Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1928 — Page 3

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lI.U.PREPARING fOR HOME-COMING I I Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 24,-Indlana ■,. i vprg |ty’s Scrappin Hoosiers have ■L, BPI | th” halfway mark of their 1928 ■Xdule and are hard at work In ■’ emorial stadium here preparing for A L evasion of Ohio State Saturday. Knur of the eight scheduled varsity ■ a eanies have been played, the Boos- ■ J winning three and losing one. Bwsbash Oklahoma, and Michigan ■ been the victims, while Illinois, ■conference champions, pushed over a ■l3 to 7 victory to hand the Crimson ■their first defeat. I The Buckeye eleven is the third ■consecutive Big Ten team to battle ■ the Pagemen this fall. The four games ■remaining on the Indiana schedule are ■with conference teams, including, in ■addition to Ohio State here, MinneIsota there, Northwestern here, and ■ purdue there. I When Indiana and Ohio State line■up on Memorial field at 2:30 o'clock ■Saturday afternoon, it will mark the ■nineteenth annual homecoming game, ■of the 18 played to date, the Hoosiers ■have won seven, tied two, and lost ■nine. Six of the homecoming games ■have featured Purdue. Os these ■ games, Indiana has won three, Purdue ■two, and one was a tie. I Minnesota, headed for the confer■ence title, was stopped by the Page■men with a 14-14 tie in the 1927 home- ■ coming, providing the major upset of ■ the conference season. This will be ■ the second time Ohio State has ap- ■ peared in an Indiana homecoming cele- ■ bration Back in 1913, the first year ■ Ohio State figured in Big Ten play, ■ the Hoosiers captured a 7 to 6 ver■diet. I The results of all homecomings at ■ Indiana are: 1910, Indiana 0, Illinois ■3; 1911, Indiana 5, Purdue 6; 1912, ■ Indiana 6, Northwestern 21; 1913, InIdiana 7; Ohio State 6; 1914; Indiana ■ 27, Northwestern 0; 1915, Indiana 0, ■ Purdue 7; 1916, Indiana 0, Northwestlern 7; 1917, Indiana 37, Purdue 0; ■ 1918, Indiana 13, DePauw 0; 1919, InI iliana 12. Syracuse 6; 1920, Indiana 7, ■ lowa 14; 1921, Indiana 3, Purdue 0; ■ 1924, Indiana 14, Louisiana 20; 1925, ■ Indiana 0, Purdue 0; 1926, Indiana 0, ■ Northwestern 21; 1927, Indiana 14, I Minnesota 14. o

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Officials for the Bluffton - Decatur game at Bluffton, Friday afternoon, will be George Yarnell, of Wabash, re- [ feme; Ward Gilbert, of Fort Wayne umpire; Chambers, of Fort Wayne. I head linesman; and Sparks of Fort Wayne, field judge. Yarnell is rated as the best football official in this part of the state. The | Bluffton school authorities are to be I congratulated for having obtained this ' capable official for this game in which rivalry is at its peak. Speaking of strong rivalry, Decatur and Bluffton players and fans have conducted themselves nobly in recent contests between the Tigers and Yel■ow Jackets and we trust that there *ill b no exception next Friday. In Good Shape Barring injuries in practice this ! Wp ek, the Tigers should go into the De- ' cntnr game Friday in their best condi- s tion of the season. With a two weeks 1 nterval after the South Side game, the < ocals should put up their best scrap I of the season. t In the face of the alleged dope < which favors the Tigers Friday, we ( want to issue a warning against over- t confidence. This is not only the big < kame for Bluffton but also for Decatur t and in these battles advance dope t ‘can iitti e or nothing. Those Yellow t R1 always fight harder against t Banner” tha “ anyone elß e ”—Bluffton ( t ~ Both Teams Determined hut ° Ur niore days and-that “old aged ■ PI rivalry’’ between the Bluffton . winV 8 and Dec atur’s Yellow Jackets >e at such a pitch that only a fighttea SCrimma 8e will determine which £ am . is superior to the other. Both ' in. 4 have decided to win—yes, both e e determined to win, and from all 7 l<ation s football fans will see a 1 great game. E - f an( j C n a , Ch Means worked the Black r lam rill \ Ron K r ‘d men through the rain a dari e y ening Untll 11 was absolutely too a i„ n 0 even see the goal posts let a- f thm i? pig S * i ' n as '•''ey were floating fc hie h ' th® a * r - The Tigers were hitt- n a, 'd and making line drives that d

gave promise of a real fight In the Homecoming game, Friday afternoon. —Bluffton Npwh —— —o- — Tennessee Plays May Stop W. & L. ©,© A, \ Line. E. T - G ’T E. ) * s* ,< "N ) H Z / By SOL METZGER Washington and Lee has taken on quite a job this Saturday in journeying to Nashville to meet the strong Tennessee eleven, coached by Neyland, former star at West Point. Tennessee had one of the strong teams of the South last year and went through its season without, a defeat. Vanderbilt alone was able to hold it to a tie. Army line play, plus fine backs and splendid fundamental football, brought Tennessee to the fore. In addition a sound passing attack has been a strong part of the attack. Neyland has likewise worked out one effective play that pulled Tennessee out of many a tight pdace. No eleven likes to have he l>all close to a sideline. It usually means a down is lost. But Tennessee doesn't feel that way about it. This play that the Generals must watch out for when they seemingly have Tennessee in a side-line pinch is sketched here. The quarterback. No. 4, takes the ball from center, turns to his right and fakes giving it to No. 2, who goes through all the motions of bucking the line between the "opposing left tackle and guard. As the play starts No. 1 crouches down and is hidden by No. 4 and No. 2 from the opponents. As No. 2 crosses in front of him—the usual side-line play to get out-of-bounds — No. 1 drives to the left between the opposing right guard and center, No. 4 passing him the ball, which he previously faked giving to No. 2. Tomorrow — Dartmouth may depend 014, passing to down Harvard Saturday. All sorts of secrets in Metzger's football pamphlet containing 32 “tight and wrong’’ ways of playing the game. "How to Block,’’ "How to Tackle,” “How to Carry the Ball,” "Position of Kicker.” If you wish this pamphlet send ten cents in postage to Sol Metzger, in care of this paper. Copyright 1928 Publishers Syndicate. Fort Wayne To Have New Basketball Team Fort Wayne, Oct. 24 —A professional basketball team, to be known as the Fcrt Wayne Chiefs, is being organized for the coming season by Dr. E. A. King, of this city. The team will play itq home games on Sunday afternoons at Concoidia college, it has been an- 1 nounced. Many well-known players are being recruited for the team. Among them are Murray Mendenhall, Biz Miller. Paul White, Morris Tudor, and Scott. , Homer Stonebraker probably will play ( with the Chiefs in part of their games. , Stonebraker’s Springfield, 111., club will ' furnish the opposition for the Chiefs in their.first game, to be played in the ( Concordia gym, November 25. HUNDREDS HEAR SON OF FORMER i PRESIDENT SPEAK (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 1 stands in common decency, whether ] in private life or in public relationships. He knows the eternal validity, < the everlasting common sense of de- i cency. Now common decency is more I than a personal characteristic, it is < the expression of the faith in which 1 the United States was formed. Phil- I osophically, common decency is the 1 only spirit in which a Democratic < government such as ours can be sue- I cessful. Think that one over, because i the longer you think about it the bet- 1 ter it is. Common decency is also i the foundation of the Christian doc- s trine of good will as taught by Jesus f Christ, as distinguished from the doc- < trines taught by John Roach Straton. I I repeat that I believe that Governor ( Smith's amazing success in New York a is founded on sheer common decency c ih all his contacts. t "Together with his instinctive sense t of decency I believe that Governor t Smith’s genius is his amazing mast- f ery of government. The activities of t American government are instinctive- i ly a part of his life through long ex- 1 perience and successful effort. Never a forget that government is the art of t regulating human beings to their best 1 advantage and that human beings i are more than so many mouths to be g fed, or so many mechanical units to t be adjusted; they long for good r nature, for frankness, and common t decency. In government Mr, Smith t

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knows what to do, how to do It, and beat of all. he does It. That la a combination of Irresistible appeal to the sporting instincts of young people of whatever ages who refuse to admit that the present lethargy and confusion Is the best that America can do. "Elihu Root and Charles E. Hughes, the greatest living figures in the Republican parly today, are familiar with this career of Governor Smith's and In words which are now familiar to every one, they have honored him for It. Let me here repeat Mr. Hughe’s tribute: " 'He is one who represents to us the expert in government, and 1 might say a master in the science of politics I "Now, shall we believe their estimate of his character, or shall we believe those later day saints of the Republican party—John Roach Straton and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the latter so shrewd a judge of men that she staked her reputation to become a character witness for Harry M. Daugherty. I invite you also to think that one over, and whether or not the grand old party has fallen into evil days. "Contrast these qualities of Governor Smith with Mr. Hoover's admitted abilities in other fields. Mr. Hoover is conscientious and useful in routine statistical operations. By training and temperament he is interested in scientific, analytical, scholarly problems such as engineering, translating obscure Latin plays, distributing food. To be successful he demands his materials ready at hand and he must be able to command his subordinates. He likes to be left alone, like a. research chemist, impatient, even irritable, at interruptions. He has no patience with the universal human afflictions of stupidity, laziness, and inertia. Governor Smith, on the other hand, knows that they are a part of life and his amazing career is a recital of his triumphs over them.” A Problem of Geography Mr. Cleveland refuted the charge that Tammany controlled Gov. Smith. He said, in part: “The problem of electing Governor Smith is largely a question of geography. Let no man say that geography is only a series of maps in a grammar school book. Where you are in space determines what you think. Geography explained the Civil war, it explains differences in religion. If I could pick up the inhabitants of this state and place them in New York and let them feel from the habitual contacts, direct and indirect, what New York knows about Governor Smith, it would settle the question of its electoral votes tonight. “As it is I can only gsk you to connraVeifollv snaptacle of New York and ask yourselves and your Republican friends whether all New York, which knows him, is wrong, or whether Governor Smith is one of the most amazing men we have seen in public life for many long years. “Consider what it involves that his own state has continued to reelecet him. It involves first, that the people who know him best are not affected by the bogey of Tammany Hall. Tammany simply is not a sincere objection. It is at most a state organization only; and if Tammany was what the Republican orators contend, does anyone think for a moment that New York Republicans and Independents would for four terms re-elect Smith? "Second, there is involved also in Governor Smith’s repeated re-elections, his religion, in a state predominantly Protestant. His bitterest political enemies in New York have never caught sight of the Pope in Albany, nor even a secret agent. In the governor’s cabinet are fourteen advisers: no one even knew their religion until Senator Heflin began his ludicrous campaign to appeal to the klan and other ignorant groups; it is now found that there are 10 Protestants 3 Catholics and one Jew in his cabinet New York simply knows there is nothing in such nonsense.” Smith’s Amazing Record The speaker described Gov. Smith’s record of achievement as amazing. In part he said: “Os the many accomplishments of Governor Smith in New York state one of the most important was the thorough-going re-organization of all of the state departments. When he became governor there were 187 different units of administration handling the business of the stdte. He reduced these to 19 departments, appointed a head for each department, made them directly responsible to him, and provided for an annual budget system for their expenses. The saving in tax payers' money, that sweeping reform made possible, increases every year as time goes on. It is a reform that no president of a corporation would hesitate to make as his first move. Now the Republican party claims that they are primarily a business administration and that they have saved the nation through rigid economies, and yet the government departments in Washington who carry out the nation's business are, as every business man and lawyer knows, in hopeless confusion and absolutely nothing tangible has been done to correct conditions. In 1920 and again in 1924 the Republican platforms aadvocated a sweeping reorganization, but it is a matter of historical record that the feeble efforts made by one or two individuals in the Republican party to put through the program have been ineffectual.

The cumbersome government departments offer too great a temptation for patronage for the Republican party to eliminate. The only argument against Governor Smith's proposal to reorganize the government business is that he would not do It. The same argument was offered against him when lie ran for governor of New York on this platform, and his answer to that opposition has been that he carried through his cohiplete program after years of struggle against Republican majorities in the state and against the strongest efforts of hostile Republican legislators. That quality of carrying out promises In spite of opposition is one of Governor Smith's unique attractions to intelligent people. "The further I investigate the record of Governor Smith, the more amazed I am at his accomplishments, especially in view of the hostile legislature that he has constantly faced. We cannot mention specifically all of these accomplishments, but some mention ought to be. made of his successful efforts to systematize the laws of crime and punishments, a subject on 1 which he is one of the nation's great experts. We should not forget either his success in giving the people of New York good roads, credit for which the Republican legislatures claim at the same time that they blame Governor Smith for the expense involved. His services to education in New York have drawn the admiration and , respect of all educators from Prof. John Dewey of Columbia down to the lowest grade of grammar school teachers whose positions have been dignified through his unwavering support. I wish I had time also to speak of his work in mobilizing medical services for the rural communities, of his work in making over the charitable Institutions of the state, including the largest and best mental hospital for veterans. Another interesting chapter of his governorship is the fight to procure for farmers compensation for their cattle killed on account of tuberculosis. I invite you to study his marvelous record and see if any govei nor, or, for that matter, any president, has ever approached his accomplishments.” The Religious Issue Discussing the religious issue and charging that if it was not for Mr. ■ Smith's religious belief his election would be assured, Mr. Cleveland said: “There are other issues on which honest Republicans may differ with Governor Smith, but it is admitted that if he were a Protestant or, like Lincoln, had no church at all, his record. so obviously superior to Mr. Hoover’s, and his incomparable, greater personal fitness for the presidency would make his election a matter of course. “I approach the question of religion as one who was brought up a Presbyterian and who, on reaching the age of intelligent choice, preferred its simple, direct worship and so I remain of* that faith today. Five years ago 1 married the daughter of the Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee, and though my degiee of conversion to that faith remains unsatisfactory to the authorities, nevertheless contact with the more elaborate ritual of the Episcopal church has let me see through its doors into the still more elaborate worship of the Catholic church. “I have sought diligently to find out on what the nightmare of religious prejudice is based. We hear stories of the Pope in a battleship coming to live in the White House to give his orders to President Smith; we hear of fortifications on the White House grounds to keep Protestants off; and the last nightmare that was recounted to me was that all Protestants would be required to remarry according to the Catholic ritual on pain of having their present marriages invalid and their present children illegitimate. In passing, it is odd that the Hoover propagandists who are such ardent Prohibitionists, can have such troubled dreams. I have, however, yet to find anyone or hear of anyone who has nerve enough to get up and say in a public place, first, what specifically he fears about a Catholic being president; escond, what scrap of evidence of such nonsense he finds in the long and magnificent career of Governor Smith or any other Catholic in public life. "I naturally resent and deplore this religious issue. It belongs to the dark ages when Protestants and Catholics alike were guilty of fanatical sins of oppression. The Republican national committee deliberately organized the religious issue; Mr. Hoover won’t deny that, and Dr. Work can’t deny it because the records are clear. At the urgent request of two dignitaries of the Anti-Saloon League—one lay and one cleric, the Republican national committee sent Mrs. Willebrandt to Ohio to make her disgraceful but successful appeal to the Ohio Methodists to unite aS a church against Governor Smith. It is to her credit that she went against her will. “Contrast this attitude of Republican headquarters with the statement of Governor Smith in iris speech at Oklahoma City. ‘I do not want any Catholic in the United States of America to vote for me on the 6th of November because $ am a Catholic. If any Catholic in this country believes that the welfare, the well-being, prosperity, growth, and expansion of the United States is best conserved and best promoted by the electio nos Mr. Hoover, I want him to vote for Hoover and not for me.' ” Smith For Temperance Asserting and proving from his rec-

ord, that Gov. Smith was for temperance, the Baltimore attorney said: "I was brought up to believe that Intemperance Is dangerous to health, dangerous to the community, and against all the dictates of common sense and common decency; and I have lived long enough now to have those convictions fortified by observation and experience. I have also learned by observation and experience that our present system of statutory prohibition Is had morals, and bad law. It Is bad morals because it has rempved the burden of decent behavior from, the scope of morals where it belongs, to officers of the law. If people do not admit both the scientific ethical fallacy and the practical disaster of that transfer of authority, they simply do not know conditions everywhere today, or refuse to see them. I sympathize with the thousands of earnest persons, ministers and laymen, who believed that it was an experiment noble in purpose, and who ■ cling frantically to it today, and try to purify its obscenities with stilted words about its sacredness. But I in1 vlte those who are sincere about it to face the disgraceful facts; the increase In drinking throughout the land, the increase in deaths and dis--1 ease due to drinking, the crime and warfare it has created, the appalling • corruption and inefficiency in the pro- • hibition service, the enormous national expense of the failure to enforce I prohibition, and last but not least the • corrupt political patronage that has ' grown up around it like a foul weed. ' "It is bad law because, as all stu--1 dents of legislation know, a statute ■ cannot dragoon anyone into acting • contrary to his conscience. Now • whether they are right or wrong there 1 is a substantial minority if not an > actual majority who never have be- ! lieved that national prohibition was sound. In that substantial company of persons who have gone on record 1 are Herbert Hoover in 1918, Elihu Root, Woodrow Wilson and William H. Taft. The law did not fit when it i was a novelty, and it fits far less to- ■ day. In terms of scientific legislation ■ prohibition was a national crime. “Yet Governor Smith is denounced by fanatics as an enemy of law and order, as immoral and dangerous beI cause lie has sense enough to know ■ and courage enough to say that the i U. S. can be made truly temperate only by a modification of the law to t fit the stubborn facts of life as it is." i Were Is Prosperity? I Speaking on the "prosperity” issue, ‘ Mr. Cleveland asked, "ask your ReMILLIONAIRES SMOKE FAMOUS FIVE-CENT CIGAR I I ———- WHY NOT YOU? i ' Havana Ribbon — one nickel—is being chosen by thousands of men . , who could pay a dollar a smoke if they wanted to. They don’t give ' a hang what others think. They smoke Havana Ribbon because they like it, low price notwithstanding. You like a good smoke too. Havana Ribbon will give it to you. It’ll give you everything you can possibly want in a cigar: Clear smoke. Fragrant aroma. Full, true tobacco flavor. Delightful mellowmildness. . . . Because Havana Ribbon is made entirely of ripe tobacco. No bitter under-ripe top leaves of the plant. No flat-tasting oner-ripe bottom leaves. But choice long-filler, fullyripe middle leaves only. Ever smoke any other 5c cigar made like that? Sold everywhere. Also Practical Pocket Packages of five cigars.

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publican friends what they mean about prosperity. Where la It?" He said in part: "The talk about Republican prosperity, as Governor Smith has plainly demonstrated, Is sheer nonsense. It Is Impossible to find any first class economist who suggests that Republican policies, whatever they may be, have anything to do with the cycles of prosperity. On the other hand they all hull the federal reserve bank, a contribution of President Wilson's administration, as a fundamental and Invaluable background of credit under lying sound business. One hears from Republican sources of the great achievement of the treasury department under Secretary .Mellon, and I think we must all admit that Mr. Mellon's ability is the one bright spot in the past seven and a half years. It Is interesting, however, in the light of the present efforts to sanctify him. to raise a ghost in the form of a frank speech which he made on St. Patrick's day 1925 to the Banker's Club of Richmond, Va.: "‘I feel that I am among friends whose views on many questions of national policy are in line with those which the treasury has consistently advocated, not only during my own term of office, but during the administration of my distinguished predecessor, Senator Glass, with whom 1 find myself so often in complete agreement.’ "These recommendations, as a mat-

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