Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1927 — Page 4

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• DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Pubflth«d Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller.™ Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. HolthouseSec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller~.Vlce-Pre»ident Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, ns second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copier 1 .02 One week, by carrier...™—.—.■- .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mall .85 Three months, by mail— — 100 Six months, by mail 1.75 Dne 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. Sebeerer, Inc., 85 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. Now is tlie time to renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat if you haven't taken care of this ini- 1 portant duty before this. Please don't delay too long. We need you and we want you to need us. A colored woman died at Dayton, Ohio, a few days ago at the age of 126. She was the mother of twenty children, eighteen of whom were sold as slaves before the Civil war ami front none of these had she ever heard * afterward. _ijhijj- mt it .sr --- —i r~"The red line of corruption runs through the capital of the nation and crosses the white house grounds,” declared Senator Until and the statement has set the people of the state and nation to thinking. The trouble is that the senator proves his statements and its serious enough to make a nation think and think hard. Elbridge T. Gerrry. New York millionaire and active along many lines is dead and after summing up his life work, the thing for which he is most I mentioned is the fact that through his efforts'the laws were so changed J in his state that the electric chair for murderers was substituted for the hangman's rope. He probably didn't ; consider that nearly so important as many of his other activities but the world is queer and you never can tell just what they will consider the big thing. What has become ot Governor .Jackson.’ Usually he is speaking often and at length but since the legislature lias iwci; ih sessiini the chi. f executive has been us silent as an owl. During the lus t several campaigns he told again and again how he would always light for the people and their rights but at this session, with a lot of the big corporations asking tor legislative assistance one way or an- 1 other, with his friends lobbying for - them, with his expartner busy about the halls, the governor remains silent. The people can go hang when there is not a campaign on. "We summon the people of Indiana to witness that proper, impartial and needed inquiry into these charges which have shamed the state, has been opposed and prevented by the massed forces of the party in power. We renew demand for proper inquiry and a thorough purpose to learn the truth of charges which impeach political leadership, impugn high officers of the government- and bring the reproach of suspicion upon the very courts themselves.” — From the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Editorial Association in this week's meeting. A bill which is being urged iu the legislature is one which would prevent small towns from placing stop-and-go signs at their crossings, because it makes the fellow' from the ' city slow down and lose time when lie is rushing at break neck and lawviolating speed across the state, bent on pleasure or business. Can you imagine any thing more selfish. As the cities grow and the state is restricted, they gradually secure control of the legislation and it this is an omen of what they propose doing, they ought to be stopped before they go any further. The citizens of small towns have just us much right and

i more to protect their lives its ’ those or the large cities. Robert Moorehead, a republican senator from Marion county declared yesterday that the ut'H.y interests ' have the republican party by the ' throat and are throttling it and that unless something is done the democratic putty will sweep the state in 1928. Thats Important but not the i most important thing to be consider--1 ed. The rights of the people, nil of ' them, including those interested in i utilities and those who are patrons is ’ the thing to be considered and a comi mission which kept that in mind would be the only means ot correcting the difficulties now so outstanding. And now some one in the legislature has suggested a state tax on tobacco ami its products. What for'.’ To get more money for officials to expend'.’ To penalize the smoker? Or Just kill the tobacco business? Non--•of these objects is worthy nor is the proposed tax within the legitimate scope of legislation. That which a citizen earns by his labor and by honest means should become his reward for industry and intelligence - subject of course, to such deductions I for necessary expense in meeting the purposes for which governments are organized. To levy and collect a tux merely because government sees ' money in the possession of its citizens, is as wicked and indefensible as is_ the act of a highwayman who finds a \ ictim possessed of money or good;-.. I ... 'in warlime we levied the "nuisance and luxury taxes because the governhnent had to have the money for the soldiers and their needs. Most <:f these taxes have been withdrawn or reduced. To levy such taxes now is simply io burden the citizen unnecesI warily. Some way to expend the proceeds of the proposed tax would have ’to be devised and this would certainly lead to reckless extravagance. —lndianapolis News. I * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY <1 ♦ * ♦ From the Daily Democrat File 4 ♦ Twenty YYars Ago This Day. 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ i (February 19 —Ralph Tyndall is as gisting his father iu his senatorial job at Indianapolis. Fart Wayne bowlers defeat Decatm in close contest. Jesse Butler celebrates 83rd birth day with dinner to family. Amos Gillig is at Kalamazoo on b is iness. Daughter born to Mr. an,<l Mrs. L E Opllnger. Herman Volt bin, Chappy Joins ami ■ Will Herling visiting Fort Wayne. A. ... Smith is at Clear Lake on bus iness. Mrs. Janie- L..m is at Frankfort on lodge business. +++++*+*♦+*♦♦♦*♦ + BIG FEATURES ♦ + OF RADIO * + + + + + + * + + ->♦♦♦♦■>♦ SUNDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIOS WEAF. hookup, 8:15 p. m.—Sylvia Lent, violinist; Armand Tok atyan. tenor. WEAF, hookup, 6:20 p. m.—Capitol Theatre program WCCO, Mineapolis-St. Paul. 416 M. 5:30 p. m. —Minneapolis string quartet. WJR, 517 M, and WW.I. 353 M, Detroit. 2:30 p. m.—Detroit Symphony orchestra. KDKA, Pittsburgh, 309 M., 5:30 p. m. —Twilight Hour of Music. Monday's 5 Best Radios WEAF, New York, 492 M, and hookup, 7 p. in. — Wagner's opera, “Lokengrin.” WBAL, Baltimore, 246 M, 7 p. mMendelssohn's Hymn of Praise. WOS, Jefferson City, 411 M. 8:15 p. in. Program by School of Jouralism, University of Missouri. WNZ, New York. 454 M, 7:30 p. in.— ; Henry Hadley’s orchestra. WBAP, Fort Worth, 476 M, 7:30 p. in. —Ministrels. Believe Wrecked Airplane Will Tell Os Tragedy Naval Air Station. Lakeburst. N. Feb. 19—(United Press.)-Shattered parts of an airplane dilftlug ushtn'u 1 near Barnegat inlet today were be- ■ liev.ed to tell of an air tragedy in I which Lieut. Williard L. Harris and , Lieut, Win. A. Gray, both of Langley 9 Field, Va„ lost their lives. Ar<ny officers searching for Pilot Harris and his passenger held forth " but one hope—that before their plane i crashed into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday they were able to leap free k , and land with their parachutes. Such a possibility was considered 1 remote as the night passed with no J ( word of the missing men.

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1 wonder what to think of him So filled with laughter and with joy. But swayed by many a youthful whim As every healthy boy. At times 1 m sure he puzzles me. I think of him with anxious mind But to his secret thoughts no key Am 1 allowed to find. And romping through his boyhood days. Laughing as though he'd naught to

(Copyright 1»26 Edgar A. Guest Republican Legislature Thrown Into Much Discord Utility Fight Causes Split In G. O. P. Senate Ranks As Factions Divide And Disregard All Caucus Rules; Hewitt Bill Shows Much Strength And Absence Os Senators Holds Up Practically Sure Passage of The Measure.

By Walter A. Shead Written for the Decatur Democrat. j Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 19. —The , close of the week in the Indiana Gen- t eral Assembly saw two notable events j first the utility flight oil the floor of, i the senate reached a boiling point * and tliq Republican members were' hrown into discord and division and 1 disregarded all caucus rules on the!* Moorhead bills —and second, the He-J wilt measure taking from the state 1 tax board the control of local bond ( issues developed unexpected strength , 1 ami only failed to pass for lack of a | ■onstttutional majority With 24 ayes • and 20 does. The fight on the Hewitt measure' ’ was lead by Senator Carl Gray 1 (Democrat, Pike and Gibson) who asserted that the people of the state 1 were in a revolutionary frame of 1 mind against boards and commis- ■' sions and the state tax board had 1 assumed autocratic and dictatorial policies. The administration leaders were ' powerless to stem the tide of votes for the measure and it only failed to pass because several senators who are known to be for the measure such ■is Senator Joseph C. Cravens (Democrat, Ohio, Clark. Jefferson and Switzerland) and Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk (Democrat. Blackford, Adam •> and Wells) were absent. The measure is expected to pass unless the tax board and the state administration bring strong pressure to bear on the Republican members who voted for the bill- The vote on the measure is only one in ire indication of 'he strong trend toward home rule .hat ha beta manifest In all s of the legislature thus far. | Senator Robert L. Moorhead, (Repub'ican, Marion) author of the Moorhead utility measure, which principal feature was an elective clause for the commissioners, substituted amendments to his measure' which had been agreed on in Republican caucus. The amerfdments struck out the elective feature and ' most of the strong points of the measure, but it was all the sop that could lie swung from the Republican Sena-| tors. An attempt was made by Senator James J. Nejdl (Republican, Lake) Republican floor leader, to "double cross" Ihe caucus decision and with the help of Lieutenant Governor F. Harold Van Orman to railroad through a motion to indefinitely post-

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fear, I look upon his youthful nays Ami think him queer. « 'ISW9M Yet uge and youth can neve - see Path other clearly through and through, Perhaps no doubt he looks at me, Puzzled by what 1 do. As strange to him must scorn my ways As his at times to me appear. No doubt he looks at me and says' "That dad o'miue is queer!”

pone further consideration of the measure. Van Orman even refused to recognize Moorhead nor let him talk on his own amendments until forced to do so by the insistence of Senator Andrew E. Durham, Democratic floor leader. Moorhead then charged that the utilities of the state had the Republican party by the throat, were throttling (t and that unless some remedy was offered the people at this session of (.he legislature that the Democrats would sweep the state in 1928. The chaige preciptated a riot on the floor. Van Orman and Nejdl lost control of the majority members, who were angered at Nejdl's attempt to railroad the bill and seventeen Republicans voted with the solid Democratic minority to defeat Nejdl’s motion. The measure was then made a special order of business at 2 p. m., Feb. 22. Senator Durham reminded the senators and al! concerned that the Democratic minority was solidly behind any reasonable remedial legislation that would regulate the public service < omnrsUon and the utilities and would vote for any such measure. Senator Moorhead and Senator Edward O’Rourke, Republican, Fort Wayne, engaged in a hot verbal tilt when Senator Moorhead hurled the charge of "untruth” at Moorhead with regard to bis statement that the utili'.ies controlled the G.O.P. machine. The session was the hottest thus far of the session and showed to what extent the utility question has riled the senators. If a vote could have been taken Friday on the Moor-

i That Stomach of Yours! Fort Wajme, Ind —"I was terribly rundown in health. I had indigestion and t gastric stomach trouble My food did not digest, would iust seem to lie in a I limp, gas would form causing distress. I was anemic, grew thin and pale and Weak — bad no strength or ambition. I doctored but got no better. My druggist advised me to take ' Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and it hel]xxl to make good red blood, relieved me of indigestion and stomach trouble and I have had no trouble from these ailments since.” —Mrs. Ina Waldschmidt, 439 Poplar St. Many Druggists advise the use of ‘‘Golden Medical Discovery” in either liquid or tablet form, because it is reliable.

head bill as it stood, there was little question but that It would have passed. As it stands now. however, the party leaders will have a chance to corrul th*' refractory senators, rally their forces, meet with the utility lobyists once more and when tffc Moorhead measure comes up again, it will no doubt readily be disposed of Into the ash cah. The legislative renpportioument measure, held up until the last daj for Introducing bills and thrown Into the House hopper Friday, If passed will smash the farmer bloc in both the House and the Senate and give file majority of the representation to the urban centers. The trend of population which is towards the cities responsible for this condition and the reapportionment as It now stands will give the Republicans approximately six additional members in the House and one more in (he Senate. Wells, Adams and Blackford counties are not changed by the reapportionment figures. Knox county is taken away from Daviec county and is partied with Sullivan which has heretofore been paired witli Vigo. Davies county Is paired with Pike, which is now paired with Gibson. Davies is a doubtful county politically ani, may change the representation by being paired with Pike. Sullivan and Knox, both substantially Democratic are paired together. The George Rogers Clark Memorial measure passed the House by a vote of 41 to 2 under a suspension of the rules after an amendment had been adopted reducing the tax levy from five mills to four mills. The Governor it is understood, has agreed to sign the measure at the four mill basis. At the same time Senator Curtis A. Shake (Democrat, Daviess and Knox) introduced a measure which would provide that Vincennes and Knox county may jointly issue bonds in the sum of SIOO,OOO for application on beautification and improvements about the memorial. It. is now definitely understood that former Governor James P. Goodrich will not be named on the commission. (Joodj’ich was the tumbling block, being objected to by the Republican state committee, it was also understood that Ewing Emison. Vincennes, Republican chairman ot

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the second district hud not given up his fight for abtatnlng one of the two appointments relegated to the Governor under tho terms of the measure. 0 — Monoxide Gas Failure As Rat Exterminator Omaha, Neb.. (United Pressl-Mon-oxide gas may be dangerous for human beings, but as a rat exterminator it is worthless, take it from Charles Krundu gentleman farmer. Kramla. who operates a ten-acre farm as a sideline near here, recently caught four mammoth rats which had been bothering his chickens. Looking around for a humane way to kill them

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