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GOODRICH’S JOB this week will beta force the republican com
mittee to “indorse his administration.”
TOOTING the whistle on the street flusher that sometimes operates in
Indianapolis may attract considerable attention, but it doesn’t clean the
streets. One flusher doesn’t make a clean city.
Mr. Sallee's determination to treat the women of Indiana as voters
is not only logical but necessary. They propose to take a part in restoring
the government of the state to the home and there is no way to pre
vent them.
INDIANA RANKS THIRD in the productipn of hogs and seventeenth
in the standing of its scAools. The state tax board controls school ex
penditures, but republican centralization has not yet undertaken to estab
lish a board to regulate investments in hogs.
Unwarranted Presumption
Both Mr. Marshall and Mr. McAdoo are contending that whoever is
nominated at the San Fransico convention should be the choice of the peo
ple of the United States, on whom the nominee will have to depend for
election.
There is certainly no dispute over the proposition that it is the inaliena
ble right of the democratic voters to nominate their choice for the
presidency. >
In Indiana the statutes attempt to provide a method by which the
voters of the party may give expression to their choice.
These three things being true, it certainly comes with poor grace for
any one to undertake to declare that a movement on the part of the
democratic voters to express their choice for president at the primary is
an attempt to disrupt the democratic party. Yet that is just what some
of the politicians of this state, who have had undisputed sway over the
selection of candidates for so long that they believe such selections their
prerogative, are attempting to say about the McAdoo movement. This
contention falls by its own weight and is not worthy of attention except
as it shows the smug self-complacency with which the bipartisan politi
cians view their own attempts to speak for the democrats of Indiana.
William G. McAdoo has no occasion to fear the results of a convention
that is assembled without instructions at San Francisco. The very logic of
his position, his personal capability and availability will make him the
choice of the democratic party for president if that convention is permitted
to assemble without instructions foisted on the delegates by the politicians
Mr. McAdoo has declared that he will not personally enter a primary
contest. Mr. Marshall has made the same declaration, but it is now quali
fied by the assertion that he will not interfere with any effort on the part
of his friends to pledge Indiana's delegation to him.
Mr. Marshall's friends, who are attempting to pledge the Indiana dele
gation to Marshall, certainly have no ground for complaint if they meet
with opposition from the friends of Mr. McAdoo. .
McAdoo's supporters in Indiana have just as much right to test the
McAdoo strength in the state as Marshall’s friends in Indiana have to
attempt to pledge the Indiana delegation to Marshall.
The Times believes that the majority of Indiana democrats prefer Mc-
Adoo to any other candidate. It believes that this preference should be
respected, regardless of any "state pride” or other influences than the
real desires of the voters.
The Indiana delegation can not be instructed for Marshall or any other
candidate without the assumption that the instructions represent the senti
ment of the democratic voters of the states.
There will have to be something more tangible on which to base an
assumption o? preference than the declaration of a bunch of politicians in
Indiana.
Enough Is Enough
Right now the people of the United States ought to serve notice upon
pone-too-impressionable congress that enough is enough!
The census man has been around, and pretty soon the government will
discover that there are a lot more people in the various states When
congress finds that out, it will remember that the constitution provides
that the basis of representation in the house of representatives is the
census. It may discever a way to add a lot more jawsmiths to an already
overcrowded representative assembly. This will cost more for salaries and
mileage, flood the mails with a lot piore speeches, increase the white paper
shortage and generally add to the notorious inefficiency of congress.
After the 1910 census the membership of the house was increased by
forty-four. Virtually this number has been added every ten years since
1870. There’s no need for it, and no sense In it. Simply increase the size
of the constituencies slightly and the nation can do very nicely without
additional representatives. The house is already much too big. It has
to be batted around by an aggressive chief executive in order to get it to
do anything at all, except send government seeds to constituents and draw
its pay. The more representatives of the type we now have the less busi
ness. No more are wanted!
Save Them
Sixteen thousand mothers and 250,000 babies die every year because
the protection of maternity and infancy is not recognized by the state as
a principle of government. That is the conclusion reached by Miss Anne
Martin,' who is urging the public to help save a great majority of these
through Insistence on the passage of senate bill No. 3259 and house bill
No. 10925, offering the aid of the national government to any state that
will join it in infant and maternal welfare work.
Miss Martin says that infant mortality rates are higher here than in
leading foreign countries. Os the dying quarter of a million one-half pass
on within six weeks of their birth, “due directly to the poor condition and
neglect of the mother, before, during and after the birth of the child —
nearly all the deaths of mothers are preventable.”
In other countries the methods differ, but the principle for saving is
to relieve the mother of financial worry, and to provide for rest and care
previous to and after the birth of the child.
The “stinger” that might arouse the nation is contained in this state
ment by Miss Martin: “Our government spent more than $47,000,000 last
year to prevent losses of cattle, crops and hogs; it spent just $47,000,000
less to prevent the loss of mothers and babies.”
Street Cars and Dividends
It is rather unfortunate that the letter of the street car company set
ting out its inability to buy more cars for Indianapolis service should be
followed immediately by the announcement that the Indianapolis Street
"Railway Company has declared its regular quarterly dividend on the pre
ferred stock. The impression might thereby be created that a company
which has money with which to declare dividends has money with which
to fulfill 4ts obligations to furnish street cars.
Os course, the stockholders of the company will argue that they are
entitled to returns on their investment. They will adgue that the divi
dend on the preferred stock is In reality Interest on a debt and as such
an interest charge must be met before any capital outlay is made. These
yirguments, however, will not be convincing to a large part of the citizens
jot Indianaapolis who have been led, largely through the efforts of the
present controlling interests in the company, to believe that too many divi
dends and too few- cars have brought the street car company to ita pres
ent condition of inefficiency.
Whether this is true or not, its effect is the same. The reading public
is Informed one day that the company has no money with which to buy
cars and the next day it is told that a quarterly dividend has been de
clared. To the layman the two are difficult of reconciliation.
GOODRICHISM STATE ISSUE
Gov. Goodrich has completed his speak
ing tour of the state in defense of Ms
administration. The tour has resulted in
1. Making it necessary for the re
publican nominee for governor either
to approve or repudiate tlie Goodrich
administration.
Z. Calling attention to the fact that
there was a necessity for explanations
so strong as to force the governor
to place himself In the worst possible
light by admitting the fact.
8. I.ringing again before the voters
of Indiana the shortcomings of the
Goodrich regime.
4. Proving conclusively that the
Goodrich administration is not
popular.
The outstanding feature of the entire
speaking campaign was the fact that the
governor announced in his speeches that
he spoke for the republican party and
that as spokesman for the party he de
manded a vote of confidence in his ad
ministration as a vote of confidence in
his party.
In other words, the speaking tour re
vealed that Gov. Goodrich is still head of
the party in Indiana, despite any denials
on the part of the numerous republicans
who wish he were not, and that the party
must go into the campaign with him as a
head regardless of whether the nominee
approves of such an arrangement.
If the republican nominee, whoever he
may be, does not approve the Goodrich
administration he will repudiate his
party, according to the attitude* of the
head of that administration.
NOT OPINION OF
GOVERNOR ONLY.
It is very evident that this is not a
personal opinion of the governor, hut
that it is an attitude sanctioned h.v the
republican state central committee. The
governor was accompanied on Ms tour
of the state by Frederick E. Sehorte
meier. secretary of the committee, .'lllll
his speeches were arranged by the com
mittee, and made under the auspices
of the committee.
In this connection it might he well
to review the attitudes thus far dis
played by the four candidates in the
contest for the republican nomination
In order to determine whether It will
be necessary because of their convictions
to repudiate the Goodrich administra
tion. and hence the party.
Edward Toner of Anderson, who ap
pears to be an also ran in the race for
the nomination at this time, is the only
candidate who has unqualifiedly ap
proved (he Goodrich administration.
Statehouse employes, state officials, and
close friends of the governor are assist
ing in his campaign. The fact that he
is making little headway ts apparently
due to the fact that he has expressed
his confidence in the Goodrich adminis
tration.
James W. Fesler has said nothing and
Is expected to continue to say nothing,
until It becomes necessary for him either
to “repudiate or approve my adminis
tration and the republican party."
Warren T. McCray of Kentland has
voiced miid vpposition to the Goodrich
Idea of centralization and can hardly
be depended 00 for a vote of confidence.
Edgar D. Bush is openly and strenn
ously opposing the Goodrich ndmlni*
tration.
GOVERNOR HIMSELF
FAH-A.MOI NT ISSI E.
Thus the governor ha on ri.s speak
tng tour mad" himself the paramount
Issue in the "ampalgn and has made It
necessary for the republicans In th"
state to nominate Bush, approve Good,
richism, vote the democratic ticket or
not to vote at* all.
The second result of the speaking
tour, the catling attention so the Cut
that thpre was some necessity for es
pianation on the part of tie* governor,
has done much to prevent tlmt vote of
confidence which he is demanding The
governor explained that he was giving
an account of his stewardship. In t"rv
speech he repeatedly spoke of criticism
of his administration and attempted to
answer thla criticism. He made It *o
psrent that the acts of his ndtninist-a
tlon could nos speak for themselves,
hut that it was necessary to gloss Hirrr
over and “explain" repeatedly. This I.*
an unusual proceeding on the part of a
chief executive, because a* a rul" when
the acts of an administration are fion
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1920.
est and above board the public can easily
understand this to be a fact.
In his speeches also the governor suc
ceeded in recalling ail of the shortcom
ings of his administration, some of which
might otherwise have been forgotten. He
forcefully called attention, by his re
peated attempted explanations, to the
shortcomings of the tax law and to the
failures of the tax board in its admin
istration; to his wholesale releaseof
prisoners from penal institutions which
has never before been equaled by an
l Indiana governor; to the use of prlson
! ers in a mine owned by a company which
gave him stock “for services”; to the
| centralization of power in the governor's
; office through abolishing offices and com
bining others; to the mismanagement of
J the construction of roads by the highway
commission; to the remodeling of the
statehouse on a cost plus basis which was
objected to by the board of accounts.
ENTHUSIASM LACKING
AT MOST OF MEETINGS.
There was very little enthusiasm at any
of the meetings. At no meeting was
; there a large audience and empty seats
I were the rule rather than the exception.
| The speaking tour begnu at Evansville
i and with it the governor started his
program of playing the southern part
of the state against the northern part,
of telling the southern taxpayers bow
1 they will benefit at the expense of those
in the north.
On the second day of bis tour the
governor visited Oannelton and Tell City,
where the meetings were characterized
i as ” and where the audl
! ences were interested only in learning
I whether a state road would be con-
PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN
in these days when men are scramb
ling for the presidency through the
methods with which men formerly
waged a campaign for township trus
tee. it ts a relief to read such a letter
as that of William G. McAdoo to tbs
people of the town of his nativity re
questing them not to enter his name •*
the state primary. His hope, horeiu
expressed, that the convention at San
Francisco will not be a machine-run af
fair with a cut and dried program, and
delegates tied hand and foot .by in
structions but a great “democratic oen
ferenoe where the inmost freedom of
action should prevail and where the mo
tive of high service alone should con
trol.” As be says the presidency during
the next four years will not be a small
position that any politician can bold
with credit to himself or with benefit
to the country. If the democratic party
is to remain a potential force and not
dwindle pathetically into nothingness as
did the whigs It must stand for definite
programs and principles reaching out
to the solution of the great problems
of the age After all the big thing at
Han Franclaeo is the definition of pur
pose That decided upon, the pext big
thing Is the selection of n candidate
who measures up to the program
Mr McAdoo makes It clear that h
is not engaging In a scramble for a
nomination, but that no man can or
sill >'fue a presidentlal nomination If
summons'll to it by men holding the
same views of governmental policies.
In the democratic flsht tbu* far there
has been manifested but little dlsposl
tloit on the part of men mentioned for
tlie nomination to enter primaries for
the purpose of getting Instructed dele
gations Gov. Cox of Ohio has refused
permission to the circulation of pell
Hons in Indiana, and the only petition
now In circulation Is being circulated
without the consent of Mr Marshall,
who recently declared that he would not
permit If. Since then he has expressed
a desire to go as a delegate to the na
tional convention.
The Interests of the principles for
which the democratic party stands arc
nf paramount Importance. Compared
with these, the ambitions of men are ns
nought And the more the party thinks
of principles and programs and the less
of men during the next few < months the
better It will be. — Ft. Wayne Journal
Gazette.
strueted through their county. Here the
governor characterized the concrete roads
of the highway administration as the
best in the country and promised that
engineers of the highway commission
would arrive in the county in the spring.
He did not explain that there engineers
will be maintenance men who will plan
for repairs on the present road rather
than the construction of a hard 'surface
road.
The governor's pardon record came in
for considerable explanation at Ft.
Wayne, where he admitted that his Ad
ministration had granted pardons _nnd
paroles in indefinite numbers. He ad- ;
mitted that he had released men froir.
the state reformatory because of lack
of space, but did not tell of ftbe mur
derer whom he released from the state
penitentiary to drive his automobile.
At Logansport the governor attempted
to explain the shortcomings of the tax
law, basing his arguments on alleged
shortcomings of previous administra
tions.
His second trip to the southern part,
of the state—to Vincennes and New Al
bany—was characteriied by his repeated
demands for a vote of confidence and
the coldness of bis reception at New
Albany.
At the windup of the tour at Kokomo
the governor made another appeal for
the tax law, quoting extensively the
figures published by Carl Mote, “tax
expert,” as having been “taken at ran
dom” from the duplicate* of various
Indiana cities and counties.—lndiana
Publicity Bureau.
BIPARTISAN EFFORT
That the republican newspapers in In
! dianapoifs are now devoting large head
! lines to booming Vice President Marshall
; for the .presidency Is bound to strike
j ‘he average citizen as a little more than
peculiar. Mr. Marshall has said that he
desires to attend the San Francisco con
vention as a delegate from his borne
state, and ail will unite in fulfilling bis
desires in tlbs respect. He has repeat
edly said that' he Is not a presidential
candidate, and uuder no circumstances
would he enter a primary campaign. On
Dee. 22 In an interview in an Indian
apolis paper the vice prealdent stated:
"I am not a candidate for any office and
do not propose to enter any primary for
the presidency. I would not enter Into
any preferential primary for president
even with the assurance that I could get
the nomination.”
Despite the foregoing statement, we
now find the two Indianapolis republican
newspapers, the Rtsr and the News,
squarely back of Marshall, co-operating
bearily wtth Jim Fry, collector of cus
toms of Indianapolis. There is not the
slightest question but tile clever repub
lican politicians in Indianapolis and ail
over the state are going to lend every
Influence In every county to assist any
local man who will venture to circulate
presidential petitions In behalf of Mr.
Marshall. It would no, require a very
Imaginative mind to arrive at the conclu
sion that state and local republican
money would be at the disposal of any
propaganda In behalf of Mr. Marshall.
And the man who will be guided by
unscrupulous republican politicians will
not vote the democratic ticket at the next
election. That la not the way with bi
partisan combinations.
There fa no reflection In ail of this
upon the very capable, admirable and
excellent gentlemen. Mr. Marshall. He
ha* our respect. He would make an ex
-e'ient prealdent Wore this a genuine
fforf to induce Mr. Marshall lo run sos
the presidency, and were It backed by
other than republicans, there would he
the utmost patience with the proceeding.
Rut republicans sre backing the game.
The man who enters Into this republican
scheme does not have the Interest of the
. democratic party at heart. Would It not
he perfectly Justifiable to question thst
man’s democracy? A croaked republican
scheme never works to the best Inter
ests of the common people Republican
I politicians do not want Mr. McAdoo'a
I name for president on tha democratic
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and not of Well street alone. So can you
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severe terms Jim Fry,-and bis dirty game
of co-operation wtth the republican press
of the slate.
It is an excellent time for the dem
ocrats of Indiana to clean house. And
one of the very best places to atart Is
on such men ae Jim Fry and his bi
partisan game. -Huntington Press.
PROHIBITIOVISTS’ GREAT TASK.
SYRACUSE, Feb. 23.—The state Tom
mlttee of the prohibition party at a meet
ing here adopted a resolution setting
forth that the next great task of tht
party 1s to place before the people a solu
tion of the economic problems of ihe day
thnt is truly American In Its spirit and
form.