Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-10

| statements Of association officials that
the organization is absolutely disinter-
ested the "antis" point TO Secretary
Brush's reported participation in the
lobby in Indianapolis and n series OF
articles upon the commission manager
| plan which he wrote for Marion pa
| per several months ago and claim he Is
sympathetic with the Citizens League.
Besides the presence of Mr.. Greene
| of Dayton and the reported earlier par
ticipation Of the secretary of the COM
mercial body in the movement, the
! "antis'' are benefting by blunder or
| the friends of the change something akin
to that made by the campaign managers
| of Thomas C. Howe, candidate for the
Republican nomination for mayor in the
| primary at indianapolis recently. They
are attempting to make it appear that
! all the good people in town are in
| favor of the commission manager plan.
Many good people" are to be found
upon both sides, and the apparent at
tempt Of the one faction to belittle the
standing of those in the other has caused
| the same kind of resentment that made
many citizens of Indianapolis go to the
| polls in Indianapolis and vote for Ed
ward J. Robson and Samuel Lewis
/ Shank.
| PASTOR HOLDS
| PLAN UNAMERICAN.
| Some of the good people" in the anti"
camp have been coming right out in pub
| lie to assert their belief that the COM
| mission manager plan is un-American.
Among them is the Rev. John P. Durham,
rector of st. Paurs Catholic Church. The
| Rev. Durham was the author of a three
| column signed article which appeared
last week in an issue Of the Marion OBJ
server, a weekly paper published By
Morris G. Callahan.
The Observer for several years has
boosted that it. is the champion of the
| people as against the public utilities,
| Several years ago there was a movemen&
on foot to have the city buy the loco
light and heat plant. 1t was operated ~
| the Marion Light and Heat Company.
Both of the daily newspapers. the Leader
Tribune, Democratic and the Chronicle,
| Republican. opposed municipal owner
ship. The Observer has repeatedly
| charged that Richard Breed Of the Ameri-
can Gas and Electric Company. with
| headquarters in New York City, bought
| out the two newspapers in order to fight
municipal ownership because his COM
! pany owned the Marion Light and Heat
/ Company.
| In the present campaign the Observer,
| by inuendo, is charging that the Inter
| ests," as represented by Mr.. Breed, want
to get the commission manager govern
ment instituted in order that they may
! take over the municipality owned water
: plant. In rebuttal the city manager ex-
ponents point out that the Chronicle, to
the editor Of which Mr.. Breed is related,
/ is not taking an active part in the cam
paign. The Leader-Tribune is for tbs
| change.
! MANY PREFER NOT
/ TO BE QUOTED.
The fight has become so hot that many
prominent citizens are running to
cover" On the streets 1t is said that
me Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs have Of
| hcially Endorsed the ommission-manageF
plan, but officials of both have publicly
stated this to be untrue. A number of
men whose influence would be felt, were
/ they to come out on either side, re-
I Quested that they be no quoted
| The "antis" are having much fun owes
a story they are telling on Mr.. Greene Of
/ Dayton. They say that soon after he
/ arrived he discovered a bridge to be in
shaky condition and proclaimed that 4
! city manager would not stand for it nva
minutes Then somebody disclosed the
fact that the bridge is under the con-
| troll of the county commissioners and
the city has nothing to do with It, thu
''antis" say.
II the Citizens League can clear away
the side issues and get the meat Of its
argument in the m1nGs.-Ss. the -voterss
Marion may give the new government
trial but otherwise the 'antis' stand
every chance to have their way.