Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1920 — Page 6

lu&imra Daily Slitwes INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. (Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne & Cos. Advertising Offices jjs>w York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. —“THIS IS THE YEAR”— VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL and Mayor Jewett appear to be in accord on that “get another lawyer” stuff. CHEER UP, Mr. Davies. You are not the only republican oandidate for state office whose past record will be subject to scrutiny this year. “FAST WORK on tap for state democracy,” says a headline. We thought the tap was one of the things abolished by the prohibition law. THE PUBLIC is beginning to understand what the News meant when It said the republican state ticket was "good in spots.” IT WILL REQUIRE more than a whitewash of the penal farm to convince the public that Jim Goodrich's administration of Indiana is worthy of state-wide indorsement. WHILE JUDGE COLLINS is relieved of the painful duty of sitting in judgment on his old friend "Honest Bob” Miller he might have time to study the law as it pertains to contempt. APPARENTLY the “cumbersome primary law” answers the purposes of the republican party too well to make it safe to specify intentions as to changes. Goodrich Whitewashes Himself Gov. Goodrich’s specially appointed committee has investigated Gov. Goodrich’s management of Gov. Goodrich’s penal farm and has reported to Gov. Goodrich that Gov. Goodrich’s management of Gov. Goodrich’s penal farm ia strictly acceptable to Gov. Goodrich and Gov. Goodrich s special committee. Thereupon the general public that knows both Gov. Goodrich and the penal farm smiles the same kind of a smile that It has smiled for months and adds to Its long list another reason why Goodriehlsm should be cast out of Indiana forever this fall. Gov. Goodrich did not invite interested persons to submit evidence of misconduct of the penal farm to his committee of investigation. The committee-did not invite the public to give it such evidence. In fact, neither the public nor individuals that might have submitted such evidence were Informed of any such opportunity. The result was, of course, a clean bill of health for the penal farm. Three gentlemen of good repute, who never served a day in the institution, make a perfunctory examination of it -and declare that it is not mismanaged, as was asserted by a man who was sent there as a prisoner and subjected to actual management. Waiving the question of whether C. O. McNulty or the three specially selected investigators are best qualified to pass expert Judgment on the conditions that exist at the penal farm, it may be said without fear of successful contradiction that conditions at the farm have not been changed one iota by the governor’s "whitewash.” The penal farm is probably the best conducted of any of the state penal institutions. . It is not properly conducted, and any unbiased committee that is not subservient to Gov. Goodrich can find a wealth of evidence to support that assertion whenever it desires. The governor’s special committee had no such desire. Hence it found no such evidence. No one expected it to, and no one is disappointed with its whitewash. Is Davies Qualified? The selection by the controlled convention of the republican party of a candidate for state treasurer who demonstrated his unfitness to be entrusted with public money while treasurer of Howard county is in keeping with the tendencies of the republican bosses of today. All that Mr. Davies did as treasurer of Howard county was to cover up a shortage of $3,602.47, with the aid of a pair of field examiners for the state board of accounts, until he was compelled to make good the shortage. In some enlightened states this would have been regarded as embezzlement and a fit subject for grand jury inquiry., in Indiana it appears to have become a pastime among county officials. Variations of the scheme were recently noted in both Grant and Adams counties, but to date no one has been punished therefor. Ability to accomplish what is desired is an excellent requisite to the holding of a public office. It begins to look as though Mr. Davies is excellently fitted to meet the qualifications most desired by the ring of republicans who control the party in Indiana. He went short a*treasurer of Howard county and got away with it.

Ability, Not Nativity Whatever may be said of the republican state convention attitude toward the support of a presidential candidate, it must be congratulated on its realization that the party in Indiana had no individual of caliber sufficient to be presented a3 a presidential candidate. State pride, that fallacy which has in the past prevented the nomination of the nation’s best qualified men for the presidency, did not, this year, bind Indiana’s republican delegation to a forlorn hope and take its votes out of consideration at the convention. It is true that some months ago James P. Goodrich, governor,' conceived the idea that he was presidential timber and for several months thereafter it appeared that he would be Indiana’s favorite son. But eventually the good judgment of the republican voters prevailed over his egotism and he was convinced that it required more than a personal estimate of ability to create a presidential aspirant. With the fading from the field of Goodrich the impossible, the republicans appeared to realize that this year they must content themselves with a choice between the offerings of other states. They have rested so content The democracy of Indiana would do well to follow their lead. There is no democrat in Indiana today who is big enough t<vcommand the support of his party throughout the nation. In fact it is 4°ubtful if there is an Indiana democrat who could command the support of Indiana as a whole. * It is to be hoped that a mistaken idea of state loyalty will not result in the sending to San Francisco of any delegates pledged to support an Indiana man simply because he is a Hoosier. These are times when candidates for president ought to be supported for ability, not nativity. Evans and Adams Marion county citizens generally will agree with the platform of the democratic party in the county wherein it demands that all offices be salaried and condemns “the oppression of the peofile through the means of the prosecutor’s office when such prosecutions are instituted simply to collect fees and not to vindicate the law’.” The practices of which this platform complains have been in vogue too long in Marion county. But they were never brought to such prominent attention as they have been in the time Claris Adams has been prosecutor. Under Mr. Adams employers were haled from all parts of the county to Irvington to answer technical violations of the laws. Under Mr. Adams motorists were haled to Irvington to answer for faulty tail lights. Under Mr. Adams gamblers were permitted to plead guilty to minor offenses, pay their fines and the prosecutor’s fee, return to gamble and pay aggjn. Under Mr. Adams more than $25,000 a year was taken by the prosecutor’s office in fees from unfortunates in the city court. William P. Bvans was and is a deputy prosecutor under Mr. Adams. He assisted Mr. Adams in levying this oppression on the people. Mr. Evans is now* the republican candidate for prosecutor. Would he, as a prosecutor, be less Ailigent in garnering fees for himself than he was as a deputy is garnerilg fees for his employer?

I Mr. Marshall and Our Constitution The last address of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall and his deliberative Interview deserves and will have wide critical attention. They construe the relative governmental rights and duties under our constitution. Marshall Insists on the Interpretations given by our fathers. His ideas have not been discussed lately and appear new and original. But they are fully discussed in De TochvUle’s “Democracy of America,” by Story, In his “History of the Constitution,” by Froede and Green iu their history of England, by Drapier in his "Rise and Fall of Civilization” and not long ago by ex-President Roosevelt in his address in Ohio on “The Proper Power of the People; Its Safety.” This Is positively a government by the people, for the people. In practice It is a representative government oniy, because it Is Impossible TO assemble all the people at once place at the same time. Our people who framed the constitution —our fathers—were afraid of any government, being irritated by their past experience in having their individual rights and privileges interfered with by the powers that be. They refused to ratify our constitution until ten amendments were made protecting their religions, free speech, free press and their rights “to assemble and to petition the government.” Our people did so assemble and petition our government on the subject of suffrage and the use of intoxicating liquors. Their prayer was heard and granted. I understand our most worthy vice president to believe and to assert that the Individual members of congress were by conscientious convictions opposed to this prayer, bnt granted it only because the people wanted it; that they should not have done it, for that reason; that the spirit and essence of our government is, that they should have acted on their Individual convictions uncontrolled by the people. This reaches and effects the foundations of our government. Perhaps he is right, that the true policy is. that the people express their desires and leave the final decision to their representatives in congress, that the (>eople can not trust themselves when it comes “to signing the document.” The story, as told in history, is that no great moral, economical, political reform is attained through or by the ruling powers alone. It is always by the force of the masses, vigorously demanded and made fcanifest, even to the point of violence. I believe ibis was discussed by the three wise men in “Ben-Hur” gathered from divers parts of the earth. They agreed that all effective reforms began In the highway and hedges, because the upper classes, with no grievances, were so contented they could see no need of reform. It seems to be safer to listen and grant such manifest desires of the people, or reforms may come by revolution and blood. Mr. Marshall uses the relationship of attorney and client aa an illustration of the relationship of the representative and the people. Advice should not com from the client to the lawyer • • • If^ (he client doesn’t like the advice, he caii get another lawyer. This may be true. But what ia the duty of the lawyer? If they do not agree, the lawyer must either refuse the employment, withdraw from the case, or faithfully carry out the purposes of hls client. The client knows what he wants. He is ignorant a* to methods, means and remedy. He furnishes the money and the desires. The lawyer furnishes the method and remedy. It’ Is the duty of the lawyer to do so as long as such relationship continues. If “God repenteth Himself for having made man, on account of his perverseness.” according to sacred writ. Mr. Marshall's yiews may be proper. WARWICK H. RIPLEY. SISTERS KILLED BY TRAIN. MATTOON. 111., May IS. When a Big Four train arrived in Mattoon the other day from Loxs Station, a few miles west of Mattoon, an expressman saw the body i of a girl on the pilot of the engine. The train had struck and killed Miss Ida Curl, 17, and Louise Curl, 13, us they were standing on the tracks.

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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life By ANN LISLE. r

CHAPTER XXXVIII. The telephone sounded again and again. I heard it vaguely, without any reaction to its clamor. It didn’t seem that the call could be for me—it didn’t seem that I, Anne Harrison, was there in the apartment to answer the call. Everything that had happened all during the long day seemed like a bad dream, from the moment Jim’s letter had goaded me to madness, to that other moment when I had been desperately striving to make Tom Mason leave me. The telephone kept on ringing—it seemed to buzz angTiiy. I thought of the bees I had once so feared —but It simply did not occur to me to answer the phone. "Shall I answer It?” asked Mr. Mason at last. I nodded. He crossed the room, took down the receiver, turned to smile at ine reassuringly, listened for a moment and then put his hand over the mouthpiece before he spoke to me: “It’s for you—the Walgrave calling Mrs. Harrison. I didn’t let the operator downstairs make the connection —no use having that impuden 1 ; young clerk at the hotel wonder who is answering your phone.” His smile deepened—took on an air of complete understanding. I brushed my hand across my forehead wearily as I went to the telephone. The attitude Mr. Mason was assuming toward me now, seemed more than I could bear, and as I crossed the room I wondered dnliy why Evelyn had consented to go. Did she know her cousin? Did she think she knew me?

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By DAVID CORY.

CHAPTER XXXVIIT. Well, you can imagine how surprised Puss was to sec what had happened to himself, bnt he didn’t i<ay anything Ho just looked In the mirror again and remarked to the White Bird, “What do you think of me now? A squirrel with red-topped hoots Why, my own father wouldn’t know me.” And he began t* Uugh. The Young Lady Across the Way ' —~——— * The young lady across the way says rowdyism never pays and basebad will never be so popular aa It might be so long as so many pitchers are knocked out of the box.

“Mrs. Harrison?” Inquired the voice of the operator at the switchboard downstairs. “Just a moment—l’ll connect you with the Walgrave.” And presently the voice of the overfriendly clerk came over the wire. “There’s a telegram here for you, Mrs. Harrison. Shall I send it by messenger?” ‘ Open it and read it to me at once, please." More nnctnous than ever was the voice: “Oh, yes, of cour te. I didn’t think —I didn’t know you’d wish to have us see the contents of your message. Yes, madam, I’ll read it at once. Ah, here it is. It’s from Washington, signed Jim—the lieutenant, I suppose. It says: ‘Returning at eight-thirty; don’t meet me station. Coming hotel Immediately.” You couldn’t make the station, anyway, Mrs. Harrison. It’s almost eight-thirty now.” I hung up the receiver and turned to Tom Mason with a feeling of secure and quiet power—my Jim was coming home. Betty Bryce might be in Washington—but my boy was coming home to me! “My husband is returning this evening. He’ll be here In half an hour,” I said triumphantly. I got a most unexpected answer. “That’s splendid. Now we’U Just turn ; off the coffee percolator, and you can heat i it up again wtfien Jim gets here. It really will be nice and cozy for you to j have your first meal in the little place j with him. But you two children must 1 invite a lonely old bachelor In soon for a family dinner—only fair that you should I make up to me for the disappointment of tonight, isn’t it?” —Copyright, 1920. (To be Continued.)

“That witch has caused us lots of trouble.’’ said the White Bird; and if you don’t know what she means by tills you will have to read the last story, ' for I haven’t room in tills one to tell yon all that has Just happened. “How am I ever to change myselt j back into a cat?” asked Fuss, turning the mirror face to the wall, for he didn’t like to look at himself any more, and I don't blame him. do you? Without answering, the Blackbird -i ! mean the White Bird—flew over to a little cupboard and took out a small ! bottle. And on the label sat written; "Magic Perfume.” Then dipping the Up of his wing into the liquid, he touched Puss Junior and he turned into a cat one* more. And of course the White Bird turned into Blackbird even sooner, and after that our two little friends looked into the mirror, which Puss turned around i the right way, and they were very hap- j py to see their reflections in the glass, yon can very well understand. "But how are we to get away?” asked 1 Puss, squinting out of the window. "There'a that dreadful wildcat witch waiting for us to open the door. “Without answering, the Blackbird flew' over to the cupboard again and picked up a piece of meat, on which he carefully poured a little of the magic perfume. Then opening the window Just a crack, he threw the meat to the wild cat witch, who swallowed it with one bite. And Instantly she changed into c little piouse, and before ahe could rni away Puss darted out through *he door and caught her, and with one fierce shake he shook her to death. "Whew!” exclaimed Puss, "that waa s narrow escape for us. Let's get away from here before anything else hap pens;" and he and the Blackbird started off through the woods, and by and by ! they came to the sbeepfojd. where th*v ! had left Mary and her Rule lamb. Rut ! *he was nowhere to' be seen, so the Blackbird said, “\Ve will go to, tie* house and yen cm get’your Good Gray Horse and so contioue our Journey adventure. Os course, Mary was very Interested In all that Puss hod to tell her aboiu the wlrked witch, and Tory soon after that Pusb mounted hi* horse and rode away. “Helgh-bo," be said to hlmseir, after he had gone many mttea and the day ! mas drawing to a close. “Heigh-ho, I j

WHEN STORE Cood Clothes; Nothing Lise Notable Sale of Knickerbocker Suits —Notable because it comes just $ F when boys are needing new suits \/y I ‘M il\ yy for graduation, vacation and other \l% : if gi’/r. ' special affairs. It offers a splendid opportunity to get a good ft IPI shit for less. You’ll find we’ve /■ wIImIiI lr R grouped some unusually good h "lji:| ; ijdlD suit values in two assortments pBiUmV to sell at $13.75 and $17.75. —50.75-- —sl7.7s —i —Under this price we’ve —Under this price we’ve grouped a wide assort- grouped many fancy, ailment of knickerbocker wool knicker suits, many suits in both light and of them with two pairs dark patterns. These of trousers. Boyish are suits we regu- and pleasingly praclarlv sell at sls tical; $20.00 and and $16.50. $22.50 values. ▼ ▼

must find a place to sleep, for it will soon be dark." And Just then he heard a Whip-po-wlll say: "Let’s Get Away from Here Before Anything Else llappflu." “Over the U>p of yonder hill !• a little white cloud that is soft and atlll.

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1 think it is wait'ng for me to rest My tired head on its soft, white breast.” And this made Puss Junior so sleepy that he closed his eyes and went sound asleep on the back of hls Good Gray Horse.—Copyright, 1920. (To B Continued.) LAST NIGHT’S DREAMS —And What They Mown— Did you dream of feathers? To do so is considered a favorable omen and Is generally • reckoned a sign of success, though some oracles say black feathers denote anxieties and delays In business. Rome mystics assert that to see many feathers about you is an omen that your ambitions will be realized aDd that you will rise to a position of power, no matter what may be the color of the feathers. To dream of ornamental feathers, such

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as are used for fans, or the trimmings of a woman’s hat, is an omen that the dreamer will become very popular tar society. White feathers seen in a dream are a sign of warm and lasting friendships and of much pleasure In the near future. To dream that you are covered with feathers has various significations, according to the color of the feathers and depending upon the sort of bird or fowl the feathers come from. The most fortunate feathers to be covered with are those of the hen, pigeon, eagle, goose songbirds. These all denote prosperity and an overcoming of all obstacles in business by application and industry. Some of the oracles consider it a fortunate omen to dream that feathers are growing on your body. Peacock's feathers warn a young woman that a coxcomb is trying to deceive her. while to others they mean wealth and honor—Copyright, 1920.