South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-27
Political Gossip

II Political Gossip
This isn't gossip but fact, straight
/ from the principals in the demo-
/ cratic race for county prosecutor.
! Chester L. Montgomery. three times
/ holder OF the Office. Wednesday an
| nounced he would be a candidate for
( denomination. Also. it was rumored
not in the gossip section-that Dan
/ Nye. with his bunkie in the deputy
ship. Sam Schwartz. would withdraw
/ from the race. 'Tain't SO. says Dan.
MONTGOMERY as the field now
shows. will have two opponents for
I the nomination. one Will be Nye.
/ who last Saturday filed his petition
/ for primary place, and Charles Metz
ger. Mishawaka attorney Both
! candidates assert they have gone too
/ far in preparation for the campaign
/ 10 withdraw at this tirle. Nye SAYS
| he gave his chief ample time 10 de-
/ eide one way or another and that
while he was adverse to antagonism.
4 he couldn't at this late hour with
\ draw from the lists.
/ Montgomery points out that ne
didn't want the office again: that he
/ had held it long enough and was
sincere in his first statements as 10
/ retirement. but that the desires Of
/ his friends in all parties had forced
him TO announce his candidacy.
OF course, these Mckinley clubs
have nothing to do with the candi-
/ dacy Of James Z. Watson of Rush
vile. who wants the republican
! nomination for United States SEN
atOr, and who arrived here Wednes-
! day night 10 further his campaign.
But, despite the declarations of men
! behind the young mems Mckinley
club movement here to the effect it
was strictly neutral so far as the
primary was concerned, a deep-laid
plot for swinging to the ex-congress-
man seems to be in existence How
1 ever. credit must be given the ma
/ jority of those held responsible for
/ the club in that they know nothing
| of secret Watson tendencies. One of
! the Mckinley clubs was organized
down at Goshen Tuesday night and
Watson was the principal speaker.
John l.. Johnson of Logansport,
side kick of Fred Lands. and a
hacker Of one Quincy Meyers de-
sires for the republican gubernatorial
nomination. was here Wednesday.
| He explained the alleged back-slid-
| ing of himself and Lands TO ]. b.
Stoll and others in and about the
little circle of the oliver hotel
1T was this way" he says. says
/ he. II 'phoned lands one night and
/ told him that Edwin NJ Lee had
I adopted Frank Hanly into the moose
| ranks. and he says 10 me, says he.
/ If Hanly's driv in here's my cue to
| back out and we both kicked over
the traces and now and hence
/ forth
You'll both be porch-climbers. "
put in an echo, prompted by the
words Of John a. NJ. Adair at the
Elks' temple Monday night
Mayor Johnson Of Gary has re-
turned from indianapolis and other
southern Indiana points He holds
his gubernatorial nomination held
! in high esteem Whereabouts and says
he is going back again.
T. G. Perkins of Terre Haute is
here in the interests Of the guber-
| tOrial candidacy OF Warren T. Nc
| Cray, republican. of Kentland. Mr.
Perkins feels highly confident in the
| future of his favorite in the repub-
lican race, and holds Warren T. so
popular with business men. railway
men and farmers in Indiana that he
can't help being the party's choice
/ Mr. Perkins is a railroad man He
Will be in this part of the state some
time, with a week devoted TO ST.
! Joseph county
! Besides the indianapolis News. the
! following South Benders are said, by
| this selfsame News. to be behind the
aspirations of Harry Stuart New for
] the republican nomination for United
I States senator: Fred r. Wilson,
/ George Myers. Otto RUhartz. A. +.
( Chapman. Fred Sluss. George Shu-
l man. + leu -. wagner I. u. BuSDee,
/ G. II. Gollatz. c. f. Carlson. George
/ W. Stewart. r. NJ Hayman. &. :.
/ Leonardo &. r. Kimmel Rome G..
/ Stevenson Elmer Rogers. r l.. Sted-
man. n. q. Miller. Charles Bigler.
G. NJ. Urly Ed. w. Carter. S. J.
| Crumpacker. G. G. Herr and H. r.
jim may do some personal work
I while here, if he sees M.
Shear.
The names are given that the Hon
Barred from the March primaries
/ because of their failure TO register
/ 10 per cent of the total state vote,
I the prohibitionists of Nigo county
are the first in the field with their
county ticket for 1916. The ticket
\ is as follows. Prosecuting attorney.
/ George J. Bennett. Pimento: clerk.
| W. r. Fulwider. Terre Haute: sheriff.
| Miles Hollingsworth. Fontanet: cor
oner John Pedlar. W. Terre Haute:
surveyor. Levi BOWL. Pimento, com
misSioners Joseph l.. Foltz. Ather-
/ ton, John Erwin, West Terre Haute
and Walter Moore. Pimento. repre-