South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-21
BULL MOOSE HAVE
YORK STATE MAN
To TALK TONIGHT
Democrats Plan List of Meet
ingS for Campaign-G. o. P.
Tries to Explain Oliver
Hotel Affair.

Thomas Prentice Of Schenectady, n.
Y, former side partner of Theodore
Roosevelt IN the New York assem- bly,,
will address a rally Of progressives at
the party headquarters, 5. Michigan
St, tonight at s o'clock. Mr.. Prem
tice is sent here by the state commit
tee on short notice and an effort is
being made during the day TO drum
up a crowd by the distribution of
hand-bills in South Bend and AIishA-
waka- The headquarters are locates
in the store formerly occupied by the
r. Nj. Ball furniture store, across the
front of which beams a huge pro-
greSSiVe banner. A committee was
kept busy during the day installing
chairs and a platform.
Prentice is one Of the former New
York republicans who seeded two
years ago with the prcgressives,
whom Boss William Barnes of AL
bany has been trying to bait back into
the G. .. p. with promises of big
money for their services on the
stump la the Oliver hotel recep-
ton and luncheon served bv the re-
publicans here last Friday night to
get progressives to "come back" and
listen to Hugh Tn. Miller, candidate
for senator. and Andrew Jackson
Hickey, candidate for congressman
only on a larger scale. Prentice, like
many local progressives, declares that
the republican party has no charms
of rehabilitation involving virtual
bribery.
Democrats Plan Meetings.
Probably the next party rally to be
held IN the city will be one by the
democrats at the oliver opera house
Oct. 2, a speaker of national reputa-
ton to be provided by the democratic
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as yet been announced. A Polish
and a Hungarian speaker are also to
be brought here in advance of regis
tration day, which Is Oct. 5. Rallies
are also listed for North Liberty,
WalkertOn. Lakeville, Wyatt and
Mishawaka, for next month. Sen.
Shivelv and Congressman Barnhart
will have a night at the oliver opera
house late in the campaign
Republicans Monday pretended to
be stunned by the disclosure that the
meeting at the Oliver hotel Friday
night was a violation of the corrupt
practice act Various explanations
are given, some pleading ignorance
of the law" and others seeking to ex-
cuse it by legal misconstruction". 1t
became known Monday that several
of the candidates on the republican
ticket were guilty of furnishing free
passes to parties in an effort to coax
them into attending the meeting, af-
ter the same manner as was en-
ployed by City Judge Herbert d.
Warner. /. A. Miller. who presided
at the luncheon, is said to have pur
chased and handed out 50 worth of
tickets.
An Acknowledged Weakness.
And they only drummed up 203
for the dinner at that" says County
Chairman Adam Hunsberger. Pos
sibly but for the process employed
there would have been no one there
at all. Maybe we ought to be gen.
erous. 1t would be too bad for Mr..
Miller to come all the way to South
Bend, and for Mr.. Hickey to come
over from Laporte without anyone
being out to dine them. The Incl
dent serves TO indicate that the re-
publicans were aware of their weak
ness in advance, and knew it would be
necessary to bride people into attend
ing the luncheon in order to make
anything of a showing at ALL"
STILL it is insisted that this has
always been the purpose of the par
tisan beer partieS-to get people out
by buying them-and that the Oliver
hotel affair is along the same line,
despite the "silk-stOckings" and the
difference in service.