The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-10
Secretary Muir, Treasurer Bennett
and Vice Chairman Heller
Elected by Acclamation.
FOR A DELEGATE CONVENTION
CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES
WILL BE THUS NOMINATED.
Followers Of Shank Charge that They
Were Not Treated Fairly by
Their Opponents.


at the meeting of the precinct committee
men, elected Saturday, which effected re-
organization by re-electing Edwin d. Logs
don chairman, Oran n. Muir secretary, II.
w. Bennett. treasurer, and adding Ellis
worth f. Heller as vice chairman. The
resolution providing for delegate con-
vention was offered by Conrad Ruckelshaus
and adopted with only a feeble negative
vote. 1t follows:
Moved, That the candidates of the Re-
publican party, to be voted for by the
voters of the city of Indianapolis, at the
next city election. be nominated BY dele
man according to law; and that the chair
men be authorized TO fill all vacancies in
the office of precinct committeeman
Chairman Logsdon announced last night
that, while the date for the convention
has not been determined. IL will be an
early one. The law requires two weeks
notice before the primaries 10 elect dele
gates, but there is not any belief that the
convention will be held earlier than three
weeks from now. The prevailing opinion
is that it will be later in the spring.
VICTORY FOR LOGSDON.
The reorganization of the committee re-
suited I'm an overwhelming victory for the
supporters OF Edwin ID. Logsdon, o. n.
Muir and Fl. w. Bennett. The supporters
of S. Lew Shank asserted that they would
have had about sixty votes in the COM
mittee If influence had not been brought
to bear to prevent committeeman elected
by them from supporting Shank. AS it
the highest opposition vote cast by
them was thirty-five votes.
Chairman LOgsdon called the convention
to order promptly at o'clock. Secretary
Muir was absent and Charles n. Elliott
acted for him. The roll call. showed 1872
committeeman present out of possible
1873. Mr.. Logsdon called for nominations
for temporary chairman and Edward Nc
Cuff nominated Vincent G. Clifford, who
was elected by reclamation. Mr.. Clifford
said the democracy was in its favorite at
titude of protesting and objecting and that
II was representing those elements that
party of achievements and consequently
the committee should be alert to do its full
duty.
Thomas Shufelton moved the election of
c. n. Elliott as temporary secretary, which
was also made by reclamation.
Chairman Clifford called for nominations
for permanent chairman. DR.. II. w. Rid
| path of the Second ward, moved that all
votes be taken by written ballot. Il. s.
| r. Seguin seconded the motion. Edgar
| Elliott moved to lay this motion on the
| table and received dozen loud voiced
| seconds" Chairman Clifford declined to
| decide the vive voce vote and ordered a
roll call. This was the first test of strength
| and quiet followed while the roll be-
ing called. Before the first three wards
were completed IL was plain that the forces
minority. Some of the men they depended
on, they said, voted against them The
roll call resulted in Isl votes in favor of
and thirty-five against 1t.
LOGSDON NOMINATED.
William A. Bogardus then moved that on
all votes the roll of delegates be called.
This carried without dissent. Conrad Ruck-
elshaus was promptly on his feet and nomi-
mated Logsdon for chairman. Joseph III.
Clark named s. Lew Shank.
"who slew Shank" shouted delegate.
"Logsdon! Logsdon.' shouted a number.
81 didn't get the name," said Chairman
Clifford.
During the laughter that followed Mr..
Clark again announced Mr. Shank's name.
The roll call that followed was almost
Duplicate of the preceding one except that
the Shank forces lost a number of votes.
The ballot resulted: Logsdon. 1859; Shank.
%.
Following this Ellsworth z. Heller, vice
chairman; o. N Muir, secretary, and III. w.
Bennett. treasurer. were elected by accla-
nation. Mr.. Heller is the only new officer.
He Is of the firm Of Bucdenbaum & Heller.
coal dealers, and popular Republican of
| the Ninth ward. His partner is Charles III.
Buddenbaum. now member of the grade
The expectation from the reorganization
| of the committee is prompt steps for the
city campaign The nominations tito may be
| adopted all candidates for mayor. police
| Judge and city clerk and councilmen-atr
large must be nominated in a delegate coD-
vention- Two years ago all were nomf-
mated by direct primaries. The primary
system for nominations has been discour-
| aged since the county primaries last March,
which proved unusually onerous to the
party.
Ward councilmen will doubtless be nomi-
| mated by primaries in each ward unless 1t
/ Is decided to hold ward conventions, which
| is not deemed at all probable:
Chairman Logsdon said he would an
nounce the new board of primary commits
= sioners. composed of one member from each
ward in few days. The ordinance redis-
/ tricting the city into new wards, now pend
ing in the Council. may be taken up at a
| special meeting of the Council this week
and passed, so that the primary commission
/ will represent the new districts. After the
| ward ordinance is passed new one estab-
| fishing new precincts will be passed The
| new precinct scheme will probably result in
/ about 225 precincts. There are now 199.
| NOT WITHOUT FRICTION.
| The work OF reorganization was not
/ wholly without friction. The men who
brought out Lew Shank for chairman as
/ serted last night that Chairman Logsdon
! and his friends had used unfair means
throughout the whole proceeding. They
/ complained, first, that Chairman Logsdon
| had called the primaries at n time when
| no one was prepared to enter the city cam
| paign and that the call was issued in the
! face OF the belief by most Republicans that
I a new primary law would be in force In
| few weeks. They complain that no full
| list of voting places was published; that
| many of the places announced were not
| used, but that primaries were held in I'M
| nounced and obscure places and that In a
| large number of cases the polls were open
l only for a few minutes, when the call re-
| quired them TO be open from to o'clock.
| They cite a particular case in the tenth
| precinct OF the Fourteenth ward. Enos
| Hadley ran against man named Jones in
| this precinct. Jones was the inspector of
| the primary. they allege. and although he
| only received votes, while Hadley received
| le he refused TO Issue Hadley the proper
| credentials.
Last night during the roll call when this
precinct was called Chairman Logsdon re-
| ported that no election had been made. A
| short time before this Hadley was at the
| doors of the room demanding admission.
| but was refused because he had no creden-
| tials.
Some of the Shank supporters said that
| there had been little interest In the pri-
| maries because they had been called SO
| hastily and the usual details so meagerly
| given out that voters who wished to per-
form their duties hunted their primaries in
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