Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-06
SHANK TOGIVE
MEDAL FOR THE
FEWEST ARRESTS
Wants Policemen to Prevent
Crime, HOwever-Threatens
to 'Rip-up' RalstOn.

His position upon the enforcement OF
the law In the event he is elected mayor
was reiterated last night by Samuel
Lewis shank. Republican candidate. in
reply to criticism of him by Boyd "
Ralston, Democratic nominee. Mr..
Shank spoke at a gathering Of almost
1000 men and women Republican work
ers. invited from the Second seventh
Twelfth and Fourteenth wards upon the
Shank lawn at 354T East Washington
street.
one Of the main points of the Demo
cratic attack upon the Republican city
ticket has been UpOn the matter OF aW
and order Mr. Shank declared that he
does not believe In arresting 2G,OO9 per
sons a year for petty violations
Judge Pritchard Will tell you that
about half Of them are turned loose ne
said. 1t is his view, be indicated. thar
patroImen should act as preventors OF
crime as well as agents who seek out
and hiring to Justice perpetrators OF
wrong doing after their deeds have been
done.
MEDAL FOR
FEWEsT ARRESTS.
u am going to hand a medal to the
poIiceman that has the fewest arrests
and keeps his district the cleanest," he
said. Il don't like to see a policeman
arrest everybody he can just because he
has a gun and a badge
A rigid policy Of courtesy on the part
Of traffic policeman will be required. he
said. relating an indident which he said
occurred on a downtown corner few
days ago. A woman from Lafayette not
knowing the local traffic rules was told
by an irate cOrnerman to GO" She asked
where.
rrfr .
d-m where, SO long as she went" the
candidate said. 'NOw I believe it is
much better to be courteous"
In an address before Democratic women
at city headquarters Wednesday after
noon Mr.. Ralston accused Shank Of sp
pealing to bootleggers and automobile
thiefs for votes by what he indicated
practically amounted to promises to help
them out of trouble "a case they were
arrested.
-Ralston said he was going to make
this personal campaign" the Republican
candidate said. If he keeps up the line
he has been giving, ! am going to rip
him up the back. He made a great to
dc about me saying that a man and wOm
an came out here before breakfast to ask
me to get somebody out of Jail. Well. Is
a matter Of fact, there is nothing so
there was only two things l would not
90 to the judge fOr-One bOOtlegging and
the other auto stealing.
well. they told me the man was in for
bootlesging."
GAVE MAN SIS
TO BUY COAL.
Mr.. Ralston accused Shank of having
gotten a coal thief out of trouble
Shank said that the man had been ar
rested for picking up a basketful Of fuel.
He said he happened to be in city court
that day and when he learned the cir
cumstances gave the man $ to buy some
coal with and asked the judge to let him
go.
That man never should have been ar
rested, but Ralston claims l did some
thing wrong because l got him out of
Jail" he said.
Mr.. Shank also was criticised by Mr.
RaIston for a statement he had made
about a case III which a man beat his
wife. The Republican nominee explained
that the couple got into a fight because
the man had dropped some lime out of
a tea kettle into the kitchen sink and
that the wife emerged with a black eye.
He said he believed it was a great deal
better to have had the trouble patched
up than to have had the man sent to
Jail
Dr. W. f. Mendenhall presided in the
absence Of DR.. f. E Hodgin. who has
acted as chairman Of the previous lawn
gatherings.
JUDGE REFUSES
TO MAKE SPEECH.
Judge Linn D. Hay. scheduled to Lake
the principal address asked to be excused.
Chairman MendenhalI explained THAI the
judge had understood the meeting was
to be attended only by a small Organiza-
tiOn group and had not prepared to talk
to such a large audience.
State Senator 7. Fred Masters declared
1.-THE little fuss among ourselves is all
over and called those who refuse to abide
by the results of a primary BOlshevists.
Just because a few have been disap-
pointed in their arrangements It merely