South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-24
.LANDON PROPOSED
FOR BULL MOOSE
DISTRICT LEADER
Progressive Candidate Fer
Mayor Last Fall May Sue
coed Lambert as 18th Dis
triCt Chairman.

Either Lewis G.. LandOn, OF South
Send. recent progressive candidate
for mayor, Judge Hughes. Of Elkhart.
or William Dillingham;. OF W3r-aw.
VIII probably be the next district
chairman OF the progressive party If
anticipatiOns from over the district
materialize, as they are being eN-
pressed on the eve OF the convention
TO be held at Elkhart next Thursday.
Mention OF Landon, in addition 20
Hughes and Dillingham;, appears To-
cally on the hSels OF the declaration
by Dist Chairman r. T.. Lambert
MONDAY, that he positively Will not be
candidate for reelection. or accept
the nomination. The district chairman
is also district state committeeman.
Il must not be misunderstood in
this connection. however" was the
district chairman's comment. II am
still a progressive, and a bull moose
progressive. and will do all / can for
the party except 20 take another
chairmanship."
Lambert laments the local division
in the party caused by the faction that
went with the municipal citizens
movement. changing their front since
some Of the leaders have been indicted
into office. and falling down on their
prediction assurances that they were
just as good prOgressives as ever and
would be back in the harness when
another state or national campaign
should need them.
They used the progressive party
machinery 10 protect themselves at
the polls; the citizens party did the
district chairman goes on. They held
the machinery for that purpose in the
face OF protest made in court IL
was good enough to serve them in
getting into office and ] am indisposed
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having been used to such ends-the
party machinery, / say-it looks small
that they should desert 1T now, as it
appears lit ally 10 the winds.
Raps - alive Boss" Activity.
Chairman Lambert was referring
paNicularly TO Mayor keller's mega
tive boss attitude. looked upon by
many as a sort of "Republico" ladies
aid" Not satisfied with keeping his
own promise 10 keep out of politics. if
elected mayor. he is said to have eX-
acted a similar promise from several
of his progressive appOinteeS. some Of
which are on the county central com
mittee Among the citiZen-prOgres-
sives in the administration, aside from
Mayor Keller. are b. +. Augustine,
president OF the board of safety. +. NJ.
Morris. president of the board of
works, L. O.. Manning, city controller,
Herman +. Lang president of the
council. Il. b. Miller, city sealer. and
Harry T.. JOsephsOn. clerk of the
board of safety. all of them workers
two years ago.
City Sealer Miller is a member Of
the county committee and stated on
Monday night that he would attend
the district convention but for the
death of a sister, whose funeral viii
probably he held Thursday Il guess
/ have not been caught i'm the may
or's so-called anti-activity net" said
Miller, but ] am largely under the
direction Of the state commissioner
and maybe that relieves me" Miller
insists that he is still a progressive,
and Will do what he can to assist the
progressive party in the county. state
and congressional campaign. this year.
just as he said he would when he
jOined the citizens movement.
EllIhart Plans Reception.
County Chairman Guy, however is
Of the opinion that st. Joseph county
will be pretty we'll represented with
precinct committeeman, when the dis
trict convention convenes at Elkhart
next Tuesday Personal notice has
been sent to all of them, and the state
rule of the party that the precinct
committeeman constitute the delegates
20 the district convention is fully eX-
planned. Word is received locally
that the Elkhart prOgressives are
convention and make it sort of
rally day. 1t is possible that big
speakers from down state will be Sc
cured for the occasion.
iOutside st. Joseph county. with
Lambert positively eliminating him
self from the district craftsmanship
race. district progressives appear in
clined To talk William Dillingham; of
Warsaw. This would locate the dis
trict chairman in the same town as
the republican district chairman.
Perry Smith, and Dillingham; knows
Smith TO a IT Smith il is asserted
had TO do considerable maneuvering
to get even the republican delegates
from KOsciuskO county TO the recent
district convention at Plymouth. to
stand FOR him for the district leader
While il is not certain that Landon
would consent TO accept the district
craftsmanship. that there is much local
favoritsm for him is plain. Previous
T TO the mention OF his name. Chairman
Lambert was of the opinion that
chairman from somewhere like Elk
hart or Warsaw. where the party.
standing alone has secured official
recognition. and made an elective
showing, would be a good idea. In
Elkhart the mayor is Il progressive.
and in Warsaw the party elected three
COuncilmen.
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