The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-23
SAME OLD TRICK


The poison squad of whispering women was re-
lied upon in the spring primaries
The poison press is relied upon in the fall cleo
ton
It is the same old trick of misrepresentation
which has so often been used this effort to keep
power through misleading the citizens by the dis
tortion Of facts.
And it is the trick which Clyde Walb, mana
ger Of the campaign of Senators Robinson and Wat
son is now using to cover his own exposure
Mark what happened when Senator Reed hur-
ried down from Chicago.
The Inquiry at Chicago had drawn forth state
ments which reflected upon both Senators Watson
and Robinson, stories of devious deals with more
devious forces stories of pacts and secret alliances
Of which the citizen knew nothing, but which other
facts made easily believable.
Senator Reed at once sent kilograms to both
Senators. The press which serves this machine,
dominated by this group has not yet printed
line to suggest that this action had been taken.
Two hours and a half after those kilograms had
been sent, there went back to Senator Reed tele-
gram from Senator Watson so worded as to contain
no reference to the Reed message.
And then the press which serves Watsons pur-
poses blazons in headlines the statement that Wat
son had asked Reed for chance to explain.
Two and half hours before that message went,
Senator Reed had offered to come if there was any
inclination or desire to submit any statement any
evidence. 1t amounted to command.
The fairness of Senator Reed his eagerness to
be eminently and evenly just, suppressed. He
misrepresented by implication and suppression.
Add to that the real news Of what happened
when Senator Reed came to this city.
Had ne been partisan and not Senator with
regard for his oath of Office and the duty placed
upon him by the Senate, he might easily have been
tempted to stretch his authority and peer beneath
the charges that connect the days of Stephenson
with the candidates in the present election.
That was the fear that held by those who
might have much to fear from Federal nvestiga-
ton Of those grave charges which Stephenson has
said that he could prove by documentary evidence.
Instead the final act of Senator Reed was to
call Clyde Wab and tell him plainly and emphat-
ically that his compelling reason for entering In
diana the charge that international bankers had
put money into the pockets of fakirs in every pre-
cinct
He outlined his mandate from the Senate to in
vestigate just such charges and all suchk charges
when made by men who hold the responsible political
position occupied by Walb and limited to 1926
He read again to him his letter to Senator Borah
the charge of evidence everywhere of corrupt money
in every precinct, used to promote slanderupon
candidates.
Wab, who had failed at Chicago to point to a.
single dollar in any precinct and who tried to ex-
plain that he had not meant money at all, but had
meant that societies which favor the World Court,
fostered by President Coolidge, had sent literature
and arguments to citizens and that the corruption
which he had said could be proven was the spoken
word OF recognized authorities foreign affairs.
Walb was told in unmistakable language that
he had brought Senate investigation to this State
and given another chance to again furnish proof
OF his charges.
And again he failed to give one-bit of evidence
to support his charges
He stood unmasked and revealed as the maker
Of irresponsible charges, as man who had attempt
ed to mislead the Senate of the United States as
one who had resorted to a desperate fabrication
which ne could not justify and the explanation for
which was puerile and meaningless
To make his explanation stand in any degree
would mean that Walb does not know the difference
between money in the pocket and a pamphlet in the
mails. For Wab had charged the corrupt use of
money and could not point to a penny.
You might tell the real facts to the readers of
the papers which are SO eager to this machine
triumph that they sacrifice truth. They might well
come the information, for no such facts can be
CLEANED from those papers
Senator Reed, holding his inquiry to the letter
Of his authority regarding his oath of Office had
failed to investigate Stephensonism because he had
no power to investigate it, and then those who have
fought against any inquiry of that matter shout in
gee that Reed did not catch them.
That situation may be one Of the reasons why
Stephensonism was possible in Indiana-this policy
of poisoning the news of suppression and distortion
Well the poison squads won in May viii the
poison press win in November?