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Walb is Asked to Remove Sher- Wood From Republican Ticket. Ialanapolis, Sept. 15.—The best wreck has brought forth several In teresting phases of the campaign Not the feast interesting of these nor the delegation of educators that demanded of Chairman Wath, of the Repulican State Committee, that Dean Sherwood, candidate [or super intendent of public Instruction, be removed from the Republican trket. Inasmuch as this demand comes from Republicans it makes It all the more Interesting. It is not likely that Mr. Sherwood will be remored. It will be recalled that Sherwood was mentioned as the Inkaty succes sor of Superintendent Burris when he proposes to resign in order to take the previdenty of the Murcoie state normal school, to which he was elected last spring. It was the understanding then that Burris would take the new position at the start of the school year, September 1, and that the Governor would ap point the Republican nominee for superintendent of public instruction to fill out the unexpired term, or until next March. Since dust spring several things have happened in Republican affairs. First of all there is a new Gover nor, made necessary by the corra. Then agai the convention that nominated Sherwood was dominated by the Ku Klux Klan and has been charged that Sherwood was the Klan’s choice. These two things have raised a storm of opposition from old line Republicans who re fuse to wear the Klan joke and might have prevented the appoint ment of Sherwood. But other things entered into the failure to name Sherwood. When his name was pro posed prominent school men from over the state protested because Sherwood had been charged with lssuing false certificates of teacher training. A committee investigated and made a strong report against him. On this committee of three was former state superintendent L. N. Hines, now president of the Terre Haute Statue Normal, a Republican of high standing. In any event Sher wood was not named and the Repub lican party has a candidate for su perintendent of public Instruction whom the Republican Governor de clines to name for the vacancy. In other words the Republican com mittee asks the voters of Indiana to accept a candidate that the Repub lc administration will not accept Speaking of the Klan, i t will be noted at the state convention, or whatever they call it in Klan terms, which was held last Friday in the Cable tabernacle. Walter Bossert, political manager for Ed Jackson, Republican candidate for Governor, still holds control of the state Klan organization. Whether the Republi cans control the Klan or the Klan ‘controls the Republican organization is still a matter of controversy. Prob ably both, are correct, inasmuch as both organisations are controlled by the same crowd of politicians. The old proverb that the “guilty fleeth when no man pursueth,” was exemplified a few days ago when the Republican state committee issued a statement denying that Ed Jackson was responsibe for the lens law that cost Indiana car owners a million dollars or more between 1921 and 1923. It turned out to be no law at all and the last legislature repealed it, the repeal bill being introduced by a Democratic member. Inasmuch as neither Democratic speakers nor Democratic campaign literature had charged Mr. Jackson with being re sponsible with that $1,000,000 graft. It caused considerable amusement when the denial came from Republi can headquarters. Up to date the Re publican committee has not denied that “Mr.’ Jackson has the biggest political machine in the state operat ed at public expense, with 124 men and women on the payroll. Neither has any explanation been made of ‘his Dollings speech, nor the failure of the Securities commission to take action on the Dollings matter. These are things that the losers of a few millions of dollars would like to have explained. Messt the *, parts dealer’ Schlensker, had paid itBack, to the state $50,000 we have the, unusual spectacle of a de partment of the state trying to prove that he does not owe it, while anoth er department of the state is trying to take care of the state‘s interests. The Highway commission has em ployed a firm of New York account ants to try and get the £ 50,000 back from the state. Both sides have been pulling and hauling at Governor Branch to get him to accept one re port or the other, but up to date he has stood by the Board of Accounts, it being part of his administration. If he should decide against the Board of Accounts there would be nothing to do excepting demand the resignation of the chief of the board and the accountants, for being in competent. If the report of the State Board of Accounts is accepted that would put the Highway Commission in badght and Governor Branch might feel like cleaning house, as was intimated several months ago.
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Washington Democrat
Washington, Indiana, US
Mon, Sep 15, 1924
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