South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-15
GoLp-PLATED GOODNESS.

respect 10 Mayor Keller; that is. II we
may take thes shifting attitudes Of our
evening contemporary as a criterion.
IL is damnable that. keeping such
promises. he. should decline 10 become
a special political agent of the local
street raifwayfcOmpany, and rush 20
the rescue. lesz a certain brand Of au-
tOmobile owners interfere with that
cOmpany's by ehecting COM
petition. but any time that a ~self-as-
sumed superior morality can be placed
on exhibition, by ~pre-pulsed ~congratu-
lations on his1attitude toward the sup
preston OF moOted vices, Their watch
our neighbort paint a halo about his
head, to the like Of which the one
worn by 'the Man Of Galilee was but
a shadow.
Mr.. Louis T.tShirk's admiration OF
the mayTsfor standing by his policies
With respect TO dice and merchandise
boards i'm the cigar stores furnishes
the latestI opportunity. Mr.. Shirk is
manager ,of the O-ppenheimer cigar
store. He1is very solicitous to have
the public Sknow that despite his re-
fusal 10 in4orse the mayors policy,
and despite This always having been
opposed TO him politically, he admires
the executive NfOr turning him down
when he solicH1ed a change Of policy
on the above topics.-which ought 20
be enough OF a,cue for anyone TO join
in his chorus. Our only surprise is
that. in the c~aselof our contemporary,
II did not wait astit did in the Quilhot
matter until IN sort Of mutual ad-
m%iration" meeting was held at IN
high school and see which way a GER
tain select public mind was tending;
but then, of course. when it comes to
regulating other peoples morals. the
direction of that particular public
mind in South Bend, is pretty well
established for general purposes.
or. for another instance. n might
take into account the advance inves-
legations made at Dayton, Ohio, and
Scranton, Pa. as to responsibilities OF
journalistic gain from supporting a
Billy Sunday campaign: only. such
gold-plated Goodness merely serves
TO explain a corresponding willingness
10 overlook campaign promises when
their observance failstto concern the
"Hoiier Than Thou" artists. or. 10
render s~ilk-stocking securities more
secure.
Mayor Keller. for some reason,
seems 10 have been slow in adapting
himself TO this grand art of discrim-
nation. He is a winged angel for
consistently trying to fulfill article No.
4. OF his platform submitted to the
people for ratification, but when it
comes 10 fulfilling article No. 3. he
rs a miserable humbug. a demagogue.
playing politics, and all that sort OF
thing. and ought 10 be-recalled.
on. no, not recalled we should
say not. For our contemporary is
distinctively stand-pat for the wealth
aristocracy. and with ''stand-patters'
the recall" is by no means a popular
subject, lest some day il might be
applied TO their own clique. 1t is
enough that he should be roasted.
The idea of a mayor standing out and
refusing 20 drive citizens out Of the
street where shey are trying 10 earn
something OF a living, when he can
just as well band-wagon himself with
p~lutocrats, let the masses OF people
"be ahmed" and cover it up by yell
ing from the house tops about the
suppression of vice"
Well. we are in favor OF the sup
preston or vice" also, and we don't
care so very much how hard the ad-
ministration crows over IL as long as
it is honestly and equitably suppressed,
but We are just enough OF an apostle
OF the late and lamented Frances Will
lard 10 agree with her that more vice,
crime. and even drunkenness. comes
from poverty. than from any other
source; poverty that is the product OF
unjust economic conditions. securing
TO the rich privileges that make the
Tn richer and the poor poorer,
through the destruction OF their right
10 equal opportunity.
Social and legal ostracism for the
unfortuuste is enough 10 drive any
one TO vice. crime and drink, and / say
10 you.' said Miss Willard. that 10
suppress these things We must also
correct these economic. social and
legal conditions that create them
OF course. II would be foolish To as
sert that If Frances willard were alive.
and were 20 come 40 South Bend, she
would insist upon riding in a "jitney'
We dare say. however, that her sense
OF consistency, and OF the common
rights OF humanity, would be such
that she wouldn't be asking Mayor
Keller 20 damn vice. crime and drunk
ennesS. 70 the top Of his voice, or 10
pretend 10 hope 20 suppress il by
ramming down the threats OF the
masses such an economic injustice as
would lurz in the violation of his
campaign promises with respect 20
not conserving the abused monopoly
OF the traction interests.
"Gold-plated Goodness" that's the
name for u. The sweet-scented