Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-17
DUNN HOLDS 8
AMENDMENTS
ARE VICIOUS
MiIitiat Tax and State Schoo'
Superintendent Changes
Opposed.
TULSA RIOTS PROVIDED

That it would be the height ol
folly and the source of a repetition
of the Tulsa horror, to adopt Tho
amendment to Section 1, Article Ia
Of the Indiana constitution, as pro
vided in one Of the thirteen amend
ments to be submitted to the cleo
torate in the special election Sept
6, and when would admit negroea
to the Indiana National Guard, Il
the substance OF an address given al
noon today by Jacob P. Dunn, taa
expert, at the Indiana Democratic
Club. Mr.. Dunn, in addition to the
discussion Of the above amendment
spoke on the tax amendment and the
one that would make the Office ot
State superintendent Of public In
struction appointive instead Of cleo
tive.
Mr.. Dunn declared the thirteen
amendments have been submitted I'd
the people by the Republican party
under conditions that makes theis
adoption inevitable, unless the Demo-
cratic party resolutely combats
them Ten Of the amendments, he
said, are desirable, and, in substance,
have been urged, earnestly, by the
Democratic party for a number Of
years.
Three Of them" said the speaker, @ara
so vicious In character, and in my opin~
ion, would entail such lasting injury on
the people of the State, and especially
On the people Of Indianapolis, that they
call for the opposition of all good citl-
zens. They were opposed by Democrats
in the Legislature; and there Is now ma
organization that can oppose them With
any hope Of success except the Demo.
cratic party"
SAYS CHANGE WOULD
BRING RACE RIOTS.
Referring to the proposed amendments
or section 1, article 12 he said:
Very brief reflection Will show any,
body whatNthis means. If negroes are
admitted to the militia, they will have
TO be put in separate companies, because
the whites viii not serve with them, and
they viii not wish to serve with the
whites. The only material use for the
militia is TO preserve order during laboR
troubles; and whenever you send COL
ored company to a strike you are certain
of a race riot And race riots do not
end with the militia and the Strikers
They go on to the destruction Of prop
erty, and the slaughter of women and
children. l am no alarmist, and I am
not advancing q theory. 1 am stating
what every one of you knows absoluteIE
TO be true. and what every sane man and
woman in Indiana knows to be true lust.
as certainly as this amendment is ADOPTS
ed, the streets of indianapolis will run
blood on account of it; and we shall be-
disgraced by 4 repetition of the horrors
OF Tulsa, Chicago, Gary, Cleveland,
Springfield Ohio. and other places Whera
these conflicts have developed.
There is not on this continent a city
where race conditions are worse for am
affair Of this kind than INDIANAPOLIS. Z
am aware that we have q large popula-
tion of orderly and well-d disposed negro
citizens; but this city for years has been
a haven for the criminal class expelled
from other places and especially from tha
South. Do you question the statement? Ii
is not necessary TO recur to the memory on
Jesse Coe, or other bygone criminals.
Within the last two years you have had
three police officers killed by negro
criminals, and not one by a white crimi~
nal. Right now, you have three negro.
city employees suspended and indicted
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