The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
Remy Victory and CavinS'
Defeat Is Regarded as
Telling Blow.
AGREE ON TAX REFORM
WiIIoughby Setback Seen
as Triumph for Dry
D. LeaguerS.
BY BEN STERN

returning home after nominating a
ticket which they believe will be
able to withstand the Democratic
shock troops this fall.
The major portion of the G. 0. P.
reliance will have to be placed on
the past performance record and
not upon the promises made in the
platform, they agree in saying.
Campaigners will carry before the
people one definite assurance: "A
reform in the tax laws and the
equitable distribution of the tax
burden imposed thereby, as exist
ing conditions were found to war
rant"
Lieutenant-Governor Edgar D.
Bush, Salem, today declared that he
was satisfied with the Republican
platform, and that his plank on tax
reform has been accepted.
He was quoted Thursday as say
ing that from all points on the
floor delegates complained the plat
form is the most vague and weak
est in two decades.
Defeat of Judge Benjamin M.
Willoughby, Vincennes, in his race
for denomination, by Thomas B.
Coulter, Knox county circuit judge,
and the denomination of Judge
Charles F. Reny, indianapolis, Tor
the appellate court were easily the
outstanding events of the conven-
ton in Cadle tabernacle.
Coffin Is Defeated
An attempt was made by State
Senator James j. Nejdl, Whiting to
carry a fight to the convention floor
to have the party insert a plank IN
the platform calling upon the 1881
legislature to provide for a wet and
dry referendum in the 1882 general
election.
Many today were saying that if
nothing else was accomplished, the
delegates completely and dec1sively
broke the back of the George V.
Coffin power in state conventions
by renominating Judge Remy and
defeating the Coffin candidate, Alex
G. Cavins, deputy United States
district attorney.
Coffin leaders strained every ef-
fort to obtain the defeat of the man,
whose son was the prosecutor to OBJ
tain the indictments against Coffin,
Ed Jackson and Robert I. Marsh on
a charge of attempting to bride for
mer Governor Warren, T. McCray.
The three pleaded the statute OF
limitations to escape conviction.
The boss" was unable to give all
of the Marion county ESQ votes to
Cavins, the insurgents casting 991s
votes for Remy, and the regulars,
15415 votes for Cavins. Wander
burgh county tipped the scales when
it gave its SO votes to Remy and put
him over.
Battle "Neck-a and Neck"
The Willoughby- Coulter race was
close. For weeks, friends of Will
oughby headed by Arthur L. Gill
lion, former attorney general, de-
clared the fight on the aged jurist
was being made by the Anti-Saloon
League seeking revenge for the
action of three superior court
judges in declaring the late DR.. E.
S. Shumaker in contempt and sem
fencing him to sixty days on the
state farm <
The Anti-Saloor- League, forced
to support Coulter who never has
been entirely acceptable to it, went
to the mat and when the vote was
counted at the end of the roll call
1 Thursday Coulter had 97315 votes,
five and one-haif under the 979
necessary for nomination. Will
loughby had $751; votes, and T.
Morton Mcdonald, Princeton, third
man in the race, had 387 votes.
Allen county, rising to the emer-
gency, changed it's former vote to a
total of 81 for Coulter, which
started stampede to him. Allen
county's first vote had been Coul-
ter, 80; Mcdonald, d, and Will
loughby, 30.
Through adoption of rule call
ing for the nomination by accla-
nation of all unopposed candidates
seven incumbents we're declared
nominated before the balloting en-
contested Offices.
Nichols in Walk Away
These were: Otto G. Fifield,
Crown Point, secretary OF state;
Archie N. Bobbitt, English, auditor
of state; Charles Biederwolf, TT.
Wayne, Clark of the supreme and
Appellate court; Willard B. Gem
mill. Marion. judge of the supreme
court Fourth district; Judge Scion
A. Enlce, judge OF the appellate
court First district, and Willis G.
McNdahan, Crown Point, and Alonzo
Nichols, Winchester, judges of the
appellate court second district
The race for treasurer was
walk-away for Harry Nichols, Madi-
son, Fourth district chairman, who
was the 1923 runner-up. Nichols
! got so far out in the lead that his
opponents, Caleb Williams, Pendle-
ton, and Sol Sudranski. Greencastle,
withdrew before completion of the
roll rail-.
Roy P. Wisehart, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, also
had no serious opposition. Morgan
L. Sterrett. Rensselaer,, withdrew
when the roll call Of counties
reached Tippecanoe. and the incum-
bent was declared renonineted.
The convention was called to or
der at 1920 a. m. by State Char
man Eliza o. Rogers, who in turn
presented Richard N. Elliott, Sixth
district congressional representative.
as permanent chairman. Keynote
addresses were made by Governor
Harry G. Leslie, and Arthur NJ.
Hyde. secretary of the department
Of agriculture
The former praised the state adj
ministration and the latter the nals
fionaI administration a