The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-20
OPPOSE LEWIS
FOR FEDERAL
APPOINTMENT
Many Republican Leaders in
Indiana Send Protests to
Watson and New-Not a
Party Worker, Claim.
PLACE PAYS $4,000
PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU.

WE'VE ~
Washington. April 20.-Many Re
publican leaders in Indiana have sent
TO Senators Watson and New protests
against appointment of Z. I. Lewis As
commission which, it has been an
nounced, President Harding has un-
der consideration. Mr.. Lewis has
been a member of the Indiana Public
service commission and. it is said. he
has made a. very creditable record as
a member of that body.
However, Indiana party leaders who
are objecting to Lewis being appointed
member OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission are not attacking his rec
ord as a member of the Indiana Public
Service commission. Their protests,
it is stated, are based on the charge
that Lewis has never been regarded
as Republican, politically speaking,
having never peen identified in an
active way with that party and having
never contributed to its support.
Express Surprise.
Those who are opposing the appoint
ment of Lewis are numerous and in
cluded among them are many of the
most influential Republican leaders III
Indiana. Their letters of protest. 1t
is stated. are emphatic and express
surprise that Lewis's name was ever
given serious consideration.
1t is stated by friends of Lewis in
Washington that he has never taken
~ Il no n
orally been regarded as an independ
ent.
1t is understood that Lieut.. Gov.
Branch, OF Indiana, voiced his objec
ton to the appointment of Lewis in
telegram which he addressed to Pres
ident Harding.
! Prior to his appointment as a meln-
Der of the Indiana public service COM
mission. Lewis for several years was
special writer for an Indianapolis
newspaper, which opposed the cleo
| ton of President Harding, and it is
stated that this fact has not been oy-
erlooked by those who are seeking to
prevent his appointment to one OF the
most important Offices the president
/ has to dispose of. an office which car
ries a salary of $4,000 year
Is Choice Plum
! The positions in the federal service
| which pay $4,000 per year are not
| numerous. and Republican leaders in
Indiana do not have TO be told that the
chance for their state receiving more
than one such appointment is so slim
as to be practically negligible. This
! being the case they frankly state their
belief that the appointment for which
! Lewis has been so prominently men
toned should go to some one with a
record for party service.
Horace B. Upham, of Newcastle,
. Ind. now student at Indiana univer I,
! ity. has received an appointment to
t the United States Military academy
/ at West Point from Representative
! Elliott. subject to admission by GER
| tificate from the university he is now
attending. Upham enlisted in the
Marine corps when 10 years old and
served IS months overseas.
Joseph Reddington, of Shelbyville,
! Ind. has been appointed to the United
States naval academy by Representa-,
tive Elliott, subject to certificate of
graduation from the Shelbyville high
school. With these two appointments
the sixth Indiana districts quota OF
cadets at each of the government S
! famous schools is complete.