South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 122, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 May 1921 — Page 8

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MR. RIDENOUR'S STAND FOR RIGHTS OF CITY MANAGER PETITIONERS. Thank goodness there seems one man In South I'.rnd. running for office, with the courage of hla convictions in defense of the rights of the people, t-ven if H jeopardize his own political Interest. No one could read the advertlement by W. W. Jiidenour. published Sunday, without seeing it the rcrm of an cfllclal of which a people ehould be proud. Disgusted rith the connivances, resulting in the certificate by City Clerk TJilinskl, nullifying the rource of the city manager petitions from that time forward, as found by the cour in the primary mandamus ca.. he makea this exclamation, and makes It publicly: "The decision of the superior court invalidating the proceedings to call a referendum election on the city manager plan of government was but the necessary mquel to the efforts of politicians and officeseekers more concerned In party advantago and personal success than in the rights of the people to sHf-govcrnment. It was a case made in contemplation of such a suit being brought to set aside the proceedingdJintentionally made insuMcient In law. In it is seen the hand of the legal demagogue; a warning against the genius of lawyers In finding ways to Invalidate the will of the people. "If I am nominated next Tuesday, and elected next fall, I will upe my every influence to bring the opportunity to the people to vote on this queetJon, soon um the law will permit, even though I am voted out of ofhee. I have not been an advocate of the city manager plan, being of open mind, recognizing some redeeming features in it, and willing to let the electorate have their way. I promise if elected mayor to inaugurate those redeeming features In my administration wherever possible under the present federal system." Quite as he says It Is not the fault of the court that thero Is to be a primary tomorrow; it Is the fault of politicians and office-seekers the house of Seeblrt who made their own case, loaded with technical Insufficlence, and then brought iult placing the court in a position where it was unable to decide otherwise. Mr. Rldenour, apparently docs rot belong to that school of politicians and offlceeekors. This community needs more Rldenours in I ublic ofhee and every signer of a city manager petition, and every citizen who believes that the people's rights should be advanced, without hindrance from politicians and officc-Heekers hoping to profit personally in consequence, should not forget this man when they come to cast their primary ballot, if of his party faith. Sunday we divided choice between Mr. Rldenour nr. 1 Mr. IMward Ilagey. Both are good men. Rut .Mr. Iinlenour having spoken out in thlg matter, steps- into the foreground, and as divided effort may amount to waste a significant city manager contention perhaps he deserves the center of attention. Roth men are clean, upright, pledged to good government and respect for the law and Mr. Ridcnour, even to the law that empower the people to petition and have their petitions respected by city official?. How different his voice from that of any of th pther mayoralty candidates, republican or demoi ratio; no protest from any of them against this underhanded way of invalidating so popular a movement. Maybe It isn't wholly Invalidated but that doesn't lessen the Cussednesa behind the conditions that make it apparently so. So truo is this that the filence that distinguishes the others from Mr. Rldenour. well nigh indicates their consent. As an independent newrrpaper we accordingly feel free to endorse the Individual, regardless of party, that will take so pronounced a etand, and will eay that those who believe In voting for the right because it right, should give him their support. Maybe there are not many such. "We cannot say. lint b re is their chance to prove how many there :;ro. They say it all depends on the kind of men we s-t. Very well then, most assuredly, the man who. whether ly himself, or whether his lieutenants, instigated the condition now existing, does not .- frcrvo your support and wo all know whose crowd counseled tho suit; whose newspaper organ agitated it; the gentleman who Is to revive Kcllerism; in t.thcr words, the houso of ?eebirt. That trick of tho Sccblrt aggregation and then th attempt to shoulder the blame on Mayor Car."!i was the last straw. SjcIi is Sccbirtlsm.

C. P. R. MAY FURNISH A CLEW. It is interesting to note, that of all the railway j-vsiems in the United States and Canada, th Canadian Pacific emerges from the wartime emergtncy In the best physical and financial condition. The Canadian Pacific, under private management. ;s in the healthiest condition In contrast with all lite t S. railways grouped as one system, although r.ot under government control, and all the railways f Canada, with the exception of the Canadian Pacific, grouped as one system, both owned and opnatcd by t!ie Canadian government. The net operating revenues of United States railways in 1320 were $11,000,000, less than half that 1 reduced by the Canadian Pacific during the samo period ThU in the face of the fact that the United Mates sjd'.cm is much faster, although the Canadian aciHc is the largest single transportation unit in th wcrli. The operating deficit of the Canadian national railways in 1920 was J7O.O00.OC0, which does not Include a further loss of $70,000,000 covering fixed and interest charges. This $14,000,000 deficit must te met by Canadian taxpayers. Just as the $700,C00.000 c'eflclt of railway on this side of the border must be met by United States taxpayers. While the United Statts and the Canadian rational railways were incurring during 1920 a debt which amounts, in this country to $7 and in Canada

to about $1 fcr every man. woman and child, the Canadian Pacific paid lt.i dividend cf 10 percent and showed a surplus of $3.SfrO,0C0. It might not be a bad Idea, for the "Washington "best minds" who are trying to unravel our railway tangle, to begin by etudying the method of Canadian Taclfic management. It may not be at all aprlicable to our situation but whatever it is it scerrus to work. o NOT PERFECT. BUT STEP FORWARD. The senate has passed Sen. McCorrnick'a bill establishing a national budget system. Tho house i expected to follow suit quickly ar.d Prvs't Hardtrig's interest in the budget policy 1h such that his rjgnature making the bill a law is assured. Although the McCormick bill is not so drastic as the extreme rroponents of the budget idea would have liked, even they .admit that it is a step in the right dilectlon. It represents an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary movement toward better control of thw expenditure of the taxpayers' money. Its chief protlaiona are for a budget bureau to prepare est! ruates of departmental expenditures, and the creation of the office of controller to audit and account fcr all governmental expenditure This ofdcial is subject to executive and not congressional removal In this respect the bill differs from tho one passed y the last congress and vetoed by Pr-?s't Wilson on the -ground that it gave congress undue authority over an executive official. The administration has accepted the Wilson view as to this aspect of the law. There was some criticism of the McCormick bill by democratic fienatcrs, notably Sen. King, but such criticism smacks of narrow partisanship. For years without number, agitation for budget reform failed of accomplishment because tho friends cf the idea refused to accept anything short of what they conceived to bo a hundred percent perfect law. If they had been willing to attain their goal a step at a time they would havo been much better advised and the taxpaying public would be much better off. Imperfect as the new budget law Is, we are disposed to give the administration credit for making good Its pre-election pledge. It will be time enough to criticise when the administration refuses tc strengthen the law as its weaknesses and Inadequacies develop during its application. o JURYWOMEN. What do the husbands of Jurywomen think of their wives leaving home all day to work at the courthouse? What damage has been done thereby to their happy homes? Have the fears of tho politicians, who used to predict that woman suffrage would be the ruination of the home, been realized? Well, some newspapers have been interviewing the husbands of Jurywomen to obtain answers to hese questions. And the replies must be disappointing to those who formerly liked to prophesy that all manner of domestic evil would flow from equal suffrage. The husbands of Jurywomen invariably report that, when they come home from work, they find their suppers steaming hot on the table, though their wives havo been at the' courthouse all daw Their homes are just as clean as ever and their socks are being darned and their shirts kept supplied with buttons. Some, however, report that public service ha3 improved th intellectual outlook of their wives. "They are developing topics of conversation other han clothes and hats and cooks and dishes. From service on Juries, they are deriving a keener realization of their responsibilities as citizens, unlike many men to whom Jury service Is a Joke. Woman Is serving justice as effectively as she serves the home. , o GOOD NEWS ABOUT YAP. The latest newe from Washington indicates thit Japan is prepared to make concessions to the Unlcd States In the dispute over the Island of Yap. Just what these concessions will be and whether they will be big enough to meet American demands is as yet problematical. Rut it Is generally believed that the Japanese will go far enough in their proposals to form a new basis for discussion and eventual settlement of tho whole annoying subject of Pacific spheres of Influence. Thi3 important Washington news will be very dissppolntlng to the Jingoes who seize upon every point of difference between the United States and Japan to stir up a war feeling. Rut it will bx equally pleasing to the great mass of sane people in both countries, who would have to do most of the fighting and pa; lng In such a war. o On reading Monday papers, it appears that Sunday Is the day of rest and arrests. o Stock exchange has another "million share day. Spring Is here and the fish are biting again. o

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CHAMBERS OF CO.M3IF.RCi: AND COMMUNITY CI1NTIIRS. (Spokane Was hingt on. Review.) "We can't fool nature by offering a class in emtroiderlng or an especial prayer meeting for youn.r ladies to the adolescent girl." The speaker of this tapient saying is C. S. Rullock of South Rend, Ind.. where he is a member of the local committee for municipal recreation. The wise man of the east was talking about 4ho cnamber of commerce a-s a promoter of the community center. Ho went on to remark that every normal girl or boy desires the society of boy or of girls and can not be prevented from having it. If they can not obtain it In right ways they will in wrong ways. Society must, accordingly, go to their rescue, and municipalities or other public organizations must provide social recreation for the young. Chambers -of commerce, through their committer on public welfare, stand sponsor or should Ftand cponsor for judicious work in providing community centers for those persons whose needs can be met only thus. The outlawry of the saloon has put new responsibility on the public to arrange constructively for helpful use of leisure by the young. Curfew will not send the tired boy or girl home after, a hard day'i work to trying and rqpcllent environments. Some social service of public utility has to be renderevl by the community. The trade unions, the fraUrnal bodies and the Christian association, the men's and the women's, do not and can not meet the need. The schools and their buildings form the natural social and public centers for the recreational needs r.f large classes of the community. The personal tastes of the members of a community are mostly formed at school. Here the interests and friendships are created and the nature fashioned. The school to which the boys and the girls have been accustomed for seven or tight J ears in the grades forms the lit center of their lecreation in the years of growth and even In thos i f muturity. It is the natural geographic center of a neighborhood. If is there because the people are there. It is the social nucleus of an area that requires recreation as well as education. It occupic3 the strategic position for coping with the probler. (f municipal recreation. Realization of these facts and opportunities can best be effected by the chambers of commerce.

The Tower of Babel

BY BILL ARMSTROM

"13M Will Reward (Booze) Fighters." seems to be tho interpretation that some of th boys put on the well known slogan of the equally well known Chicago Tribune

Tom Williams' mayoralty advertisement looked sort of lonesome in Saturday's News-Times, but the city manager decLsion soon awakancd the other brothers to the situation. Sunday's paper had so many platforms and promises in it that It that It looked like a national election.

ored K. of P. passed by here a whil ago, tome mean. Jealous bimbo yelled. "Front" and came near busting up the parade. It was suggested later, that a pair of dice would have been more effective. What Is your opinion? TUR JAMES ROYS.

NO COM3rirVT; OUR W11K I ti:.I)S THIS R.MIA" imX)RT OF OURS. South Rend. Ind., April 30, 1921. Tower of Babel. City. Dear Bill: We wish to report (with the proper sorrow) the recent marriage of one of our brothers, Louie Greening, the captain of the Greening specials in the Commercial league. If It is not too much to ask, we suggest that you head this announcement, "Another Good Man Gone Wrong." Yours Until We Have a City Manager. THE BUXCH.

it Mir.iiT HAvn ri:i:. woitsr. Mister." whined the beggar to Dave Roswell, "will you give a poor man something for a drink?" "You bet I will. How much have you got?"

They tell a story on Riley Hinkl that ono time a fellow nked him if he had a little fairy in his home, and he said. "No. but I have a little mi-s In my engine."

Vote for a winner, they urge you. In order to discover who's a winner, you have to wait until Tuesday nUht. and then it'll be too late to vote at all. Say, what in the H 1 do they mean, vote for a winner?

yvjs, vi: oRsi3tnn that ciiAiuiNci: i:lt,tott was DRIVING IIIS SMAIJj CAR HIS. PACKARD. riatner's Sun. p. m., May 1st, '21. Dear Rill: When the parade of the col-

Six o'clock, and all is well on May day. The only trouble we have heard of was-a legionnaire called us up a few minutes ago and asked us If we knew where he could buy a drink. Think of It, asked us!

If the candidates decide to buy any votes, they ought to at least stretch themselves a little and fix it so one can enjoy Five Dollar day on Thursday.

We are always mistaking John Farneman when ho drives around town in that new H. C. S. of his, for a moving picture actor.

OUR DAILY POMJ1 I know an old man with a nose, That has all the tints of a rose. Ho hnsn't been sober, Sinco last October Where he gets it nobody knows.

Charley Chaplin's mother has recently made the remarkable statement that she has never seen her sen act. She is tied with a lot of other?.

Ignorant Essays By J. P. McEVOY

Till: MONDAY UiSSON. Babe Ruth A baseball person. Pagoda A Chinese flat. Ca sti ga t e Wa 1 1 o p . Public Official An official who ofliclites in public, Illuminated All lit up (very rare.) Relladona An eye opener. Used here as a phrase of farewell. Aquapura Rain, dew, a chaser. RARi: RUTH. JOSEPH: What ho. Father. FATHER: What ho. yourself, my son. JOSEPH: I have pondered your discourse on manners. Father, and I hae another thought this bright Monday morning. FATHER: Another thought, Joseph? Impossible! JOSEPH: You err. Father. Improbable mayhap, but not impossible. You should be more precise in your diction. Rut that is neithc here nor there. My thought this morning was to ask you what in your opinion Babe Ruth will do this summer. Will he or will he not better his home run record of the past year? FATHER: His last year's record, my boy! I think he will knock it for a row of Chinese pagodas. JOSEPH: As how, Father? FATHER: I believe ho will salivate It, my boy. I believe he will castigate the fair flying pellet on the seam with great Intensity and regularity. JOSEPH: It delights mo to hear you say so, Father. I would that he would, but. alas, I fear that the task if beyond his powers, mighty though they be. FATHER: Where do you get that "alas" stuff, my son. Relieve your father when he tells you that Babe Ruth will knock 'em kicking this year. You can't keep tho.5 kind of fellows down. JOSEPH: "There kind." Father, you surprise me! Undoubtedly you mean "them kind." FATHER: Well, "that there kind." if that suits you better. JOSEPH: You are still in error. Father, you should say "that there now kind.'

FATHER: Well, havo it your way, my son, have it your way. It's a wise father that can show hlö own child. JOSEPH: And who do you think will win the pennant. Father? FATHER: I don't know, my son. JOSEPH: Why, Father, you dismay me. I thought you knew everything. FATHER: If I knew who was going to win the world series, my son. I would be indicted. JOSEPH: Indicted! What can that mean, Vather? FATHER: It can mean a lot of things, Joseph sometimes five years, sometimes ten, and sometimes a neat little necktie party. JOSEPH: Necktio party. You speak in parables, Father. What is a necktie party? FATHER: A necktie party is where a public official ties' you to the end of a rope and leaves you there until you lose all interest in current events.

JOSEPH: How

ther. FATHER: Surprising the word my boy; it is

shock. JOSEPH: I hope you will never be indicted. Father. It would aggravate me If you were sentenced to 2Z years. FATHER: I am not sure, but I believe I would be aggravated myself. JOSEPH: Well, let us not think of the future. Father, except as applied to Babe Ruth's record this year. And now I will withdraw. Thank you for the Illuminating discourse. Relladona, Father. FATHER: Aquapura, my boy. Questions: Have you ever seen Babe Ruth? Would you rather bo Babe Ruth or Julius Caesar? Even if Caesar wasn't dead? Have you ever been invited to a necktie party? Write three sentences using the word "salivate." Now take them out and see what you can get on them. Do you know any parables? Do you know any riddles? Do you know anything? (Copyright. 1921.)

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More Truth Than Poetry 0y JAMES J. MONTAGUS

MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN. Algernon, alom: the lane, In Iiis motor car came humming, Just as the six-thirty train At terrific speed was coming. Though the bars began to drop Algy tried to hurry under. Neither he nor train could stop. Now he knows he made a blunder. Ladder leaned against a wall. Inconvenient, people found it. Notwithstanding which they all Excepting Willie walked around it. He walked under, stern and grim. Not the lea?: bit superstitious, Which, since it fell elown on him Ho admits was injudicious. Argus opticted motor cop Fancied Ethelred was speeding, Loudly called to him to stop

Rut the lad went on. unheeding. ! Thought he'd gaily cry "Farewell." I

When the mMor cop was shaken. Now he's In a grated cell Quite convinced he was mistaken. Herbert had a case of gin. Which with fear and trepidation

! He one evening carried in j On arriving at the station. When his arm got stretched and

sore Gave it to a colored pcrter Who of course was seen no more Now he knows he hadn't or' ter. (Copyright. 1921.)

JUST FOLKS By EDGAR A. GUEST

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STRENGTH. A little mirth, a little care. A burden now and then to bear, A passing smile, a fleeting tear.

incse mark the days of year,

And life is good or life is bad According to the faith we've had. k Blue skies and sunshine come and go, The cheerless-winds of winter blow Across the path of life, and then Tho springtime blossoms bud a gain. And all nui.n carry sorroiv'd cross, For who would gain must suffer loy-s.

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Life rests with endur:

There is no door that Is secure' Against despair and hurt and woe, All these? the richest man must know. And at I-Tt his worth is known According to the strength he's shown. Nor god nor fame can keep away The tempest when the clouds grow " pray. All that can live unto the last Are memories of a happier past; Thus life is good or life is bad. According to the faith we've had.

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