Evening star., 1928-05-04
Campaign Marked by Whole
sale Mud Singing Against
Secretary of Commerce.
CLEAN UP STATE POLITICS,
IS RETALIATION STAND
Business Revolt Against Present
Powers Seen as Result Of
Series Of Scandals.
By G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. May 4.-The
Watson fight for the Indiana
presidential preference here IN Allan
County is a fight without gloves.
Hoover seems to have the best OF IL.
Fort Wayne is the home Of his Indiana
campaign manager. Oscar j. Foellinger,
and Foellinger IS power in this city.
He owns the Fort Wayne NeWs-Sentinel
and has turned ii into a Hoover-for-
President organ. To Offset this advan-
tage, the Watson supporters. headed By
Joseph Hutsell. have taken three ccl-
Unlns Of space daily in the For: Wayne
Journal Gazette. Democratic neWspa-
per. As advertising matter. they pub
iish the "Wats0n-f President Daily"
Il there Is anything they haven't said
in criticism u Secretary Hoover n
these columns during the last three 0.
four weeks It is not because they have
not done their best TO lambss: ni-
Their favorite appelIation for the Sec
retary Of Commerce is Sir Eerber.~
Sometimes they vary It by calling lin
sir Erbert Ooyer"
Claims S-to-I Hoover Victory.
EQIA 1dfIfE - 04lE LA6[E - LA&= CA1e-
where Mr.. Hoover has the support CT
much Of the regular Republican Cr-
ganization The city government Is
with him. too. apparently. The HoCTe-
managers insist that this county vii
90 for their candidate by J 70 :. II z
does it may swing the twelfth olSTriCt
to him and away sTOIr Watson. The
Watson leaders. on the theE i3and- Ssg
this Is a mere boast: that While the vote
IN this county viii be close, sl1ey ex-
pect to hold their own here.
Senator Watson n his campaign has
aostalned from making personal attacks
upon Mr. Hoover. His nearest approach
20 sucn an attack came II an address
when re declared that ne had lived a.
/ MS 63 years on American soil and he
intended 70 spend the rest u MS Gays
under the Stars and Stripes" I'm
| pliedly. he was critlciZng Mr.. Hoover
/ for long absences from the United
States. But L the Senator has re-
/ trained from personal ATTACKS upon MS
/ opponent. that IS not true ot his follow
I ers and the newspapers that are sup
/ porting hin The n1ad-SliEgi1g Is fast
ana furious.
Clean Up" G. O. r. Is Slogan.
clean up" the Republican party n
Indiana Is a slogan Of the Hooverltes-
By Il they mean clean CUt the Watson
organization. The oeSr way TO CO this,
the rolls next Tuesday. They insist
that Watson has made no move TO
clean up" OF al the candidates for
nomination on the Republican ballot,
they say. Watson. Senator Robinson.
who is seeking 20 succeed himself, and
Frederick z Schorteneier. candidate for
the gu5ernatogial nomination. have had
nothing 70 say about cleaning house.
ScAorteneier Is secretary Of State. and
Is said 70 have the Watson support. The
HooverlteS are making their pay OF
this matter of cleaning house calling
attention to the conviction Of one Re-
publican governor. the indictment ~ the
present governor. ed Jackson, the in
dlctment Of the former mayor Of IN
iianapOliS and the recent conviction q
Clyde Walh. for lone time the ReDub-
lican State chairman. The penitenglarv
doors have Just closed on Wslo and ar
q time most unfortunate for the Rspu5-
hcan organization II which he held 3
oToninsnt place.
Scandal Sickening.
New alignmentS are forming III the
state. There are signs az revolt Many
o. Indisna'S business men are SlcS ot
cause OF the political scandals and
scandals involving high o:3cialS, Fur
fhegmoCe. they tear thar these things
are taJuTlnS the credit ot the state =
= financial way. Much ~ the criticism
Is not ouf n the open. Business Is
umld II the State organization con-
tlnueS IN power. il GllgEt maze repr.S2.S.
Also Senator Watson has I've mere
years 70 serve in The Senate
kNaRFvNysat -
nllollcaTlS of Indiana 9TS uo% uSw. They
have rent the party IN pas: years. SEN
ator Watson did not ClInlo 70 TIE TOP
oI the heap without showing o.csYS
down, The antt~Was$oa factions are
krladiuS then knives Some ~ tie
watson opponents who nave gSapsG Gn
the Hoover o9n6wag0u may nara
rather than atd tire Secretary os Com
merce ~ his race foT the indiana dsie~
sation, Among them IS former GOV
Ioourich. Goodrich, tor CaS reason or
another has = large number of enemies
II The State, TRey w&D, ~ S0ow II
ne Is golng back into power III Eepuo-
Ncan circles IN Indians 4 Watson Is
turned down The WaeNca Sst'poytSYS
ere asking the Hoover manager. EtSt-
suasSr, luSt how Nj Hoover aS SCl&S
y clean ap" Republican poli.tc$ IA
tnoiSnA fhey are SslSgeSEsuS that i
me present oFgantEats1s, IS larQsG down,
otner readers muSs oe r0t IA tAsly
places, ana ghey are demanding u *
Told who these leaders are ~ De-
Primary n,aeFeut.
The Indiana presidential preferential
primary 0lgerS tyctN tNag IN Cas1 Ok
cause o0 the same SAy nominations are
made tor the Senate soF the HeuSe.
Tor gOVer{}NF fNY state S>NnAENrN aya