Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1920 — Page 6

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3htMana Sato Eimta INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. : MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. 1 Chicago, Detroit, St. .Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising Office* } jv- ew York, Boston, i aytie. Burns A Smith. Inc. MANY WIVES, opines an editor, will vote the way their husbands do. Jes, and many wiyes will do just the opposite. HUSBANDS are too truthful with their wives, says W. L. George, English author. Authors know a lot about life, don’t they? GOODRICH, himself a coal operator, has fixed coal operators' profits in a manner entirely satisfactory to the Goodrich family. BOY, page Mr. Adams, the good government prosecutor. Didn’t some one file a suit charging frauds in the registration. INCIDENTALLY, Mr. Taggart is no more pleased with conditions in Indiana than the majority of the voters are to learn that he is pleased. White and Black Republicans - Some of the sordid things of politics as is in Marion County are now |>eing unrolled before the eyes of the women voters of Marion County. The Republican party is having trouble with its negro voters. The trouble comes over what amounts to a refusal of the Republican women managers to share headquarters with the negro women on rotes the Republican managers are dependent for success. Mrs. Peter S. Dent, a colored woman whose influence with her own race was sufficient to cause the Republican campaign managers to appoint her en an advisory committee, declares that the colored women of Indianapolis were promised quarters in the same offices with the white women workers both by Harry Hendrickson, county chairman, and Robert Bryson, chief representative of the Charles W. Jewett administration. Mrs. Dent naturally feels that the abrogation of the promise is due to nothing other than race prejudice and she has properly tendered her resignation to Mrs. Charles Martindale. The affair brings the Republican women of Marion County face to face with the race problem in politics. The Republican party has always relied upon the negro vote to enable ft to elect its ticket in Marion County. In cajoling this vote into acceptance of its nominees the Republican managers have always assumed that the negro is on the same level with the white voter. s Before women got the ballot there was little dispute about this. Whatever prejudice there existed against the negro on the part of Republican male voters was always subordinated to the lust for public offices. Negro workers were not only tolerated, but were pampered In Republican headquarters, especially as elections approached. However, there does not seem to be as great tolerance among the Republican women of the county as among the Republican men voters. Objection has been raised to the establishment of joint headquarter* for the white and the black women. To date the whites have prevailed and the blacks are without beadquarters. And being without headquarters, while their white party associates are delightfully provided for, they are beginning to lose interest in the campaign.

Perpetuating Goodrich sm In a recent speech at ShelbyviUe, Warren T. McCray, the ‘’Board of i Trade" candidate for Governor, said: ‘‘l congratulate the people of Indiana on the fact that we have made a splendid start on the improvement of our highways and I pledge myself without reservation, that if elected, I will use every practical means to carry out the road improvement progrtfm as fast as the exigencies and the conditions will admit.” If this means anything, and we rather think it does, It means that Warren T. McCray has pledged himself to carry’ out the road program evolved by Jim Goodrich under which the State Highway Commission has constructed a few miles of cement concrete highways on the skip-stop plan. Thi3 is the only “road improvement program” to which Mr. MbCray refers and it is interesting to note that he congratulates the people of Indiana on the “splendid start” that has been made. Recently, this newspaper printed the facts about this "splendid start.’* The facts and figures therein set out have never beß challenged by any one. ‘ - 4 They reveal that when Mr. McCray pledges himself to the carrying out of the Goodrich highway Improvement program he pledges himself: J 1. To continue to expend the taxpayers’ money at a rate that will make the ultimate cost of improving 5 per cent of the highways of Indiana $212,937,732. 2. To continue the operation of a commission whose overhead expenses hau reached 72 per cent of the construction costs and whose average exare 66 per cent of construction &>sts. -3. To continue the letting of construction contracts at a cost to the .taxpayers of $6,191 a mile more than Marion County pays for better roads. 4. To continue the operation of a motor transport fleet and maintenance department at a cost which, if it increases as heretofore, will bring the ultimate annual outlay for maintenance of 5 per ceiyt of the roads to $l6O 000.000 a year. Jx To continue the policy of trading Government trucks for pleasure cars for State employes.6. To continue the maintenance of a political machine under the guise of a highway commission at an annual cost to the taxpayers of more than $30,000,000. Whatever may be said of Mr. McCray’s pledge, it can not be declared that he has not given fair warning of fls Intentions. The question that here confronts the voter Is solely whether he desires to pay the bills for a continuation of the Goodrich program. What About McCray? . A most peculiar idea of civic duty seems to pervade the Republican party of Indiana. " Some conception of.it may be obtained by consideration of the conduct of the exponents of the lost candidacy of J. W. Fesler for the Republican nomination for Governor. When the primary fight was at its height in this State agents of the Ffesler faction made an exhaustive investigation into the records concerning Warren T. McCray. A great deal or the Investigation was made by a newspaper man hired for the purpose, whose report was carefully scrutinized by the Fesler \nanagers. What these managers saw in this report was sufficient to cause them to take up with the Republican State committee the advisability or the committee asking Mr. McCray to retire from the race. Fear of the publication of the results of this investigation led Mr McCray's manager to insert paid advertising in various newspapers “warning” the voters not to be “deceived” by such publication. For reasons best known to themselves the Fesler managers did not release the results of this investigation. Therefore, they stand today in the position of withholding from the public information which they have In their possession and which they once deemed of such a nature as to warrant the suggestion that Mr McCray retire from the race for Governor. If there Is a good and sufficient reason why Mr. McCray should not have been nominated for Governor on the Republican ticket, that reason holds good as to his election. The Fesler contingency of the Republican party In Indiana undoubtedly felt that there was a good reason why Mr. McCray should not be the nominee or it never would have requested the interference of the Republican State committee in the race. _ Does not a sense of duty to the voters of Indiana impel these gentlemen to give to the public the reasons why they did not regard Mr. McCray as a fit man to nominate for Governor? Are not the people of Indiana entitled to all the Information possible to aid them In determining whether they wish Mr. McCray to occupy the Statehouse? . Will the exponents of James W. Fesler for Governor allow a mistaken sense of party loyalty to seal their lips in this matter of such great importance to the State Indiana? Must the record of Warren T. McCray be laid bare by others thanflrose who have known it for months and are now attempting to prevent the voters of the State from obtaining information on whink to base their Judgment? f " „

‘SPECIAL COUNSEL’ On Aug. .‘SO, 1020, I publicly charged that $1,700 of the publics money was paid by the county upon the petition of the Republican prosecuting attorney, without the semblance of legal authority, to a lawyer who assisted In the prosecution of the Hang perjury cases, and 1 cited two decisions of our Supreme Court, Board of County Commssloners ol' the County of Clay rs. McGreggor, 171 Indiana. 634, and Turner vs. Pjard of Commissioners of Elkhart County. 1.73 Indiana, lt!0, upholding my contention. The Republican prosecutor has made no defense to this charge. This is only one of many instances where the taxpayers’ money_has been appropriated in direct conflict with the law. It la no wonder that the Republican County commissioners engage in •■lavish” and “freehanded spending of the publle funds * • • w ith entire disregard of law and good business Judgment," as charged t>y the State Board of Accounts In its report of May 20, 191i),

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS 15. The Garlield-Hancock Race of 1880 By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

* WASHINGTON. D. C.—The September election In Maine la one of the few anteelection “straws” still left from tho old days. Twlea In the history of the country the “news from Maine” in September was portentous. In 1340 It accurately indicated that Harrison would sweep ' the country. In ISSO, forty years later, I It showed that the Republicans were in a terrible condition and in danger of being wiped oJ the earth. The Democrata became too confident, the Republicans put almost superhuman energy Into j tho fight, and Garfield won by a very small majority. Even then If It had not been for the treachery of Tamsanny Hall, the Republican flghi would havo becu j lost. The campaign of 1380 stands out as , the one presidential contest In which political manipulation and chicanery overshadowed everything else. Both Garfield and Hancock were nominated by shrewd manipulation in the face of the fact that the majority in each party preferred auother man. Garfield faced what seemed certain defeat from knifing by great leaders in his own party. The Republican breach was closed by the ms king of many promises, most of which could not be fulfilled. in the Democratic party the leaders who were buttling for “reform” wore butwittod oy the practical politicians, and the very sain • practical politicians comlnlUe<l party suicide In the closing days of the campaign. / The Republican national convention at Chicago in 1380 was the scene of thej greatest battle ever fought for a political nomination. General Grant, hav-. lng returned from a triumphant tour , around the world, was an active candidate for a third term. He had the support of hosts of the Republican voters and of the shouting mijyjsea. James O. Blaine was the favorite of the politicians and of a majority of the Republicans who were not carried sway by the glamor of Grant’s military fame Blaine was the most magnetic leader his party has hud, and his following was a personal one. CONKLING’S GREAT SPEECH OFFENDS BLAINE SUPPORTERS. Opposed to Blaine was the able Roscoe Conkllng, Senator from New York. Because he hated Bluine. rather tlun liecause be loved Grant, Conkllng led the Grant forces in the convention/ lie placed Grant in nomination In tho famous speech beginning: "If you ask wbat State he halls from. Our sole reply will bo. He comes from Appomattox, And its famous apple tree.” But in the closing scnlenccs of his speech be mortally offended Blaine sup- j porters and they swore that Grant ! should bo defeated, even if Blaine could not win. For days trad days the battle waged, the Grant and Blaine fufoes holding firm, and eaeb of a dozen other candidates Uopiug to the lucky dark . horse. John Sherman of Ohjo was a serious i candidate, ho thought, and his name; had been placed in nomination by James A Ga field. G-rflcld's speech was adroit I uod •Conciliatory. and while lie was speaking for Sherman there were re- ; sponsive cries from the house for Gar- j field. At the beginning of the second week, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Blaine column ma.ched solidly to Gar- ! field, the break h-ving been led by Wls- J consin. The Wisconsin delegation de- j elded upon Garfield oyer William Win j dom by a margin of but one vote. Had Wlndotn received that State he might have captured the nomination. When Garfield was nominated there were still i 300 delegates voting for Grant. “The Immortal 300.” they were railed, and. gold medals were struck for them in j Commemoration of the stand they made. It was the first effort to obtain a third term ever made by any man who had been President. Conkl'ng was furious over the nomination of Garfield, whom did not trust. He refused to select the vice presidential candidate, but the convention named Chester A. Arthur. Just because he was j a friend of Conkllng. We sometimes | make Presidents so. General Grant was j also chagrined and for aMlmp he and Cockling were agreed t knife tho ticket ad defeat Garfield. The balance between the two parties was then so even that any great leader sulking in the tent, on either side, meant defeat. But later In the campaign, after the news from Maine came in, peace was 1 *

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DAVIS TALKS on DECENCY Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney tells why and under what conditions he seeks tho support of Marion County voters.

when they see that the prosecuting attorney calls upon tho county to appro priate money for tho payment of bills which he should pay himself. During (he first eighteen months of his term, the Republican prosecutor collected $51,467.52 iu fees from the city court and Marion County courts alone. This does not include what he was paid in fees by the Justice of the peace courts of the eounty. I have no objection to the payment of $l,lOO to (ho lawyer who assisted in the prosecution of the Haags, hut It should have been paid by the prosecutor Instead of by the taxpayers, and If I am elected prosecuting attorney I will pay out ol ■ny own pocket all of the legal help that I need. I I ask the Republican candidate so prosecuting attorney publicly to state whether he approve* or disapproves of the payment of this money out of the public treasury and whether. If he Is elected prosecuting attorney, be will follow the example of tils predecessor In this regard T -PAUL O. DAVIS.

restored. The prospect of a complete overthrow of Republican power caused the party leaders to bury their factional differences. Conkllng at lasi consented to call on Garfield. And. as a supreme sacrifice of personal feelings. Conkllng persuaded General Grant to take the stump for the first time In hla life to speak for Garfield That stopped the I incipient revolt which threatened trre- : irievable disaster to the party. The Democratize convention met in June 1 and in eplte of the sentiment of ninetenths of the Democrats of the country, and in spits of the protest* of it* wisest leaders. It nominated Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock for President. It was not that the Democrats did not like Hancock, for he was very popular and had been meni tioned as a candidate for President In every eonveiitloD iloee tbe war. But the Democrat*, and many of the Independent*, too, wanted Samuel J. Tilden renominated. “Give us the old ticket.'” they cried, “Let us fight It out with the fraud of ’77 for our Issue:” Although Hayes had made a good l’res! •lent, although his administration had restored peace in the country and although specie payments had been resumed and a dollar was once mors a dollar, there were none #o poor as to do Ilaye* honor. He had not pleased ti.B own party politicians, and the Democrat* hated him because they believed he was President by frsud GARFIELD WINS PRESIDENCY. AFTER FIERCE CONTEST. Tammany Hall hated Tliden and , Tammany Hal] told the Democrats at Cincinnati what they Arould knife him. It was a convention of politicians and they listened to Tammany. But they neglected to extract a premia# from ! annually that any other candidate would not be knifed. 8o Tliden Whs turned down, the Democrats forfeited their right to raise tbe Issue of the iraud of '77.” and Hancock was named with William H. English of In (liana as running mate. The campaign was a fiercely contested one, ami the I (eurocrats were almost certn'n of victory until the very last. The Republicans *were fearful, hut Garfield was a very ambitious man und he did not intend to be defeated if human : agencies could prevent It. Garfield was a skilled politician with long service Iu | the House of Representative# behind j him. lie avoided every pitfall and con- i ducted u masterly campaign, bringing 1 to fits support men who hated him Genera) Hancock, on the other hand, was not so skilled. Undoubtedly General Haneock's famous statement. “Tbs tariff is a local issue.” bad much to do with bis d'feat. The tariff issue was a very vital one then and Hancock's contention lost him many votes among that element which later came to be known a* “mugwump ” Notw thstardlng direct attacks upon Garfield's Integrity and Insinuations aga’nst ’Hancock, the campaign ,exhibited 1 as of vituperation und perslnal abuse than bad been the rule for years. The Republican orators still made much of the “bloody shirt,” but they were unable to frighten even themselves Into the frenzy of the preceding campaigns when the presence pf a ’’Rebel brigadier” in Congress portended the establishment of Jeff Onvls In tho White House. The whole election turned on New York. The South had become the "solid South” for the first time In Its history, for It was never solidly Democratic before the war und the doubtful states were New York, Indiana, Connecticut and California. New York’s vote decided the election In favor of Garfield, who also had a popular majority In the whole country of about 7.0U0 vote^i. Robber Jumps Fence Like Star Athlete GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 7.—Convinced that at least one of America's star Marathon runners and vaulters ts not at Antwerp, Sheriff McC.utchan of Hall County is looking for a robber who is able to clear eight-foot fences without difficulty. After bis arrest the man. charged with j highVay robbery, broke away. The officer had hold of his shoe at one i Instant, but tho next he made a twenty- | foot leap down an embankment and into I and over a wire fence. He Is believed to be from Chicago, and it Is thought officers there may identify him through his athletic record.

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AS INTERPRETATION

XVI. If he 1# "thrice armed who hath his quarrel Just,” then on the moral side alone he whose quarrel is unjust is three times weaker than another. Article 15 of the covenant, published below, provides that the council shall Investigate and declda all quarrels between nations which they are not willing to submit to arbitration and sh.G^ - render a decision by which the nations composing the league must abide. In such matters the cohncll, on winch the United State# when it enter# the league will be represented, must lie unanimous except on the part of representatives of th# disputants. This article provides for such publicity of international quarrels as to fix tbe blame for them before the world, and It measures such a weight of opinion against the party In tho wrong ns to make It impossible for that party to fight. /Again the covenant is revealed as a groat agency of peace. If there should arise between members of the league any dispute likely to bud to a rupture, which Is not sfibmltted to arbitration as above, the member* of the league agree thst they will submit the matter to the council. Any party to the dispute may effect such submission by giving notice o*V.Hie ex tstenoe of tho dispute to the secretary general, who will make all necessary arrangeritents for a full Investigation and consideration thereof. For ‘his purpose the parties of the dispute will connuuuiente with the secretary-general, a* promptly as possible, statements of their rase, all the relevant facts and papers: the council may forthwith direct the publication thereof. The council shall endeavor to effect a settlement of any dispute, and If such efforts aro successful, a statement shall be made public giving such facts and explanations regarding tbe dispute and terms of settlement thereof as the council may deem appropriate. If the dispute Is not thus settled, the council, either unanimously or by a mac Jority vote, shall make anil publish a report containing a statement of the facts of the dispute and the recommendation# which are deemed Jußt and proper in regard thereto. Any member of tho longue ropre seated on the council may make public a statement of the facts of the dispute and of tho conclusions regarding tho same. . If a report by the council Is unanimously agreed to by the members thereof other than tbe representatives of one or more of the parties to the dlsputo, tho members of the league agree that they will not go to war with any party to tho dlsputo which complies with the recommendations of the report. If tho council, falls to reach a report, which is unanimously agreed to by th# members thereof, other than the representatives of one or more of the parties to the dispute.’the members of tho league reserve to themselves the right to lake such action as they shall consider necessary' Cor the maintenance of right and Justice. ,

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IF the dispute between the parties is claimed by ouc of them, and Is found by the council to arise out of a matter which by International law ia solely within the domestic Jurisdiction of that party, the council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to Its settlement. The council may in any case under this article refer the dispute to tho assembly. The dispute shall be so referred at the request of either party to the dispute, provided that such request i*e made within foruteen days after th# submisou of the dUputo to tbe council. In any case referred to the assembly all the provisions of this article and of article 12 relating to the action and powers of the council snail apply to tbs action and power* of the sssembiy, provided that u report made by the assembly, If concurred In by tbe representatives of those member# cf the league represented on tne council and .of a majority of the other members of tbe league, exclusive In each case of the representatives of the parties to the dl# pute, shall have the same force as a report by tho council concurred In bj nil the members thereof other than th* r*-ureaeuLalives of one or more of the portlet to the dispute. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline, but do not compel” FRIDAY, OCT. 8. Astrologers reud this as an uncertain day. Uranus and Saturn are In a strongly malefic aspect during the hours when men nre busiest. In the evening the Sun and Mercury aro In kindly sway. The mind mny be disturb*-* by forebodings and suspicions, during this configuration and for that reason care should be taken iu all business transactions that require decision and foresight. Persons whose birthdate it Is should not make changes In the coming year. They will be most successful If they pursue routine paths of action. Children boril on this date are likely to bo restless and fond of adventure. Boys may become great travelers. Soldiers born under this sign are usually heroes. —Copyright, 1020. 113 Rattlesnakes Killed by Trapper PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 7.—Rattles from 113 rattlesnakes killed by one man this summer form the lettering on a belt which is the latest acquisition of the United States Biological Survey office here. “Compliments of R. C. Fulkerson, 1920,” ia the wording formed by the ratyes, Fulkerson Is a coyote hunter near 'Ormond, Wash., near Wenatchee. He killed the rattlesnakes while attend lng to hla trapping.

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(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing the Indiana Dally Time* Information Bureau. Frederic J. Ilosbiu, Director, lVa*hIntton, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to urdertake 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 re'pUes are sent direct to the inquirer.) casinghead gasoline. Q. Would you pleise tell me If casinghead gasoliue Is good for automobiles? E. W. B. | A. The P.urcau of M’nes says that casinghead gasoline ia too volatile to be used alone and is ordinarily used In mixtures with naptha to make a motor fueL SILK MADE IN AMERICA. ■ Q. Is much of tho sl.k goods manufactured In America made from rura silk? H. M. S. ; A. A great part of the silk goods manufactured In the United States is made from pure silk. The manufacture of artificial silk is increasing steadily. Thlg silk is produced from cellulose or ■ cotton or pulp of soft woods. The consumption of artificial slik In this country in 1018 amounted to nearly 0,000,000 pounds, while shout 35,000,000 pounds of raw- silk were used during a similar period. SNAKES HAVE LUNGS. Q. Do snakes have lungs? T. T. N. A. Tbe Bureau of Biological Survey saya that snakes do have lungs. NABOTH’S VINEYARD. Q. I saw the expression, “It may be swallowed up like Naboth's vineyard.” What does that meau? B. A. C. | A Possibly the connection in which it was had to do with ways resorted to in order to acquire property. Naboth was the owner of a parcel of land, described as a vineyard, adjoining the palace of Abab, King of Israel. When the latter proposed to buy the land, Naboth | refused to sell. It is charged that the ! Queen, Jezebel, caused false witnesses to : swear that they bad heard Naboth curse jvlod and the King. Certainly, Naboth | was put to death and the King took possession of his land. ORIGIN OF DAYLIGHT SAVING Q. Can you tell me how, when and where the idea of daylight saving oi glnated? Was it ever used in European countries before it was tried in the United States? I. L. D. A. Daylight saving was suggested as early ns 1907 by an Englishman named Wi.llam Wyllett in a book entitled 1 “Waste of Daylight.” The following year r bill for daylight saving was introduced into the House of Commons, but failed to pass. The subject was brought up in Germany in 1910 when tbe German federal council passed a measure to set the clock one hour ahead. Within three months twelve European countries had followed suit, namely: Holland, Austria, Turkey. England. France, Norway, Sweden. Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. Nova Scotia Introduced daylight saving Into Arner -a. The meas-

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