Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-29
SHANK MEN SAY
PRIMARY is WON
FOR CANDIDATE
Workers Urged Not to Relin.
quish Efforts on Election
Day.
CONFIDENCE IS SHOWN

A note OF jubilance was sounded in
all the Shank meetings last night.
Speakers devoted their time to urging
workers to untiring efforts on election
day to pluck q victory within reach
and make it so decisive that the News
Jewett power in this community finally
wiz be broken"
Samuel Lewis Shank, the candidate,
told Of a meeting at the Columbia Club,
called By Ralph Lemcke, county treas
urer and financial adviser Of the Howe
campaign.
zone hundred Of the oldtimers, the
special privilege crowd. were invited, "
Mf. Shank said. "and five came. The
purpose Of this meeting, l am reliably
informed was to raise $4,000 for a
Howe election day fund. 1t was not
raised Even my ancient enemies Will
not invest money in the fOrlorn Howe
cause
WILL STAND FOR NO
STOLEN ELECTION.
what use could the Howe camp have
for $4,000 anyway? Under the law a
candidate may not spend more than
$500 on election day. That represents
the wages Of legitimate workers. so many
to each precinct. The gang viii use
every method Of corruption possible this
time. but it viii not avail them. And
II they make any misstep they may ex
pect determined prosecution. The decent
element Of this community is going 10
stand for no more stolen elections"
Mr. Shank gave a few minutes TO dis
cussion Of the charge, made by the In
dianapoIis News that he was the ''puppet
of gamblers" in this campaign.
NOT DRAGGED N
BY COAT-TAILS.
THE more I think Of that the more
absurd sides I see" he declared I'm
the first place. it is well known that I
never have been dragged into political
campaign by the coat-tails as Professor
Howe was. 1 always have played my
own game.
IN the second place, how could I be
ruled by the king of the gamblers 0s
the News states, when Mayor Jewett an
nounced long ago. while the News ep-
pIauded, that all the gamblers mad Icen
run out Of indianapolis. Did they run
them all out except the kings? And II
so who is the king the king Of?
There may be among my supporters
men who have gambled. And there IN
doubtedly are ex-gamblers in the Robi-
son and Howe camps-especi2lly in the
latter as I have shown. But l made no
promise or statement 70 the effect that
I win permit gambling IN indianapolis.
p%ch the contrary have expressed myself
as opposed TO public gambling and ali
that goes with it
The News offers no sort Of evidence,
circumstantial or otherwise. TO the effect
that I am in any way connected with
gambling They simply advance the
idea out Of the whole cloth and expect
people TO believe it. And at the same
time everyone knows they are using
every means at hand to injure me.
POLITICAL
EXPEDIENCy.
For this gambler they claim TO have
discovered IN my following l can match
one OF Professor H0we's personal fol-
lowers man who Is behOlden TO the
professor for q loan Of $40 made a few
weeks ago This fellow is the manufac-
turer Of crooked gambling devices. He
makes spindle wheels. chuck a-Iuck de-
vices, crooked dice and marked cards.
The professor visited him IN his sales
room and must have seen the samples
hanging on the walls aad displayed on
the counters. The man is notorious. But
the professor finds II politically ex-
pedient to be pals with him for the time
being.
Il an indebted for all my information
on this point % reliable and reputable
men and I can produce all the facts and
evidence If the professor so desires. He
will not deny this charge
PAYS JEWETT
HIS RESPECTS.
Mayor Jewett was described BY Mr..
Shank as hypocrite and a war Stacker
with "an awful crust who wants TO name
his successor after four years Of extrav-
agant misrule."
He is g Stacker and he has surrounded
himself by slackers," the candidate said
Charlie Jewett was the right age to go
TO war so was Felix NcWhirter and Alex
Taggart and Dick Byuum. Claris Ad-
ans, who lifts his voice each night TO
sing the praises Of our little professor. is
another Stacker"
Newton J. Mcclure, & Shank speaker,
bitterly denounced action OF Howe speak
ers in deriding Mr.. Shank for weeping
at the time Of his resignation from Of
fee.
Christ wept when he was erucifed," he
said. "And yet He was no weakling.
Only a man Of altruistic impulses feels
deeply enough the wrongs put upon the
people to show emotion"