South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-29

the mayor being asked by the re-
Dublfcans 20 keep City Atty Seebirt
or Arthur III. Rice OF the board OF
works out of politics. they having
chung 20 the G.. o. p.
Revives Old Feeling.
Anyhow. the withdrawal Of Ralph
Keller from the progressive ticket is
serving to revive the old feeling
against the mayor and his admins
trative co-operatfves. that existed in
the pro-primary campaign days. The
agreement vouchsafed by Mayor KEEL
Ter. Pres. Augustine OF the board Of
safety and Pres Morris Of the board
OF works along with other progress
sives was that the citizens movement
was 20 be a purely local movement
and that after the campaign, all pro
gressives would be back in the party
working for IL as hard as ever, now
seems 10 have been forgotten.
The way these men, indicted into
office. largely by progressive votes,
appear 10 have sold out 10 the repub-
licans in ordA TO get their support.
and are now lying down and doing
nothing, save when they can hinder
the progressive cause. Is beginning TO
CRATE even upon the nerves of pro-
gressives who were with them in the
municipal campaign. say nothing
} about those who stood out against
| the coalition and were against them.
1t is easy TO observe that the re-
publicans who were republicans pre-
vious 10 the fall campaign are all
| back together reunited, while the
progressives. through the muZzling of
/ several Of their former workers. and
/ the effect upon the party members,
are suffering a degree of havoc. The
/ feeling is that the republicans, GER
\ tain of defeat last fall if running
/ alone. consented TO throw aside their
/ partisanship temporarily under pre-
7 tense of reform spirit. but more
particularly for the purpose Of un-
/ dermining the progressive party.
81 was afraid that we were having
one put over on us from the moment
/ that the republican organ took UP
\ the progressive cause, even though
voted the citizens ticket, and now
am sure Of it," said a former worker
/ in the progressive party Tuesday
\ commenting on the present situation
\ in consequence he declares himself
/ so disguised with politics that he will
\ have nothing more TO do with it save
/ to so to the polls and vote as he
/ pleases.
scented the Rat at the Time.
Il am afraid there are "A lot of real
| progressives just like me" he went
/ on. and incidentally took occasion tC
take Col. Roosevelt to task for his
conduct in New York. monkeying, as
he proposes TO do, with tn republi-
can primary IF Roosevelt will ad-
NIT that he is an independent pro
( gressive. and then wants to pursue
| such a course. well and good. / would
do the same thing, but l got enough
/ last fall of the revival Of bipartisan
ship. The republicans are too expert
at it. There is nothing for the pro
gressives to gain"
The republican district convention
| called in such suspicious numbers, is
! scheduled for the opening of the re-
publican campaign in the district, and
| Will come along with the opening OF
the general campaign of all parties
throughout the state. Some hot To-
cal battles of the three-cornered va.
riety are anticipated, and il is prob
| able that the republicans will have
to swallow its exaggerated convention
call more than once before the cam
paign is over. it being the determine
ton of the progressives that the peo
pie shall know that the advertised
I vote of the party in 1910 and the
actual vote of the party in 1912 are
two different propositions.