South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-24
TRAP FOX BULL MOOSE
MAKES GOAT OF SMITH
Republican Fear and Hatred of
Beveridge and Roosevelt
Back of Senatorial BoomS
for FOuIke, Lands and AIDE.
by JOHN HENRY zUvER.


News-Times Staff Correspondent
WARSAW, Ind. Jan 24.-That the
! secret session AT which -. Perry
Smith. embryo 18th district chairman
OF the republican party. presumed to
rehabilitate the party in Kosciusko
country early in the week, was not "A
secret session" at all but a miserable
subterfuge. is among the late week
contentious OF the progressives. and
the forced admissions Of the leaders
OF the eN-g o. ..
Instead OF not being invited, and in
suited by the apparent slight incident
10 their absence. w. ID. Frazer. John
ID. Widiman and Wn. Reid. old-time
recognized republican leaders here. ac-
tually planned the meeting, cooked up
the secret" appearance, placed Smith
in charge, and then stayed away. cal
culating that the bull moosers would
/ take the bait that a new republican
ism was springing up. that they We're
being eliminated, and that all the pro-
greSsive would need 10 do would be TO
take hold and capture the whole she
bang.
The secrecy" il was supposed would
be sufficient 10 hypnotic the bull
moOsers; the "mysteriousness' of ~.
ample TO arouse progressive curiosity.
the opportunity 10 join in something
apparently smart, as evidenced BY it's
star cham Der" origin. with such "a
1
| dumped" such is the mental effect
! expected 10 have been made upon
ArmageddOnites and lose their idfn-
! uty.
Make Goat Of smith.
Besides, il the prescribed plan 10
| "rehabilitate the party should fail.
with tho star chamber" in Smiths
charge, the blame would fall upon
Smith and not these other old-timers.
Frazer. Widiman and Reid are past
their day Of counting probable fail
ures.
Frazer. who is Ieadi-.y Warsaw
lawyer. general manager OF the Win
Ona connecting line. former national
! bank examiner. and once right-hand
man of Jim Hemingway and Charley
Fairbanks. epitomizes Widiman and
Reid as well, the difference being in
degree not kind
Frazer is also an ex-chairman Of the
9th district in the old days Of stand
pat' republican supremacy. and there
are some who would like 10 see him
chairman again.
Frazer and John Moorman OF Knox
are the real first and second choices
OF the republicans here 10 represent
this district on the state committee.
Smith, however, IS being put 10 the
front. because there are so many pos
sibilities Of drastic republican failure.
and because he is SO anxious 10 be in
the limelight. according 10 local OBJ
servers
Frazer. Widiman and Reid. it is de-
clared here. would not stand for Smith
for a minute if they really believed
there was a possibility Of republican
success.
Thev are merely willing that Smith
should be their goat" and do the
party's dirty work. taking his pay IN
cussings if ne fails. and in "A swift-kick
! if he succeeds.
Are Down on Beveridee.
Warsaw progressives disclose an
other of the republican tricks in
searching out the origin OF the stories
being circulated over the state that
the bull moosers are being all split up
over the multiplicity OF candidates for
United States senator.
Being particularly hateful of ex-
Sen. Albert J. Beveridge. they would
rather see anyone else on earth 90 Co
the senate from this state. and so. 10
appear sOhciTOus, and not Kill their
designs with the ridiculous, they have
picked David Dudley FOulke Of Rich
mOnd and Fred X. lands, OF LOgans-
port, and George Ade, OF Brook, any
Of whom might make good senator's.
but none OF whom have the least idea
Of entering the contest
''Tx-Sen. Beveridge will be a can
didate for United States senator on the
progressive ticket next fall and these
press 20 the contrary notwithstano-
ing" saws County Secy. Wallace J.
Dillingham; "BeveTiuge intends 20
lick that whole pesky bunch. and he
has two things IN his favor. the ner-
its OF the cause and prospective
longer life.
"Kosciuszo county - for BeVeTioge
for United States senator next year
saws County Chairman Bran WI
lfams we are for him because ID Is
him. and because there is no one else
save in republican minds, for Us 20 be-
for We are for him for president N
1916 too III things shape themselves
right FOR IT, and cannot see that trans
ferr!ng him from the senate 20 the
white house. after all the republicans
have done 10 kill him, would be any
thing 70 his discredit ar all"
&. O. Il. Tears Roosevelt.
The impression Warsaw prOgressives
have Is that the two men in this coun-
try that the tand-patters" most fea-
are woodrow Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt. on top OF their fear OF
Rooseg cit they have come 10 hate him
They hate Beveridge too but they do
not regard him as SO dangerous a Oer-
sonanty in the presidential race. in
case something should happen 20
Wilson or his administration during
the next three years. as Roosevelt
would be.
So they are grooming Reveridge for
the progressive candidate for preSi-