Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
PARTY LEADERS
PREPARE PLANS
FOR ELECTION
Republicans Name Inspectors
and Clerks--DemOcrats
Choose the Judges.
SHANK FORCES ACTIVE

special election upon constitutional
amendments, to be held Sept. 6, has been
started by Republican County Chairman
Harry Hendrickson and Democrats:
County Chairman Reginald Sullivan.
Although the election is not along party
lines the law providing for the vote
specifies that the parties shall have
charge of the polling.
Precinct election boards will consist of
an inspector, clerk and judge only, the
Republicans getting to nominate the in
spectors and clerks and the Democrats
the judges.
The special election Iaw says that the
laws governing general elections shall
apply. Republican party leaders are con-
STRUNG this to mean that the county
organizations ill be the units In con-
troll. This has an important bearing In
Marion County because 1t means tina.
precinct boundaries again Will re
changed. The city council increased che
number of precincts In the city fefore
the municipal primary.
With the county considered as the vot-
ing unit the county precinct boundaries
fixed by the county commissioners last
year will be in effect Chairman Hen
Erickson, who also is county attorney,
is understood to be proceeding upon this
theory in calling upon precinct commit
teemen to prepare to recommend men for
the election boards, and 70 find voting
places for the county commissioners to
rent. The chairman acting for the com
missioners has distributed bank con
tracts for the renting Of voting places to
ward chairmen and township leaders, it
is said.
TWO SEPARATE
ELECTION MACHINES.
Holding the constitutional amendment
election with the county as the unit and
the use Of the county precinct boundaries
therefore may serve 10 make 1t impossible
to carry out various suggestions that the
council call the plaza election for the
same date. ia case the vote is scheduled
at all The plaza election is one in
which the voters Of indianapolis only are
qualified to vote. This bolng true poll
ticians hold that the city election ma
chnery should be used In It, Under such
Interpretation It would be necessary 10
have the voting by city precincts. Since
there are some twenty more city than
county precincts inside the city limits 70
would be impossible to hold the two elec-
lions together, under this view of the
law
Inability Of Thomas s. Meeker. Demo
his organization has resulted IN two more
strong members OF the party Oh the south
side declaring openly for Samuel Lewis
shank, Republican nominee for mayor.
John Barrett a coal dealer in the Twelfth
ward, and John Troy Of the Eleventh
ward, both Of whom were offended By
Neekers dismissal Of several old line
ward chairmen recently are the boilers.
With these men as with other Demo
cratic workers who have gone over 10
the Shank camp IL is not so much for
the purpose OF defeating Boyd NJ RAJ
ston, Democratic nominee for mayor as
TO give Meeker a severe set back.
Leaders Of the South Side Republican
Club are vigorously denying stories
which have been circulated 10 the effect
that the organization Is opposed 20 Nr
Shank. he club IS for Mr.. Shank az
it is for the entire Republican ticket.
they say.
Shank leaders have kept close tab upon
the club and Know that much Of lts work
Is being done by strong Shank people
DR. Z. f. Hodgin. Shank campaign man
ager, declared that 9S yer cent Of the
members will vote for Mr.. shank
SOUTH sIDERs
ARE IGNORED.
What the club really was organized
fJr and what certain interests are
spreading the story about its being op-
posed to Mr. Shank is 10 constitute
further rebuff 10 the old News-Jewett
machine and to make sure that south
side Republicans no longer will have 20
sit and take their medicine when the
party leaders prepare primary states ana
force them through. The south siters
intend to be listened 10 hereafter. lead
ers Of the club say. They point out thar
the particular men In control south OF
Washington street, reached their DO
sitions only after twelve years OF battling
with the old MetzEer machine. They
allied themselves with the News-Jewett
machine expecting 20 get recognition they
thought was coming to them only to be
completely ignored for -our weary years
Now these politicians propose to so
strongly intrench themselves that no
county or city leader VIII dare overlook
them. They plan to get at least 800
paid up mem berships OF south side Re
pCblicans who are wiring Go fight what
Is termed uptown" domination. There
are more than 800 on the roster now, it is
said.
The club has not made itself a strictly
shank for Mayor body because that
would necessitate the taking IN Of
great many Democrats. The men and
women Of the opposite party are welcome
II they Intend to completely change their
politics, orgf nizers Of the club state bur
It is necessary to keep 1t strictly Repub-
lican because 1t is looking ahead 10 fu