The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-03
CIVIC GROUPS
IN FARLEY ON
MAYOR CHOICE
$50 Delegates Selected by
Sixty Organizations Are
at Meeting.
EACH WILL NAME TWO
Man Who viii Govern City
on Manager Lines Is to
Get Preference.

One hundred fifty delegates OF
more than sixty civic, business and
labor organizations met at the Lin
coin this afternoon to select several
outstanding citizens from whom
they believe city council should Sc
lect the permanent mayor of In
dianapolis Nov. 8.
The delegates decided to approve
five names.
Those nominated from whom the
i've were to be selected:
sol Schloss, William H. Insley,
James Garfield Thomas, j. X. Lilly.
Edward o. Snethen, Charles F. Cof-
fin and Lucius B. Swift.
o. D. Haskell, John r. WEIGH,
Franklin Vonnegut, G.. M. Williams,
Felix McWhirter Fred Hoke, Dwight
S. Ritter, Wallace o. Lee, John F.
White, Edward B. Raub, Frank
Manley, Henry L. Dithmer, j. w.
Esterline, Claude H. Anderson.
Frank Cones, Fred Gardner,
Thomas c. Howe, Delbert O. Will
meth. Irving Lemaux.
Twenty-Six names, in all, we're
proposed.
Charles F. Coffin, chairman of the
City Manager League directors, pre-
sided, explaining that the league
would have only two votes in the
nomination Of the mayoralty choices
the same as every other organiza-
ton represented.
THE League has no candidates to
offer" said Coffin, opening the
meeting. Its two delegates will
make no nominations, but the or
ganization will back to the utmost
the candidates selected
Delegates Registered
The delegates were registered as
they entered the lunchroom and
were given slips of paper.
Names of men for mayoralty
timber were suggested from the
floor, each delegate writing down
the names.
When nominations were closed,
the delegates scratched off all ex-
cept the chose number they re-
garded the best material. Then n
committee counted the unscratched
names.
The delegates, In general, sought
men whom they believed would con-
duct the government along city man
ager lines.
Suggests Young Men
Seated at the'Speakers' table with
Coffin were Sol. Schloss. j. w. Ester
line, Frank E. Gates, Claude H. An
derson and william H. Insley, man
ager movement leaders.
A. Kieier Mayer. Chamber OF
Commerce representative, suggested
before the meeting that a young
man be selected who would be suit
able to serve the city for four years
after the city manager form is ef-
fectiVe.
Coffin replied to Council Presi-
dent Negley's letter refusing a
conference with council members
before the permanent mayor is
selected. Coffin pointed out that
his request was directed TO Negley
as council head and not mayor pro
TEN.
"Your suggestion that you would
not be willing to arrange a con-
ference with the executive COM
mittee Of the City Manager league
in its representative capacity is
quite remarkable" Coffin said,
Asks Pertinent Questions
Upon what proper ground can
the legislative body OF this city,
elected by the people, decline a con-
ference with ANY body Of citizens,
whether they desire a conference as
individuals or as representing other
individuals.
Negley said he would hare an an
swer ready Friday or Saturday tell
ing of some things" he knew had
happened in the last nine months.
and indicating 1t would be a "hot"
reply.
Politicians Get Busy
dSdliWllllS, pOllIlClanS were Drlng-
ing pressure upon the council to
name a mayor who would play
ball" Some councilmen were in
clined to listen to either the George
V. Coffin or the Otis Dodson Re-
publican factions, but others we're
reported lining up to take the mat
ter entirely into their own hands.
The latter movement was reported
to be crystallizing into talk Of A. M.
Glossbrenner, president of the
Levey Printing Company, as the
man to elect Nov. 8.
This was understood TO be one
of the councils plans to get away
from naming some one suggested at
today's civic meeting