South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-14
BULL MOOSE SAY
c. D. P. CAMP AIGN
IS FIZZLING OUT
State Chairman Toner Puts Out
Statement Declared Based
on Registration Results and
Attendance at Meetings.

INDIANAPOLIS. oct. 14-That the
finish Of the campaign in Indiana viii
bee between the prOgressives under the
leadership of Albert j. Beverage,
their nominee for United States sen
ate. and the democrats was the sub
stance of "a statement made today Dy
Edward O. Toner, chairman OF the
progressive state committee. Toner
maintains that ne has reports which
show beyond question that the repub-
liCan campaign has collapsed and that
the tight is between the progresslVes
and the democrats as IL was at the
start several months ago.
This claim on the part Of Toner is
not recognized By the republican
leaders and as matter of course
they are trying 20 shoot II full OF
holes They say that the progress
sives are not going 10 poll as many
votes as they did in 1912 and that
they have practically no organiza-
ton for the ,oming election. How
ever. Toner'S statement is borne out
by others who have been making a
careful investigation of the situation
in Indiana and who find the progress
sives are much better organized than
they were in 1912.
The progressives have their county
ticket in every county this year and
have also nominated tickets in three
fourths OF the townships of the state
which naturally gives them "A much
better organization than ever before.
Two years ago they had in the neigh
borhOod of 10000 voters with prac-
tically no organization and no repre-
sentatiOn on the election boards
Republican Boards Crooked.
Beveridge and his associates in the
progressive campaign have claimed
all along that fully 10000 votes that
were cast for Beverage and Roose-
welt i'm 1912 were not counted for the
reason that in at least one-half the
counties republicans controlled the
election machine.
According 10 the progressive lead
ers at least 100000 votes were cast
two years ago and they are confident
that at least that many viii be cast
this year.
Chairman Toner in his statement
calls attention TO the big meetings
that Beveridge is having and COM
pares them with the meetings of the
republicans As a matter of fact
Toner is not having any trouble in
proving that the progressive meetings
are much larger than those the re-
publicans are holding as practically
nothing has been heard from Hugh
and very few large meetings have
been held by the republicans
Miller Is Side-Stepper.
Republicans in fact have been go
ing along as though they had no can
didate for United States senate as
Miller has not attempted to deliver
"A keynote speech and has not stated
fully to the voters where he stands on
the big issues of the campaign.
The situation in the republican par
Is is different from what it has ever
been before In former campaigns
speakers were not afraid to go before
the people and say squarely where
they stood on the state and national
issues Even two years ago, when it
was a foregone conclusion that the
republicans would not elect their
ticket they made a vigorv-s light and
col. Durbin, their nominee for gov
ernOr, toured the entire state and in
every speech he made very clear
where he stood upon the principal is
sues.
But this time Miller has not deliv-
cred a Keynote speech for his party
and as far as ii is possible TO learn
he has no views on any of the big
questions now being considered. The
statement issued by Chairman Toner
has served to call attention again to
the fact that the republicans are
making one of the most unfair cam
paigns experience i'm the history of
the state. consisting very largely of
abuse of the nominees on the demo-
cratic ticket and of claims that the
progressives are coming back TO the
republican party in droves.
Stick TO Come Back Yarn.
Beveridge maintains. with truth.
that whenever he advances an argu-
ment as to why the progressive ticket
should be successful at the polls re-
pubhcans answer il merely by saying
that the prOgressives are coming back
into the republican party. Up to this
time the republicans have made no
effort TO reply 20 Beverage nor have
they made any effort 10 have their
speakers reply To the arguments put
forth by Gov RalstOn and democratic
nominees. The returns from the
registration of voters last week are
now practically concluded and they
show beyond question that the repub-
Hcan campaign has collapsed IN many
counties. It has been q part of the
plan of campaign OF the republicans
20 claim that they were making gains
at the expense of the democrats as
we'll as the proEreSsiVes but their
registration i'm most places failed TO
indicate where they have made any
gains. In a few counties the repub-
liCan registration appears 10 he better
than IL was in 1912. but i'm this county
where the republicans had been fig
uring on making large gain the regis
tratiOn is not nearly as good as that
Of the democrats. In this county the
most remarkable campaign in the
history OF the state is being made bv