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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
THAT SENATE VOTE ON WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.

We half imagine that the Indiana
state senate would be horribly sur
prised and considerably chagrined, if
having passed the Maston limited suf-
frage bill, anticipating that it would
put the lower house in a hole, that
body, instead of doing the expected,
should respond by cOncurring.
Quite beyond question this bill was
sent over TO the house as a retribution
TO that body for having passed the
Jones' Rinear direct primary law, after
the senate thought 1t had killed it
dead. AS it is the senate will have 10
go on record again. on the direct pri-
mary question, and that too on the
only primary bill that is a primary
bill, that is before the legislature or
likely to come before it.
Understand, the primary is distinct
lively a platform measure that it has
the Endorsement of Pres't Wilson, of
William Jennings Bryan, Sen. John
Worth Kern, the entire Indiana dele
cation In congress, and naturally. a
considerable membership in the legis-
lature, some of whom are free TO adj
nit that but for the platform promise
they would probably never have been
elected TO occupy their present seats.
The house, beyond question, has the
best OF il in the higher regard that it
has shown for the party's campaign
promises. 1t may now, since the sem
ate has thrown down the gauntlet.
take the further step and extend to
Indiana women the right Of franchise
up 10 the limit that the state cOnsti-
tuition permits.
Neither would it. in the judgment
of many, be suicidal. The average
woman measures up to the average
man in intelligence. ditto, on public
questions. and is. on the average, in
fnitely his superior in morality. We
realize that none of these things are
supposed TO be necessary. or. even de-
sirable with a certain brand of poH-
ticians that prefer ignorance and i'm
morality as a qualification to vote.
It makes it so much easier TO ma
nipulate the voter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
DIDN'T HAVE TO CREEP IN.

In connection with that Santo Do
mingo affair, the standpat newspapers
are roasting Wilson because. after his
election. he said There is no danger
that the spoils system will creep in
with my approval or connivance."
Well. the spells system did not
creep in. 1t was already in. 1t had
always been in and il was doing bust
ness To the best of its ability. Taft
undertook 10 give il a larger foothold
10y putting some tens of thousands OF
spells system assistant postmasters
under civil service. Had Taft an
nounced that he would not. # elected.
reward republican party workers. even
Utah and Vermont would have bolied
him.
Civil service is a good thing, but
we'll have 10 get IL by bites. At any
rate, Wen be long in getting a full
meal OF it il. we rely on the "ins
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
CONotEsT JUST THE SAME.

Those foreign socialists are up
against the real thing, once more.
They've solemnly resolved, in a con-
yention at London. that this war shall
not be transferred from a defensive
war into a war of conquest"
This war is going TO be a conquest,
if ever one was. If the kaiser wins,
he's going to sit down to a meal on
France and Belgium. with, maybe,
Holland, Denmark and parts of Russia
for side dishes. If the allies win.
there1l be a carving up of Austria,
Turkey and. probably. Germany.
Somebody is surely going to pay the
big cost of this war. Parties not
having the money will have 20 put up
the land.
In fact, it is already a war OF con-
guest. Germany has acquired most of
Belgium, Great Britain and Portugal
have gobbled up much OF what Ger
many had in Africa, and Japan has
consumed all that Germany had in
China.
No matter what causes war, con-
quest is almost invariably the result.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
GOSPEL HYMNS AND FANNY
CROSBY

The death of Fanny Crosby. the
famous blind hymn writer best known
by her maiden name, has started con-
siderable speculation as to the real
causes for the wonderful popularity
Of many Of her 5000 hymns.
The critics have always passed a
rather negative verdict on the merits
of these compositions. The words are
sweet, flowing, not very imaginative,
and without polished graces But
they express real emotion in simple
form. The great emotions of life. too,
are simple and elemental. In most
peoples minds they express them
selves in plain language.
Probably the so-called gospel
songs" TO which these verses were set,
had much TO do with their popularity
1t is true that this music had little
of what students would call life and
warmth and color. But there was one
thing they did have. and that was
rhythm.
Old fashioned church music was
stately. dignified. sedate and reserved.
but as sleepy as the country church
on a hot summer afternoon. The
gospel songs took the rhythm OF the
marches and the waltzes and the two
steps and applied it to church music.
Why should the devil have all the
good tunes, asked the writer's of that
day Why indeed? Fanny Crosby
caught the step. In her easy lyrical
way she wrote songs whose thought
not merely met the sentiment of daily
life, but fitted metrically to the beat
Of the music. The songs had motion
and march feeling, and the words
were singable. No wonder they sue
ceeded.
Modern church composers have
learned to write music combining the
dignity of old time music. the rhythm
OF the gospel songs and the color,
life, and originality OF imaginative
composition. But to many people the
Fanny Crosby songs are so associated
with the struggles of life and death
and joy and sorrow that the passing
Of the singer is a personal loss.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
Answer it yourself.

When the Elks have a picnic bye and
r. bye. d. A. w.
All the boys will be delighted,
AS the girls will be savited
To be present and contribute 10 the
sport.
You can laugh and dance and chatter.
You can sing, it doesn't matter,
When the Elks have picnic bye and
bye.
We will have enchanting music
BY Prof. Verweire,
Who will play ali the latest dancing
airs:
He has Saratoga lancers
That are sure to please the dancers.
When the Elks have a picnic bye and
bye.
Well have a dinner and make merry.
There'll be ale and beer and sherry,
Sarsaparilla, ginger ale and tea.
So you need not lose a minute.
Well have fun and you'll be in IL,
When the Elks have a picnic bye and
bye.
So don't spend all your money.
For you know it's not so funny
If you have to stay at home because
you're broke.
You will need il, every shilling,
And can spend il il you're willing.
When the Elks have a picnic bye and
bye.
It's expected every Teller,
When he sees his girl, will tell her,
And, OF course, she'll expect him 10
do the grand.
Then your wife and niece and daugh-
ter
Will expect TO go, and oughter
When the Elks have a picnic bye and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
WASHINGTON STILL AT THE
OF AMERICAN PROGRESS AFTER LAPSE HUNDRED YEARS

With another sunrise the nation
will again approach commemoration
Of the birth Of George Washington
upon whom history has conferred the
title. father of the republic"
And a republican in the funda-
mental sense, he was. even as Thomas
Jefferson was a democrat, in the fun
damental sense.
Some say Washington was an aris-
tocrat; others that Jefferson was an
anarchist,-exagger epithets that
have come down through a hundred
years, from the day of their being.
At one time there existed in this
country. a party which seems, in title
ct least, TO have been intended to
effect a compromise They called it.
democratic republican" signifying
waat the more conservative demo-
Gratis of today are wont TO call. rep
Iesentative democracy, with the
emphasis on the representative"
Which fundamentally, is what re-
publican means. A republic is a rep
resentative government, democratic
at the inception of the representa-
ton, but with the rest dependent up
on the wisdom-or chance-of dem
ocracy in effecting its choice.
Democracy is the rule of the PEOPLE.
indirectly by representation, perhaps.
in the mode, but with the people
rather than with the representatives
as the master, and with the represent
atives, rather than the people, as SER
wants.
Republicanism recognizes the SOW
ereignty of the people. up to and in
Guiding the elections. After that an
official aristocracy becomes dominant,
assumes the right TO do all the think
ing, and to tell the people how they
should be governed, leaving the pub
lie will to approve or resent it at the
next election.-subject, of course. to
official manipulation.
1t works out that way in practice.
Democracy would extend the SOW
ereignty of the people up through the
elections, demanding that officialdom
think as the people think, when it
thinks in az. official capacity, and act
as the people would have it act; even,
when pushed to the limit, reserving
the right in the people to fire officials
that fail to follow such rule, and to go
over the official head to have done
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

American politics.-just as natural as
the rising and the setting Of the sun.
1t was the natural division in the
18th century. and at the sunset OF the
18th. but with the rising average Of
human intelligence. the constantly
growing spirit of brotherhood. and the
consequently higher level Of fitness for
self-government, the lines are being
more and more distinctly drawn. and
will. ere Ions, set the standard OF par
tisan affiliation.
All honor here 10 George Washing
ton, and TO his ideals and practices. as
applied TO the conditions Of his time.
but we are not looking into the past
any more, for that golden age" OF
which the poets sang. Life is the
radiance emanating from the constant
jam and jar OF evolution,-which is
revolution with a soft pedal on.
This well-beloved country is a true
monument TO Washington, the guiding
genius of its dawning day. UnfUrl
the flags Pay him the compliment
well due a national parent, who in our
republican infancy. and governmental
innocence. above all others. shielded
us against doing harm to ourselves.
taught us to walk, and implanted in
us those seed of self-control which
even he once hoped would some day
make the average Of US all, as capable
as was he himself.
1t is an awful indictment against
our century Of freedom Of thought. OF
worship. of a free press. and our
splendid educational system, TO admit
Of no improvement of our capabilities
such as George Washington himself
told Thomas Jefferson. conceding the
correctness of the latter's philosophy,
might fit US for democratic self-gov-
eminent after a hundred years
progress, ''-speaking then of now.
The question is. was the prophet OF
Mt. Vernon a false one, or did he just
cut the time too short Was he the
calumniatOr of a false hope, or is it
only another generation or two that
we need, to make us strong enough TO
scale the wall? Is the span that
reaches from the divine right OF
kings to the blessed privilege Of in
dividual self-assertion, so shaky that
it has mankind buffaloed for eternity
as we'll as time?
Answer it yourself.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
THAT PARK BOARD MEETING.

All! And so it appears that Chief
Censor Rich. Elbel or the city park
board, and his park executive" Mr..
Arthur Park Perley, reinforced by
their Main st. megaphone, allege an
error in our wireless" report of the
park board meeting Friday night.
AS the message reached us, we
chieftain dropped the remark during
the session that there was some doubt
as to whether the contract between
the county and city with regard to
Pottawatomie park, would hold in a
pinch. Through his megaphone, new,
he denies it. Well, he might not
have said 1t had he known the posi-
bilities of a public distribution; prob
ably would not have said 1t, but he
needs to recognize that conversations
held even in secret, are never safe
under modern scientific methods of
reporting.
The point is unimportant. since we
care little for Censor Elbers legal
opinion at its best. We merely men
ton it in passing as an excuse for
registering our continuing confidence
in the wireless, Main st. mega
phonic denials to the contrary not
withstanding.
And the same confidence remains
with respect to the Main st. denial
Monday of our last Sunday morning
report Of the wet and dry" poll
being made of the city by the Union
Temperance commission
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
THE LOCAL "CITY FARM" MOVE
NIENT TO AID UNEMPLOYED.

South Bends response to The News
Times suggestion that vacant lots Of
the city be turned into gardens for
cultivation by those who nave the
time 10 give to such work, furnishing
them with employment and a re-
mnueration the full product of their
own toll. is significant of the modern
spirit that inclines men TO help others
by helping them TO help themselves
IL need not alone be looked upon as
2 semi-solutiOn Of the sO-called I'M
employed problem. These vacant lots,
and occasional tracts, are literal waste
lands in their present lack OF servi-
tude. If they can be made of service,
and there are people unemployed.
aged. or otherwise. willing to put in
spare moments in bringing them under
cultivation. there can be nothing vain
in the accomplishment IL there is
anything 10 the law OF economics.
these waste lands all over America,
have something 10 do with the much
condemned high cost of living.
From all the agricultural ND horti-
cultural centers Of the land. we hear
the cry these days, that the soil Of the
United States is not measuring up to
the increase OF population by a nee
essary increase Of production. The
return 10 the farm movement is the
outgrowth of that doctrine. but the
difficulty is that most OF those to
whom it would appeal. have no money
10 go back 10 the farm with, or 10 buy
a farm with should they get there.
This local effort is bringing the farm
20 ire city in minute degree II is
practicalizing the theoretical end Of
the back 10 the farm" dilemma
Which reduced so the last analysis
makes OF Il city farm movement"
rather than one exclusively devoted
TO the relief OF the unemployed.
though these, no doubt will be able
10 give more time 20 the little farms
than viii their more fortunate broth
crs Why not indulge the city farm
slant a bit before the 'unemployt a."
brand is burned too deco for forget
fulness There is no reason why this
city farm" movement should not cen
tinue from year 20 year. as long as
there are city folk. otherwise unem-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

, what they want done. and to invali-
date the contrary.
In other words, fundamental repub-
licanism, presumes the election of
each Of its official representatives, to
exercise his intelligence and con-
science, subject perhaps to a few ad-
vance platform instructions, for the
best advantage. as he sees 1t, of his
constituents. He is the employed po-
litical thinker and administrator Of
the citizens political estate, with vir-
tually no other strings upon him than
to follow the rules of the game.
Democracy presumes each of its
official representatives TO be reflec-
ton OF the thought, will and con-
| science of his constituents, elected TO
execute that thought. viii and con-
science, insofar as it is ascertainable,
and reserving in those constituents
the largest possible measure Of oppcr-
tunity for instruction on what it
wants, and, of compelling delivery.
Washington and Jefferson split on
these points a hundred years and
more ago, and the points are still
pricking
Washington was unquestionably
the more practicable man for his
time. Jefferson was a hundred years
in advance of his age-and still wait
ing.
The masses were not sufficiently
G. in hn art Of
ment back in those early days Of the
nations history. perhaps. to even be
| trusted TO attempt to measure itself
up to the Jeffersonian ideal. Many
contend that it will be a generation
or more before that ideal can with
propriety be reduced to an attempt
at practice, even after this spanning
of century. Some 10 this day call it
downright anarchy to even think upon
it, Notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour, though with less vehemence
than in days agone, while others see
in the precept and practices of Wash
ington, a brand of aristocracy with
regard to the perpetuation Of which,
the tide of condemnation is rising
rather than receding.
Westward the tide of empire, rising
on the eastern coast OF the American
| continent from out a mist of semi
monarchial tendencies, seems to have
made it's way slowly but surely across
the new world. until dashed against
the rocks of the western extreme. 1t
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
ATrACK ON sNOBBERY.

Sec'y Daniels has done a mighty
good thing by making it possible for
enlisted men to get into the naval
academy at.Annapolis and thus have
chance to become officers. There
are now in the academy six sailormen
for the first time in the history of the
United States.
Political pull has created the notion
that officers shall come from 'the
upper walks of life" and this has
caused "caste" in both navy and army
Daniels action is a blow to snob-
berry and it will result in promoting
enlistment
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

here and there, some of their ideas.
Witness the platform promise Of
the republican party of 1906. OF a
statewide primary for the nomina-
ton of all officers. deemed necessary
to catch the public vote, but repudi-
ated by the legislature of 1907. after
the votes had been counted-only TO
be followed by the transfer OF state
affairs to the democrats in 1905, in the
main. as a punishment for republican
perhdity.
And now witness the similar plat
form promise Of the democrats in
1914. a repetition of that of 1908.
semi-fulhlled. but which, having cap
tured the votes OF the people. needs
to be guarded well lest it go the way
that the republican promise went
into the wastebasket of Reputation.
Individual partisan democrats, who
inheriting more of the political spirit
of Washington than Of jefferson,
have blundered in choosing their
party Affiliations, may be perfectly
justified in concluding that a vital
mistake was made when the platform
pxomise was announced, but there is
considerable doubt if the real demo-
Gratis of Indiana, in whom the Jeffer-
sonian spirit predominates, will quite
be satisfied until they have done their
best at keeping their party's word.
Some redemption may result for
democracy, despite the primary out
come, through the move to throw
down the bars. by constitutional
amendment so as TO permit the gen.
eral assembly to legislate TO the peo-
pie the right to fire as we'll as hire
Z their officials, and to initiate and veto
legislative work, but these are distant
possibilities, while the primary, where
regarded as desirable is also re-
garded as an eXpedient that should
enjoy a more immediate realization.
All these features; the primary, the
initiative. the referendum, and the
recall, and likewise the limited woman
suffrage bill that passed the senate
yesterday, are not only progressive
democratic. but fundamentally demo-
cratic, and they are right or wrong
according as Jefferson, father of dem
ocracy, was right or wrong, or as
Washington, who feared the power Of
the people, would, in this day, be
right or wrong, if still of his ancient
mind.
This is the goth century division in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

practice in that gentle art than
married man?
Again, what is there that discom-
fits a pitcher more than when he
gives the opposing batter a walk
Who leads the batting list? None
other than the good walker. All right.
who does the walking at home?
Point No. for the married ball
player.
Continuing our attack. what do all
managers try 10 instill into their play
ers? The quality 10 fight, TO scrap. 10
argue. Where does a single man get
an opportunity ~ argue, to scrap as
does the married man? Who is "A
better opponent in an argument or
scrap than a wife,
SCORE-3-0.
What does a good ball player need
while on the road? A good stomach.
After a winters lay-off at home show
me a better stomach than that OF
married man.
With the score standing 40 We
cease, TO allow our opponent 70 OFFER
his argument for the unattached ball
player. II ne can produce a single"
reason for his stand We will reply
with a double"
Veni, vedi, veci
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
THE LOAF.ER.
FROM THE NEWS
FILES OF II YEARS AGO.

A pretty girl in a sweater is some
thing fierce.
A downtown sign reads, lodging
and oysters" but does not explain
whether the oysters are in the bed
or on the half shell.
This thing that clothes make the
man impresses you some if you think
about it. Good clothes may not
make a man good, but they create a
good impression because the pre-
sumption is that the man who wears
them has the capacity to earn them.
We might add, however, that some
times this presumption might not
stand pricking.
The Salvation arT;y has learned
from pugilism that body blows count
more than leads from the head with
people who are supposed TO be in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
LOOKS LIKE TUE BELL KINGsHIP
HAD FLOWN.

IL is a splendid compliment to the
lower house OF the state assent bly,,
and to Rep. Arthur lie Roy Deniston,
Of Rochester, chairman OF the COM
2..sttee on Indianapolis affairs, in par
ticular. that despite the manner in
ws.ch the Bell bill for the establish
ment Of a board of finance for the
capital city, was whipped through the
senate. BE, and a majority OF his col
leagues on that committee, had the
nerve TO report the measure out for
indefinite postponemeat.
That among the majority was Dem
ocratic Floor Leader John c. Branna-
man. calls for another particular
compliment to the lower body. -Four
democrats and four republicans
fathered this action, and three demo-
Gratis opposed them with minority
. report favorable TO passage. We like
the attitude of Chairman Deniston in
commenting upon his action:
am here primarily TO repre-
sent my people back home in fur
thering the principles of dem
Ocracy, and not to pull the irons
or any faction Of the Indianapolis
democracy out Of the fire. You
will have TO convince me'that the
Bell bill is democratic by making
II a party measure before | will
vote for II. and then the respon-
sibility will rest with the party
and not on my shoulders.
Whether democrats in the house.
who have assumed such independent
attitude. are to be disciplined by the
hangers-on to the outside organiza-
ton. as is reported to have been the
case in the senate. remains TO be seen.
but with the majority floor leader.
one OF the number to be disciplined.
the disciplinary measures are likely
TO be found a trifie more difficult Of
execution. We are, indeed, bound to
congratulate Chairman Deniston and
Majority Leader Brannaman, with the
other members of the majority on the
indianapolis affairs committee, on the
stand that they have taken. After a
public hearing in which the bill was
discussed by the people Of IndianapO-
las, they appear to have reached
pretty much the same conclusion that
everyone else did, according TO report,
who was not in some way connected
up with the Bell administration or
Under machine influence.
II is inspiring to learn, even at this
distance. that democracy still has it's
champions in the legislature. that are
champions OF democratic principles
first, at least so far as concerns their
individual action. Under such cham
PiOnship, Mayor Bells anticipated
kingship will never be permitted TO
haunt the democracy Of the state. for
even should the party undertake to
caucus the measure into party one.
IL is doubtful If il can gather the
strength TO do it, II Indianapolis
wants commission government. let 1t
take IT. but under no circumstances
should such a makeshift be permitted.
especially in view of the monarchial
tendencies.