Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-30

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selves. other things are wrong only
when prohibited. with the former there
can be no compromise. AS to the latter,
the minds Of reasonable men may diff
fer. and the majority may not always
have the right to control the conduct Of
the minority. In such eases I have never
felt that I had the right TO impose my
own win upon my neighbor, nor do /
admit his right to interfere with my
freedom Of thought and action. 1 con
denim, therefore, the enactment Of what
are known as blue laws and the .estab
lishment and enforcement Of rules and
regulations Of that character. Such
questions are for the conscience to de-
eide and they very properly may be
referred to that court"
It was extemporaneously that he said
"a report has been circulated that If
am chosen mayor that everything Will
be shut up tight. People who say that
are ignorant Of the fact that l am
practical sane every day man"
He said that people are not all OF the
same type
1T doesn't bother me that motion pic
ture shows operate on Sunday and that
some men get out and play baseball on
Sunday afternoon. I think that 1 can
think of a lot OF things thst are worse.
sabbath observance is a fine thing
and no man can deny that its influence is
only for good. We can't do without It.
But the Sabbath was created for man,
and not man for the Sabbath. 1t was
put there for our good. We want to
develop a healthy community life That
is not done by legislation You can't
legislate people good. You have to Gre
ate a right spirit in folks
"I hope that with this that It win be
enough said on this subject"
HIS DECLARATION on
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
The candidates declaration upon public
utilities was as follows:
Il believe. also, that the facilities Of
the various public utilities should be ex,
tended wherever necessary, so far as
reasonable, to meet the demands OF all
sections Of the city. and that the service
offered by these corporations should be
adequate in quantity and quality and
should be furnished at the lowest pos
sible rate consistent with the cost OF OPP
Grafton and a fair return to the owners
Of the property
Leading up to his nineteen points,"
the candidate said that the city govern
ment must lead in all proper efforts
directed toward the strictest economy,
greatest possible efficiency, high produc-
ton and simple living. We must, of
course, not adopt a false economy with
narrow vision, for we want PROCESS; but
with it, We must have q strict unrelenting
and thoroughgoing economy"
In recent years, he admitted, the bur-
den Of taxation has Seemed to become
well-nigh intolerable" He said the COM
plant is world wide and that Indianapo-
lis could not expect to remain untouched
He reviewed the present high tax rates
and tremendous expenditures of the ad-
ministration Of Mayor Charles w. Jewert
within the last year, taking particular
care to state that the board of school
commissioners are in no way connected
with the city hall government. The In
dianapolis News, which is said by Sam
uel Lewis Shank to have attended to the
writing Of Mr. Howe's platform, is at
lacking the board Of school commission
ers.
1T is a matter OF paramount interest
for every taxpayer to scrutinize carefully
the purposes for which taxes are levied
and the manner in which they are ex-
pended" be said.
HE TOO WILL CALL
ON BEST MINDS"
A promise something akin to Presi-
dent Hardings famous proposal to con
fer with the best minds" which the
Indianapolis News has devoted columns
Of space to deriding is contained in one
statement of the candidate as follows:
at will be our policy to take up
these questions as they must be met,
asking the counsel Of the most prudent
and best tried Judgment aEallahle among