The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
NOT EASY TO ADVISE A MAYOR
50 THIRTY LEADING CITIZENS
90 INDIANAPOLIS DISCOVER.
Mayer shank Appointed Them 10 Help
HIN Win Thelr Counsel bet They
C0aldn't Agree-Beme Have Qut'
me Plan l.ikely 70 Ne Abandoned.

MN WIN An4N N44aAtA W. NV
CGuldn't AgFee-ssne Nave QuiI
me Plan l.ikely to Ne Abandoned
INDIANAPOLIS. June 1.-THE expert
msnt of Mayor shank in seeking the helr
q an advisory commission of thirty lead
ing citizens 10 not proving satisfactory "a
him or to the members Of the board. and
Il IL not improbable that the scheme will
he abandoned.
When Mayor shank vas a candidate Al
the Republican primaries he was ques-
toned ~ to his purposes by some leading
members % the party. Ne replied In
substance that he knew that his expert
enos and training did not A him for the
once Of Mayor. and that he Was not such
fool a. 70 think he could run this city
without the aid and oOunsel Of the best
men in Il. He said that he proposed Il
elected TO call around him the best men
in the party a. advisers and would he
governed by their advice In HE admins
tFation Of the City's Affairs.
With this promise IN mind he selected
good men for his boards. Then Il 90
CURED TO him to organize an advisory
counsel. and he selected thirty men to
act in that capacity. Every element was
represented -miniaters brewers. 'orEan-
lied labor. manufacturer. merchants.
lawyers. physicians and politicians. II
didn't take long to prove that such body
would prove discordant. There vas little
sympathy between the manufacturer and
the representative % organized labor.
and less between the brewery owner and
the minister.
The Mayors advisers went 10 work With
zeal but soon interest began " lag. Com
mittee meetinEs were not attended and II
the regular meetings Of the board thore
were always a good many ah~entees
Also there vas failure to agree. When
IL was suggested that the Mayor he ad-
vised along certain lines some of his
friends on the board declared that such q
course would he presumptuOus and the
resolutions we're generally killed outright
or 30 changed that they became meaning
lesN.
some Of the member bought that they
wera selected n give advice. The thing
them and opposed their plans sugges-
tons went over from meeting 10 meeting
TN the OnRinators were tired out, and the
advice contained In the resolutions was
abandoned.
The Mayor and the Council got into
a controversy over the disposition Of GER
ain funds and the advisory body thought
this was a good time 90 dip In and show
the Council that there was another power
IN the city ~ well a. the elective body
Then there was trouble. The Mayor
thought he was competent n deal with
the Council and told the advisers 10 keep
their hands on
The city charter requires the Mayor
and the heads Of departments 10 meet
for conference once each month. and some
one In the advisory body discovered
that this provision Wan being ignored.
A resolution was offered calling the
Mayors NftehtfdM V the requirement
and asking him To conform 90 Il. There
was violent opposition 10 the suggestion.
but Il finally carried and for once the
advisory board got in some pertinent
advice
But advising a Mayor was attended
with 80 many difficulties that the men who
composed the body weared ~ Il and
concluded 10 pat themselves on record
for something That was where the
brewer and the minister Collided.
y VI Barney. formerly a member ~
the Anti-Saloon LEAGUE. offered a resOlu-
ton recitinR that IL was the sense II the
advisory body that saloons h. confined
10 the mile square or business district
He asked that the resolution be- referred
10 the committee on public morals. An
other member moved that the resolution
20 to the committeelon municipal welfare
Il happens that the public morals com
mittee u made mp q preachers aud the
municipal welfare COMMITTEES u made 40
Of brewers and their sympathizers The
motion 90 refer the resolution 20 he
latter COMMITTEES was intended - courss
10 kill IT, There was long q contest and the
resolution finally went 20 10 death. The
ministers are disgrlntled in consequence.
What IL regarded a. the beginning u the
end came In a letter from the Mayor
calling attention 20 the fact that certain
members did not attend the meeting-
and asking that they h. dropped. The
request Was complied with, and one OF
two labor representatives. one OF two
business men and a preacher OF 30 left
the board. The Mayor SAYS he viii not
Oh the vacancies.