The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-16
VAN NUYS Halls
SHUMAKE:R SLAM
LAUDS GIl.LIOM.
Tells Democrats People Are
Tired of Having Courts
Stigmatized.
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FIT. WAYNE, Ind. April ia
Praise for Attorney General Gilliom
in his treatment of the case Of Dr.
r. s. Shumaker for criticising the
State Supreme Court was voiced
here Thursday night by Frederick
Van Mugs. indianapolis attorney. I'm
the keynote address Of the Twelfth
district Democratic rally.
1.-THE people are tired Of having
our courts stIg1natized by paid pro.
fessional reformers, Van Mugs said.
He also demanded that the Demo
cratic party stop pussyfooting and
: get down to business"
As an individual
"T am speaking here tonight as
an individual, and anything which I
may say is no wise binding upon my
party or any Of It's candidates." Van
Nuys said, II want, therefore. to
carry the observations made about
! bureaucratic government a little far.
Their This easily recognized spirit
of protest which has possessed the
American people is not alone con.
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am confident that I give voice 10
sentiment often expressed in my
presence by members Of both politl-
cal parties. I'm saying that the voters
of this state are sick and tired of,
having our platforms written. our(
candidates bluffed and cowed, our
courts stigmatized and our morals
regulated by groups and blocs and
paid professional reformers who cap
italize our homely virtues.
Praises Fearlessness
"TIe is a Republican, but compli-
ment tonight the fearlessness of the
present attorney general of Indiana
in recently calling attention 10 the
extremes to which we are drifting.
IT refer to the charges Of con-
tempt filed with the Supreme Court
against the present superintendent
of the Antl-Sa1oon League.
IT belong to q profession which
stands for law and order. II Ia part
Of the business Of a lawyer to assist
in the administration Of equal and
exact Justice To that end, II IS his
business to assist the different de-
partments of the government in
framing and interpreting and enforc-
ing the law. I do not conceive that
any lesser duty rests upon every
good citizen Of the State. You can
not tear away the foundation and
expect the superstructure to stand.
and any attempt growing out Of Inn
patience or Intolerance, by an indi-
vidual or an organization, to with
draw confidence in our courts or to
coerce the same. ought to be recog-
nized and dealt with as a cenkerus
growth upon the life of the nation.
Too Many Blocs
ct say we are surfeited today by
groups and cliques and blocs, which
attempt to regulate everybody'sl
business, coerce candidates and
dictate the affairs Of State. This is
probably our own fault. We are a
nation Of joiners today. We move
en- masse. Individuals who think for
themselves and have nerve enough
to give expression to what they
think are a rarity today"
W. E. Eickhoff, Of TT. Wayne,
who IS unopposed for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the
district, came out for modification
Of the Volstead act to permit the
sale Of light wine and beer.
The Volstead law, he said. has
created a nobility Of bootleggers,
whose evil influence staggers the
imagination.