Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-02
MARION CLUB
SHANK RALLY.
WHOOPS WUP
Big Crowd Hears BOOkwalter
Make Strong Appeal for
Party Regularity.
DICK AND DEL SCORED

n CHI LoE hepuOiACdh party res uAoA ~
IN the municipal election next Tuesday
TO the end that there might not be her
aided from one end of the Nation to the
other the news that Indianapolis, after
giving him q 10000 majority last fall,
has now turned IFS back upon President
Warren C. Harding, and lest the Demo-
Gratis get an entering wedge with which
to drive home a victory in the county
anu state elections next year was sent
abroad by speakers at the Marion Club
rally last night Charles A. BOokwalter
delivered a plea for the city to be saved
from the sinister influence Of a venal
newspaper"
Samuel Lewis Shank, Republican nomi-
nee for mayor, as on the night before,
entertained his crowd less and talked
what Mr.. BoOkwalter termed good com
mon horse sense" much Of the time.
The meeting. plainly, was designed by
Republican leaders to be the nucleus OF
an eleventh hour attempt to put square
j. up to members Of the Republican
party a clear cut issue between Repuo-
Ecaaism and Democracy and between the
Indianapolis News and a municipality
Lntramueued by what speakers termed
the "s.nIster tufusnce" OF Invisible gov
ernrent" from a foreign controlled
''venal newspag per"
BINGHAM
OPENS MEETING.
Rsrqster A. Bingham, president OF the
club, opened the meeting with this re-
marx:
y This campaign has been STEPPED in
personalities and il is tine that we Re
pubucans should discuss the real issue.
Il IS ever thus-an issue between the Re
publican and the Democratic party.
sour enemies have adopted the words
q our great Republican PEeEident. Il
frefer hardboiled Democrat 90 q yellow
Republican. But, let me ask. would be
rot prefer e good Republican to yellow
Republican or q hardboiled Democrat
1T IS important that we should con-
auct ourselves 50 that we can say OF
election day, I an = real Republican
It can not be said ever, at any time, that
the election Of q Democrat was a Rspub-
Ecan success"
Mr. BookwaIter opened his appeal for
regularity with the statement: II dom
believe that there ever has come upon
the stage % American politics a man who
has SO impre ssed himself upon the people
bf the Nation and the people Of all the
Dther nations Of the world as has Warren
c. Harding" The crowd stopped him
again with cheering. Continuing, he said
the result Of the campaign undoubtedly
would have 4 national effect.
"A Democratic victory viii be hailed
throughout the country as change Of
sentiment. especially since this city gave
AIr. Harding such an overwhelming ma
5ority last fail
WARNS AGAINST
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
"A Democratic victory at indianapolis,
80 h.
destroy this great Republican structure
we So laboriously struggled TO build up
but IL would damage it." he said 4
saw r. would be damsg ing to have II
ters1deI all over the country that In
5isuapoIls. the capital city Of this great.
nfvotal Hoosier State had gone Demo
cratic"
D Non and women Of the Republican
marty he said. should inform themselves
Of the political Importance II the present
STRUGGLE. Notwithstanding the chatter Of
the evening so0thsayer-I cannot for the
life OF me say 'truthsayer -notT1thstand-
ing that this paper every night OF this
campaign has been saying that no party
issue is involved"
Tie said that he had been instructed to
"heyv To the line" but II am not going to
d. it, From his remarks il developed
that be- must have been asked not 10 de-
vote quite so much time as usual 70 ais
keeuly satiri,al discussion Of the ''venal
newspaper which be said had attacked
him all his adult life.
OLD MENACE
STILL AT WORK.
"StiH after thirty four years Of life in
this community" he said. Il dare not
take the platform or express ny honest
convictions either as a public official or
public citizen without being subjected TO
the scUrrilous attacks Of this sheet.
when any Republican attempts to
fight back-apd I cannot help but fight
hack because that is the way I am built
We read In the Indianap-nO, I promised
] would 'hew to the Hne'-this sheet pub
ushed IN the evening, down on West
Washington street says that I INDUCED
IN vituperOus attacks and no arguments
whatsoever
Mr. Bookwalter maintained that the eve
ming newspaper has not advanced a sin
gle reason why Boyd ". Ralston. Demo
cratic candidate, would make a good
mayor, but had spent all its effort In as
sailing Nj. Shank
We have heard OF no arguments ex-
eept that the underworld viii get you
Il you don't watch out
As other evidences of. what he termed
the hypocrisy on The part Of the "venal
newspaper" he cited tie fact that some
- The men upon whose trails it camped
night and day in times when they were
not supporting its candidates, now are
supporting Mr. Ralston. and are not men
toned In an uutriendly way " the paper.
Poor Old BIZ" KisselI was one OF those
named. On the other hand, he said, Mr..
Bill Armirage was on their side In 1905
and they didn't say a word about him
then" lie told how Bill Ar1nitage was
called into the News office IN 1912 and
asked 10 deliver the Twelfth ward for
William Howard Taft, and said that he
delivered.
HOPED FOR
BETTER DAYS.
Declaring that be had brought his own
son up with the constant admonition that
he should always and forever have the
courage 10 stand for his own opinions
against the sinister influence" Of this
Newspaper, he appealed TO the mothers
and fathers OF indianapolis to save the
city from the menace. He asked that
there might be more men and women with
the courage 10 stand against the evil for
the sake OF the future OF the city.
But they all kOtow. They all bend
the knee. they all stOOp low. From the
StatehOuse to the courthouse, and on
down TO the city hall If you want peace
you have TO buy it. Buy it on the Bonded
knee. II you want peace you must bow
your head in humility, wait for the word
from on high and when it comes muir
mUr meekIy. Ne. too"
The community must rid itself of this
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