Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1927 — Page 4

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Setting the Pace The announcement today by Frank C. Dailey that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor is but another step in the general clean-up of Indiana. The record of Mr. Dailey as a foe of graft and corruption is such as to make his announcement a challenge to his own party to dare take any step other than that of courageous and bold fighting of the forces which have shamed this State. His announcement means that there will be an end to pussyfooting on the part of the minority party or a frank confession that its hatred of the Klan, the Anti-Saloon League and other influences of super-government comes from disappointment in not being able to ride into power through their secret control. It is impossible to believe that any otlie* aspirants in that party would jto take any less vigorous stand against the forces which have ruled this State than the record of Dailey assures. The announcement will be of even greater interest in the group of Republicans who will try-, to find some candidate who can win after the exposures of the last year. Those who, like Congressman Will Wood, believe that any candidate who can not be definitely linked with super-government, can win, will revise their opinions. They will see the necessity of having a candidate who stands for something rather than one whose chief value is that he has never been caught in anything disgraceful. Mr. Dailey has performed a great service whether he becomes the nominee of his party or not. No one in either party will dare in the next primaries to cater to the secret forces of super-government. There will be competition in opposition to the forces which have dictated the ..government of Indiana in the past few years. It will not only shake the Democratic party out of its lethargy and timidity, but it will set the pace for the Republican party. Indiana is on its way back to respresentative government and travels fast.

Final Insult That the cfty should be flooded with appeals to religious hate to save Mlyor Duvall is the final insult to the intelligence of the men and women of this city. The same sinister group which so successfully made this same appeal when it was electing governors and mayofs and other officials evidently do not realize that that infamy can never again be repeated. No one can be so uninformed as to believe that the mayor has been persecuted by religious enemies. i The mayor has been convicted by a jury, In evidence which plainly showed his guilt, Presented by prosecutors who can not be suspected of being influenced by religious ideas. He was prosecuted as a criminal and convicted for crimes. The truth is that no longer in Indianapolis and Indiana can a criminal hide behind an altar and hope to escape. The cloak of religion can never again be used to hide greed and venal ambition. The flooding of_the city with these sinister appeals to religious passion is but another reason for united action to rid this city of its present shame. The civic clubs which have acted can not be suspected of being inspired by animosity and hatreds. They came into the open because Indianapolis has suffered too long from conditions which menace its prosperity and its stability. The incident, infamous as it is, merely emphasizes the necessity for concerted action on the part of groups which can furnish leadership. The fact that the head of the board of public works is now under indictment on a charge of violating blue sky laws is but one more 'blow. It seems peculiar that the mayor should have selected as the head of the board which spends so much of the people’s money a man who is thus vulnerable to accusation. It must be remembered that he was chosen to replace a citizen of known standing in the community under conditions that made the change very suspicious. Hate can not rule this city. It has ruled too long. Prejudice has no place in the present crisis. It has dictated too often. The city can still be insulted. These scurrilous circulars prove that. Whom the Lord Loveth St. Louis has the sympathy of the entire Nation. Once again the Mississippi Valley has been hard hit. After a summer of floods such as the country has seldom seen, enters fall with a devastating storm, taking a large toll in dead and injured and wrecking millions of dollars worth of property. Verily, the people of the valley know the sixth verse, twelfth chapter of Hebrew by heart: "For Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth , .

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Good Taste and Bad London newspapers, we are told, are openly critical of the American Legionnaires now visiting England. It seems that among the first contingents to arrive in the British capital was a certain group of New Yorkers, mostly employes of a large department store. Dressed in gay uniforms and with flags flying, it is said, they marched to the tomb of the unknown soldier and decorated it with flowers. Whereupon the Morning Post—than which there is nothing more British—felt called upon to protest. It regarded the “dress parade” as a sort of profanation and expressed the hope “that our American friends will understand that the memory of those who fell is for us an ever present and sacred emotion which makes fancy dress parades and any suggestion of advertisement in such a connection repugnant.” It seems too bad that- after getting along so well with the French and Italians the edge should be taken off the Legionnaires’ reception abroad by an incident of this kind. We can not escape the impression, however, that perhaps our British friends were not any too well disposed toward the Americans, otherwise they would not have been so quick to resent whatever the visitors might do. We were not present, of course, when the parade took place, but sight unseen we would willingly risk a good hat against a battered farthing that not one Legionnaire consciously participated in a single irreverent act. None more than Americans revere the memory of the war dead, whether their own or of any other nation, therefore it is unthinkable that kny deliberate violatoin of good taste was done. Good taste, it may be added, is a very variable thing at best. In the Orient it is good taste to take off your shoes upon entering a house. In the Occident you would probably be arrested as a drunk. Our bet is that the Americans, in going to the tomb of the unknown and placing flowers upon it as their very first act on British soil, intended the gesture as one of the most profound devotion and respect. In which event, it seems to us, the Morning Post and the others who criticised were really the ones lacking in good taste. The intent behind the act is what counts. The human heart can beat with as much warmth and reverence under the gay uniforms of a fife and drum corps as it can in sackcloth and ashes. The well-bred never scorn a friendly act sincerely performed however grotesque the performer.

“Calles? Cal Talking ...” Washington and Mexico City are now connected by long distance telephone. President Coolidge and President Calles inaugurated the service Thursday, talking to each other personally and directly over the 3,357 miles of wire. Said President Coolidge to President Calles: “I am deeply impressed by the significance of this occasion . . . The facilities thus provided will promote a better understanding between the peoples of our countries.” Said President Calles to President Coolidge: “This event has a beneficent effect and will undoubtedly improve relations between Mexico and the United States . . .” Fine! Here's hoping they prove good prophets. There’s certainly room for improvement. „ ' Radio messages, it is claimed, can be driven through solid matter regardless of its density. When Congress convenes again, we’ll know how to explain our wishes. The difference between America and China is: In China they cut off a rebel’s head and place it on a pole, and that’s publicity; in America they sit on flagpoles, and that’s news. When they tried the effect of jazz music on the inmates of the Philadelphia zoo, an elephant spilled a trunkful of water on the orchestra. Consider the elephant as a friend of man. Respect for traffic signals has grown in the last few years, but some men still insist on driving according to their own lights. You can feel sure that winter is at hand. The girls are trying to outstrip one another in the matter of clothes. Lily-white hands usually are a denial of hard work—except when one of them is decorated with an engagement ring. A New York financier is going to build a hotel in which only millionaires can find- accommodations. He’s far behind the times. These Ford accessory manufacturers who are in such dire straits ought to start turning out spare parts for pedestrians. Fools rush in where signs say: “Stop, Look and Listen.” Kills son for no reason, says a newspaper headline And so many fathers having such good cause!

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keezer

A man about to start on an extended trip made a contract with a bank to honor checks drawn upon it during the course of his travels. The bank, through an oversight and without intent to injure the man, failed to honor some of the checks. The man sued the bank because of its failure to carry out the contract and asked damages on account of humiliation and suffering he claimed to have suffered by having his checks returned marked “No funds.” A jury awarded the man SI,OOO for damages caused by mental anguish, blit the trial judge set aside this award on the ground that so long as the bank had not willfully injured the man he was not entitled to damages for mental suffering. man appealed from this decision, contending that the f|.ct that the bank had not willfully injured him did not lessen his suffering and should not invalidate the jury’s award of damages on this account. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Colorado decided that the man was entitled to thfiMjry award of damages on account of his mental suffearjig. The court said that “no willful wrong need be present” to establish such a claim. /

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: Democrats Throughout the Country Have Reached the Point Where They Are Content to Trot at Somebody s Heels

Five minutes of wind and St. Louis wakes to find hers 'lf in the midst of appalling disaster. Nearly 100 people are known to have been killed, four times as many injured and 25,000 made homeless. It is an old story for the Mississippi yalley, the world’s most famous nesting place for tornadoes. Practically every freak of the storm you hear about has been duplicated a dozen times. People who live in this region have grown painfully familiar with the greenish purple sky, the the funnel shaped cloud and the roar that is beyond description. May Strike Anywhere The tornado appears to be one form of disaster which is beyond human hope to prevent or defy. Men have devised no means of eluding its terrific power except by digging storm cellars that are within reach at a moment’s notice. Its worst feature is, that while it destroys only a small section, it may strike anywhere within a vast area at any time. St. Louis suffered an even worse disaster than the present in 1896. The one consoling aspect of such tragedies consists in the fact that modern methods and modern machinery enable us to reach the afflicted quickly and effectively. One hundred, or even fifty years ago, the loss would have been more staggering. More people would have perished beneath the ruins because of the slow, poorly organized rescue work, and more would have suffered for-lack of prompt medical attention. We have learned how to rob nathre of many of her victims, if we have not learned how to stop her ruthless progress.

Trotiat Somebody’s Heels Governor Smith was the big issue in both New Work conventions. The Republicans spent their time attacking him, while the Democrats spent theirs in applause which was none the less sincere because it had been muzzled by the leaders. This is quite the greatest compliment that could be paid the Governor, but the loyalty of his own party would mean more if it took the form of ideas, rather than flapdoodle. Somehow, you can no) get over the notion that New York Democrats, and, for that matter, Democrats throughout the country, have reached a point where they are quite content to trot at somebody's heels. Live Issues Avoided The most noticeable feature of the existing political situation is a desire to avoid live issues. Our leaders appear to have grown wonderfully clever, which would be fine if it were balanced by a proportionate degree of frankness. The most inspiring thought in both great parties seems to be the avoidance of taking any stand that will offend more than three voters at a time. Quibbling and evading on the part of our political leaders is the most dangerous sfgn of the time, for its background in public apathy. Though permitted to play a bigger part in government than ever before, and consequently, facing greater responsibilities, the American people are taking less interest. There never was a time, perhaps, when the average American spent time in serious discussion of politics than he does today. If one felt obliged to regard this as a permanent condition, the outlook would be dark indeed. The chances are, however, that it is nothing more or less than a transient result of prosperity. Boss Rule Given Chance Meanwhile, public indifference has its risks, and they are not to be found in the soap box or Red propaganda. Public indifference always has and always will furnish the most natural setting for boss rule and dictatorship, for official thievery and incompetence, for those insidious forces of rottenness and corruption which demoralize gdvernment without anybody realizing their presence. You only have to think back over what has occurred the last few years to sense the growth of such tendencies. The rise of subh men as Wayne B. Wheeler, the development of such scandals as the oil leases, the exposure of such situations as that in Indiana, are but incidents of the general drift. Apathy, optimism and indifference, born ofea full stomach, have put us in a mood to regard bosses, czars and highbinders with equinimity. t Warns Against Facism Bertrand Russell, whom some one has described as “the most romantic fact in present day English literature,” and who is now in this country on a lecture tour, says that Bolshevism is not a threat to advanced nations, but that Fascism is something for them to regard with alarm. He is right. No advanced nation has faced more than temporary annoyance because of what the Bolshevists have done in Rus% sia or what they have preached on the outside, but every one of them has been infected the microbe of dictatorship because of the way Mussolini is touted as the patron saint of good business.

Where, Oh, Where’ll I Drop It?

(Waterloo Press) (Republican) The Ku-Klux Klan should never have been chartered to organize in the State of Indiana, as it was the Klan and the efforts of Klan members, who

have brought on the very political corruption that the Klan itself as an organization boasted so freely that It would cleanse from .the politics of our State.

Klan Should Disband

Men who made promises or men who asked that promises be made are equally guilty of a corruption and ought not to go unpunished. The Ku-Klux Klan should be disbanded forever. To barter or to be a party to a barter of any political appointment is equally a moral wrong, and one is as corrupt as the other. An organization which has worked along this line, through its officers and members active in the control of politics of a State or city, should forever be shunned./ While Indiana is no worse than many other States, and the men accused *n Indiana are no worse than many me still unaccused, there is no reason why any crime should be justified in any degree. t (Richmond Palladium) (Independent) A little more than one-half the voters of this State thought it worth while to go to the polls at the last general election. Strenuous efforts had been made to get the vote out, too. It could not

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be said that the press and the leaders of the two dominant parties had not tried “to get out the vote.” But the apathy and indifference were too

great. If it takes a heavy jolt to arouse voters to a sense of their duty, the revelations in Indiana’s government should provide the kick. If their contempt for misgovernment is not deep enough to impel them to vote by the thousands at the next election, there is little hope for good government in Indiana. Indiana citizenship is on trial at the next election. If many thousands stay away from the polls when public officials are elected, and only little more

Questions and Answers

Is lavender for perfume grown in the United States? In the eastern United States lav ender is grown in a few gardens, but in Califorria, where climatic and soiLconditions seem favorable, it is more commonly planted, although not on a commercial scale. The dry soil of that State and the light limestone soil of the Black Belt of Alabama and the adjacent States seem to be most inviting to this industry. Does the candidate for a bachelor’s degree change the tassel of his mortar board from the right to the left after receiving the degree or vice versa? The candidate goes to the commencement platform with his tassel oh the right side of his mortar board. After the presentation of the degree the tassel is switched to the left side. Who wrote “Harlequin's Serenade?” It is the opera “Les Millions d’Arlequin,” by Richard Drigo, a modern conductor and composer of ballet music, Italian by'-birth and Russian by adoption. How many square feet are in aij. acre? An acre contains 43,560 square feet. A square,plot of ground an acre in area is 208.7 feet on each side. Are there more men than women in the United States? The last census shows 53,900,431 males and 51,810,189 females. What is light? A form of radiant energy or movement of the ether wa/es which is capable of acting upon the eye in such a way as to make visible the object from which it proceeds or it reflected. Is brandy the same as wine? Brandy is burned distilled wine.

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than 50 per cent of the electorate thinks It worth while to vote. Indiana’s shame will be intensified. It is bad enough now. The country believes the corruption is centered in a few individuals, and that Indiana as a whole is sound. If Indiana wants to redeem her good name, her citizens can do it by marching to the polls by the thousands to elect honorable and clean men to office. (Muncir Press) (Republican) Over, in Emerson High School at Gary, the pupils have decided to take over the operation of the school. They are striking because the school board permits Negro students there and say

they will not return until the board sends all the colored boys and girls to another building. Dispatches say that the members of the board have been “negotiating” with the strikers.

School Pupils Strike

If it’s that kind of board, the pupils ought to win. The only way for a school board to treat a situation of that kind is to announce that every so-called “striker" will lose credit marks for every day he is absent and that the leaders will be expelled for insubordination,; in other words that every boy and girl taking part in this affair Shall be punished as he deserves without fear or favor. Any talk of compromise is silly. There is noth; ing to compromise, for the question merely is whether the school board is to run the schools in an orderly manner as it sees fit, or whether the pupils may establish their own government there. It is impossible in most northern cities, of which Gary is one, to set up separate schools for the white and colored children. .It might be well if that were possible, but not so much for any good that might accrue to the whites as the benefit it would be for the Negro boys and girls. Colored children are not less race-conscitus than others and it is reasonable to think they would progress faster and enjoy their school work more if they were taught by instructors of their own race and were to associate wholly in their school work with their own kind. But that is wholly beside the question, which Is whether in Gary the schools are to be managed by those whose duty it is to manage them, or by irresponsible children.

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Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor: One of the mos! noticeable features regarding th<| many peculiar, unusual and perversa acts of our present chief city execul tive seems to have been his apparenl disregard for the opinions of his fell low men. I Even such politicians as have beeil accused of proclaiming sentiment! almost, if not entirely opposite, wherl speaking in different localities havJ been smart enough to so expresl themselves in each particular plac! as they believed would make tbeia arguments understood as th( / want! ed them to be by those they triccl to influence, while leaving it possibl J to place a different construction oil them, if desired. 1 . Any sensible man, even though! deceitful, would be expected to have! some pride in his reputation and enl deavor to protect it through hi! public acts rather than exhibit an evident disregard for his growinJ notoriety. J Considering one of the above caw with the other y 1 “seffi* preservation is J ' law ojtf hire.” it is not -y JK party first rcfenct/'fo laboring under such strong Beljfl as not to be responsible? VWy|4 And. has it ever been that he should be given tion of an alienist, rather attorney; or a sanity rather than a court? Is not thBH parent condition of his mind entitled to pity and protection, prosecution or punishment? i C. E. F. I When were cattle and domesti! animals introduced into the UQite! States? The earliest voyagers across' th! Atlantic ocean brought cattle wit™ them. It is said that Columbia lef■ some ,on the island of Cuba, al! though that is not certain. De*Jsotei left cattle and horses behind hurl when his ill-fated expedition wa! abandoned. Coronado took cattle! as far West as Kansas. In the col-1 ony at Jamestown the first cattlJ arrived in May. mouth colony the first cattle Were! brought in 1624 on the ship Charity! consisting of one bull and Hire! cows. Tire Dutch, who settled ncafl what is now New York city in 16258 had 103 head of live stock, includm! bulls and cows. 5