South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-31
Political Gossip

Expecting perhaps to get away
from politics, which has spelled
probe in large and distinct capitals
all over the city. Terre Haute civic
organizations. led by the Rotary
club, are considering carefully mu-
nicipal government via the city man
ager plan. Speakers from cities over
the country in which the business
form Of government" has been tried,
have been addressing various meet
ings there, and committees have
been named TO confer with civic
heads as to the feasibility of draft
ing a new charter embracing the
manager system.
Officers of the national republican
congressional committee have been
named as follows:
Rep. Woods. Iowa. chairman: Sen.
Fall. New Mexico. vice chairman:
John b. Eversman. Illinois, secre-
tary. Executive committee--Reps.
Mckinley. Illinois; Woods. Iowa;
Fairchild. New York; Mondell. Wy
Oming; Kahn, California; Austin,
Tennessee: Esch. Wisconsin; Camp
bell. Kansas; Browning, New Jersey;
Stenerson. Minnesota: Slemp. Vir-
ginia; WinslOw. Massachusetts; Fess,
Ohio: Tilson, Connecticut; Graham.
Pennsylvania; Miller, Delaware. and
Britt, North Carolina.
And it was no sooner said than
a grand howl went up from the ranks
of returning progressives to the eff
feet the Iowa man had been given
only the title, while Rep. Mckinley
of Illinois, as treasurer, will direct
the campaign. That the progressives
had been Summarized was the way
the capitol staff writer's put it, and
they said further that the latest sub
sea outrage would cause hard feel
ings difficult to adjust.
That Charles r. Hughes is the
overwhelming favOrite of the repub-
ican members of the Massachusetts
legislature. is a claim made follow
ing a poll supervised by the Boston
Transcript Mccall was third and
Weeks fourth. a big surprise for
those who had looked favOrabiy on
the ''favorite SON movement. The
poll result follows: Hughes. rs:
Roosevelt. %; Mccall, 9: Weeks. 6;
Lodge. 3: Root, l. Cummins, un-
decided, %, total. 140.
A report that Quincy A. Myers of
lLogansport. former judge OF the Indi-
ana supreme court, would act as
temporary chairman OF the repub-
1ican state convention. has been con-
| frmed at Indianapolis Myers made
tn race for the nomination for
governor in the recent primary.
Along with the formal announce
ment of the candidacy OF f. A. Daus-
man OF Goshen for the nomination
| for Judge OF the appellate court. sub
7 ject to the republican convention
comes the news from Bloomington 70
the effect Edwin Corr Of that city
will be a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for the same office
I TO succeed Joseph r. Shea who has
been appointed United States am
/ bassador 10 Chile. and whose resig-
nation is expected soon. Gov. Raj
stOn has announced that he will not
appoint a successor to Shea until
after the democratic convention. and
that the man who receives the nom
/ ination by that body will I'LL out
Shea's unexpired term.
/
State Treasurer George A. Bittlel
\ has returned from a rather exten-
i sive trip through the east. He say:
! he never saw such sentiment for 9
/ man in and out OF his party as thai
/ shown among sold business men FOL
/ Woodrow Wilson.
And j never saw such prosperity
as they are all enjoying You car
not get into any hotel in the cas-
unless YOU send ahead four or fave
days 20 make your reservation. W,
/ hear about congestion with the rail
roads in their inability TO handle IN,
| business. and other things that give
as some idea. but YOU have TO sc