The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

If the anti-COffin forces are
successful Saturday in naming
a city chairman to replace Cot
fin, they will follow this ad-
vantage with an effort to oust
Coffin as district chairman and
also remove Omar Hawkins,
Coffin S satellite, as county
chairman.
The rule changes desired would
empower the state chairman to
name presiding officer at a city
convention, prohibit proxies in a
city convention, and permit any
precinct committeeman to appeal
any party question directly to the
state chairman, without going
through the district chairman, as
now required.
COffin's Power Cut
TIE first change would keep Cof-
fin from presiding and naming the
credentials committee, which ar
bitrarily would throw out most Of
the anti-Coffln votes, as has been
done in previous Coffin controlled
conventions.
The second change would prevent
Coffin from loading" the conven-
ton with proxies and permit the
regular committeeman to vote.
The third change, would give COM
rt1ittteemen aggrieved at Coffin a,
chance to carry their cases where
they would get fair treatment.
That the Leslie forces are pre-
pared to go to any limit 10 trim
,Coffin's power is stated openly by
the men who usually speak for the
Governor.
If Coffin is successful. 1t Is in
timated that there will be wholesale
discharges of Coffin appointees at
the Statehouse, with the curt state
ment that those who serve Coffin
should rely upon him to furnish the
jobs, and that the state adninistra-
ton will not recognize him as any
part Of the Republican organiza-
ton entitled to any patronage.
Under the Jackson administration
Coffin was supreme and the Offices of
many boards are filled with clerks
named at his request. These will be
told to deliver their precinct COM
mittee votes on Saturday for an
anti-Coff1n selection or lose their
jobs.
The war between Coffin and the
Leslie forces started with returns
from the last election. 1t is known
that the results in Marion county
we're most displeasing to Leslie. He
attributes the loss of the county to
the widespread dissatisfaction with
Coffinism and Is said to be making
the elimination of Coffin a major
part of his promised cleanup cam
paign.
Coffin Girds for Battle
Meanwhile the Coffin forces we're
marshalled for a finish fight. AS
part of the strategy, it is understood,
Mrs. Julia B. Tutewiler, Seventh
district vice-chairman, was to at
tend the state committee session
in placeof Coffin, who has been Ill.
Anti Coffin leaders saw strategy
in this, because Mrs. Tutewiler Is
an accomplished orator, Of pleas
ing personality. Apparently it was
the hope that she might sway some
of the state committeeman to SYM
pathy for the falling county leader.
Harry D. TutewiIer, Mrs. Tute-
wiler's husband, is chairman Of the
Second ward Tutewiler Tuesday
afternoon called the fifteen Second
ward committeeman to his home
and pledged all to support Cof-
fin in the city convention Tues
day.
Attempts continued TO combine
the several city factions opposed to
Coffin behind one candidate for city
chairman Saturday The anti-Cof-
fin leaders believed that if they
could unite all dissatisfied elements
they could defeat Coffin, despite the
fact that he had county commits
sioners create forty new city pre-
cinctS. so County Chairman Haw-
kins could name that many more
new committeeman who would vote
for Coffin.
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