Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-09
MORE IMPORTANT
THAN NEWBERRY CASE


The court has passed upon the morals
Of Newberry and anyway | say that they
are not as important as the truth OF
falsity of Watson's statement that the
Government of this country Is honey
combed with sedition and treachery.
And, IL as he charged. on his sena-
torisl honor, he knew these things, ana
has let twelve months pass in silence,
l ask this audience to decide which Of
two things be has done.
Did he mean what he charged in the
hrst place. or did he not?
III be meant what he said has he been
faithful to his duty in standing by and
IeaVlng MS Government exposed 10 this
menace all these months?
II his charges are true, and he let
the sun set upon any day In which he
had not done something to end such n
condition, he has left his Government
exposed.
II his charges are not true: If they
came to him predigested; IL they were
handed to him in a typewriter manu-
script; If they were used for party poIi-
.les' then he did not speak Of knowledge.
ne ala not know whether what he saio
was true or not
watson says he has been busy all
'hese months on the Newberry case.
The other day in Chicago "a hale
dozen professional baseball PLAYERS Were
indicted by grand jury and within the
nour the manager Of the team, had sus-
pended them and elected them from the
club t"e
Newberry, not only indicted. but tried
and convicted, keeps his seat, while Wat
son works his moral microscope for
twenty months.
which is the cleaner, the Senate
ohgarchy or the men who are running
baseball?
Would you not think that II an In
dictment will strip uniform from a
baseball shortstop, an indictment and a
trlal and a conviction and a sentence to
the penitentiary would loosen the toga
from a United States SENATOR
1t might. IL the balance Of power were
not so fine that the oligarchy needs New
berrys vote, and, guilty or innocent,
they are going to have that vote Just as
long as they can and they are asking you
people in Indiana to further save them
that little balance of power by keeping
them Watson's vote along with New
berry's, for they know that watson's
vote is always theirs.
REsENTs
CHARGE.
You may well ask why I, a stranger,
lcome here tonight to say these things.
Il was n member OF the Federal trade
commission.
Il was directed to investigate the pack
ers.
"I did It.
81 told what ! found.
ut was my duty as an officer and a
citizen and when any man, hiding be-
hind the sanctity of his senatorial robe,
seeks to brand me as a bolshevik and
as a traitor, I am here to resent 1t.
II do rent 1t.
at resent it for myself and for my
former colleagues.
MY term of Office expired then days
ago.
mo longer can / as an officer Of the
Government meet Watson before a SEN
ate committee.
81 have been ready and waiting to meet
him there for year, but / was not given
a white mans chance.
$50 I come here to Indiana.
''If he won't face me in Washington,
come here to his own state and as
private citizen I viii face him.
mo one is paying my expenses and
no one is behind me-
Speaking OF the League of Nations
Mr. Colver called attention TO the fact
publican Congress since the close Of the
late war, the draft law is still in full
force and effect.
He referred to the critical situation in
Mexico and to the strained relations with
Japan in regard to the settlement of
Japanese on the Western coast Of the
United States.
Japan Is a member of the League OF
Nations" he said.
'Unless the United States becomes a
member. disagreement between the two
countries will be settled by an outpour-
ing Of blood and treasure instead of be-
ing settled in the court Of the worlds
conscience"
The speaker declared he would attack
the high cost of living by applying
taxation to idleness, 10 non-production
and to speculation.
81 would tax the vacant lot as much
as | would tax the lot next door which
ca rried a useful dwelling house.
81 would tax the land that carries q
ramshackle building as much as I would
tax the land next door that carries
modern skyscraper"
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