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Ask Senator Watson Every citizen who expects to vote in the Republican primary should go tonight and listen to Senator Watson. They should listen to whait he says, even if what he will not say is infinitely more important. An interested, informed and intelligent citizenship is the only safeguard of government and the voter who takes the trouble to inform himself and to form his own opinions is a, much better citizen than one who takes bis politics by labels, too often counterfeit. True, the Senator will probably feel a trifle strange when he walks upon the platform at the Armory tonight. So many of the faces that were present two years ago will be missing. He will undoubtedly miss and mourn for Clyde Walb, his chairman of two years ago, who was compelled to take a sudden trip to Leavenworth, Kan., at the expense of the Government after his effort to get the aged president of the La Grange hank to accept full •responsibility for forging notes under a promise to use Federal judges to get a light sentence and escape entirely himself. It will be remebered that two years ago Walb was very busy saving Watson from the “international bankers/’ It is not likely that Governor Jackson, who has in the past always appeared on the platform of the Watson meetings, w'ill be present. The Senator this year is not putting forward the chief executive of the State in that same position of prominence that he held two years ago. There is a reason, of course. The Governor may be devoting his time to a deep study of the statute of limitations in order that his final messages may be one of wisdom for the next Legislature and that great bulwark of liberty so carefully safeguarded that no one who offers to bribe a Governor will in the future be put to any expense in defending that act. Two years ago the Senator received the official welcome of the mayor of the city and had the coerced support of the city administration. There is a different mayor now. The one that helped Watson two years ago is -waiting word from the Supreme Court as to whether he shall go to a prison cell for a brief period of punishment. The henchmen he once bossed and forced to go the route for the Senator have confessed their sins and are out of .jail only by virtue of a bargain to give up their jobs for their liberty. So, undoubtedly, the meeting and the reception committee will suggest to the Senator that he is not in Indiana at all. Although his political playmates seem to have had a run of bad luck during the past two years, Watson is still on the job, holding in his hands the endorsement of Dr. Shumaker, who in December, was vociferous in his declaration that Watson simply did not tell the. truth if he denied that he had told the dry leader that be had whispered into the ears o f three members of the Supreme Court and that the doctor would not go to jail. There may be some who will think that it is stretching the imagination to explain on the ground of mere coincidence the fact that so many of the official supporters of Watson in the recent past are either in jail or under a cloud. But when the Senator speaks tonight, he will have a chance to explain. Perhaps some voter might inquire of Watson just what his contact with Stephenson was. They might ask him specifically, whether he did not have a secret conference with Stephenson in 1924, in advance of some very important Federal appointments. If the Senator is forgetful, he might be reminded that the conference took place in South Bend and that Ora Davies, now under indictment ton grafting, acted as the escort for Stephenson on that memorable and history-making trip. If that be too specific, the voters should ask Senator Watson just what he is doing to help dean up Indiana and whether he is willing that the influence of the Klan shall be perpetuated in the State. He might be asked whether he is willing to go to the Kansas City convention with his colleague, Senator Arthur Robinson, as his spokesman. He might be asked whether lie depends upon George Coffin in this county. He should, in all candor, be asked to tell the people just how and what to do to clean house in Indiana and get rid of the influences which have proved to be objectionable. A few month? ago, under the very insistent urging of the Indianapolis Star, now his supporter, Watson was announced as the Moses to lead the children out of the wilderness. He was hailed as the man who would dean up the whole nasty situation. Tonight w l ould be a fine time for a report. The Senator will endear himself greatly to those who hope against hope if he will tell in detail just what must be done, what candidates should be '.supported lor Senator and Governor, what men arc worthy and what candi-

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dates he believes to have been so mixed with corruption and infamy that they should be defeated. If the Senator is silent, some courageous voter ought to ask him to answer. Martin B. Madden Martin B. Madden had attained such eminence in the House of Representatives that not until his sudden death yesterday did many of his colleagues know of his stern struggle to gain wealth and power. Certainly they could not learn of it from him, for his biography, characteristically, is one of the shortest in the congressional directory. His career reflected the man, however. Though the white-haired chairman of appropriations, moving through their midst for twenty-four years, had been a picturesque figure, his colleagues found it difficult to think of him in casual terms. His life was intertwined with the transaction of public business so closely that he seemed a force rather than a personality. In the introductory years of the budget system it had been Madden’s task to prevent Congress from overstepping the financial bounds set by the Government’s income. No man could have been more considerate of others’ opinions or more open to conviction, but he could say “no” and with a vigor which belied his seventy-three years. To him, more than to any other man, perhaps, is due the restraint shown by the legislative body in keeping within budgetary recommendations. No tribute, in life or death, would please him more. He gloried in hjs title of “treasury watchdog.” Few realize that this sixth most powerful figure in the House was foreign born—an Englishman of Irish parents. Coming to this country as a boy, he went to work in a stone quarry. He had the advantage of only what education he could gain at public and night schools. Yet in fifteen years after he quarried his first stone he was the owner of his own company and a leading contractor in Chicago. He entered the House in 1905. and had returned every two years. His district included “The Loop,” and of late years often had threatened to unseat him. The white population had given way to Negroes, and it often was predicted that if the latter could unite on a single candidate, Madden would go down. In the election three weeks ago his foes did combme, but admiration for Madden’s rugged honesty and ability won him a victory by 14,000 votes. No Longer a Question This paper has charged many times that the power industry, working in hidden places, is financing opposition to Boulder Dam, and within the last few days disclosures before the Federal Trade Commission leave little doubt about the matter. It is being made clear to Congress and the country that some objections made to passage of ihe bill are paid for in power trust coin. The dam is necessary to control floods and protect lives and property. It is necessary to provide several million people with drinking water. The project has been studied for j’ears and declared feasible. It will not cost the Federal Government a cent. It has been recommended by all departments of the Government. With the merits of the proposition thus squarely set forth and the nature of the opposition thus clearly revealed, the Swing-Johnson bill constitutes a real challenge to Congress. It is, as Senator Hiram W. Johnson has declared, a test of whether our legislative body has power to act for the relief of its people in the face of determined opposition from strong private interests and enormous wealth. A special branch of municipal court lias been set to work airing election fraud cases in Chicago. Do the courts hold nothing sacred any more?

.David Dietz on Science-

Fifteen Below Zero

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FIFTEEN degrees below zero. That was the temperature registered when Doctors Nicholson and Pettit of the Mt. Wilson Observatory turned the thermocouple on the planet Venus. The thermocouple is a delicate electrical thermometer. At once you would be inclined to say that any possibility of life on the planet Venus was ruled out at that moment. But let us consider the situation a bit more carefully. * It will be remembered that the planet Venus is covered with such heavy clouds that we never see the

sending up small balloons which carry recording thermometers. They find that at a height of about seven miles, there is a layer of air which has practically the j same temperature above any portion of the earth’s! surface. Consequently, this layer has been called the isothermal layer. Its temperature is approximately 60 degrees below zero. The thermocouple measurement on Venus may be taken to correspond, roughly, to the temperature measurements obtained on earth with the recording thermometers in the balloons. It will be seen, therefore, that the isothermal layer on Venus is four times as warm as the same layer on the earth, 15 below zero on Venus as against 60 below zero on the earth. This is not surprising, for Venus is closer to the sun than the earth. Venus is approximately 67,000,000 miles from the sun, while the earth is 93,000,000 1 miles from the sun. It begins to look, therefore, as though Venus might be inhabited. The planet is about the same size as the earth. It has an atmosphere which contains water vapor and oxygen. The temperature measurement looks good. But let us not be too optimistic. Let us see. next what there is to balance the other side of the ledger.

FRANK G. MORRISON, Business Manager.

SATURDAY, APRIL 38. 1928.

surface of the planet. Therefore, the thermocouple did not measure the surface temperature of the planet but the temperature of the outer side of this heavy blanket of clouds. Now meteorologists have explored the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere by

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BY LUDWELL DENNY of the population of the United States may get direct racial representation in Congress for the first time in more than thirty years, as a result of the death of Martin B. Madden, Republican representative of a Chicago Negro district. W. J. Dawson. Negro, recently defeated by Madden in the primary, or another man of that race, is expected to get the post. While there is some initial disagreement between Washington and Chicago as to whether the choice will be made at a special nominating convention in June or by district party leaders, the result probably will be the same. Negro politicians believe election of a man of their race from Chicago will be followed by other predominantly Negro districts, in such cities as New York, sending representatives of their own color to Congress. Negro resentment against the alleged political color line has been growing rapidly within the Republican party for the last ten years. Especially in such States as Indiana, where the Ku-Klux Klan in fluenced party policy and appointments, Negro groups have threatened to bolt the party of Lincoln. As part of this same influence, the so-called lily white southern delegates, whose votes count so effectively in Republican national conventions, are reported restive and dissatisfied. Many white southern Democratic leaders are watching this development within the Republican party, ready to raise the race issue. Senator Blease <Dem.>, South Carolina, and others are attacking Secretary of Commerce Hoover for an order permitting about fifty Negro census employes to work in the same rooms with white employes, charging this is a bid for Negro votes in the Indian presidential primary. The reply that Hoover's order follows a Federal Government policy laid down before the campaign has not silenced these attacks. tt tt NEGRO leaders, watching their race increase in numbers and economic power, blame w'hite politicians for blocking a commensurate increase in their political power. • The point out that two other groups within the population, the woman suffragists and the prohibitionists, in the same period have achieved political aims by organization and pressure. Another younger and so-called radical Negro group believed its race can expect little recognition from any existing political party. They are attempting to unionize Negro workers, to cross the racial barriers which has kept them out of many American Federation of Labor unions and made them strike breakers. as in the present soft coal strike. They argue it is better to achieve industrial organization now. waiting for the formation of some later progressive or farmer-labor party to make the political strength felt. If Madden is succeeded by a Negro, he will be the first tb sit in the House of Representatives since George W. Murray of South Carolina, who served from 1893 to 1896. The last Negro Senator was Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi, from 1875 to 1881. Including the “carpet bag days” following the Civil War, there have been twenty Negro Representatives and two Senators. tt it * TT TNMOVED by the rapid gains of A1 Smith's presidential candidacy, the fighting Jim Reed of Missouri. has left his Senate seat temporarily for another stumping tour. This time he picks West Virginia. His theme is the same, "Down With Republican Corruption.” He predicts a “great poltical upheaval” at the polls next November, and believes he who led the Pennsylvania and Illinois slush fund investigations is the logical Democratic candidate.

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The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. Editor Times; Ask Senator Watson to answer the following questions when he speaks here: Are you in favor of retaining George V. Coffin as Republican county chairman? Do you want the support of that organization, with him at the head of it? What have you done as the Republican leader in the way of a clean-up or new deal in the party? Someone should ask him these questions from the floor of the Armory Saturday night. The people of the State want to know. JAMES JOHNSON. (For Hoover.)

This Date in U. S. History

April 28 1861—Governor of Tennessee seized Federal money and bonds. 1861—Confederate Provisional Congress met in special session at Montgomery, Ala. 1865—Southern ports opened to trade. 1894—Coxey’s Army reached Wash- ' ington. Do the elements of which the moon is composed make it shine? The moon is composed of exactly the same elements as the earth. The most generall accepted theory about the moon is that it was once part cf the earth, and as the gaseous mass that was once the earth was spinning, a portion, how the moon, broke away from the main mass. The moon shines by reflected light of the sun. • \

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Mobs Turn Against Former Rulers

'T'HE mob turned upon Lorenzo's degenerate sons, drove them from Florence, sacked their palace, destroying great works of art and set up a republic in which %tvonarola was the unchallenged head. Charles VIII, not liking the vigor of the Florentines, marched on to Home, mastered it, and then conquered the little kingdom of Naples. But meanwhile his soldiers had taken to the wines and belles of Italy, and the health and discipline of his army were gone. After one defeat Charles took to his heels and led his troops back to France, bringing with him scholars and artists who introduced the Renaissance to the north. But the ease with which he had passed through the disordered and disunited Italian states revealed their military helplessness; it was only a matter of time when anew flood of barbarians would sweep down upon these recovered fields and accumulated luxuries, and put an end once more to the greatness of Italy. The supremacy of a man whose power depends upon the plaiudits of the people is not long. Emotions exhaust themselves the sooner, the more intensely they have burned; and love grows cold the moment after passion. Savonarola ruled for two years; but then an eleven months rain spoiled all the crops, bringing famine upon the once joyful city; starvation killed one out of ten, and people dropped dead in the streets; plague rose, and men and women wondered why the wrath of God was let loose juri when they had chosen a saint for their ruler, and had burnt their luxuries on a pyre. Savonarola ahd predicted good things for just this time, as a reward to the Florentines for estab-' lishing the republic and remaining faithful to their wives; and now. with all their virtue, ruin was upon them.

Suddenly the lower elements among the people turned against him; a gang of ruffians broke up his sermons, and defiled the pulpit from which he had preached and ruled. The rich families whose power he had ended jumped at the chance to depose him; at their bidding Alexander VI, whose morals had been assailed by Savonarola's invective, excommunicated the fiery monk on the charge of heresy, and commanded him to come to Rome and defend himself. a a a SAVONAROLA excused himself for not obeying, saying that his health was poor. Six months later he made open defiance by saying mass, and preaching that a criminal and licentious pope did not deserve obedience. Still drunk with visions, and certain that the power of proph ecy was upon him, the Brother, with some of his confreres, consented to endure ordeal by fire; he and they would pass through flames unhurt, and prove their innocence to the world. The day of the ordeal c&me, and wood was gathered and lighted, and the monks, almost anesthetized with fervor, walked across the fire. But just then rain fell, sufficiently to dampen the flames. Savonarola claimed that God had protected and justified him: but the people, who had come to the scene hungry for the sight of, suffering, were not satisfied; they longed for the punishment of this man who could not be human enough to be wrong. “Not Savonarola's old aristocratic enemies, but the people were the most vindictive.’’ When the pope ordered the monk's arrest crowds stormed about San Marco, and would have lynched him if they could. At his trial they clamored for his conviction; when, under brutal torture that showed Florence still medieval, he admitted that he had used the secrets of the confessional in his prophecies, he was at once convicted, and the crowd shouted for his execution. He and the Brothers who had remained faithful to him to the end were hanged the very next day iMay 22, 1498), lest the temper of the crowd should change. The people made a feast of the execution and the state served food and drink. The mob stoned the hanging men and then burned them

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as they had burned the “vanities.” “Four s’ears ago,” says a sober historian. “they had stoned Piero de’ Medici; then, in an access of righteousness, they had stoned notorious sinners. Now they stoned their

Kokomo Dtspatcn Politics supplies a source of speculation for everybody. The present primary certainly is no exception to this general rule, as voters who are in the ranks of both parties will have to admit. For instance, ordinary Republicans in Howard County, who make no pretense of being on the inside of the confidences of the local bosses, are asking each other why Senator James Eli Watson happened to be given the indorsement of this county for the presidency. It seems a most unusual procedure, especially when we reflect that Howard County was the only one in Indiana which Watson lost in the primaiy election two years ago, and that later in the fall election this rock-ribbed Republican stronghold was carried by Albert Stump over “Senator Jim.” It is indeed a subject for study to see how a community which has repudiated the Senator would want to promote his candidacy for the highest office in the giving of Americans. On the Democratic side of the fence, there also is cause for thought. If Thomas Taggart has the best interests of Ills party at heart, why should he be exerting his energies toward defeating a man of demonstrated business ability and unquestioned integrity, "like John E. Fredrick of this city? Why are so many storie o in circulation and why is so much plotting going on, in an endeavor to embarrass Mr. Fredrick in his own community? Everyone who has taken the trouble to investigate. knows that Mr. Fredrick received more than ninety-two per cent, of all the Democratic votes cast in the primary two years ago, although there were four or five other formidable candidates for the same office. Knowing this, why is there so much bi-partisan scheming here,

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prophet; and lastly they were to stone to death his executioners.” It is a terrible sentence; let ever demagogue remember it. (Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant) (To Be Continued)

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among discredited men in both parties? We cannot feel that the men of mystery who are so assiduously attempting this political legerdemain, are “slipping something over” on the enlightened electorate of Howard County. We have an abiding faith that the primary vote on May J will prove this. Reports from all parts of Howard County and from all sections of the city of Kokomo indicate that the people are awake and know what is being attempted. It is evident that voters do not intend to permit a few schemers, who fear the strength Mr. Fredrick would give to the Democratic party in Howard Courty should he be nominated, to control.

BRIDGE ME ANOTHER (Copyright, 1928. bv The Ready Reference Publishing Company) BY W. W. WENTWORTH

(Abbreviations; A—ace: K —king; Q—aueen: J—jack; X—any card lower than 10..' 1. Partner bids one spade. Second hand bids two hearts. Should third hand raise when holding: spades— X X; hearts—K X X; diamonds— XXX X; clubs—A QX X? 2. Holding X X X in dummy; A J 10 X X in hand how do you finesse? 3. Holding X X in dummy; A Q 10 X X in hand, how do you finesse? THE ANSWERS 1. Not on first round. 2. Lead small from dummy; finesse 10 first time and J second time. 3. Play small from dummy; finesse 10 first time and Q second time.

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M. E. TRA CY SAYS: “Aviation Offers Such an Opportunity for Men to Go Forth and Accomplish Things SingleHanded as Has Not Been Known Since the Age of Mechanical Poiocr Came Into Being.”

npHE Senate passes the record oC Colonel Robert. W. Stewart's testimony to the district attorney ad Washington. It wants that official to decide whether he committed perjury in % legal sense. There is no question but what; he told a different story in April from what he did in February, or that, according to ordinary standards, he fibbed. Ordinary standards have little bearing on the law. As can be demonstrated by a thousand records, it is possible to mangle the truth even on the witness stand and yet not commit; perjury. it tt tt Rush for Treasure According to a United Press dispatch, 5,000 people have assembled beside a Brazilian river to dance, gamble, dream and wait for ths water to go down. Diamonds explain it ail. This is just another rush for treasure, such as occurred in the Klondike, in California and a thousand other places. Wherever men hear of an opportunity to make money quickly and easily, they will go. The" oil fields of Venezuela, gold in the sunken Lusitania, old maps ! showing the location of ships that, went down 300 years ago, silver in the Ural Mountains and a hundred other places where treasure is known, or has been reported to be hidden are calling men from the four corners of the earth, just as they always have, and always will. jt tt Make Good at Home Meanwhile, people grow rich by living in their owij door-yard. There is hardly a town or village in this land but what can point to some solid citizen who has made good by staying at home. While fortune sometimes comes to the rover, it generally waits for those who work. tt a Art of Making Money New York is entertaining Capt. Alfred Loewenstein, the mystery man of Belgium, who was heralded as one of the world's three or four greatest plutocrats. Whether this is a libel. Mr. Loewenstein wastes no time proving how much money he can spend. Though on a pleasure trip, he rises early and spends most of his time attending to business. Though he has forty secretaries and seven villrs and pays SIO,OOO a week for the upkeep of his air squadron, he shaves himself. Such habits go with the art of making money. ( tt tt a One Way Rule Why is Uncle Sam so slow in paying damage claims? To be specific. Why have the people who suffered in the Picatinny arsenal explosion two years ago received nothing by way of compensation ? What is the matter with this wealthiest of all govex-nnients that it can not do better than that? When Uncle *Sam wants the income tax, he names the day, and if a citizen is five minutes late, lie is fined. It is a poor rule that does nob work both ways. a a a Tribute to Bennett The journey of Floyd Bennett’.'i body from Quebec to Washington, where it has been laid to rest in Arlington along with other famous Americans, was interrupted Thursday morning by a short stay in New York. Those who had the opportunity did not fail to show their respect. LaboVers, going to their work, paused to pay a momentary tribute, j while clerks doffed their hats, and women, out to shop early, held handkerchiefs to their eyes. It was the tribute of a proud and sensitive people. tt tt K Ready Praise, Sympathy America has been deeply touched by the feats of her fliers. Her unstinted praise for those who have won is matched by her sympathy for those who have lost. If her emotions have seemed extravagant at times, they have always been sincere. What appeals to America more than anything else is the element of individualism. Aviation offers such an opportunity for men to go forth and accomplish things single handed as has not been known since the age of mechanical power came into being. In these days of mass production, machinery and organized effort, when youth is supposed to make its : way by slow stages and seniority | rules, it is nothing less than a God | send to find a field in which per- : sonal skill and courage count for so much. n a Outlet for Ability Such men as Lindbergh, Chamberlin. Byrd and Bennett, are made national heroes not only because of what they have accomplished, but because their profession furnishes anew outlet for the individual. Though appreciating the blessings of this machine age, America has become tired of the restraints it imposes, tired of system, tired of time clocks, tired of the goose step; Conquest of the air appeals to her not so much for the material benefits it promises, as its moral effect. Whether rightly or wrongly, (Jie people of this country regard it as reopening the realm of romance and adventure which mechanized life was threatening to close.