Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-24
MR.. HOWE SAYS
THIS CROWD IS
ALL-POWERFUL
Can Do Anything It Starts
Out to DO,' He Asserts at
Marion Club.
SHANK'S GRIMES Barred

I'VE are going to have either Tom
Howe or Lew Shank for mayor, and God
forbid that the latter should ever happen
again." shouted Claris Adams, FOrmer
prosecuting attorney Of Marion County.
who could "see no criminal intent in
the stuffing Of a jury box, at a meeting
to drum up members for the Howe-for-
Mayor Club at the Marion Club last
night.
Mr.. Adams made 1t plain that Lew
Shank's terrible crime was that he had
once taken the platform and opposed
every Republican candidate on the
ticket"
Between 400 and 500 men and women
attended the meeting. Most of them were
city employees, who, it was reliably re-
ported, were warned by department heads
Tuesday and Wednesday that failure 10
be present would be fraught with dire
consequences. The fact that only 250 or
300 of the 1900 city employees turned
out caused great satisfaction in the camps
of Samuel Lewis Shank and Edward j.
Robson and lent color to their claims
that they are receiving the support of
many members of the present city ad
ministration, despite the fact that Mayor
Charles w Jewett Is for Mr. Howe.
DEFEND HOWE
AS TEACHER
Much of the time of the speakers who
preceded Mr.. Howe, who Is a former
president Of Butler College, and the can
didate himself was taken In defending
him for having been a member of the
teaching profession. a fact cor which the
other candidates in their public utterances
iave given him due homage and in at
tempts to divorce Mr.. Howe's candidacy
from the dismal record Of the Jewett ad-
ministratiOn Mr.. Howe also seized the
occasion to attempt to explain away the
fact that much OF his business interests
are in Kokomo and that not so long ago
he contemplated taking up his residence
In that city.
Emsley w. Johnson served as temper
ary chairman and Walter Marmon,
president Of the Howe for Mayor Club,
as permanent chair~uan of the meeting.
Miss Eleanor 2. Barker, head of the
Howe women's organization, said she
would not work to defeat anybody, but
was In the campaign to elect somebody.
Men who fail In public life do so some
times because Of their overweaning de-
sire for power, because they sometimes
sacrifice the common good In order to
build up q personal organization and
sometimes because Of personal greed. be
cause of their desire TO make something
for themselves of Of certain contracts,
said Miss Barker. These are the leading
causes for failure In office"
She said she could apply this measure
to Mr. Howe and find that he stands the
test
MIR. HOWE IS
NOT THAT KIND.
"A young man just starting on po-
litical career sometimes loses himself IN
a scramble for power. but Mr.. Howe Is
not that kind Of a man." she said.
Many sections Of the city have prob
lens that have not been met or sympa-
thotically understood. she said, but pre-
dlcted that Mr. Howe would solve them.
She defended Mr.. Howe for his professor
ship. So did Judge Quincy A. Myers
and so did Claris Adams.
Il feel that the candidacy of Thomas
c. Howe is a challenge TO the good citi-
zenship Of Indianapolis" thundered Mr.
Adams as he has often thundered before.
The prejudice against college presi-
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