Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 145, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1928 — Page 6

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JTo Harry G. Leslie, The Next Governor of Indiana: Ycm will rule this state for the next four years. You succeed a man who pleaded the statute of limitations in order to preserve his liberty and his job. You had the support and the encouragement of that man. Make no mistake, Mr. Leslie, you are Governor only because you happened to be a candidate on the ticket with Herbert Hoover, whom shis newspaper supported. The vote in every county in this state and Especially in Marion county, should. impress you with the truth of the statement that you ;were not elected Governor on your merits, Jbut that you are the heir to Hoover popularity fend sentiment. And because of that fact, you have a great opportunity. It is given to you to make good on all the [Sesperate promises that were needless and Jaseless, that you would be a good Governor, free from entanglements, free from graft, free from Goodrich, Watson, Jackson and Coffin. It is given to you, as opportunity has come jEo few men, to make good on your protests that you will free the state from Stephensonism. 3ft is given to you to disprove the statements that you secured support by promising fe pardon to Stephenson which Dailey refused |o give. I It is given to you, first and above all, to Repudiate George Coffin and his influence in Marion county, as old Tom Adams, with whom this newspaper has in the past fought brave battles for common good, has said that you jvould do. It is given to you, most of all, to rise to an (Opportunity to drive out hate, and prejudice and bigotry. The-Times hopes that you will make good. It will give all its power and influence to making your administration-a success. It suggests that very early you will meet a test. It hopes that you will meet it bravely as a brave man, an American, a man who has inherited the popularity of Hoover, as Hoover would meet it, as a brave and courageous man. That test is Alt' Ilogston, latl survivor of Stephensonism and Bossertism. If you will do this, tne people will believe in you. If you fail, you will have a place in history as the successor of Warren McCray and Ed Jackson. The Times believes that you will have the courage to meet this test, that you will repudiate immediately and at once not only Hogston but Goodrich and Watson and Bert Morgan and his oil inspector partner and the hordes that expect to thrive upon your election. Will you meet the test? The Times wants to be your friend. It is Jn. all truth the friend of Indiana. Shall we fight together for the redemption & Indiana—or are you just a politician who fias won a job ? | BOYD GURLEY, Editor of The Indianapolis Times. | Howdy, George f To the thousands who voted for Dailey for Governor, who was defeated, and for Ludlow, who was fclected, we offer our commiserations. George Coffin, escaping from indictment for JDribery under the statute of limitations, is now in command. He is the superior to Watson in power, the senior to Robinson in authority. Discredited and dishonored, he is again given the Sarte blanche to ravage as he pleases the fair city jp£ Indianapolis. Watson should shudder. So should Jackson, who Svill soon embark on his career of evangelist. His greedy hand will reach out to stifle the demands of this city for city management. He should *—if the intelligence of this city will permit it. Every business interest, every industry, every borne, should prepare to pay tribute. Os course, there is another answer. Not yet has he coerced and dominated the present mayor of this city and upon him the men and women who voted for Ludlow and for Dailey the city depends for deliverance. The vote for Ludlow and for Dailey ought to suggest that very soon Coffin should withdraw that iron hand and forget some of the protection he has given to the forces of evil. Some day the wets may forget the protection of their bootleggers. Some day the drys will awaken to the fact that moonshine has its illusions. Go as far as you dare. Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States. Our heartiest congratulations to the lowa farm boy, the student who worked his way through a California college, the great public servant. We believe in his high purpose and his ability. We predict for him a record of achievement in this greatest political office in the world. A satisfactory conclusion has come to a none tooinspiring presidential campaign. This applies to both candidates. Smith, whose four terms as Governor of Hew York entitled him to high rank among America’s statesmen, lost on occasion his sense of proportion in his eagerness to win the final great political prize; he ventured promises beyond his power to keep; he floundered rjow and then in unfamiliar waters. Presidential campaigns, as a matter of fact, have the habit of enticing candidates into awkward positions, and that is the reason why the usual reaction

from the great quadrennial controversy is not altogether inspiring. Yet, on the whole, it was the gallant fight that A1 Smith made, and in his defeat he is greater than he was wh£n the fight began. The boy who had risen from poverty heard the plaudits of the multitude, and once % again it was proved that in this nation one life may span the vast gap that lies between obscurity and greatness. The cheers that greeted Smith will linger long in the ears of the American people as a, tribute to the boy who overcame all the odds and fought his way “up from the city streets.” And those grotesqueries that have characterized this campaign, as they do every campaign, have not shaken our belief that, had he been elected, Smith would have served the United States admirably in the White House. In Hoover we expect to see a better President than he has been a candidate. His own deserved popularity having forced his party machine to accept him, he utilized that machine to elect himself. It is difficult to see how, in the main, he could have done otherwise, Much though we dislike the Vares and the Watsons and the rest of the old guard that clambered on his bandwagon, he followed the path offering most assurance of success. Political strategy called for silence on his part and lots of it. He followed expediency as doubtless many a good man would have done in his place. The result, however, has been to allow certain of the forces of bigotry, and intolerance to run amuck. A further result perhaps has been to instill hope in the hearts of some of the predatory private interests that they are to have things as they like them during Hoover's time as President. And certain politicians who live by serving private interests at the expense of the public interest, having climbed up with Hoover, may hope that they, too, will be undisturbed in their seats. We confidently believe that the bigots, the special interests, the self-serving politicians a e in for four years of disappointment. We believe the barnacles that attached themselves to his candidacy following the Kansas City convention will be scraped off. We don’t think that Herbert Hoover will be the Anti-Saloon League’s President or the power trust’s President cr the politician’s President. He becomes President next March by grace of the liberalism and the progressiveness that have characterized his life, the attributes that enabled him to draw his political strength directly from the people rather than from the interests described. The liberal forces in the Republican party forced Hoover’s nomination. The reactionaary forces were compelled to help elect him. As between those two elements we believe that Hoover’s allegiance will go where it has always been —to the liberal, the progressive side, the side of greatest service to the greatest number of the American people. We anticipate with confidence the course Herbert Hoover will follow in the White House. A reporter on a western newspaper is 78 years old. Very few men can go along that far, but probably he is sustained by having met "so many interesting people.” A messenger boy in New York rented a room for $5 a week, bought a diamond ring and a car on credit and got married. But why waste all that money on a room? Lady Astor, American-born member of the House of Commons, was mentioned as a possible choice for a post in the British cabinet the other day. That’s hardly possible, however —Lady Astor has a sense of humor. More than $25,000,000 worth of matches were sold last year, according to statistics. These must be wrong, though, or they do not include those borrowed by people with cigaret lighters.

David Dietz on Science -

Dreamed of Exploring No. 201

WE left Louis Pasteur busy with his experiments to confound those detractors of his who kept insisting that microbes rose spontaneously out of the air, to follow the progress of Joseph Lister. Lister, by applying Pasteur’s germ theories to surgery brought about a revolution in surgical practice and made the present-day miracles of surgery possible.

tingen. Koch dreamed of being an explorer, of pioneering and winning fame. But fate didn’t seem to be helping him much. He graduated from the university and became an interne at an asylum for the insane in Hamburg. That was in 1866. He fell in love with a girl in Hamburg. She consented to marry him only on condition that he forget his dreams of exploration and settle down to the serious business of practicing medicine. Koch promised and so they were married, settling down in a small town near by. He practiced medicine faithfully. But apparently, he found no great joy in it. Above all things, he was discouraged by how little was then known about the nature of most diseases. On his 28th birthday his wife bought him a microscope for a present. She did not know it, but she was making a present to all humanity. For that microscope was to be the start of a research which Was to save thousands of lives and give humanity new control over disease. Koch began to play with his microscope in aimless fashion. He placed all sorts of objects under the glass of his microscope. And then an epidemic of anthrax broke out all over Europe among the sheep and cattle on the farms. Thousands of animals died from the disease. Frequently the disease attacked the farmer and his helpers as well. One day Koch put a drop of blood of an animal that had died from anthrax, under his microscope. At that instant Koch took his place among the microbe hunters,

M. E. TRACY SAYS: "Hoover's Triumph Appears to Be Greater Than That of Coolidge or That of Harding.”

TT is midnight. The crowds which A were so dense before the bulletin boards two hours ago largely have disappeared. Out in City Hall park a loud speaker continues to boom forth straggling returns. Few are interested. The main result was what everybody wanted to know, and that was indicated at 10:30. Another election has become history. Another President has been made. The king is dead. Long live ihe king! a tt tt What a Difference Herbert Hoover and Alfred Emanuel Smith are the same men today they were yesterday, but what a difference. One headquarters continues active and enthusiastic. The other already is taking on a tomb-like atmosphere;. Nothing succeeds like success fn politics and nothing fails like failure. A two-party system leaves us no time to mourn over the other half. Four years hence we shall repeat the performance, with our organization under full steam, with voices ringing in our ears over 10,000,000 receiving sets, with campaign managers clamoring for funds and trying to pep the boys up with their wild forecasts Four years hence we will make another President and leave another beaten candidate to salve his hurt in solitude. Such is Democracy. tt tt tt Hoover Triumph Great The result was even more onesided than I expected, and that was one-sided enough. Herbert Hoover has not only swept the country, but apparently broken into the solid south. His triumph over Smith appears greater than that of Coolidge over Davis, or Harding over Cox. Smith’s appeal for wet votes, from which so much was expected in the east, turns out a failure. So, too, does his appeal for farm votes in the west. Some will say that he was defeated by bigotry and intolerance, to Justify the arguments they made during the campaign. Some will believe that the country has passed into the hands of the Anti-Saloon League and KuKlux Klan. That is sheer nonsense. tt a tt Defeat Proves Little Governor Smith has lost but few states that John W. Davis did not lose in 1924 or that James M. Cox did in 1920. His defeat proves little. except that the Republican majority still exists and startles only those who allowed themselves to be fascinated by the illusionment that the romantic nature of his rise and career was sufficient to stampede the country and that sentiment on the prohibition question had changed sufficiently to break down partisan lines. From the beginning, Democratic leaders simply refused to admit the handicaps under which they labored. They not only made the wish father to the thought, but placed undue faith in sheer expediency, allowing Governor Smith to rewrite the party platform on the liquor question and commit the party to an indorsement of the protective tariff. The entire performance was too thin to deceive, much less convince any one. tt tt u Can’t Rest on Laurels The Republicans will make a tragic mistake if they assume that the election vindicates everything they have done, or that they can live on their past laurels. To the same extent that this country refuses to follow a party of mere opposition, it will refuse to tolerate a party of standpatism. Mr. Hoover and his associates face the task not only of continuing the government as they find it, but of improving and readjusting it to fit new conditions. To a measurable extent, we have profited by the lack of aggressive administration. The last eight years have constituted a period of reconstruction. It was quite in accord with the exigencies of the situation to put on the brakes. In social and educational, as well as in industrial affairs, we needed time to restore normal conditions. That job is about completed. We have come to a point where we can afford to substitute the processes of construction for those of reconstruction, where we can consider the repairs as made and go forward with new work. It is high time, too, for we face many problems that we have been obliged to neglect. tt tt tt Need Definite Policy Among other things we need to shape a definite foreign policy, especially with regard to Latin America, a policy which not only conforms to our own traditions and ideals, but which the Latin Americans can understand. Since the armistice was signed, this government has been pursuing a course of palpable opportunism in its dealings with all foreign nations, but particularly those in this hemisphere. The great defet of such a policy does not consist in such injustice as we may have done to weaker peoples, but in the absolute impossibility of their knowing what it means, or what it implies for the future. The task of rectifying our relationships with the outside world, of co-ordinating them in such way that other people will be able to form a clear idea of our aims and purposes, is not the least difficult task which Herbert Hoover faces. What is Sabin Carr’s record for the pole vault? He vaulted fourteen feet one inch at Madison Square Garden, New [York, Feb. 25, 1928,

Before returning to Pasteur in his Paris laboratory, let us journey into Germany to make the acquaintance of another microbe hunter. Robert Koch is the name of this one. In 1870, when Pasteur was carrying on his famous experiments, Koch was a medical student at the University of Got-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

j Dengue Epidemic Blamed on Mosquito

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela, the Health Magazine. A FEW years ago a notable outbreak of dengue or breakbone fever occurred in Florida, and tlv? relationship of mosquitoes to the spead of this disease was rather definitely established. In August and September the most severe outbreak of dengue known to medical records occurred in Greece, particularly in Athens. Although few cases have been occurring in Athens since September, 1927, the outbreak in August was explosive in character. For instance, 1268 deaths occurred in Athens in August, and 413 of these were verified as due to dengue, 592 deaths were recorded in Piraeus, of which 176 were due to dengue.

THOSE who have forgotten their civics and those who never studied the subject were confused when they went to the polls Tuesday, as they are once every four years, to learn that they could not vote directly for Mr. Hoover or Mr. Smith, about whom they had heard so much, but that they could vote for a list of presidential electors, about whom they had heard nothing at all, after which the identic il electors, about whom they had heard nothing at all, after which the electors would get together and name a President.

raw S—None H—7-5-2 D—A-Q-8-? C-K NORTH S—K-6 S—lo-9 H—lo J- |_ H—None D—3 w £ D—l-9-4 C—Q-6r s w- o—lo-8-5-2 3 SOUTK S—l-8 H-Q 0-10 C-A-J-7-4, 15 Hearts are trumps and South has the lead. North and South must win all eight tricks, against a perfect defense. LAY out the cards on a table and t study the situation. See if you can find the method in which North and South' can get all of the tricks. The solution is printed herewith.

HERE the squeeze play is applied in a rather highly complicated problem. South leads the jack of spades, West covers with the king and North trumps. North then leads the king of clubs, South overtaking it with the ace. South next leads the jack of clubs, West covers with the queen and North trumps. Now North leads his last trump, which South wins with the queen. But East is squeezed with the trump lead. If East discards a diamond, North wins the remaining tricks with diamonds. If a spade is discarded, South’s eight is good. If a club is discarded, South’s seven and four are good. On the next lead East is squeezed once more, so that North and South win the remaining tricks. Os course, it is not necessary that West cover South’s spade at the first trick and his club at the third trick. But if he refuses to do so, the problem is agreeably simplified. fOopyrlght. 1928, by NBA Service, Inc.l

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In Athens, 239,000 people were affected Sept. 4 by the disease which had not yet disappeared from the community. The epidemic spread over most of Greece, particularly in the islands and coast towns. In the distant past an epidemic such as this occurring in one country was likely to spread rapidly throughout the world. Indeed it ;s reported that the bringing of malaria into Greece by foreign tribe; may have been responsible for the downfall of the great Grecian civilization. The cities of Athens and Piraeus offer favorable conditions for the spread of dengue owing to the prevalence of mosquitoes and flies which develop in the marshes surrounding the cities. There has been a tremendous in-

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By Frederick LANDIS

The fathers of the republic were strongly for liberty and equality when they wrote the Declaration of Independence, but they changed their minds when they came to write the Constitution. They were afraid to let the people elect a President directly, so they rigged up the electoral college, thinking that the electors who would always be wise and virtuous, would select the best man in the country for the great position. a tt tt Then political parties came and the purpose of the electoral college went to the scrap pile, the electors being elected on party tickets and pledged to vote for party nominees. But while the purpose for which it was created has vanished, the electoral college will remain until the Constitution is changed, and this will be a long time, since the peope get what they want one way as well as the other. But there was one exception in 1888 when Harrison won in the electoral college, while Cleveland got the most popular vote. it tt a Voters were also vexed by the difficulty, attending the scratching of tickets, this difficulty being arranged for in advance by the dominant party in every state of the Union, whatever that party happens to be. It used to be that one could make a cross in the circle at the head of the ticket and it went for a straight ticket, except where the voter made a cross opposite a name of another ticket, when it went for a straight ticket with the exception of the opponent of the candidate voted for on the other ticket. a it a This was better than the present method, which makes it necessary to make a cross opposite the name of every candidate voted for, the labor of which makes one fear he will spoil his ballot and the delay of which exposes him to the suspicions of party workers, holding their watches. It is the purpose of free government to let every one vote for his choice, regardless of po'itics, but it is the desire of the dominant party to make every one vote a straight ticket. tt tt tt In the old days, before the Australian ballot law, party tickets were printed by anybody and party workers carried them about the polls, giving them to the faithful as they appeared, and if a man wanted to scratch the party ticket he had to paste the name of his choice over the name of his opponent. There was pulling and hauling and fighting and buying and selling. tt tt m Gentlemen wl; > were for sale would sit on the fence by the vot-

flux of refugees largely into Greece, so that the population of these two cities have doubled within a few years; it has been impossible to develop water supply and sewage disposal sufficiently rapid to take care of the increased population. The symptoms of dengue fever include severe headache, shivering, pains in the muscles and joints and high temperature; a slight rash occurs in about 70 per cent of the cases and disappears on the third day. The Information made available by the health section of the League of Nations concerning the present epidemic has been the means on which efforts are based to confine the disease to Greece and prevent its spread throughout the world.

VOTING FOR PRESIDENT AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE IT’S LOTS BETTER NOT

ing place and openly receive offers from party bidders, many of them holding out until just before the polls closed, when they took the best offer. To be sure, this proud citizen of the republic voted as he was bought to vote, his purchaser gave him a ticket and had him hold it up where it could be seen until he put in into the box. Then there were repeaters who were taken from place to place and voted under different names, and now and then voted time after time at the same place, their clothes being changed at times as a concession to the proprieties of the occasion, but frequently the proud freemen were not subjected to this inconvenience. Haymows used to be full of gentlemen, brought in from adjacent states, and kept in hiding until they had helped “save the country.” It’s lots better than it used to be.

Times Readers Voice Views

Tha nams and address of tha author must accompany every contribution but on request will not be published Letters not exceeding 300 words wIU receive Dreference Editor Times—l want to use this column to bring to the attention of the people a flagrant case of Indianapolis police laxity. At midnight Thursday a large motor car skidded and crashed inti the front of the Standard Grocery company store at 1601 South Meridian street. I own the building and live in the rear. Hearing th crash, I leaped from bed and ran to the store, where I found the entiree front caved in and the car on the sidewalk. My wife telephoned police and was informed grouchily that no police runs were made unless in the case of death. Fortunately, I obtained the name and address of the driver, who wifi pay for the damage, but I am aroused thoroughly at the attitude police took on the matter. Friday morning I talked to the secretary of Police Chief Worley. I asked first if a property owner was entitled to police protection in a case of that kind. He assured me such was the case, but when I told him such a thing actually had occurred and police aid denied, his tone changed. <‘Do you realize,” he said, “how many calls we had for aid that night? All we could do, anyway would be just what you did get the name and address of the driver. There is something .vrong about a thing like this and I would like to see something done Hbout such a condition. JOHN KNURR. 9 Palmer street.

Daily Thoughts

For many are called, but few are chosen. —Matt. 22:14. ts tt tt WHAT a vile and abject thing is man if not raise himself above humanity.—Seneca.

.NOV. 6, 192S

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY (Copyright. Scrlpps-Howard Newspapers. TXTASHINGTON, Nov. 7.ProspcrV V ity, prohibition and Protestantism have triumphed over Alfred E. Smith. He lost the bitterest and most devastating presidential election since the Civil war. It was not so much a personal victory for Herbert Hoover, nor Democratic party defeat, as it was a popular uprising against the wet, Catholic New Yorker, it broke the solid south. Hoover’s election had been discounted by political prophets and Wall Street a month ago, but such a sweep was unforseen. The whole significance of this election is in the distinction between the anticipated Hoover victory and that great unexpected undertow which made it a deluge. For Hoover could have won fairly easily on his own popularity and on the prosperity issue—as was demonstrated repeatedly in the pre-elec-tion surveys. But Tuesday’s crashing returns can be expalined only by adding prohibition and Protestantism as the drive of millions of voters. The proof of this is that many Democratic presidential candidates —notably John W. Davis, four years ago—have battered unsuccessfully at the same Republican prosperity wall, but not one of them was struck from behind by the south. tt tt tt npHIS unique experience is all the more significant because it happened to one of the most dramatic figures in American history. One of the ablest campaigners, one of the greatest executives, and a born leader of men against whom there was no personal reproach. But more. Not only was Smith personally considered by the Democratic convention but by his Republican opponents as the most widely popular candidate the Democrats could pick. There was the equally important factor of campaign organization and money. Never before have the Democrats had such an effective and far-reaching organization. Never before have they had such a large campaign fund. Never before were they able to utilize the brains and ability of so many financiers and big industrialists. Lump together Smith’s extraordinary personal power and political skill, his support by Republican business conservatives like Raskob and by Republican progressives like Norris and Blaine, and then add his superb organization and huge campaign chest. Only by measuring that great Smith strength can one conceive the magnitude of the counter force, which crushed it almost without effort. Making every allowance for exaggeration on “the morning after,” the most skeptical must admit that something revolutionary has happened in our national life when Richmond, Va., the capital of the Confederacy, strikes down the Democratic candidate; when Atlanta, Ga., does likewise; when half the states in the south try to do the same. it a a WHAT was this force, this popular uprising? There can be no doubt that it was prohibition and evangelical Protestantism. But no one ever will know—least of all the voters themselves, perhaps— which was the greater force, the protest against Smith the wet or the fear of Smith the Catholic. Two such issues, which have proved themselves so fundamental in the lives of many millions of Americans, are expected to continue as basic political factors in the congressional elections two years hence and in the next presidential election. But the politicians of both parties w'll do all in their power to sidetrack the religious issue as a, thing far too dangerous for any party or for the country to raise. That leaves prohibition. It looks now as though that has become the popular national issue. Neither the Democratic nor Republican politicians wished to face that issue in this election, because both parties are divided hopelessly on it. But with the aid of Smith, the people—wet and dry—made it a major campaign issue, despite the politicians and party platforms. It is difficult to see now how that issue longer can be disguised. For the wets today are not willing to admit that Smith was buried because of his modificationist views. They think a Protestant wet as a presidential candidate next time can win. The war is not over, this is only the first battle and tomorrow is another day—so say the wets.

This Date in U. S. History

November 7 1811—Battle of Tippecanoe. Tyler defeated the Indians. 1835—Texas decided to set up a state government. 1882—Grover Cleveland elected Governor of New York.

Questions and Answers

Can an airplane travel as fast as the sun? No airplane speed yet attained or that seems possible in the immediate future would be sufficient to keep time with the sun. In order to do this It would be necessary for the plane to make the entire flight around the earth in twenty-four hours, since this is the rate at which the earth turns on its axis. Can the sun ever reach the Pleiades? No, since it is not moving in the direction of that star group; in fact, some of the stars in the constellation of Pleiades have been found by Adams of the Yerkes Observatory to be receding from the sun at rates of from nine and one-third to nearly two miles a second.