Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-30
Robson RAPS
JEWETT USE OF
PUBLIC OFFICE
Says City Owned Autos Buzz
ing to Name Machine
Successor.
MANY HEAR CANDIDATE

Five meetings held by z. J. Robson
in widely separated parts of Indianap-
oils last night indicated that this can
dtdate for the Republican MAJORITY NOM
nation has a large following.
Owing to the illness of Charles A.
Bookwalter and Caleb S. Denny, former
mayors, the brunt Of the speechmaking
fell on the shoulders of Mr. Robson. In
all Of his speeches he insisted that the
mayoralty is an Office of public trust
and should be administered, not for the
advantage of any certain body Of per-
sons or group Of individuals, but for
the benefit Of the people of Indianapolis
as q whole.
He promised his audiences that If he
is elected mayor he will institute a pol
icy of economical administration of city
affairs far different from the haphazard
tasteful manner in which, he charged,
they have been conducted under Mayor
Jewett He also promised to do every
thing in his power to compel the Citi-
zens Gas Company to live up to its con
tract with the city and said he would
use the city legal department to oppose
raise of gas rates and not leave that
effort to some patriotic individual
OPPOSES POLITICAL
USE OF OFFICE.
The building up of a political machine
through the use OF the mayors power
for the purpose Of debating a successor
in office was bitterly condemned.
If ! am elected you viii never find
me making use of the mayors office to
build a political machine to coerce the
voters OF Indianapolis into action against
their will" Mr. Robson said.
All meetings were well attended, even
the last one at Riverside Fire Station
No. "a, Dexter and Nineteenth streets,
which was not reached by Mr.. Robson
until almost 1890 o'clock.
The first meeting Of the evening was
held at Carson and Troy avenue. in the
extreme south end Of the Tenth ward,
and at the very edge of the city. The
old schoOlhouse in which the meeting was
held was crowded to capacity with an
audience that was loath to let tho speaker
go when it came time for him to leave
for the Second ward meeting at Central
avenue and Twenty Fifth street
HAS GIVEN DUTIES
OF OFFICE STUDY.
1T has been my ambition to he mayor
for a good many years" Mr. Robson said
at this meeting. And I have given the
study The more I study 1t the more
important the position seems TO be, and
| want to tell you right here. that II
am elected mayor l viii continue to study
1t and will give the Office the very best
that is In me-"
Turning his attention to the contract
between the city and the Citizens Gas
Company, Mr. Robson said:
Every time you pay gas bill you
are paying about 10 per cent more than
you would have to pay If the company
were compelled to live Up to its contract
with the city and supply the number OF
heat units in the gas that is specified In
the contract. If / am mayor I will not
leave 1t to some individual citizen 70
bring suit and hire lawyers, but ! Will
use the full power Of the legal depart
ment Of the city, a department that is
paid for by the city, to defend the rights
Of the city. 1t Is just as bad for the gas
company to skim off the heat units from
its gas as II is for your milkman to skim
the cream of the milk you buy from him.
ASSAILs METHOD or
HANDLING BY-PRODCCT.
Another thing that needs attention IS
this matter Of the gas company dispOsing
Of its coke at a ; per cent commission TO
Cincinnati concern and then users OF
that product have to pay the long price
to make up for It, although in many In
stances the coke may never see Cincin-
natl or 20 outside OF this city.
zone thing ! wish to impress upon
you and this is the fact that II I am
beaten at the primary next Tuesday one
of the first statements the gas company
viii make to the public service commits