Indiana daily times., 1922-03-10
popularity is always as hollow as it is

popularity is always as hollow as it is
expensive.
Nobody can blame It on the primary
system-that common excuse for prodigi-
Gus expenditure which fc-merly was made
secretly, but now must be made publicly,
at least in part. I intend to demonstrate,
in this very contest, the hypocritical fal-
sity Of that charge against the primary
The law Of candidate for Senator in
primary to spend not In excess of q
sum based on the last previous vote,
which, in this case amounts to $3.50
and no more. And this limited sum can
be spent only for certain specified pur-
poses, and no other. Violation OF that
law is made a criminal offense.
Very well The total amount spent,
and to be spent by the committee IA
voring my nomination, which is COM
posed of men and women of highest
standing and repute, will not exceed SS,-
750 all told, exactly as tho law provides.
The law of Indiana also permits q
candidate for Senator IN a primary to
spend without limit, only, however, for
carefully enumerated purposes, one OF
| which is newspaper advertising; but If
the strict letter Of a curiously liberal law
places no strictly legal limit upon such
expenditures, no man or woman can be
in doubt that simple morality and plain
common sense do restrict such expendi-
| tures-a truth which the Senate resolu-
tion, recognized and announced.
VOLUNTEERS, NOT
PAY ROLL PATRIOTS.
Not dollar of our funds will be spent
in newspaper advertising; not a dollar
In billboard or street car advertising
not a dollar in salaries to managers" OF
either sex; not a dollar to headquarters
parasites. Our headquarters are not a
refuge for pay roll patriots.
Yet 1t is almost entirely for such pur-
poses as those enumerated that our law
permits a candidate for senator to spend
any money at all; and not a dollar will
be spent, either directly or by any evad-
ing device, in violation Of the letter or
the spirit of the statute.
The manager who has been selected
by our committee, that brilliant officer
in our overseas service, Mai. Clarence
r. Martin, gives his time, energy and
talents without any compensation what
ever. Those splendid women, DR..
Amelia Kellar, Mrs. OVID Butler jane
son and others In charge Of State work,
give their services without any COM
pensation whatever. Our director Of the
speakers bureau, who is not only an
active and successful business man, but
also a superb orator in demand through
out the country in every Republican
campaign, Mr.. Archibald NJ. Hall Thy
the way, Mr. Hall was a standpatter,
and "trailed" me in 1922, gives his
services without any compensation
whatever. Our director Of publioty, Mr..
A. A. Kist, that experienced newspaper
man (by the way, Mr.. Kist was the orig
inal advocate in Indiana Of the nomi-
nation Of Warren G. SHariing as the Re-
publican candidate for President), gives
his services without any compensation
whatever.
That is our plan Of campaign. Do
you Indiana people approve it If you
do, show that APPROVAL at the ballot
box on May 2. Speaking Of advertise
ments, your action at the polls will be
published throughout the nation as In
dlana's judgment on campaign methods.
I abhor despite, and hate the misuse
of wealth in politics. In the campaign
for my second election, disinterested
friends sent me funds aggregating
100000; yet returned the original
checks and drafts sent me; and this is
a matter Of public record. Ny last act
in the Senate was to bring in the minor
ity report, signed at first only by myself,
and beginS~ieId and throughout the
session, keep up the fight against Sena-
tor Lorimer OF Tlllnois-and speaking
Of team work" and following leaders,"
nearly all our leaders were against me
at first, but some sided with me later
and every one OF them agree with me
now.
The salary Of a Senator is $500 per
year-s45,Oo0 for the full term. II, then.
more should be spent merely for the
nomination for Senator than the total