New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
Ev SHANK. Mayor Of Indianapoli

Y Ew SHANK, Mayor Of indianapolis,
has been in town with Mrs. Shank
IL getting his picture taken looking
over the garden truck in our markets ana
incidentally offering to estimate how the
votes in the celery belt will be cast next
November for Governor Of Indiana ana
President of the United States
You can take IL from Lew Shank IT VIII
be profitable to bet all the money in New
York State that Lew Shank will be elected
Governor OF Indiana, If nominated. He Is
not absolutely sure Of receiving the noml-
nation, and yet he is pretty sure. too
I've got a lot Of confidence in myself,
said Mr.. Shank.
And he struck the palm Of his huge left
hand with the outspread fingers of his
huger right as he sat in his room at the
Hotel Astor The chair he sat in seemed
inadequate. II was so dainty and Louis
XVI. Mr.. Shank is so outstanding, so
broad gauge, so 1912 When he slaps his
thigh you are thankful it IS his thigh. In
voluntarily you move a few inches away
Hospitals are so expensive.
Mrs Shank came in. plump, smiling, com
Portable. She spoke to her lord and mayor
"A lady wants us to go TO the studio"
said Mrs. Shank.
What for?" asked the Mayor.
'To have our pictures taken, Lew" ex-
planned Mrs. Shank.
IAN right" replied the chief Indianapoli-
tan. promptly; tell her wen be there"
"she wants us to go TO the studio this
afternoon, Lew" added Mrs. Shank, con-
scientiously.
Morning be a heap better" said the
MQV0r affair Of
state. ''Teu the LADY wen be there at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. And say!
Find out where the studio is. This towns
full Of EN-"
The only thing Lew Shank expressed
himself as not feeling competent to talk
ABOUT TO The Tribune man was whether
ne was Socialist. He has been selling,
"a everybody knows, nuts and potatoes,
nince meat and turkeys, pears and Christ
mas trees at a fraction above farmers
ngures out in his town.
"A SOCIALIST AND DON'T KNOW IT."
They say out in Indianapolis that I'm
Socialist and don't know it," said the
Adayor Il don't know enough about So
ealism to talk about IT,"
But on municipality owned markets and
national. state and municipal politics Lew
onank talks TO the point-energeticaly
conVincingly, with a saving sense OF
humor. The Mayor used to work on a
iarm and later as an auctioneer.
They say out there that when Lew was
an suctioneer he could sell blankets on the
hottest day in summer and make money.
when Lew Shank hung out his red flag
lne conventional places Of amusement In
indianapolis languished. You didn't have
oio on q secondhand bed TO enjoy his
Aap-dash, comic sayings. And so lot
VI people came and Lewis fame fourished.
How VIII Indiana go in the Presidential
eisction2" he was asked
Taft win get Indiana" he replied. "The
strongest Democrat Is Harmon because
hss the most like Taft. I cali EN- con-
serVatiye progressives. Taft is Republi-
can VINO believes In progress. There Is
more harmony in Indiana now than ] ever
seen. ard was born there forty years ago.
Wilson killed himself in Indiana when
ne turned down Harvey and Watterson--
.ne best Democrat In the United States
o'o John Kern would be the most danger
democrat that could be nominated IN
naianay-most dangerous from the stand
'snt OF Indiana, that is His whiskers