South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-24
THE CASE OF JUDGE VAN FLEET.

II beats all how the game politics do" work; how
when il is all over. another campaign IS on ana
men who had previously violently opposed each other
want to get together common cause can forget
their former and crossabuses and swear that
nothing OF the kind formerly said done, was
Hon Fred Woodward candidate for the nomination
and republican nominee for superior court judge two
years ago has forgotten all about his strong talking
point against ex-Judge Vernon Van Fleet, in their
race against other the 1914 primary campaign
The meeting o the two ancient opponents following
certain comment that appeared in these columns last
week-based or at least semi-so the issues in
that primary contest,-must have been almost as i'm
presive as the recent meeting Of Taft and
Roosevelt at the Union League dinner in New York
-Four years ago in the respective estimates Of Messrs
Roosevelt and Taft each OF them porch
climber" a "highwayman." and heaven only knows
what ALL Even if blessed with better mem
DRY than Messrs Van Fleet and woodward appear TO
possess since their political hardly guess
what they hought-or saidof each other in those an
cent days.
And it is all because Mr. Woodward, campaigning
with downcast jaw and that injured look, taking TO
the country his convince the farmers of his
hopelessness in the city because interests were
an Van F1eet-or words 20 that effect-made such an
impression upon us that we forget think
ing of course republican saying of himself
in defense as against another made it all From
the same downcast jaw. and injured look. too, we
cleaned the conviction that the campaign story was
Judge Van Fleet had said he would not make
the race for the nomnation,-as to both Of which
points we are now taken TO task, Messrs. woodward
and Van Fleet agreeing that there nothing it
You can imagine gentlemen and ladies, the awful
predcament i'm which we are placed for taking a re-
publican candidate office seriously. 1t seemingly is
never a safe thng to do. Evidently is only the clap
trap of the moment be denied, forgotten should
circumstances ever so require. Maybe then. owe
Judge Van Fleet an apology The interests repued 10
be so strong him during that primary campaign,
were nor for all sort of somnambulistc
condition Woodwards mind of not to be re-
nembered by the sOmnambulist after awakening. II
was during one OF Nr. Woodwards dreams too. an
tcipate that Judge Van Fleet told him to go ahead
and make the race. and would out
against hn-although the judge admits that he Gidnt
come almost the last moment. and then under
the strongest pressure.
Really we haven't the to Judge Van
Fleet the Of that pressure Perhaps con-
jured up by Mr. Woodward TO afford him an for
some better acting appealing for the sympathy of
the farmer and for the poor At the time,
We thought it came from South Bends BIPARTISAN
Tammany hall where the interests generally well
represented which radiaed quite within common
knowledge a strong opposition. only Woodward
on the republican ticket but Isaac Kane Parks we'll
on the democratic ucket5at OF course. should
Doe discredted held suspicion because OF his
wise friends the for office, have the