South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-27
Political Gossip
Thc TraycIlng Salesman speaks.

sem blance Of sensibility." opened the
Travelling Salesman. laying aside the
evening edition. and sitting back i'm
MS smoking compartment seat on
;he Niles interurban.
Meaning coaxed the Political
Writer turning from an absent
study Of the rapidly receding land
scape.
These political persons replied
the knight OF the grip between puffs
ON his fat Havana. They think it's
wise 10 let the tariff alone as "A cam
paign issue"
Impossible" Sasped the =. w.
feigning establishment IN the hope
of gathering views
"ImprobabIe,-bUt not impossible;
there's naught impossible under
the sum-" corrected the T. =. Il see
by the paper here where a tariff
commission league is behind the
proposition. The plan is TO have a
president appoint seven men whose
terms of office shall be seven
years. No political party IS TO have
I the odds; it's TO be partisan"
How're you going to get away
I from influence one way or the 9TH
I ere" queried the p. W. you can
bank on it a man'l know who's
who and why on that board no mat
/ ter how you fix it,
"Yes.-possible. bat you must ad-
NIT that conscientious men would
! make the thing a study and there
might be courses in colleges. YOU
/ know"
/ Easy" scoffed the scribe, "a tar
| If class in every college with the
| demand total seven men once every
| seven years."
Rats There's a way, surely, and
anyway it'll give the thinking peo-
pie something 10 keep in mind. It's
q great scheme.-this taking the
tariff out of politics; there's always
| ether campaign arguments"
Right there. old man." the POlit-
/ zeal Writer laughed sarcastically.
ANA one who knows but what this
/ whole tariff commission stunt i just
| another one of those arguments in
the embryo"
"Pessimist.'' Kissed the Travelling
! salesman. slouching down in his
seat and chewing hendishly on that
fat Havana.
GILES" called the conductor and
the p. w made a quiet but smiling
exit
They were talking preparedness
4 over at Schafer's Friday and the
question Of who was for it and who
wasn't came up.
Taft stands between Roosevelt
I and Bryan on that question" VEN
! tured one political bug as he picked
piece of Thanksgiving turkey from
a .acant molar.
"Yes. and Taft qualified in 1912
as a shock absorber" added Ru-
Golph quickly and was on his way
Officers and members of the dem
Ocrauc national committee have re-
ceived an expression from Pres't
Wilson that ne has no preference
either as To the time or place of
holding next years democratic ma
tional convention.
/
! interference has been communicated
through sources that usually speak
for HIM in political matters.
In advance of the meeting of the
national committee. which is TO be
| held in Washington Tuesday, Dec.
/ Z, the following facts stand out:
That the democratic national con-
ven.ion Will be held early and in
advance of the republican national
convention.
That the contests for places on
the national committee Will be de-
! Cidsd generally in favor of the sit
ting members in cases where efforts
are made 10 cut short the terms
of these holding membership.
At he headquarters of the ma
tionIl committee it was stated that
four cities are in the contest for
the Dallas. St Louis
! Chicago and Omaha All that is
known regarding San Francisco's
bid Of 100000 for the convention
comes from newspaper dispatches
| NJ communication of any kind has
been received officially from san
I Francisco. Ii is admitted that if
san Francisco really bids 100000
~ Will be an nducement which may
offset its lopsided geographical pO-
/ sition. Dallas and st Louis each
offer $l00 600. Chicago is expected
To raise chat amount. The hat is
now being passed around i'm Omaha
with prospects that it also will raise
nearly 100000.
Six contests will come before the
national committee
Rep. John r. Jones says section
/ 10 of the primary law of 1913 is
nothing more or less than section
Of the republican primary law of
1 1907 except that il antedates the
! progressive party. But If il was
a good law in 1907, queries the rep
] resentative. what's the matter with
/ it in this year OF grace"
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