Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1926 — Page 6

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IF CAL CAME There Is something ironical in the invitation extended ! y' the head of the Republican State committee tu President Coolidge to come out to Indiana and help the people forget some things about Senator Watson and his echo in the Senate. What if the President should accept and really, for once, tell the people frankly and fully just what he thinks about Watson, about his record, about his views and beliefs on public questions? Would he urge the voters of this State to send tack Watson because that great statesman heard a last minute order of his secret masters in the hooded order and voted against the World Court which the President so much-wanted? Would the President tell the people of this State that he needed a Watson to help him carry out his policies on international matters, or would he say to the Republicans that while he as President was trying to carry out the platform of their party Watson dpserted and betrayed it? Or would the President go into the farming districts and tell the men and women who are-in distress that he was all wrong and that Watson was right when Jie organized a group to fight his own policies? If he were really frank all the people that the President should see are the. few heads of privileged interests where a quiet word could be slipped that even though Watson had run amuck with the national Administration he could still be trusted to do the will of the railways and the big pets of privilege whenever they were in danger. Os course, the Invitation to Vice President Dawes and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon is quite in keeping with the spirit of the Watson campaign. Dawes has already begun his fight on the Presides. and Watson is his pal. He has no policies which differ from the Watson record, while Secretary Mellon can always be counted upon to stand by such trusted friends of the steel trust and big business as Watson has been. But to bring Coolidge here and parade him for Watson would be the height of irony. It is hardly conceivable that he will permit his prestige to be used to make people overlook some of the evident features of just what Watsonism is in Indiana. BUYING PUBLIC OFFICE There’s something wrong with a system that makes a man or his friends spend $200,000 or more to get a job that pays only SIO,OOO a year. No sooner had the Senate committee started its probe of campaign expenditures than witnesses began whispering of $500,000 campaign funds in Pennsylvania and admitted that friends of one candidate had spent nearly $200,000 in his behalf. This is mighty bad business. We do not mean to insinuate that any of this money was dishonestly ufrul by or for any of the candidates, frankly, we do not know. What we do mean to say, however, is that such huge expenditures are out of all proportion, puts a dangerously large premium on dishonesty in office and is a distinct menace to our present system of government. Some men are eager for office and spend a lot of money to get in, because it gratifies some sort of ambition, personal or social. Relatives sometimes contribute large amounts to elect their kin for social advancement or for reasons of family pride. Friends contribute from similar motives and party men contribute for party purposes, whatever they may be. Then there are those who contribute hs a sort of business proposition —because they feel that whatever they put into the campaign will be bread cast upon the waters. They expect and intend to demand favors of their candidate, if elected. These are some of the types of campaign contributors. And they are all wrong. We are supposed to be a government of the people and by the people, but it cannot remain so if government office is to go to men belonging to the richest families or those occupying social position op those most willing to “repay” with favors those backers who bought them the job. This system is being practiced more and more throughout the United States. Unless it is. stopped it will yet eat into the very vitals of our republic. If we are going to continue as a democracy office must at all times in all of the States be within reach of the poor as well as the rich or socially prominent. If we are going to be a plutocracy then lets stop the farce of our so-called “free for all” elections and frankly accept the bids of those with the biggest pile-

MILLE FOIS PARDON, CHER AMI! The other day, you will recall, the Senate Judiciary subcommittee reported, four to one, against the idea of a national referendum on prohibition or any other change of the status quo. Declaring the Eighteenth Amendment “morally right and economically sound,” these four committeemen added that they did not believe “it was the intention of the framers of the Constitution that a national referendum would ever be attempted.” This struck us —and still strikes us—as the height, apex, summit, the plus ultra and crowning example of presumption and we said*so. The framers of the Constitution, President Coolidge once remarked, were so intent on confining that document to the simplest fundamentals of government that “they did not turn aside even to deal with the great moral question of slavery,” let alone to inject an article to force 115,000,000 citizens to forswear apple cider or go to jail. Yet the four wise men of the subcommittee appeared to disagree, absolutely, with that view. They seemed to think th- founding fathers not only might have favored putting teetotaiism-or-prison in the Constitution, but that they would not want' the people of this country ever to be given a chance to express their opinion-about it. These- men in their wtedom made Solomon look like a piker, said. we. And now we learn by grapevine telegraph that Senator Reed of Missouri is extremely wroth at having been included among them. And he has a right to be. Not only was he not among the wise men, he was the 1 in the 4 to 1 decision above referred to. He was, and is, entirely outspoke* against the clairvoyant or spirit-rapping de-

cision of the sagacious four as to what was in the minds of the founding fathers 150 years ago. We’re terribly sorry, Senator. Nous somme tout a fait desole- Completement. Accept our amende honorable. In times like these we would do nothing that would, in any way, by inadvertence or otherwise, dull the timbre of any voice of toleranceV ■ RULED BY CRIME Prosecutor Remy, speaking to a men’s club, charges that criminals, if they desire, can obtain the transfer of a policeman from a district where these criminals fear him. That is much too serious a charge to be overlooked. If it be true, then this city is ruled by criminals, for criminals and of criminals. If that charge be true, it means that the control of the city government is in the hands of men who deal with crooks, thieves, bootleggers, gamblers and all the rest of the undesirables who prey upon the useful and the decent. If that charge be true, then the grip of the law violator upon government is stronger than the regard of officials for the conscience and wishes and welfare of those who obey law's and desire only to live in an orderly community. It means, certainly and Inevitably, that some one. somewhere, in the management of city government and In control of the police deals with criminals. J(fr. Remy is not noted for extravagant statements or hallucinations. His friends believe that when he talks he knows what he is talking about and has the facts behind him. The people trust him and believe in him as an honest man and a courageous one. He has no reputation as a demagogueAnd since he makes this charge and there is no instant and indignant protest, perhaps the people may consider a plan of getting rid of such a situation. It has been true of other cities which are machine and bossed ruled. It is always true of cities ruled by bosses and political machines. In Cincinnati the people protected themselves by abolishing the ancient and archaic form of government and substituting a city manager who is not named by a boss and is not under fear of a machine. That might work in Indianapolis. It’s at least worth trying, if adopted before the criminals get away with everything worth having in the city.

NO NEW WORLDS? Pity and grief for today's citizen so flooded the heart of the National Association of Publishers that it recently issued this deliverance to us who find “the world too much for us.” ' “Time was when the restlessness and hunger for adventure could easily be quelled,” they said- “In the middle ages the adventurous spirit joined a band of mercenary soldiers. He wandered off alone to China, as Marco Polo wandered. He even sailed with Christopher Columbus on the most adventurous voyage that ever was made. “A little later the man who sought adventure had his chance to turn pirate, and roved the Spanish Main with Morgan or Drake. There was even a time, not so long ago, when the unknown heart of Africa offered a fine escape into wild adventure. “But these times are fled. Most of us live in cities now. In the evening we sit at home before a gas-log or a radiator, surrounded by comforts, lazily accepting them. There are no new worlds to discover. Africa is no longer a black mystery. There are too many people in a world that Is too civilized. “The tragedy is that the character of man has not altered to keep pace with his environment. The longing for adventure is still alive and there remain so few ways of satisfying it.” That’s right, gentlemen, but if any adventure so challenged the hearts and quickened the spirits of those men of yore as to today's challenging adventure of digging out the shekels wherewith to pay the butcher and baker and radio man, we wonder what it was! Nearly everybody seems to be laying for tho farmer except his hens. A fetching costume is any costume that will fetch a man. Almost every man is a woman-hater until he reaches the age of 16 or 17. • Women have a right to change their minds — and their faces. “ADVICE AS IS ADVICE” By Mrs. Walter Ferguson ————— With much delight we read that Judge Ben Lindsay has adopted a child, and will now have the opportunity to follow some of his own advice. He has advocated some admirable rules for the bringing up of children, and many of them have worked much good, we have no doubt. But one thing is sure, no set rule can ever be applied successfully to all children. * Today we mothers have the psychology experts, the kindergarten fans, the child culture theorists, the wise men from the courts. We hear from the social service workers, and the unmarried women, the actress and the opera singer, and all of them have something fine to tell us about how we shall rear our children. Much of our present muddle comes from the fact that we try to listen Intelligently to so many different people. About the only successful way up children is to tackle the job yourself and figure out the best way", according to the strangeness and the mysterious nature of the child with whom you must deal. You have to bring Intelligence to the task. You can’t learn from lectures, nor school books the qualities which will enable you to train boys and girls. Only the Lord can actually help you, and it is best not to leave too much of the job to Him. All the children in one family may be as unlike In nature as if they were strangers. Each of them will demand a different rule for hjp rearing. You simply cannot manage them all in the same way. This is one of the real reasons why we are having such troubles with our youngsters these days. We depend too much upon efficiency experts and children's clinics and all sorts of tomfoolery, and do not get down and do the jobs for ourselves as It was intended we should. There is no more opportune time to practice changing your mind than when you have a family to manage. If we mothers, however, would only get down to business and do our very best to ntffefter our own children, there would be no need organizations to look after the rising \

jpl j .fj^Fifty Thousand Watchers at the Polls at $lO Each Is This Buying Votes?

By M. E. Tracy What Pinchot admits he spent is bad enough, but what one of his managers says Vare and Pepper spent is simply scandalous. Fifty thousand watchers in one county alone and each getting $lO for the day—figure it out for yourself. Secretary Mellon's home county—it looks as Jhough the Administration might have, run up against something worse than Brookhart. It is only a charge of course and comes from the opposition, but Charles C. McGovern, western State manager for Pinchot, fathered it willingly. He told the Senate Committee that not only were these 50,000 watchers hired by Pepper and Vare, but‘that there were 7,000 illegal registrations. Senator King remarked that so far as he could make out approximately one-third of the votes in Allegeheny County were cast by paid watchers. If this is • true or half way true the committee has opened ur such a revelation of the corrupt use of money in political campaigns as puts ail previous exploits in the shade. Let it be remembered that a reporter for the Scripps-Howard newspapers, Leo R. Sack, was first to call attention, to the fact that Pennsylvania was being flooded with money in conection with the recent Republican primary. ‘ h Permanent Complexion “Our Helen” Is some girl, according to what the great French surgeon, Dr. De Martel, told the United Press. Six days after being operated on for a bad case of appendicitis, she was up and walking about the room. Within four weeks, says the doctor, she will be playing tennis again. There isn’t any brand of cold cream or lip stick that can jlo that. Get out in the open young ladies, and move around. It will give you a better and less expensive complexion. What is more Important, it will give you something to back it up. •I- -I- -I* ' t £?•* East or West Though her resignation, has not been accepted, Brazil Is virtually out of the League of Nations. Other South American governments are reported as in dined to support her stand, thoi gh just what that means is not quite clear. Whether they content themselves with a formal endorsement or whether they actually follow her lead, an estrangement has obviously been created between the League and the western hemisphere. Perhaps it is worth so much to clear the way for Germany's admission, hut the League can’t serve the purpose for which it was designed as a purely European institution. ‘ v*V .+ + + Republican Chaos The chaotic condition of the Republican party is illustrated by nothing more graphically than Senator Wadsworth’s super-wetness. Within ths space of weeks after President Coo idge issued his famous dry order, this candidate for renomination and re-election comes out with a platform that not onlycalls for modification of the Volstead act, but repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He does this, moreover, notwithstanding that he was one of the Senators who voted to pass the Volstead act over the late President Wilson's veto. He may be playing noble politics from the New York standpoint, but he is certainly raising Cain with his party from a national standpoint. -I- -|- -I* Behin'd the Mask Richard Reese Whittemore was sentenced to death by hanging yesterday. You can’t pity him much, because he brought it on himself, went back on training of a clean, Christian home, forsook the ways of his own people and permitted the smug conceit of wild youth to mislead him. But you can pity hfs family, especially his father. You can pity the young wife, too, and you can suspect that behind the mask of bravado and deviltry with which this young man chose to conceal his better self, there must have been something rather decent to challenge such devotion from a woman. -I- -I- -1Growing Paint Love of color, as well as the necessity for some kind of a preservative, has caused the world to paint its woodwork since times immemorial. • Like any scheme of surface treatment, painting has its disadvantages. Scratch a piano case, scar a chair, or sliver a door jam and you spoil the whole thing. Now comes a German scientist to Machias, Maine, feeding dye Into trees and making them drink It up, just as they do their sap. In two days a small tree will color itself through and through, while it takfes four for a larger one. Let this German bore half a dozen holes at the base of a birch, beech or maple, put in some spigots, hang a can of dye in the branches and the tree becomes lavender, yellow, pink or brown from bark to heart, exactly as he decided it should. TOWN TO BE AUCTIONED Factory Houses, Water Rights All to Go on Block. Bu Times Bor,cial WOONSOCKET, R. 1., June 11.— The entire village of Mapleville, near here, including a factory, houses, -water rights and other property, will be sold at public auction on July 8. The town is a part jof the estate of the late Col. Joseph/E. Fletcher. u ■)

Gerald Griffin Sings His Way Into Big Favor on New Bill at tKe Palace TKeater

Among the better known tenors on the concert and operatic stage is Gerald Griffin, who is as well known in this country as in England. Griffin is appearing in a song recital built along concert lines on the new -week-end bll at the ‘Palace. Griffin has with him this season a splendid pianist, who * “feeds” into the mood of the singer. Griffin shapes his program along ballad lines, featuring in all Us sweetness, “A Cottage Small by a Waterfall.” He has a beautiful voice and knows how to select his program. No matter how bad things seem, it can be worse. Such is the theme of the sketch in which Travers and Douglas appear. The story, humorous in spots, tells of the intention of a young fellow to commit suicide on account of the loss of his money and his girl. A friend of his drops in who has taken a few too many drinks which is the secret of the comedy brought out in the act. The act, although slightly draggy at first, does contain some good comedy situations and lines. The Aurora Trio are three men who confine themselves to balancing stunts on a bicycle. They all monut the same wheel, one balanced on top of the other. It takes a very fine sense of balance to do the things these men did. Green and Gale, a mart in blackface, and a women give us an impression of a colored couple In a southern railway station and have quite a few ood "cracks” of the hu morous kind. Liked their harmony singing at the close of the act. Tho Chalfonte Sisters have an act

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