Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-04
WAR
NOT SETTLED.
LEADERS SAY
Both Shank and Anti-Shank Generals Admit
They Haven't Sewed Up County Re-
publican Organiza ton as Result of Pri-
mary Election.
HELD SATURDAY

something more Lndn etectlon OF ma"
jority Of favorable precinct committee
men in Tuesdays election is necessary to
insure success in the effort to capture the
Marion County Republican organization
in the county convention Saturday after
noon, statements of leaders of both the
Shank and anti Shank factions toiay
proved.
William 81. Armitage. captain of the
Shank forces, claimed the city admin
istration put across $50 out OF the 2o5
men it backed for committeeman. It will
require 1O3 votes to elect a chairman.
Leaders of the Jewett -Iemcke and Cof-
I'm Dodson factions, combined into an
anti-ShaAk group, also profess to control
100 committeeman. 1t was evident both
sides were counting upon the support Of
number of the same committeeman.
Neutral observers figured 1t case of
which side gets double crossed" the
worst
Anti Shank forces found some encour-
| agement in a rumor that close friends OF
Albert J. Beveridge are not at all friend
ly to William H. Armitage, captain Of
the Shank faction. The Marion County
Republican League, which sought to
candidates, issued a slate on which both
New and Beveridge were listed. The
Armitage workers also made no attempt
to keep men who were working to elect
Shank committeeman from working for
New. 1t was said by JewettLemcke pol
iticians that the Beveridge leaders were
not opposed to election of a Shank county
chairman, but did not want him TO be
strictly Armitage man. such as they con-
slider William Fl. Freeman, the only
avowed candidate so far in the field.
Mr.. Jewett and Mr. Roemler were d.
recting the anti-Shank crusade. with
George Y. Coffin, county clerk, rendering
some assistance. Jewett and Roemler
travelled about in an automobile visiting
committeeman. Coffin remained at the
courthouse, where he has been constantly
since Tuesday evening. He said he had
not had time to get In touch with the sit
uation.
Armitage established headquarters in
a room at the city hall and there the com
| mltteemen Travelled. There was a steady
| stream OF callers all day.
CONVENTION CALLED
FOR SATURDAY.
The convention will be held at the
courthouse at 1 o'clock Saturday after
noon. County Chairman Harry C. Hen
Erickson will preside. Hendrickson is a
| Jewett -Lemcke man. He appointed Re
| publican members OF boards for Tues
days election without giving the Shank
faction any representation whatever, it
has been charged.
! Both a county and a district chairman
will be elected Roemler. a jew
ett-Lemcke captain, is expected to
seek reelection as district chairman. The
Shank forces will nominate William II.
! Freeman a member Of the Shank board
OF public works. for county chairman and
| William E. Kelley for district chairman.
Shank leaders said anti-Shank lieuten-
ants are telling newly elected committee
! men they will nominate Schuyler A.
| Hans, member of the board of public
works for time during the Jewett ad
ministrauon and an organization worker
| in several States for VIII H. Hays when
he was chairman OF the Republican ns-
tional committee The Shank politicians
have heard one report that Charles ".
Jewett himself would seek the chairman
ship.
ACTIONS VS..
WORDS
While both sides claimed a majority
of the committeeman their actions be-
lied their words. Neither side could see
where there was possibility of defeat.
but both sides were DONG everything
they could think OF to prevent failure.
1t appeared that the Shank forces had
the more substantial material with which
to barter.
There are hundreds Of city Jobs which
Mayor Shank can pass out.
The anti-Shank forces can control some
positions at the courthouse and Federal
building, but not nearly so many nor SO
desirable as lose at the city hall, It
was said. To even up the odds, 1t ap-
peared that the anti-Shank forces were
! better equipped financially. Financial
resources have been known to have con-
siderable bearing upon who got party
chairmanships In the past II is gener-
ally regarded as an intensely practical"
matter in Republican ranks and one in
which all is fair "as in love and war"
The city administration group is IN
derstood to be prepared to strengthen its
forces by the appointment of approxi-
mately twenty committeeman to city Jobs
when the board Of public works meets
Friday afternoon. Meanwhile the Shank
forces will be watching the court house
carefully to see what extraordinary ap-
pointments are made there.
Shank leaders held conference lasr
night and decided they would back Free
man and Kelley to the end. 1t had been
rumored John F. Walker. superintend-
ent of street cleaning and Marion county
manager for Beveridge, would be the
Shank choice for county chairman at the
last minute but Armitage has insisted
for several weeks Freeman will be his
nominee and Walker issued a statement
denying the rumor regarding himself.