The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-02
COFFIN WILL
renew PLEA
ON MANAGER
League Chief Refused Audi
ence by NegIey in Effort
to Pick Mayor.
CONFERENCE IS CALLED
Civic Clubs Invited to Meet
ing to Select List of
EIigibIes.
CONFERENCE is CALLED


Charles F. Coffin, City Manager
League chairman, announced this
afternoon that he would renew his
attempt to arrange a conference
with council on selection of per-
manent mayor to succeed Claude Z.
Negley.
Earlier in the day Coffin said he
would abandon the attempt after
receiving a letter from Negley dis
couraging the suggestion of Coffin
that city manager movement lead
ers propose several men from whom
council would elect the permanent
mayor Nov. 8.
He decided to renew the attempt,
he said this afternoon, after talking
with several other city manager
leaders who advised that Negley had
written him without consulting with
several of the councilmen.
Can't Talk for Council
Negley wrote letter answering
Cof1n's request for meeting with
the whole council declaring he be-
lieves the political activities Of the
city manager league should be con-
fined to the city manager form of
government, the election for which
takes place in the fall of 1929"
Citing his friendliness to the city
manager movement and support
given by City Clerk William A.
Boyce Jr., Negley declared he would
be glad to confer with the league di-
rectors personally but could not
speak for other councilmen.
Negley declared he and Boyce
fought the Sims amendment per-
mitting mayors defeated in city
manager elections to serve out their
terms, in the last Legislature "and
I regret to say that we were not
supported in our efforts at that
time by your group; had we been,
a different condition of municipal
affairst might now exist"
Civic Leaders Invited
Boynton j. Moore, majority fac
ton member, said he would accept
advice from "any responsible citi-
zens, particularly the City Manager
League"
Councilman Millard w. Ferguson,
Democrat, said he would listen to all
suggestions, but would mot let them
put over any setup on me-"
Coffin invited business and civic
organization representatives to a
luncheon Thursday at the Lincoln
to select two or three capable citi-
Zens whose names will be presented
to council. Council will elect per-
manent mayor Nov. 8.
Walter Harding, Kiwanis Club
president, announced o. B. lies and
Carl S. Wagner had been named to
represent the Kiwanis Club at the
meeting.
"a united effort is needed to put
indianapolis again at the very front
of American Cities" Coff1ns letter
to club officers said.
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
adopted a resolution by Frank E.
Gates asking council to accept ad-
vice of City Manager League in
naming mayor.
Want Non-Partisan Mayor
Chamber of Commerce civic
affairs committee adopted resolu-
tion asking city council to name an
"outstanding representative citizen
who is not allied with any political
faction"
Names added to those being dis
cussed for permanent mayor by
councilmen and business leaders
today included Frank P. Manley,
president indianapolis Life Insur-
ance- Company, former park board
president; Edward B. Raub, Demo-
cratic member of the council, vice
president of Indianapolis Life In
sulrance Company. T. NJ. Wynne,
president Hoosier Engineering Com
pany, and Wallace o. Lee, Indian
apolis Power and Light Company
official.
For the time being Negley was
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suit Of the number in the mayor
atty tangle remaining on file is that
of Joseph L. Hogue in Circuit Court,
directed against Ira M. Holmes, who
has withdrawn as a contender, and
John L. Duvall, who resigned as
mayor.
Hogue Makes Claims %.
Hogue contends that Duvall was
not legally elected, that Samuel
Lewis Shank should have continued
as mayor through this administra-
tion, and that upon Shank's recent
death, he, Hogue should have be-
come mayor.
Solon Carter, Hogue's attorney,
said that no move to name a new
defendant in this suit would be
made until after the election of the
permanent mayor.
It was indicated that the suit
might not be pressed if mayor, ac-
ceptable to most citizens, were
elected.