The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-20
WANT MOORMAN.


Rochester Sentinel, (owned by
Congressman Barnhart, who
wishes to be re-elected) Carl Kid
dick. Samuel Boys, and Clay
Metsker. seem to have formed
another combination, or editorial
union to nominate John L.Moor-
man for congress. on the Repub-
lican ticket.
The South Bend Tribune pre-
mares an article for Rddicks pa
DER and before the article appears
IN the Winamac Republican the
So1th Bend Tribune and Sam
Rows tell wlrat Riddick is going
to saw lust as they have
done for the past four years, and
then give his suggestions their
unqualified approval, and Nets
ker in the Plymouth Democrat
copies approvingly, the South
Pend Iribune's article.
Everybody knows that Riddick
never attempts to write a polit-
cal article without the assistance
Of the South Bend Tribune, just
we'll as everybody knows what
miserable failure Riddick has
made as secretary OF the Repubh-
can state committee; and almost
everybody believes that the lriD-
une Metsker, Boys and Rlddlck
ought to have more sense than 10
attempt the role OF absolute die
tators OF Republican nominations
in the Thirteenth district. But II
seems that this trust thinks II
OWNS the district, and because
lanes r. Frazier OF Warsaw, as
hires TO be a candidate for con-
press they propose to put him
out of business before the run
ming begins. In other words
they will rule him off the track
not allow him to enter the race.
The plymouth Tribune believes
in an open field and a fair/hght-
II believes that there are RepuD-
leans in every county in the dis
trict who would make good con-
gressmen and it believes that any
true Republican should be allow
ed to win the congressional NOM
ination if he can win it fairly.
One year ago after the death OF
Congressman Brick these papers
tried to have John Norman
named as the Republican candi-
date for congress without even
calling a convention, and it is
possible that the convention,
when it convened, might have
nominated Norman, had it not
been for the oficiousness of
the Democratic papers OF the dis
trict in his favor, because every
-
wanted Republican nominated
who could be beaten at the polls.
The South Bend Tribune
knows that unless it can bulldoze
the Republicans of St. Joseph
county, that county VIII have one
or more candidates when the con-
vention meets one year from tilic
time, and the Trib1ne is afraid
that any St. Joseph couny man
who aspires to be candidate will
be too big man to be ABSOLUTELY
controlled by the South Bend
Tribune. hence it does not want
any St Joseph county man, nor
any man from any other county
to enter against John Norman
II. A. Barnhart thinks that
Norman is the weakest candi-
date the Republicans can nomin-
ate, therefore his paper is for
Norman. In the issue of the
Rochester Sentinel OF Tuesday
evening, appears the South Bend
Tribune article, with the heading
Norman the Man." etc. Then
follows the supposed reasons of
Carl Riddick, why Norman
should receive the nomination.
But the rank ond file of the Re-
publican party are going to nom
mate the next Republican candi-
date for cogress without the die
tation of Metsker and his friends
or any other would-De political
bosses and the people having
chosen a candidate worthy to
represent them in congress will
elect him, whether or not, they
have the aud of scheming polite
ians.
Democrats With the Trust.
In the test vote in the senate
thursday the Democrats came to
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