Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-28
SHANK'S RECORD
is DEFENDED IN
MANY SPEECHES
Service in Office Set Forth to
Meet Propaganda of
Enemies.
RALLY PLANS COMPLETE

Final preparations for the big Shank
rally at Fountain Square next Saturday
night were concluded at committee meet
ings today. Following conferences with
ward chairmen today, John Walker, mar
shall of the demonstration, announced
that he expected a crowd Of more than
1900.
Women workers will ride In automo-
biles, which will be assembled at the
Shank storage house. 227 North New Jer-
sey street at o'clock Saturday evening.
Men workers will meet at Virginia ave
nue. and South street. The motor parade
Twill travel on New Jersey TO Massachu-
setts avenue. thence to Pennsylvania
street and on Pennsylvania street to Vir-
einia avenue and out the avenue to Foun-
tain Square The speaking will take place
about one-haIf block from the square
proper.
Speakers at the meeting will include
the best talent in the Shank organization.
CANDIDATE GREETED
BY LARGE CROWDS.
The Shank meetings last night looped
from the south side TO the extreme north
eastern part of the city. Large crowds
greeted the candidate at each of the eight
stops. Mr.. Shank adhered closely to the
speech he has delivered in other parts Of
the city, giving much time TO the subject
Of tax reduction and the urgent need of
overthrowing the Jewett machine He
also criticized the invasion of homes by
police morals squads.
An attempt to Offset the propaganda
spread by political enemies of Mr.. Shank
was made by Newton J. Mcclure of the
Shank speakers bureau at several meet
ings.
II have known Mr.. Shank personally
and in an official way for many years, ="
said Mr.. Mcclure, and l know him TO
be shrewd, capable business man and
big hearted. altruistic leader.
MALIGNED AND
MISREPRESENTED.
He is not really appreciated in Indi-
annapolis because he has been maligned
and misrepresented by those whose in
terest It is TO destroy him politically.
He is the only man in the thirty years
that l have lived IN indianapolis who
has attempted to make a Campaign on
his own personal popularity. All others
have first obtained the support Of the
clubs. the organization, the press or
some powerful corporate influence to Put
them over. This fact alone ought to
cause thousands Of people to vote for
him. Any candidate who is brought out
nominated and elected by some power
ful interest or influence. other than his
popularity with the people is a dan
gerOus man no matter how good he
may be-
shank IS the one man in all these
years who has taken his cOmpaign prom
ises seriously and honestly has tried to
carry them out. In other words he has
tried TO protect the peoples interests
from Pillage, plumber and exploitation
and that fact alone has brought down
upon him an avalanche of condemnation
from the big business interests, that
have their hand in the pocket of the
city treasury.
During his administration. as mayor
OF indianapolis. these big business in
terests watched him like q hawk watches
its prey. and just as soon as they saw
that Samuel Lewis Shank was deter
mined upon the same honesty and square
dealing in the public office that he OBJ
served in private business. invisible gov
eminent Immediately swoOped down
upon him and set TO work to destroy
him as a factor in Indianapolis politics
end they have been pursuing him ever
since and they are just now making their
supreme effort to crush him.
LIVES Up To
PROMISES.
MANY candidates for mayor in the
past have made elaborate promises but
7, no one ever tried to live up to them as
Shank has tried TO do. The labor trou-
bles at the end Of Shank's administra-
ton afforded the long sought for Oppor-
tunity to kill him off politically, but
he was too smart to walk into the trap
set for him. Namely, to precipitate a
riot that would likely have caused the
. 81,
and the innocent and subjected the city
to countless and costly damage suits.
He simply refused to run the street
cars with the police power of the city,
the same as Governor RaistOn refused to
run them with the military power of the
State. Both officials stood ready to pro-
tect property, but not to run those cars.
All through this supreme crisis, Mr..
Shank insisted. begged and impIored the
interested parties TO submit to arbitra-
ton, which plan was finally adopted and
matters were peacefully settled.
Professor Howe has been running
about the city calling Mr.. Shank a
gutter. a runaway mayor. a joke and
his henchman say he shall not be
mayor 1 tell you, as a life long friend
of Mr.. Shank and a member of his
legal department. when he was mayor,
with 4 full knowledge of his public life,
that he is not a gutter, he is not a
runaway mayor. That statement is
false to the core. He is a man who has
the courage Of his convictions. He is the
man who during the greatest crisis that
this city has ever had, saved the good
name Of Indiana polls and prevented
bloodshed, disgrace and dishonor. and
the Good Lord only knows how much
destruction Of property he saved.
POSSESSES
HUMOR.
1t is true that Mr. Shank has a
humorous strain, but many a man would
give his all 10 have that faculty which
Mr.. Shank so richly possesses. Lincoln
was a joker, so is Shank. Lincoln was
cOmmOner, so is Shank. Lincoln was
been. No man amounts to much who
has not been criticised and frequently
the more the criticism the more his
worth, and always so when criticism IS
inspired, as it Is now against Mr..
Shank.
Had the results Of those labor
troubles been otherwise. and riot and
bloOdshed ensued, no one can tell what
It might have led to and Mr.. Shank
today might have been, as the result
thereof, the most hated and despised
citizen of Indianapolis. AS it is he is
the most beloved and respected Of all,
IN the eyes Of the masses Of the people,
as the result Of this primary Will IN
doubtedly show
shank meetings tonight will be held