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Ju&iana Jlailti atiuies
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YOU CAN ALYAYS JUDGE a civilization by the degree of independence
enjoyed by its women.
D'ANNUNZIO is determined to win the approval of Fiume or wear it.
out with plebiscites.
IF OLD WILHELM had to saw wood for a living his pride would
urge him to starve first.
THE UNOFFICIAL explanation is that Japan is landing mere troops
in Siberia because there is no one to hinder.
H. H. I?LATT says there is enough heat energy in the atmosphere to
take the place of coaL The man has been in the senate gallery.
Centralization’s Dangers
It is indeed difficult to understand by what process of reasoning the
conclusion may be reached that a body consisting of three men, living in
Indianapolis, is more competent to ascertain the true cash value of all
the property in Indiana than the township and county assessors who live
in the various tax units of the state.
It is even mor* difficult to become reconciled to the belief that prac
tically all these township and county assessors either wilfully disregarded
their oath to assess property at its true cash value-or fell into the common
error ”of underassessing property to such an extent that the* three wise
men in the statehouse were impelled to increase their valuations hori
zontally.
Yet the state tax board expects the taxpayers of this state to accept
these beliefs. And the appellate court says it is not prepared to hold that
the state tax board did not have the power to enforce the results of thi3
belief. x.
The only real justification that can be offered for the horizontal in
creases ordered by the state tax board 'must be based on the theory that
the assessors did not assess property at its true cash value. The generality
of the state tax board’s increases can only mean that the board believed
the assessors, generally, failed in their duty.
The horizontal increases that were made by the tax board were at
tacked in the courts on the theory that the state tax board did not have
the authority to put its judgment of values against the judgment of the
assessors and increase assessments to accord with its own disputed judg
ment.
The appellate court did not determine this question. It avoided the
real issue before it by declaring that the remedy sought would be more
harmful than the evil it was sought to cure. But it did say that.it was not
prepared to say that the tax board did not have the power to maintain its
judgment as supreme.
This, we believe, is the really vital point of this whole controversy,
and a point which the appellate court seems to have made impossible of
adjudication.
If the courts can not, or will not, define what power is granted the
state tax hoard by the tax law of 1919, then the people of Indiana will have
to determine the question at the polls.
For It Is not safe nor sane to have in this government an administra
tive body without a' definition of its powers and without a limitation of its
authority.
Such a condition is “centralization” carried to the greatest possible ex
treme. It is an infringement on the liberty of the citizen.
If it is possible to establish a tax board without definition of its
it Is, of course, possible to establish a board with jurisdiction over any
other phase of community life without defining Its power. If there is no
relief from its acts in the courts of equity then it is unlimited in its power
or scope. **
What, therefore, is to prevent the establishment of a board with au
thority to revise the criminal code, which board might legally ignore the
consensus of judgment and determine that spitting on the sidewalks is a
capital offense, or treason a mere misdemeanor?
Mr Risk's Suggestions
No one can read the suggestions for a democratic state platform offered
by James K. Risk without recalling the platform on which Mr. Risk made
his race for the nomination for governor in 1915.
Then as now Mr. Risk favored a constitutional convention. He was
unalterably opposed to the liquor traffic as it was conducted then and he
reiterates his opinions now with the suggestion that the democratic party
must make it plain there is no possibility of favoring the return of the
saloons.
Mr. Risk declared then for woman’s suffrage and the control of party
organizations by the voters themselves rather than by the few bosses
who elect to manage party affairs.
This campaign he suggestj reaffirmation of the constitutional con
vention plank, and the prohibition attitude, observance of the spirit of the
primary law, a budget system, court reforms and the initiative and ref
erendum.
Whatever may be the opinion of the new suggestions, it must be con
ceded that the position Mr. Risk took in 1915 as to suffrage and the liquor
question was right. The votes of the people have since supported him.
Nor can we dispute over the question of a constitutional convention.
Our primary law has recently undergone some changes and It is not
a satisfactory law. That Is all the more reason why the spirit that prompted
its enactment should be dealt with in this campaign.
The initiative and referendum is no longer the “fearful thing" it was
once believed to be. Other states and many statesmen have come to be
lieve in it. A careful consideration of it is demanded by the democratic
party.
But one of the most important things that Mr. Risk discusses is the
position of candidates for office. He says:
“The candidate who takes the position that he will not give expression
on important subjects prior to the primary, but says he will run on any
platform that is made by the convention, is a coward and unworthy of
consideration by the voters of any political party.”
He is right ,
The republican party in Indiana is today afflicted with the candidacy
of four men soi 4 the nomination for governor. With the exception of
Edgar Bush none has made his position clear on the important issues of
today.
The democratic party can not afford blindly to endorse a candidate
whose views may be no different from those of any one of the three re
publicans who “plead mute” in response to the indictment of inefficiency.
Remade Men
Though American beneficent purposes in the war have not all been
realized fully, there is no doubt that, as an Incident to the war, the course
of many lives' have been changed for the better.
In the United States 18,239 former soldiers, sailors and marines are in
training for trades, commercial employment and professions which, before
the war, mnny of them probably had never dreamed of undertaking, accord
ing to the latest bulletin of this federal board for vocational education.
Many had been square pegs in round holes. Their education had pre
pared them for nothing in particular. They were Just loose parts rattling
in the industrial machine. Left to themselves, a considerable portion of
them would have remained In the too large class known as unskilled labor.
Returning from the war, disabled, thefr found awaiting them opportu
nity to learn gainful trades and professions at the expense of the govern
ment. Eaoh man was directed to the road best suited to his inclinations
and talents.
If a man seemed to have in him the makings of a plumber, he was
-advised to ieam plumbing, and was not sent to a law school to learn to be
\< lawyer. Nor were potential auto mechanics spoiled by being sent to
medical schools to beoocae fourth-rate doctors. On the other hand, 352
men wens found equipped to study law and these now are attending law
schools, while 175 are studying medicine In Its various branches.
FOOLING
INDIANA VOTERS
No. 1. —“Indorsing J. P. Goodrich.”
Copyright, 1920, I. P. B.
The most evident purpose of this
booklet “issued by the Indiana republic
an state committee, ’’ is to make an issue
for this political campaign of the record
of the republican party under the Good
rich administration.
In pursuit of this purpose, the com
mittee, which assumes full responsibility
for the booklet and its contents, in
cludes fulsome eulogies of Gov. James
P. Goodrich, whose name appear seven
times on its first page and is found
at frequent intervals elsewhere. Goodrich
is the most frequently quoted authority
in the booklet. His pronouncements on
taxation form the body of the treatise
and are so used.
This booklet was prepared and au
thorized while James W. Fesler, now a
favorite candidate for the nomination
for governor Was a member of it. In
the absence of any other pronounce
ments from Fesler on the subject of tax
ation it must be regarded as his plat
form stand on the subject of taxes. lie
was a member of the committee that
authorized it. He is one of the men
who ■ approved it and ho is, of course,
bound by it, a fact which he has jiever
taken occasion to deny.
Therefore, as a statement of the plat
form On which the republican party
makes it campaign, authorized and is
sued by the highest authority of the
party, it is binding, not only particularly
on Fesler because he was connected with
its Issuance, but on all dther candidates
who did not specifically repudiate it.
- Careful analysis of this official booklet
Here the Reader
■ Says His Say
GREAT MEN.
Editor The Times—That was a great
event when Martin Luther stood In the
presence of Charles V, emperor of Ger
many, at the diet of Worms, there to an
swer to that supposedly august tribunal
for bis attitude in regard to church and
state. Following his arraignment, Luther
said:
“Here I stand; I can not do other
wise; God help me!”
Luther’s name is a household word in
every clime and country, his accusers and
maligners have passed into obscurity
and oblivion.
Another great event was when William
H. Seward, secretary of state in Lin
coln’s cabinet, suggested to the president
that if he did not know just how to pro
ceed in handling the vexed questions of
the hour, perhaps he could find a man
not a thousand miles away equal to it
and Lincoln replied: "The policy laid
down in my Inaugural address met your
distinct approval, and it has thus far
been exactly followed. As to attending
its prosecution, if this must be done, I
must do it, and I wish, and suppose I
Greets Yank Who
Spared Him in War
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Seventeen-yerr
old Joseph Fringer, American citizen
and former soldier In the German
army, shook hands today with an
American army sergeant, who spared
his Ufa In No Man’s Land.
During the American advance into
the Champagne he was encountered.
In a shell-shocked field by Sergt.
Kenneth Vocka or the S9th division.
Sobbing that he was an American,
a former resident of Lincoln, Kas.,
the boy’s life was spared by Vocke,
and he never forgot. After overcom
ing much red tape he managed to re
turn to America, coming straight to
Chicago to express his gratitude to
his captor.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1920.
Being an an
alysis of “The
O p e r ation of
the 1919 Tax
Law”—A Book
let in Generaj
Circulation Is
sued by the
In di ana Re
publican State
Committee.
reveals that the republican party does
not intend in 1920 to admit that its
record on the subject of taxation contains
any errors or- is susceptible of improve
ment in any way. In fact the whole
tenor of the booklet is to maintain that
In the present tax law the republican
party has produced not only a perfect
rystem of taxation, but the best system
that can be devised..
Nor does the republican committee con
cede that in the administration of the
la tvs that It provided there has been a
single mistake on the part of the Good
rich administration. On the contrary
“the operation of the 1919 tax law” is
regarded as excellent and Is praised in
every detail. Jt is, in fact, so satisfac
tory to the republican committee that
that body declares that:
“Within less than five years from this
date it will be universally recognized as
the greatest achievement of the repub
lican party in Indiana since the Civil
war.”
For the campaign of 1920 the repub
lican state committee has definitely
linked the party with the tax laws en
acted under the Goodrich administration.
It has indorsed the la wand its admin
istration. Its position in this campaign
is assumed in the final words of this
official publication:
"The republican party in Indiana Is
emphatically proud of This record of
well-balanced and judicious legislation
and administration.”
No. 2 will discuss "Upholding the Tax
Law.”
am entitled to have the advice of all
the cabinet.” Never but once again did
Lincoln need to assert his great and high
prerogative.
The future historian will have the
honor of recordings one of the greatest
events in the world, as it relates to the
peace and dignity of all the peoples
thereof, when he recites the heroic atti
tude of Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States of America in his grim
determination to have the league of na
tions adopted as he received it from the
council table. Lodge, Borah, Johnson
and Uecd will soon disappear from the
limelight, and future students will be
amazed when in an occasional autiquated
volume they chance upon their names,
and searching out their records will sigh
at their misfortune in not having made
the best of their opportunity. Luther,
Lincoln, Wilson,.their fame will increase
as the years go by. As Vice President
T. It. Marshall recently said:
“They would rather follow principle
than a plug hat.’’
REV. R. H. GOTT.
Kokomo, Ind.
GOOD STORIES
Anybody is better off for having heard
good stories, clean stories, told by a
born story teller. Because a good siory
is good in itself, and, well-told, is bound
to let loose the laugh germ. And laughter
is healthy.
Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday an
niversary will be celebrated on Feb. 12,
was ar, acknowledged leader both ag a
teller and Inventor of apt stories. The
story telling habit became a part of his
natnre, and he gave free rein to It. Even
when the fate of the nation seemed to
be trembling in the balance, Lincoln
could tell a funny 6tory. That, and a
laughable book, was an outlet for the
agony he was undergoing in his soul.
Lincoln’s supply of stories seemed aa
unfailing as a rock spring. He always
had one on tap. And he enjoyed them
himself, a fact which added to the en
joyment of others in them.
‘H,
facing the ordeal.
Caller (whispering)—What makes your
hurtband look so pale and nervous?
Mrs. Dibbs —Just before you came we
drew lot* to see who’d fire the cook, and
I won.—-Buffalo Express.
BOOKS
Robert Cortes Holliday goes through
an ordinary day. He rides on the trol
ley, he saunters down the street, visits
the postoffsce, the general store, the
restaurant and the railway station. He
meets frleDds, cronies, strangers, clerks,
specimens of “all walks of life.” Noth
ing escapes his notice. He writes about
these people, brief pen pictures that flit
through his day like scraps of life on a
movie film. He tells how they look, how
they talk, how they act and react and
the series becomes a little book which
wears the only title it could bear,
“Peeps at People.” You read the book
and wonder tb-at Holliday knows people
y<Ju know ind' meets people you meet
and peeps at people you see, but you
didn’t know you saw these people until
Holliday wrote his little volume and you
read it. It takes a seer to make us see,
and then, too, Holliday was a Hoosier.
—George H. Doran Cos.
-I- -I- -!-
A famous old negro cook was one
time asked: “Mammy, how do you make
up your mincemeat?” “Lordy, Honey,’
she replied, “I don’t mix it, it jes’ ’cu
mulates." Christopher Morley must have
known- that cook. His ‘‘MKnce Pie" of
fered by George H. Doran C-’ompany 4s
a “ ’cumulation” of all the and
strange ingredients, spices ard flavors
which are recessary to a tasty morsel
for the hungry reader. He says it should
be read in bed, but that is no time for
mince pie, unless the author naively
knows that no one will nod or dream
over his writings. But if one does fall
over a revery we can assure him it will
boa day dream and not a nightmare.
Perhaps Hooslcrs will be most keenly
interested in “Old Bob,” because this
delectable ingredient of “Mince Pie” was |
derived from Indiana. In this chapter j
Holliday lias his Boswell if ever anj
one but Johnson had. Morley is one j
of the clever group of essayists who
are creating anew literature and a wide j
circle of friends. Taste “Mince Pie” I
you may read much and not ruin your j
digestion.
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Hoosier readers who know “Walking j
Stick Papers" and the few who know j
their author, Robert Cortes Holliday, j
will welcome “Broome Street Straws,” j
from the press of George H. Doran Cos.
Robert Holliday is coming into his own j
as an essayist, humorist and satirist, j
Somehow we feel that his youth spent in '
Indianapolis gives a peculiar quality to j
his writings. He secs through Indiana ]
glasses. He has the quaint pbilsoophy I
tbt seems to us familiar. He speaks to
our minds and hearts, like one of our
own kin. This Impression may be vague j
and Indistinct, but It pervades bU writ- j
ings and we are again and again con- j
scious of the feeling that the writer is
familiar with the world we know. I
“Broome Street Straws” are the scat- :
tered flotsam of many inoods, but Holli
day has gathered and bound them be
tween the covers of one volume that the
reader can open anywhere and at any
time, and at random select a straw that is
worth thought and attention. The tired
business man and the lover of the old
west, with its wild and woolly adven
tures, will find In “Lynch Lawyers," by
William Patterson White, a story as full
of thrills as a movie film. The story is
more largely composed of conversation
and rapid action than any we have read
in many days.
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“The Great Impersonation” Is said to
be the best story ever written by E.
Philips Oppenhelm. It is a theme that
finds lts foundation in real and recent
conditions in ’’.ngland, and at least one
or two characters seem historic, bnt the
story is eompellig Interest and th<
suspense is maintained until the great
surprise, which is the climax of the nar
rative. We will guarantee that the reader
will not find a dull page and that the
author outguesses him in the end.—Lit
tle, Brown & Cos.
HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
The hip pocket in men’s trousers Is to
enjoy one more season before it Is dried
np and withered away by the desert
breath of prohibition. This was decided
during the recent conference In New
York of the International Association of
Clothing Dealers and Manufatcurers.
But they no longer will be “quart size."
The "pint size” hip pocket will be all
the rage this season.
Pension
Checks
Cashed
Free.
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SEWING HELPS AND NOTIONS
5c Collar Stays t..l£
5c Dyall Dyes
5c Snap Fasteners 3<*
6c Paper Pins
5c Safety Pins
5c Basting Thread
5c Darning Cotton
10c Steel Crochet Hooks
10c White Pearl Buttons /• *><*
10c Tape Lines
Fancy Buttons, up to 50c 5C
10c Darning Egg 7^^
FEBRUARY SALE OF DOMESTICS
Cambric Muslin, 27c
CAMBRIC, MUSLIN, yard wide, bleached, for gen
eral use; regular 35c grade, 27<L ,
Unbleached Muslin, 25c
UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, yard wide, extra fine qual
ity, firm weave, for sheets, pillowcases and general
family use; regular 35c grade, at 25£.
Bleached Crash, 22c
BLEACHED CRASH, 18 inches wide, part linen, for
hand or roller towel3; regular 30c valuo, at 22£.
Window Shades, 79c
WINDOW SHADES, 36 inches by 7 feet, dark green
only, mounted on strong spring rollers, regular SI.OO
value, at 79<L*
New Fabrics of Cotton for Spring 1920
The spring patterns are shown in many new and exclusive designs
for house and afternoon dresses, for children's piay and school,
frocks.
NOVELTY VOILES, 40 inches
wide, beautiful patterns, for
women’s and children’s wear,
fast colons, 98c
SPRING DRESS GINGHAM, 32
inches wide, new plaids, extra
fine quality, for women’s and
children’s dresses; spe
daily priced at UvL
NEW DRESS GINGHAMS,
spring plaids and stripes, for
women’s and chll
dren's wear, at
ABIE WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT LOSE NO CASH.
306-312 E. Washington St., Just East of Courthouse.
An After Stock-Taking Sale of
Women s Winter Apparel
Emphatic Price Reductions Mark This Selling
of Suits, Coats and Dresses
An event decidedly out of the ordinary. This noteworthy featuring
has been brought about only through the grouping together of in
complete assortments. There are styles to meet almost every prefer
ence, materials in wide variety and all the most desired colors. In
many instancs there are only two or three garments of a kind. But
while the size range is incomplete, every size in included in each
assortment.
$20.00 value \
$25.00 value (
$30.00 value )
$35.00 value ) 1/i CA
$40.00 value
$45.00 value • j A
$50.00 .value ( JL
$55.00 value ) d^OQ
$60.00 value
DRESS GINGHAM, new plaids,
checks and stripes, for women’s
and children's aprons and
TT:. 35c
FANCY VOILES, 40 inches wide,
the much-wanted material for
spring and summer wear; beau
tiful color combination for
waists, dresses and smocks;
our special, 59c
QUAINT SOUNDS INDICATING JOY AND RAGE.
All Alterations Free
10c Silk Thread 1 7%+
15c Sewing Needles 10£
15c Machine Needles
15c White Pearl Buttons 10^
10c SNAP FASTENERS ! 7
10c SAFETY PINS 7V&Q
10c HAIRPIN CABINETS t 7=&ff
10c WIRE COAT HANGERS 7
10c SHOE POLISH 7%<*
12|/ 2 c RICKRACK lO^
15c LISLE ELASTIC 10^
FANCY BUTTONS, up to SI.OO lO^
Apron Ginghams, 25c
APRON GINGHAM, 27 inches •wide, standard qual
ity, staple checks, regular 35c value, at
Cheviot Shirting, 28c
CHEVIOT SHIRTING, best quality, plain blue, for
men’s, boys’ and women’s wear; regular 39c grade,
at 28^.
Windsor Plisse Crepe, 45c
WINDSOR PLISSE CREPE, in pink and blue • for
gowns, lingerie, etc., regular 60c value, at 45c.
Mercerized Poplin, 49c
MFRCERIZED POPLIN, silk finish, all wanted
shades for women’s and children’s dresses; regular
60c value, at 49<L
RATHER MISLEADING.
Pension
Checks
Cashed
Free.
BARGAIN
TABLE
PINK MESH BANDEAUX, lace
trimmed, open back; also bras
sieres, lace or embroidery trimmed,
up to 76c quality—
Choice 49c
No Phone, C. O. D. or Mail Orders.