The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-17

get. This man Martin has a passion
for facts. lie collects and devours
facts with the avidity Of a starving
man.
With two such men conducting the
Times the people Of the State may be
sure that when il comes to news they
viii get what an Indianapolis poli
tician used TO call The Gods truth
Of the whole business. " whatever the
business may be.
We must all be conscious-we who
know and love Indianapolis-that the
town has changed nightly In the last
twenty years There used TO he mani
fest a disposition 20 view a little guard
eddy If not suspiciously. newcomers
who came to throw IT. their lot with
us This fortunately for the city. has
ceased 70 be true Too many young
men OF brains and pluck have come in
from the outside and demonstrated
their ability in every field for any
old-timer 10 back up against the city
gates and look asl1ance at a new man
who Is bent on getting his name in
the city directory.
friends who are of the old order: but
not less interesting are those who
have injected new life into the cur
rents OF home affairs ! should far
exceed the. reasonable limits OF space
II attempted to enumerate all these
far-seeing men who have contributed
80 largely TO the city advancement
the Carl Fishers. the Hokes and Hol-
combs the Henry CampheHs. the
Suites and the Hasslers who have
made two chimnevs to smoke where
one or none had darkened the sky be-
fore
In extending the RIGHT hand OF fell
lowship to my old friends Of the Times.
I merely want to assure them that In
assuming their task of making a great
and useful public servant of their
newspaper they could hardly have an
peared at a more fortunate hour. Old
and new are working together in per-
feet harmony Indianapolis is q city
that has more than fulfilled every pre-
diction ever made Of It. 1t has just
begun; it couldn't stop now if it
wanted to-
If three hundred and twenty thou
sand why not half a million? There's
no reason why not.
There are things indianapolis sorely
needs And what IT needs 1t will getl
Most Of all it needs to he aroused to
the Importance Of an enlightened mu-
nicipal government. The old partisan
idea which opens the mayors office
TO any adventurer who can get him.
self elected is a dead thing It's dead
in the minds Of people who are capa-
bic Of sober-thinking The practical
politician viii die I'm the last ditch be-
fore he will relinuuish his hold upon a
CITY as big as INDIANAPOLIS that colors
the politics Of a whole State But the
present system must go. And it IS to
the vigorous new element that has
come to the city that we may look
with the greatest assurance for a
change No MAYOR shackled to a DO
litical party can administer a city's
business as It should he administered.
which is just as the affairs of a trust
company or a great industry are man
oeed,--in the interest OF the stockhold-
ers And the stockholders OF a city
are its citizens. entitled to dividends
in the highest type Of service.
Many readers of the Times no doubt
feel that the Citv needs something or
lot of things that it hasn't got. Per.
haps these reflections OF mine will
move many readers to write to the
Times their views on the subject:
What does indianapolis need?"
Certainly not knocks but boosts: not
destructive criticism but ideas that
can be built on by the thousands who
love the city and seek its prosperity
and the happiness OF the whole popu.
latiOn
(Signe6 MEREDITH NICHOLSON.