South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
BY JOHN b. STOLL.'

Of having formerly been engaged in
the saloon business ought not to out
weigh the merit marks that indisput-
ably stand TO his credit. No one at
ali acquainted with him has question
ed his honesty and integrity; no one
familiar with municipal affairs doubts
his qualifications for the intelligent
performance of the duties of mayor.
This claim as 10 qualification is forti-
lied by an exceptionally useful career
as councilman for eight years and by
his splendid record as controller for
nearly four years. Now, L leave il To
any of the large institutions OF this
town 10 decide whether, in case they
were TO make a selection from any
group of individuals to manage the
affairs of their respective concerns,
they would brush aside all credit
marks as TO honesty and integrity fit
ness and qualification, proof of excel
lence OF record made in actual ser
vice, because he was in past years con-
nected with a duly licensed saloon and
select In preference to him a person
who has had no experience whatever
III tn particular affairs with which he
IS TO be interested? If there be a
single institution that would adopt
would adopt such a course / should
Ike Mr.. Campbell to name 1t.
l want to bring 10 Mr.. CampbelPs
attention a case directly in point. Not
long since Pres. Wilson appointed as
am mbasador to Bulgaria a Chicago law
year named Vopilka. A howl was
raised when this mans name was first
mentioned in connection with this i'm
pOrtant diplomatic pOSition-not be-
cause he was not qualified or fitted for
SO important a position, but because
he had for years been connected with
a brewery. He had previously filed
various positions of trust and honor
under the city government and, like
our townsman Joyce, made for him
self a most creditable record. About
the same objections were made to his
selection as am baSSador that have
been urged against Mr.. Joyce as candi-
date for mayor, but Pres. Wilson and
Secy. Bryan, both well known as pro-
nounced opponents of the liquor traf-
fic, refused 10 recognize the validity of
the objection against Mr.. Nopilka's ap-
pointment TO a foreign court. When
protests were filed against his con-
frmation by the senate that body made
short work of these protests by promp-
" confirming his appointment. Pres.
Wilson, Secy. Bryan, and the senate or
the United States have thus most en-
phatically placed the stamp of dis
approval on the position assumed by
Mr.. Campbell and those who share his
views on that particular point.
While on this subject it may not
come amiss to remind Mr.. Campbell Of
an incident that is not without interest
in the present unique campaign. The
republicans of South Bend, at time
when Mr.. Campbell was far more ac-
lively enlisted in politics than he has
been of late years, nominated for the
Office of mayor a man who had not
only been extensively engaged in the
distilling of whisky but was implicated
in the stupendous whisky frauds that
caused tremendous sensation thr0ug
caused a tremendous sensation
throughout the country and so dam
agingly scandalized Grants second ad-
ministration. Mr. Campbell is thor
oughly familiar with what had hap
pened to the man whom his party.
during the latter eighties, nominated
for mayor against VIM. ID. Longley,
the democratic nominee. The repub-
lican party at that time posed as the
party of high moral ideas, yet have
no recollection of Mr. Campbell in
spring susceptible preachers to hurI
their thunderbolts at Buffalo" Miller