South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-17

foregone conclusion. Pres't Cravens
of the Bloomington World, is now
busy with the many prehEninaries and
IN few days the program OF fes-
Invites VIII bee ready to be given pub
licity. II is "a safe prediction 10 say
that the occasion viii be one of the
best OF the year banquet will be
given. perhaps "A public meeting. and
aside from all this there will be sew
eral minor social stunts all OF which
viii mean merry pace for the editors
and their families
Mrs. Bryan Also Coming.
The ladies Will be pleased 20 know
that Mrs. Bryan will accompany the
secretary OF state. The Bryans viii
be entertained during their stay in
the city at the home Of Gov and Mrs
Ralston. and this viii mean much So
cial activity. Mrs. John W. Kern will
entertain the ladies Of the editorial
assem blage at a luncheon or recep-
ton, and Mrs. RalstOn will have some
equally pleasant entertainment so
bring along your glad rags and We Will
all get young, giddy and gay again
Some of the newspaper writer's
around the legislative halls have al
ready gotten "a rise out Of Sen. Elem
ing. Tney undertook 10 play up the
governor and Sen. Fleming as being
In discOrd upon about every subject
that might be introduced in the SEN
ate. and a great war was imminent.
until the senator quietly gave out an
interview in which he said he was in
tune with the governor. always had
been in tune with him. and they eX-
pected 10 perform team work all dur
ing the session. This little interview
will spoil several columns of valuable
suace for the writer's. and at the same
time will demonstrate that while one
may believe almost everything print
ed I'm a newspaper, yet not every
thing.
More Power for Bell
Mayor Bells bill for the changing Of
the Indianapolis charter and which
would give TO the mayor and his
board of works supreme control Of
the finances Of the city. is meeting
/ with only medium favor among the
mem bers. There Will be a strong
! lobby both for and against this pend
/ ing legislation, and politics will play
some part as the bill progresses in the
/ legislative march. It's need comes
! from the fact that Mayor Bell has
/ broken with the democrats in the city
/ council. which however. is rather en-
| barrassing. 1t is the belief Of many
! that a mayor should be given full
rein. and be enabled to carry out his
/ ideas of government but others are
! coming out into the open against the
! cause as espOused by Mayor Bell. Sew
/ eral other bills affecting only Marion
/ county are being introduced One Of
/ them kindly cOnfers another court for
/ the county and state to maintain, but
/ il is not expected that this bill Will
/ meet with much favor
/ Now comes James Eli Watson in a
! speech at the Columbia club. in which
/ he tells the president something and
I at the same time riddles that partisan
speech Of the presidents TO smither-
! Gems. Why he even said the president
was no such thing OF course the
speech of Jim's was sweetly temper
ed with non-paTtisan independence.
with patriotism and he only sung the
praises of Joe Cannon and the
'standpatters" once. and that was all
! the time. Jim is Cultivating a lovely
/ disposition. and is trying TO swallow
and forget all the nasty, even IMPRINT
! able things he has been saying about
/ the bull moose. 1t is the purpose Of
jim and the republican party in Indi-
ana TO use a little sugar on them in
the hope that they may forget their
own progressive principles and self
respect and meekly return 10 the
standard they had deserted.