Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 220, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1928 — Page 4

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That “New Deal” Is the much heralded “clean up” in the Republican party in the State to begin and end with an agreement between the oft warring factions on the candidacy of Charles Jewett for Governor? The sincerity of the movement will be measured in no small degree by the attitude of Jewett on other matters than the repeal of the primary. Perhaps the real acid test will be Jewett’s attitude toward the candidacy of Senator Arthur Robinson for re-election. If lie consents to remain silent ou that subject and gives aid and comfort to the Robinson cause, the “New Deal” will probably be interpreted by voters generally as only the same old political bargaining of bosses with the friends of Jewett in position to force concessions from the Watson forces. It, is rather difficult to visualize any real clean-up movement in this State which includes support of Robinson for another term. The origin of his political power and the source of his appointment goes right into the in' fluenees and persons who brought discredit to the State and which the “New Deal” denounces. The Jewett denunciation of the primary, ou the ground it permitted blocs and minorities to nominate undesirables surely should have been specific enough to name the undesirables and when he starts to point them out his comments on Robinson will measure his own sincerity. The Senator boasts that he is the friend of Coffin, the discredited boss of the local machine against whom the big drive of Republicans, as represented by Jewett, is being made. Just how there can be denunciation of Coffin and acceptance of Coffin’s candidate for the Senate is one of tlie real mysteries. The Jewett announcement of his platform and purposes needs amendment. He should tell the people whether he would consent, under any circumstances, to accept Robinson as a running mate. The people would really like to know whether the “New Deal” is sincere and whether Jewett is sincere. He can give assurance by publicly stating now what he thinks should be done in the way of a Republican candidate for the Senate. Will you run on a ticket with Robinson or not, Mr. Jewett? Curbing the Federal Trade Commission About all that will remain of the Federal Trade Commission, started in President Wilson’s administration to correct illegal and immoral business practices, will be the right to pat business on the head and give it a few kind words, if certain Congressmen have their way. Representative Wood of Indiana, severely criticising what he calls "illegal expenditures” of the commission, has put a rider into the current appropriation bill which will apparently prevent the commission from undertaking any general economic investigations of American business on its own Initiative. Congress has for three years, at Wood's suggestion, forbidden the commission to act upon Congressional resolutions except those pertaining to antitrust law violations, unless both houses of Congress join in them. This has in effect limited the commission to anti-trust inquiries. It killed, for instance, the plan of Senator Norris to find out what our public utilities have done in opposition to public ownership with the money they get from consumers. The Expulsion of Smith The United States Senate has declared vacant the seat to which Frank L. Smith of Illinois was elected, and in doing so has administered a practical and valuable lesson in political morality. The Senate’s action serves notice that excessive sums may not be spent for Senate seats. It likewise declares the policy that rich men may not expect to control the outcome of elections through lavish expenditures. Smith’s acceptance and expenditure of campaign funds, said the Senate, "is contrary to sound public policy, harmful to the dignity and honor of the Senate, dangerous to the perpetuity of free government, Rnd taints with fraud and corruption the credentials for a seat.” With this declaration most persons will agree. Some $450,000 was spent in behalf of Smith. Os this amount $200,000 was contributed by Samuel Insult, multimillionaire utility magnate, at the time Smith was chairman of the Illinois commerce commission, a body charged with the regulation of utilities, which includes the determination of the rates they may charge. The Senate debated several days before reaching a final vote on the report of the Reed investigating committee. The debate centered around the constitutional question of whether Smith should first be admitted to the Senate before his seat was declared vacant. The Senate, you will recall, simply refused to administer the oath. Smith supporters held this was an invasion of the sovereignty of Illinois, since Smith had proper credentials. They argued that the Senate was obliged to accept Smith, and then might examine his fitness to retain his seat. They pointed out that the offenses complained of occurred in the primary election in the spring of 1926, and that the people of Illinois, with full knowledge of what had happened, went to the polls and elected Smtih the following November. Reed and his supporters stood on the provision of the Constitution giving each House the right to be "judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members.” It mattered not, they held, when the offenses occurred. They insisted that the fraud

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and corruption they charged could not be validated by a subsequent election. Most of us will be little interested in the argument of constitutional lawyers, when we remember that no evidence at all was offered to dispute the main accusations against Smith, and the evidence supports either contention. The Senate s action should be of value in checking a dangerous tendency in politics. detectives, employed by Harry r. Sinclair, were shadowing jurors hearing the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy case. A mistrial was declared. There was great public indignation. Two months ago Sinclair, Bums and four of their aides were cited to show cause why they should not be found in contempt of court. Grand jury indictments and all other proceedings against these men because of the acts leading to a mistrial were abandoned in favdr of the contempt proceedings. His version of what has happened since then is told by Senator George. W. Norris of Nebraska in a speech on the floor of the United States Senate. Norris is chairman of the judiciary committee. He said: ‘ A spectacle is going on in the Supreme Court of the district of Columbia and has been going on for six or ten weeks that must bring the blush of shame to every citizen of the United States who believes in the proper administration of the laws and the proper trial of cases before courts. "We saw a millionaire defying the laws of the United States. We saw Mr. Sinclair go on trial and it developed that he had hired a whole pot of detectives from New York. Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, and that they were following the members of the Jury. That fact was brought to the attention of the courtand the court discharged the jury. It declared a mistrial after enormous amounts of money had been expended, after the Government had gone on for weeks with its case. “The court practically held there, when it dis-1 charged," that somebody—whoever was to blame for j following up the jury—was quilty of contempt of court. Then after waiting a week or two, the same judge appointed a committee to prosecute these peo- j pie when as a matter of fact all that it would’have been Accessary for him to do, and what he ought to have done, assuming that his decision in discharging the Jury was to say: “ These defendants will be given until tomorrow morning, or the next day,’ or whatever time he had a mind to fix—two hours would have been enough; tho evidence W|s all In—‘to show why they should not be held in contempt of court.’ "Instead of that, however, after waiting a week or ten days, he finally appointed a committee to prosecute them; and then when in good faith they started to follow out the directions to prosecute these fellows who had been guilty of following the Jury—this millionaire who had money enough to hold up even the Government of the United States—when they got fairly started with it, the judge turned around, instead of trying the defendants, and tried the prosecuting attorney; and from what I can see as it goes along, I think he is about to find him guilty, and find the defendants not guilty. "That is an instance of the abuse of power. It Is a striking Instance of it.” Commercial Credits When the Federal Reserve Act was passed in 1913, its champions asserted that it would put an end to the use of the commercial credit resources of the country to promote stock exchange speculation. This promise has not been fulfilled. At present the New York members of the reserve banking system have brokers loans aggregating almost $4,000,000,000. The security for these loans Is composed of stocks and bonds, and their existence forms the necessary basis for the present volume of speculation in New York. The question of whether this is a wholesome state of affairs is being keenly debated. Senator LaFollette, supported by the opinions of eminent students of finance, think it is extremely dangerous to the welfare of the country, and wants Congress to act to check further credit expansion to support stock speculation. Eminent bankers, on the contrary, contend that there is no cause for alarm in the large volume of brokers’ loans. They assert that all parts of the country are so amply supplied with credit, and that interior banks are sending surplus funds to New York for stock exchange loans in order to make a slight profit on otherwise idle resources. The Relative merits of the contentions can only be judged by the most painstaking and expert study. It required no such study to see that the Federal Reserve Systtem is playing a part in this situation which those who framed the legislation creating it asserted it would not. This is a development which it would seem difficult for the framers of the reserve act and the Congress which passed it to ignore. A discussion of why the reserve system has failed to live up to the promises of those who urged its passage might demonstrate that the promises were reckless and ill-conceived. It might demonstrate that there was a flaw in the legislation rr that the present management is not carefully carrying out all provisions of the law. Above all, such a discussion would give the country information needed to form an intelligent opinion on the question of whether the present volume of brokers’ loans is dangerous, or whether it is harmless. It is no sign of bravery for a man to take a chance when driving an automobile.—Goshen Democrat. The thing that makes a fool so annoying is that he does not realize he is one.—Anderson Herald. The individual who is a good loser is likely to get the most out of life.—Huntington Press. Get-rich-quick schemes were never intended to benefit the investor.—Warsaw Times. Mussolini knows now that it isn’t all fun to play Caesar.—El wood Call.

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The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, but on re<juest will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. To the Editor: In the recent series of letters on the subject of capital punishment, which you Invited your readers to contribute, it is significant that the majority of your correspondents I quoted Scripture to justify their opinion. Those who quoted from the Old Testament were upholding capital punishment, while the supporters of the New Testament were ' of course, against it. To quote Scrip- , ture merely turns the question into futile argument, for each side can , find innumerable quotations to sub- ■ stantiate its claims. Besides, it ! shows that the question of crime and punishment is not properly uni derstood. Two many law-abiding citizens take it for granted (that a criminal is a person solely in need of religious reform. They do not realize that crime is a social disease, and that the criminal needs clinical attention and not sermons. He is incapable of digesting a sermon. A criminal of the demcntla-praecox type, for instance, can no more control his criminal instincts than a typhoid patient can control his fever. Both need specialized treatment. The law-abiding citizen believes that were he to commit a crime, he would voluntarily surrender to the police and expect to pay the penalty due his crime. He is quite right. The normal citizen would do just that, but he forgets that it is not the normal citizen who commits crime. It is the abnormal citizen. Os course, not all criminals are defective or insane, but. a large percent of them are. The fear of capital punishment does not act as a deterrent to crime, but the fear of prompt conviction or imprisonment does, as is evidenced in England. Here, at present, only one malefactor out of every twenty is brought to the bar. The city of Chicago alone has more murders each year than the entire English nation. However, we must remember that the English are of unexcitable temperament, and have an ingrained respect for the law. Because of this, their police are never armed. We, on the contrary, are the melting pot for a medley of excitable races, and we have absolutely no sense of respect for law. Even the normal, law abiding citizen (who feels himself superior to the criminal), laughs at law, and. in his demand for boptleg products, directly supports the underworld of crime. The normal citizen’s record of having ruthlesly killed 23,000 people by reckless driving, in 1926, stacks up pretty neatly in competition with the crime record of the criminal. And again, it is evident that insane violence is not confined to the criminal alone, as was demonstrated in Los Angeles when a mob of law abiding (?) citizens attacked a petty thief that an officer was arresting, and nearly killed him because it was imagined that the thief was Hickman. When that mob finished with that victim, he was glad to commit suicide within the safety of his cell. Had the citizens actually succeeded in killing their victim, no one would have even suggested trying them for the murder of an Innocent man, yet every member of that mob was a potential murderer and a menace to any community. All of which goes to show that "temporary insanity,” “irresponsibility” and criminal violence exist in the groups of so-called normal citizens as well as in the underworld. It is only by accident that they are detected. To protect intelligently a community from the criminal, it is necessary to initiate reform as early as the school room, for the "difficult” child of today is usually the criminal of tomorrow, and only through permanent segregation of the incurable type, can society be protected. Fbr the law to resort to capital punishment as a cure for crime, is as stupid as for a doctor to attempt to arrest a typhoid epidemic by merely treating the victims. The source of infection and pollution must be discovered and eradicated in both cases. Thank you for your recent excellent editorial on the subject. L. P.

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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION Boy of Eighteen Succeeds Caesar Written for The Times by Will Durant

ANTONY. CLEOPATRA AND AUGUSTUS A ND now' Chaos was free. Octavian (later to be named Augustus) was but a lad of eighteen when Caesar died; and no one supposed that he would be capable of taking over at once that leadership of Rome which Caesar had bequeathed to him. Antony, strong in his possession of the consulate, would gladly have made himself Dictator: but, learning that Brutus and Cassius had organized a great army in Macedon and were preparing to move against Rome, he permitted the election of Octavian as co-consul, and formed with him and Lepidus a "triumvirate” for the suppression of the last Senatorial revolt. Together, they crossed the Adriatic with the remnants of Caesar’s legions and defeated Brutus and Cassius on the plains of Philippi in the year 42 B. C. Octavian returned to the capital, and, despite his youth, began at once that marvelous reorganization which was to restore the health and greatness of Rome. Antony, charged with the maintenance of Roman power in the East, mistook Egypt for the Orient and spent most of his time in the arms of Cleopatra. The young queen, believing in the power of her beauty against all armies and all statesmanship, planned to make Antony supreme in the empire, with herself supreme over Antony. Suspecting this, Octavian declared war on Antony, met him in naval battle at Actium, on the west coast of and put him to cowardly flight. Overwhelmed with shame, and abandoned by his queen, Antony killed himself; and Cleopatra, after trying her charms in vain against the stern Octavian, put a viper to her bosom and died in the best dramatic tradition. Secure at last, Octavian returned to Rome and began one of the greatest reigns in history. With subtle diplomacy he preserved the forms of the old republic under the new' reality and even handed over to it his supreme power. The Senate returned the compliment, gave him command of the army and of the imperial finances, conferred upon him the name Augustus Princeps (i. e., august leader), and for year after year re-elected him to this supreme authority. But what made Augustus great was his preference for peace. He did not suffer from the itch for conquest, being content to maintain the empire with the frontiers existing when he came to power. His first care was to give competent and honorable government to the provinces; he made the governors directly responsible to him, and kept care-

What lx the value of a Monroe Doctrine memorial half-dollar dated 1923? Only 50 cents. Is nitrate of soda a good fertiliser for asparagus beds? It may be scattered over the top of the ground between the rows in the spring time and is a good fertiliser. Where was Gene Tunney bom and when? What is his nationality and religion? He was born in New York, May 25, 1898. He is of Irish-American descent and is a Roman Catholic. Did Dempsey knock out Georges Carpentier in their fight, in July, 1921? Carpentier was knocked out in the fourth round, from a right to the heart followed by a right to the jaw. What is the address of the headquarters of the Camp Fire Girls? Thirty-One E. Seventeenth St., New York.

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ful watch upon their administration of affairs. a a a HE undertook a great census of all the population of the Empire; and on this basis adjusted taxation so that it would fall equitably upon the different nations and classes, while yet producing sufficient funds to finance the reconstructive enterprises of the State. Citizenship was extended to the inhabitants of the provinces, and, though something of the old intense patriotism was gone from Rome, it was replaced with a spreading sense of the benefits that came from inclusion in the new order of the Empire. Gradually these varied peoples, from Sicily to the Danube and from the Euphrates to the Atlantic were welded into a nation. The effects of peace and stability were immediate. Trade, which had almost stopped under the disorder of civil war, flourished again. From city to city, throughout the empire, great roads were built, paved in many cases with large hexagonal slabs of stone so strong and so well set that some of these roads, with their original pavement, remain in use today. Roads and bridges and aqueducts became the symbol of the organizing genius of Rome. Never before had human movement been so free from place to place; never before had the exchange of commodities proceeded so conveniently and securely.

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Decatur Democrat Charles M. McCabe of Crawfordsville, has assumed jurisdiction in the case against Governor Ed Jackson, George Coffin and Robert Marsh, charged with a conspiracy to commit a felony and bribery in the purchase of exGovernor McCray on the appointment of a prosecuting attorney for Marion County. It has been decided that the case will open Feb. 7 and will require considerable time no doubt as a fight will

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Money, which had hidden itself out of use during a century of chaos, flow r ed back again into investment and enterprise; the rate of interest on loans fell from 12 to 4 per cent; and everywhere the savings of men, put to work in a thousand w'ays, contributed to the restoration and development of Rome. In the capital itself Augustus undertook great building enterprises, resolved to make the city beautiful and majestic beyond any that the world had seen. He restored and enlarged the growing business of the Government, he persuaded rich men to erect libraries, theaters and gymnasiums, built on the Palatine Hill a simple but pretty palace for himself, and spread throughout the city new edifices of every kind. It was his boast that he had found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. He encouraged all the arts, befriended Horace and Virgil, and made his reign the greatest age in Latin literature. When he died, in the year 14 A. D., after ruling Rome for a generation his task had been so w'ell done that for two centuries the Roman Empire enjoyed the greatest system of order, and the wisest and most honest government, that history has known. (To Be Continued) (Copyright. 1928, by Will Durant.)

be necessary to secure a jury in all probability. Then it is quite likely also that separate trials will be asked for and other means of continuance sought. What a disgrace that the Governor finds it necessary to stoop to every subterfuge known to the legal profession to avoid trial on so serious a charge. Michigan City Dispatch (Democratic) M. Bert Thurman, collector of internal revenue for Indiana, who has been the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor has definitely withdrawn from the race. He says he does this in the interests of party harmony. Mr. Thurman has many friends in Michigan City as well as all over Indiana who would like to know what is behind this action. Mr. Thurman was easily the leading candidate in his party for this office and could probably have been nominated. The party will hunt a long time before it finds a better man than Mr. Thurman for this important office. Manchester Herald (Democratic) It won't be long now until Mi - . Watson will have the Indiana G. O. P. purged of all its sins and will push forward to the voters the men he wants elected. Don’t forget that—Watson picks his men and then he sits back and waits for you to elect them. Every six years he draws up his suspenders and ~oes out and fools the Hoosiers into sending him back to Washington as senior senator to look after things for them. Fools isn’t the word to use but it’s the nicest word and anyway you know the story. Backslapping Jim missed a pat hand when Mr. Ball, Muncie manufacturer and benefactor, passed him by when he was urged to run for governorship, Mr. Ball undoubtedly would make a good governor, but then Mr. Ball probably doesn’t like the idea of “yessing” Mr. Watson. Forget about party lines and prepare this time to stamp out forever the type of politicians that have been crammed down . your throats for the past three years. Start talking now and keep on talking against—Stephenson'sm, Jackronism. Goodrichism and Watsonism. Don’t be fooled again.

JAN. 21, 1928

M. E. TRA C Y SAYS: “Senator (Jim) Rcecl Deserves. the .Nation's Gratitude Without His Determined and Skillful Efforts, Smith and Vare Norv Would Rc FullFledged Senators of the United States.”

FRENCH LICK, Ind., Jan. 21. Frank L. Smith goes back to Illinois a madder, It not a wisov man Instead of a seat in the Senate he can have one in the kitchen corner to think it over. So far as the law is concerned he may have committed no crime, but he has committed a blunder, which, as Tallyrand told Napoleon, is worse. % His present idea is to seek vindication by running again, a La Jim Ferguson, Blanton Berger and some others. His chance of success lies in the fact that public opinion does not always accord with that of the Senate regarding what is “contrary to sound public policy.” tt it Dsbt to Jim Reed What happened to Smith leaves little doubt as to w'hat will happen to Vare. It is impossible to suppose that the Senate would show any partiality between these two marauders on its dignity. With one scalp dangling from his belt Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, can look fonvard with assurance to placing another beside it in short order. To the extent that this represents a public spanking for those who did net scruple to debauch primaries, and an example of prompt discipline which may discourage others to do likewise, Senator Reed deserves the nation’s gratitude. Without his determined and skillful efforts as chairman of the investigation committee, Smith and Vare now would be full-fledged Senators of the United States. tt tt tt Heflin as Optimist Right after the Senate barred Smith, the Democratic side of it repudiated Heflin. His challenge of Senator Robinson’s leadership goes down by a majority of thirty-five to one. Most any other man but Heflin would be overwhelmed with humiliation. By the same toksen most any other man but Heflin would have avoided making such an ass of himself. Heflin calmly says that it is just what he expected anad that he takes it as no reflection on his conduct. Some optimist. tt u a Intolerance, Progress On the same day that Senator Heflin delivered his anti-Catfcolic tirade .in tlie Senate the bodies-of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were discovered at Nauvoo, 111. Here is a vivid illustration not only of how intolerance persists in this country, but how it has changed. We still have too much of it, but it is rather windy and insipid compared to the old style. Bad as present day bigotry may be it runs mostly to hot air while that of 1844 ran to bullets. Not only were Joseph and Hyrum Smith shot down because people did not like what they preached, but their followers were hounded from one place to another. In spite of periodic waves of intolerance, we actually are making progress. tt tt tt 'George 1 Sbciety Grows This is an age of many movements. so many indeed, that people have little time to take them seriously. Their multiplication has developed a sense of humor which, more than anything else, keeps them from running to violence. That sense of humor has gone so far as to develop movements for no better reason than to get a good laugh. An illustration is the "Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters George.” which celebrated its seventeenth anniversary last Tuesday and which now has a membership of more than eighteen thousand. Qualification for membership in this society is that of George. George Washington and Admiral George Dewey are the patron saints; George Ade, the poet laureate; George M. Cohan, lyrist: George Cardinal Mundelein, chaplain; King George V., British representative; George Bernard Shaw, foreign correspondent: George Clemenceau, French charge and affairs, and George (Babe) Ruth, sergeant-at-arms. George Chicerin, foreign minister of Russia, would undoubtedly be given some post of honor were it not for the fear of Red propaganda. ' n tt tt Why the Dog is Loved The chances are that George A. Davies and his family would not be alive today if a pet Collie had not roused them in time to flee their burning house. There are hundreds of families in this country who owe a similar debt to faithful dogs. Rescuers of this kind have become so common as to scarcely make good news. It is the basis of a dog’s nature not only to watch over the safety of those he loves, but to take any risk for their protection. Measured in terms of economic \ value, the dog comparatively is useI less. He does not provide for or ; do much of anything e.se that can be | translated into money. Yet he rei mains the best loved animal in the world, and the only way to account 1 for this is the respect men have for his predominate traits. Do serpents lay eggs? Many serpents lay eggs, but most of the venomous and many of the commonest species are viviparous, and bring forth their young alive. The young are ready to take care of themselves as soon as they are 1 born but are usually guarded for a time by the mother.