South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-15

Roosevelts ambition to be reelected
president
! Mr.. Perkins said Barnes was still
powerful in New York. In the con-
stitutional convention. ne said, a prop
osition was adopted requiring the
printing OF every debate and every
word spoken in the legislature Reac-
tionaries told the progressives this was
a victory for the progressives because
they favored publicly.
Barnes Put IL Through.
''But l looked into this thing" said
/ Mr.. Perkins. Il found there is
state law that says all state printing
shall be done at Albany l also found
that Barnes controls all of the print
ing establishments in Albany. Barnes
/ put through the proposition of having
all OF the proceedings printed. so,
| you can see just how Barnes is being
put down and out. He is as powerful
) ever This printing arrangement
would mean $4,000 a year to
Barnes"
Mr.. Perkins said the campaign OF
1912 was fought on national issues.
Since then there have been only state
and local elections, in which the ma
tional issues were not involved and
there has been no lineup OF progressive
forces and no general use of workers.
But, he said, national issues will be in
the campaign next year and the work
ers will all be at work
II have purposely avoided saying
the things here tonight that / said at
the bankers convention this after
noon," said Mr.. Perkins. But be-
tween us here, j say TO you that they
heard some solid progressive argu-
ments. If / had allowed them to think
that ] was giving them the progressive
platform Of 1912, there would have
been more accidents in Indianapolis
than the hospital corps could have
cared for. For many of those men
would have rushed 10 the windows
and jumped out rather than stay and
have those things preached to them"
Yelled the Castor OIL.
Mr.. Perkins was frequently applaud
ed throughout mis- address. Mr..
FOulke created merriment when. after
Mr.. Perkins had closed. he said:
II believe Mr.. Perkins yelled the
castor oil so effectively with the lemon
that they did not recognize the castor
oil"
Mr.. Foulke attacked Pres't Wilson
for falling 10 adopt a policy OF nae
tional defense. He sounded a warm
ing that a we'll equipped foreign foe
could land an army on American soil.
He said national defense would be the
paramount issue in 1916. Even Pres't
Wilson is now coming TO realize that
something must be done But if Mr.
Bryan, Senator Kern and the other
pacifists have their way there will be
rift in the democratic party and the
party will go down to defeat, he said
Headrick Speaks of Hamilton.
w. ID. Headrick took a shot at L.
Q. Hamilton, president of the Column
bia club, who admitted on the witness
stand in the Mayor Bell trial that he
gave Mayor Bell $500 in 81 and 50
bills to be used for the nomination of
Leroy POrtteus as the democratic can
didate for sheriff.
II had rather be a member Of a
progressive club that goes down for
lack OF funds" he said. than TO be
a member of a republican club whose
president contributes money to a
democratic campaign fund"
+. NJ. Lee, formerly state chairman.
responded 10 a toast in which he read
narrative of the formation OF the
progressive party and said it would
continue.
Il refuse, to be coaxed or wheedled
back into the republican party" he
said.
He charged that the reactionary ele-
ment still controls the republican
party. I'm Indiana they talk Of Fair
banks for president. Goodrich for
governor and Watson for senator" he
said. "Will Wood and Merrill Moores
are already in congress. and there are
others that want to go there. Do we
need any further prOof?"
In his speech. Mr.. Jackman urged
progressives not only 10 stick TO the
principles OF the party platforms OF
g1912 and 1914, but 10 include prohibi-
ton OF the liquor traffic as one OF the
planks in the next platform. He was
applauded when he said this. Most
OF the speakers also declared in favor ,
or woman suffrage