The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-24
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sires to restore" the good name of Indian
apolis, Candidate Glossbrenner pulled the
veil partially aside Wednesday evening when
he said: when the conditions l set down
for acceptance were met, l could do nothing
else as a man than to make the race"
The people who are asked to vote for Mr.
Glossbrenner may be pardoned if they have
a natural curiosity and desire for more de-
tailed information.
To whom were the conditions made? And
what were those conditions that Mr.. Gloss
brenner made the price of his acceptance?
That there is need of some political action
that will help to re-establish indianapolis in
the public mind is now admitted. 1t is true
that much has been done. The people of
other states have not laughed or Knocked at
this city since Mayor Slack became the sue
cessor to a mayor who was sentenced for po-
ltical crimes and the best city council in the
United States succeeded the selections of
Coffin, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanors
in order to save themselves from conviction
as felons.
If the good name is to be restored, it is
not from the stains that have come within
this period of time. The disgrace dates back
to farther period of history and Mr.. Gloss
brenner might have aided his own cause had
he made it very plain that the disgrace and
the necessity for rehabilitation came from
the men and influences sponsored by Boss
Coffin
A courageous Indictment Of those who
disgraced the city would have done much to
convince the citizenship not only of his
sincerity, which is admitted, but of his
freedom from Coffinism, which is responsible
for the disgrace which is sought to be sapo-
lioed. But if there be a pardonable reluct-
ance to rattle the skeletons of the past,
there should be no hesitation about giving
details as to the present.
Was one of the conditions set down by
Mr.. Glossbrenner that the candidate for
city clerk should be the most abject slave
and political servant of Coffin?
Was one of the conditions the nomination
of the man whose name was used to bring
the suit that resulted in the killing of the
city manager law?
Was one of the conditions the naming of
credit that movement or to reward him for
his opposition to the desires of all the decent
elements in the community?
Was one of the conditions the retention
Of George Coffin as chairman of the city
committee and his continuation at the
helm of all party affairs in order that he may
guide its destinies in the future?
Did Mr. Gl0ssbrenner demand that Boss
Coffin stay on the job in order to insure the
loyalty of that machine which produced a
Duvall, the Four Horsemen, the discredited
school board, Jackson and the multitude of
indicted and unindicted crooks and grafters?
Undoubtedly these were not the condi-
lions. Unquestionably Mr.. Glossbrenner de-
n1anded no such conditions.
But the fact remains that these condi-
tons exist and that the people, without in
formation and without details, will presume
that these were the conditions that were set
down, since they happened.
Any such horrendous doubts can be easily
dissipated All that the people want to
know is the time, the place. the converse
ton. Were the conditions made with Coffin
in person or by proxy? What was said?
What was promised?
How Coffin must shiver when he thinks OF
what an answer might be made. And what
chance, now, before election, for Mr.. Gloss
bremen to Danish Cofinism by denouncing
it and Coffin and tell all, not part, of the
story.