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Robbing Sick Workers Workmen’s compensation laws have been adopted by forty-four states. So it is taken for granted that the battle for workmen’s compensation largely is won. But the price of social progress, like that of liberty, Is eternal vigilance. The hospital committee for workmen’s compensation charges that commercialism partially has defeated the purpose of our compensation acts. The theory behind our compensation acts is: U> Costs shall be borne by industry; (2> sufficiently high charges shall be made for insurance premiums to cover all legitimate expenses in treatment and compensation; <3) adequate treatment of the injured by competent physicians; (4) and fair compensation to the injured, based upon a full and impartial statement of the facts. How docs it work out in practice in all too many cases? Private insurance companies have entered the field to write compensation policies. They are interested in profits for the company, not in service to humanity. Suppose Bill Smith gets hurt in a factory; how Is he. handled? He first goes to a hospital for treatment by good physicians on the staff of the hospitals. But soon he is sent to a commercial or insurance clinic. There he is dealt with mechanically by busy and often inferior physicians or nurses, paid on a salary or fee basis. Every effort is made to get rid of the patient quickly. Then comes the testimony as to the seriousness of the injury before the compensation board. This is given by the physician of the insurance company, which is interested in keeping the compensation payment as low as possible. There is often, indeed, a secret adjustment made in advance with the injured party, who rarely knows his rights or how to protect them. The dice thus are loaded against the injured workman from the moment of his injury to the final adjustment. Next to the workman the chief sufferer is the private hosptial. In New York City, for example, the maximum payment which an insurance company will make for a compensation patient is $4.50 a day. One big insurance company even went to the state supreme court in the effort to force hospitals to accept compensation cases at the rate paid for a charity patient, namely, $3.50 a day. The minimum expense of a patient in the average New York private hospital is $7 a day. Even at $4.50 a day, *the contributing public, which is supporting the private hospitals, really is paying $2.50 a day into the coffers of the insurance company. The critics of these methods have enlisted the aid of the hospitals, of many distinguished and socially minded physicians and lawyers, and of those insurance companies which have carried on their work in a fair and equitable manner. Wc may hope they will be able to end the abuses jfcnri make workmen’s compensation an actual as well as a statutory achievement. A Knockout for Fire Eaters Patriotic fire eaters and militant pedagogs have been given a body blow by Attorney-General Mitchell in his opinion on the military training clause of the Merrill act which established the land-grant colleges. These are the colleges supported by the incomes from the sale of public lands allotted to the states. It has been understood that military training and reserve officers corps in other institutions were optional. Students might be bulldozed into taking such ccurses, but there was no legal compulsion. But in the case of the land-grant colleges it has been assumed that here, we have an ironclad situation where military training courses are absolutely compulsory on the institution and students. The department of interior asked Attorney-Gen-eral Mitchell for a decisive ruling on the matter. He has issued that ruling and holds that the law of 1862 and later amendments are complied with sufficiently if each land-grant college offers an elective course in military tactics: "The statutes nowhere specifically require that the offered course in military tactics be compulsory. ... I, therefore, advise you that you are justified in considering that an agricultural college which offers a proper, substantial course in military tactics complies sufficiently with the requirements as to military tactics in the act of July 2, 1862, and the othei acts mentioned, even though the students at the institution arc not compelled to take that course. This seems to us a sensible opinion. No sane person will condemn military training as such in the world in which we live today. But it should not be forced upon any institutions other than those of a frankly military or naval character. And courses in military tactics should be as freely optional and elective as courses in professional Pacifism. I Caught, But Not Punished I The Chicago and Cook County Bankers’ Association has issued a protest—not, evidently, without some justification— against the unusual delay that has marked the disposal of the cases of three convicted bandits. In January of 1929 six men invaded a Chicago bank, killed a watchman and got away with SBOO. Two days later they were captured and they confessed, also implicating themselves in sixty other robberies. In April they were tried and convicted; three were sentended to life imprisonment and three were sentenced to death. Then the law's delay began to operate for the con-

Here Are Some Puzzlers and Their Answers

What arc the names of some for- ; eifm makes of automobiles? Austin. Daimler, Sunbeam, Rolls- j Hoyce, Berliet. Renault, Fiat, Minerva. Maybach and Opel. When and where did Mrs. Hard- 1 inf die? She died Nov. 21. 1924, at the home of Dr. Charles E. Sawyer. White Oaks Farm. Marion, O. What is the present area of GerBtaaiy. and what was it prior to the World war? The present area of Germany is , 185.889 square miles; prior to the World war it was 213,164 square j Hailes. What is the best method to Cleanse a trench coat? Scrub the garment lightly with j goap and water, and rise with clear mater, to remove all traces of the goap. Be sure that no water remains in the pockets What was the Edict of Nantes? An order issued by Henry TV of France, in 1598. granting freedom of conscience to Protestants, which was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685

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and followed by much persecution and an exodus of Huguenots. How much rubber Ls used in the United States annually to make automobile tires? In 1928, auto tires consumed 870,279,000 pounds of rubber. Was Coolidge ever elected President of the United States. He was elected President in 1924, after he had served his first term as the successor of President Harding. Who operates radio station W9XV? It is owned and operated by the Rev. Lannie W. Stewart at Carterville, Mo. Why does the sun shine? Because it ls in a state of inconceivably high temperature, and heat and light are the outward manifestations of this state. Who was the first millionaire in America? Opinions differ. Among those for whom the honor is claimed are Stephen Girard of Philadelphia; Brazil Gordon of Falmouth, Va., who made

demned men. A score of stays of execution were issued. The supreme court heard the case two times. Intercessions were made to the Governor. And now, seventeen months after their conviction, the three condemned men have been granted a second hearing by the board of pardons and paroles on their plea of clemency. This chain of events speaks for itself. Hard as it is to catch a hoodlum in Chicago, it seems to be even harder to do anything effective to him after you have caught him. Administration Wheat There seem to be wheels within wheels in the administration’s discredited trick to make the angry fanners believe that the Eolshevists were to blame for the collapse of the wheat market. At first it looked like the matter would end simply with everybody giving the administration the razz. The experts, the economists, the brokers, the senators, the newspapers, oil laughingly agreed that the insignificant Russian short sales were only a tiny grain in a mighty big bin and had little or nothing to do tvith the price fall. The administration, smarting under the general ridicule, apparently lost its head. By pressure it forced a Chicago Board of Trade committee to outlaw Russian short sales. Apart from the fact that the committee had no authority to take such action, as pointed out by the former president of the Board of Trade and others, there are disturbing implications. Says the maiket expert of the Chicago Journal of Commerce: "Canadian wheat pools, subsidized by the province and to some extent by the dominion, will continue as heretofore to hedge their wheat in this market, just as growers and millers in the Argentina will do their hedging here. "A Cuban sugar combine that is more or less the instrument of the Cuban government, the Brazilian coffee pool that is wholly the government, and similar organizations, will not be interfered with when they send their hedging sales to our commodities markets.” That is to say. Russian hedging, which is too small to influence the market, is barred, but the large-scale and fairly constant hedging by American traders and other foreign combines which do control the market will go on as usual.' Does tins represent a deal between the administration and the Chicago pit, by which the muchcriticised practice of trading in grain futures in its present form is to receive Washington’s blessing? We do not know the answer to that question, but it is interesting to find a newspaper which is generally so well informed on the grain exchange as the Chicago Journal of Commerce asserting: "It seems to be a fair assumption that, having contributed its part to a little drama that is to distract public attention from the failures of the farm board, the Board of Trade may expect a little less of belligerence and a little more of economic sense from those who police it.” We have a feeling that, before the winter is through, the administration will wish it never had reminded congress of what the farm bloc calls gambling in wheat.

REASON

IF this Tammany judge and his wife bought a place on the New York bench they should get the limit, for the greatest enemy of this country is the crook, not the Communist. If the National Security League wishes to earn its salary, it should stop its fantastic pursuit of Bolshevists and go after crooks. u a u If it will diminish the grief of Sir Thomas Lipton, we’ll tell him the average American didn’t care a rap about the victory of the Enterprise, interest in that race having been confined chiefly to the yacht clubs of the country and quite a few of us don’t belong. tt tt tt SAILING is a wonderful sport, but it has passed into a decline. Formerly all the lakes of the country were white with sails, but now they are few and far between The men at our summer resorts are playing golf and the women are playing bridge. tt a a If we were still in the practice of law we would volunteer to defend all those who slaughter playful gentlemen who knock straw hats off after the September time limit. To put them cn or take them off, according to the calendar, net the temperature, is utterly crazy. . And being crazy, it is hardly necessary to say it originated in New York City. tt tt tt An elderly lady down east who never saw the late Rudolph Valentino, but who “loved him as her own son,’’ has contributed liberally to a Valentino memorial. It takes aH kinds of nuts to make the salad of life. a tt tt AMERICANS who return from Europe say that the continent is fermenting with international hatreds and clicking with military preparations. Well, if they must open up the old slaughter house again, let us nail both of Uncle Sam’s Trilbys to the United States and keep out of it. it tt it We frankly say to you we would not contribute one son to another European war to keep the whole outfit from sinking into hades. If that be treason, make the most of it! Furthermore, if we can't live without wars, let's quit bringing children into the world and let's turn it all over to the beetles.

| a fortune in the sudden rise of tobacco during the War of 1812, and John Jacob Astor. Is U possible to produce rain artificially? The United States weather bureau definitely asserts that man can not produce rain at will. They say “it is quite true that in a laboratory a small amount of moisture can be preciptated by using special equipment, but meteorologists know of no practical scheme of producing rain on a large scale. Widespread drought is due to lack of sufficient moisture in the air. If there is little moisture* to bring down, obviously no device for causing rainfall has any value.” What is the lowest temperature that has been attained through laboratory experiments? Professor W. H. Keesom. physicist chief of the cryogenic (cold producing) laboratory of the University of Leyden. Netherlands, accomplished the difficult and hazardous i feat of solidifying helium gas at 458.58 degrees below zero Fahrenheit,

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Engineering Triumph Registered When Huge Concrete Obelisk Is Dropped Into River as a Dam. HOW a river was dammed in a single operation by the daring process of building a gigantic obelisk of concrete and then toppling it over into the river is described in a report to the Engineering Foundation by William S. Lee, president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The river was the Saguenay river in Canada, a stream well known to American tourists. Ada n was needed for a large hydro-electric power development of the Alcoa Power Cos., Limited, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America, at Chute-a-Caron. aboi t 140 miles north of the city of Quebec. Usual methods of constructing the dam were precluded by the swiftness and depth of the river. "The site selected for the power plant was in a gorge located on a rocky section of the river,” the report explains. “The usual method of putting in timber cribs and weighting them down with stones, or large blocks of any heavy substance, was not quite practical, due to the extreme depth and high velocity of this water.” a tt tt Obelisk Built THE problem was solved by James W. Rickey, hydraulic engineer of the Aluminum Company of America. He suggested that a large, heavy, reinforced concrete tower, or “obelisk,” of the proper length, curved on one side so as to fit as nearly as possible the bottom of the river, be built on a concrete pier at the edge of the river, at a convenient place upstream from the power dam; then by blasting away a small portion of the pier tip the obelisk over into the river s$ that it would become a dam. “This scheme was worked out very carefully by Rickey’s staff, also his consulting engineering staff, and his construction engineers on the ground,” Lee says. “So carefully was the whole scheme worked out that when this block of masonry 92 feet high, 45 feet wide, and approximately 45 feet in the other dimension, containing 5,500 cubic yards of concrete, was dropped into the river, it landed almost perfectly’ in the place in which it was computed to land.” tt tt tt Dynamite Used THE obelisk had been built on the top of a pier at the edge of the river. This pier consisted of two parts. The part nearer the river had been arranged so that it could be blown out with a charge of dynamite. Most of the water had been diverted from the river channel into a canal prior to dropping the obelisk into place. “It was necessary, however, to leave considerable water flowing down the old channel to form a cushion for the obelisk to fall into and thereby prevent breaking it,” Lee says. “The quantity of water was regulated and this precaution worked perfectly. “On the day when everything was in readiness for dropping the obelisk, the holes in the front part ot the pier were loaded with dynamite and it was blown away. “When the large mass of the obelisk fell, water was thrown 200 to 400 feet in all directions, but the obelish, being of such great weight and moving at such high velocity, even the swift current in the river did not affect it and it settled into place as it was expected to do. The entire scheme was a bold one but was carried through successfully and accomplished complete and successful coffer damming of a most dangerous and difficult stream of great volume and swiftness of flow.”

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MICHAELMAS DAY September 29 ON Sept. 29, Michaelmas day is observed in commemoration of St. Michael and the other angels. The observance of the day is traced commonly to an apparition of the archangel which is supposed to have taken place in Apulia in 493, or more probably in 520. According to Jewish and Christian teaching, Michael was the chief of tibe archangels and the head of the celestial militia. He is believed to be the direct inspirer of Joan of Arc. The great English writer Milton makes Michael the leader of God’s loyal angels, who vanquished Lucifer and his legions and consigned them to the dark pit. He is represented with a halo around his head, a spear in his hand, and trampling on the fallen Lucifer. At times, he has a banner suspended from a cross; this representation being a reminder of the prayer in the Litany "to beat down Satan under our feet,” and typifies the spiritual triumph of, good over evil. In England. Michaelmas day has been for centuries an important date as a quarter day and the beginning of legal and university terms.

Daily Thought

Fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom.—Proverbs 9:10. Wisdom is the health of the soul. —Victor Hugo. Who were the principals in the east of “The Unknown?” Lon Chaney. Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick de Ruiz, John George and Frank Lanning. Why do so many people go to Reno, Nev., to obtain a divorce? Because the law of that state permits a divorce to be granted after three months' residence, and on easily established grounds. Should lima beans that are to be dried be picked while green? They should be picked before they ripen, and while they are still tender and green. Spread them on a cloth in the sun to dry.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Noises in Time Affect Nerve System

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. 'T'HOSE who have lived for a brief period in the primeval' forests or in any other place of comparative quietude find their ears terribly assailed with the thunder of the noise of the city when they return. The motor traffic, the sirens of the police and fire trucks, the pneumatic hammer, the rattle of the elevated trains, the mere footsteps of hundreds of thousands of people make noise the usual rather than the unusual sensation. It is quite true that persons who have lived for a long time adjacent to railroad tracks or street car lines become accustomed to the regular passing of vehicles and apparently notice them not at all. It has been recognized for some time, however, that regardlesss of whether or not we notice sounds, the sensation impinges on the nervous system and must in time have an effect. In noisy surroundings it is necessary to concentrate more deeply in order to hear what is going on. Young children and infants repeatedly are disturbed.

IT SEEMS TO ME

IAM under the impression that this column has been quite free of political talk for several days. And so I would like leave to print an incident, particularly as its implications are not partisan. The reverse, in fact. On Monday night I was sitting in an automobile decorated with such banners, signs and slogans as are customary for candidates. A pedestrian paused to ask, “Is your name Broun?” I agreed that it was and prepared to outline for him, as briefly as possible, the issues of the campaign. But before I could get started he said, “I’m your Democratic opponent. My name is Louis Brodsky.” Though it would not have been quite possible to knock me down with a feather, I would at least have reeled under the impact. Here in the flesh was the man around whom my next five weeks were to center. From radio studio and stepladder it is to be my pleasure and privilege to denounce Brodsky. * tt tt tt

Taking Time Out BUT he was a friendly man. In fact, even now I can think of no reason why it isn’t possible to denounce a candidate and still shake hands with him. Besides, I was actuated by a natural curiosity to see my adversary plainly. It soon developed that we had certain interests in common. Magistrate Brodsky complained that he was going to find it very hard to sit upon the bench and make speeches at the same time. “The Domestic Relations Court takes a lot out of a man,” he said. I told him that I also had another job and that columning and campaigning did not always mix readily. “Besides,” I went on in my expansive way to this genial well wisher, “I have some radio work to do, and the station pays me for that, so I can’t campaign on their time, either.” “But,” I confided, “I was able to bootleg in a little.” “Yes,” answered Judge Brodsky, “I’ve noticed that.” The bond was tightening. He was my opponent but also part of my invisible public. For all I know, a fan. Almost any morning now I expect to get a letter saying, “I find no evening complete without tuning on your 11:15 radio period.—L Brodsky.’’ A reciprocation of .some kind seemed to be in order, and so I said! “I’d like to hear some of your speeches, judge. Can I come down to your court some morning?” . a a a In Strictest Secrecy MAGISTRATE BRODSKY said he would be pleased provided we could find a time when no newspaper men were around. “No other newspaper men," I suggested. It all wound up with our agreeing to have a party right after election. Possibly I tnjjunderstood his honor,

Drop Everything!

It has been shown again and again that the sudden slamming of a door or firing of a pistol may throw a child of extremely nervous tendency into a convulsion. British authorities assert that children who sleep in the midst of uproar will awaken listless and tired, and that if it continues persistently, the growth of the child will suffer. A great dee’ cf modem improvement in railway construction is planned to lessen vibration and noise. These conditions can be controlled, whereas it is not possible always to control the barking of a dog, the crying of an infant, the practicing of an ambitious cornet or piano player, or ten radios let loose at one time in tan apartments. Experiments have been conducted in an attempt to determine the results of constant impinging of sound on the auditory nerve. Hie invesigators assert that noise raises the blood pressure and that a degree of noisf insufficient to awaken a sleeping person nevertheless will cause one’s muscles to contract and remain tense for as long as thirty minutes before they relax. In various occupations it has been shown that hardness of hearing,

DV HEYWOOD BROUN

but I thought I heard him say, “I know* a place.” At any rate, I interjected, “Judge, I know a hundred, and don’t you think that maybe it would be more suitable for you to be introduced into any such resort by a wet congressman rather than having me introduced by a city magistrate?” And then I went away to make the first of eleven street corner speeches. And before the night had ended I realized that there is possibly more practical utility in refusing to debate and meet the people against whom you are running. I found myself denouncing Mrs. Pratt all night. Louis Brodsky’s name hardly came up at all. You see, Mrs. Pratt and I never have met, and we have no date. tt tt tt Tip Upon the Foil IN fact, I’m afraid that it will be impossible for me now, at any point in the campaign, to shake my

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times—Nearly a century ago, in 1834, to be exact, a cert&fn family of honor, though not of great means, bought a parcel of land which beautifully was named “Fairview Heights.” They toiled and slaved, yes, denied themselves the many little luxuries and pleasures of life, to hold their precious possessions. Other families came and bought some of the land, which helped toward educating and feeding thensplendid children. Improvements could not be retarded and all willingly sacrificed for progress, and perfect harmony reigned among them. Then came large taxation; they grimly faced the situation, and as Uriah loved his one wife, they appreciated their one nest: Then came the psuedo David, saw what possibilities were there, and as his power was great, he built his kingdom around them with a covetous eye on the little home nests. However, as he seemingly was a religious man, the little group, nothing daunted, helped him beautify his courts and prayed frrr his success. But the kingdom was political, and when meetings of the city were called to better the statutes of the original neighborhood, the infant “king” cried so loud and threatening so much, it was given its way. Besides, it must be remembered, this “king” was wealthy, and could pay much money when necessary. Thus it was futile for the poor people even to attend, as it was understood the monarch’s wishes must be met. He was so friendly and gave so liberally; what if his children did make the night hideous with their noise, and leave their bottles lie around for the neighbors to fall over? He eventually would make things so unpleasant J&at all the

dizziness and headache may develop in those who earn their livelihood by boiler making or cotton weaving. It is said that it requires 19 per cent more enei-gy to perform a duty in noisy surroundings than to perform the same duty in a quiet environment. In a recent consideration of the subject the British Medical Journal asserts that the abolition of noisy motor horns, destruction of wornout machines, the unvarying use of pneumatic tires, and the substitution of electric welding for riveting would abolish 75 per cent of street noises. In some communities legislation already has been introduced to take care of these controllable situations. In some communities it is customary to post near hospitals and public buildings signs indicating that zones of silence have been established. Just how efficacious such a zone of silence may be in controlling noise near hospitals never has been carefully studied. The condition certainly is one which merits intensive investigation so suitable measures may be taken before conditions have proceeded so far that any attempt at improvement will be difficult, if not hopeless.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column a*e those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

fist in the face of any mythical Brodsky, and call him fighting names. All the time I will be remembering a friendly, pleasant man of an undoubtedly genial disposition. People who have been to his court tell me that he’s a sentimentalist and that unfortunate wives invarialby get all the better of it in his decisions. A sentimental feminist —but, come to think of it, so am I. It had been my intention to run an advertisement in the papers saying, “Missing from the political campaign—Louis Brodsky.” And under that a picture of the magistrate, with a description containing some such offensive phrases as ‘ Height—just about up to Curry’s elbow. When last seen was wearing a tiger skin. Views on important political problems unknown.” But now I won’t. You can’t swat with all your back and shoulders at anybody who has such a genuinely kindly smile. At least, I can’t. (Copyright. 1930. bv The Times)

surrounding land could be bought for a trifle, as they surely couldn’t hold out much longer, with such large assessments constantly coming in and no revenue in sight. But the children of the old pioneers are splendid warriors, and are holding the fort, though not 'Vindictive, yet with determination and trust in Him who said: “Thousands shall fall at thy side—but it shall not come nigh there.” This kingdom is better known as Butler university. CRYSTAL L. SCHUTZ. 4711 Rook wood avenue. Editor Times—Please permit me to present a list of the near-past and present leaders of the Republican party of Indima, succeeding the admirable administration of Governors Marshall and Ralston. First, I will mention Governor James P. Goodrich, who, shortly after his inauguration, sent a message to the legislature which then was in session, asking that body to pass a resolution granting power to the mayor of Indianapolis (Charles W. Jewett) to purchase that old stinking garbage plant, appraised at $30,000, for which Mayor Jewett paid $175,000. Next, I will mention D. C. Stephenson, who was grand mogul of the Ku-Klux Klan of Indiana, and who was also grand high priest of the Republican party in Indiana and who claimed to be the law in this state, who, with his cohorts, the K. K. K., elected Ed Jackson Governor and who now is serving a life term in the penitentiary for murder. The whole Republican organization in Indiana bowed to the dictates of D. C. Stephenson. I next will mention Governor Warren McCray, whose unfinished term irf office is familiar to all Hoosiers. I do think, however, that Mr. McCray was a much more honorable gentleman than the others I mention in this list. And as more

.SEPT. 29, 1930

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Steal rig the Other Fellow's Thunder Seems to Have Become the Big Idea in American Politics. 'T'CRONTO, OnL, Sept. 28,—N0 Sunday papers are published in this city. The province of Ontario forbids it. But they arrive from Buffalo eirly in the morning and from New York at 8 o'clock in the evening. It might be argued that this is just another form of bootlegging, which proves nothing so distinctly as failure of the law. Also, it might be argued that Toronto is bound to be a backward city and Ontario a backward province because of their old-fash-ioned views with regard to keeping the Sabbath holy. There are people who hold that orthodox opinions and progress won’t mix. Still. Toronto runs its own street cars, while the province of Ontario owns a hydro-electric system which represents an investment of $l5O - 000,000 and which enables the averi a 6 e home owner to get his light at I 11s cents a kilowatt. Now look up your own last, I month's bill and begin the arguj ment all over again. a tt a Daylight Saving Over WELL, we’re back on standard time, which means that you can travel more than twenty-five miles or exist for a week without setting your watch. The idea of saving daylight is sound, but why can’t people do so without turning the clocks ahead? It certainly makes you wonder whether there is very much in this so-called mass thinking, or whether popular education has done much to improve common sense. Heaven only knows what would I happen if some ether wave were to ; stop all the clocks, and one only | can wonder how people ever got j along before clocks were invented. If things keep on, we won't be able to tell the difference between night and day unless someone blows a whistle, or turn to the left unless someone flashes a traffic light. Still, there are people who argue that our brains have increased. e a o Dumb or Smart? SO, too, there are people who argue that there is a difference between the Republican and Democratic parties, though both are dry in Maine and both are wet in New York. A good many people would like to vote on the question, but how ar*' they going to do it if each party flops in step with the other? While this has become the most widely discussed question in the United States, it looks as though we never would get in a position where we could line up on much of anything. For that matter, it looks as though i we never would get in a position where we could line up on much of anything. Stealing the other fellow’s thunder seems to have become the big idea in American politics, but whether this idea Ls a sign of unanimity or dumbness, remains to be proved. not, Sport Is Life Saver ONE almost is forced to turn to sports for anything like an honest, sincere effort. Maybe that is why sports have become so popular. At any rate, one can find more candor on a puny golf course than at a national convention, and more vitality in a grammar school football game than in a congressional debate. For some unknown reason, we seem unable to take any but frivolous things seriously. Time was when Americans would shake their fists in each other s faces over the tariff or prohibition, but they are getting so darn polite and co-operative these days that they won’t favor or oppose a law until they are sure that the whole crowd agrees, and seldom fall out over anything more important than the number of home runs Babe Ruth has hit, or which bootlegger can be trusted. tt tt u Tammany Trembles IF Mr. Tuttle hadn’t unearthed some perfectly beautiful scandal.*; in connection with the New York City government, neither he nor the Republican party would have a chance. As things now stand, however, it is Tammany and the Democratic candidate who are worrying. That’s another illustration of what we have gained through a)! the money spent for schools and colleges. What does Vox populi, tot Dei, mean? It is a Latin phrase which can be translated “The voice of the people is the voice of God.” It is attributed to the archbishop of Canterbury Walter Reynolds, who took that a the text of his sermon when Edward 111 ascended the throne of England sinned against than sinning, and was handicapped by the cunning politicians who surrounded him. Next, I mention Governor Ed Jackson, who was charged with trying to bribe Governor McCray by a liberal offer of SIO,OOO to make a certain appointment for prosecutor for Marion county. Thus offer Governor McCray was honest enough to refuse. Next, I mention Governor H. G Leslie, who was speaker of the house during the latter part of Jackson. term of office and who refused to allow investigation of Jackson’s official actio as while Governor until the statute of limitations would save Jackson. Next, I mention James Eli Watson and Arthur Robinson, our two United States senators, who were charged with using their official positions to influence members of the state supreme court to prevent the execution of sentence imposed by that court on Dr. Shumaker. Next, I mention George V. Coffin, “big chief” of the Republican party in Marion county, and who also was mixed up with the Ed Jackson bribery scandal. Now, 1 will ask: Is not this a grand array of Republican purity and) to be the absolute rulers of the Republican party in Indiana? JOHN ROBBINS 517 East Twenty-fifth street.