South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-30
SIR q. O. p. ORACLE AND JOHN SHARP
WILLIAMS ADDRESS.

We have waited deliberately waited what kind
Of treatment Sen John Sharp Williams would receive
from republican contemporary. incident 10 MS
visit and address in South Bend. before making any
comment upon All did about it yesterday,
was to present the news-the cold facts We wanted
TO leave it to our contemporary tell story Of
mis- presence and make its comment upon him-and
MIN alone. The expected has happened Although
some 1900 people attended the Williams meeting our
contemporaries alleged noon edition discovered
mis- presence. yet save in brief editorial and final
Is when the presence of the Misssppian discover
ID by it's reportorsI stain the last" edition
lit was reduced to q half column, and hidden much
ss possible the public view.
such is republican Journalism. Suppress what you
don't want the public know. You can't trust the
people with truth. Especially YOU cannot trust it.
.6s in this instance exposition of falsehOod
exactly what Sen. williams address amounted TO-
When Candidate Whews here The News-Times
published his speech practically in full. using his
words. story the meeting and the crowd was
told without or bias Such things are statements
of fact, of what happened, what somebody had to
say and it ought be mission of newspaper to
give this the public regardless of party affiliations
assuming that the people want the truth
We viii concede that there was vast difference in
The News-Times, and in its contemporary motives.
wanted let the public know what the republican
nominee had to say. Nothing could make him more
OF Sen. williams much as it dared. knowing full we'll
print it reasonably in fulL and without
color. only to the righteousness which Mr.
whews had made for himself-and the gentleman who
heads republican ticket silly enough
parts already.
Then the editorial comment. OF course. ~ editcr is
at perfect liberty 10 draw his own conclusions and
when unanswerable argument seek laugh
IL "out of court" likes We do not expect a rock
ribbed republican newspaper things dem
ocra,o ange or TO be fair enough to truthfully
record happertns hut why doesn't tell us,
as Mr.. WheVs mouthpiece what their candidate would
do in response 10 the numerous questions that were
put mp him.
Tor instance. but would repeal and would Mr..
Whews even ask for its repeal?
Our contemporary says repeal could not wipe out
the gnominious surrender that brought the law into
being" Well would as wiping out
anything could. wouldn't Assuming the sake
OF their argument that the ignomnity exists?
when congress meets again in December" car con-
temporary goes on. knows that Mr. Hughes Ithe
proper dehnito=sl spelling is w-h-e-w-s). has been
elected, perhaps viii give Mr. Hughes Cvv-h-e-w-s
again more definitely explains who they mean) a
chance repeal tire BILL And then it asks. VIII
SEN. Williams guarantee that il win?"
You bet your bottom dollar that if he elected.
he'll the chance-that believing clustering hold
tackle than NE would dare attempt ay Nir. Whews
viii promise b. and neither viii contemporary
dArs advocate its repeal for him. IT is Just yellow.