South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-08
DROP WILSON AND
BRYAN AND TAKE
HEARST S0BR|QUET
Local League of "InSurgent"
Democrats Duck Former
Pretended Leaders to Get
Moose and G. o. P. Alliance.

Apparently disavOWing further al
legiance to Wilson and Bryan, so far
as concerns the local end of the
movement started some time ago at
Indianapolis under the name Wilson
Bryan league, the South Bend organ
ization shelved that title at it's meet
ing Tuesday night, and took on the
more euphOnicuS one invented some
years ago by William Randolph
Hearst; namely, the Independent Vot-
ers' league, offering the suggestion
that perhaps the hicago American is
at its back
The committee of Il, of which
Fred Hahn is chairman, and II. Gay
lord Case is secretary, appointed three
weeks ago to devise ways and means
of putting an independent county
ticket in the field next fall, reported
at the league meeting Tuesday night
favoring such d ticket, and recon-
mended another committee to take
its place, to consist of five democrats,
five prosressives and five republicans,
these to go ahead and make up a
slate.
one recruit to the movement was
recorded at the meeting in the person
of Noah c. Lehman, county recorder,
who spoke long and favorable to the
independent IlCkeL cause.
Lehman, having had his last crack
at the recordership, is said 10 be after
the county clerkship.
Though he was read back into the
republican party by Judge Herbert
ID. Warner at the Plymouth conven-
ton. it was supposed that when he
showed up at the progressive district
convention at Elkhart he had decid-
ed to make the race as a progressive,
but the Tuesday night oration raises
a new doubt
The committee of IA meets against
next Friday night, when the new
committee of 10; five democrats, five
prOgressives and five republicans, are
10 be named. after which the tail that
is being trained to wag the dog, is
TO get busy.
Eliminate Democratic Connections.
The elimination of Wilson and
Bryan from the league name and the
substitution of independent voters,
came after the decision TO put an in
dependent ticket in the field, the con-
clusion being reached from sundry
remarks that il might be easier TO
catch the republicans and progress
sives. by proceeding at once to escheyv
all pretense of allegiance TO demo-
cratic principles. Several addresses
were made 10 the point.
Progressive amalgamatiOn with
these democrats, as a sort of compen-
satOry mOVe,-and incidentally, per
haps, TO enhance his own chances of
election,-was "A leading point made
in the address by Mr.. Lehman, but
Noah, said a leading progressive,
speaking OF Mr.. Lehman's discourse,
"is a better politician than most OF
us and should not be taken too ser
iously. He never misses an oppOrtun-
ity TO make a speech when he sees a
chance 20 catch a vote. and always
has an encouraging word for such
gatheringS-even 10 attending repub-
lican meetings as he did last year,
and speaking TO the point OF the re-
publiCans getting into the citizens
movement. ] think he stretched a
point a bit. however. when he pre-
sumed 10 drag the entire progressive
party into the independent movement
after him. for I doubt very much If
his drag was heavy enough"
PHILIPSTOWN.N y. Y.-Half a dozen
crullers the bOokkeeper had locked
up from the rats was the booty OBJ
tained by burglars who blew the safe
frsres