South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-09
SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL
CAST THEIR 1872 VOTE
Dist. Chairman BeChteI Reports
Outlook for District as Good
and Predicts Victory.

The democratic party in the 18th
district Will poll better than its 1912
vote
That is the statement made We'd
! nesday by Democratic Dist Chairman
Daniel NJ. Bechtel OF Goshen in South
Bend for the day incident 10 a can
vas being made Of the district.
Pres. Wilson's Mexican policy and
the success with which he is steering
the country Oft the rocks thrown in
our way by the European war, has
made him more friends than ever, a"
says Chairman Bechtel, and il is
reaching outside the democratic ranks
Men who were condemning him a
few months ago for his 'watchful
waiting are now singing his praises"
he continues. When it was a poor
weak sister OF republic they want
ed to fight, lot of people were anx-
ious to play the bully, but they see
things different when such a formid-
able situation arises as existed in
Europe"
Then" the district chairman goes
on, the usefulness of the federal re-
serve banks and the certainty that
money panfcs have been done away
with is making a. strong impression
upon the business men just at this
time, and they realize the kind of man
ment. 1 know of republicans who will
vote for Sen. Shively and Rep. Barn
hart just because of the support that
they have given the president Sane
business men do not believe in trad
ing horses in the middle OF the
stream
Going After G. o. p.
With regard to the state issues.
Dist. Chairman Bechtel asserts that
the democrats will take the offensive
with the opening Of the campaign
proper and that the republicans will
nave 10 spend some time cleaning the
mud Of from themselves as well as
throwing it at their neighbors.
The republican organization has
been running wild with the charges
that the democrats were extravagant
and that the legislature did practical
ly nothing but put through bills to
increase salaries and raise taxes
Some time ago Gov. Ralston in dis
cusslng these charges OF the republi-
cans said that when the time came
the democrats would present the rec
ord of the legislature and permit the
people to decide for themselves wheth-
or not the record was worthy of an
endorsement at the polls in November.
What Will @. o. Il. Do?
The prediction is freely made that
there is not an intelligent republican
in the state that would dare an
nounce that increased taxation for
benevolent institutions, or the in
creased taxation for educational pur-
poses would be stricken down If the
republicans carry this election" says
Mr.. Bechtel.
I'VE do not believe that a single
candidate on the state ticket, nor a
single member of the republican state
committee, will dare state that in the
event of republican success this in
creased taxation will be abolished"
With the same assurance, it is con-
fidently believed that not a single re-
publican candidate on the state ticket.
nor a single member of it's organiza-
ton will have the hardihood to de-
clare that he is in favor OF the repeal
OF the public utility act, or that any of
them will hazard the chance Of an ap-
peal to the people to go back to a
cOndition%where there is no regulation
of the properties of the public service
corporations of the state.
There can be no issue on the voca-
tional education law for in the repub-
lican state platform in 1914. they
again declared for a vocational edu-
cation law this year.