Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-07


reveal at once, as it did In the states, a
| vast SuFplusage of employees. 1t awakens
individual. interest, encourages greater ef-
FORT and gives opportunity for talent to
| assert itself. The normal course OF leass
resistance develops in government. bu-
reaus hardpan, which retards progress.
| W hen the> reorganization is made, pay
| should be commensurate with service.
Many federal departments whose famfd.
/ cations touch che country generally, have
| lost valuable men to business. This has
badly crippled postoffices, the railway
mail service and other branches.
am convinced after considerable
study of the subject that the expense
of the government can, without loss
| of efficisncy, be reduced TO n max
| imum sinking fund and interest on
| the national debt.
| When we enter the league of nations,
| We should at the same time diminish
| our cost for armament. To continue ex-
! penditures in either the war or the navy
| departments on vast scale. once our
membership in the league is assured,
would seem to be a very definite refuta-
| ton Of the advantages of the world plan
which we believe it possesses. An ap-
| pealing fundamental in the league
method, is the reduction of ornaments.
| We can not afford to do 1t, until other
| nations do likewise.
If we do not enter the league, hun
| dreds of millions of dollars must be
spent for ornaments. If we go in,
and / believe the people Will insist
ON it, then we can count on econ
Onies.
VICTORY IGNORED
BY REPUBLICANS.
Since the last national conventions of
! the two great parties, a world wary has
been fought, historic, unprecedented. For
many, many months, civilization hung in
In nj a
hours it seemed as though a world die
tator was inevitable, and that henceforth
men and women who had lived in tree
dom would stand at attention, in tho
face of the drawn sword of military
autocraey. The very soul of America
was touched as never before with fear
that OF liberties were to be taken away.
What America did, needs no reiteration
here. 1t is known OF all men. History
viii acclaim it-poefs will find 1t an
inspiration throughout the ages. And
yet there Ia not q line In the republican
platform that breatheS an emotion of
pride, or recites our national achieve
ment. In fact III a man from Mars were
to depend upon thu republican platform
or its spoken Interpretation, by the
candidate of that party, as his first
means of information, be would not md
a syllable telling him that the war had
been won, aud that America had saved
the world How ungenerous how uns
gracious all Of this is; how unfair that
mere group Of leaders should so
demean themselves in the name OF the
party of Lincoln and Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
The discourtesy to tue president is
an affair OF political intrigue. History
will make it odious. As well might 1t
be directed Mt a wounded soldier OF the
war One fell in the trench; the strength
of the other was broken IN the enorornous
labors OF his office. But others were ig-
noIed the men and women Who labored
at home with an industry and skill
that words can not recount what OF
the hands that moved the lathe by day
and the needle by nightg What Of tho
organizations, superbly effective, that
conserved food and fed the world--that
carried nourishment 10 the very front
trench IN the face Of hclEs furies-that
uursed the wounded back 10 life-that
buried the dead Ia the dark shelter OF the
night-that inspired business men and
artisans Of all parties 90 work in har-
mouyf W hat Of the millions Of men,
women aud children OF all creeds. re-
ligious and otherwise, who stood In the
ranks as firm as soldiers overseas. nndf-
VlIed by things they orce quarreled
about7 What az the government st.
self-conhrming the faith of our fathers
as sufficient 10 meet the storms OF time
Why the sneer at labor wish tue yetled
charge that 10 was mere slacker1
The spectacle Is sufficient 10 eOnvtuos
any unprciudiced man tina the Tepub
iican leaders who have taken charge Of
their party and nominated ika candidate
are 40 more -nosscssed Of the spirit Of the
hour than they were In 1872 when theF
precipltated revolution within the rank
and die Of a great organization. II fur.
thar proof were needed, the action OF
the present congress supplies IT. Not
constructive law can be cited Money
and time were wasted In seeking 20
make a military triumph an odious chap
ter IN history-and yet Is IL not sig
nihcant that after two years OF sleuth-
ful inquiry, there was nothing revealed
Ia that vast enterprise. carrying billions
Of dollars IA expense, upon which they
could base even a whisper Of dishonesty.
FINALLY SEES SOME
HOPE IN MEXICO.
Tho Mexican situation. trying to our
patience for years. begins % snow
of the things that have contributed to
u IL a realization by tho people OF that
country that we have neither the lust
for their domain nor deposition 20 dis
lurb their sovereign rights. Peace smiles
upon the border and incentive 10 indt-
yidual effort seems 10 30 making 2 ma
tionai aspiration.
Many elements have made our rcpub
lie enduring; not the least OF which
is sustained gratitude The richest
traditions OF our land are woven from
historic threads that tell the bravery
II our soldiers OF every war They
make the NfsE IMPRESSIONS or history
upon the minds Of oar children and
bind the hearts Of generations together.
Never in all time win the performance
Of our soldiers I'm the late war be sur
lassed From farm. forest and factory
they gathered together IN the training
camps-from countryside and city--men
whose hands were calloused by labor,
others whose shoulders showed the
stoop of Office task the blood OF many
nations flowing in their velns-and the
same Impulse ran from the front trench
In Europe back TO the flrst day IN train
we must not forget that war breaks
into the plans Of young men, and their
hrst chart of life Is In sense more
important than any calculation later on.
In college and shop-in every calling,
they we're building the base for their
careers. Thousands Of them by the cir
cumstance OF injury or the disturbance
Of domestic conditions which war always
brings were compelled to change their
whole course of life.
We owe a debt to those who died, and
to those the honored dead left dependent.
We owe debt TO the wounded; bnt we
must realize that considerable eompen.
saticn is due those also who lost much
by the break In their material hopes aud
aspirations. The genius Of the nations
mind ard the sympathy Of Its heart, must
inspire intensive, thoughtful effort, ts
assist those who saved our all.
I feel deeply that The rehabilitation
of the disabled soldiers of the reesnt
war In one Of the most vital issues
before the people and I. as a eandi-