Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-23
JEWETT FROTHS
IN HIS ATTACK
ON DAILY TIMES
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backward about calling attention to
things unfavorable to his record.
Former Chief Of Police Samuel V. Per-
rott and former Mayor Joseph e. Bell,
| Democrats, were dragged out Of the past
and paraded as Objectionable persons by
| the mayor. He declared that the jury
which tried Mr.. Bell in Federal Court
upon vote fraud charges disagreed, and
that blot still stands over him."
FLEMING ALSO
CENSURED.
Henry Fleming, negro, whom the
mayor directed the board Of public
works to GUST from the position of as
sistant superintendent Of street cleaning
several months ago, came in for a share
of the general eruption.
"a certain colored boy whom trusted
and gave a responsible position in my
administration has been saying that in
my campaign he stole 800 votes for me"
said the mayor. That's a great admis-
sion for a man to make.
IF Henry Fleming said he did that
he never had any instructions to do that
and II I had known he was doing it 1
would have turned him over to the grand
jury just as l would have any other cleo
ton crook"
After touching on oppression which he
said the negroes suffered under a Demo
cratic administration. Mr.. Jewett said
that If the Democratic party bad been
successful in the national election last
fall Lew Shank would now be a can
didate for the Democratic nomination for
mayor instead of Republican.
Lew talks about election frauds. Well,
Lew Shank had representation on every
election board four years ago and what
he did to me in some Of the precincts
where he had the whole board would
have shamed some of the worst election
crooks we have had in the past. But
never kicked. l don't do business that
way. II he had defeated me / wouldn't
have said anything about it,
He charged that Shank in his state
ments that the Shank administration as
mayor cost $1O,000.000, whereas the jew
EFT regime will cost S2G,000,000, was rep
resenting as his total expenditures only
those which are taken out Of the general
fund and as the Jewett disbursements
everything paid out of every fund.
DENIES RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HOWEs CANDIDACY.
Responsibility for Professor Howe
being a candidate was disavowed by the
mayor. Politicians have suspected this
but this was Mr.. Jewett's first public ad-
mission of the fact.
lie wasn't selected be me. I'm not
his sponsor at ALL" said Mr.. Jewett
Thirty five men, representative Of the
best interests in the Republican party
selected him ut their own instigatlon."
Persons who know the facts gasped at
the mayors audacity when he stated that
for three years he has been trying to
get a nurses home built at the city
hospital so that there Will be room to
house negro girls who wish to take
training to become nurses, but that all
this time the Shank men In the city
council have blocked ordinances to make
1t possible. He said that not three weeks
ago the Shank men In the council had
voted against the ordinance again. Rec
ords OF the city council Will show that
until about two months ago an ordi-
nance providing for bond issue 10 erect
the nurses home never was sent 10 the
city council and that since that time this
measure was introduced the administra-
ton members, who control the commit
tee to which It was referred. have never
reported 1t so that the anti -administra
ton councilmen could even get chance
TO vote for IT.
RAISES Robson
CHANCES AGAIN.
The propaganda to the effect that Mr..
Robson has no chance whatever OF being
nominated, which the Howe forces are In
dustrlously spreading because they real
ize that Mr.. Robson has gained thou
sands Of votes that otherwise would have
gone to Mr.. Howe, was furthered by the
mayor. He also Insinuated that Mr.. Rob
ison has said he Is willing to spend more
than the salary Of the mayors Office Will
return him In order to get elected.
There isn't any man who can spend
$4,000 to get elected mayor unless he IS
a millionaire and wants TO serve for moth
ing" said Mr. Jewett. "Why, ii costs
any man who is mayor more than his
salary for donations to the hundreds of
public benefactlons he IS called on to
support. There is only one mayor, but
there are $4,000 people and pretty nearly
all OF them have a path right up to his
door"
Former mayors appeared to be among
the mayors pet antipathes for the even
ing, for he included Charles A. Book
walter I'm the list of citizens whom he
scored. Mr. Bookwalter Is supporting Mr.
Robson
lie criticised Mr.. Robson for his plat
form pledge to scrap the city asphalt
plant and get street ,-caning, repairing
and other public services done by prl-
vate contracts, and declared that Mr..
Robson WAS one of the stockholders In
the indianapolis Hauling Company.
which, he said, fell down upon the city
ash hauling contract early in the Jewett
administration.
SAYS TAXES
CHEAPEST THING.
The cheapest thing we've had in the
last four years has been our taxes" he
said. replying to criticism of his ad-
ministration for its extravaganza.
The mayor recalled one thing he had
forgotten to accuse the Daily Times of
and returneds to the subject with great
how he had lost almost a whole nights
sleep standing down at police headquar-
tiers and the county Jail holding ut hay
a mob which he said included 5000 peo-
pie who wanted to get hold of a negro
boy who had murdered a white girl He
boosted that he quelled the disturbance
and saved the negro boy for The courts
to deal with.
The Daily Times, the mayor shouted
was responsible for the gathering of that
mob because of statement in It's edi-
torial column expressing fear that the
Republican regime in the county, city
and State would follow it's usual course
and let the negro murderer off with q
suspended sentence or a parole.
Relating that the murderer was SEN
teced to die a little more than a week
mayor said:
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