The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-27
In the Evening items Last Is
sue He Spins the Most
Amusing Political Yarn Of
The Campaign.
EFFORT 70 KID PUBLIC
BRINGS MANY SMILES
Item Editor Evidently Felt the
Ground Slipping From In
der Him, So Sent Forth Cry
For Help.

To promote the interests OF his
campaign further. ]. Bennett Gordon.
IN last evenings edition OF his paper
broke into the news column In the
hffort to misrepresent public senti-
ment 40 to the mayoralty contest. 1t
Is story quite similar to that OF q
ksw days ago which purported to re-
late an incident as occurring in the
hobby Of the Westcott Hotel In which
d was claimed Harris friends are
raising money to make wagers In ord
Dr TO make an impression on the float
ing voter. who is guided a great deal
by his desire to vote for the winner.
Merely ! Dream.
In his news story of last evening,
Gordon consistently misuses his OPP
p0rtunities az newspaper man. He
shows deliberately what may be ex-
pected In the future. His story was
IN out and out creation of the imagin-
htion and has been laughed about all
over the city today. II the man who
0oasts he has the tool with which to
create public sentiment to promote
his ideas, II he may be elected mayor
md gain support for them by this
nieanss opens his columns before his
plecticn to show f,ist to what extent
khis win 90. isn't It foreboding? Iss II
not Aangerous! IS. s..
Hs tfisS Is misisad his "a readers INTO ii;t
believing Harris campaign has been
hopsissaly hungled and Harris has
given up and II going around telling
Elmm4rman will be elected. Could
It not be that Gordon is resorting to
his last stand to promote his own in
4erests? Not satisfied with address
Ing an audience OF his own followers,
curiosity seekers. employees OF the
Item office and democrats at the Gen.
cry as directed against the city COM
smittee-not satisfied with the use OF
his own editorial columns. he comes
forward with q deliberate misrepre-
Sentation clothed as n news story and
made to appear as the work of some
Of his reporters. pawning off such be-
Umeared ochre on it, face value as
s'news."
Ridiculous Attempt.
]. Bennett evidently feeling the
ground slipping away and In panicy
condition made this ridiculous at
tempt to cause the so-called Good
Citizens" to Join hands with his wet
organization" to defeat Zimmerman.
The Harris managers say that the
attempt to shelve Harris shows CON
clusively what ]. Benefits tactics
will be during the balance OF the cam.
paign and that In all probability this
viii be the first Of series OF articles
written by Gordon to show him the
only man In the race.
Harris on the Job.
Harris. by the way has not been
idle and having avoided Main street
has been clinching votes right and
left among those who have needed
only to meet him. The fact that he
has been making q house to house
canvass has added real strength,
which 10 not Of the fictitious charac-
ter represented by the -. Bennett
cheering squad" on Main street.
Harris strenEth. unlike that OF any
other candidate, is made up OF ali
sorts Of men representing all walks
OF life and every sort of business. II
10 conspicuously full OF real republi.
can and the quiet element Of men
who cannot be changed by any
amount Of hprrah that may eminate
from the active typewriter OF Gordon