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Mayor Shank Has Our Sympathy butNot Our Votes, Says Dillsboro(Special to The Fiery Cross)DILLSBORO. Ind.. March 29.—“Mayor Shank has ourVACCINATION ORDERS.V*sympathy but not our votes,” is the way the citizens of Dills-boro voice their sentiments following a speech made here by the mayor of Indianapolis, whois. despite the rebuffs encountered in ail parts of the state, persisting in running for the nomination for governor.That Mr. Shank’s npprarnuce in Dillsboro was a. fins* o Is not denied by the half-dozen supportr*rs here.It. is said the reception given Mr,shank was so cool that it became pathetic. It is understood that be attempted to make a speech at a local sanitarium but tor various reasons proper arrangements could not be made.Ttir. fact that an undertaker presided at li ia meeting in El wood, which also was a failure, and thatMr. Shank had intentions of speaking at a sanitarium, is regarded by some as ironical. Tluti the Shank boom, if there ever was one, has burst long ago is not to be doubted in view of til? way in which he is being received. In other words, it is conceded by friends that his aspirations to be governor of Indiana are dying a sure, although somewhat lingering death.Mr. Shank made his speech in a school house and some of those v,ho bad not h ard the jokes used by him while in vaudeville, enjoyed a laughnow and t'.en. Those who went out of curiosity, were rather befuddledas to juft what isgue he wasV r HO ;some.* W U»lt;‘MgtioKMgTerul of things on which, earlier in the race, he fiwas going to makehli fight onfMr. Shank did, however, gain one thing while in Dillsboro, and that was sympathy—not enough, however, to garner any votes.AROUSES PARENTS TODETERMINED PROTESTSociety for Medical FreedomMeets and Outlines Plans toContest Illegal EdictResolutions Drawn and ruaniniousljAdopted Indicate Active FightIs to Followmention sev-YITTAtl WTAroused by the edict of the board of health of lniauapulis that no child should return to school in thecity of Indiana pol is following thespring vacation this week until vaccinated against smallpox, more than400 persons gathered Monday nightin the main assembly hall of the Denison hotel to protest againstRussian-like edicts iu America.The edict or order was founded on an Indianapolis ordinance compelling vaccination, vesting the authority In the secretary of the Indianapolis hoard of health. This ordinance, which is illegal because an Indiana statute provides that no one who demurs against vaccination is compelled to submit to it, is being forced on the people at the will and without authority by the healthboard.The meeting Monday night was called by the Indiana Society forMedical Freedom. This organization is not opposed t© physicians or medicine for those who wish medical treatment It elands only for the enforcei*ant of law, hut is waiter ably opposed to any system or 'organization that attempts to forclt; something on a citizenship, witbom authority of law, who do not desin that particular thing.Citizens Are ArousedThe protest meeting Monday nigh unquestionably proves that there k a large body of Indianapolis citizen;
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Indianapolis Fiery Cross
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 04, 1924
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