The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Supreme Bench Will Rule
Thumbs Down. Feeling
at G. O. P. ParIey.
COFFIN SLATE RUMORED
Reported Ready With Ticket
II Measure Is Held
Constitutional.
BY BEN STERN

One hundred and ninety-five of
the 200 Republican workers who at
tended the state committee get-to-
gether meeting at Lebanon Tuesday
today were predicting the state su-
preme court would find the city
manager law unconstitutional.
In some mysterious manner and
for no known reason. the predic-
ton was being made Tuesday that
the court would rule thumbs
down" on the law.
The courts discussion of the law
probably will begin at the confer
ence next Tuesday, the first session
Of the court since its recess month
ago.
Not Vote Getters
Along with this prediction was
the assertion that the Indianapolis
City Manager League ticket of
seven was doomed to defeat, be-
cause of "vote-getting inability"
Marion county organization men
confidently predicted that George
v. Coffin, the city and district
chairman already was picking the
ticket" to be ready should the court
declare the law unconstitutional.
Cap is going to put out a city
manager ticket with some of the
finest business men of the city on
1t if the law is held constitutional
Coffin supporters said.
But Sheriff George :. Winkler.
vino was named as mayor on the
organization slate declared, We'll,
1t looks as if may be mayor"
All of these things are straws in
dicating that the possibility of the
law being found unconstitutional is
far from remote. it was rumored.
Struck Out Part
However. the next day Judge
Myer struck out the part declaring
that he concurred in the conclusions
finding the city manager law con-
stitutional.
From this action, observers see
the court divided two and two on
city manager questions with Judge
Myers holding the deciding vote.
Attention to the supreme court
also was focused by the persistent
rumblings that Judge Benjamin
Willoughby of VincenneS will not be
a candidate for reelection in 1880
Three candidates for the post
have reared their heads in the first
district, Bruce Cooper, First district
chairman, declared. These candi-
dates are: James H. Blackburn of
Mt. Vernon; Morton Macdonald of
Princeton, and Judge Thomas B.
Coulter of the Knox circuit court.
A short session of the state COM
mittee was held while the guests
heard John K. RuckelShaus of Leba-
non read messages from Will H.
Hays, Senator James E. Watson
and Arthur B. Robinson and NJ.
Burt Thurman. national committee-
man.
PurneII Talks
Talks were made by Miss Mary
Sleeth of Rushville, state vice-chair-
man; Miss Genevieve Brown, su-
preme court reporter, and Fred S.
Purnell, Ninth district representa-
tive in congress.
Purnell outlined the accomplish
ments of the Hoover administration
during the first six months of his
incumbency. and Miss Brown dis
cussed Women in Politics"
The committee reported that it
had Endorsed Ewing Emison of Vim
cennes, Second district chairman,
for appointment to the federal court
of claims at Washihgton. The COM
mittee also considered a rule CIV
ing the committee authority to oust
a member for cause and another
giving the women members of the
committee the vote in accordance
with recent legislation.
Action on these two rules will be
taken at a meeting to be held soon.