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No Real Problem Writing of a platform for the Democratic party in Indiana for next year shbuld present no real problem, although the suggestion of difficulty comes from the party committee which is asking for suggestions. The voters of the State, without regard to party lines, are indicating some things which they do not want in government. Only the most timid or the blind could fail to-understand\that the revolt in this State is not against the few weak, faithless officials, but against the forces and influences which placed them in power and office. The Republican party is practically in the hands of a receiver because of -its moral bankruptcy and lack of real leadership. Those who have been prominent and who are responsible, either through direct control or complacency, and acquiescence, are in a panic. The morale of its organization is low and will go lower as the weeks pass and further evidence of misuse of power is presented in courts and elsewhere. In this situation it remanis to be seen whether the Democratic party has the courage and the virility to offer a program and a pledge which will satisfy the thousands of disgusted citizens who want a real and thorough renovation of Indiana' affairs. If the leaders in tne Democratic party decide that they *wish to offend no one and rely upon, riding into power through dissatisfaction with things Republican, they will undoubtedly discover in November that they are exactly where they are at present —on the outside, largely because they have offered no real reason for entering into the Promised Land. It does not require any unusual power of observation to discover the source of the Republican debacle in this State. That party sold itself to two very pernicious influences and went into power by appeals to hates and prejudices, its leaders and officials profiting by this .betrayal. A striking example of the real rulership" was furnished iri this city when former Mayor John L. Duvall,,a part of the machine and the reigning dynasty, admitted that he went under peremptory orders to Washington and conferred one Hiram W. Evans, the head of the Ku-Klqx Klan, as to what men he would name to offices in this city. Duvall is gone. The people revolted against this direct rule from an Invisible Empire. Surely the Democratic party should have no difficulty in deciding that it must pledge itself and its nominees to freedom from Hiram Evans and the force he represents. If it fails to name Evans and his forces, it cannot hardly expect those who became disgusted with the Republicans who sent their > Duvall to get orders for Indiana to turn to them for relief. The people now have a very fair appreciation of what they obtained from the AntiSaloon League along with dry laws. They know that with this orgauizatiou came the effort to control Legislatures and courts, to play political power against the constitution, to introduce a terrorism that is no less unAmerichn because it is devoted to a cause that has wide support. \ The people arc tired of bossism and secret control of government. They are tired of being ruled by blocs and groups. They are tired of secret bargains. It requires no courage to denounce Stephenson in his cell and the iniquities of wfyich he was a part. The men that Stephenson put into office will undoubtedly do that. They will be most eager to promise freedom from his influence. Will the Democratic party have the courage to denounce Evans, who is a present menace? Will the candidates who ask for office on that ticket have the courage to demounce him ' and his influence in Indiana!, ' Will the Democratic party have the courage and the wisdom to become democratic in reality and to name as candidates men who have some understanding of what the names of Jefferson and Andrew Jackson really mean in history! Unquestionably the party that pussyfoots and dodges will find writing a platform difficulty. For next year the people will demand at least some show of courage in their candidates and in their political parties. To Control the River The of the Army engineers for controlling the Mississippi has been given to Congress by MaJ. Gen. Jadwln. The War Department stands behind it and President Coolidge stands behind the War Department. Congress may accept the plan a whole or may modify it and accept it. Or Congress may reject the plan as a whole and provide a substitute. The matter is of such immense importance that Congress should give It the best, and most disinterested, thought of which It Is capable; and it is such an immediate necessity that Congress should strive in every way to delay in doing so. The cost of the engineers’ project is estimate

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$296,000,000. Os this the States are asked to pay $37,440,000. Some Southern Congressmen object to this assessment of the States, on the theory that flood control is wholly a national problem, properly chargeable against the national government. They are entitled to be heard on this point, but should be discouraged if their argument takes the form of political log-rolling. Reservoirs, reforestation and other suggestions for auxiliary flood control are rejected by the engineers, either as too costly or as impractical. There are intelligent and experienced men, however, who dlsagrgp with the engineers and Congress wiU iiake a mistake if it fails to hear and consider what they have to say. Tributaries are put aside by the engineers as a separate problem to be dealt with later, but Congress may find, if it finds merit in the contentions of civilian experts, that dealing with the tributaries will be necessary from the outset. Congress must use its own judgment in this matter. The engineers indicate the broad scope of their own study of the question by abandoning the theory that levees alone can control the river. Instead of merely building the levees higher and wider they propose to widen the channel bed and spread the waters laterally. Whereas heretofore all the water has been confined to a single narrow channel and the banks raised to keep It there, the water would be diverted at certain points to flow into the gulf through other streams. / The easy thing for Congress to do would be to say: The Army engineers are experts, paid to be such, they offer this plan and take the responsibility for its success or failure; Congress has only to ratify it and allow the responsibility to rest on the engineers, the War Department and the President. But this wouldn’t be true. The question is essentially one of public policy, as well as engineering wisdom, and Congress cannot escape the responsibility for public policy. Some weeks of ( hard study lie ahead of the Ho,use and the Senate. Hearst and the Senators Friday morning, on the froqt page of the Washington Herald, a Hearst newspaper, in box-car letters there appeared this headline: $1,200,000 ordered paid four Senators by Mexico. Friday afternoon, like the return slap of a rubber band, the United States Senate came back at the Hearst publication. "As long as that story appears in print uninvestigated and undenied,” said Senator Davis Reed of Pennsylvania, "a shadow will be cast upon the integrity of this body.” • • Whereupon a resolution was introduced and passed calling for an investigation of the article and a committee of five Senators named to do the Investigating. The Senate is to be congratulated for its prompt action. For weeks Hearst Newspapers have been publishing daily installments purporting to involve Mexico in a gigantic plot to undermine the United States, prevent the digging of a Nicaraguan canal* set up antiAmerican governments in Latin America, bring in Japanese reserves to settle in Mexico with a view to using them in a future war, encourage bolshavist activities in various parts of the world, and so on. President Calles of Mexico, has been pictured as the man behind these surprising machinations. The Mexican ambassador in Washington, the Mexican consul general in New York; various prominent American writers and others including—Friday—four unnamed United States Senators, up to the present stand involved. Obviously a showdown has become necessary. The Mexican government has officially characterized the ~ charges as falsejyid the published photographic reproductions of ..i alleged documents in support c? the charges as forgeries pure and simple. While the Hearst papers, on their part, have continued to assert that the original of the documents are in their possession and will be surrendered to Congress if Congress so desires. Now Congress does so desire. At least the alleged documents in support of tfce charge that $1,120,000 had been ordered paid to four Senators will be demanded and their authenticity examined. For while the Hearst papers did not name the Senators in question, "their names and the amount ordered paid to them,” the newspapers assert, “remain in the original document” and it thus becomes imperative to sift the matter to the bottom. ' In fairness to President Calles and the other Mexican officials figuring in the affair, publication of the charges do not appear to have created even a ripple on the surface of Washington officialdom. There was little disposition to dignify by an investigation charges against the ruler of a friendly power and there was almost no way by which President Calles could defend himself beyond the formal denial which he made. \ Mercy Is Rewarded In 1918, shortly after the armistice was signed, Robert Minor was arrested in the territory along the Rhine occupied by the Americans. To his energies were attributed distribution of mutinous pamphlets among the Yank doughboys in Germany. ' Mr- Minor was guilty of treason, but an act of executive clemency spared him from the firing squad. A deed of mercy overthrew the rules of war to free him. The other day Minor addressed a masfc meeting in York. He, expressed dramatically his contempt for the United States Government. The President he called a skinflint and a few other things. So shines a good deed upon a naughty world. A Timely Warning Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the House, says doom awaits the American republic when its political parties divide on religious, racial or sectional issues, “The only reason this country has survived so far along the lines laid down by Its founders," says Longworth, “Is because the political parties have been content to mould their issues on questions of economic policy rather than on passion.” The warning is so patently sound as to need little elaboration. And yet, apparently having learned little by.the religious bitterness and bigotry that marked the Democratic national convention of four years ago and produced nothing, certain zealots seem to seek another such situation in 1928.

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' M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Democracy kas One Great - Element of Strength; If, Not Only Permits but Inspires People to thing No Other Form of Government Does”

Addressing the twenty-flsst annual convention of life insurance presidents at the Hotel Astor, New York, on Thursday, Darwin P. Kingsley, head* of the New York Life Insurance Cos., attacked the "foolish philosophy of the declaration of Independence,” according to the New York World, and declared that “men are not created equal and should no more have equal power in politics than they have in business. “It’s against nature,” he said. “The rule of the demagogue is a greater menace to national continuity than the rule of kings. Kings sometimes did great things, helped to create great civilizations, and then died out; but they did create. Demagogues never did and never will create a great civilization. '‘Fundamentally, our Government is not materially different from the republics which have preceded it. They were not scientifically organized. Neither are we. Our really great men are rarely in politics. Demogogues always are.” MUM Improve on Nature Nicolai Lenin and Mussolini have said about the same thing. There is little difference between royalist and red when it comes to assailing democracy. Both, take the ground that it is wrong because it leaves little room for class rule. Though disagreeing as to which class should rule, both believe that some class must rule, and both take their cue from nature. * Dr. E. E. Slosson says that nature is not to be trusted, that our task is to control here and that we only progress as to Improve on the natural scheme of things. mm *■ Monarchs —Stagnation Preceding the twentieth cent ry, there were two great high lights in civilization—Rome and Greece. The creative career of each began and ended with Republican government. The fall of Rome was succeeded by a thousand years of monarchy. It was a thousand years of stagnation. The scientific age. by which Dri Kinsley sets so much store, came in with the revolt against monarchy and the establishment of republican governments. Democracy has its weaknesses, of course, but it has -one great element of strength. It not only permits but inspires people to think. This is something no other form of government does. m’ • * Room for Discoverer Real thinking does not lead to permanency, but to change and innovation. Class rule is against change and Innovation. The wish to preserve itself explains this. It is suspected by many historians that the Egyptians knew a great deal about the theories and principles of modem science. They were prevented from making practical use of what they knew by a system which feared and opposed change. Even if they /had been allowed to publish and experiment with their inventions, they could not have gotten very far, because the system enforced poverty as well as Ignorance. This invariably Is the effect of class rule. It is an easy step from the belief that men should not enjoy an equal share In politics to a belief that they should not enjoy equal opportunities of education. MM* Roofn in Demcoracy If we live in an age of organized business, of high wages, of widespread markets and unprecedented prosperity, it is because democracy made room for it. " The very business which Mr. Kingsley represents could hardly reach the proportion it has under class rule. Sixty-two millon Americans would not have life insurance policies and American companies would not be carrying 71 per cent of the world’s Insurance if democracy had not provided anew incentive. The “foolish philosopohy” of the Declaration of Independence not only prepared the way for the pioneer, inventor and developer, but created such markets for them as never before were known by inspiring all classes of men with new hope. MM* Threat of Big Business If “fundamentally, our Government is not materially different from the republics which have preceded it,” as Mr. Kingsley points out, It faces no fundadamentally different problems. In each and every one of them some social, religious or political order gave birth to aneristocracy. Big business threatens to do that very thing in America. The signficance of what Mr. Klnglsey says lies in the fact that it Is typical of a large and growing group of commercial and industrial leaders who desire not only to fotmd families, but to introduce a system by which will guarantee those families permanent position and poweri The fight recently made against the Federal inheritance tax was not s< much' in behalf of personal rights or individual liberty, as ui aristocratic complex whicly' is cfctting more and more of A

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The decision of Judge Omar H. Montgomery handed down last week at Indianapolis, m which he overruled the motion to quash the indictment against Governor Jackson and two co-defendants, charged with a conspiracy to bribe, will have a quieting effect to say the least. The attorneys for the defendants had argued a motion that the indictments were illegal on the ground that statute of limitations prevented a prosecution of the parties after a period of two yeafs had elapsed after the alleged crime had been committed. The State charged that the alleged conspirators concealed the bribe affair from public knowledge, making the prosecution within two years impossible. However this may be. no man guilty of any crime, is fxpected to tell the world about It. The fact that technicalities enter into so many indictments leaves a bad impression in the minds of the general public for years afterwards, and at all times the public will have reason to doubt the Innocence of the men Indicted. If men are Innocent, there should be no hesithney in standing a trial, as ta general rule. Os course there are instances where men are liable to be convicted of a crime for which they are not acquitted, and his friends hope that he will be, then he will stand before the Sta'te and Nation with a clear record so far as the court is concerned. If the motion to quash the indictment against him had been upheld, then he would stand before the State and Nation indicted and convicted by public sentiment. (Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette) (Republican V Joseph B. Kealing, a mighty figure in the councils of national republicanism, is deud at the age of 68. following a long and valuable service to the public. He had the respect and admiration, the love and affection, of all who knew him. Throughout the turmoil attending the recent political scandals in the State which he served as a Republican national committeeman for seven years and in which he had been an active and potent political figure for a much longer time, the name of “Uncle Jojs’’ Kealing was darkened by no

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shadow of reproach. Indeed, in all his distinguished career as a great leader of a great party, he never was suspected of being in any way involved or implicated in anything which was not distinctly to his credit—in anything which was not in harmony and keeping with the finest traditions of his party, and the commonweal for which he was constantly concerned. A native of Indianapolis, Mr. Kealing became prosecuting attorney for Marion County at the age of 25. In 1901, he was appointed United States district attorney and served in that capacity until 1909. During the first Shank administration, from 1910 to 1914, he was corporation counsel for the City of Indianapolis, discharged the duties of that office with credit and distinction, Rearing always in mind the interests of the whole people. In 1924. he was prominently mentioned for the post of national chairman of the Republican party and was, at all times, recognized as a valued counsellor of that great organiza? tion. His death is a blow to State' and Nation, for he represented the highest ideals of American politics. (Richmond Palladium) *(independent) The confirmation of previous statements by President Coolidge and Charles Evans Hughes that neither would accept the Republican nomination for the presidency will assist in limiting the field of choice for a standard bearer in that party. Some Republican leaders and thousands of the rank and file had hoped against hope that one or the other might be prevailed upon to modify previously expressed statements that he would not permit his name to be used. Some observers maintained stoutly that President Coolidge or Mr. Hughes would accept the nomination if he were drafted for the post. The language of both President Coolidge and Mr. Hughes in their last statements is pqstive enough to convince even the most skeptical that neither will rim nor consent to be drafted. Their elimination removes two of the strong men in the party. President Coolidge’s ability is a matter of contemporary history. The service of Mr. Hughes to his own country in various capacities and his understanding of foreign affairs also are fresh in the minds of the people. The fine qualifica-* tions of each for the presidency undoubtedly account for the strong sentiment in their behalf.

You con get an answer to at.v question of fact or Information by /ruing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1332 New York Ave.. Washington,/ D. C„ inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research he undertaken. AH other questions will receive a personal repjy. Unsigned request* cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor Why do rabbits /stamp their back feet? Asa warning to their mates when alarmed and sonjetimes preparatory to fighting. This is characteristic of many other small animals. Does the Bible mention any person who has ever seen the face of God? No. John 1:18 state “no man hath seen God at any time.” Where is the hottest place in the world? It is said to, be Azizia in Italian Tripoli, about twenty-five miles inland from Tripoli City and the Meditteranean. The highest temperature recorded there is 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Where In the Bible Is the story about the man who slew a lion in a pit in the snow? II Samuel 23:20—“Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, . . . went down and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.’> What-Was thd weight and honepower of |Major Seagrave’s auto that broke world’s speed record? This specially-built racing car weighs more than three and a’ half tons and* devolps 1,000 horsepower at 2,200 revolutions per nfinute from two twelve-cvlinrtpr ptuHtipr.

I With two formidable figures eliminated the Republican party now faces the task of selecting a capable leader from ,the men whose names have been mentioned for the nomination. (Newcastle Courier) (Republican) D. C. Stephenson, wflo is serving a life term in the Michigan City prison on a charge of murder, is again “readj to tell all,” according to word brought to the outside by one of his attorneys. Stephenson has had numerous chances to tell all. In fact the Marion County grand jury has been in almost continuous session for a year and the “black boxes” were unearthed it was supposed he had told all. Now Steve is afraid if he tells “all” prison discipline will get him and he wants some protection. Stephenson seems to take the position that he ought to be a favored prisoner, and clings to the idea that he is a political prisoner instead of being behind the bars for murder. After all the chances ' that have been afforded him to tell all he knows, his latest threat makes it appear more than ever that he is four-flushing. (Bluff ton Banner) (Democratic) Judge Montgomery decided that the plea in abatement filed by Governor Jackson and his pals, George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh, did not stand up to the law as laid down in the statutes and they must stand trial, beginning Feb. 7. The men have been properly indicted, thought the judge, for ' attempting to bribe former Governor McCray in offering him SIO,OOO to name their man prosecuting* attorney for Marion County, when Mr. McCray’s son-in-law, William H. fivans, resigned, owing to his father-in-law’s troubles. Mr. McCray refused, although at the time he needed money very badly to. defend himself if! ths Federal courts. The action of Judge Montgomery will give Jackson and the other boys just' what they should , want, if innocent—the right to prove to the people of the State that the charges are groundlessbut that seems about the last thing they want to do. If there are any other loopholes in the law that will keep them from sac- , ing the judge and Jury they are expected to employ them, in the hope they will never have to stand trial. A shameful condition, at best.

Questions and Answers

How many clocks were manufactured in the United States in 1925? 10,967,628. What does a dragon look like? These fabulous monsters have been the subject of folk-lore for hundreds of centuries. They are usually pictured as winged, twolegged serpents with scaly bodies, crested heads and spouting fire from their nostrils and mouths. No such animals have ever actually existed. * ‘ Are there any snakes in Ireland? Ireland has always been free-from snakes. Is the president of Nicaragua required to be native born? The constitution of Nicaragua, adopted in December, 1911, provides that the president must be a native citizen of Nicaragua, mire than 30 years old. elected by popular vote to serve four years. Are men required by law to stay with a burning or sinkingfhip until all the women and children are saved? It is in accordance with the ethics of the sea for men to defer to the safety of women and children, but there is no legal obligation about it. Where is the magazine “Motorcycling” published? It is published fortnightly at 542 South Dearborn St., ChicagoWas Australia ever called New Holland? 1 In *1644 the name New Holland was given to the continent now known as Australia. I|t was commonly used until the middle of the Nineteenth century, when the name

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The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, out on request will not be published, letters not exceedlne 200 words will receive preference. To the Editor: Permit me to compliment you on the Story of Civilization by Will Durant, run serially in your paper each day. I appreciate them very much and was particularly interested in the issue Monday, Dec. 8, on Heinrich Schliemann, the Ger-man-American archaelogist. Durant refers to Schliemann as being shipwrecked in Holland, where he was gradually enriched by trade and one would presume that was where he made his money. The history of Schliemann should be of interest to the readers of your paper. We first hear of him in America, in California when that State was admitted to the Union. He received his citizenship papers July 4, 1850. He later moved to Indianapolis, where he engaged in the grocery, feed and lunch room business: afterwards expanding the grocery business to the wholesale trade, covering Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky: At the age of 38 we find him with $500.0000. His aim in life was not the grocery business. He was a student of Greek, he could not stand Nieburh’s attack on his beloved Hoifier, "There Must Bea Troy,” so in 1868 he sold his holdings here and two years following we find him digging in the mountain HessarlikiTroad for the ancient City of Troy, of which blind Homer sang. Schliemann passed away in 1890, and is buried in the City of Athens in a grave excavated by his own hand, while searching for the grave of Pericles. M. M. MILLER, 1003 Fletcher Trust Bldg. To the Editor: May, we. who reside on the south side of “this fair Hoosier metropolis,” offer, through your columns, a few words of protest in relation to the terrible street car service rendered on the three south side lines. Meridian, Garfield and Stockyards. Even the erection of new power stations has failed to speed up the service. There are many and many south siders working in downtown offices and concerns who stand upon the corners in the early mornings, muffled up in overcoats and pondering dolefully when the next street car may coast into view. Is it not possible that some schedule may be worked out to enable the street cars to run on time? Os course, we realize that, the Belt Railroad slows up service, but in the interests of better service the whole of the south side will agree that the Indianapolis Street Railway Company should take steps to remedy the poor service. A READER. Editor of Times: ' The death of James L. Mitchell brings great sorrow to all graduates of the University of Michigan. I think “Jim” Mitchell w&s the best liked man in the University of Michigan Club. He was always willing to work and serve others. For the last five years, he has had full charge of arranging special trains to the various Michigan football and basketball games that the Michigan Club here attended. These trains became known as“ Jim's Speeds. ” He was particularly interested in the young graduates of the University of Michifan, and he always did all within his power to help them. Yours very truly. HUBERT E. WILSON, Secretary treasurer University of Michigan Club.

Old Masters

“You are old. Father Wialliam,”

the young man cried, “And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful and love to converse upon death: Now tell me the reason/ I pray.” “I am cheerful, young man,” Father William replied; “Let thwiwcause thy attention en- ' gage: In the days of my youth I remembered my God, And He hath not forgotten my age.” —Robert Southev: Line from “The Old Mans Comforts.’'

“Australia” probably first suggested by Matthew Flinders in his “Voyage of Terra Australis” began to supplant it. Is the sparkle of a cut diamond in any way dependent upon the number of facets it has? It is the form of* the facets, not the number that gives a diamond its maximum brilliance. . Why are battleships painted gray? Because that color harmonizes with the background of sea and sky and makes them less conspicuous. Why are the first year men at the * United States Military and Naval Academies called “plebes?” The applicafion is taken from the latin work “plebians” meaning the common people or most lowly class in ancient Rome. How long will McMillan be gone on his latest polar expedition? Donald McMillan, the explorer started his last polar expedition in June. 1927. It is expected that the expedition will not return for two years. Where can a complete stenographic report of the Scopes’ evolution trial at Dayton, Tenn., be obtained? From the National Book Company. Cincinnati, Ohio. Seymour Merchant Dies Jin Timet Hoeninl SEYMOUR, Innd., Dec. 10.—W. 1,. Johnson, 67, a merchant here forty years, is dead oi pneumonia. He was a former president of the Ihdirr>*>/ptnn CPothierV 1 i