Evening star., 1927-11-11
GRAND Jury WINS
PRAISE IN Indiana
People Welcome Cleanup in
State Political MuddIe.
Officials Cited.
BY Consolidated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, November
11.-This state is prepared to back up
Chief Justice William Howard Taft in
his plea for efficient juries of intelli'
gent and competent men, as a major
means to improve justice. Indiana
is having experience with grand
Jury of just that type and is greatly
pleased with the result
The grand jury now sitting, COM
posed Of high-grade business men,
already has indicted the governor of
the State and some of his henchmen,
the mayor of indianapolis and some
of his henchmen, and four members
of the city council of Indianapolis.
1t has lust about broken down the
Klan-rdden machine that had the
State tied up politically, and new lines
of inquiry are still being laid.
Previous Juries Disagreed.
Before the present grand jury got
into action, two previous juries, polit-
ically controlled, had failed to bring
indictments. But the mass of evil
dence being uncovered now is proving
sufficient to turn the State upside
down politically.
IONetNOE f-uNdIO JdchSOI, dUOuL u
come to trial on an indictment charg
ing attempted bribery of Warren T.
McCray, former Indiana governor, re-
Gently released from the Federal peni
Tertiary, is having other of his acts
investigated. The charge now occu-
pying the attention of the grand jury
involves an alleged contribution to the
Jackson personal campaign fund, in
1924, of $4,000 by Samuel insult.
This reported public utility gift is said
to have been conditioned on the ap-
pointment Of a public utilities COM
missioner favorable to the insult in
terests.
1t is also said that United States
Senator or two may be worried over
+. the contents of d. c. StephenSon's
famous "black box" This was filled
: with 10000 letters and documents,
many of which are understood to have
been contracts for the distribution of
official patronage. And it was fighting
over jobs that finally brought the in
ternal squabbles that wrecked the ma
chine.
No Strings on Inquiry.
The present grand jury has no
strings tied to it and it is seeing that
not stone is left unturned in prying
down into official corruption. The
people of the State are backing up the
investigation and expect to have their
house in order shortly.
Indianapolis feels that her local
situation is improved by the selection
of L. Ert Slack, a Democrat, to be
mayor. Slack promises to forget
party lines and to do his best to give
the city a good government. He
doesn't intend to disrupt city depart
1a11t clio TO h1li1
a popular administration.
State politics are very much dis
rupted by the recent troubles within
the Republican Party. Agreement is
general that the party now in control
is going to have a hard time when the
next election comes around.
The Democrats are bringing out
their strongest men as candidates for
State Office. They soon will control
the Indianapolis situation with the
mayor democratic. Frank Daley, the
leading Democrat Of the State. has
announced his candidacy for gov
ernor. Albert Stump, the popular
young Democratic leader, who came
within 1900 votes Of defeating Sem
ator James Watson in the 1925 elec-
tion, will oppose Senator Arthur Rob-
inson. Evans Woolien. another promi-
nent Democrat, is being talked as a
Presidential candidate. The Repub-
licans are pretty much divided all
along the line.
The grand jury. which has stirred
up the scandals of the present State
administration and the previous city
administration, is receiving popular
praise. Its members are devoting six
months of their time to the business
of cleaning up the State politics, serv.
i ing out of a sense Of civic duty. Their
service Is expected to be an example
for grand juries in other places.
(Copyright. 1927