South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-24
Citizen Leaders Made DeSper-
ate Effort to Make Bartender
Named Quit the Ticket in
Favor of Tribune.
NOMINEE DEF!ED BOTH
KELLER AND MILLER
GuiIfOyIe Comes to Rescue
While Citizen Orators Say He
Only Served Beer For Six
Months.

Alex Langel Will remain on the cit
izens' ticket as its candidate for clerk.
Despite desperate efforts TO force
Langel of, though Fred Keller him
self called Langel in and bIuntlv told
him he was a load and a burden on the
ticket Langel will remain in the posi-
ton where ne was placed by the votes
Of 1885 citizen voters at the primary
Of Aug. 20.
After Keller failed word was sent
10 Langel that the editor OF the citi-
zens' organ wanted 10 see him.
Langel sent word back. IF Miller
wants 10 see me, he can hunt me up"
Even the offer To pay all LangeIs
campaign expenses up To date failed
20 shake him.
Tuesday was the last day on which
Withdrawals could be hled and the
lines We're all laid to drop Langel and
substitute Frank NJ. Boone a former
Tribune bookkeeper. in his place. But
Langel stuck.
As a consequence, David GuilfOyle.
one Of the original citizens. took up
the cudgels for Langel at the citizens
committee meeting Tuesday night
He's on the ticket. The commit
tee must support him ANY other ac-
ton will hurt the party was the
tenor of Guilfoyle's argument
SO now the citizen speakers are de-
Tending Langels saloon record and
he is speaking at their meetings Up
till Tuesday, however he has been
terate0 shabbily. He could not even
get cards or posters printed up till
last week when he made vigorous
protest and was finally given the
printing with considerable reluctance.
lie Was "A Bartender.
The trouble with l.anUef from the
ultra good" citizen viewpoint was
that he was formerly a bartender, his
last place OF employment being the
Alt Heidelburg' saloon, where he
worked up until just before the pri-
mary.
He is still listed in the city direc-
tory, bar clerk (fOr) c. Eberling"
In the nomination Of Langel, the
citizens leaders played some OF the
peculiar manipulated politics they
now so loudly condemn.
Believing that Frank Bilinski would
be nominated by the democrats and
would draw a heavy Polish vote at
the election. they brought Langel in
TO the race on their ticket expecting
that he would be heavily supported
by the Hungarians.
But Bilinsl1i was defeated by
small margin at the democratic pri-
mary and the political citizen
leaders made "a quick shift Of plans
They threw Langel overheard. and
sought Polish candidate. After two
or three prominent Polish citizens
were offered the nomination and de-
clined it. they prevailed on charles
Lewinski 10 make the race.
But Iangel refused 10 withdraw he
was a Stcker.
so then the citizen leaders did an
other curious thing-that is. curious
for men who disdained "monipula-
ton" and machine politics.
Determined that Keller should DO
nominated and Place and Swygart de-
feated. citizen politicians put out kel-
Ter and I.angel tickets ia precincts
where there was a heavy Hungarian
population and Keller and Lewlnski
tickets in precincts where the Polish
voters we're strongest.
Langcl Won out.
However, Langel upset the dope.
He ran ahead OF Lewinski AT the pr
maries and got the nomination.
Then came the denOuement. one
that got the Tribune in bad with
citizen party men
: few DAYS before the primary ire
citizens organ had demanded the right
Ia name the citizens ticket stating
that unless "A ticket was named To suit
the peculiar likes and dislikes or that
newspaper. II would promptly forget
All il had said about good government
and nou-partisan politics and machine
rule and the like and would desert the
movement.
The reason d. gave for TINS eNtraof-
d{nar,- assertion ~ dictatOrial powers
was that as q newspaper u possessed
information about the worth ~ the
various candidates that no mere pfl-
Iate citizen could possibly have
with the discovery OF the Oar apron
on L.augeI the Trib was left IN sorry
straits.
indignant citizen party men de-
manded 20 be TOLD
whether the Tribune dldn hho"
about I-angel
or il il did know. wins didn't X
speak Up.
To pIacate as far as possible - own
marty members the Tribune olu the
one thing possible. ~ ditched Ia
gel and announced It's support Tor liar
vev Rostiser. the democratic nominee
The citizen party leaders trlta le
follow suit by forcing Langel OK me
ticket and by glVing him Sol
shoulder al every oppoI tuiii'f'
Tang4l insisted on his rights as lnr
legally nominated candidate ioI ''--
And there he STAYS. And nov cit-
zen orators are arguing mat lstnsri
orlv tended bar for six months
he's fine fellow after all.
INDIANAPOLIS. oct 24.-Nioia g.
Hadley. Is year old girl, made plet
.fs.r..r.s f,- helm fr ending her par