South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-20
The POLITICAL POT

signed the Craftsmanship Of the state
progressive party. but he refused TO
confirm or deny the report
Boyd now comes out with a state
ment TO the effect he has been await
ing the committees making public his
resignation, but finds they intend TO
90 no such thing. but evidently to
keep II a secret SO no action can be
taken. Declaring it 20 the interest of
the party to know the workings OF
the state central committee. Boyd
gives out his own letter of resignation
and sheds a few rays on the commit
tee His letter follows:
"Greencastie, Ind. oct Il.
II hereby tender 10 YOU my
resignation as chairman Of the
state committee Of the progressive
party, TO take place at once, and
to be confirmed at the meeting in
November. This action is i'm
perative because a committee Of
the leaders Of the party has taken
the management Of the party out
Of the hands of the state commit
tee. and has placed a man in my
place Edward NJ. Lee; and not TO
hamper him in his activities, |
hereby tender my resignation. In
the future you may send all your
communications TO him"
In connection with the present state
committee. Mr.. Boyd said: Since 1
was elected state chairman there never
/ has been at any time any question as
/ to my ability TO fill the position of
state chairman as we'll as any man in
\ the state, but as soon as a sufficient
| primary campaign fund was sub
| scribed, as much through my efforts
as through any other persons, the
aforesaid committee decided that it
would elect people 10 spend said
money in reorganizing the state and
TO determine the destiny Of the party
/ independently of the state chairman
and the state committee.
| 1T is conceded by both republicans
Land progressives that my taking the
state Craftsmanship in June saved the
organization from wreck, and my mo-
tive now in making public my letter
! of oct. IA is for the purpose Of letting
] the progressives of the state of Indi-
ana know the condition of affairs and
| to call on them TO see that the or
! ganization is taken out of the hands
of the present self-appointed commit
/ tee and to put it back into the hands
| of the state committee.
! q have not resigned from the state
! craftsmanship because of any lack of
/
my loyalty to the party l do not
think the party can be successfully
organized except by the state commit
/ te itself, and it ought TO legaliZe the
actions of the present self-appointed
committee, or else take the work into
| its own hands.
Jackson Boyd"
The Michigan City Dispatch points
out q discovery TO ]. Frank:
! y. Frank Hanly, Of Odoriferous
memory in the governors office, now
proposes that if the old political
parties fail to declare positively in
! favor of prohibition a new party
! should be organized that would favor
il. 1t might be well 10 remind Hanly
/ that the prohibition party is still in
| existence, and that 1t affords a safe
and happy haven for those of his kind.
| Let him enter it and be happy enough
to keep still thereafter"
/ However, the ex-governor's sugges-
ton regard a third" party in Indiana
wasn't we'll received by the nOn-parti-
/ san prohibition gathering in Indian
apOlis, at least according to excerpts
from the proceedings. His suggestion
| was given some consideration, but not
in the resolutions. They declared for
i the nomination by all parties Of candi-
/ dates for governor, lieutenant COVER
nor. congressman and members of the
; legislature who would be known TO be
in favor of prohibition, and the sup
| port at the polls of men who made
such declaration regardless Of party.
Indiana's 10 congressman received
no end of pointed OratOry at that In
! dianapolis gathering. Their states
rights plea in voting down the Hobson
measure was held TO ridicule in words
/ TO the effect states rights was ground
| out from Bull Run to Appomattox
There was plenty of dry enthusiasm
over the bit of dry wit and satire.
Straw votes taken over Indiana
indicate eX-Cong. Watson of Rushville
is going to have trouble in his cam
/ paign for the republican nomination
for United States senator. Bull
moosers who have returned to the e
o. p. are leaving nothing undoue to
kill the Watson candidacy"
Regarding this quip from a 18th
district pen, Charles Bookwalter of
Indianapolis seems to be the southern
sections choice in the Watson con-
test. BOokwalter says he proposes
10 snake" Sen. Kern out of office
He says a lot of other things, to be
depressed upon later.
The conscription idea has travelled
across the seas from the British Isles
and fallen upon the active minds Of
supporters of Justice Hughes of Ne
| braska. Justice Hughes asks the secre-
tary Of state TO leave his name off the
primary ballot and says he is not and
! doesn't want 10 be a candidate for
/ president. Sec'y of State Pool re-
serves the right to act in accordance
with the filed petition. and the jus
/ tees friends say:
The welfare Of the nation. in its
/ brOadest sense. demands the drafting
/ Of its highest and most available talent
10 lead in the approaching contest for
/ triumph Of republican principles, and
that the emergency demands a resort
TO CONSUMPTION.
Myron T. Herrick Of Ohio. former
I ambassador TO France. in an address
! before the Hamilton c1ub in Chfcooo