The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-11
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NAMES ON 1880
/ PARTY TICKET
Hamrick Beaten by Mayr on
Fifth Ballot for State
Secretary.
CONTEST SPIRITED ONE
GaVeI Hats Stampede to
Clayton Man; Simmons
Quits Race.
CONTEST SPIRITED ONE
BY BEN STERN


BY BEN STERN
A militant Democracy went home
today-exAausted by almost twelve
hours of cratory and balloting, but
confident ticket had been selected
which will give a good account of
itself in the November election.
Brand new faces and names
will grace the 1880 ticket which will
ride out ir November to meet the
Republican nominees selected
week ago.
The Democratic nominees select
ed here Tuesday:
Walter E. Treanor, Bloomington,
supreme court judge, First district;
Curtis W. Roll, Kokomo, supreme
court judge, Second district; Posey
T. Kline, Evansville, and william
H. Bridwell, Sullivan, appellate
court judges, First district; Al
phonse C. Wood, Angola, and Har-
vey j. Curtis. Gary. appellate
court, second district; George G.
Cole, Lawrenceburg, superintendent
of public instruction; Frank Mayr
Jr., South Bend, secretary of state;
Floyd E. williamson, Indianapolis,
auditor; William Storen. Scots
burg, treasurer, and Fred Pickett,
Richmond, clerk of supreme and
appellate courts.
Mayr Wins on Fifth
Arthur j. Hamrick, Clayton, three
times the Democratic nominee for
secretary of state, was near victory
at the end Of the fourth ballot, when
a stampede in his favor was started,
but it was halted by the gavel of
Roy T. Milburn, Indianapolis.
Mayr spurned for the nomination
in 1924, was nominated on the fifth
ballot.
In the background of the Mayr
triumph appears the figure of Vir-
gil Simmons, BlufTton, eighth dis
trict chairman, one of the front
rankers for the nomination on the
fourth ballot, who got out Of the
picture in order that his political
enemies, the Hamrick men, might be
defeated by Mayr.
For three ballots Mayr held the
lead, Hamrick was second, Simmons
third and Charles H Garrison,
Boonville, fourth. William Coryell,
Marion, and DR.. o. A. holland,
Spencer, trailed. Coryell withdrew
his name during calling of the
fourth ballot.
At the close of the roll call Dubois
started the stampede to Hamrick
by casting all Of its votes for Ham
rick. Then Floyd, Delaware, TiSz
pecanoe and Allen declared Their
delegations for Hamrick.
Nominated on Fifth Ballot
Just as Lake county shouted for
recognition to cast its eighty-two
votes for Hamrick, Milburn, acting
as secretary, gaveled down the
shouting throng and declared no
more changes would be permitted
because of the confusion caused
tabulators.
Protest after protest from the
floor availed nothing. The roll was
called, vote verified and Hamrick
was short 161 votes of the 773 need
ed for nomination.
Simmons withdrew and threw his
strength to Mayr in order to beat
Hamrick. who had aided in the fight
against R. Earl Peters for re-elec-
ton to state chairman in May.
With the aid of the Simmons
forces. Mayr was nominated on the
fifth ballot with 963 votes. HAM
rick had $50.
Floyd Williamson, Indianapolis,
wrested the nomination for auditor
of state from DR.. George Sweigert,
East Chicago, the 1928 nominee,
court, $50 to SOL.
Defeat Jap Jones
Storen was nominated treasurer,
defeating Jap Jones. Martinsville,
twice the nominee. The vote was
927 to GIT.
Picket, former city judge of Rich
mond, defeated Joel A. Baker, In
dianapolis, for the nomination OF
clerk of the supreme and appellate
courst, 853 to SOL.
During the early balloting of the
convention judges were selected
first, according to the new rule, and
Treanor, Indiana university law
school instructor defeated Herds
Clements, Mt. Vernon. 1.01315 to
53Olz, and Roll defeated Wilson D.
Lett, Marion, 966-57S for the SUI
preme bench, Fourth district.
Won on Second
Kline was nominated to the ap-
pellate bench from the First dis
trict on the second ballot with S4S
votes.
Although leading, he failed to
make it on the first ballot. The
third ballot was led by Bridwell,
Sullivan, who failed the majority
but won on the fourth ballot with
1925 votes, defeating Harvey Har-
mon, Princeton, and Judge Fremont
Miller, Franklin.
It was necessary to take three
ballots to select the nominees for the
appellate court from the second
district.
Cole, Dearborn county school
superintendent defeated Robert B
Hougham, Franklin. 824l5 TO 7l9i5
for the nomination for superindent
OF public instruction. William V
Payne, Monroe county superin-