot medical men who arc the most enthusiastic for such a law are not regarded as the kind who have r. the best Interests of their profession t at heart. The doctors believe that . the only way to handle the medicinal whisky Is for the government to take all the rseponsibility from the time 2 whisky is manufactured until it ® reaches the consumer.—Hartford City 5 News. ' j While you may not agree with some ) of the things for which Senator Reed stands and has stood fyr, we are sure if you had heard his brilliant address to the Democratic Editorial Associ- .

ation and their guests Tuesday night you would have admitted his ability and his knowledge. He told in understandable language of the grafts and corruption which have so enmeshed this nation that the green stripped monster now lays in a cont inous stripe across the continent with its ugly head upon the very steps ot the capitol. Thisi country needs to know and think about the things which Senator Reed is talking. We need to get back to sound principles and to stop the headlong rush of wild expenditure and reckless living, to turn again to kite teachings of God. to stop legislation for selfish causes. Senator Reed is doing a good work which doesn't mean that you need agree him on how to accomplish the things which he truthfully says must be done if this is to continue a great nation. —o ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BIG FEATURES ♦ <■ OF RADIO ♦ >+♦+++++++♦+♦♦+♦ Friday's Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1927 by United Press Central Standard Time WMSG—New York, 303 M, 7:15 pm— Boxing bouts, including Delam y vs. Maloney. WJZ hookup 7 stations 8 pm.— Mary Gai den, soprano, Emilii; De Gogo;rza. baritone, Hans Badt'n, pianist, ' orchestra. WEAK hookup 12 stations 1 pin.— Goldman band concert. WGY —Schenectady 380 M, 6:30 pin.— Evening program, including talk, concert and drama. WLS—Chicago 345 M, 10 pm — WLS showboat. — o—' , > TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ » + ♦ From the Daily Democrat File + » Twenty Years Ago This Day. ♦ ♦ $ $ 4. * « *«***<»♦«** February 17. 1907, was Sunday , World’s Largest Hotel To Open In Chicago Soon Chicago, (United Press)—The weary traveler will not have to worry about finding accomodations in Chicago any longer as the city's hotel facilities will be added to by more than 4,000 rooms soon. The largest hotel in the world, the Stephens witli 3,000 rooms, will be opened this spring. It faces Lake Michigan and fronts on Michigan Boulevard. Heretofore the largest hotel has been the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York with 2,200 rooms. In addition to (he new Stephens Hotel several of the hotels in the Loop district are planning extensions will biing an additional 1.000 or more rooms to Hie housing facilities of the city. — o - Plenty of fresh halibut and boneless ffMi. Fresh oysters. MUTSCHLERS’. It o Summer Bachelors teach girls about love and soon the students are professors. Cort Theatre Sunday and Monday. RHEUMATISM I You Must Get Quick Relief or Money Back says Holthouse Drug Co., Druggists Every druggist in this connt.y is authorized to say to every rheumatic sufferer that, if a. fifli pint bottle of AllemhiH, the enemy of rheumatism, docs not show Hie way to ease tb« agony, help reduce swollen joints and do away witli even the slightest twinge of rheumatic pain, he will gladly return your money without comment. Alleni'hu has been tried for yearn, and really maryelous results have been accomplished often in the most, severe cases where the suffering and agony was intense and piteous ami where the sufferer was almost helpless. Druggists everywhere guarantee it. as above ijn veery instance.

I * DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1927.

Legislature Has Little Time Left For Action Only Two Weeks Left For Present General Assembly To Pass Biennial Appropriation Bill And Other Constructive Legislation; Not A Single Piece Os Big Legislation Passed So Far.

By Walter A. Shorn! (Written for the Daily Democrat) ® Indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 17. With practically only (wo weeks remaining of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly the legislature which started out with such promise Is at this stage of the game branded at the "do .nothing" legislature and charged witli not having passed a single piece of constructive legislation, with having defeated every attempt nt constructive or remedial legislation and will do well within

the next two weeks to pass Hie $48,000.0(H) biennial appropriation bill, ad- , journ and co home. i Every measure which has passed 1 thus far at this session has been some ' small local measure., such as making > a police pension system to some i given city; i airing the salaries of judg- , es and county and city offices and the establishment of new courts. In voting to establish a separate 1 epurt in Carroll county Wednesday, ’ the Indiana State senate brought out > the mipl inconsistent stand yet seen in the senate. Senator Alonzo Lindley ( leader of the farmer block in the senate and who has heretofore been opposed to any measure which would fuither burden the people and especi--1 ally the farmer with taxation, stood on ' tile floor of the senate and asserted . that he believed evry county in the state should haVe a separate court and a resident judge. He voted for the bill to provide a separate and new court in Carroll county. Senator Lindley. who is author of the farm tax ' measure and of other so called radi- ' cal and revolutionary farm legislation, aimed to aid the farmer, turns squarely about and votes for an additional court. Friends and foes alike of the farmer bloc were astounded at the stand of the farm leader. The farm bloc, which has proven itself the strongest single er nip in the legislature and which has controlled both branches of the assembly. Wed nesday showed sings of disinteg'ating on several measures where their vote was split. There was a well founded rumor about the stale house that Ihe Farm bureau federation was badly in need of funds and that a note for $50,000 at one of the Indianapolis banks was due this coming Saturday, it was understood that the board had been passed to the members of the farm bloc and farm bureau leaders that unless mote reason was shown on some revolutionary farm measure and on seme measure the farm bloc is opporing. some difficulty might lie forthcoming in renewing the loan. This rumor could not be verified from any source, but it was commonly talked about the state fiouse. Although a fiood of amendments are scheduled to be thrown at the Moorhead utility measure Thursday when it comes up for second reading in the aficri.oon session, it is freely predicted and wisely so. that the measure will not receive as much support as did the Cann measure which was killed Tuesday by a vote of 30 to 17. Some of the amendments would knock ottutlie elective feature of the measure and provide for appointment by the Governor and ratification by the senate. It is believed in some sources that the Moorhead measure will not be allowed to get past second reading and Will lie killed 911 a motion to indfinitely pbutpone further consideration. In the wake of the now dead Cann bill a number «f utility measures found 1 their way into both branches of Hie legislature Wednesday. The old Jap .rones measure which would take municipal utilities from under jurisdiction of the public service commission and which would allow municipalities to buy or erect their own utility in opposition to a privately owned utility, was introduced simultaneously in the House and Senate. Representative McKesson of I‘lyihujjtli and Drake of Fairbanks, both Democrats introduced the measure in the bouse and Sen 'tor Loclurd introduced the measure in the senate. There is not sufficient time for the measure to find its way through both li-mscs. it is believed. The utilities are playing the game now, of whole beg or none, and it is understtxd will listen to nothing that will weakqn the present commission. Senator B. F. Inman, of Danville, Republican introduced a measure al lowing municipal utilities to set aside a fund far “betterment". A compromise between Hie members of the Republican-state committee and the legislative committee of the ‘ George Rogers Claik memorial was reached today when it was agreed ' then an amendment to the memorial bill be allowed which would increase 1 the membership at the memorial commission to 15 meinueis. eleven to be (named by the historical commission,

the Society of Pioneers and the His torical Bureau, two named by the gov i ernor and the Speaker of the House : be representatives and the Lieutenani . Governor be members of the commis i sion exofficio. ■ Frank Culbertson, of Vincennes chairman ot the legislative committee ■ asserted that the amendments was ag ■ i reed to by his commission and that J he l ulled on the Governor Wednesday i with regard to the amendment and 11 found it satisfactory to the Governor. - It is understood however, that Ewing Emison of Vincennes, ■ Rcpnblb :i> I chairman of the Second district hasn't I given up his attempt to land a place ■ o ntbe commission and it might be : possible that the Vincennes mall has ■ obtained a promise from Hie Gover- ■ nor for one of his two appointments. • it is known that Emison told his friends that he would be forced tc ■ stay in the background for the time , being because of the opposition it: Vincennes io his attempt to force the commission into politics Culbertson said that muter the agreement the G. O. P. state committer: could not contro' the membership of the commission. It is understood .that for ex Governor James E. Goodrich, who is a memlie v of the present commission will have a place on the appointive commission. The fust actinn on the biennial budget bill, which has been in committee in ?he House tor almost slxweeks was expected to come out of committee Thursday, it is understood that approximately a hall million dollars will iiave been added to the budget w .e’ «t comes out of committee, it is understood the measure to raise $15,000000 1 >r the state educati mal institutions by a three cent tax levy over a period of ten years will pass. There is a possibility that the levy may be cut two cents. The library measure carries a levy of one cent and the Clark memorial a hall cent. This wctiltl bring the present tax rate of 23 cent" up to 26% cents or 27% cents if the school levy of three cents g oes tinough. it is safe to say that state tax levy will lie considerably raised before the session ends. Anotner expenditure not included in the appropriation bills is for $250,000 for eradication of the corn borer. A measure tor a physiatric hospital Carries an appropriation of $300,000 not in the appropriation bill. There are a score of other smaller measures carrying appropriation® "not included in the budget bill which will total almost a million dollars should they go through at this session. The reaction of the Democrats to ihe speech of United S4ai-s Senator Jaimes A. Reed before the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association was in variable degrees according to expressions heard Wednesday. In the opinion of the writer, the speech of the Missouri solon was the greatest political speech and the finest bit of forensu- oiatory ever heard in Indiana bar none. Wilson Democrats, of course thought Senator lice 1 might have paid some tribute to President Wilson, wits whom he did not agree. Dray Democrats were not satisfied witlfhis darts agains-t the inti-suloon league. Klan democrats did. not like his denunciation ot the Klan. The real Democrats, however say .hat is the trouble with the Deinocu itic party tn Indiana: there are Wilson Democrats, antl-salooi. Democrats, wet Democrats and K>an Democrats, when if the Democratic party in the state,would quit pussyfooting on all these subjects, throw them overboard and stick hard and fast to ;he principles and them les of Thomas Jefferson as suggested by Senator Reed, the Democrats in Indiana might win an election. They wont win until they do and that is an assured fact. c Charles Ault came home from Fort. Wayne last evening.

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