Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-17
REPUBLICANS
DRAFT PLANKS.
FORPLATFORM
Committee Proposes Repeal OF
Statewide Primary
Law. :

Commentator of numerous acts OF tfse
Republican State and National Admins
tration, proposing the repeal of the State
primary law, approved of congressionai
aid to the farmers and adjusted COM
pensation for soldiers, were among the
outstanding features In the planks ad-
yocated by the advisory platform COM
mittee named by Chairman Lawrence
Lyons to do preliminary work for the
committee which will actually draft the
Republican State platform May "a.
Governor McCray was Endorsed for his
liberal attitude toward farmers and the
working Of the blue sky law under the
securities commission was praised
"Home Rule" was not touched upon By
any Of the proposed planks and nothing
was said concerning taxation, the State
board Of tax commissioners or the public
service commission.
The advisory committee proposed an
indirect" primary in which delegates to
State conventions would be nominated
who would in turn nominate the candk
dates for State offices. The plank does
not state whether all primary nominaf
tions would be abolished and is said to
ratef only to the nominations for Gov
ornor, United States Senator and to presis
Dental preferential primaries.
Some Of the subjects touched upon In
planks discussed By the advisory com.
mfttee were the Dyer anti-lynching b1A
pending In Congress, which is favored ;
Americanism, limiting suffrage TO Amer
lean citizens. the naming of two women
to the advisory committee Of the State
organization, sympathetic support OF the
educational survey, a labor plank de-
claring against class legislation. enforce
ment of child labor laws. Limitation OF
hours of labor for women in industry.
establishment of a State board to aid In
placing orphan children in private homes,
a resolution declaring for equal opportus
nifty for men and women, continued LID
eral development of the highways OF In
diana, endorsement of Hardings mer.
chant marine plan, opposition to Govern.
ment ownership OF railroads or utilities.
support of national protective tariff. OPP
position to the creation of any additional
State boards except where regarded as
indispensable to public good, law and
order, devotion to the Federal constitu'
ton, development Of State war memorla.
pledged.
Members of the Committee, who at
tended the session, are: Charles q. Sc
frit of Washington. Ind, publisher'
Owens of Scottsburg. Rollin Turner o:
Greensburg. Perry Bear of Madison. Ord
Davis of Terre Haute. Jesse W. Pierce
OF Clinton, president of the Indiana Ed
itorial Association |. NJ. Rridgman OF
BrookviIle, Charles Martindale of indian'
apolis, Samuel AsEby of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Julia Nelson of Muncie, State rep
resentatiye; f. W. Bowen of Delphi, E. Il
Stanley Of Upton; James T. Lawrence
Of Peru, Walter Ball OF Huntington;
Jesse Green of TT. Wayne, editor of the
News Sentinel; ]. c. Shade of Warsaw
Samuel E. Boys OF Plymouth. John
Brown, member of the Indiana State tax
board; Murray Barker of Tnorntownl
State representative, Rowland II. Hill,
of Carthage, State Senator. Emmett Il
Branch of MartinsvilIe, Lieutenant Gov
ernor; Perry Reeves of Indianapolis, Mrs
E. F. White OF Indianapolis, Mrs c. 2
Warrington of IT. Wayne. Cornelius
Richardson of Richmond, Charles W.
Miller OF Indianapolis, Mrs. Richard Ed
wards Of Peru, W. C. Bobbs Of Indian.
apolis.