The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-16
Action on Platform Proves
Personal Triumph for
Henry Marshall.
LESLIE MOVE IS FOILED
Governor Evidently Still
Has Hopes of Second
Place on Ticket.
BY BEN STERN

NCllJlOH htpb Aoilll Will eAiCA 0NoOS
platform.
Out Of the turmoil of the fight to
substitute the minority repeal plank
for the vague and ambiguous Hoov-
er government control proposal
energies the figure of Henry Mar
shall, Lafayette publisher, as the
new strong man of Indiana Repub-
hcan politics
And although Governor Harry G.
Leslie, staunch friend as he is Of
prime Minister" Marshall, forced
through a secret poll on the question
of substitution, in the hope, 1t is
said, of getting a more even split
OF the delegation and thus keep
sweet with the Hoover ,administra-
ton, he couldn't make the grade.
Leslie Looks High
Dancing before Leslie's eyes dur
ing the midnight debate on substi-
tuition of the repeal plank was the
vision of the vice presidential nomi-
nation, which had been preached
earlier in the evening at the closed
caucus.
Perhaps because of this, some sort
of mysterious pressure was working
on large portion of the Indiana
delegation, which, to the amaze
ment of thousands, took almost no
part in the cheering and demon
stration, although its own plank
was under consideration.
Although those close to the Gov
ernor did not participate, five dele
gates from Marion county-Martin
NJ Hugg. Norman A. Perry, Chester
L. Robinson, William Hutchinson
and Lawrence B. Davis-were on
their feet cheering, as were Joe
Hutzell of Fl. Wayne and F. Har-
old Van Orman of Evansville.
Governor Gets Shock
In fact to the CONSERVATION OF
Leslie, Indiana played a large part
in the parade, when two banners
in blazing red letters, shouting to
the convention, Indiana Demands
Repeal" and Follow Indiana" were
carried in the demonstration pa
rade by Ben Bartlett and Clarence
Coogan of Evansville.
That's foolishness," said the Gov
ernor, who never moved from his
chair. But the thousands Of spec
tators who packed the auditorium
evidently thought differently, for
they cheered Indiana for several
minutes.
Marshall, who successfully had
engineered the insertion of the wet
plank in the state platform, was
one of the generals of the national
convention repeal fight, and stood
shoulder to shoulder with Senator
Hiram Bingham in the almost
forty-eight hours battle in the reso-
lutions committee.
Listens to Siren Song
Last week Marshall repudiated
Watson when Indiana Republicans
adopted the wet announcement,
and today, under his leadership, the
Hoosier delegation repudiated the
President who had sent the ma
jority plank on from Washington,
and whose cabinet members were
applying pressure.
Although denying any vice
presidential ambitions, Leslie lis
tened to proposition made by
Davis at the caucus that he be
offered as a favorite son candidate
and, instead of thumbing down the
movement. it was decided to defer
consideration until today, to see
how the situation stacks up.
1t was at this caucus, after
Marshall had made his plea for the
delegations support of the minority
plank and Hugg had risen to de-
clare that in his opinion the ma
iority recommendation is the most
cowardly thing I ever base seen"
that Leslie refused to poll the dele
cation, suggesting. instead, that this
be done on the floor.
Against Vote at Conference
1--WE won't have vote now on
how everybody feels, because there
are several candidates here and it
might embarrass them. Instead, We
will take it on the floor, by just
passing the hat" he said.
Careful check of the delegate list
fails to reveal presence OF a cam
didate except, perhaps, the Cover
nor. viii H. Hays. movie dictator,
ex-State, and national chairman
and former cabinet member, sat
with the Indiana delegation as
delegate, but refused TO participate
in the demonstration.
He also turned down several in
vitations to be one Of the speakers
on the issue.
The secret poh IN which each
delegate put down the words min
ority" or majority" was taken by
Gaylord Morton. secretary to the
Governor, and A. M. Smith, secre-
tary Of the delegation and alter
nate for Senator Arthur r. Rob-
inson.
Three for Hoover Plank
The three reported as having
voted for the Hoover plank are DR..
Harry E. Barnard of indianapolis,
who has been closely attached to
the Hoover administration: DR..
Frank Reynolds Of Montpelier, and
Silas Hays of Greencastle.
The galleries roared when the
Indiana vote of % to was an
nounced by Leslie as delegation
chairman, and smile of gratifica-
ton went over the worn and visibly
fatigued face of the gray-haired
Lafayette publisher, to whom it was
a personal triumph.
Only a few minutes before, he
had addressed the more than TO-
600 delegates and visitors crowded