South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-23
0 LEARY WORKING
FOR REPUBLICANS
Promise Made by Hughes That
He Would Not Back 7. R.
Views on Germany.

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way bldg. Chicago: John A. Nc
! Geery. $500 Watne av.. Chicago; Joe
O'Donneu. 3O7S Palmer square, Chi
cago: Victor Ridder, Stats zeitung.
New York city; ]. p. O'Mahoney,
| 500 Walsin bldg, Indianapolis, Ind;
Or. George @. EiteI 1875 Willow
St. Minneapolis Mimi; Dr. Paul
Carus. 1907 Seventh st. L.aSalle. H.;
/ Ferdinand walther, 3642 Greenwich
av., Chicago.
Sent Their Regrets.
The members of the national
campaign committee who attended
| PEELED to send their regrets to the
Chicago meeting we're:
Hon Alfred K Nippert. Cincin-
natl. o.; John Lang. 1ss Broadway.
New York city; Perry A. T. Andres.
| Sc Chestnut St. Detroit, Mich; Ar
mol Peterson. Davenport. Ia; Hon.
Frank p. Seiberlich, II Roanoke av.,
Boston. Mass; Arthur Won Koenig.
22S Third St, Milwaukee. Wis: AL
bert Bettinger. Atlas Bank bldg,
Cincinnati. O.; Charles H. Issel.
1o41S Clark av., Cleveland, o.
The exposure Of the official rec
ords OF the organization at this time
will probably serve the purpose OF
the clearing OF one of it's main OBJ
jects. the concealment of the sources
Of its financial support and the char
acter of its disbursements. It's
committees, in their official reports.
frankly confess the intention TO in
fiuence the election OF a president
as we'll as members of congress,
and plan the expenditure of money
upon a magnitude which they them
selves state will overshadow that of
either OF the regular political parties
Comes Under Statute.
Upon the face OF these records.
therefore, the national committee of
the American independence confer
ence - the active working body -
comes within the provisions of chap
ter 392 of the United States statutes
at large, Gas amendedl providing
for publicity of contributions" BY
it's terms. the law is specifically ap-
plicable TO 'all committees, associa-
tons or organizations which shall
in two OF more states influence the
result or attempt to influence an
election in which representatives in
congress are TO be elected.
The damaging entrance in the Of
fetal minutes of the meeting Of the
national committee OF the American
independence conference held in
Chicago, Sept. 80. which states that
Charles Evans Hughes held a per-
sonal conference with the special
committee referred to, is as fol.
lows:
-. A. O'Leary then reported
to the national committee that
the special committee had met
with the republican presidential
candidate and gave the gather
ing a detailed report of the in
| terview."
The meeting of Sept 80 was pre-
coded by a meeting held in Detroit
on Sept Z. At the Detroit meeting
Carl E. Schmidt. chairman of the
national committee Of the American
independence conference. jeremiah
/ O'Leary, Will r. Macdonald and
4 Frank Seiberlich were selected as
members OF the special committee
/ and were instructed to place before
Mr.. Hughes a written document set
! ting forth the demands of the or
ganization.
Demands Are Made Public.
Those demands, which are also
made public by the democratic ma
tional committee were reduced to
/ writing at the Detroit meeting. They
were signed by the full membership
\ Of the national committee in attend
ance at the Detroit meeting. They
appear in the official records of the
| organization under the heading,
statement read to Charles Evans
| Hughes by the conferences special
committee"
The records do not disclose the
prior date or place of the personal
! presentation of the demands TO
/ Candidate Hughes. The conceded
| fact, however. is that Jeremiah A.
/ OLeary, as spokesman of this spe-
| cial committee. reported at the Chi
cago meeting that the meeting with
/ the republican presidential candidate
has been held and that Mr.. O'Leary
gave his followers a detailed report
/ Of the interview.
Following is the demand present
| ed TO Mr.. Hughes with the notation
OF the special committee:
Statement read 70 Charles f.
| Hughes by the conferences special
committee. We representing a
| large part of the voters OF the United
! States. who believe in the principles
| OF American independence and SOW
| ereignty, in conference assembled at
Detroit, Mich. Sept. -. 1916, have
been attracted by the telegram of
congratulations which was sent by
/ the Hon. Charles Evans Hughes.
candidate for president OF the United
States. 70 Theodore Roosevelt, upon
the deliverance by him OF a public
speech at the city OF Lewiston,
| Ne, which carried with il, by ex-
preston and implication, an en-
dorsement by Mr.. Hughes OF Mr.