South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-05


the name for it. and IL runs through
out the entire Tribune dissertation
presuming TO voice a public opinion
instead II its own. and thus hypo-
critically wolfike. DOMINIC a sheep 5
clothing within which TO hide.
Greatly concerned. these thou
sands" are anent The mayors will
ingness 20 jeopardie life and property
by opposition TO jitney regulation
but. when the imagination is squeezed
out. and the number reduced TO the
handful OF real concerned, you viii
find them concerned in the jeopardiz-
ing Of property only-and that the
property represented by the revenues
of the street railway octopus"
The writer happens TO know just a
little something about how much Of
life" and how much OF property is
wound up in this factor that is mill
tating so severely against" the mayor
That factor is nothing more nor less
than threat OF political oblivion
damning his administration 10 mooted
failure, and the citizens mo ement to
perdition, if the mayor refuses TO be
bribed-politicaliy bribed,-by such
threats.
We too. that is, the more personal
we" have had indirect inklings that
there is a "long-haired editor" in
town likely 10 be brought to a realiza-
ton of the folly of his ways''-very
much, we suppose as Thomas Brooks
Fletcher. i'm spite of his being taken
up on Satan's mount, or the J. NJ S.
building. and shown the city. pictured
octopus" vengeance in his chautau-
qua address,-lest we let up in our
jeopardizing traction property" or
revenues, by favoring jitpey comPet-
ton
Naturally there is certain sym
pathy for the mayor OF this particular
point, but the main point is that the
republican party, as confessed by the
republican organ, has already re-en-
tered municipal politics for 1917, and
for the principal purpose. it would
seem, Of once more turning the city
but to the traction company. and the
people be damned" policy that ii has
always pursued.
Which must be the case, for, out
of the mass of criticisms that our con-
temporary registers, on this alone does
it seem to frame an issue. And forth
with it trots right up into the Sixth
ward where republican votes are
sometimes needed, to give the people
TO understand that the Oliver play
field was forced" upon the admins
tration "by the Rotary club. mean
ing to compliment Horace l.. Greene
the Tribune's candidate for the repub-
lican mayoralty nomination. forget
ting entirely about the preliminary eff
forts. plans and negotiations with Mr..
]. ID. Oliver. put forth by Recreation
Director Barnes, which Mr.. Greene
and the Rotary club sought to have
Incorporated by the board of park
commissioners.
And they should have concerts. One
has to read back through other issues
of our contemporary to catch this
stab. This from Saturdays discourse
CHE "Oliver playfeld" in parenthesis
is ours by deduction from what has
gone before):
Discrimination favoring Leeper
park when there are other parks
(Oliver playfield) of the city de-
serving consideration. is a wrong
attitude and one that is being Sc
verely criticised.
Evidently the Tribune doesn't know
that the concerts are being put on by
its darling, the park board-Richard
Elbel. president,-and maybe il does
not realize that there is only one Elbel
band. If there were enough of them
TO go around. and the council would
appropriate the money for their en-
gagement, we would probably be hav-
ing band concerts in all the parks and
Fairgrounds in the city, and. like as
not. out in MuesseIs woods. As it is,
it may be that the Sixth warders will
have to wait for their music until the
republicans. financed by the utility
corporations. send a band up in 1917
D
republico- utility lawyers harangue
them on the blessings of public service
monopolies. and high-priced electric
ity. gas and street car rides.
Offices wanted, is it? Well let US
see. We quote again:
Mayor Keller created
intense disappointment by his APP
parent lack of ability TO read and
know men in some of his APP
pointments, while a strong feel
ing existed and still exists that he
was not always able to rise above
the spoils system and not pick
favorites who worked hard for his
election rather than give first
consideration TO ability.
This criticism is not new. We have
INDUCED it ourselves. long ago, same
as we have practically all the others
before mentioned, with the exception
of the pro-utility one. However. with
us it was not a case OF personal pique,
and neither was it an ambition To die