South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-15
WATSON DOWN FOR
HARDING s PROXY
Republican Barbecue Looks
Like Trap Set to Get Bull
MooSerS Out.

That Warren q. Harding OF Ohio
/ whoever that is. VINO has been tOOJeo
| 10 speak at the 18th district repub-
\ lican barbecue AT SpringbroOk park
| Saturday. will not put in an appear
ance. and that the whole announce
ment has merely been a scheme 10
bring out a crowd 70 hear James eli
Watson OF Rushville. machine candi-
| date for the United States senate
leaked from apparently authoritative
| sources Friday noon. Harding, as the
story goes. was scheduled in the hope
| that he would bring out an army OF
bull moosers TO hear Watson, but ex-
| pecting TO hear the speaker who had
been advertised.
A special bull pen TO the front OF
the grand stand at Springbrook has
been roped OF for the bull moosers,
ostensibly OF demonstrating in bulk
the number OF returns To the @. O.
p. but serving the further purpose
of segregating them so that the
standpatters need not be contamin-
ated. Watson arrived In South Bend
at neon Friday, as did also James
Z. Goodrich, the machine candidate
for governor. Indeed, there was sew
eral ringleaders from down state, the
inducement for their presence being
a piece of buXOm steer contributed by
Andrew Jackson Hickey of Laporte,
Arthur Carlisle of South Bend.
Hickey was the candidate for con
gress on the republican ticket last
year-without waiting for his nomi-
nation TO be put 10 vote in the con-
vention,-and Col Carlisle preceded
him in the same race by two years.
Hickey, furthermore, is TO make a
speech at the barbecue, and perhaps
Col Carlisle will indulge another
equivalent" other speeches-not TO
exceed seven minutes-are down for
whomsoever may want office via the
republican route, whether in city,
county, district, state or nation.
Aside from Watson and Goodrich.
two new speakers were added TO the
list Friday, James NJ. feathers OF In
dianapolis. and Ira G. Batman of
Bloomington.
County chairmen from ali over the
district, republicans from nearby cit
les and delegations from northern In
diana points are said TO be coming to
the barbecue. All republicans and
all voters desiring to affiliate with the
party-meaning "reactiOnarv pro-
gressives' in particular-have been
invited TO come and eat OF Carlisle's
equivalent" especially.
Speakers on the program will start
their talks at ? o'clock and each one
Will be allowed seven minutes. A
large platform has been erected be
fore the race track grandstand and
all of the candidates will sit there.
William II. Hayes, state chairman.
will preside.
Headquarters for the out town
candidates and speakers will be at the
oliver hotel where a parade will be
started about noo:.. \ committee in
charge of securing automobiles has
procured a number of cars which will
~,
the parade. Stanley ]. Stephenson.
secretary OF the Lincoln club. will be
i'm charge Of the reception committee
at the Oliver hotel Friday night
Dinner. which will consist OF sec
tons OF rooster steer. its equivalent, 4"
and bread. if il is 10 be a regular bar
becue. will be served at noon under
the supervision of O. a. Clark A
number of high school boys in knee
britches Will do the serving.