Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-07
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of the twenty one nave attended the
meetings. which usually are held every
/ other Tuesday night in the basement OF
/ the City Hall. with any degree OF regu-
/ larity. OF these nine, Dr. Furniss can
count on only three to be with him In
a pinch, the opposing faction Is said 20
maintain.
The latest meeting of the precinct
/ committeeman was held at the City Hal!
| two weeks ago tonight. 1t was a grand
/ and glorious meeting. To swell the at
/ tendance it was noIsed about that there
/ would be a banquet. There was a ban
/ quet
| At one table sat Dr. Furniss, RUFF
| Page, William Lancaster, Irving Hardy,
/ Jesse Willis and other negroes. includ-
1 ing Beverly Howard. whom the admins
! tratlon has not regarded with much
| favor since ne failed to respond to its
orders in the county primary election
| campaign last spring. The administra-
/ ton evidenced It's dlsfavor by repeated
I visits Of the police morals squad to
BeYerly's place But the offending morals
/ squads have been abolished and over
/ lures have been made to get Beverly
I
BEVERLY HOWARD GETS
GLIMPSE OF JEWETT.
Things went well at the table FOR tile
coiored gentlemen until the other table
in the room began filing up. Around
this table were Republican County Chair
man Harry Hendrlckson, County Treas
urer Lemcke. County Auditor Leo IL
/ Fesler city Controller Bryson and last
and not by any means least, Mayor
Jewett, the tale goes. Mayor Jewett,
I IL Is said, came in after the others we're
seated. His appearance was not greeted
with prolonged cheering from at least
( one OF the negroes. FOR. those who tell
Of the party state. Beverly Howard took
/ one look at his honor, got up. par on
his hat and coat and departed, and all
the entreaties OF DR.. Furniss and others
failed to bring him back. Beverly wasn't
/ going to sit IN at any banquet with
] Mayor Jewett
So far it has not been recorded by
/ local political historians just what was
! the tenor Of the after dinner speeches,
/ but the banquet broke up with only
/ the one untOward incident.
1t IS no secret that DR.. Furniss has
been Jealous OF the political prestige Of
Henry Fleming for some time But his
attempts 70 unseat Henry have always
/ been INSTRUCTED by the fact that Mayor
Charles W. Jewett cannot deny that he
I owes his present office TO Fleming and
/ In great measure to big Jack" aud
| Broyles because OF their work in the
city primary election ia 1917, and be
cause Fleming has stuck on the job aud
rendered creditable service 10 the city
as the head Of the ash collection depart
/ ment.
I FIFNINC,S POINT
/ OF ADVANTAGE.
The administration, however. Is prone
to view Fleming and his associates some
what askance since the recent election
; Politicians generally know that the jew
t-LeIncke controlled Republican county
organization did not work whole heart
edly for the election of Governor Warren
i. McCray and United States Senator
James L. Watson, and in some instances
did things opposed to the interests Of
/ these candidates. Fleming, Big Jack"
and Broyles, however. remained true to
the State as well as the county Repub-
/ Lean tickets and as Il result they are ia 4
I position to have the ear OF State leaders
any time they want 1t. They worked
particularly hard for Senator Watson. In
one precinct controlled by them there
was turned IN a vote for Watson three
and even higher than that over the total
/ for the county candidates.
/ The Fleming Jackson Broyles forces so
/ FAR have made no open move to crush
the designs Of the ambitious DR.. Furnlss,
{ but are said to be sitting pack waiting
until the doctor goes to the state lead
/ ers with his plea for the Haltian min
| istership. Let the doctor splash around
the puddle and muddy up the waters as
extensively as he may. and then sit or
him hard, the plan Of his opponents
seems to be. Senator Watson will never
let Furniss get even to the front door
Of the White House with his appeal for
the diplomatic post, they feel.
The county organization has not been
unaware of the power which Fleming
Jackson and Broyles hold through their
control of at least three important wards
1t is said. Various plans have been tried
to discredit them before the state or
| ganization, one Of the most amusing of
| which occurred on the night when Sen
/ ator Watson addressed a capacity crowd
/ In TOmlinsOn Hall during the recent
campaign. Something had to be done 10
break the faith Of Watson and McCray
| in Fleming and his follow leaders, so 1t
/ is said, a band was hired and sent to
/ parade through Indiana avenue and the
adjacent negro residential district. The
word was not passed around that the
/ band was advertising a political meeting,
as is usually done in such cases, and so
all the cOlored people were left wonder
/ Ing what the band was out for. Not a
soul, 1t Is said followed the band TO
Tomlinson Hall and the county leaders
| triumphantly pointed out to the state
organization that 1t was being double.
crossed by Fleming. Jackson and
Broyles. This served to spur the ra-
doubtable trio to renewed efforts and, the
big maJorities for Watson and McCray
were the tangible proof they had to
/ offer that the tale of their doubla crosse