South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-22
HUGH Tn MILLER SHOULD SWEEP OWN
DOOR-YARD BEFORE GOING AFTER HOMER
L. COOK FOR ASSEMBLY IRREGULARITIES

legislature for the mysterious his
tory of that bill. But what a
monstrOus crime the history OF
that bill would have been had
the legislature of 1907 been dem
Ocratic,
Again. the Senate Journal of
the republical legislature of 1907
at page 1924 shows that an i'm
pOrtant amendment affecting the
rights of citizens in their dealings
with foreign corporations, offered
to senate bill 127, was defeated.
Yet the acts of 1907 at page 2S7.
contains this amendment as pass
ed. What convincing evidence
this would have been of the I'M
fitness of the democratic party to
be entrusted with power, if the
legislature of 1907 had been dem d.
ocratic instead of republican,"
Fair for Both Parties.
What is fair for one party is fair
for both" the governor said. II do
not believe for a moment that either
Miller or Cook was guilty Of wrong
doing. and | am not proud Of the ses-
siOn's action in this matter, but in
view of the record of the senate over
which Miller presided it also behooves
his party to go slow on the charge
of corruption"
Still with sublime effrontery Miller
and his republican committee and
press bureau go on insinuating that
Homer l.. Cook was responsible for
senate bills 1913 and 499 in the legis-
lature of 913
The democrats have as much right
TO charge Mr.. Miller with the respon-
sibility of bills 127 and 533 In the
Legislature of 1907.
If it is improper for Homer L.
Cook to stand as a democratic candi-
date for secretary Of state because
two bills that had not passed found
their way into the Acts
Is it less improper for Mr. Miller,
president OF the state senate in 1907,
which allowed one bill that passed
the legislature to become pigeon
hOled and an amendment to another
bill TO be written into notwithstanding
it had been defeated, to ask the peo-
pie Of Indiana 10 vote for him as
United States senator?
l. Newspaper Persecution.
The Indianapolis News falsely
insinuates that certain democrats
want Homer L. Cook to withdraw
from the ticket
What has it to say about Hugh
Miller?
Cook has been made the victim OF
scurrilous attacks on the part Of the
Indianapolis News and the republi-
can and progressive state organiza-
tons and the partisan press general
~ In Indiana. He has been accused.
by innuendo and insinuatiOn, OF cor
rupt dealings because OF bills 423 and
499. although not one item of proof
has been offered that the bills did not
find their way into the Acts through
a mistake that was possible in the
closing hours Of the legislature or
through the design OF some interested
person or persons. wholly unknown TO
Mr.. Cook. Mr.. Miller stands in ex-
actly the same position with refer
ence TO the two bills that got by him
as presiding officer Of the senate of
1907. either through fraud or other
wise.
Does the Indianapolis News demand
the withdrawal Of Mr.. Miller's name
from the republican ticket? The In
dianapolis News says Cook is IN
worthy OF public trust because he
sentatives in 1913. ignoring the great
pieces of legislation enacted by that
legislature
Even Republicans Disguised.
Miller was president OF the senate
in 1907-is he more worthy Of public
trust than Cook, in view Of the rec
ord Of the legislature Of 1901?
current comment on the SlIIlileAA ll1
OF the two cases and the fact thai
nothing was being said or suggested
about the withdrawal Of Miller, while
Cook is being shamefully and unfairly
attacked. shows the people are fdlll
alive 10 the fact, that the Indianapo
lis News is prosecuting Cook for per
sonal reasons and is merely using tn
1918 legislature as a peg on which
10 hang its animosity. The case o