South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-21
TRIBUNE CROWD TRIED
TO FREEZE OUT LANGEL
Men Who Try to Dictate NOmi-
nations Fail to Scare Langel
and May Not Deliver Judge
ship. 3

With the citizens primary drawing
near a number OF people are COM
menting on the numbSr Of pictures or
citizens candidates that are tackled on
the telephone posts around town.
Keller and Place. candidates for
mayor. are the worst offenders in this
respect.
Just a little while back the South
Bend Tribune hunted up a clean place
in the street and lay down and had
nice long fit because Nelson kyser's
cards were tackled on the telephone
posts. The law forbidding this was
extensively quoted and Kyser branded
as a law-breaker.
Yet here are Place and Keller. the
Tribune's former and present candi-
dates, doing the same thing.
The Tribune said that a candi-
date who would tack his cards on
the telephone posts or allow his
friends To do 80 was a law
breaker.
Hence Keller and Place are
law breakers.
The Tribune said that any man
who would hagrantly violate the
law i'm this way was no fit man To
enforce the city's laws.
Hence by the Tribune's own
logic. Place and Keller are unfit
To be mayor.
The Tribune lamented that no one
took steps 20 prosecute Kyser for his
offense.
The way is now open for Grandma
Trib to change her ancient sun bonnet
for a pOliceman's helmet. and demon
strate the sincerity OF her own preach
ing about obedience 10 law by march
ing Keller and Place down to jail.
Incidentally, it is commented on
that during the two or three days
preceding the last citizens party mass
meeting the downtown streets were
plastered with signs advertising the
meetings, in violation OF the city ordi-
nances.
The Tribune would be amply justi-
fed. by its own utterances, II Is point
ed out, in urging the people not 10
support a party whose leaders show
so little respect for law.
Tried To Ditch IangeI.
Another interesting angle I'm the
Tribune's attempt TO dictate the city
ticket has come up in regard to the
city clerkship.
Believing that Frank Bilinski was
certain of nomination as city clerk
by the democrats, the Tribune poll
ticians Of the Happ- KelIer-Gui1foyl
group decided that they could not
hope for the Polish element OF the
city's population 10 support their
ticket and that the next best thing
would be 10 get the Hungarians with
them. So they persuaded Alex. Ian
gel 10 enter the race.
But Bilinski was beaten and at once
the citizens politicians tried 10 shelve
Langel and secure a Polish candidate
on their ticket Charles Lewinski
was brought into the field for clerk
and a desperate effort made 70 force
Langel TO withdraw in his favor.
Langel. however, was unwilling %
be q puppet IN their hands and stuck
in the race announcing that he would
remain in to the finish.
Can They Deliver.
Still another interesting subject for
speculation centers around the ques-
tion whether the Tribune and the
Happ-Keller syndicate will be able TO
make good on the city judgship.
II. j. Warner, secretary OF the re-
publican city central committee. was.
up 10 almost the very end. a staunch
advocate Of q separate party ticket.
All OF a sudden Warner switched.
Rather he Topped. He came clear
across.
Immediately afterward he came out
for city judge on the citizens ticket
II was generally understood and not
denied that ne had been promised the
judgship by the Tribune-Happ-K Keller
organization as reward for deserving
the republican party.
However. the question now arises
can the syndicate deliver2