Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1920 — Page 2
THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. SATURDAY. MAY 29. 1920.
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PROCTER WOOD LEADER, EARLY : SHOWED TRAITS WHICH MADE HIM SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
t sss: the wltnint* nam«4 Mr. on*' the Hoover delegation?' aefced Chairmen Kenyon, ; "I've never roonted/’ wa* the reply «XOM S«Ht «• Imetmm*. A* to expenditures of California. M-CaD* «afd f2.e00 had been sent to K, F. Mitchell In Indiana, probably $3,900 to Montarip; $1,000 to Michigan; »$,500 to fouth Dakota; *2.000 Dakota, and $*.*00 to Ore-
The folloorlng article, printed originally in the Kanaa* City Star, la reprinted today from the file* of The
New* of Ua i 2*. 1*20;
"Among the leaders of the cam-
of director*, the highest governing body of the concern. Each of these director* represent* one of the three
Procter & Gamble factories.
•'Procter picks bis executives from the rank*. Every man in high position in the company, with one exception.
paign of Le-nard Wood. *Oldi*r. for f 0rce< j bis way up. step by step. But the Republican nomination f Pre*i- (Mr. Procter ha.* explained that *0 per dent is one v* fiam Coooer Procter {rent, of these men were college gradflent, is on* v» jam cooper r-rocter uateB when th4?y ent< . rfc d hi* employ. business man, of whom the politi- guch is bis tribute to the value of ed-
^•««« kr.r.m iitti* ».«•* the business! U cation.
"That, in bnef is the story of William Cooper Procter as a business executive and industrial reformer.”
CAMPAIGN OF 1912
VIEWS OF ROOSEVELT IN 1912 ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; MOTIVE IN GIFT ONLY ISSUE
Continued from Page One. j IPrMi a statement made by Theobrother who has no wealth and gives ! dere Roosevelt. September 1. 1»12. oa what he can in its place.” the question of campaign contribu-
In the same primary campaign, the tions.)
A. Joiwson. of
California,
said, had authorized some expenditures, which made him uncertain as to exact amounts. To Minnesota I!,**') was sent, he said. "Then out of California funds you sent more tharr fSd.Odb to other ate* T’ ffhairnian Kenyon oue*-
Xim^A
"I'm wore thatfs about right." MeCahe said. | » *ay thi*^ money was raised
til amount*?"
by ptiblfg aDDeais for funds." is where around was In Cailforlia then. How was »t; did you have Chautauqua
w« paid *x-
f big meet In a* printing and
speakers.” McCabe replied ' wm ‘ platlon
ci rcul
matter was the largest little or no money spent
advertising.
About Moover Campaigs. liny evidence of ex r opponohts In the Menator Kenyon
«
as.
•eat anxiety," Mer « did not know was going to be,
whole state many work-
as men, employed louse canvasses. They whole pages of newsIvertlslng and we could not whst we had to do to counteract it. Tfisy had h tremendous number of workers out of Los Angeles, We had to rely largely on volunteer workers. They had the money and could get therm” "Well, there were some people induced to work by their respect and admiration for Mr. Hoover, weren’t there?' Senator Kenyon asked. "Yes, of course, but there were great numbers employed," returned the witness, who eald that in Los Angeles alone Hoover’s men had l.eou
paid workers.
Humor* rtf Large (Cspagsee.
"You’ve been very helpful In giving us rumors of very large expenses Tor the Hoover campaign," Senator Edge began. "Havw you beard of any rumors of slush funds for the Johnson aide that efttne into use through chan-
nels outside your control?'
"1 can say with absolute certainty that none such were used for Senator
Johnson." said McCabe.
John If. Kosseter first took charge of the Johnson finances, the witness said, giving the names of the / com-
mittee desisting, s
“Pretty strong financing, I should
say," Hcnator Kdge remarked aa he
chocked off names of bankers. "Strong a* we could get." McCabe ils testimony 1 get a dlscrepsame $*0,000 as to how much funds were In f’alifornla and ich was sent out,” Senator ltd, McCabe eald the books
lid show all details. Mending Ont Publicity.
"You were sending out publicity matter nationally,” said Senator Reed. "Might it not have been possible to eat up 125,000 or $30,000 of this alleged discrepancy in that way?" . “t'ndoubtodly. replied the witness. The witness said "one group of 300 college students wsr# hired to stand
at polling places election day by the
Hoover committee,"
?hen 300 young men got their first
ioover committee. 1
Then 300 young men got their flrst political Initiation in this uplift cam-
f Yimsy: irxr»u> ** * # ttwll** ’*
or uuestions as to contribub|Mboard advertising and toiidn funds Hn alt parts of the
piiign by getting money at the Dolls,’
said Senator Retd.'
Senator Spencer fRep.. Mo.) asked « series of uuestion* ns to contribu-
jMSTft
tal Johnson
cou n trf.
"As nearly as I pan calculate these figures,*’ he said, ’’$308,000 has been raised for Senator Johnson In California and New York. Is that right?"
"About right,” McCabe replied. “Notking of Any Cnnseqnenre.”
“And this do«s not include local sums raised In all parts of the country add perhaps in Man. Francisco?*
Senator Spencer continued.
“Nothing of any consequence, I can sav from my oheervatlon of the campaign," McCabe responded, adding that all other sums would not aggregate more than a few thousand dol-
Tji l%II ,
“And outside of the $27,000 a P«nnsylvanla man gave through New York. 15,000 was the largent contribution?’
Senator Spencer asked.
"That la right" mmmmmmm
"And you had a large California state officials
“There were a large number of men who had been associated with
number of who con-
Scnator Johnson In public life when he was Governor who gave. Some
of them were etlll In office.”
“ih» you know of a drawing of sioc.ooo In currency out of the Crocker National Bank for your funds on the evening of election
day?" ashed Senator Spencer. “I do not," Mr, McCabe aaid..ClnNMl*e« It a* Scandal^
Later he declared he would class the story as *’'a d—d dirty scandaf.*" Chairman Kenyon aaid the question amounted to a “charge” and Senator Speucer aaid hg would supply the name of his informant for aubpenu
Newspaper Maa on Stand.
’Before calling McCabe the committee Questioned Frederick William Wile, a correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, as to an article written by him that $8$,000 had been raised in California for Senator Johnaog s primary the|re. Wile refused to disclose his sour<4s. bat testified that J. dl. Itosaeter. formerly of the shtpP*4i V i °, ard \ H- Crocker, of .California, h* l been lastrumentai
in Talking the reported fund.
Ilf there was a aiuah fund in California, we want ito know it." Chairmain Kenyon declared after a subpena had buen issued fbr Mr. Crocker. The witness said he had “heard a good deakto the effect that all candidates in California were spending «
good deal of money."
Has Writ tea About Hoover Men. “Why didn’t you writ# up the Hoover business, too?' asked Senator
Reed (Dera. Mo.).
Wile aaid that the Philadejlphia Public Ledger had "written thit up U»7. ,, oo^f,,?^ T,r j we ”
asserted that estimates oif exfor Hoover in California had ached anything like the |esti-
mate* of expenditures for Johnson. ras tofd " he said, “that the cell-
the limit for the Johnson
“1 U
ing was
'*■"!?&! boadltnre^
WHMMI
»re Impartial about it you Ue^mories about the ex^«f all candidates.” said
Not exactly." the witness said. T had a direct statement that $86,000 was raised for Johnsoon in Califor-
nia”
Replying to further questions, the itnuts said his “paper is support-
wltnspp I ing Hoover.*
About McAdoo 1 ampatgn.
Evan S. Harris, of Albany, N. Y., former Democratic state chairman, was hailed and questioned as to & campaign for William G. McAdoo. He said he did not know whether there was a McAdoo campaign or a McAdoo L '"\*’e’vs been told you cas guvs
clans know .little but the world knows much.^H
'Procter is president of the Procter it Gambia Manufacturing Company, soaptnakers. and lives in CincinnatL the home of the concern, which ha* a branch factory ii, Kansas City. But Procter is more than a maker of soap. He is likewise an experimenter in industrial democraey, and has beta ever since th*t day In lit*, when, twenty-two year* old and Just graduated from Princeton, he entered hi* father’s plant at rlnGanatl as a *oap
l>0,3 « r *
'To enter trade young William Cooper Procter gave up an ambition for the name career as that of the man he now support* for tbs preeidentlal nomination. He wanted to be a soldier—and he wanted to enter West Point. 1 |
Marled Half-Holiday,
"Having one* given in to paternal suasion, however, he wasted no time
fNOORflK* PROCTER CO OWE. Nob tea vl He Writer Seea Wholeaoaseaeoa I* Egorta for Geaeral W ood.
To the Editor of The News:
Sir—1 have watched the investigation at Washington with much interest. and It baa brought out about wbat 1 thought it would. It was framed up in the first place by somebody to get something on General Wood, not because he was General Wood, but because he was the candidate who was sweeping the country in the primary elections, piling up a big vote right in the home state* of the "favorite sons." But if the some-
cuRsion. nowever, ne waans^ * i body who started it all ha* got anyfn regret*, hut. In overalls *nd 1 thing on the general. I can’t see it. lowliest smp.oye* ox tn# Plant, •• j tj 0 * 0 f t he money ueed In the Wood prepared eventually to take his has been advanced by Wll-
fathePs place a* the head of the (lara C. Procter, of Cincinnati. company. At the same time he “■* “—
vised hfa father concerning ways of Improving the morale of the force. One of the flrst of these 1 recommendations was the Saturday halfholiday. which since has spread through all American Industry. "The yesr after he went to work in the plant was the rear o fthe Knight* of Labor dUturbanoe* throughout ths country. In twelve months ther# wsr# fourteen strikes In the sosp factory. And then, on William Cooper Procter's advice, a system of profit sharing was Insti-
tuted,
'This was based on the yearly earnings of the employes. The total amount of wages was added to the sum of the other expenses of running the plant. This amount then, was deducted from the total gates, and the profit remaining was apportioned according to expense*. Each worker received hi* proportionate share of that allotted to wages.
System Shown Sneeeeefal. "Th# employes wsre suspicious of the scheme th# early months of Its trtsi. Thejr looked on it aa a trap. and there were several mori strikes. ^But when, at the end of six months, each received a bonus equal approximately to li per cent, of his wages for the period, their suspicions were allayed. Since then Procter it Gamble have had but on# strike—that In the Kansas City branch—a couple of year# ago, which Mr. Procter Insists was inspired by f W. W. Influence from the outside. . "In 1190 the younger Procter succeeded his faiher as president of the company, and today stock which then sold at par Is worth $700 a »hare. Such is the proof of his business ability—and th* proof that his plans for democratising Industry have not been the vapory Ideals of an Impractical
visionary.
Tribute to Higher Edumllon. "Not long after taking control of
the company, he extended the prdfitshartng plan so as to make It act as a spur to employes to save by encouraging the investment of bonuses In
the common stock of the concern. •Today many of these workers
have between $35,000 and $100,000 worth of stock, and on# man who retired a few years ago, a man who started at $1,000 a year sad whose Income never exceeded $7,000 a year, had accumulated more than $710,000 In this manner. Of course, part of the accumulation has been the result
of an increase in the value of •tock. “It was not long until a system of
insurance for^ •mployss been
a few years ago, at ation, a ‘conference ppolnted by the
meet with the manage-
my
Mr°‘Procter's SnstTgation. committee’ waa appoint
committee workers to
Kate for every fifty employe*. Employes Reeome Wealthy.
The moat recent Innovation was one Instituted last year, by which the company’s workmen elect three of their number as members of the board
your paper I think it
we have as the a man of the cali-
ber of Mr. Procter, and we find that
KANSAS GOVERNOR WILL NOMINATE LEONARD WOOD
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HENRY J. ALLEN.
this,” said Chair-
touch for
two
something about
man Kenyon.
Tve been out of years,” he answered.
"Did Daniel C. Roper ever ask you about the McAdoo candidacy?" Sena-
tor Edge (Rep.. N. J.) asked.
•Til say no. and then explain." Mr. Harris replied. “Mr. Roper asked me if I thought he should give up his business in case Mr. McAdoo became a candidate. 1 advised him n0 “You know Mr. McAdoo Is a candi-
dater Senator Edge asked.
T know he said he was not.’ Har-
ris returned.
Chairman Kenyon has put into the record a letter from James McClurg Guffy. of Pittsburg, denying that he had ever contributed any money to the fund raised for Attorney-General Palmer’s campaign. Joseph F. Guffy, Of Pittsburg, had been previously identified as the contributor of $10.000 to the Palmer campaign In the testimony hv former Federal Judge J. Harry' Covington, the Palmer campaign treasurer. . | ■ . > 7- ■■■"■- ADMIT THEY COT *32.000.
Missouri Committeeman and E. L. Morse Yard Lovrdea Money. ' ST. LOUIS. May 2$.—Jacob L. Babler. Republican national committeeman from Missouri, and E. L. (Liv) Morse, of Excelsior Springs, admitted at a meeting here Friday of the Missouri delegation to the Republican national convention, that they had received $32,000 of the Lowden presidential campaign fuSd and had expended it encouragingisupport for the Governor. They said all expenditures had beet legitimate and that nope of the money tiad been paid to any individual to obtain Lowden support. Following their statements, a resolution was adopted asking the Senate subcommittee investigating preconvention presidential campaign expenditures to make a thorough inquiry into expenditures In Missouri! of presidential aspirants so that "all the facts may be ascertained." L L. Emerson, Lowden'a campaign
manager, testifying Monday before the senate subcommittee, said $32,000 had been given to Morse. After Friday's meeting Morse issued a statement In which he said some of the money was spent on trips he made to Oklahoma. Kentucky. West Virginia and Washington. D. C.. In the Interest of Lowden’s campaign. The meeting re-elected Babler national committeeman.
RESENTS TREND OF INQUIRY.
Nebraska Delesrate-at-Large £ays • It Is Bnd Business For Party. [Special to The Indianapolis N#w*1 CHICAGO. May 29 —L. D Richards, a delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention from Nebraska, said Friday in talking of the preconvention inquiry into campaign expenses: T think this Is bad business for the Republican party. It is an attempt to injure the candidacy of Leonard Wood by bringing before the public the unquestioned fact that primaries are expensive, and make the people think there is something wrong, when there is nothing at all. The men who started this agitation are unfair, and such statements about General Wood, who has proved his integrity and patriotism in every capacity, will be strongly resented by other delegates. as it is by me. I am sure the people will not approve of this attack when they know the facts, and they will know them as they get the full information. “By plurality vote Nebraska Instructed its delegates-at-large to vote for Senator Johnson. Such work as this will make me and other Republicans feel that as soon as we have complied reasonably with that instruction we will be free to vote for the man who has been made the object of the attack and aid in the nomination of General Wood." BONUS BACKERS SCORE.
Now, I don't know Wiiliam C. Procter. but I am Inclined to think be is all right. Certainly, if there haa been anything against him, the unfrlendy senators at Washington would have revealed it. because every move ha* Indicated they were willing to do anything in their power to hurt
Wood. But it was not re
vealed as far as I have been able to find out that Mr. Procter is booked up with any public utility combination, and political machine outfit or any-
thing else of the kind. Ideals I* Campaign.
When Mr. Procter eald he took up th* Wood campaign idealistically, as he would undertake a Red Cross campaign. nobody, as far as I have been able to learn, sneered at this remark. Even the sneering Mr. Reed did not sneer. Bo Mr. Procter is evidently th* sort of substantial citizen whose ideals are not conducive to sneers. Mr. Procter, I suppose, thought a rather substantial person was needed to be President the next four years, and thought Leonard Wood was fine material for the office. A good many other people think it. I wish I had at hand the total vote that hae been cast for General Wood In the state primaries. Mr. Procter performed a great
people .
He has. I think, a much more virtuous idea about spending money In politics than does the old-time politician who likes to carry the boodle around the corner and up dark alleys. In one article In your paper yesterday It was stated that large amounts of money wareC expended in the Roosevelt and Taft campaigns and no hubbub was raised about ft. It was true no hubbub, sych as this was raised, hut there wa* a great deal published about the railroad men and other utility men who had.contributed to Roosevelt's campaign fund. Mr. Roosevelt said that none of these contributions took away from him any of his independence of thought or
ir of
action and hi* statements to that
effect were published in and other papers. And
was proved that he wa* right. But in this case the man who I* contributing to the Wood campaign fund, while he may have varied interests, is known wholly for the great private manufacturing concern he has
built up.
Thing* to Be Considered. Everybody known contributions are made to campaign funds. Only three things are to be considered—the caliber and position of those who contribute; the caliber of the candidate, and the use made of the contribu-
tions. i
In this case we have'as the candidate a man of the greatest Independence of thought and action—bluntly
independent. And chief contributor a ber of Mr. Procter.
practically all of the money contributed has been used in paying the expenses of publicity. Crookedness never court# publicity. It all looks very wholesome to me. J. H. NoblesvlUe, Ind., May 29. l
Fail, However, to Muster Strength to Pass Legislation. WASHINGTON. May 29.—While supporters of the soldier relief bill won the opening skirmish in the house today to force consideration of the measure, they were many votes below the two-thirds majority necessary to pass the legislation under & suspension of the rules. When Chairman Campbell presented to the rules committee the resolution proposing to suspend the rules Representative Garrett. (Dem., Tenn.K and Representative Mann (Rep, I1L). attacked it on the ground that the committee had no authority to report such a resolution. Mr. Garett appealed from Speaker Gillett’s ruling that the resolution was in order, and the house sustained the ruling by a vote Of 192 to 1S9. two members voting present. Leaders in the fight for the bill said they would call up the measure despite the indicated lack of votes necessary to pass it. On the test vote, thirteen Democrats joined with the majority Republicans in opening the way for considering the bill. The majority Democrats. with thirty-four Republicans, however, voted in the negative. Ths suspension program was adopted, 220 to J65. This vote showed a substantia! gain in strength for the members seeking to force passage of the bill, but the total was thirtyseven less than the two-thirds necessary for final passage.
Taft supporters, despite the enormous power of the federal machinery behind them, speat somewhere around $2.©0#.©da. and no one ever tried to conceal the fact that the Taft forces spent $<7.0*9 in the city ef Pittsburg alone. Their expenses were $200,000 in Massachusetts, according to Senator Dixon, of Montana, and they presented an Remixed account of their expenses in Ohio showing expenditures of I70.&90. C. P. Taft Gave 8X1.'L5»2.41. The Taft organization in Washington spent somewhere around $4*0,009 in organization work for which no accounting was ever made, and no one thought anything of it. Charles P. Taft gave $213,592.41 to the campaign to get the Republican nomination for his brother, and yet no one accused Mr. Taft of having corrupted the nation and of having opened the sluice gates of a corrupt slush fund. The business of cooking up investigation* to injure or to aid a candidate i* not. of eour*«, new. It has been done for many year* and is frequently revived under the theory that “you can fool all the people part of the time," which Is the evident belief of Senators Johnson, Borah and Kenyon at this time. Failure of CubaL The outstanding feature of the Republican senatorial cabal’s investigation of preconvention expenditures by candidates for President now under way is the absolute failure to reveal any corrupt or unlawful use of mosey. This, of course, speaks well for the several candidates and their managers. There Is now general agreement among the politicians as well as the political commentators here that the Investigation probably has eliminated Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of California. as a possibility at Chicago. It is the old story of an activity Inspired by hatred and malice, a desire to harm another, hurting no one in the end except the promoters of the activity. Not only Is the motive behind the investigation now standing out where It can be seen and understood, but the hypocrisy of it also is ap-
parent.
Not Averse to Big Fund*. Senator Johnson, in whose interest the investigation was started, during his poiitical career ha* never, so far as anybody here knows, been averse to having access to a large campaign fund. He certainly showed no aversion to the proper use of money in any amounts in the 1912 preconvention campaign, or in the election campaign of that year. As pointed out above, the senatorial Republican cabal undertook to besmirch Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. It is an interesting fact that Senator Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, the man who, from all accounts, said to the old guard in the senate twq weeks ago when Senator Johnson came back here and pressed for the passage of the investigating resolution, "Let it go through," was the author of the resolution which the senate passed August 24, 1912, instructing the subcommittee of the committee on privileges and elections to investigate preconvention campaign expenditures of that year. That resolution, it was well understood at the time and history has so recorded, had no other purpose than that of besmirching the political career of Roosevelt. Motive Now Apparent. The resolution under which the subcommittee is now proceeding, the public now understands, was presented and passed for the express purpose of "getting something on” the leaders in this year’s presidential contest, and particularly on Leonard Wood. In the estimation of right thinking men in 1912 the only vital questions to be answered in connection with the investigation of that year were whether money had been corruptly or unlawfully used, and whether contributions have been made with the understanding that the contributors were to have something in return. Contributions under the last condition mentioned would, of course, have been corrupt contributions. The 1912 Investgation petered out after Roosevelt went before the subcommittee. The motive of that inquiry was so clear, just as is the motive behind the present inquiry, that not; only was the public not greatly interested in the inquiry, but the subcommittee Hae If lost interest and abandoned the inquiry before it was completed. „ ]t was finally shown in the testim4ny in 1912 that the managers of Roosevelt or William H. Taft used the large sums of money that were made available in no improper way. The money went as it has gone this year to build up organizations in the various states and in promoting publicity. It is to be recalled, too, that only Oregon and Washington, and perhaps one other state, had presidential preference primaries at that time, so the candidates were not compelled to conduct expensive primary campaigns as they were this year. # Inquiry Hit* Johnson. The Johnson campaign had begun to* look rather formidable until he. with the help of the old guard outfit in the senate, started this inquiry. The thing might not have reacted if the investigation had been intrusted to an unbiased committee. As has been pointed out. Senator Kenyon (Rep., la.), an ardent supporter of Johnson, was made chairman of the committee, and Senator Reed (Dem., Mo.), a political frisnd of William' R. FTearst, who is supporting the candidacy of Johnson, was put on to do such cross-questioning as the Republican chairman of the committee would not care to undertake. Kenyon and Reed have been the committee. Senators Spencer, of Missouri. and Edge, of New Jersey, both Republicans, have been from the start out of sympathy with the whole thing, but neither has had the courage to resign. They have simply remained quiet most of the time while the two Johnson representatives on the committee have conducted the inquiry. Senator Poraerene (Dem., O.), has been interested principally Id producing Campaign material for his own party. The committee, it seemed today, is near the end of its work, although it may keep up the thing for appearance’s sake for Several days. The expenditures of e*ery candidate who will have any considerable following in either convention have been looked into. For the moment the committee. under the influence of Senator Reed, the Hearst man, is
This brings me to the question of accepting contributions. It is no longer legal to accept contributions from corporations. Aside from this matter of corporations, my attitude as to contributions now is precisely what my attitude was in 1904, and will not be
changed.
I do not draw the line against size and never shall. The conditions I impose are that the contributions shall be received without any kind of promise, or obligation. expressed or implied, being accepted only on the announced principle that the man making it J has no end to serve except to assist the cause he is championing: and second, that the money shall be spent in honest fashion and only for legitimate expenses. I have no sympathy with the proposal to limit contributions to $5,000 or $10,000. or any other sum. If the virtue of a party is so frail that It will weaken if the contribution is over $10,00*. it will also weaken if It is under $1*.000. If the money is tendered which should not be received, then, whether the sum be large or small, it is equally bad to receive it. It is morally as bad to solicit or accept $10 for improper reasons as $1*.000. On the other band. If a maa vrbo can afford It give* a large num from worthy motive*, and If thia sum ta properly *peat. the tranaactloa ia entirely propers just aa much aa la the caae of a maa who can only afford to give a small *um. Question of Personal Reward. To admit contributions of $10,00* will be no hardship to a reactionary cause, a cause championed by the enormous majority of the
men who can each contribute to such a su|m. But we who fignt for the caiuse of justice and fair dealing, for the cause of the people as a whole, have only a few supporters among the very rich. These few supporters are. from the nature of the case, idealists, men of the kind who. when their interests ’ are aroused. gi\e generously and without thought of personal return, to parks, or play grounds, or museums, or seaside nurseries, or hospitals or social settlement work, or to any one of the numerous similar causes. When their sympathies are arouMcd for a movcmcBt like oar* these mea are eager t* coatrihate toward it with a like geaeroalty aad with no thought of personal reward. I welcome their contributions when made in suen a spirits I am honored by their support and receive it as freely and gladly as it is given, and I am proud of the fact that there are at least a few men of wealth who posses the farsightedness and generous understanding of the needs of the times which make them powerful champions of the cause of the American people. Motive Oaly I**ae. As long as the expense of running primaries and elections is left to be borne by private individuals instead of by the government. and as long as there la no limit to the total fund which can be raised, then each contributor should be left free to contribute according to his ability, if his motive is proper and ia properly understood. Ten thousand dollars would be a wholly improper contribution for most men. and a reasonable, or even very small contribution from certain other men. and any contribution if made and received in an improper spirit is itself improper.
Continued from Page One. would invite a dangerous attack by the opposition party, and they resent the support given to him by the
Hearst newspapers.
Party leaders and delegates who have come to Chicago express the opinion that a great deal of the support Johnson gained in the primaries is made up of persons who are not affiliated with the Republican party and have no desire for its success. Of the delegates that will vote for Johnson on the first ballot, and perhaps on a few more ballots, it is doubtful whether one-half are Johnson men. Most of them will be acting under specific instructions or
in the center surrounded by Samuel, John Quincy and Charles Francis Adams. The candidate is editor of the American Fruit Grower and is described as a student of political and economic questions and a man of independent means. William Grant Webster, of New York, who was unopposed for vicepresidential preference in Indiana and who got a blfc vote apparently for that reason In several other states, has not opened headquarters. The time has not yet come for much thought of who should be nominated for Vice-President and that nomination will probably be dictated by geographical and other considerations. WOOD TOUHS NORTH CAROLINA. I rge* Reduced U. 8. Expense* and Favor* Modified Leitgne. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., May 29.— Leonard Wood, candidate for the Re-
tour here today, urging reduction of federal taxes and expenses and indorsing the league of nations with modifications. The general planned to make nine addresses during the
day in as many cities.
under moral obligations arising out publican presidential nomination, of primary elections They will wait opened a whirlwind speech-making
more or less impatiently for It to become clear from the balloting that
Johnson can not win. lavestigatioa « Topic.
Of course, the discussion here this week has mostly been on the investigation of campaign expenses by the committee of the United States senate and on the effect that It may exert on the convention. Unless corrupt use of money can be shown, it is the view of nearly all observers that the investigation will have little effect on the delegation, unless it be by way of reaction against
MAY ASK INJUNCTION.
Elk* Kvpeeted to Try to Prevent In-
terference With Bout*.
Hoover headquarters are extensive here and his managers think he will have a good chance to be nominated If the convention is unable to agree on any of the candidates that will go before the convention with the
making a desperate effort to "get something on” William G. McAdoo. whom Hearst opposes as a Democratic candidate for the presidency. Viewed A* Failure. The newspapers of the east, almost without exception, take the view that the committee has failed to attain the purpose for which It was created, that of creating a situation that would be particularly uncomfortable for Wood. The New York Tribune, Republican, says editorially today that the public. in thinking the thing out. will most certainly commend General Wood for his decision to go to the people, even should it prove expensive. "A large campaign fund was the necessary consequence of the decision to,go to the people," says the Tribune. "To take the American people into confidence touching any special matter requires a large expenditure. To have a referendum .-when official machinery is not used means a mllliondollar outlay. It is humbug to deny this. A condition exists for which General Wood is in nowise responsible. "The inexperienced gentlemen in charge of Wood headquarters have doubtless made mistakes and wasted money. But they at least have done one thing. It is Improbable that the Chicago convention will be merely a trading place. They have awakened the party—aroused in it a spirit of self-determination. Possibly, as far as securing a nomination is concerned, the.King method, besides costing less, would have avoided drawing the fire of oppositjon. “Nevertheless, It surely is to Gen. Wood’s credit that he wished any mandate to him to come direct from his fellow-Republicans. The decision to which Mr. King objected (not to go to the people, but to pussyfoot) strikingly shows how strong is General Wood’s belief in popular rule and how deep-seated is his democratic spirit. “Whatever the outcome, it is safe to predict that he will not regret his decision to have a public campaign. With his character he could arrive at no other conclusion than to go, manfashion, to the people and to submit himself and his retord for scrutiny.” WILSON NOMINATIONS. I Woman Is Named to Be an Aasiatant Attorney-General. WASHINGTON. May 28.—William C. Frierson, of Chattanooga, Tenn., now an assistant attorney-general, was nominated today by President Wilson to be solicitor-general of the United States. Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, of San Francisco, now United States attorney for the northern district of California, was named an assistant attorney-general. Mrs. Adams will have charge of the enforcement of tax and customs laws, the war risk insurance, pure food, quarantine and Adamson acts, and also will have supervisory control over federal prisons. Activities of the department in connection with the Volstead prohibition act, formerly in the charge of Mr. Frierson, will be transferred to another assistant, according to Attorney-General Palmer. Mrs. Adams will be ordered to Washington from San Francisco immediately on confirmation of the nomination. EVEN ENVELOPES.
DEBS HEARS 1 NEWS IN PRISON AT ATLANTA Continued from Page One. many thousands of other libertyloving men and women, we tender this nomination to you.” Kisses Each Committeeman. The ceremony took place in the warden’s office. Debs greeted each member of the notification committee with a kiss. Under the prison rules, the Socialist leader could issue no formal statement, but he made a speech of acceptance. “I have always been a radical, never more so than now,” said Debs. *T have never been afraid of being too radical, but I have feared to become too conservative. “There is a tendency in the Socialist party to become a party of politician* instead of a party of workers. This ought to be checked. "We are not in pontics to get office, but to achieve the industrial emancipation of the working class. "Before beginning to serve my time here I made several .addresses supporting the Russian revolution, which I believe is the greatest single achievement in the history of mankind. I said I was a Bolshevik. I meant it then and I mean it now. I did not mean I was a Russian Bolshevik in America, but that I was fighting for the same thing in America that they are fighting for in Russia. Simply a Term. "The dictatorship of the proletariat is simply a term which the hostile press has used against us. We are opposed to dictatorship of any kind. We stand for freedom, equal rights and justice for all. T am heartily in favor of the Russian revolution and think we should support it with all powef. Debs ceased by saying: “With all by heart I return thanks and appreciation to you for the honor you have done me. I may not be able to join you in the activities of the campaign, but you can rest assured that, if I am here, my spirit will breathe out through those bars so that comrades will know my heart beats with theirs.” At the end of Debs’ speech, newspapermen and others Withdrew while Dens and members of the committee conferred on policies and problems of the Socialist party. President Wilson and AttorneyGeneral Pklmer have been aked by the Socialist party, through a committee appointed at Its recent convention in New York, to release Debs and other so-called political prisoners. No action on the petition has yet been taken.
Arrangements were made early this afternoon for one of the judges of the
, . superior court to be in the courtroom
Johnson and the old guard senators; ..
who permitted the committee to be dunn k t,u afternoon, ready to hear made up to suit Johnson in order to possible injunction proceeding*, cast aspersions on Vi ood. ! which. It was said, might be brought One sometimes hears the theory.. , ... , , , . advanced that the old guard senators members of the Elks lodge to enlet Johnson have his way about the join the police from interfering with investigation committee because they boxing bouts at the Coliseum to-
believed the result would be to wipe . _
the slate clean and leave the old n 'S ht ; w H sa,d tho courthouse guard free to pick a candidate in the arrangements were inade by ways best understood by it. t^o.naniQu.nanofficer ofthe Elks. Herbert Hoover's candidacy ls , although Mr Quill said earlier in the talked about considerably, though k* <**>’ knew nothing of any conis not regarded as a serious factok Pfoceedlnge. at anv rate at this time. He is called I police department. It was una candidate without delegate*. d crstood was Instructed by the board “ - - - ! of puhllc safety today to aee that
there is no violation of the laws in the exhibitions at the Coliseum tonight in connection with the appearance of Georges Carpentier, French pugilist. While no public statement
support of a considerable number of by the board or the chief h Utrates of P oIi ce *n regard to the instrueA new plan to cause Hoover to oe 1ionB - u s »‘ d that the board of
talked about is being tried out In Chicago. A chart modeled after the charts in use in the schools fprty or ftftv years ago Is being used on the street corners in silent appeals. On every sheet of the chart “who’ is printed at the top in large red letters. Then some accomplishment or opinion of Hoover is set out in smaller letters in the form of a question. And the answer is “Hoover” in large red letters at the bottom.
Women Aiding Hoover.
Women of Chicago have been displaying these charts from automobiles on the street corners. Not a word is spoken. The pages are turned and ths curious public looks and reads. The purpose Is to keep Hoover in the limelight until after' the convention has chosen a nominee. Harding headquarters here are even more quiet than they were in Indianapolis. Callers are rare, and Harding’s name is rarely heard In the
hotel lobbies.
Frederick A. Joss, of Indianapolis, vice-chairman of the Wood committee, will be In Washington Monday tk testify before the senate kivestigating committee. General Wood is expected to return to Chicago Sunday and be at his headquarters most of next week. It Is probable that he will take personal charge of his campaign. Joseph B. Keying, of Indianapolis, has come to remain until after the convention. He will sit with the national committee next week hearing contests as the representative of James A Hemenway, national committeeman from Indiana, who is »’l. Mr*. Kealing. an alternate delegate-at-large. also is here. ONE OF THE ADAM8 BOYM.
Samuel, of Virginia, Reactor* Chicago With V. P. Aspiration*. [Special to The Indiana polls New*] CHICAGO, May 29.—Samuel Adams, of Greenwood, Va., steppe^ on the political stage here today as a candidate for the Republican nomlnatisn for Vice-President. Headquarters were opened and callers learned from his campaign literature that he is of the Adams family, of which John Adams and JLohn Quincy Adams, were members. Qne piece of literature presents the candidate's picture
safety took the position that there has been no change in policy regarding tne enforcement of the law. FURIOUS DNIEPER BATTLE Pole* Hold Off BnlNtoevlto Attack on
Fortified Position*.
LONDON.- May 29.—Furious fighting .is in progress on the left bank of the Dnieper river, where tho Bolshevikl are attempting to dislodge the Poles from their fortified positions, according to an official statement sent out by the soviet government at Moscow Friday. The Poles are offering stubborn resistance. the statement says, first one side and then the other holding the
first line positions.
"In the Tarashchta region (sixty miles south of Kiev) our troops, overcoming the enemy’s resistance, captured Tfiirafhchta With a number o& villages some twenty-seven miles distant from Tarashchta," the state-
ment add*.
TWO YARDMEN SHOT DOWN Armed Men In Auto Attack Ru**ell <Ky.) Rail Employe*. RUSSELL, Ky.. May 29—Two yardmen employe^ by the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad were wounded seriously today when four men in an automobile appeared at the local yards and openco rflre on yardmen there with shotguns. The Injured men are L. R. Brown, and James Womack. A posse was swot in pursuit of the gun-
men.
Terre Haute to Scud DetegatLm. [Special to The Indianapolis News] TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. May 29—A large delegation of Terre Haute merchants will visit Indianapolis Monday, June 7, to attend the convention of Associated Advertising Club* of the World The Terre Haute merchants will be the guest# of R. H. Gore, publisher of Terre Haute Post, at a luncheon at the Claypool hotel at noon.
WINS INJUNCTION SUIT.
Case
Price Boost on Stamped Variety ia Effect at Pestofflee. Officer, page the Lever act! The price of stamped envelopes has gone up. Whereas, on Thursday one could buy six 2-cent stamped envelopes, size No. 5. for 13 cents, now, 14 cents is the price. . , . . Also another increase in price is this; Two-cent wrappers, formerly five for 11 cents, now are four for 10 cents or three for 7 cents. The new price schedule was put into effect at the Indianapolis postoffice Friday. The instructions from Washington say the increase was made necessary by increased cost of production. The increase applies also to special request envelopes. The schedule applies to all stamped envelopes and wrappers. The greatest increase is in the 2-cent wrappers, the price of which is advanced from $21.76 a thousand to $22.80 a thousand.
Arfhnr Jordan Plaintiff in
Against Son-in-Law.
A temporary injunction enjoining
Orlando B. lies from interfering with the taking of an inventory of the assets of the International Machine Tool Company was issued by Judge Solon J. Carter, in superior court. Room 3, today. The suit for the injunction was brought by Arthur Jordan, capitalist, and father-in-law of Mr. lies. Mr. Jordan agreed that the inventory should be made at once and that it should not interfere with the work of the factory, when it resumes
operations Tuesday morning. Jordan, whose wife obtained a di-
vorce In circuit court Thursday, alleged in the injunction suit that an agreement had been made in March that he would deliver to Mrs. Jordan his one-third Interest in the machine company, but that he should receive the accrued dividends due for his share for the period from January 1 to June 7. The other owners of the company are lies and Charles L. Libby. At the hearing Mr. Jordan testified that the accrued dividends could not be determined if an Inventory is not taken. Attorneys follies contended that an inventory is not necessary in determining the
dividends.
ARMOUR GRAIN CO. FINED. Pleads Guilty to Consigning Adulterated Prod act to Armies. CHICAG10, May 29.—The Armour Grain Company was fined $1,050 by Federal Judge Carpenter here today for violation of the pure food law. It was alleged that the company adulterated the shipment of thirtyfive carloads of oats by mixing barley with it. The grain was consigned to armies fighting in France, but was seized In transit by the government at Baltimore. Attorney 0. J. Fulhamer. representing Armours, pleaded guilty to the charge and paid the fine.
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