South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-30
PERSON USES
CAD ALL AROUND
Progressive Candidate For
State Secretary Flags G. O..
P. and Everything Connect
ed With 1t.

Playing the republican candidates.
oritcisiug O.. %. T.. boss ana machine
rule an attacking former repubi-
can management oT public affairs by
digging up yards and yards OF speech,
using endless statistics TO prove ev-
cry point. William A. Pierson. pro-
gressive candidate for secretary of
state. addressed more than 500 men at
the progressive headquarters Thursday
night
extravaganza. tyranny and corrup-
zion of the republican state machine
were few Of the charges made hy
tie speaker. u was one Of the most
enthusiastically attended meetings
during the campaign. The seating
capacity was taxed and large num-
Der OF those present stood in the
rear and In the aisles. Adam Hunts
berger presided, introducing the
speaker.
When the republican organiza-
ton was in power few republican
machine politicians had their own
the speaker. He made some such
way" was the first charge made boy
the speaker. He made some such
charge against the democrats and
wound up by declaring that the re-
publican machine Is working hand
iu glove" with an alleged democratic
machine In an effort to defeat the
prOgressives."
Briefly he declared that the pro-
gressive party Is strong, clean, con-
trolIed BY the citizenship. offers the
political alternative the people have
long sought and a lot OF other things
ives FnT
which the people can control their
laws and their public servants he
said.
Jumps on Hanly.
Former Gov. J. Frank Hanly
went into office charging his prede-
cessor with mismanagement and went
out leaving a message in which he
made IL plain that the revenues Of
the state would not meet the assumed
obligations Of the final years Of his
term Of office" he continued.
John G. Billheimer, republican
auditor of state during Hanly's ad-
ministration, IN a statement prepared
for the old party bipartisan legisla-
ture of 1909. declared I'm effect that
unless the legislature made provision
Tor the use of 100000 of the state
debt sinking fund TO pay current bills
and enacted q law compelling the
counties 90 make advance payments
gD the state. the state OF Indiana
would go bankrupt and close its in
stitutions or run on borrowed
borrowed money
He then went into a detailed ac-
count of the states financial history.
tracing it through each year of man
agemeut. especially dwelling on what
he termed republican extravaganza
and acknowledgement" He inserted
long lists OF statistics 20 convert his
hearers.
we say that no places should be
created for political workers and we
say that salaries should not be raised
8t the peoples expense 10 pay poll
ticians for doing political work. he
went on.
I'VE declare that under the uni
form system of Office management
provided 10y the public accounting
law the state offices. departments
and institutions in many cases should
Doe conducted with fewer employees
and at less expense than ever be-
fore" He then touched briefly on
the proposed new constitution for the
state.
cit will take more than 800. 600
votes TO get q constitutional cOnven-
viote. 'EOn-vOting. on the constitu-
ton which the people need. Every
vote. 'nou-voting' on the constitu-
counted as q half "A vote against the
proposed convention.
we. the progressives, propose the
initiative. referendum and recall and
we urge n constitutional convention"