South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-07
Is DOUBLU-CROSSISM AND REPUB
LICANIsM TIE sANIE THING?


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Candidate Thompson mus have
known what tAe United Societies were
for They are the strong rieht arm
OF the liquor machine in chicago pol
tiles. To obtain ,he votes of the
membcrs-the liquor vote he must
have been tribe more promising
IMAM was his opponent ana hence his
enormous victory. And 1T was iiaunt-
ed-the victory wos.-over the whole
country, az signifying the return of
republicanism TO power; which may,
cor may not be, synonymous with the
vice interests maintaining their hold.
We are not criticising Mayor Thomp-
son for having decided TO enforce the
Illinois laws in keeping with his oath
of office, which should be more sacred
90 him than a million campaign
pledges of such questionable color.
our criticism applies to his having
made the pledges. in order to get the
votes, and then hypocrItically sitting
by. and encouraging the contention
throughout the land. that he was
elected because he was a republican.
We doubt not but that Mayor VIII
liam Hale Thompson has found him
self between two fires. We recall, how,
at the time ne appeared to have been
running for mayor on a law enforce
ment platform; at least in the better
sections of Chicago, and in the public
press'-very much out of sympathy
with the United Societies. These So
eieties, being secret organizations. are
never particular about public approval
OF their purposes. What they want is
the officials and they'll take signed
statement any time In preference to
convention platforms or press quo
tauons. Our only credit mark Tor
Mayor Thompson Is that he apparent
~ has little conscience left. and has
preferred TO Keep faith with the better
people Of Chicago, rather than with
he lower element The majority of
double-crossing candidates for mayor,
and other offices, have, in the past,
preferred to keep faith the other way.
lie IS entitled only TO the semi-honol
of establishing new precedent
We said. Establishing new prece-
dent" which perhaps might better
run. for following" one we are told
that the precedent was really "estab-
lished" by Mayor Frederick Wilhelm
Keller. here in south Bend. We have
never seen any signed campaign state
Iaent made by Mayor Keller. or heard
OF any direct utterance from him. to
Aht tnttt NlAdL ne WOulQ not enforce
the law, but we guess perhaps there
were some men connected with his
campaign, from the republican school
of politics. that made such verbal
promises in the behalf of his election
hoping. it may be, that ne would be
thankful acQuieSce. and reward them
with something to do about the city
hall. We anticipate. too. that some of
these political gentlemen are being
loken care Of. and it may be that some
II their dupes are allowed little
sreer rein that others. but ON the
whole. Mayor Keller appears to have
set a very good example for Novor
Thompson. by keeping the major nor
ton of his promises with the paouIe
Of the better sort.
Ii is quite eNcusable sometimes this
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