South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-30
c. D. P. WINES AND
Dimes BULL MOOSE
At STAR CHAMBER
Holding Frequent Secret Con-
ferenCeS at Capital to Bring
Leaders Back = This is
South Bend Day.
Special TO News-Times.

Special TO News-Times.
INDIANAPOLIS July 30.-This is
South Bend day here, incident To the
effort of the republican state central
committee to rehabilitate the c.. O.
p. by a series OF secret conferences
with leading progresstves, many of
whom are brought hither by county
chairmen at the expense of the COM
mittee-one way that seems to have
been devised for emptying the eastern
barrel" said to have been dumped
into the state.
So far, however the wanted prize
in the presence of Mayor Fred w.
Keller has failed to materialize. Kel-
Ter is especially wanted back in the
old party, and il is said to have de-
volved upon a. G.. Graham and Fred
Woodward TO get him here for con-
ference, il being claimed that he has
turned back" and what is wanted is
a public announcement from him for
the psychological effect.
These secret conferences have been
going on for several days. Every day
"A republican leader from somewhere
makes a raid on Indianapolis, leading
a small army OF men, said to be for
mer prOgressives, who have come
back" and they are wined and dined
at the expense of the committee. Then
they go away smiling. whether as eX-
bull moOsers that have been fully
converted, or as republicans who have
fooled the committee into giving them
a good time il is difficult TO say.
Promise a Long List.
IL is claimed that a long list of in
fuential progressives will be an
nounced early in the campaign who
have returned To the republican par
ty. regarding progressivisn as a lost
cause. 1t is asserted that the list will
be startling. and is expected to put
the new party completely to rOut. The
amount of money that is being spent
on these conferences always behind
closed doors. must be something enOr-
nous. The army attending the South
Bend conference. as near as can be
learned, is limited 10 the tranSpOrta
tion committee, Graham and Wood
ward.
The republicans are turning moral
lists in the advancement OF this pro-
gram. and along with the usual junk
about the G.. q. 2. being progressive.
that the 1919 eruption was purely
anu-Iatt, etc, are seeing TO bull v
rag, browbeat and almost blackmail
the bull mooSers into returning, using
the charge OF conspiracy between
the democrats and progressive lead
ers, merely To keep out the republic
ans, Is one OF their beverages
Those bull moosers brought . the
conferences here are summarily put
wise by the republican committee to
the alleged trick that the progressive
leaders are said TO he putting over on
them. under some agreement with the
democrats 10 benefit themselves per
Sonally. thus "using the rank and lile
OF the party as cat's-paws. etc.
Hanging ON small Thread.
In order 10 make II appear that
there is a ground for such a charge.
the republican organization has put
together some flimsy statements. The
charge is based very largely on state
ments made by Bernard O'COnnor OF
Indianapolis. O'COnnOr was a MEM
Der OF the grand jury here which re-
Gently indicted several democrat and
progressive primary election officers
ON the ground that they were guilty
of fraud In altering the returns at the
recent primaries.
II should not be overlooked that
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