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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
DEMOCRATS. AND JEFFERSON
BY n. d. Cochran

Thomas Jefferson's birthday anniversary will
fall on April IL. He is the writer of the Declaration
OF Independence and the founder of the Democratic
party He largely responsible for having added
to The original Constitution the United States the
first ten amendments, known the Bill of Rights.
Rep William A. Oldfed of Arkansas is chair
man of the Democratic Congressional Committee He
said to the public through the press:
Reports coming in from all over the
country Of great revival of the Thomas Jefferson
meetings. Scores of them will be held The agri.
cultural West, waking UP to the fact that they
can expect no tangible farm relief from the East.
controlled Republicans, is turning to the democracy
That's interesting. But we wonder what the
Democratic speakers at the Jefferson banquets are
going to talk about
VIII they discuss Jefersons democratic theories
of government? Will they eulogze the Jeffersonian
Bill of Rights? VIII they be fred with the demo
cratic inspiration of the Jeersonan Declaration of
independence?
Or will they merely lay wreath on the grave
of Thomas Jefferson with the left hand and hang
onto the political eoatails of the Republican Anti
Saloon League with the other?
And what will the Democratic party of today Of
fer to the agricultural West that will tempt Repub
icans from that section to abandon their rarity and
turn to democracy?
viii modern democracy offer anything at all in
the way of Jeffersonan doctrine? Or is it depending
upon factional split in the Republican party to
help it sneak in through the back door to victory?
Thomas Jefferson had definite political theories
They were democratic with small d. When later
abandoned by the party Jefferson had founded they
were picked up and carried on by the Republican
party of Lincoln. Wilson brought them back to the
Democratic party, or brought his party back to
them.D And they've been kicked all over the lot by
the party of Harding and Coolidge since
Does Chairman Odfield mean that the Demo.
cratic party of today and 1928 is going back to
the democracy of Thomas Jefferson to the Bill Ct
Rights, to belief in the right of the people to lfe
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the widest
possible liberty of the individual consistent with the
well-being of all?
Or does he mean that fowery tribute to the
memory of the great Jefferson on April 49, is mere
gesture and that the party of Jefferson will meander
through strange pathways. following its misguided
nose this year and next year. just as it has been
doing ever since began getting its political inspira-
tion from the Ohio Republican Anti-Saloon League
as it has been doing since it helped pass the
Volstead Act President Wilson's veto?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
Wet Leviathan

Frederick Amy intimates that
liquor is sold on the Leviathan. His
testimony should not be taken with
out a grain of salt, for he was rather
hurt when he offered it. Govern
ment inspectors found two crates Of
champagne in the passage leading to
his stateroom and refused to accept
his denial of ownership. He was
fined, of course, and in the heat of
the moment insinuated that some
body was being ridden as goat.
Senator Jones of Washington, a
pronounced dry and chairman Of the
Commerce Committee, says that he
does not intend to jump at con-
illusions, but if it develops liquor is
being sold on United States ships an
investigation is in order
If a Senate investigation results
from what Mr.. Almy minated, he
will probably feel that lie didn't pay
his fine, or raise row about it in
vain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
PincIlot's Job

Rich and without job, ex-Gov.
ernor Pinchot- of Pennsylvania will
devote his time to studying develop.
ment OF the power monopoly and de-
wise ways and means to guard the
public
1t is a Worthwhile and much
needed work. We approach the
greatest combine ever conceived,
much less realized, in modern his
tory. The capital involved is of less
consequence, perhaps, than the def
mite control of individual, industrial
and community life.
Mr.. Pinchot sums up the situation
with brutal frankness when he says:
There is developing the most ire
mendous monopoly in the history of
the world. 1t gets into every home
where an electric wire runs. State
utility commissions are inadequate,
because the power business is inter
state. The Federal Government had
to regulate the railroads. Just be-
gun to regulate the radio. Federal
regulation of electric power is COM
ing sure. We must protect the in
dividual user"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
A REAL BUILDER,

Rather hopeful sign that the birthday Of
Charles w. Eliot is to be celebrated and his memory
revered.
True, the reverence comes from the educators
of the nation and in this State his ideals are to
be extolled, quite properly the Indiana University
at Bloomington.
But even so small beginning indicates that
IN time we may change the emphasis in our stand
ards and recognize as the true benefactors those
whose life work has contributed to CONSERVATIVES
growth OF civilization, rather than to destruction
loo long have confined our monuments to
those who have walked dramatically through the
page Of history and written their names upon
the fields of Battle
Too long have conferred our memorials To
those who have essayed the role of statesmen and
given their lives to the task of contributing rules
for society
How much greater is he who through fidelity
70 lueals ana 1alth in the future, molds the
minds of men and women and creates in them moi
only the desire for better and higher modes of life
but stirs within them the capacities for realizing
their dreams?
With the presidency of Harvard as his pulpit
Dr. Eliot, for more than half century not only
preached the doctrine of higher manhood and
womanhood but summoned to the great war against
ignorance and intolerance and blind superstition the
youth of the land
He touched not only the lives and minds of those
who attended his university, but the lives and
minds of students in all colleges and universities
He invited men to think. He forced some to
hnk. He led others to think
The influence of such life is beyond estimate
ne forces he liberated live and live again as they
are passed from generation to generation
How many lives he inspired to service of man.
Aind is written in the secret archives of the real
history OF his times. How many lives he changed
by his contribution of the Five Foot Shelf" can not
be known.
But certain it is that any life he touched with his
ideals, his courageous search for truth, his broad
tolerance~was a better life
Some day, perhaps when his own dreams come
true there will be general recognition the Eliots
OF life, recognition that he and such as he are
the real builders for the ages and that in comparison
all other glory is transiory
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
Dir. Cooks Case

Release of DR.. Frederick Cook on
probation by Federal Judge Wilson
OF Texas reveals startling issue.
Dr. Cook was sentenced to a four
teen-year prison term in 1923. Two
years later Congress passed a stat
ute providing for the probation of
Federal prisoners by Federal judges.
This statute has been generally
construed as giving judges power
to release prisoners before they be-
gan serving their terms, but not
afterward.
Judge Wilson holds that it gives
the Federal judge power to let
prisoner out any time, and that it
applies to prisoners who we're sen.
fenced before its passage.
He describes the statute as "a
conditional and partial repeal of
every Federal penal code now in
existence. except those which pro-
vide life Imprisonment or death as
a sentence" and further declares
that it gives judges "pardoning
power not enjoyed by the Presi-
dent"
1t this is true. we have come upon
a pretty state of affairs Any Fed
eral judge could empty the prisons
of the United States, except In cases
of life termers. or of those sentenced
to death.
Did Congress intend anything of
the kind. when it passed that stat
ute, or has Judge Wilson put a
strained construction on It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Answering Informatory
Double Bid Longest
and Strongest.
BY Milton c. Work

The pointer for today is:
When answering the infOrmatOry
double Of a dependable partner. bid
the longer of two long majors OF
minors and the stronger OF two
majors or two minors Of equai
length.
The pointer of today refers to the
case in which the player answering
his partners informatory double has
a choice between two major suits or
between two minor suits-which OF
course is quite different from the
choice between a major and a minor.
When the suits are Of the same clas-
sification Il. e., either both major or
both minor. II would be only with
the most unusual score that there
would be any difference in game.
going ability. With 16 on the score,
two diamonds would produce a game
and two clubs would not, and with
IL on the score, two spades would
produce a game and two hearts
would not, but situations like this
do not turn up frequently and when
they do, it is easy to alter the bid.
ding accordingly.
From love score the lower.valued
heart will produce game as readily
as the spade; and the club is 1ust as
apt to tally a game as the diamonk#
That being the case, the doubler u
ing just as apt to have strength in
one as in the other, there is no ad.
Vantage-when the suits are OF the
same length-in naming the weaker
merely because II is the higher
valued. After an informatory don.
BILE 1t is not often that the partner OF
the doubler has a chance 10 bid
twice and name two suits. ,consc.
quently 1t is advisable to mention
irst the stronger, which is the one
most apt to produce game. At one
time there was a theory which found
more or less support, that as be.
tween spades and hearts, spades
should be given the preference on
the ground that the doubler was the
more apt TO desire the spade. In
practical play. that difference docs
not exist. / do not know of anv
dependable doubler who would don.
BILE with a. hand containing certain
spades when he would not double
with the same hand il the hearts and
spades were reversed; so the heart
should be bid In preference Ia the
spade II the heart be stronger; and
the same rule applies when CHOOSING
between the club and the diamond.
Or course II one suit be longer than
the other, that advantage should do.
termine the choice.
Copyright, John r. Ollie COY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Alice Cooper of the Irvington School
of Music.
A novelty will be the Dawn in
Mermaid Sea-" a water scene in
which swimming fishes, turtles,
swans. etc, pass by the stage while
mermaids sing. The costumes and
scenery are "home products" de-
signed by Gertrude Conte.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
What is meant by preferential
voting?

What is meant by preferential
voting?
A system OF voting that allows
each voter the right to express not
merely his first choice, but his soc.
ond and third choices, among the
candidates. The system is used
chiefly in municipal elections. It
has been adoptedhn more than nifty
American cities. The object ofipref.
erential voting is to secure the cleo.
ton Of persons desired by a major.
ity, and not merely a plurality OF
the people. BY that system, any can.
didate who has n majority of first
choices is declared elected. II no one
has n majority. either the lowest
candidates are eliminated and their
second choices are applied to the
leading candidates until one has
majority, or the second and third
choices of all candidates are added
seriatim until one candidate has
majority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
Topic for the Week
CHRIST is A SPIRIT"
IL Means We Shall BE with Him"

III MedHS we DHdn DO WIN Ahihh
,ICRIPTURE: Read-John 14124.
II so to prepare a place for you.
And if ! so and prepare place for
you, 1 will come again, and receive
you unto myself" TN. 14:2, 81. Be
loved, now are we the sons Of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that when
he shall appear. we shall be like him.;
for we shall see him as he is" Il in.
3:2) when Christ, who is our life,
shall be manifested, then shall ye
also with him be manifested in glory
(Col. 3:4). "If we endure. we shall
also reign with him" III Tim. 2:12).
See-Matthew 1921; John 1926;
1923; Acts Ill.
MEDITATION: God Christ and
man, all being spiritual, unite natu-
rally in a common spiritual society.
To be with them in a world that is
not material will mean a vast
change. We are accustomed for the
most part to physical intercourse;
we have little longing to give up
this mode of conversation. When,
however. the change comes from
the largely physical to the wholly
spiritual relation, we may expect
the necessary adaptation that will
make us at home. How vivid will
be our purely spiritual experience
at first may depend upon our spirit
ual development here; but even those
with feeble spiritual life can grow
from glory unto glory" This IS
the hope which in the Fellowship
Of Prayer" we are nourishing.
Thou canst not rise too high for
the source; thou shalt go to God,
because thou hast come from God. 4"
| Hymn:
Immortal love, forever full,
Forever flowing free.
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never ebbing sea!
We may not climb the heavenly
sleeps.
To bring the Lord Christ DOWN.
In vain we search the lowest deeps
For Him no depths can drown.
But warm, sweet. tender. even yet
a present held is He;
And faith has still it's Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
John G.. Whittier. 1866
Prayer: Thanksgiving for health
Of body and soul.
Pray for-the spirit of holy adj
venture: the aged,
Collect-O Lord our God. Father
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. Thy love is unsullied, full
and free. Thou art conquering the
hearts of men by the surrender of
Thyself. Thou art showing high
trust in us. can we not trust Thee.
We praise Thee for the life, death
and resurrection of Thy Son in
whom we see the Father. Give us
to know the fellowship OF His suf-
fering and the power Of His resur.
rection with its pledge of our on.
going life We beseech Thee to he
our ally in the conflict with evil.
Give us the love that trlumphs. Use
us for the transformation of the
world into the kingdom Of Christ.
Seal within US our purpose to Eve
! for eternity and TO Thee be all the
praise. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Censorship Eyaded, but
Stage Paddock Now
a Possibility :


Having argued down censorship of
the stage, New York faces the
possibility of regulation in far more
drastic form.
A bill has been prepared by Re-
publican leaders and it's passage by
the Legislature seems highly prob
able, providing that any theater, the
management of which has been con-
victed of producing an Objectionable
play, may be closed for one year.
The bill also provides that any per-
son connected with such pro-
duction will be liable to punishment
as we'll
This is adding injury to insult.
Whatever the evils Of censorship, it
is content to cease firing once the
show has been stopped. Closing
a theater for one year, or any con-
siderable part of one year, APP
proaches confiscation of property.
Even if this were not so, it rep
resents a punishment out Of all
reason with the offense committed
and the relief desired.
A definite reaction has set in
against salacious shows. If left to
itself, there is little doubt it would
take care of the situation very nice
ly. Human nature does not operate
that way, however. Once formed,
public opinion is more than apt to
demand extreme measures TO make
doubly sure that it will be needed.
The storm against censorship has
served little purpose, but to switch
public opinion towards law. The
chances are more than ever that an
unreasonable statute or two will be
passed. that they will be enforced
for time and then laid on the shelf.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
F eW or MANY?

The grand surplusSin the Federal
Treasury forecasts not only a tax
cut that will be timed and tuned to
be one of the greatest possible adj
vantage to the Republicans party in
the 1928 campaign.
In making previous tax CUTS. it
has been the custom of the Re
publican party to favor The richer
few. VIII this continue with votes
a. stake, or will the Republican
party experience change of heart
and try TO interest the poorer many.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
Times Readers
Voice Vices
To The Editor of The Times:

10 Inc Eultor Oh Inc AlneS'f
l believe every man or Won -
who owns property and Is alwil1~
ready TO sign a remonstrance
against Improvements is a hindrcnce
to progress. Our neighborhood has,
recently. attempted TO improve two
alleys And the majority of prop
erty owners favored the project, but
a few talk of signing circumstances
in an effort TO block the plan.
GRACE STREET RESIDENT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Were mileage books sold by rail-
roads while they were operated by
the United States government DUR
in gthe war?
On June 10. 1918. the United
States director of railroads abolished
all mileage books and established in;
Interchangeable scrip tickets which
We're said at SIS. $50 and $50. but
with no reduction in rate. Prior to
that time mileage books We're sold
at from 10 to 20 per cent reduction
in rates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19
AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAC9

Remember how confused Ruggles of Red Gap
became when he tried to understand American
democracy?
AS an English manservant he had always
scraped and bowed to those born above him-and
patronized those born beneath. First he released
with delighted pride that in America he wouldn't
have to humble himself before his betters, because
he had no letters Then his spirits sank he also
realized he couldn't patronize his interiors, because
he had no interiors
There are those who seriously assert that the
lack of hereditary aristocracy is serious defect
in the American system. But it is possible that the
Vostead act is remedying that defect
1t appears that Washington resident said to
be wealthy United States Senator had dozen
cases of old liquors stolen while being moved.
The Washington police recovered the property and
restored it, under armed guard. The city police and
the Federal forces have since successfully concealed
the name of the owners. The transaction was per-
fectly legal, they say.
The liquors owned before prohibition. Per-
mits are regularly issued to move such liquor. All
such transactions kept secret to save the owner
from embarrassment and possible robbery.
But consider the Implications. The whole force
of the law local and Federal has been directed for
years against ownership and transportation of liquor
little fellow caught out in the rain with a load
goes to Jail Here, however is a man, ten years
after the rest have been denied the right to own
or drink liquor, protected in his ownership by the
very Government agencies that pursue his less lucky
fellow citizens-even protected against publication
of his name.
If that isn't the basis for an American aristoc
racy what could be?
We nominate:
Any person legally owning 100000 worth of
liquor to be created an earl
Any person with $4,000 worth to be a duke
Any person with $4,000 worth to be a count
Any person with $1,000 worth to be belted
knight
Perhaps the roughneck rest of us might fight
for the privilege of betting the knights as well as
the higher orders, but the suggestion surely has
something in it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Which Is the largest dental school
in the United States?
The University CT Pittsburrh
ranked first for 1885, with an en-.
rollment of S2S. The University OF
Pennsylvania is second. with an en-.
roilment Of 542, and the University
OF Michigan third, with an enroll.
ment of 396.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

The live memberships of the radio commission
drew you applicants. 1t is good to know that
patriotism and public spirit are still rampant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

m r interest to those who de-
IL sire to hear great voice on
the air is the appearance of
Giovanni Martinelli. tenor, and the
Atwater Kent Orchestra on the At
water Kent Hour Sunday night,
starting at S:l5 central standard and
9:15 eastern standard time.
The program follows:
Aria: 20 Paradise from 'L'Africairre''
IL .............. Meyerbeer
Mr.. Martineli and Orchestra.
ovetrure-"Merry Wives OF windsor,
2 ,...... ..s.............. o. Nieolai
Orchestra.
o. Mother MY Dear; -. TreharSno
"Barcarolle' from 'Tales of Hoffman"
'............. Ohenoach
Orchestra.
Aria IN appari" from Martha" Fldrow
Mr.. Martinelli and Orchestra.
IS "Pan.Xmericaaa' ......... Herbert
"a, "serenadeo orchestra. ToselIi
W. Mr. Martfneli and Accompanied ~,
Mr.. Martinelli and Orchestra.
Salvatore Fucito at the piano.
@7HE Indianapolis Matinee Mu-
Ill sicale will give an American
~ day musicale on next Friday
afternoon at O'Clock at the Ma
sonic Temple.
The program follows:
"Ellana" Petite Waltz .......s.
"a 'S N''e' I,o:s:.,cb c,..hr,
.rrreIude, ''''.'..' ..'.....'.......
caprice '''''''.''''Ei;rn,ccs:t' 'Hintcb;e;nsor
OH Come Hitler" -. Bainbridge Crist
Sweet Phyllis" ....... Lily. Strickland
The ca'O'rd serrn;ice Church. Alfred clokey
Poem-"The Highwaymnn' Alfred Noyes
Mn Mu oor setti'ng BY Deems Tsyl3r
Sonata for Violin and Piano. -.
''..''.fi1i,b ros M,roI Eric De Lamarter
Maud Custer, Bcsts Miller Ruiek.
Two ballet numbers under the direction
ca a) Mm me Le %iId Ro Sspo- Mac pows,
lbl Air de Ballet. Victor Herbert
Ballet Ensemble
SS clemens .oEssis y'H %9fSs Fila 92eP
Relic: oc,Ka6 Lieber;, Harriet HARDING
Leila Peck Zimmerman. Piano Mrs. Her
man Wolff. Director. Pauline Schell-
Fl HE following students of
1T Ferdinand Schaefer OF the
Indiana College of Music and
Fine Arts won first place in the
recent junior contests for violin and
cello. of the Indiana Federation of
Music Clubs: Carl Gerlach. violin,
Muncie; Byron Miller, violin, Rom
ney; Jack Ford, violin, Indianapolis,
and Helen Dauner. cello, Indian
apolis.
Helen Sommers, piano, James Hat
ton, tenor, Helen Schappell. alto and
quartet Of violins. played by
Thelma RUBBISH. Marjorie Fleury,
Charles Buckley. and Carl Frye,
students Of Ferdinand Schaefer Of
the Indiana College of Music and
Fine ARTS will broadcast from
WKBF on Thursday night, March
oath. This is the second monthly
program from this station.
Mrs. G. f. Fox, student of Glenn
Friermood; Lepha Wilson, student of
Bomar Cramer. and Martha Lukens,
studying with Ruth Todd, lll of the
Indiana College Of Music and Fine
Arts, will give a program at the
Meridian Street Methodist Church
on Friday evening. March IS, in
honor of the birthday anniversary
of DR.. Rohrer, the minister of the
church.
Justine Stotsenburg OF the dra-
matte department under Ruth Todd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Cleveland hairdresser offers shampoo to the
person who finds her lost dog. Is that reward-or
a warning?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-19

Boston police banned nine books as indecent.
publishers arc encouraged by this suspicious be-
ginning