The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-22

The indianapolis News now refers
to Charles A. Greathouse as a 'whee
horse in the democratic machine.
That is because he has been made
state chairman because the News useo
the word machine in an obnoxious
sense, and because the towering re-
publican machine presided over BY
Joe Healing, Jim Hemenway, lobe
Hert and the Indianapolis News fears
that the good work of Greathouse is
going a long way to the undoing of
state government by Goodrich, u
which, being interpreted, means "gov-
eminent by the Indianapolis News"
Fault is now found with Mr.. Great
house because he twice became state
superintendent of public instruction
when the democratic state organiZa-
tion supported him. The News !.
greatly worried because there is an
efficient democratic organization il
Indiana, and because there is me-
of the standing and ability of Mr.
GreathOuse at its head.
The News now appears to be great
dissatisfied with the fact that Mr.
Greathouse was twice elected state
The editor of the News should ,have|
the honesty to admit now, as it has
done in some careless moments in the
past, that the administration Of Super
intendent Greathouse was the best
that has ever been known in indiana
or in any other state in the Union
That under his administration the
fame of Indiana spread to all the
ST. ties, because of the splendid and
substantial progress made in all
things relating TO education, All the
people of Indiana know this.
Superintendent Greathouse was re-
sponsible for more advanced educa-
tional legislation than all the men
combined who ever held TIE office be-
fore him, and he put all these pro-
gresslve laws into successful opera
ton. 1t will be a long time before
any political party in Indiana finds
another man of equal ability for the
Job. While he was superintendent
politics was never the first considera-
ton. 1t never took precedence over
efficiency. The first act of his sue
cessor was to depose some of the
ablest people in the department and 70
name in their stead persons of abso-
lutely no experience or special quail
iication, other than that they are re-
publicans.
So all that can be found to say
against Mr. Creathouse now is that
Gratis voted for him. After the cleo
ton of 1913 the same editors can say
that not only democrats, but republi-
cans and Independents followed the
Greathouse lead in voting with demo-
Gratis to GUST the grip of Goodrich on
the state government a thing of
which the people Of the state have
already tired
The same complaint is that which
has for long time been made against
William II. O'Brien, that when he was
4 candidate for auditor of state the
democrats voted for him. Therefore
lie is a member of some mysterious
md awful machine. Yet no man who
neld the office of auditor did a tenth
part Of what Mr. O'Brien accomplish
ID for the people. As the direct re-
'ult of his work, the republican debt
f three millions which he assumed
was entirely wiped out, and the day
James p Goodrich became governor
ne found the state not owing one
penny of debt, and as governor he ac-
cepted from the democrats a net cash
balance on hand Of six millions.
More power to any political organi-
cation. call it machine or what you
will, that produces such public officials
as William II. O'Brien and Charles A.
Greathouse And the Indianapolis
News, which continues TO denounce
them, keeps up its laudation Of lobe
Hert and Joe Healing as great states
men.