Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1920 — Page 6

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JttMmra Haifa dimes INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29'South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . __ I Chl.-agl*, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertlßiuß_ Offices I New York. Boston, Payne, Burns A Smith. Inc. ' * CANDIDATES will do well to take out railroad accident insurance. THOSE THIRTEEN NEGROES who promised Judge Pritchard not to gamble any more, never did regard craps as a gamble, anyhow. SENATOR BORAH has “become disquieted.’’ What the Harding managers are worrying about Is whether he can be quieted. IS MR. DAILEY’S EMPLOYMENT by the coal operators the only employment that might be in conflict with the Government? MR. TAGGART has also had his wreck. Thus demonstrating that one does not have to aspire to be President in order to encounter dangers. HORACE G. MURPHY of Muncie is back from the Federal prison. A lot of others ought to have preceded him have not yet reached Atlanta. - >

The Prosecutor Whether the voters of Marion County realize it or not, the fact remains that there is nothing of greater importance to them in this campaign than the selection of the prosecuting attorney. This office is the key to good government in the county. It Is the heck to the extravagance, waste and malfeasance that results from mistakes in other county offices and in the last six. years the taxpayers of this county have seen enough of these things to impress them. Taxes would not be as high in Marion County as they are today had \ „ we enjoyed the services of a prosecutor capable of prosecuting State cases without the employment of lawyers to help him. % Taxes would be lower 1? we had a prosecutor capable and willing to block such nefarious wastes of the city’s money as the purchase of a SIO,OOO garbage plant for $175,000. Taxes would not be so high in this* county if we had a prosecutor who would take his stand against the waste and corruption of primary elections in which it costs more than a thousand to apply $35 worth of paint to ballot boxes. \ There would be no jail scandals if we had a prosecutor. Lawyers would not practice before the grand jury in a county where a prosecutor functioned. •, The jury box would not be stuffed. There would be no compromising of judgments with bootleggers by which such notorious law violators as Pop Leppert escaped paying $1,500 as the court decreed he should pay. There would be no jail deliveries, no poker-playing deputy sheriffs, no Rufe Page poolrooms, no betting places or lotteries. But mor§ important than all these things Is the benefit to be derived from having a real prosecutor In office as the city primary approaches. Every person in Indianapolis who has watched the city primaries for years past has been disgusted with the crookedness and corruption that has attended them. The will of the people In regard to party nominees has been thwarted time and time again. The same election crooks who robbed honest candidates of their votes have remained unpunished to rob others until it Is a notorious fact that in primary elections in Indianapolis the offices are captured by the men who get the most crooks to work for them, not by the (hen who get the most votes. The prosecutor elected next November will be in office when the next city primary is held. The same crooks who manipulated the election returns at the spring primary and at the city primary known as the ShaukJewett primary, are waiting today to dojheir dirty best at the next city primary. Only the election of an honest" prosecutor next month can prevent a crooked city primary! next fall. Think you that Mr. Evans, the Republican candidate and deputy of the present spineless prosecutor, Mr. Adams, Is either capable or willing to fight for a clean city prii.,ary?

Gas and Women Voters The revelation that the Citizens Gas Company has definitely determined that the days of 60-cent gas in Indianapolis are numbered ought' to be a potent factor in the registration of the women vqters of Marion County. The price of gas is a factor in the life of every housewife. It Is fixed by public officials whose election is now largely in the hands of the women of this county—-Only those who are registered can vote next November. ' . 1 Heretofore, in this campaign, there has been no issue raised that strikes directly at the housewife’s purse. The price of gas does so strike. The control of the Public Service Commission will go with the party that is successful at this State election. The fate of the Public Service Commission may depend upon the Legislature that is elected next November. Now that it has been determined that higher gas rates will be among those things that will be considered by the commission after the election, the women of Indianapolis are more interested than ever. The policy of the present Public Service Commission of granting every rate increase asked without evaluation of property or definite determination of the investment indicates that the gas company will have no trouble in obtaining the 90-cent gas rate it proposes to ask. The question for the housewives today is whether,they have sufficient confidence ‘ in the Goodrich commission to be w illing to let it decide whether SO-cent gas is a necessity. If they have such confidence they should, of course, vote to continue the control of such things as gas rates by the Republican party which indorses the rate-raising propensities of the Goodrich board. If the housewife is unable to understand why she should be asked to pay 90 cents for an insufficient quantity of gas of a quality inferior to the contract requirement she will cast her vote for a party which does not approve of the act of the Public Service Commission that invites such requests. v In either event the woman voter owes it to herself and to her pocketbook to register 'and prepare to cast a ballot for or against higher gas rates. '

People Versus Politicians The reception given Thomas Taggart in his tour ot northern counties is indicative of the difference between his candidacy for the Senate and that of his opponent, James E. Watson. Mr. Watson seeks re-election on the ground that the senatorial cabal that nominated Harding needs him in the Senate to help it establish that “we were never officially at war with Germany.” Mr. Taggart seeks the senatorial seat in order that he may apply his business ability to the conduct of the Government along business lines and may faithfully represent Indiana in its desire to enforce peace by an alliance of nations. * ■ Naturally, when a man goes before ths public and seeks support because he represents those things which are dear to the hearts of the people he Is well received. Naturally, when a man goes before the public and pleads for support the theory that a certain faction of the public needs him In office to Accomplish Its own selfish purposes he Is looked on with slight favor. W The candidacy of Mr. Taggart is a candidacy that offers representation the people of Indiana In Washington. # The candidacy of Mr. Watson is that of a self-seeking politician whose only recommendation Is that he stands svell with the other self-seeking politicians who imagine themselves to be the people of the United States.

MORE ILLEGAL EXPENSES The Republican office holders of Marlon County in 1918 used 3,770 gallons of gasoline at a cost' to the taxpayers of 51,032 for the purpose of operating uutoniobiles in violation of law. They also spent $211,73 for oil, $205.66 for tires, sll.lO for supplies, $422.16 for repair*, $123 for insurance and sl6 for licenses. They paid SSSB.42 for a garage man. The State board of accounts In its published report said/

THE LEAGUEJ3F NATIONS AN INTERPRETATION

One of the-crushing blows to the partisan fiction that the League of Nations is a war-breeder is dellvered-hy article 11, reprinted below. This proves so completely to the contrary, reveals so strikingly that the sole end of the league is pace, touches so accffrately the great chord which vibrated in human hearts at the end of the war, that no comment is necesgaryi“Any\ war or threat of war, whether Immediately affecting any of the members of the league or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole league, and the league shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of the nations. In case any such emergency

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS 11. The Grant-Seymour Race of 1868 By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

WASHINGTON, D. C—The long aud bitter quarrel between President Johnson and Congress resulted in the adoption of a policy of reconstruction in the southern States which hid in it mors of Thaddeus Stevens than of Abraham Lincoln. It resulted also in the enfranchisement of the negroes. But, so far as the campaign of I*6B was concerned, its most Important result was the adherence of Gen. l lysses S. Grant to the Republican partv and hia election t 4 the Presidency. Genersl Grant was the greatest of all war heroes, yet it was with the utmost difficulty that he was persuaded to become a candidate. In the first place. Grant was a Democrat, so far as he had any politics at all. His last vote before the war was lor a Democrat, and he was not even a supporter of Douglas in the quadrangular fight of 1860. He never cast a Rcpuj*' th an vote until after he had served eight years as a Republican President. The Democrats claimed him. T ' ie - r „* la d * r * n talked of nominating him in 1864- >’ r ' inc the Johnson administration there was an earnest effort to get the Democratic party on its feet and to co “ l "* t '* Grant for President. If it had not been for the quarrel between Congress and the President, which resulted in a vio lent break between Grant And the probabilities are that Grant wou_d have been nominated and elected by t Democrats in 1868- , But Johnson bad provoked Grant anger and had attempted to u P er rf* him in command of the Army by *1 * General Thomas to that position. Grant uatnrnilv found sympathizers among the Republican leaders In Congress, nearly .11 of whom bated Johnson with their wU; Touis. So when the Repub.l. began to plead with Grant to bei tb*H candidate, he listened. For ■ held back, honestly doubting the wlsflom of the step. Finally hi* consent *aT obtained, his candidacy annoum-eo and the whole thing was over. So far ns the head oof the ticket was concerned the Republican national convention which met in Chicago on May 20 wa merely a ratification meeting. JOHNSON’S AC<HTTTVL AKOI Sfl ItEPIBLICAN IKK. The Republican convention met in taw cago on the same day-M>f course It was an accident—that the National Soldiers ond Sailors’ convention met. The Soldiers and Sailors got under way a little quicker than the Republicans end recommended the nomination or Grant. The convention, next day, accepted the recommendation with a whoop. In some re-pe ts, however, it was the ‘‘maddest’’ bunch of that ever assembled in a national convention. The impeachment trial of President Johnson had been dragging itself out. and every Republican in the country was absolutely confident that the verdict of the Senate would lie “guilty." Only four days before the Chicago convention mvv the Senate voted and Johnson was acquitted. The vote was 34 guilty and IS* not guilty, hut that lacked one vote of nelng the requisite two-thirds. Seved Republicans had Joined the twelve Democrats then in the Semite in voting sot acquittal. In the convention these Senators were called the “seven traitors.” Whatever niny be the final verdlet of history in the case of Andrew Johnson ns a statesman, it is already unanimously agreed that hia acquittal in the impeachment proceedings was right. GREAT DEMOCRATIC CONTEST OVER A lIOPF.IJCHB NOMINATION. There was old Len Wade, president pro tempore of the Benate. If Johnson had 1-cen convicted he would have succeeded to the Presidency under the old order of succession. He thought it was a certainty Grant was to he nominated for President, but Waae wag running for Vice President on the strength of promising patronage for the few months he was to.be President. The Wade boom fell through when Johnson was acquitted and Schuyler Colfax of Indiana got second place on the ticket. The Democratic convention that yeas met In Tammany Hall -on- Fourteenth street, New- York, on July 4. It was a

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1920.

DAVIS TALKS Oft DECENCY Democratic candidate ■- for Prosecuting Attorney tells why and under what conditions he seeks the support of Marion County voters.

“The tabulation heretofore set out shows the total cost of' operating these machines as paid from county revenue to be $3,404.31, and to this should be added the cost paid from F. G. R. fund and the depreciation on the cars, which brings the annual cost up to more than $5,000.” This money was unlawfully spent, but It is apparently a matter of no concern to the Republican prosecuting attorney. PAUL G. DAVIS.

should arise, the secretary-general shall, on the request of any member of the league, forthwith summon a meeting of the council. “It is also declared to be the fundamental right of each member of the league to bring to the attention of the assembly or of the council any circumstances whatever affecting International relations which threatens to disturb either the peace or the good understanding between uations upon which peace depends.” In place of this, Senator Harding proposes a separate peace with Germany, and, after that, he spin* a fantastic cobweb of words in which the idea, if any, is hopelessly imprisoned,

great loyaiistic and patriotic gathering. Quite by accident, a must peculiar coincidence, a national aoidiers' and sailora’ convention met in New Turk on the same day. That convention, entirely distinct from the one that had met in Chicago in May, recommended to the Democratic convention the nomination of Gen Winfield Scott Hancock. But the Democrats didn't spprove the recommendation. Despite the fact, not then so apparent, that the Democrat! did not hfve u show to defeat Grant with anybody thef might nanc, there wii a great contest over the nomination. In tbs first place, Andrew Johnson, President of the L’ulted States, wanted to run on the Democratic ticket. He wrote a letter saying he would accept the nomination. Then George It. i Pendleton of Ohio was there as the embodiment of the ‘‘greenback" sentiment, which was gaining grouud all over the country.- On the first ballot Pendleton led, Johnson was second and Hancock third, with a dosen other candidates iu the field. TWO SHREWD POLITICIAN'S # IN BATTLE ROYAL. In that convention wereV the two shrewdest politicians who ever entered the national arena under the Democratic bagner—Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tlidrn. Seymour was president of tbs i convention. Tilden was leading the New | York delegation. Beymour was tfie ohitd j conspirator in a scheme to stamped,- t!" i conventiou to Salmon P. Chase, if there was ever a man who wanted to be Presldent it was Salmon P. (‘base. And if j 6ver an aspirant had a supporter who, i was always faithful and always enthu- : elastic, it was Chase's daughter, Kat.j ( has,* Sprague. Chase bad been a candidate in various parties before the war, ! he had opposed Lincoln for the. nomina 1 tion in 1864, and Lincoln bad returned ; good for evil by making his chief Jusi tice of the Supreme Court, despite the ! memory of trf* quarrel with Chase a. ' Secretary of the Treasury early in hi* admiplstratlon , It was now 1868 and Chase was again a candidate, this time for tbs Democratic leadership. He bsd presided over the trial of Andrew Johnson as chief Justice, and the “fairness and impartiality” of his rulings were specifically commended in the Dawocratlc platform. Seymour i had fixed it up to give Chase the nomination. After the twenty.flret ballot was taken on the fifth day of the convention, | Seymour left the chair to go out In the ! hail and organize the Chase stampede, i which was to come off on the twentyj third ballot, TILDKN BERTS OPPONENT. KATE CHARE REVENGED | Now Sr tuel J. Tilden was there and ho was absolutely opposed to the nomiI nation of Chase. He was Informed as to ; Seymour's plans, and Seymour had left i thb chitir hut a moment when Tilden i was In action. He started the Seymour | stampede on the twenty-second ballot. ! Seymour rushed back to the plat orm , and as State after State followed Tilden's lead, he shouted: “Gentlemen, your candidate I can not be, your candidate I can not be." But he was. And eight years afterward, when Samuel J. Tilden was contesting his right to the presidency before an extraconstUutional tribunal, Kate Chase Sprague remembered that it was Tilden who blocked her father’s last hope of the presidency, and was revenged, - The election was a walkaway for Grant. 'He received 214 electoral votes to Seyi rnour's 80. Seymour carried only eight j States. j The campaign was not a close one. but llt was bluer as gall. The Republican orators all over the country made “dem- | ocracy" and “rebellion" out to be synonyi mows, utterly Ignoring the records of the | "war Democrats.” This nttitudo led to j estrangements at the North and paved 1 the way for the great Liberal Republican | revolt which- was to come four years I later. PNEI'MATIC ACTION OF ORGAN. Q. Who invented the pneumatic action i used In pipe organs? L. T. A. C. S. Barker, an Englishman, in the fear 1832, tirade this invention.

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(Any reader can get the ark wer to any question by writing the Indiana Daily Times Information Bureau. Frederic ,1, Huhiti, Director, Washington, D. C. This offer applies slrictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It .does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and- address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the Inquirer.) MATRIMONY JAM. Q. Can you give the recipe for matrimony Jam? F. K. M. A. Matrimony Jam: Two potinJs ap pies, two pounds plums, two pounds pears, five and one-lialf pounds (eleven cups) sugar. Pare and core the apples and stone the plums. Put the stones oi the plums and the parings of the apples into a preserving pan with two cupfuls of water. Simmer for thirty minutes and strain. While this is cooking peel and

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core the pears. Cut the apples and pears, and have them ready. Put the strained juice In the preserving pan with the, stgar and when it boils put In the apples, pears and plums. Boil for thirty minutes, then pour into glasses and cover. \ LOW TEMPERATURE OF PEAKS. Q. Why are mountain peaks cold? K. R M. A, The absorption of solar and of terrrestrial radiation by the air is greater in its lower levels where dust, water vapor and clouds are densest, while the transmission of both Incoming and outgoing radiation is more rapid through the pure air at the grc.ter elevations. LONG SHIPMENTS OF MEAT. Q. When did the sending of fresh meat for long distances begin? E. C. B. A. Th 6 first Important step in the development of the fresh meat branch of the packing industry was taken by George H. Hammond, who, In the summer

of iB6O, began, at H.imniond, Ind., the business of shipping fresh beef in refrigerator cars to Boston. VICTORY BUTTON AND MEDAL. Q, Are honorably discharged members of the Students’ Army Training Corps entitled to Victory button and Victory medal? , A. 11. M A. The War Department says tliat hon--1 orably discharged members of the Stu dent Army Training Corps are entitled to jthe Victoyy medal and button if they actually enlisted in the Army. Otherwise they are not entitled to it. GEORGES CARPENTIER. Q. Hid Carpentler ever been in this counfry before his trip this year? P .L. B. A. Georges Carpentler had never been in the United States before his trip last spring. PINEAPPLE SAUCE. Q. WiU you advise me how to make crashed pineapple to serve as a sauce with ice cream? G. W. S. A. Pare the pineapple, cut out eyes, and chop fine. Weigh the fruit after it

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