Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1920 — Page 6

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Inirtatra §mtg Slimes INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 26-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising Offices—Chicago, New York, Boston. Detroit, G. Logan Payne Cos. —“THIS IS THE YEAR”— HAS any other campaign manager offered $2.60 apiece for testimonials? BUT, as Mr. Haas says, Pesler expects the support of the entire republican organization and one way to get It Is to remodel the organization until it produces. IF, as Judge Collins says, it Is the duty of the grand jury to investigate charges of extortion on the part of public officials why does not he point out some of the many instances of such extortion that have come to public notice recently? THAT MISSING REVOLVER in the Haugh case must have reminded Judge Collins of certain commercial paper that was missing when he undertook to prosecute a forger long ago. And that recollection must aave caused him to reflect on the unfortunate sequel in the old hotel on the Circle.

Some Undesirables The closing of the lists of candidates for nominations has disclosed that neither the democratic nor the republican party escaped facing some candidacies that are wholly devoid of any appeal to the good citizens of 'Marion county. The list o? democratic candidates is much'more inspiring than that of the republicans, but there were names filed at the last minutes that should be withdrawn before the primary ballots are printed. On the democratic list appears the name of Frederick E. Crum as a candidate for the nomination for coroner. Crum is one of the physicians who wrote “phony" liquor prescriptions which were filled at the Haag drug store when that place was being operated as the largest blind tiger in Indiana. When the Haag liquor was confiscated Crum was entangled in a bootlegging escapade in the southern part of the state. He was protected in his nefarious prescription writing by Claris Adams, the republican prosecuting attorney, who never could see “any criminal intent” in anything connected with the Haag liquor business. Crum is not entitled to the vote of any element of any party and the democratic voters of Marlon county should regard his candidacy as nothing more than a blight made possible by the vagaries of the primary law. In the list of democratic candidates for representatives, an effort has apparently been made to bring back into existence some of the old-time wet adherents. We refer to Andrew J. Donlan, former saloon keeper, who has filed a declaration as a candidate for state representative. Os course, no exponent of booze and booze interests is qualified for a place on the legislative ticket. Whether with or without the consent of the principal, the name of Frank F. Woolling appears as a candidate for the democratic nomination for treasurer, against George M. Spiegel. This Is a breach of good faith on the part of certain democrats who held Mr. Woolling's announcement with the understanding that it should not be filed except for the purpose of avoiding a default. A candidacy that starts in bad faith is not likely to attract wholesome support and Mr. Woolling can not afford to enter into a contest with Mr. Spiegel under existing conditions.

But, if the democrats were afflicted with some minor handicaps such as enumerated above, the republicans were swamped under a weight of undesirables. In the lists for prosecutor appears the name of Frank C. Riley, who should never be confused with William E. Reilley, a candidate of merit. Frank C. Riley is representative of all that a candidate should not be. He was barred from the city police court, thrown oft the police force, rejected for military service and is today supported for office only by those who hope to injure William E. Reilley’s chances of nomination, or who hope to elect a prosecutor who will wink at liquor law violations Ralph A. Lemeke is, of course, a candidate for renomination for treasurer. He is the same Lemeke who has not yet denied that he started his present tenure in office by taking illegal fees for the' collection of delinquent taxes, in direct violation of the law and in the face of the warnings of the state board of accounts His renomination would be an indorsement of illegal methods in the treasurer’s office and an open declare tion of defiance to those republicans who believe in law enforcements as it applies to public officials as well as other offenders. Robert F. Miller, the sheriff whose administration of the jail has brought the whole county ring into the limelight and created a wave of revulsion and disgust, did not have the good grace to withdraw from the primaries. He wants an indorsement of his administration, including the starving, beating and robbing of prisoners in the county jail. James R. Norrell, a negro physician, who helped the Haags dispose of hundreds of gallons of liquor illegally by writing "phoney” prescriptions, is an aspirant for republican indorsement as state senator. He is another of the crowd of bootlegging physicians who were protected by Claris Adams when evidence of their bootlegging was presented to the prosecutor. No ticket that contains the r.ames of these four men is worthy of the support of the voters of Marion county, regardless of their political affiliations.

Some Resignations , Please The demand for reformation in the conduct of the penal institutions of Indiana that follows the federal expose of the intolerable conditions at the Marion county jail ought not to abate until there has been a thorough housecleaning in both the state board of charities and corrections and in Marion county board of charities and corrections. Every member of these two boards, whether salaried or non-salaried should resign, and resign at once. Those members who have served without pay are no less guilty of malfeasance in office than those who have been taking public money. The non-salaried members accepted the honor that goeß with such an appointment In return for services w'hlch they agreed to render and did not render. The salaried members took public money for services which It has been clearly demonstrated they did not render. Neither non-salaried nor salaried members of these boards can plead ignorance of the conditions which they not only tolerated, but actually protected. For public complaint has been made repeatedly and yet none of these officials felt it incumbent on him. or her, to make a personal investigation of the conditions which he, or she, was charged with supervising. . TTntil there is a thorough housecleaning of these boards there can be no public confidence In them. The present members, having demonstrated their absolute unfitness to have any connection with the boards to which they were appointed, are now only standing in the way of men who might be induced to accept these positions for the purpose of rendering a real service to the community rather than carrying away honors to which they are not entitled.

Campaign Expenditures In these days when the Wood managers are spending somebody's money like the proverbial “drunken sailor” and Wood-subsidized newspapers are declaring that such expenditures are "perfectly proper or they would not be made," It Is refreshing to find a man in the i üblic eye who has the courage to tell what he thinks of campaign expenditures. We would feel that we were remiss In our duties to ‘.he people of Indiana if we did not call attention again to the attitude cj! William Gibbs McAdoo as expressed In his letter to Senator Sheppard: "I observe that Senator Borah has Introduced a bill Cos limit expenditures of presidential candidates in primary elections anu' in pre-conven-tion campaigns. I think the principle of this measure is aSsolutely right and I earnestly hope that it may be promptly enacted by the congress. One of the greatest perils to the republic is the improper use of money tn primary and general elections. The suggestion that the state appoint a committee to investigate the expenditures of the various candidates and their various committees in the campaJAns they are conducting for the presidential nomination is highly comn#nsable and ought, to be promptly tdoiudf , |

COUNTY JAIL SCANDAL HAS STATE-WIDE POLITICAL EFFECT

The scandal concerning the operation of the Marion county jail, which Judge Albert Anderson and District Attorney Fred VanNuys are probing in federal court, promises tp assume state-wide proportions before the end of this week. The federal grand jury will be In session and it is now reasonably certain to predict that indictments will be returned against some of the leading republican organization's members in Marlon county. The state-wide effect of this expose will be felt for these reasons: 1. The evidence will show' that the attention of Gov. Goodrich was called to the intolerable condition at the Marion county jail repeatedly, and, although he is the head of the state board of charity and corrections, he never interfered in the matter. 2. The evidence will show that, although the state board of charities and corrections Is charged with inspecting the county Jails and laying down definite rules, for their management, no inspections, or only superficial Inspections have been mad® in the state and no rules and regulations for the conduct of the jails of the state have been made. 3. The evidence will show- that the 1919 legislature materiallv contributed to the mess In Marion county and probably In other parts of the state by enacting a “fee grabbing bill” for the benefit of county sheriffs. Judge Anderson and Mr. VanNuys have publicly established that in Marlon county the elaborate systems of inspections which have been established by the statutes have broken down entirely and no real inspections of the county Jails have ever been made by the state board of charities. They have brought out lhat the county commissioners of the various counties are charged by statute with tho duty of making inspections of the county Jail every three months, and that none of these prescribed Inspections have ever been made In Marion county, and It Is generally understood these Inspection* have been neglected el so wh re. They have brought out that while the various county boards of charities end corrections have specific duties to perform under the statute, the appointee* have generally regarded the places at

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•daspurely honorary and have not obeyed the statute ior realized their responsibilities. From a political standpoint the jail scandal in Marion county has been of immense benefit to' the democratic party. It has shown that the republican administration of the county has been exceedingly lax and that under this laxity the republican sheriff has been profiting Immensely by the abuse and neglect of prisoners. Robert F. Miller. Marion county sheriff, was the organization's candidate for renomination and refused to admit that he would retire from the race when it was disclosed that under his administration of the county jail the following hus taken place: 1. The 60 cents allowed him for serving each meal to each prisoner in the jail had provided meals that did not cost more than 30 cents a day and consisted of rotten food, horribly prepared and served. 2. Prisoners were charged for beds and bedding provided in the Jail, were compelled to buy outside provisions at exorbitant prices, to share them with the jailers, and even to pay for pure drinking w’ater. 3. A poker game was maintained In the jail and a ‘‘rake-off” taken by the guards for their own use. Prisoners were compelled to play poker or were removed to a dungeon. 4. Prisoners who could pay for the privileges were permitted to leave the jail at night and go to their own homes. „ 8. Prisoners were beaten, tortured with fire and otherwise mistreated at the whim of the guards. These revelations In the federal court have made an Impossible situation for (he republicans. They must repudiate Miller or thory will fail to elect a single man on their county ticket-

But repudiation of Miller is very dis ficult, for the reason that he la a close pergonal friend and pollttcal associate of George V. Coffin, ex-sheriff, who, with Charles O. Dodson, another ex-sheriff, controls the Marlon county republican organization. A strong fight has been under wsy for some time In Marion connty against tho organization and it is now certain that unless the rank and file of the party is able to shake off the “old gang" it will be in the minority in tho November election. And it Is by no moans certain that it wll! be able to shake the old crowd which has always been defended and sustained by tho Indianapolis News and to wHrli the News has been looking for the success of Us efforts to send a Wood delegation to the republican convention at Chicago. Marion county democrats have been so much encouraged by the scandals in the republican ranks that they have succeeded in bringing out for office some of the best men that live in the county. They have been out of office so long that they are able to go before the voters without any criticism of misconduct In office and their records will be contrasted with the foulest records that have been seen hn the state tn many yeara. Marlon county ought to be safely democratic as a result of the Jail scandal and other scandals that will follow this sum- j mor and there are hundreds of demo- ] ornts who believe that as Marlon county votes the state will be recorded.—l rid i.mu Publicity Bureau.

j How Eastern Newspapers Are ‘Apologizing.* Rivera! day* ago the Indianapolis News publish- and n labored editorial designed to >bow its readers who still retain faith in It. no matter who owns It. that eastern papers were "apologising" for printing the evidence of the tremendous expenditures on the part of Wood's managers in their effort to keep alive his campaign boom. For the benefit of those few renders around Bloomington who still regard the News as a "truthteller," the following la reproduced from the New York World: THKN WHY NOT OPEN THE BOOKS? "Although Oen. Leonard Wood Insists that Senator Borah's campaign fund charges ‘are false and such Insinuations are unwarranted,' he does not offer to open thru books That Is tha simple and

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obvious way to disprove the Borah charges If they are untrue. “They certainly can not be dismissed by the smug declaration that 'the charge that the nultonal convention can be bought or controlled by money la an insult to every member of the convention and to the nation at lafjte.' That Is the way Senator Newberry used to talk about tbe Michigan primary.

"What money can do In the way of controlling national conventions Is a matter of record, especially In republican national conventions, where the southern delegates are peculiarly susceptible to every agency cf corruption. If Gen. Wood does not know this he does not know enough about politics to be without a guardian. "The Wood managers are trying to

bluff down the Borah charges Instead of meeting them In an open and honorable manner. The country is entitled to judge their practices from their methods. Gor. Lowden offers to show his books and make public all his receipts and expenditures. Are Gen. Wood and his managers afraid to let the country know how much money they are spending and where they are getting it?"

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