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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
The Rambler Tells Of Emancipation Bill

Of Christian civilization the slave
shall be qualified for the enjoyment
of freedom and when it shall be prac-
ticable and humane to strike the fet-
tiers from the limbs of the last bonds
man of our race. But, let us abide
the appointed time of Divine Provi-
dence. Let us not, in our eagerneSS
to avenge the wrongs, real or imagin-
airy, of the slave. repeat the folly of
Samson and in the frenzy of an in
discreet zeal pull down the pillars of
the Constitution, and involve both the
slave and ourselves in the ruins of
our country.
There is another reason why we
should pause at this time. The
House of Representatives has passed
by a large majority the resolution
suggested by the President of the
United States in his late message to
Congress. That resolution is as fol-
lows: That the United States ought
to cooperate with any State that
may adopt gradual adjustment of
slavery, giving such State peCuniary
aid. to be used by such State in it's
discretion to compensate for the in
conveniences, public and private,
produced by such change of system
For reasons already alleged 1 have
regretted that the President has
thought it was proper at this time
and under existing circumstances to
make this recommendation to Con-
gress. But 1t has been made. and Sif,
as is very probable, 1t was made to
arrest those extreme, dangerous and
unconstitutional measures upon wniCn
I have been animadverting, We ought
perhaps to be thankful to the Pres
ident for his interposition, and to- ac-
cept his proposition as being the least
Objectionable that has been present
ed
Senator Willey's argument was
that emancipation was a matter for
each State to settle and that enamel
patton by the National Government
would lengthen the rebellion and turn
many Union men against the United
States.
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though he'd just bought the Rocky
Mountains"
mo"
well, l have" she said. And her
eyes looked as they had when she
stared at him from the edge of the
bunk. Last night when / left the
train at Ardendale to take the stage
for Silver Moon. He has no business
around here, especially now. He's
supposed to be in New York. When
! saw him, and when Petersen wasn't
here-well. it was spooky, I've been
here an hour"
How did you come from Silver
Moon?"
Hired a flivver--it's parked down
below-there was as good as no road
at all, the last stretch"
X + **
THEY were both silent He stood
looking at her, his senses record
ing Il firm, straight nose, a generous
mouth, a tilt Of the head that just es.
capped being coquettish. She. on her
part. regarded him hesitantly. as
| though wishing something and fearing
| to ask.
eff you don't mind, think it's just
| as well not to leave you alone here,
| he said finally.
+. "Oh, If it isn't too much trouble
I'm on my vacation. III stay unit
( Petersen comes back. at any rate.
II was just thinking OF something
else" she said. You see. we really
need mining engineer That is, un
less it costs too much. After all these
| years of lawyers fees-there isn't 8
great deal left"
NO charge for inspection" lie said
THE rest can be determined later
eyes smiled as they met hers, How
am | to address my employer"
I'm Sally Flint. OF Yonkers, a:
aforesaid. My father was Marcus
Flint. He owned this mine. He found
1t in the beginning. He and his brother
Cato. Father bought Cato out. They
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Continued from Third Pagel

petual slavery here. because it did not
exist there at that time.
1.-The Maryland act of 171o was: All
negroes and other slaves already I'M
ported or hereafter TO be imported into
this province and all children now
born or hereafter to be born OF such
negroes and slaves shall be slaves our
ing their natural lives.
IF you will take pains to read the
discussions that were had in the con-
vention when they adopted that pro-
vision of the constitution which or
dained that the importation or Atrl-
cans should cease i'll 1903, two or three
sneeches were made to show that slav-
cry in MARYLAND would die out in two
generations. 1t was said: If you stop
the importation of slaves In 1903, slaV-
cry will die out, because we have con-
fined it in our State to two genera
tions.' So said one of the delegates
from Maryland.
"EntertaininG these views, I cannot
see why we should be called upon to
pay for liberating these persons, as
slavery has never been established
here. as it does not exist here by law,
as the only law we have is the law
Of Maryland, which limited it,"
X x *
CENATOR POMEROY offered the fol-
lowing as an amendment to the
emancipation bill:
THAT the commissioners appointed
under the provisions of this act are
authorized to effect a just settlement
Of all demands existing between mas
ter or owner of the so-called slave,
allowing the master q reasonable COM
pensation for all supplies of food,
clothing or money he may have paid
the slave and for all expenses he may
have incurred in consequence or his
sickness or disability. as well as for
all the money he may have expended
in his mental and intellectual educa'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
What Equality Means

1t is of the fundamental tenes Of our coun-
try that all men "are created equal"; and are
proud Of repeating that statement
We might just well bear in mind, though,
that this statement refers to equality right and
opportunity, not Of Unborn ability.
This is emphasized by report of Prof. NJ. v.
OShea of the University of Wisconsin, who has just
completed extended survey of the public school
systems of certain State
He found that the children far from being Gre
ated equal" mentally, in fact created very un-
equal Only 35 cent of them fell within the nor
nal mental age for the grades in which they were
enrolled; % per cent above that mental age,
and the remainder were mentally below it.
This is worth remembering. We weren't all
born alike. Some men will always be born to be
leaders and others will always be born to be fol-
lowers. Our task is to to it that all are given
equal opportunities develop the talents that lie
within them. That is the extent Of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23

You can find all the answers to
the questions in Nov You Ask One
for today in the Bible. Or, If you
don't want to look there, they are
also printed on page IA in this
paper:
l. What incident in Biblical his
tory does this sketch portray?
2. Give chapter and verse for the
quotations: Remember now thy Gre
ator in the days of thy youth"
s. Why did the elders of Israel
petition Samuel to appoint a king
over them?
4. Why was Naboth, the vineyard
keeper, put to death?
5. Give chapter and verse for this
quotations: THE people that walked
in darkness have seen a great light;
they that dwell in the land of the
shadow of death, upon them hath
the light shined."
6. How did Joseph and Mary hap
pen to be in Bethlehem at the time
Of Jesus birth?
I. Who Amounted Jesus feet at
the supper in Bethany?
s. After the resurrection, of
whom did Christ thrice ask the ques-
ton, Lowest thou me-?
9. Who was chosen the replace
Judas among the disciples?
10. How did Paul escape the Jews
in Damascus after his conversion?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
What Brandt

New York is full of rumors, specu-
lations and imaginary plots. One
report has II that the Marshall let
Ter was a plan designed to open the
way for Smith to champion toler-
ance.
This seems incredible, but there is
no ground for suspicion that some
Of Smiths supporters have done
what they could to make religion
the paramount issue.
Col. Patrick II. Callahan. a dry
Catholic of Louisville, KY, charges
them fatty with this. He says fur
Their that those who would vote for
Smith on the ground that he is a
Catholic are just as narrow as those
who would vote against him on the
same ground.
Meanwhile. and whether it was
raised by design or accident. the
public's refusal to get excited over
it proves that the religious issue
has turned out a flop.
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$4.62 Worth of Varnish on 66 Cents
Worth of Truth

The Associated Press seems to be at it again.
An A. P. dispatch from Managua to the Wash
ington Post begins:
American bluejackets into armed cop
hict this afternoon with band of fifty men wear
ing red hat bands and carrying red flag. After
brief engagement the reds retreated leaving three
dead"
"A band Of fifty wearing red hat bands and
carrying a red flag" merely Liberals. That
is all. Liberals, in the Ncaraguan revolution use
red insignia to distinguish them from the Conserva-
tves, just you sometimes the mother of twins
dress in red ribbons and the other in blue so she
can readily tell them apart.
1t so happens however, that the American pub
lie has come to regard the red flag as the symbol of
Bolshevsm Communism. And when the word
red" is used into the bargain, the effect is mater
ally heightened. Every newspaper correspondent
knows this
Such being the why does the Associated
Press go out Of its way to ring in these words?
Why use fourteen words-"a band of fifty men wear
ing red hat bands and carrying red fag'-at
stood words-"ffty Liberals'-would have told it
all at cost of &C cents.
Recently the Associated Press was hauled over
the coats by its clients for putting out cock
andbull story about Mexican fostered Bolsheyist
"hegemony" rearing its head in Nicaragua
The foregoing seems of feather-$4.62 worth
OF misleading varnish on sc cents of truth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23

told Scripps-Howard newspapers that under no cir
cumstances would he fight the United States If that
is so and if Washington has definitely made up it's
mind to back Daz to the limit as it quite obviously
has done, then We should declare all Nicaragua
neNtrsl zone and forbid further fighting therein.
Why stand by and see Nicaraguans shoot each
admit of only one outcome?
Yesterdays dispatches from Nicaragua told
how train carrying Diaz forces and United States
Marines was fired on by Liberals. The marines
replied with machine guns "It was explained" the
dispatch said that the marine guard sent for
the protection Of the train and not the Conservative
troops
The explanation quixotic, not to say absurd. If
sandwich in marines between Conservatives in
this manner it is only a question of time before
some of them are killed. And they will be just al
dead and the reaction in this country just as great
whether they were dry-nursing some of Diaz's SOL
diers or only chaperonng train.
There are but two common sense courses we
can follow in Nicaragua. We should either be neu-
trail, We pretend are. and let the best man
win the war, or should stop the fighting To
follow any other course is participate in a futile
bood-letting In which sooner or later some of our
will be spilled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Significant Step

A rigid censorship was applied on
all news coming out of Mexico at
o'clock Friday night. Taken in
connection with n domestic censor
ship which has already been In force
for several days this is deeply signif-
icant.
Either the Gales government IS
afraid to let people know what con-
ditions really are, or it is taking
drastic measures p rar lard its
military plans.
Unoficially, we h We been told
that revolt exists ir no less than
six states, but there is little au-
thentic information by which TO
measure its strength. OF TO de-
termine whether 1t IS tied together
by anything like ? common cause
and common leadership.
Official dispatches have conveyed
the impression that while Mexico
was suffering great deal Of spora-
die banditry. nothing existed that
could be described as revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Case for Damages

The United States faces no i'm
possible or unexpected task with re-
gard TO the Mississippi. II has
known for years what ought to be
done. and has had the resources with
which to do it.
If the United States were a private
corporation, the relatives Of the dead
ana those who have lost their homes,
their stock and their implements,
could recover damages at law. The
fact that a sovereign State can not
be sued is the only thing that saves
the Government from having to pay
as a railroad or a power company
would have to pay, or that permits
the Government to neglect doing
what is necessary to prevent such a
disaster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
We Should Either Get In or Get Out

American armed forces have drawn their first
blood in the Nicaraguan Twentyfour blue
Jackets fired into band of fifty Liberals and killed
three.
The bluejackets cannot be blamed for this. They
we're merely carrying out orders. The responsibility
rests on Secretary of State Kellogg, whose tragic.
misguided policy has resulted in the present
situation.
Leaving to side the whole question of
whether American intervention in Nicaragua to
bolster up the Diaz regime was right or wrong,
grain Of ordinary consistency the part of our
secretary of state would put end to the bloodshed
Long ago the Liberal leader Or. Juan B. Sacasa,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Schipa to Be Heard at Murat as Big
Event in Observance of Music Week

lyric soprano, in concert under the
auspices of the City Walther League,
to be given at Caleb Mills Hall Fri
day evening, April 90.
AIRY OTIS PRUITT OF the
IH faculty of the Metropolitan
80 School of Music, will present
students in a piano recital next
Monday evening, April Is at o'clock
in the Odeon. The public is invited
to attend free of charge. The fol-
lowing will play: Edward New. Jr.,
Villa Jane Boyce. Dallas Smith.
George Carothers, Margaret Davis.
Beatrice Morley, Emsley Johnson,
Dorothy Snyder. Floyd Ross, Flea
nor Ross. George Byfield, Charles
Buckley, Lucille Stuertz and Hilda
Korff.
Dallas Galbraith. baritone, pupil
of Franklin n. Taylor, and Ross
Rissler, reader, pupil of Miss Fran
ces Beiil, will give numbers on tho
program and students of Miss Beik
Will present a short play, THE Eter-
nal Problem" to conclude the pro-
gram.
In the cast of the play will be
Louise Cox, Rose Mario Lanahan.
Joe Foy, Arthur Anderson and Alice
Kepner.
Earle Howe Jones, teacher of piano
in the Metropolitan School of Music.
will present some of his pupils in
a recital in the Odeon next Friday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Issue a Flop

Sir Charles Higham says that
President Coolidge Is the first man
I have met in the United States
whose shoes were shined."
II Sir Charles were not in the adj
vertising business one might take
this statement seriously. but 'since
he is, one can only wonder what
brand of shoe polish he is trying to
promote.
He says that he was surprised
when the President talked for twelve
of the fifteen minutes they spent to-
gether, and again one is forced to
make due allowance for his calling,
since that is enough to surprise any
advertising man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
McCardle. Humorist

Inasmuch as the people have received little else
from the public service commission, they are entitled
to laugh.
Fortunately the chairman of the commission.
John McCardle, furnishes the opportunity in his de-
fense of the commission which he makes in speeches
before luncheon clubs over the State.
His argument is that inasmuch as the price Of
electricity is lower than it in 1918, the commits
sion is very efficient and alert public servant and
is responsible.
reader of The Times suggests that the COM
mission should also take credit for reducing the
price of Ford cars and other automobiles.
That reader, of course was not fooled by the
bpecous argument of the head of a commission
branded by the House of Representatives servants
Of the utility companies.
The point is not whether there has been reduc
ton of rates In any city but whether the utilities
which partners Of the communities in which
they operate and which are given monopoly, are
forced to deliver electricity and water and telephone
service and gas at rates which give them fair re-
hlrn and only fair return
- Every industry has made great advances in the
past fifteen years in the matter Of efficiency. This
has been the Of quanttiye production and in no
industry has greater advance been made than in the
manufacture of electric power.
In that period has come the great central station
instead of the small power house.
It would be more convincing If Mr.. McCarde
would point to incident where the alertness and
energy of the commission had secured for the people
eome one reduction where its study Of any given sit
uaton had resulted in actual saving to the people
or had curbed the capacity of the utility corporations.
It is true that the Federal Courts have been
great factor in pling up greater burdens upon the
people and have helped tremendously in giving these
utilities greater profits.
Rulings of courts have helped to make the peo-
pie of this country pay war prices in peace time and
may permit these utilities to continue to collect for
the results Of the
But this particular commission has been dis
tnguished only for it's tenderness for the corpora
tons.
The members of the Legislature. in last mo-
measured terms They did that after the very mem
bers who voted for the censure had followed the
persuasons of the utility lobbyists and had failed to
enact any legislation that might have helped the peo
pie escape
But If this commission all that its chair
man claimed it, the chairman lost his chance for
A. public vndication when he did not demand, when
the open charge was made that 1t was appointed IN
return for a $4,000 contribution to the campaign
fund of Governor Jackson that the Legislature make
an investigation.
That was a charge in which Chairman McCardle
took no official interest 1t is rather late, now that
the Legislature is over, to enter defense
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
The Public Pays

After thirty-eight days OF futile
wrangling the Ford-Sapiro case
blows up, with the Federal Court
broke. Mr.. Ford and his chief coun-
sci sick and Sapiro's counsel charg.
ing a frame-up.
The case has been hOodooed from
the beginning. Nobody has gotten
anything out Of IL thus far. but the
lawyers and the public. which can
never get anything out of it, pays
a large share of the cost.
The public has a right to COM
plain at such a useless ard waste
full expenditure Of it's money. 1t
has a right to ask who o. what is
at fault, and to demand a remedy.
1t has Il right to do this not only in
the interest Of economy, but in. the
interest Of fair play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Keep Your Feet On the Ground

1t is the easiest thing in the world to allow
your heart to dictate to your head; to be carried
away by emotions in which reason has no part
But, very often, 1t is disastrous.
Probably you saw in the papers the other day
big photograph of the American marines parading
in Shanghai.
The picture showed the faultessly drilled sol
dierly young Americans striding along in regular
wartime guise; and at the head of the column was
the color guard with the American flag swelling out
in the breeze.
1t was an inspiring picture. No American could
look at it without feeling thrill run up and down
his spine
That flag means great deal to all of US; more
than we can express To see it borne at the head
OF American troops in distant land is bound to set
our hearts beating faster for the moment
But mustn't let this emotion carry us off our
feet
We mustn't let the thrill of pride that the picture
gives us blind us to the realities of the situation in
China. We mustn't let it swing us unthnkingly into
a state of mind where we would welcome armed
conflict between American troops and the Chinese
The Chinese situation is extremely delicate,
loaded with possibilities that that may re-echo for
many years to come Let's not let the waving of
beautiful flag carry away that lose sight Of
the deep, involved issues at stake.
Let's keep our feet on the ground. The flag and
the marching marines inspiring, TO be sure; but
let's remember that chief aim is to settle the
whole thing peaceably if 1t can possibly be done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Farmers

The secretary of agriculture has just published
figures that should challenge the attention OF every
eiyilized American.
Tbev show that American farms lost $4,000
persons to the cities in 1926 the largest loss ever
recorded for year. The present farm popuiation
fs given as u $4,000 as against S1614,O0O In lS2o
In six wears our farms have lost nearly four million
persons and the loss proceeds faster than ever
It is great drift and great tragedy that is thus
recorded Behind the drift is the beckoning hnger
of the city, with it's life, movement and excitement
Behind it is the ambition and restlessness OF YOUTH
leaving the farm to make its way and the
disuson of the retired farmer, turning his nome
over to renters who now operate four out OF ten
Of our farms.
"a Behind it--mole important than aH-is .the
,a,ant,ess economic trend which has made 1t impos
sible for millions even of those who have stuck
81 the farm, to win decent living, while growing
the food the rest of us eat and the clothing we wear
Farm living has come to mean an average famlly
income of 5000 to $500 year. Note the "olu
family: the farmer his wife, sons and daughters
have that combined income. Theirs jointly too'
Is the worry and the mortgage and the drop III 'ne
price of wheat and and livestock making Wha'
thew raise in terms of what they get for It, worth
less now than for many years
y 1t is the trend in short. which led Professor
Dodd of the University OF Chicago TO preo'cC III
This newspaper year ago, the development OF an
American peasantry unless. something is done 10
check II. It Is trend whose ultimate and tragic
chapters may include agrarian revolt to staVe
off the end.
= The responsibility belongs to all of us-the
nolitical poo bah who jockeys the farmers tate 10
win an election the brainless demagogue VINO ap-
neals to the farmers resentment to win once the
unthinking city dweer. the business man VINO
doesn't worry about the farmer because MS own
affairs are going well at the moment tne specula.of
-rho ,.,ob,es in farm products, the middleman who
o,acts more for one handling of the farmers goods
than the farmer gets for full seasons labor on the
same All are responsible and all will suffer sooner
or later. unless in some way solution Is FOUND
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
Efficient Brutality

The train outrage which occurred
at Limon on Tuesday was enough
to show that conditions were more
serious then they had been repre-
scented.
If an affair of unutterable brutal
ity. it was also an affair OF organiza-
ton and efficiency.
You simply cannot attribute such
a crime to sporadic banditry.
The force which derailed that
train, killed military guard of
fifty-two soldiers and got away with
100000 pesos must have been not
only Of considerable size, but well
armed and we'll disciplined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-23
~
lRAl.> y
n " Says:
Mississippi Is Staging One
of Worst Disasters
of Career.
BY NJ. f. Tracy

Two hundred dead, 200 missing,
100000 homeless and the crest of
the flood still far from the seattle
old Mississippi is staging one of the
worst disasters in her career.
1t would be less excusable if she
had not warned lis time and time
again.
To a definite extent. the Nation is
responsible for this appalling loss
of life and property. for the Nation
might have prevented it.