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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
LOO YEARS AGO

1T might help us to face our current prob
Il lens with more hope if We could only make
use of the ingenious time machine described
in H c. Wells famous novel
This was machine, as you remember. by
which one could rove about in time as an
automobile enables one to rove about in space.
You either could go forward or backward
back to ancient Rome or forward to the mil
lenniun, whichever you chose.
If we could get hold of such a machine,
and spin back through few generations, We
might discover that our difficulties today are
only reprints of difficulties which assailed
other men in times past.
A writer in the Business Conditions Weekly
of New York recently set out to collect few
of the dolefu outcries which former depres-
sionS have drawn from discouraged men.
AS far back as the time of st. Augustine,
1,7C0 years ago. he finds a writer complaining
that agriculture was decaying, purchasing
power was dwindling, taxes were soaring and
commerce was collapsing; the conclusion
drawn. of course, was that the world was 60
ing to the dogs for good.
He finds distinguished French physician
IN 1867 NOlClug similar COlIlploi-llS, 1dAAcLlLlS
the turmoil and confusion of the times-he
had seen post chaise rafting along at five
miles an hour, and he said that this madness
Of speed is wearing out men"-and he felt that
his newly-born son faced a life which could
bring him neither prosperity nor happiness.
He finds an American editor in 1857 describ-
ing the universal commercial prostration and
panic" about him. and remarking that 1T is a
gloomy moment in history. never has the flu
ture seemed so incalculable"
In 1886 a United States official speaks Of
the depression. doubts that any revival can
come up to the level of the preceding fifty
years. and concludes plaintively that the day
of large profits is probably past"
1t is really worth our while to null
over the dismal Jeremiads from the past. To
be sure. it doesn't make our present problems
any less difficult; but it may help US to see
that q troubled time such as the present is
never quite as dark and hopeless as the people
who are living through it often suppose.
Historians fifty years hence probably will
find some Of our current fears Just as quaint
" humorous as those of former days seem to
us now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
HUEY BROUGHT TO COURT

FREEDOM Of speech. says the United
Il States supreme court. does not become
license to libel. even when draped by the cloak
OF congressional immunity.
Hence Senator Huey Long will have to go
into open court and prove the things he said
about General Samuel T Ansell. or suffer the
consequences Of $4,000 civil suit.
The former counsel Of the senate commit
tee which investigated a Louisiana election
was accused by Long Of fraud and forgery
and was described as a scoundrel and a crook.
Long said these things from the floor of the
senate. then ranked through the mails
thousands Of copies Of his speech. according
TO AnseI. The speech. as sent out in the mails,
contained several lbelous interpretations not
made BY Long on the senate floor.
Few people will sympathize- with the rough
talking KingfiSh, who first dared the general
70 sue him and then claimed immunity from
suit.
The laws are adequate in their protection
of lawmakers from haraSsing suits. But when
a lawuaker goes out Of his way TO attack the
character Of a citizen. he should make an &C
counting in open court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
WEDNEsDAY. KovE.iBER :. -.
VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE

THE voters Of Indiana chose wisely yester-
Il day. They decided to send Sherman Min
ton 70 the United States senate to back the
New Deal They stingingly repudiated Sen
stor Arthur r. Robinson. whose conduct and
record have been humiliation to the state
and an embarrassment 70 his party leaders.
People have demonstrated fully that they
are weary OF the old-fashioned, hag-waving
type Of political campaign based on insincerity
and rooted in a cynical belief that the average
voter is an emotional imbecile. Such was SEN
ator Robinson's nl-adyised appeal.
Mr. Minton replied with facts. He founded
his campaign upon the accomplishments Of
the President and upon an honest promise to
do all in his power 70 aid him. The issue was
clear-cut despite the silly efforts Of the senile
Republican leaders to becloud it with irrele
want matters.
The great majority Of the people Of this
state are liberals. They like the New Deal
They want more Of it.
Judge John W. Kern's victory means two
things: The city is to have the same business
like, graft-free administration that it has had
under Mayor Sullivan; Boss Coffin is as
dead as his name implies. Indianapolis is a
metropolitan center. Its mayor should be a
big broad-minded man who can see beyond
cheap ward politics. Such man is Judge
Kern.
Young and progressive Republicans well
may gain some substantial comfort in the size
Of the vote they turned out. The defeat of
their party would have been much more severe
had it not been for their efforts They were
good sports and put up a magnificent fight
despite their mistrust Of the shaky leadership
under which they had to work.
AS an independent newspaper we frequent
" have deplored the evil days which have
fallen on Indiana Republicanism. We be-
Iieve that there can be no future for two-party
government until the Watsons. the Robinsons
and the Collins are made to walk the plank.
s. Yesterdays election merely proves this
Democrats now may well do some sober
thinking about the heavy responsibility placed
upon them by the voters Theirs was no mere
machine victory. It was an Endorsement from
thoughtful people who trust the party of
President Roosevelt.
We are glad of the results Of yesterdays
election. We hope it may mean a regeneration
OF Republicanism so that the state will have
an active minority. which is a good thing for
government.
But especially we are glad because Indiana
: is willing and eager to continue the march to
recovery with the Roosevelt administration.
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Capitol Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

TAPAN'S very able ambassador, HlroShl Salto
j has arrived in town after three months holi-
berries a delightful smile, and frank statement
that his country wants big navy
Ensconced in a great leather chair in his
study at the embassy he cordially received
twenty newSnen.
"How do you do9 How do you do?" he bowed
Much taller than his predecessor, Envoy
Katsllii Debuchi, he still is a small man. CAIN
unruffled neatly holding a cigaret between his
manicured fingers, he frankly answered all ques-
tions.
Japan" he stated bluntly, demands navy
equal to any other"
May We quote you, Mr.. Ambassador" asked
some one.
Certainly. you may quote me or put it any
wav YOU like" replied Saito in his clear voice
An ash fell on the lapel of his dark blue
s,lit and he ficked it off. From the corridor
came the pleasant sound of tinkling ice cubes.
I'VE do not want to disturb existing world
conditions" Ambassador Saito was saying:
Again, in answer to a question as to Wnether
Japanese working men would shoulder the flnan-
cial burden of a naval armament race:
EVERY class gladly will do its share"
After the questioning came highballs and
cigars and cigarets deity passed by japanese
butler. Envoy Saito is living up to the BOAST ne
made on his arrival in the United States: i
know how to drink WHISTLES and sodas with
American newspaper men"
Note-AmbaSsador Saito is popular with the
American press because of ID his cordlallty,
90 his hospitality, 90 his clever mingling OF
utter frankness and diplomatic subtlety. He is
regarded as one of the most capable ambassadors
in Washington.
A MOTHER noble name is being added to
N washington's foreign diplomatic corps with
the arrival here shortly of young Count Won
Strachvitz, who comes to be attache at the Ger
man embassy.
Count Won Strachwitz is a cousin Of the wife
of the former German ambassador here Baron
ess Won Prittwitz und Gaffron, who before her
marriage was Countess Won Strachwitz.
The new attache is expected to arrive in
about two weeks. He is at present in Berlin
at the foreign office. His last diplomatic post
was in Toxic, where he was popular and achieved
an enyiable record among the younger diplomats.
A MOTHER count-Leone FumaSoni-Biondi,
N who writes for Italian ewspapers-recent-
ly entertained group OF Washington CORE
spondents his colleagues, at the state depart
ment
Purpose of the dinner was a farewell from
the Woodworking and much-liked Leone. who
sails shortly for Rome to rejoin his family for
the Christmas holidays. All the state depart
ment correspondents attended. novel feature
of the dinner was the spun sugar decoration in
the center of the table, representing the red,
green and white flag Of Italy.
Michael MacDermott, the state departments
affable chief of the division of current informa-
ton, was an honor guest, flanked by Russian,
French and German foreign correspondents
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preston pauperizes millions in land Of
plenty. or which denies reasonable comfort and
security to millions Of others in normal"
times. California is one Of the nations richest
commonwealths. yet in that golden state nearly
100000 persons have been forced to exist on
a bare subsistence dole.
Until this great California irredenta is re-
claimed, it win continue constant menace TO
peace and order in the state. 1t has been
said that civilization rests upon the patience
Of the poor But the time comes when this
patience gives way TO wrath The surprising
support given Upton Sinclairs crusade has
forced home upon CALIFORNIA; leadership. both
political and business. realization Of the fact
that people have been forced very close to
this breaking point The fact that hundreds
Of the thousands of good American home folks
had become so desperate as to be willing to
tie their fortunes to a Fabian Socialist with
fantastic dream for a ogram, offered
challenge that must not ignored either in
Sacramento or in Washin I.
We hope that Sinclair VII go back to his
writing His daring pen assaults on privilege.
Inaccurate as some of them are, will promote
the quickening of state and national social
consciousness more effectively than would
have any adventures he might have made in
the realm of statecraft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
USELESS PLEDGES

ONE of the strange ways in which human
~ nature has expressed itself since the war
is the great wave of pacifsm that has spread
through the younger generation.
Perhaps strange" is not quite the word,
at that No young man who looks back
thoughtfully on the monstrous horror of the
World war and the almost insane things that
were done during and after it can be blamed
very greatly if he concludes that nonresistance
is sound doctrine.
But this spread of pacifism is relatively a
new thing under the sun, even so. 1t has
been especially noticeable in colleges. Over
and over again we read stories of students
banding together to swear that they will nev n
answer a call to arms.
One of the results has been that the profess
sional patriots have run quite temperature
about it all.
Newton D. Baker, who as secretary Of war
in 1917 put some 100000 young Americans
into the army, took occasion the other day to
warn these idealistic young men that their
anti-war pledges will mean precisely nothing
if and when another war begins.
God forbid that should want ANYBODY
to go to war; he said, but I'm too old to be
otherwise than frank. The attitude of many
youths and many churches in seeking to avoid
war by having nothing to do with it is a
fight from reality.
IF this nation became involved in another
war the young men would be drafted in spite
of any pledges or desires or positions or re-
sponsibility.
"It is just as foolish to say you won't have
anything to do with war as it would be, if
you were walking through the woods and
were attacked by lion, to say you wouldn't
have anything to do with the lion"
These words, unpleasant as they may be to
peace lovers, are nevertheless full of good
sense.
We can't avoid war by shutting our eyes
to it. War, when it comes, is an outgrowth
of a previously pursued national policy. If
we hate war, our only course is to work for
such policies as will enable us to live at peace
with out neighbors
Once war comes, it turns loose blind,
overpowering force before which pledges to
"renounce war; are utterly futile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
MEDICINES NEXT GOAL

IF you would like to know what maladies
science today. you might consult the statistics
Just issued by the United States census bureau.
Studying and classifying the causes OF the
l.S24O74 deaths in the United States in 1883.
the bureau reveals that heart disease is the
principal cause Of death. with cancer next and
spoplexy third. followed closely by Bright's
disease and pneumonia
It is In the field covered by these ailments.
then. that the greatest possibilities Tor med
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
Upton sINCLAIR'S SERVICE

CALIFORNIA and America owe debt to
~ Upton Sinclair. defeated candidate for
Governor of California. In the campaign Just
closed he has won hearing for a class TOO
frequently voiceleSs in our democracy. He has
voiced the grievances Of small wage earners
and small land owners. Historically perhaps,
hut effectively. and in the minds OF many he
stands greater in defeat than he possibly
could have done in victory. He has aroused
great state 10 the need OF economic reform
without having incurred the obligation to
supply it.
We are not sorry Upton Sinclair was de-
feated. He is not fitted by temperament or
training 10 be Governor Of a great state nor
has he knowledge OF how TO run its comph-
Gated machinery He is a Don Quixote in
politics. calamity but foolishly breaking his
lance against the windmills OF reality.
His promise to end poverty in two years by
undermining capitalism through state barter
eoumunes Of the jobleSS was as George Creel
said optimism carried to the point Of deli
riuu. As Governor we believe he would have
made a sorry mess of CALIFORNIA; management
and would have set back the cause Of con-
strlctfve liberalism throughout the entire
country. But California should be grateful to
him for his attempt. Capitalism can not AFFORD
70 be complacent as it has been in California.
No system is secure that even during de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07

through bond issues. This practice
is unsound and grossly deceives the
public. 1t provides money available
for use in various funds for wages
and expenses of those deemed nee
essary in the maintenance of a
political machine.
The city controller Is the watch
dog of the city treasury and it is as
vitality important to have COM
petent, capable administrator in this
office as it is to have mayor who
will demand of him an accurate,
lawful and proper budgeting OF the
city's finances.
The Sullivan administration tells
us that it has reduced the bonded
Indebtedness S1,50O,00O. Here are
the figures from the controllers re-
port.
End of Shank administration:
Civil city, S7,643, ITO; sanitary de-
partment, S4,254, 800; park depart
ment. s., 155, 500; total, s15,053,770.
End of Slack administration: Civil
city, $1O,559, $50; sanitary depart
ment, s3,575 $50; park department,
So 1863, 200; total, SIT ,498, $50.
End Of Sullivan administration:
Civil city $1O,6O7, 61S40; sanitary de-
partment, 1882, 500; park depart
ment, s2,940, 900; total, s17,175, 898.40.
Thus we find at the end of Sulli-
vans administration greater
bonded Indebtedness for both civil
city and sanitary districts. The
slight reduction in the total is only
in the park department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
CONDITION OF BUSES
DRAWS COMPLAINT

BY Bus Rider.
The article iauding the Indian
apoliS Street Railways appearing in
The Indianapolis Times, Oct. 80,
certainly is good advertising, but is
truthful only in part, i. e., in rela-
ton TO the speed and comfort of
the new street cars and not to the
schedule they operate on; neither
does it apply to most of the buses
run by the same firm.
/. Bus fare is 10 cents, street car
fare is cents.
2. Buses are old and should haYe
been junked years ago, i. E., the old
yellow ones, the new ones are usual
ly fairly comfortable.
3. The air in them is so filed with
gas that a passenger hardly can
breathe.
4. The gas irritates the nose and
throat.
5. One line was rerouted, caus-
ing a saving in time required for
the trip which the passengers an
preciate, but why should we now be
penalized for this time saving pv
having to ride in old yellow buses
which should have been 1unked
years ago.
6 A driver once said "gas in a bus
is unnecessary, if they are given
proper attention by the garage
force" That was in 1892.
The writer once reported one such
bus in 1882 to supervisor on the
Circle. His reply was, "You will
soon have new buses on that line"
We have had new ones most of the
time since the new blue ones were
inaugurated till Oct. 10. now we
have buses filled with gas and all
means Of ventilation windows and
door shut.
Since they (the company know
we must ride a bus to get to and
from work they seem to think any
old thing will do. At one time for
period of several months from
forty to fifty passengers rode in one
bus.
I wish the next inspectors from
tie large cities would ride an old
yellow bus from the Circle to the
end Of the line then publish their
opinion of "the best system in the
country"
Also, by way Of suggesting that
the smoke nuisance in street cars
and buses be eliminated is to have
no smoking" signs again displayed.
that also will add to the comfort of
most Of the passengers.
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FEARLESS, HONEST MEN
NEEDED IN OFFICE
Nv Harry C. Moore.

BY Harry C. Moore.
No doubt the article in Saturdays
edition signed BY Reader, Frank
fort" either was written by some one
already employed by the state or
has a political job locally The title
and the conspicuous position you
placed this sarcastic article is proof
that whoever wrote it certainty is a
Democrat While he starts out by
saying that he attended his first
political meeting when Senator Rob-
inson spoke the other night; he ad-
mits a little later that he has at
tended many Republican meetings in
times past, being somewhat Of an
old timer, but never attended one
quite like this one. Perhaps a lot Of
your readers are getting as many
laughs from this article as he did at
the meeting. and after he reports
on the Governar McNutt meeting
they will get many more laughs.
1t is evident that this writer was
not interested in the policies Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
By AIgernon Goodboy, EIwOOd.

By AIgernon Goodboy, ElwoOd.
Some of the contributors to
these columns seem very much
pertutbed over the danger of the
Socialist flag waving over our
country in the very near future,
but why lock the door after the
horse is stolen, or why create so
much furore when he have had
socialism for these many years?
Jack London said long ago that
the Socialists were working re-
lentlessly night and day to de-
Stroy society, and through an edi-
torial in one of our leading daily
papers the Socialists boosted that
so per cent of the 1912 Socialist
platform had been adopted by the
Democratic and the Republican
parties. This only goes to show
the craftineSs of the Socialists,
knowing the futility of ever gain
ing the power of government
through the ballot, they have cum
ningly wormed their way into the
ranks of the two major parties
and caused a great many of their
nefariouS schemes to be en-
bodied in their platforms. For
example, we shouted our warning
from the housetop long ago that
under socialism they would take
your farm away from you, break
I'D your homes and that every
thing would be owned in common
to such an extent that your wife
would be my wife and vice versa,
and that if you possessed a dollar
you would have to share it with
the one who has none, and who
of us have not heard the story
of the Irishman and the two pigs.
AS proof that we now have
everything that we warned you
we would have under socialism,
let us take the plight Of the farm
err. Statistics state that in the
last few years more than a million
farmers have lost their farms and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-07
CITY ACTUALLY SPENDING
MORE, is ASSERTION
Bv Max Young.

BY Max Young.
AS a citizen who served for some
six years as an official in the office
of the city controller I am disturbed
after a careful perusal and analysis
of the report of the department of
finance of the city of indianapolis
for the year 1888.
In such analytical and compare
tive examination I find what con-
slider a marked departure from the
intent of the law and a confusing
rendition of accounts. There are
many instances indicating evident
diversion of certain funds from the
use for which they were intended.
1t proves conclusively that our pres
ent city Democratic machine is
bleeding the taxpayer regardless OF
the assertion to the contrary.
Instead of the cost of our city
government being reduced, the rec
ords show increased expenditures,
increased tax rates and an unwar-
ranted increased bonded indebted
ness.
The following figures compiled
from the records will prove such
facts
1925, Republican, expenditures,
S34, 320, 690.23; bonded Indebtedness,
S15,053,770; tax rate, 81.
1869, Republican Democratic
expenditures, s34, 1885,, 461. 88; bonded
Indebtedness, SIT ,498, $4,000; tax
rate, S1.O5.
1908, Democratic, expenditures,
S34, 737, O71.77; bonded Indebtedness,
S17,175, 896.40; tax rate, S1,13.
The tax rate for 1884 Is S1.31.
I fail to find the budget carrying
certain balances from previous
years with relation to certain gen.
eral and gasoline tax funds. This
is misleading and has the appear
ance of starting with depletion. A
precedent was established under the
Slack administration whereby bond
issues were authorized to meet cur
rent bills. The Sullivan admins
tration has seen fit to continue this
practice for the same purpose and
it easily establishes vehicle
whereby political machine readily
can set up a powerful financial
agency for political purposes.
It is contradictory to the intent
and purpose of the law to authorize
bond issues for such purposes. The
chief purpose Of our budget law is
to provide for the payment Of cur
rent expenses from appropriations
Of anticipated current revenue, and
this law is most certainly circum-
vented by method Of payment
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aUhouy disapprove of 1chGt you say and t0II
defend to the death your right to sag t.-VoItntre
NOV. 7, 1894

present national and state admin
istrations. He is disappointed in
not seeing the usual array of for
mer Presidents pictures, also, that
none spoke of them. might ask,
what are they running for? This
isn't campaign for former Presi-
dents. What the majority of voters
are intereste i in just now is to elect
men who Will represent them both
honestly and fearlessly, and I be-
lieve they would rather take a
chance on some one who knows
enough about the Constitution to
talk about it than to accept prom
ises from those that keep harping
about the New Deal.