Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-10


paigns. Talk about your Chief Perrott
administration. That amt nothing to
what this one is and Is going to be before
they get done. The Bell-P errott admin
istration never jumped on the people who
put them in Office like this~one is doing"
Several committeeman commented on
threats of Ralph Lemcke county treas
urer, and one of the triumvirate in con-
troll Of Republican politics in Marion
County for the last four years, has made
TO take away the boards" Of committee
men who don't play BALI the admins
tration way.
II always has been the custom in both
leading political parties for the city
chairmen to name men on the election
boards who are suggested by the precinct
committeeman. This gives the precinct
committeeman an opportunity to pass out
a little patronage now and then and to
help perpetuate himself in the Office Of
committeeman.
BY taking away the boards" the ad-
minlstratiOn means that City Chairman
Irving W Lemaux Will refuse TO honor
the recommendations o.. the committee
men opposed to Mr. HOwes candidacy
and appoint as precinct election officials
in the coming primary only men whom
the News-Jewett machine is certain viii
help them in the election Of MIR. Howe,
the committeeman said.
Let 'em take away the boards" said
Beverly Howard. They've tried that be-
fore and I've licked EN- every time. What
we've got to do is TO prevent them from
stealing this election. We've just got to
do the thing that's right this time"
Sevara1 cornrnfftaauoa, oso.-t,7
was not fair for the police to LAY on"
negroes who are not working for Mr.
Howe and then let RUFF Page and Sam
Lancaster, negroes who are said to be
strong FOR the Irvington professor, run
their gambling joints wide open without
molestation of any sort.
The workers commented upon the fact
that Hays Wilson, negro contractor, for
merly one OF Beverly Towards lieuten-
ants, has a soft" contract for cleaning
the walls at the city hall. This, they
said, is a movement engineered by the
mayor and Robert H. Bryson, city con
troller, ind the mayors representative in
dealing with negro workers who refuse
to have anything to do with Dr. Furnlss
TO get Hays Wilson to work against
Howard in his home precinct. The cola
mitteemen said they expect to see Hays
W lASbu AppOluLtO on the eltElAoA NOdEh
In this precinct and expect him to work
fer the interests Of the administration
candidates in such capacity.
Samuel Lewis Shank held the first noon
meeting of his campaign at Kingans
plant yesterday. Approximately 1900
workers gathered to hear him. His talk
was confined TO the city administration
and devoted almost entirely to the ire
mendous expenditures Of the last year
as revealed by the report Of the CON
troller.
Mr.. Shank pointed out that the bal
ance left in the city treasury at the end
Of the year only WAS made possible by
great increase in the amount Of taxes
collected and asked his audience to, con-
slider that the administration had ex-
pended almost three million dollars more
than In the years previously and had not
even undertaken any public work that
would represent something bought with
the taxpayers money The crowd was
as wildly enthusiastic as those which
have heard Shank heretofore.