The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
SOLON CARTER
. ENTERS C. O.P.
. SENATE RACE
Becomes RobinSOn'S Rival
for Nomination; Urges
Party to Redeem State,
FLAYS 'STEPHENS0NISM'
Candidate, City Lawyer, Is
Active in Politics; World
War Veteran.

In answer to public demand that
every vestige of Stephensonism be
wiped out in Indiana" Scion J..
Carter, local attorney and former
Marion Superior Court judge, today
became the rival of Senator Arthur
r. Robinson for the Republican
nomination for United States Sen
htor.
Petitions are going out to Carter's
friends throughout the State for
signatures to accompany his formal
announcement to be filed with the
Secretary of State. A State cam
paign manager will be announced
soon, the candidate said.
Carter, a member of the law firm
of Matson, Carter, Ross & McCord,
and a colonel in the Rainbow Di-
vision in the World War, accom-
panied his announcement of can
didacy with the statement:
There is a Statewide and per-
Sistent demand from Republicans
and good citizens that some Repub-
1ican who is free from all aSsoci-
alton with ulterior influence make
the race for United States Senator,
to the end that every vestige of
Stephensonism may be wiped out in
Indiana. In response to many urgent
requests have decided to enter the
campaign"
Redeem Name of State
Carter asserted party regularity
and party loyalty are absolutely es-
sential to our form of government;
individualism has no place in our
political system" He said the Re-
publican platform would "be the
code which shall guide my every act
while in the United States Senate" !"
II stand for the Constitution and
the enforcement Of all laws. which,
of course, includes the VolStead
act" he asserted. Every one recog-
nizes that at this time the farmer
. is entitled to share equally with in
sdustry in the prosperity of this
country and I shall favor such legis-
1ation as may be devised to bring
about that result
The candidate declared the COM
ing primary affords Republicans
'the opportunity, by the choice Of
their candidates, to redeem the fair
name of the State of Indiana and
to restore to the Republican party
the prestige to which it is entitled
by its long and honorable history"
He denounced groups and indi-
viduals who have secured for then-
selves control of both the political
parties in Indiana, not for the bene-
fit Of the public generally, but for
selfish and vicious purposes"
Active in G. o. p. Affairs
Born at Bloomington, Ind, Carter
attended schools at Rosedale and
Rockville. After attending prepara-
tory school at De Pauw University,
he worked in coal mines and joined
union No. a. Graduating from
Miami University, oxford, Ohio, he
entered the practice Of law with
White and White at Rockville, and
in 1910 entered the law Office Of
John G. and D. P. Williams, here.
He served as deputy prosecutor of
Marion County and. subsequently,
was associated with the law firm OF
Taylor. Carter and Wright.
Active in Republican affairs,
Garter served as Parke County dele
gate to the Republican State con-
vention in 1910; was Marion
County precinct committeeman and
one of the founders of the Repub-
Jican Union in 1914.
Enlisting in Battery B of the In
diana National Guard in 1910. Garter
organized Battery E. 150th Field Ar
tillery before the war. In this unit
he became captain. Called into Fed
eral service in September, 1917, he
was made major and commanded
the third battalion, which included
units from Indianapolis, Blooming
ton, Shelbyville and Vincennes.
Veteran of World War
He became a lieutenant colonel in
France and was decorated by France
with the Croix de Guerre for his
part in repulsing German drive
in July, 1918. After participating in
the fighting at Chateau Thierry, he
was promoted to colonel.
In 1919, Carter returned to the
practice of law here and was ap-
pointed judge of Superior Court
Three to fill vacancy. After serv-
ing three years, he resigned to enter
the law firm of which he now is q
member.
The candidate is married and has
three children. He is a member OF
Friends Church and is Mason.
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