The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18

PENDENT - Governor Ed Jackson
may be innocent, and before the
law is so, but at the court Of pub
lie opinion he stands convicted. On
every hand citizens are suggesting
All immediate resignation. While
special editions and Streamers are
announcing the acWlittal, an exact
ly opposite decision is being handed
down by the court Of public opinion.
KOKOMO DISPATCH Demo-
cratic)-The State of Indiana now
stands in the shameful position of
having for a Governor man who
by the testimony of five witnesses,
three Of them creditable and all tes-
tifying to the same story, offered a
bribe; a man whose ideals Of public
office are so low that he regards
them as legitimate property to be
bartered for money; a man who is
revealed as cheap political huck-
Ster; man who cannot be trusted
to refrain from tempting other pub
lie officials into corrupt deeds, not
to speak of the questionable trust
that may be placed in him when it
comes to yielding to temptation
himself; man who is utterly un-
fit to be Governor.
Ed Jackson should resignl And
if he does not resign, the legislature
should take it upon itself to meet
and begin impeachment proceedings,
One Friend Here
NEWCASTLE COURIER (Repub-
Hcan)-Governor jackson doubt
lesSly will face lot Of talk about
being guilty, but not proven. His
enemies are not likely to be salts
fed, but his friends will take the
position he has been punished suf-
ficiently.
Yet through it all, who can say
that Jackson has not given a good
administration? Henry County
friends of Ed Jackson-and they
are legion-are glad he has been
acquitted. (Newcastle formerly was
JackSons home)
MT. VERNON DEMOCRAT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jackson's
victory in the court is hollow one.
He was acquitted purely on a tech
nicality. Governor Ed jackson may,
technically speaking, be not guilty,
but it will take more than the
court decision to convince the aver
age fair-minded Hoosier that he
was not party to the plot to bribe
McCray.
EVANSVILLE PRESS (Indepen-
dent)-The decision does not abb
solve Governor jackson from his
known dependence upon and his
years Of convenience with the Ku-
Klux Klan and it's leaders. Gov
erllor Jackson can be of little further
use to Indiana as an executive to be
trusted and respected.
He cannot escape realizing, as
many thousands of Indiana citizens
do, that to his delving in the slime
of Ku-Klux Klan politics much of
the diShonor now resting on the
State is due. The least Governor
Jackson might do to make amends
to the people of Indiana is to resign
Immediately. He should resign.
Usefulness at End
FIT WAYNE NEWS SENTINEL
(Republican)-We congratulate the
Governors legal counsel, but we
have no congratulations for the
Governor. His usefulness as chief
executive of this State definitely is
at an end. He, therefore, owes it
to himself, to his constituents, and
the good name Of this sovereign COM
monwealth to resign without delay.
Seymour Tribune independently,
The result of the trial is legal VIC
tory for the Governor, but certainly
it is unfortunate. AS the matter
now stands, the Governor is ac-
quilted in the eyes of the law, but
he is not acquitted in the eyes Of
the public.
If the defense could have cleared
up this charge by the introduction
of testimony, serious mistake was
made by not doing so.
Calls for Truce
MARION CHRONICLE (Repub-
lican) The ruling of Judge Charles
M. NcCabe for an instructed verdict
OF not guilty in the trial of Gov
ernor Ed Jackson ought to be a