The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
MINTON VOTES
SNAPPED FOR
COUNTY SLATE
GreenIee Sanctions Trade,
Demands Yeoman Duty
at Polls.
KERN Is MAYOR CHOICE
Senate Candidate Gains
Many Ballots in Battle
With Peters by Trade.
BY JAMES DOSS
Times stan Writer.

Full strength of the state admin.
istration will be behind the Marion
county Democratic organization
slate in the primary Tuesday, i
was learned today. in return fol
support in the state convention o.
the senate candidacy of Sherman
Minton.
The county slate, complete ex-
cept for county commissioner in
dOrsement, was to be distributed al
the state house today with the
sanction of Pleas Greenlee, Gov
ernor Paul V. McNutt's patronage
chief. State department heads re-
ceiVed orders yesterday to notify
employees they were to do yeOman
duty at the polls Tuesday and that
no Sinking was to be condoned
ONLY exceptions to the orders tC
employees. it was reported. were state
police. who will not be permitted tt
90 poll duty.
The organization city and county
slate. which is to be distributed tC
state employees today and to be put
out in the county during the week
end, or on Monday, is
City Slate
John W. Kern. mayor: Dan O'Neil
CITY clerk: Ed Raub. Ross Wallace
Mrs. Frank Dowd.~ DR.. Silas Carr
Adolph Fritz and DR.. Theodore Ca
BILE, councilmen.
County Slate
Herbert M. Spencer. prosecuting
attorney. Joseph T. Markey. judge
superior court one: Joseph r. Will
Hams. judge superior court two
William A. Pickens. judge superior
court three; Clarence E. Weir, judge
superior court four; Herbert E
Wilson, judge superior court five,
Smiley N. Chambers, probate judge;
Frank P Baker, criminal Judge
John F. Geckler, juvenile Judge;
Thomas A. Hendricks. state senator
Edward P Barry, Dennis j. Col
bert. Rev. Morris H. Coers, John c.
Kirch. Charley Lutz, Mrs. Roberta
West Nicholson, Joseph w. Patter-
son. Henry j. Richardson. Jr., Al
bert Sahm. 1. Sidney Stein and
Carl E Wood. representatives;
Harry Hill, joint representative
Marion and Johnson counties.
Glenn B. RalSton. county clerk;
Charles A. GroSsart, county auditor
Frank E. Mckinney, county treas
urer; Ira P. Haymaker, county
recorder: Will T. Brown, sheriff;
DR.. William E. Arbuckle, coroner;
Herbert H. Bloemker, surveyor
Robert R. Scan, county assessor,
Cortez D. Blue. William August
Brown. and Albert o. DeLuSe
large: Hannah A
Noone, Center township trustee, and
James F. Cunningham, Center
township assessor.
McClOSkey Is Left OFF
No Endorsement for county COM
missioner is made, but it is reported
the organization has passed the
word to get" incumbent Ernest
Marker and go for Clarence 1
Wheatley.
selections is that of Cunningham
over the incumbent township as
SCISSOR. John McCloSkey. Many lead.
ers among the county organization
are reported ranked by some of Mr.
McCloskey's property valuations.
II also was reported that DIR. Ar.
buckle might be dumped" by wore
of mouth from "the right places" by
the time the voters go to the polls
In return for the wholehearteC
participation of the state admins
tration in the county and the city
primary fight. it was reported that &
huge block of Marion countv'S ap-
proximately 200 delegates will be FOL
Mr.. Minton's senate candidacy IL
the state convention.
Nav Get 100 Votes
Size of the block agreed upon il
reported to, have been half.
Competent political observers es'
innate that from 10 to IS per CEN
of the Marion county delegate
strength will be pledged to the
candidacy of r. Earl Peters. former
state chairman, whom the state ad'
ministration is determined to block
Mr.. Minton, public counsellor o.
the public service commission, Ions
has been credited with unofficia
support of Mr.. Greenlee, the Gov
errors executive secretary.
Mr.. Minton. many Democratic
leaders believe, is the only one O.
the numerous senate candidates tina
can beat Mr.. Peters for the nomina-
ton.
Minton Effective Campaigner
They also believe Mr.. Minton i
the only candidate who can bea
Senator Arthur Robinson, the Re
publican incumbent, in the fall b.
matching Robinson in campaigning
and forensic ability.
LII Arthur" as he generally ant
inelegantly is termed. is quite f1sl
waver and crowd Swayer when HI
takes a deep breath and talks abou
ours being a noble heritage"
The administration wants al
effective campaigner and Mr.. Min
ton. is credited with being that. ever
If he isn't the same type.