South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-06
Speaks to Large Crowd at Audi
tOrium Theater and Makes
Attack on Many Officials and
Citizens.
LABOR MEN MEET
AND ATTACK HIM
Charge That Statement He is
Alleged to Have Made is
FaISe-J0yCe Men Hold Final
Meeting.

Replying to what he termed
campaign OF abuse which had begun
against him three hours after he an
nOunced himself for mayor, Charles
Weidler, candidate for mayor, de
Tended his record, excoriated his en-
emies, and laid down a program Of
law enforcement and public utility
regulation at the biggest and final
meeting of the primary campaign at
the Auditorium theater Tuesday
night.
| The meeting was preceded by
| band parade through the downtown
| streets and the big theater was COM
! fortably filed when the speeches be-
gan. Nearly 800 women were in
cluded in the audience.
Though he insisted that his legis-
| lative record nor his school board rec
ord was not an issue in the campaign,
| Weilder devoted the greater part of
his speech TO a Justification of these.
He concluded with the words:
Il insist that the only issue is be-
| tween law enforcement and the op-
posite, between a clean city and the
/ opposite, between city ruled by the
public service corporations and one
/ ruled by the people. II you want
| the one sort of government, vote for
me. If you want the other sort, vote
for my chief opponent"
! Weidler's line of attack was along
three chief lines, on the administra-
! tion,- on the men whom he said mis-
| represented organized labor" in at
tacking his legislative record, and men
who had fought him on the school
| board.
He mentioned names Totalled up,
/ and including the attacks made by
Il
| of the meeting, it formed one OF the
longest lists that ever figured in po-
| litical speech in the city.
Weidler didn't use a rifle. He used
shotgun and the shot scattered
widely as they poured forth.
In the list were the following:
Here's the List.
Mr.. Goetz, OF course.
Mr.. Joyce, Of course.
Charles Koontz, president of the
| Central labor union, who was at that
| hour presiding oyer the antiWeidler
meeting at the Elks temple and
whom Weidler characterized as
/ 'deadbeat" and gave this as KoOntZ'
reason for opposing his gaTnishee bill
Fred Feick, Garrett. Ind, attorney,
and legislative agent for the State
Federation of Labor, WHO made il
convenient not to come up to speak
here, and VINO ate with the legisla-
tors and drank with them as often as
he got the invitation"
Harry WAR. attorney for the school
board during Weidler's term, whom
he charged with responsibility for
overlooking the famous Conklin
mortgage in filing condemnation
| proceedings for land for the new high
| school.
The anonymous authors of a pam
phlet against him circulated Satur-
day night.
Joseph Neff, president of the
school board, whom he taxed with
circulating the pamphlets.
J. b. Stoll and his son, Ed
"A certain venerable gentleman
who went TO see DR.. Conklin, advis-
ing him not to sell his land 10 the
school board but 10 hold out for more
money"
Former School Supt. Moon, who he
said, although long a personal friend
of his, had become incapacitated for
his duties and unqualified TO make
progressive improvements needed in
the school system.
Rep. George w. Sands. who has
been speaking for Joyce.
Tom Taggart.
Talked school Affairs.
Weidler's reference to school af-
fairs was listened 10 with particular
interest by his audience. He said
l.
Conkhn, TO recover the amount OF
the mortgage and that unless he is
a double-dyed liar, the city will get
the money back" He took up the
Moon case next
In discharging Mr.. Moon" he
said. the board knew that he had
contract with the city. but it felt
that the best interests OF the schools
and of our children demanded the
action. regardless of the cost"
He denied that the board had re-
fused $500 for the old Oliver resi-
dence and had only received $500 for
the materials in il.
would buy it," he said so we had
10 tear il down at an expense of
$1,SOO. We sold $500 worth OF ma
worth OF bricks 10 go into the new
building"
kitch made the chief attack on the
labor men who had attacked his can
didate, while Weidler warmly de-
Tended his garnishee bill as one that
met the favor OF labor leaders over
/ the country and asserted that no one
| in the race had the interests OF the
workers closer at heart than he
Kitch exhibited what he said was
a four year old and unpaid meat bill
against koontz and said there was a
doctors bill unpaid since 1908 and a
grocer's bill and others OF long
standing against him.
And he gets $25 or $50 week at
the Tribune" he said.