Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-21
SAYS SHANK'S
CAMPAIGN HAS
D DEGENERATED
Democratic Speaker Refers to
Fine Art of Mud
Singing

The campaign of Samuel Lewis Shank,
Republican nominee for mayor, has de-
veloped into "the fine art of mud sling
ing" declared Walter Myers, Democratic
attorney, in speeches in behalf of B. NJ.
Ralston, Democratic nominee for mayor,
last evening at Thirtieth street and Ken
wood avenue.
"NIr. Shank has not discussed a single
intelligent issue in this campaign" said
Mr.. Myers.
HE has not given the electorate any
policy or reason to believe that he will
reduce the burdens of taxation or even
give the people value received for the
enormous taxes they are now paying. On
the other hand, his campaign has degener-
ated into the fine art of mud singing.
He seeks to beautify himself with such
political cosmetics as that he is honest; ;
that he is able; that he is simon pure
and chaste and true and by daubtng his
opponent with dirt In May he Is quoted
as saying that his Democratic opponent
Is a nice man but that he won't be
good runner Now he orgues that Mr..
Ralston is g poker player and sinister
gossips of his camp whisper about such
evil tales that they must be told in the
dark
Let Us see who some Of Shank
friends are and what he does for them
On April %, 1921, 1t was reported in the
papers that Shank was down at the
police court to speak word in behalf
Of Tom shIpley, 81, North East street
charged with being drunk >Conversing
in the clerks office and reerring to his
Alliances of being taken back into the
Marion Club, the papers quote him as
saying Its a nice place all right but
must confess do not believe was
around there a half dozen times when
1 was mayor
"'You spent most of the time play
ing back in the garage at police station,
remarked one Of his listeners Yes air,
I did replied Shank You would be
surprised how much money that saved
me. You are never bothered with
moochers back there like you are around
the City Hall and other places
This interesting interview discloses a
world of things about the man Shank
1t discloses that even If he did quit play
ing poker fifteen years ago when he
married Sarah he did not quit playing
pinochle till after 1913, or eight years
ago at the earliest. 1t dtscloses that some
how he saved money by playing in the
police station garage wonder If patrol
men were afraid Co win
elected mayor, he would welcome all
folks to the city hal1- The above inter
view discloses that in Shank's opinion
you are welcome folks when he is out,
but you are bothering moochers when he
is in. The interview disclcses also that
Shank was cut Of the Marion Club and
wanted back in. What put him out!
Didn't he run for Congress in 1913? The
Indiana Daily Times Of Sept. II, 1918,
Pom n
mayor of Indianapolis made his first
Democratic speech last night In an out
door meeting at Fountain Square
"He is quoted as saying From now
on [ am going to stick to the Democratic
party so long as it is right
"By the fervor of his present appeal
for Democratic votes, he must think it is
still right; and If 1t is still right its
legal nominee, Boyd NJ Ralston, should
a. elected mayor, according TO Shank
Svn reasoning, but that turning Demo
Graf fin 1918 is what put Shank in bad
with the Marion Club. He bOlted the
Republican ticket and advised his friends
TO do likewise because he was licked Tor
the nomination for Congress He was
poOr loser a bum sport, now his advice
is for his friends and Republicans gen
erallv not to bolt the ticket, Why sim
Ply because shank is on 1t.
'eSinCe Shank mas Desn CdiAAhS SfVAS
thing and everybody a bird from that
time down TO the present day, wonder
what bird he referred to. And While
we are speaking Of birds. it might be well
TO remember that there are species OF
birds on the Republican ticket this year
that never existed before and probably
never Will exist again after Nov. 8, IN
Guiding the ranbirds whose dark forms
of dropping plumage will emphasize the
shadows on that fateful evening. Some
times I see these rareties following their
master and the trained pony over the
hills and far away by raic soaked and
beribboned billboards fiuttering in the
wind, advertising what indianapolis was
once. what it might have ceen again but
shall not be.
THE hearts and consctences Of the peo-
pie Of Indianapolis are in this election
and they are the hearts and consciences
Of clean people who take JUS pride IN
their city. They are sober, industrious,
intelligent people who know that the
cramp cannot be cured by laughing; that
a pay roll cannot be net with joke and
that potatoes cannot be given away with
out somebody paying for them. IT taxes
pay for the Ill experiments OF Jester
of economic principles, the rates are
higher, they are piled on rents and prop
erty and living is higher. Then who
suffers ?"