Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-02
SHANK SCORED
BY HOFFMAN
BEFOREWOMEN
Nomination Held as Illegal as
Hartman's by Former
Democratic Mayor.

Republican candidate for mayor. lis just
as illegal as Hartman's," declared John
W. Hoffman to enc of the largest
crowds Of women who have attended q
s political meeting this campaign at the
second Democratic tea, at the home OF
i Grace Julian Clarke, l15 South Audubon
4 Road. yesterday afternoon. Boyd Al
4 Ralston, Democratic nominee for mayor,
was the principal speaker.
Another tea was held this afternoon at
the Woman's Department Club, Merid-
ian and Seventeenth streets. Thursday
afternoon another viii be held at Mrs.
Henry Comlskey's home, 643 Warren
street, and on Saturday afternoon another
win be held in McClsin's Hall, Hoyt and
State streets Each meeting will be
8 addressed BIZ welI-knOwn Democrats.
Mr.. Ralston. In his address, emphasized
8 the fact that ne has conducted MS cam
paign I'D to date on as high u plane 'as
4 possible under the circumstances" de
& pointed out that the people Of Indian
: apolis are stockholders in the city gov
erment and are deciding the company
under which they desire to invest their
ballot
RALsTON BANKS
On SINCERITY.
"My motto is truth and sincerity" be
said. and l am standing for those
things only before the election which
can stand for after the election as We'll
1 advocate general Improvements In al
parts Of the clty-in such parts as the
property owners desire them so long as
they nav for them themselves. do not
champion general improvements, mas
much as | believe the general taxation
burden Is far too heavy on the citizens
now without any additional assessments.
We are already too greatly bUrdened with
i taxation"
In discussing his candidacy Mr.. Rails
ton said tnat even If he were not can
dfdate himself he would be actively en-
gagged in behalf OF any honorable man
Who was opposing either Mr.. Shank or
Il any man Of his caliber. He declared that
It Is not & party campaign, but one IN
which party affiliations are being laid
aside entirely.
The people know-know It inherently
that Mr.. shank is not the man qualified
TO be put in the mayors chair de-
cIared L. Ert Slack In fact, he posi-
lively admits this fact himself. He
makes himself out one thing TO one man,
and another to the next one. He tries TO
please everybody all at the same time
This manner is representative Of him
self. And In some respects his talks
are exceedingly dangerous.
HOLDS PROBE
UNNECESSARY.
Nj Hoffman commented on the fact
that Mr.. Shank has asked the Church
Federation to investigate his record, TO-
gether with that Of Mr.. Ralston, declar-
ing such an Investigation TO be uneces-
sary. as It had been made during MS
administration as mayor and which re-
& port condemned him.
"Afr. Shank, l Ielieve. during his cam
q nsfen for MAYOR prior to his election, did
i have the support Of the majority OF the
churchgoing people. And he would have
their support now, If he had conducted
himself right" the speaker said.
That every precinct carried by Mt.
Hartman was carried by Mr.. Shank, and
that every precinct carried by Slr. Shank
4 was carried by Mr.. Hartman, was pointed
out bv Mr. Hoffman. who declared that
MT. Shank's election was just as Illegal as
Mr.. Hartman's inasmuch as he coerced
Democrats into voting for him at the
primaries; whereas. Mr.. Hartman went 10
the polls with Frank Francis who was
not & legal voter and assisted MIN III
voting.
about the Democratic votes which nOmi-
mated him" he said, ''and his nomination
IS lust as illegal as Mr.. Hartman's. He
had a plurality Of about q thousand
votes. These may easily be accounted
Il for. They were cast by repeaters, Demo-
Gratis and men who were bought with
whisky-and it was stolen whisky at
that"
Mrs Maude Swift Anthony, Demo
4 cratic candidate for city council, said
4 that the women are refusing to be fooled
any longer by the good husband story.
GOOD HUSBAND
q NOT ENOUGH.
\ .sWhne being a good husband is
strong attribute It is not enough for the
man who is going to be mayor Of this
. great city" she said. 'Mr. Shank had
the same faithful wife when he was
mayor before. She couldn't keep him
from running away then, and don't
see how she IS going to do It now"
Mrs. Martha Yoh Marson, Democratic
candidate for city clerk, drew parallel
Of a mother sending for the best medical
assistance for her sick child and in the
woman choosing the best man for mayor.
"A mother is not going to choose the
musician for her sick baby because he
gets along best with his wife; nor are
the women going TO choose man for
mayor because he has a good wife and
because he received the majority of votes
in the primaries" she said. "a sick
CITY doesn't need that kind Of a mayor.
4 II women didn't know the truth they
might be fooled: but they know the
truth, and these sO-called gospels OF
4 truth are falling on deaf ears"
Mrs. Edward F. Hecker declared that
she was voting for the Democratic ticket
although she was g Republican, because
she believed 1t was going ito save the
city money" She pointed out that the
present school board has endeavored to
spend all the money It could lay its
hands on ever since It went into office
ut has put up elegant, palatial build
ings on the north side, saying that
palmer buildings could not be erected
because the children were not used to
having them. And then said that they
did not have enough money to make alb
solutelv necessary improvements In Ger
tain other parts OF the city.
Mrs. Clarke attacked the administra-
ton of Shank; his boards and council
She cited the Knabe murder as a rehec-
ton on the city and the Shank admins
tration as a monument Of inefficiency.
Thomas COlburn, Democratic candidate
/ for city council also made short ad-
dress. Mrs Grace Jackson Bodenmiller
was chairman.
FRACTION HITS TRUCK.