The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-25
c. 0. P. PLANK
DROPS PUBLIC
SERVICE BODY
Calls for Abolition of Com
mission-Agree to Elimin-
ate Home Rule Plank
From Report of Committee.
IOPPOSE new BOARDS
BULLETIN

ent state officers were renominated
today by the Republican state conven-
ton as the party's state ticket al the
November election.
In the only contest, Patrick J.
Lynch, clerk of the supreme court was
named over Henry A Roberts, of this
city. The roll call was not completed
in the Lynch-Roberts contest, Mr..
Lynch having received more than the
necessary 81 votes when Steuben
county cast its vote. At this point Mi.
Roberts asked to withdraw, bringing
the roll call to a halt.
The work of the convention was
completed with the nomination and the
adjournment was taken at 1870 p. n.
Others on the state ticket were I'M
opposed and were nominated by ac
clamation as follows:
Secretary of state, Ed Jackson; au-
ditor of state, William Oliver; treas
urer of state, Ora ]. Davies; superin-
tendent of public instruction, BENZ
amin ]. Burris; judge of the supreme
court, David A. Myers, first district;
judges of the appellate court, Charles
Remy; Solon Enloe, first district. and
A. L. Nichols and w. c. MeMahan,
second district.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.-After ap-
proving a platform calling for the re
peal of the state tax boards control
of bond issues, the resolutions commit
toe of the Republican state convention
after conference today with Coy.
| McCray. agreed to eliminate this plank
| from the report
The committee declined, however, to
withdraw it's plank for abolishing the
public service commission which was
asked for at the conference.
Besides the governor and the COM
mittee members, the conference which
! was held at the convention hail. was
attended by John Brown, chairman of
! the tax board; George Barnard, for
/ mer member of the public service
commission. and Lawrence Lyons,
chairman of the Republican state COM
mittee.
The plank that was eliminated was
entitled public funds" and the state
officials opposing it declared that its
only effect was to attack the tax
board.
! With the one modification the CON
vention adopted the platform as re-
ported by committee without debate
or opposition.
/ Oppose New Boards.
Boards and commission-we are
opposed to the creation of additional
department boards or commissions in
connection with the administration of
! governments and declare for the aboli-
tion of all useless boards and commits
sions, and the reduction of the ex-
lpense of those maintained without i'm
pairing their efficiency. We favor the
ecla IS zEE ;o;, L.
elected by the people.
AS the first plank of the platform
the committee commended the admin
| istrations of President Harding and
Governor McCray, the plank dealing
with the National Republican admins
tration, declaring that the Washington
conference, which negotiated the four
power pact and the naval limitation
treaty, was the greatest single move
ever made towards ending all war"
As the contents of the platform as
drafted by the committee became
known to the delegates, much of their
interest apparently turned to the plank
on home rule" of public funds AMI
public utilities with the possibility
that some discussion on them might
be developed at the conventions clos
known to disapprove these planks
which were among the last acted on
| finally by the committee.
The plank relating to the public
service commission was said by com
mitteemen to have provoked consid
erable discussion and no announce
ment was made whether there was any
division within the committee upor
the final acceptance of the plank pro
posing change or repeal of the law
At the committee meeting sponsors
Of the plank criticised various rate in
creases granted utility companies BIZ
the commission while others said tbs
commission had held down rates
Standing at the head of the platform
were the plans on the national anC
state administration.
The administration of President
Harding was praised with the declara
tion that under his leadership there
was initiated and carried to success
full conclusion the greatest single
move ever made toward the end Of al
war, the conference on limitation o
ornaments" The platform pledged
support to the candidacy CT Albert ]
Beveridge, the party's candidate To-
United States senator, and endorsed
the administration of Governor Nc
Cray as efficient and business-like.
Primary Left Out
No mention of the primary law wa!
; contained in the report, although be
fore the first session of the conven
zion there was some talk that an ef
fort would be made to include a planl
providing for it's repeal
I'VE commend the business admin
! istration of President Harding" tn,
report reads, in dealing with the ma
1ional administration. The increas
IN the value of government securitie
and the abolition of the nuisanc
taxes, as well as the Improvement 4
general business, are due to the CT
: mulative effect of the policies Of tn
Republican administration.
The budget law was commended an
: the Republican congress "for the Sc,
> eral acts which extend legitimate al
!, to the basic industry of agriculture
y for the laws for the revision and n
= duet:on of taxes, and for handlin
p, the industrial situation as a probleI
= = in which all Americans are vitality col