Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-22
SAYS ELECTION
BOARD PLAYS
POOR POLITICS
Discrimination Charge Made
in Distribution of Voting
Machines.
EARLY VOTE IS WISHED

! The playing Of peanut politics" by
| County Auditor Leo X Fesler, County
Clerk Richard Sipe and Jackson Carter
/ In refusing to provide Woodburn Mas
son the Democratic member OF the Ma
| rion County election board. with a com
| plete list OF all voting machines now
| distributed to various centers for demon
| stratlon purposes, today resulted in a
public protest by Mr. Mason.
Mr.. Mason scharges that only a few
! of the machines. which were requested ia
be placed in certain Democratic eenters
! have been placed, although they have
been ordered by the board Of county com.
| missioners,
Following the failure Of Mr.. Mason to
obtain complete list Of the location OF
the voting machines he issued the fol
/ lowing statement;
Upon investigation. 1 found that the
e0untY employees, under instructions from
Leo h. hesler, auditor, representing the
board OF cOunty commissioners, had been
engaged in distributing voting machines
Them IN many more precincts than had
: beer reported
had information which fed me 70 be-
had been sent out
OF these, only sixteen had been sent 70
places selected BY the Democratic com
I requested Of Mr.. Williamson. the man
placed in charge OF the machines by the
county commissioners, q list Of all places
to which machines had been delivered.
REFUSES TO GIVE
MASON A LIST,
He refused 70 give me the list unless
instructed 70 do go By Mr. Sipe and Mr.
Garter the Republican members * tho
election commission, who were present
when 7 made the request
I ! pointed out TO them that as a mem
hef or the board ] WAS entitled 20 this
/ iinforma fion and that the public WAS en-
/ portunity 20 practice on the machines.
! also stated 20 them that II certain
parts q the city or precincts had been
Disseminated against In the location q
machines that was a matter that ought
I 70 he made public.
They refused 10 direct Mr.. Williamson
to furnish me With a copy Of bis list or
! lpermit me 20 have copy made, giving
/ as their reason that they believed my
I only purpose was 70 make puEltc the
places where the machines were located
and 20 charge discrimination.
II is very plain that the Republicans
I IN charge Of the distribution q these ma
chimes do not want the pghlie q know
where they are. Tor one OF Two reasons
either that they 40 not want vaters IN
certain sections * the city to have op-
portuufty for nrscffce or that they Rave
/ favored certain localities, such as the
heavy coiored nrecingts, for the purpose
of educsting Republican voters. eIclu-
slvely
I the treatment hut being iu the minority,
cowid not secure the Information.
! Local psrty leaders are now directins
their attention to secure q heavy vote
early on election day and in tails way
( hope 10 prevent any citizen from losing
/ bis vote because nf failure to get into
thr polling place prior to the ciosing q
the poEls
The e0untv eAvB senegs Ga. inspct
I ing the proposed voting places 60 de.
termiue n there should be auy changes
/ tecause of too crowded conditions 10 ac-
eommodate the equipment
Many precincts viii. have two votinc
mach! mes and Ave booths and this viii
probably crowd some Of the TooIns Sc
/ lecied rs voting centers on Nov. 2
MANY MEETINGS
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Among the Republican meetings sched-
uIed FOR today IS meeting at lryingtou
where Secretary Of State Ed Jackson
I will he the principal speaker; meeting
Mt West Newton, where Fremont Afford
Clarence r. Martin and Mrs Hugh Me
Glbeuy will speak. and other meetlngs ~
( Seventeenth street and Roosevelt ave
nue. Twenty~Fourth and Hovey streets
and at Shepard and Howard streets
The Democratic speakers bureau an
nounces that Secretary o. Navy Daniels
win speak at la Porte the night Of oct.
/ 27 and on the following afternoon az
/ BluHton, and the night OF Oct, IS 1T
Decatur
/ Previous plans. calling for rear-plat-
! form talks by Governor Cox on his last
/ trip into Indiana prior 70 the election,
/ in a number OF cities not previously
visited have heen abandoned and the in
terest will center on The presidential can
didate's closing Indiana speech in In
| diana polts on the evening OF Oct %.
| The Republicans have arranged for
/ front porch speeches In community cen-
ters here until election. with two snch
meetings scheduled for tonight-at the
home Of Abraham Polaski. 962 Elm street,
and the other at the home Of Lem Back
ley 1908 Harrison street
An all woman's Republican meeting
has been announced under the auspices
Of the Harding Club next Tuesday night
at Tomllnson Hall.
The following Democratic meetings are
announced fer tonight: John W Holtz-
man and Frederick Van Nuys. Fountain
Square; Henry n. Spaan, candidate for
Representative In Congress. and Mrs.
Y. Marson, women's county chairman.
Fortieth street and Senate avenue: Oren
s. Hack, Evans Woollen. Jr, and Paul
G.. Davis, candidate for prosecutor,
Brookside avenue and Dearborn street
Mrs Olive Belden Lewis. Thomas d. Nc
Gee and Edward w. Little, Hamilton ave-
nue. and Washington street