Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-28

me because I'm q Republican, because
believe 1t is your duty under the con-
stitution of the United States to vote for
| the man whom you believe is best quail
fed. Now, If this man Ralston is bet
ter in any way, shape or form than
am then you go vote for him and IL
| take my hat off to him.
BETTER QUALIFIED
TO BE MAYOR.
AZ want you to vote for me because I'm
better qualified. want you to do this
| because I'm going to be more than just
your mayor. I'm going to be your hired
servant and you pick your servants be-
cause they can do the job"
Mr. Shank said he feels no doubt that
| he is going to be mayor. THE only sad
part about it is that when you all vote
! for me every one Of you will be 'un-
desirable citizens You'll be classed as
undesirable citizens because the News
will tell you If l win that at last the
bootleggers, gamblers and back-alley
workers have finally come into their
own"
The News always has not been against
Lew Shank, the candidate declared. He
said that during his former administra-
| ton mfr. Brown and Mr.. Smith. wrote
my speeches. They passed them on 10
Healing. Healing brought them up TO me
in the mayors office. / went down or
the elevator with four copies Of them
met the reporters out in frO4st, gave them
three copies and kept one to read myself
I'm not running EN- that way any more
l m running on my own hook now"
Lew Shank was q wonderful man II
those days to the News. Well, I'm the
same Lew Shank right now.
Go back over the files Of the News II
1911 and 1912. Oh, but I was a wonderful
fellow. You'll find there that I knew
more about the water company than Mr.
Geist, more about the gas company thar
this man Forrest, and more about the
street car company than McGowan. Oh
but was q wonderful fellow! They wrote
my speeches then I"
Mr.. Ralston was charged with Eoina
to the south side and telling the voters
that all the colored people are Foing ia
vote for Lew Shank and that they shove
white people of of the sidewalks on In.
diana avenue and then going down on
Yandes street and telling O crowd OF
negroes: I'VE drink out Of the same cup
We eat the same yictuals"
"RGlston and the News are going round
the city saying that have charged him
with being a rent profteer. I tell you
people Of Irvington that I have not said
any such thing. I have said that he was
a gambler and the News don't dare
deny It,"
Mr.. Shank said he did not believe IN
the practicabllity Of the RalstOn plan Of
sending boards into outlying districts &c
find out what the people want
We've got a $1,000 city hall down
there for the people to go to. We have
a board OF public works on duty there
three days a week TO listen to what this
people want. II they cant attend to al
the business In three days III get ms
q board thatu do business six days q
week
BIGGER POLICE
FORCE NEEDED.
1t is 'Just natural" to have crime and
the city win have 70 have a bigger po-
lice force to cope with It, said Air
Shank. He said there is going to be &
different kind Of traffic Law when he /.
mayer, so that business men wiz uot
have to sit IN that rotten police court
three or four hours waiting for the court
20 continue a case when there has been
some minor intraction Of traffic rules.
Mrs. Arthur r Robinson was chair.
man OF the IrvingtoG meeting. Mr.