Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1920 — Page 6

6

3!niiiann flaihs aimcs INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 ■■■—l ■■■ , . - , - * MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising Offices—Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, G. Logan Payne Cos. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Indianapolis, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates —3y carrier, Indianapolis. 103 per week; elsewhere, 120. By mall, 50c a month. <1.25 for three months. $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year. Democracy Is Always Ahead Never in the history of this nation was the democratic party more entitled to the offensive in a campaign than this year. Its record Is one of achievement against which the failures of the republican party dare not be contrasted. Its ability to function under the most trying conditions that ever confronted the nation has been demonstrated and is most remarkable when considered in connection with the failure of the republicans to accomplish anything since obtaining control of the congress. Its history for the last seven years is a story of constructive statesmanship without a parallel in the annals of the country and there is not a single phase that needs a defense. Yet, there are democrats in Indiana and in other parts of the nation who are cowed into defensive attitudes by the mere preponderance of the unfounded attacks of republican spell-binders! What is there In the Wilson administration that needs defense? What has been done that should not have been done? What has the administration failed to do that should have been done? Did not the United States, under the direction of Woodrow Wilson, step into the world’s war and effectually block the progress of the Hun? Did not this country mobilize the greatest army in its history, gather together the greatest preponderance of resources that were ever assembled by a nation and marshal both the army and the resources In the greatest cause that humanity has ever known? And in the performance of the most herculean task that ever confronted the United States was the prosperity of the country disturbed, was panic brought upon us, was the laboring man ground down to bitter poverty? Has the United States ever been more prosperous than It is today? Are Idle men walking the streets of any city pleading for jobs? Are wages not higher than they ever were in the history of America? Is not the standard of living higher than it has been since the Pilgrams landed in New England? What’s the matter with the platform on which the democratic party has stood under President Wilson? Why should any one wish to deviate from the teachings of democracy as they have been developed and expounded in the last seven years? Prom whence comes this talk about a return to the old days and what its purpose? Are the voters of America willing to go back to the industrial uncertainty that obtained before the McAdoo federal reserve banks were established by the democratic party? Are the “good old days” we hear about the days when the republican plutocrats closed their factories and starved their workmen, until they ' “voted right?" Is the farmer dissatisfied with the McAdoo farm loan act that democrats enacted? / Are the women of the United States dissatisfied with the suffrage amendment that democrats have made possible? Or is it the abolition of the saloon, that home of the spawn of hell, that brings about these foolish spoutings of “getting back” to the teachings of generations passed? America is no exception to the rule. It must go forward or it must go backward. In the last seven years it has gone forward at a pace equalled only by the capacity of the party that governed. It went forward in leaps and bounds, it Jumped from a nation isolated from the world’s problems into a place at the head of the council table of the world. It produced the most powerful figure that ever entered into the halls of the mighty and he is a democrat, made powerful by a democratic administration, the head of the greatest nation in the world, whose greatness was created by the democratic panj*. 9 It is all very well to prate of the teachings of our leaders in the struggles that have gone by. It is well to take counsel from the rich heritages of advice and example they left to us. But who wishes to return to the days of Washington, or Jefferson, or Lincoln?

What America needs today and what American will have Is not a deviation from, but an even more complete exposition of the democratic principles that won the war and created no ripple on the placid prosperity of America. Forget the republican laudations of the man who would return to the days of long ago. Forget the euphonious and meaningless talk of “getting back to democracy.’’ There is no “getting back to democracy.” Democracy lies always ahead of us. Rejoice that under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson, and the capable direction of William G. McAdoo this nattoi#*made its greatest approach to real democracy in the face of a world's war. Get out and fight, you democrats, not in defense of your administration for Its needs no defense, but in the knowledge that, in the time of Woodrow Wilson you have saved democracy for the world and In the years to come your greatest duty to America Is to "carry on!”

Let the Truth Be Known There has been entirely too much "pussyfooting" In Indianapolis over the affairs of the city schools. Too long has the Immense business of the school corporation been regarded as a "sacred cow" concerning which nothing could be said in the way of criticism and concerning which the general public has long been told It had no right to Inquire. Whenever any c’tlzen, from a proper or Improper motive, has raised a voice in protest against what he regarded as Impropriety In the affairs j of the school city, a burst of indignation has come from certain sources l concerning thfi criticism and every effort has been made to discredit, rather than investigate it. The result of this procedure Is that the business affairs of the schools of Indianapolis have been conducted practically In the dark for years. And, as is nsaal when the public knows little of public business, thousands of dollars have been spent Illegally, wasted and probably grafted from the taxpayers. The time has come when all this must stop. Investigations have been under way for months and the investigators have found behind the scenes conditions that no honest community will tolerate long. Sufficient has been said about the schools recently to acquaint the public with the fact that "something is rotter in Denmark." Sufficient will be disclosed In the near future to show what that something is and who is responsible for its rottenness. There are always two ways to correct unsatisfactory conditions in public affairs. Reforms can be brought about without publicity, but nevertheless effectively, when the persons Immediately involved are made to realize that their selfish Interests must give way to the public good. But when selfish Interests refuse to relinquish their hold on public affairs, when they deem themselves so well intrenched that they can laugh at criticism and continue to do those things that cause criticism, there is no way to avoid publicity for their misdeeds, however unpleasant such pub-! licity may be. The Times deplores the necessity of calling attention to the improper dissipation of public money In the management of the school system of Indianapolis. It deplores the suspicion and the lack of confidence that will be created on the eve of the largest building program that the school city has ever undertaken. But, as the selfish interests that have heretofore feathered their nests at the expense of the taxpayers of Indianapolis are insisting that they be permitted to continue undisturbed there Is no other way than to disclose their past performances and leave the question of their future to the judgment of the people of the city. V We do not believe that the people of Indianapolis will show much patience with those who stand convicted by their own records of having betrayed the trust the public has placed in them. We are sure the public will insist that the business affairs of the city schools be Intrusted to officials who are above suspicion and conducted In the open when they learn what has been going on behind the mask erected by certain political Interests to conceal the misconduct of this city’s school affairs.

WHO WILL NAME DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SENATORSHIP

Whether the selection of a candidate for the United States senate on the democratic ticket should be made by the democratic state committee as was announced following the withdrawal of Thomas Taggart, or should be left to the democratic state convention, is a question that is annoying democrats with senatorial aspirations. When Mr. Taggart announced his withdrawal from the race A. O. Sallee, chairman of the state committee, said that according to the Interpretations of the law which had been given him, it became the duty of the state committee to fill the vacancy on the primary ticket resulting from the withdrawal of the only name entered by petition. This ininterpretatlon of the statutes was generally accepted and the most of the democrats who have aspirations for the nomination, either for themselves or for others, have accepted that viewpoint. However, after an Inspection of the law on the subject, another theory of the proper way to fill the vacancy has been evolved and Is now being offered for consideration. The latter theory is that the nomination must be made by the state conven- ! tion. It finds its basis in the interpretation of the election laws compiled in 1918 by William W. Spencer, Alexander G. Cavlns and Ele Stansbury, attorney general. This interpretation was accepted as correct by Edmund M. Wasmuth and Frederick Van Nnys, chairman of the republican and democratic state committees, respectively, whose attestation appears In the bound volume as follows: “We hereby, this 27th day of May, 1918, concur In and agree to abide by the printed revision of the election laws of Indiana, with the Interpretation thereof, above reported.” On page 110 of this interpretation there is a section devoted to ‘‘withdrawals of candidates—vacancies before primary—general methods of filling vacancies.” In this section appears the following: “In case the withdrawal is of the only candidate of any party for president, vice president. United States senator or governor, notice of sued withdrawal should be given to the chairman of the state’s central committee of such party, but the state committee should not nominate any

TONER NOT ONLY CANDIDATE WHO SERVED IN WORLD’S WAR

Editor The Times—l have seen an art- ( vertlsement asking support of the ladles j of Indiana for Mr. Toner, one of the ! republican candidates for the nomination I for governor. Among other items i listed as reasons for their support appears this statement: “Because in 3918 he went among our boys as a Red Cross worker on the western front, where he served time under

smesesss </he Voices of /history Hark! They are calling, calling to us, echoing through the years. Pleading in whispering phantom tones, in accents weighed out with tears; Sh! Can’t you catch that earnest shout, bourne up from the hallowed hall Os time, "Stand forth for your rights like men," the shadowed voices I call. Out from the cradle of history where freedom’s might was horn, Resounds the admonition of the founders on that morn. When our fathers stood and took a vow, that the rlght3 of common | men. Freedom, Justice, Liberty should prevail unto the end.

BRINGING UP FATHER.

( ‘VE <OT TO WEAK OOT C ILL 11 FI OH' ES A-Hf1.1.0 P""’ ~71 ’ K I WANT W T W , fT TT I TPPPP 1 TT"! I , > ' JA~ Eb . tAME %HOES .WOULONT -IS ' I

ABIE THE AGENT.

HZ -r " 'ST ks MPvjPR KAV VIMAC ts Vv/NNSW , \AjOUU>VYY f V MJ\M> VAVSVS ME- , " '"'J' _ >^==3 r 1 g ™ \ Uvvjt HVS - A ij* Ef I M SOWN, Mfc. V\OCf ktvsx cM.miKAro'mti \ sw?? a —T

HOY/ DO THEY DO IT?

rvE TRltI) T 0 SELL THIS VES HE’S A \ Horse for six weeks- horse-But n>oM’T AMiaal- it's fun nv s /-S 1 ' —. / IHE S A OOCTD ANimi-- IF 1. J INO ONE WILL. Boy HIM / *\* /FV S 1

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920.

one to fill such vacancy insomuch as the state convention has the right to make nominations where no preferential vote has been cast.” Section 7072, Burns R. S., 1918, reads as follows: / “Any person who shall file notice of his candidacy as hereinbefore provided for any office for which nominations are to be made at a primary, may At any time, not l>‘ss than twenty-five (25) days before the day set for holding the primary, notify in writing, the officer with whom his name has been filed, that he is not a candidate and does not wish his name to appear on the official primary ballot as a candidate. Upon receipts of the notice by such officer, he shall withdraw the former declaration from the files and Bhall not certify the name of the person as a candidate to be voted for at the primary. If a withdrawal shall leave no candidate for office, then the officer shall notify the chairman of the party affected by such resignation, who shall call a meeting of the proper committee, which shall proceed to nominate'a candidate to fill such vacancy. Said chairman shall certify the actions of his committee to the proper officer with whom such nominations shall be filed, and such name or names shall be placed upon the official ballot to be voted for at the primary.” The foregoing section formed the basis for the theory that the nomination must be made by the central committee, but adherents of the convention plan of making it assert that there is a clear differentiation as to the candidates to whom this applies and that this section can not be properly Interpreted to apply in tho case of a withdrawal of a candidate for senator, as such a candidate Is not com pelled to file notice of his candidacy before the primary. The question of whether the committee or the convention should nominate the candidate for senator has been submitted for legal advice by Chairman Sallee and an opinion will be received before the committee is called together. The question is of considerable importance to tho party, for It is generally conceded that If the convention nominatea there will be more candidates from whom to chose than If the committee selects a candidate soon.—lndiana Publicity Bureau.

fire of German guns. Not’ one of the other candidate* did this." This statement Is so worded as to give the impression that no other candidate for governor saw any war service whatever, and such an impression Is false. Commendable as Mr. Toner's service with tho Red Cross was, it should not bo overlooked that Dr. Carleton B, Me-

i _V/lTast\ TC DAY TO A ffVFILETOUR \ INCOME k\Za\ TAX \return/

Culloch, who is a candidate for the i democratic nomination for governor, had a long and meritorious service with the army. In the course of that service Dr. McCulloch was advanced from the grade of first lieutenant to lieutenant colonel in the medical corps, a very real tribute to his abilities, both medical and execu- i tire. I had the pleasure of seeing Col. Me- j Culloch In France myself and happen to know of his military experience. Col. McCulloch was overseas for eighteen months, having gone to France with Base hospital No. 32, which he helped to organize in this city. He was with the American forces In the Vosges, and served with the French near-Compiegne, where as chief of a group of American surgical teams, "he displayed energy and courage during the various bombardments of Compiegne and of Royallieu In May and June, 1938. • ‘‘Under his direction the surgeons of his group worked diligently and effectively for our wounded, enduring the fatiguing hardships and valiantly braving the danger." I quote from the citation given Col. McCulloch by the French, which at my request I have seen. He was also given the Croix de Guerre. He was later with the American Ambulance hospital in Noully and In charge of Mobile hospital No. 11 In the Marne valley. I am sure that Col. McCulloch docs not desire to make this race for the nomination on his military record, though he may well be proud of.lt, nor would be himself advertise his army service, but In mere fairness to him. the public should he made familiar with the actual facts, •nd not be led to believe that Mr. Toner alone was in the war. Respectfully. Indianapolis. ROBT. A. ADAMS. Where Jewett Goes Citizens of Indianapolis who have had occasion to cool their heels in the office of the mayor for hours waiting to present to the mayor some matter touch Ing on the affairs of the city, and others who have sought to make appointments with him for the purpose of discussing city affairs, will be Interested In the explanation of where he spends his time as given by the Marion County Mall, edited by Leo K. Fesler. Tho Mail •ays: "Mayor Charles W. Jewett of this city has been having an interesting time his big Poland China hog farm on the Pendleton pike, northeast of the city. He is occupying tho farm of his fatherIn law. Hugh L. Dougherty, who makes It bis summer home The mayor first attracted attention last week when it was announeed he had paid sl().'h for a boar. He has a number of thoroughbred sows that have been Arrowing during the severely cold weather. Sat urday and Sunday, when tho weather was the coldest, ho had ten coal oil stoves going which kept tho temperature near 79 degrees ■'His bows have been very prolific, one of them farrowing seventeen pigs, another had fourteen. While another had j twelve. Ho went out Sunday evening after delivering an address at the cole orod Y. M. C. A , and watched over a sow that farrowed another litter of fen pigs He was up till late In the night ! on account of the cold weather and remained all night at the farm. Late Monday afternoon his manager called ! him regarding another sow and he hur- J tied out to see that she was well taken ; care of. "Ho Is a great admirer of the Rig !

Bargain Table 5c INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL 4A ** TABLETS, 3 forJLUC 5c CREPE TOILET FJAPER at less than manufacturers’ prices; 8 rolls for iUuC

Now is an unusually desirable time for women to visit this store and id make purchases for Easter. Preparations for this occasion are admirably complete, bringing together in comprehensive varieties and assortments all that is to be desired in apparel of distinction and quality. Styles and materials show many a surprising and fascinating whim which Fashion has reserved for this season to reveal.

§New Suits and Coats In a Delightful Collection of Styles There is a charm about these newest suits and coats. Perhaps it is due to the fact that painstaking attention is given to every detail of tailoring. Perhaps it is the welcome newness each radiates—little differences that are as gladdening as spring flowers, soft breezes and blue skies. At any rate, it is interesting to see the number which are being chosen daily for Easter wear. Suits Coats UJ *24- 50 'o s ßs°° s l9- 50 to sss°° (? X* ALL ALTERATIONS FREE—This Means Another Saving of $2 to $5.

Son’s Easter Suit is Here Here la the kind of a suit the real boy will want. A suit that will wear well and look well —the kind that will stand all kinds of wear. The materials are splendid and the styles right. A real suit for a real boy; agea 6 to 17 yeara; trousers lined. at $9.75 up to $19.75 Many of these suits have an extra pair of trousers. Our Clothes Are Built for the Hard Usage Given by Healthy Boys. Boys’ knickebocker trousers, well made, of excellent materials, taped seams, full sizes, the kind that will give good service. $1.95 up to $2.95 Pair

Poland China, and hopes to develop a great hog farm lu Marlon county for that breed." Ambition Slain Beaufort 1/Arthur is a little French town in which ambition is dead. There Is no goal to strive for, nothing to work for. It Is a town In which private initiative ha* ceased to exist. Go to Beaufort L'Arthur to live —if you wish to live a living death. But if you prefer a community where humans strive, where they forge ahead, where they go from good things to ’’better, where progress is the program- then don't go to Beaufort L'Arthur. Years and years ago Alclde Banlstan, wealthy, bequeathed all his great fortune to Beaufort L’Arthur. Benefactor? No! At that time Beaufort L'Arthur was a thriving village, where many owned their

306-312 E. Washington Bt, Juat East of Courthouse. Store Closes Saturdays at 6 p. m.

New Separate Skirts Os Quality Silks and Woolens New styles keep arriving to assure distinction to wardrobes being assembled for spring and summer. Whether they be of rich silks or simpler woolen fabrics, they are delightful in their little differences and seem certaip to be very smart with sweaters or the new lovely coats. *6 98 '• # 32 50

bom<* and places of business, their small farms, and young men looked ahead to larger and better farms, bigger businesses and finer homes. Bat that fortune killed all this for Beaufort L'Arthur. For there was this addlUon to the bequest : "Beaufort L’Arthur should undertake to nourish and sustain all the poor, without distinction of sex, or nationality, who lived within its boundaries." Within six months the population had doubled. Beggars, loafers, vagabonds, men and women, those who wouldn't work if they could get food, and shelter without work, streamed into Beaufort L’Arthur. The village bad to support them. Gradually and naturally some of the villagers were weaned from their habits of work and thrift. The others—those who would not stay to see their lives spoiled—went way. And now the most of Beaufort L'Arthur’s population neither tolls nor spins, and the rich and

DIDN’T GET AWAY WITH A THING.

MR. HOLT WONDERS WHERE ABIE GOT HIS N

MR. HOLT WONDERS WHERE ABIE GOT HIS NAME.

PRICE OF HAY MUST BE GOING UP.

Tuesdays 25c f bash. bi^Wr:T : de border; special, a yard ..AH| ROMPER SUITINGS, 32 Inches wide, assort- Qft_ ed stripes, a yard...OlC CHEVIOT SHIRTING, best quality, plain blue, Off a a yard oDC

New Designed Curtains Spring is here and you owe It to your home to brighten up the rooms with fresh, new curtains; especially so when you can get them at these exceptionally reasonable prices—prices that may not reach this low level again this year. SECTIONAL LACE PANELS, 65c up to $1.25. CURTAIN NETS, 39c up to 98c. MARQUISETTE, 39c, 49c and 59c. COLORED BORDER SCRIM, 25c up to 59c. BEAUTIFUL CRETONNES, l 49c to $1.69. SUNFAST DRAPERY, 85c up to $1.79. DRAPERY POPLIN, 98c and $1.48.

idle village is dirtier, less progressive, less decent for human habitation than it was when it was a poor, hard-working town. Tusk of Mastodon Found in Kansas STOCKTON, Kas., March 13.—Th* petrified core of a mastodon's tusk was inearthed near here the other day by workmen putting In Abnttmenta of a ►ridge. The rusk is five inches in dlam'eter at the base and two feet In •ength. It is believed the tusk is part of the ikeieton of a large prehistoric animal that made its home in the primeval forests of the Solomon valley thousands of tears ago.