South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-23
INNER WORKINGS
OF TEN REVEALED
Independent Party Said to be
Vehicle For Returning to
Power Political Bosses Who
Wrecked Original Parties.

A further analysis OF the petitions
filed by friends Of candidates for Of
fee at the primary to be held in Mish-
awake Tuesday confirms the News
Times statement Monday morning
that there are ample reasons for con-
Guiding that the independent" ticket
to be selected today was dictated by
a coterie OF politicians with more or
less activity and influence in politics.
Thus the high pretensions of the lead
ers of the independent movement
that their sole desire is to lift the
management Of the city out Of politics,
is shown TO be pure sham and hypoc-
risy.
AS pointed out, ten men who hith-
erto have never shown any sort Of
party independence, save that of pro-
found regularity in voting a straight
ticket, signed in most part, the petit
lions OF the independent" candidate
for mayor; for George L. Mutt for city
clerk, and the candidates. for treas
urer and councilman-at-larg These
men, with the single exception Of c.
L. Beatty, also assumed to dictate the
name OF the councilman for each OF
> their respective wards.
After the Attorneyship.
Particularly active in the frame
up" of the independent" ticket it is
now learned was Ralph II. Jernegan,
attorney, who, it is said. wrote all the
petitions for the candidates for Office
on the independent" ticket, signed
by friends"
As suggested, each OF the big five
candidates that are the favorites OF
the ring, had their petitions prepared
in the same law Office, and each can
didate selected by the group from the
five wards and likewise. Further, ii
now is disclosed that while Mr.. Jerne-
gan and the candidate for mayor were
on the surface friendly to the candi-
dacy of Clinton r. Saltsgiver for city
judge, il is now thought they covertly
induced Ralph S. Feig and Hiram II.
Hunt to come into the race in order to
defeat Mr. Saltsgiver at the primary.
The applications Of Messrs. Feig and
Hunt at least were prepared in Mr..
Jernegan's office. Each applicant for
nomination for city judge filed his
application. without any signatures
from friends" to boost their respec-
tive candidates.. Mr.. Saltsgiver filed
his petition early and the politicians
manipulating the city ticket could not
well afford to sign any petition for
their favorites for that office. as by
so doing the beans would be spilled.
They had to content themselves with
having the two candidates mentioned
file separately their own applications
for place on the ticket.
Ring Backing Mutt?
In the primary the men manipulate
ing the deal succeeded in keeping out
Of the race competing candidates for
all offices, except that of city judge
and city clerk. The group of ten,
eight of whom have the same office
factory connections in the city, signed
the petitions OF their favOrite for clerk.
Mr.. Mutt. Frank Z. Kizer, an en-
plOye of another concern. and former
Deputy Sheriff w. E. Zwelgle, for
some reason did not have their ap
pltcations endorsed by the group of
ten friends. Mr.. Kizer had ambi-
tons TO run for city treasurer. but on
the Sunday preceding the last day to
file applications or petitions, some one
of the group "shoeed" him off the
reserve staked out for their choice
Mr.. Kimball. tt is apparent to men
acquainted with political maneuver-
lngs in the city. that it is the delib
crate intentention of this group of
men, dominated by a smaller group
of the most partisan bosses ever
known in Mishawaka, TO decorate
Saltsgiver and Zweigle, candidates for
judge and clerk respectively. with a
most brilliantly cOlored double-cross.
Candidates Hunt and Kizer, for the
same Offices are TO be handed the
lemons
Common People, Absent.
Another magnificent feature of the
local primary, and one which plainly
indicates the workings of man high
erup" IN the independent" move
ment, when compared with the per-
sonnet of other party aspirants, dis
closes that not a single candidate.
save Justice of-the-Pea Hiram II.
Hunt. comes from the ranks Of the
workers. The candidates for council
man in the first and third wards are
the nearest TO the working class one
of them being a farmer, and the other
the paymaster in a local factory. On
the other hand, from the ranks of
wage earners who do manual service
as wOrkingmen, there are eight can
didates for cOuncilmanic honors in the
democratic party. IL is pointed out
that the selection Of the nominees for
the independent" ticket was clearly
dictated by self-appOinted managers
who in such selections desired 10 re-
fleet that eminent standard of re
spectability" which the managers have
long appropriated to themselves, and
which warped their judgment in max
ing up a more representative ticket Of
all classes in the city
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