Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-09
NO SNAG SEEN
TO INTERFERE
WITH FARLEY
Negotiations Are Going on
'Promisingly and
Steadily
.sNIPERs' DENOUNCED
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
BY +. W. VILE.

Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
BY +. W. VILE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-"Copperheads
and znipers to the contrary, notwith-
standing, negotiations concerned with the
ornaments conference are proceeding
steadily, satisfactorily and promisingIy."
Such was the significant comment made
to the Times correspondent in a high
Administration quarter on the partisan
gas wave" sent up from Democratic Ma
tiond headquarters in Washington The
gas wave" is deplored as bad Ameri-
cantsm and criticised as poor party poll
tics, but 1t has neither disturbed nor IN
nerTed those high officials of the Gov
eminent who are exerting every power
at the United States command to insure
a successful issue from the conference. e.
Meantime Richard Iinthicum, director
Of publicity for the Democratic National
Committee, has taken prompt occasion
to acquit the committee of responsibility
for the attack on the conference The
"Linthicum manifesto" it. appears, was
coneocted and sent broadcast to LOCO
Democratic daily newspapers throughout
the country as private journalistic
stunt upon the publicity directors
part It was in no respect authorized
By the committee and appears to have
been issued wholly without its knowl-
edge. Mr.. Linthicum. discussing the
storm which has arisen around his head
-emanating from Democratic as well as
Republican quarters-expIains that he
acts as the Washington political CORE
spondent of a thousand Democratic
dailies and 5000 Democratic weeklies
which maintain no representatives of
their own at the national capital. To
those journals he is accustomed to send
cut a weekly news letter, summarizing
political events of the day from the
Democratic standpoint Mr.. Linthicum
asserts that none of the statements in
his article on the ornaments conference
goes beyond well established and com
monty reported facts, though he con
cedes he may have laid himself open TO
censure by declaring the originally optim-
istie view of the conference is rapidly
changing to state OF pessimiSm and
doubt"
WAR COLLEGE
INSPIRATION.
Mr.. Linthicum adds that he was in
spired to issue his bulletin on the con
ference by President Harding's speech at
the Army war College Sept. 1.
THAT speech seemed to me, as it
seemed to thousands of Others" the
Democratic publicity director says, ito
indicate that President Harding is back
pedaling on the disarmament proposition
and knowing that the conference is likely
to prove a fiyver, wants TO get out from
under in good time"
1t is notorious that many Democratic
readers disapprove of the Linthicum at
tack on the conference. Senator Under
wood. Alabama, Democratic leader in the
Senate, is not in Washington and neither
is that other Democratic Senator, Pome
rene, Ohio. who also has been mentioned
as the representative of. the political op-
position to be invited to sit on Presi-
dent Harding's conference delegation
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska the rank
ing Democrat member of the Foreign Re
lations Committee, is in the Capital and
had no hesitation in discussing the af
fairs with the writer.
This can by no possibility have been
an official National Committee commani-
cation said Senator Hitchcock ''be-
cause there has been no meeting of the
committee which could have authorized
or approved it. The general disposition
among Democrats is to afford every op-
portunity for a successful outcome for
the armament conference"
AS for the Administration standpoint
regarding the conference, it can be as
serted authoritatively that both the Pres
tdent and Secretary Hughes as the day
approaches contemplate the parley With
fortified hopes and confidence Inter
changes of view are proceeding under en-
eouraging circumstances.
DON'T EXPECT
MILLENNIUM ARRIVAL.
President Harding and Mr. Hughes
never have imagined, nor ever meant to
induce the country TO fancy that the
millennium would arrive NoY u. twenty
four hours after the conference assem-
bies. Certain inherent difficulties are
bound to arise. Some of them will not
be easy to circumvent. But to date. the
writer is assured, not a single incident
has manifested itself which reasonably
can be termed a snag. The Administra-
ton is content to proceed along the
even tenor of its way doing the best II
can, meeting conditions as they arise
and solving every problem that is capable
Of solution. 1t is persuaded that when
the conference adjourns it viii be pos
sible to point to substantial and worth
while results and that any person. ele-
ments or political party who sought to
poison the atmosphere or prevent results
viii meet with commensurate rebuke at
the hands of the American people.
Washington is gossiping over the posi-
bic effect Of the Linthicum ukase upon
the chances Of Democratic representation
on the American ornaments delegation.
II the attack turned out to be an Off
cia1 act of the Democratic party, doubt
widely was expressed whether Presi-
dent Harding would be justified in in
viting a member Of the opposition to
sit in.'-Copyright, 1921, by Public !
Ledger Company