South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-25
Political GOSSIP

I JOIN the ORGANIZATION OF young men
OF St. Joseph county will meet to-
night at 1880 in the auditorium of
| the j. NJ. $. building for the purpose
| Of completing an organization start
ed last week at the Hotel oliver.
In a letter sent out TO young men
Of the city Monday. the following is
cited:
The future destiny of St. Joseph
| county lies in the hands OF the pres
! ent younger generation. AS young
men. voters and citizens it is our
/ duty to get acquainted with the busi-
ness of conducting a government so
that in a few years when it will rest
almost entirely in our hands. we can
do il intelligently."
Fred Woodward will be the speak
er of the evening at the meeting,
which will be staged in the manner
| Of a smoker. A report of the com
mittee on constitution and bylaws.
! composed of Claude Nicely. p. An
derson and N V Robertson. will
be heard. Carl Winkler. appointed
| temporary chairman at the prelimi-
nary meeting, will preside.
DR.. Edgar Myers, candidate for
| the nomination for coroner on the
republican ticket, Monday filed his
primary petition with the county
clerk.
Cards have been received here an
nouncing the candidacy of. Joseph p.
! Hemphill for chief Of the bureau OF
statistics of Indiana Mr.. Hemphill
is known in local democratic circles.
He is a candidate on the democratic
ticket.
Several organizations toward the
young men Of st. Joseph county have
been instigated quietly here the pasti
two weeks.
An interesting story from Indi-
annapolis regarding the alleged anti
| Taggart tendencies of Leonard B.
] Clore, candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor, has been
received here. In the face of the
arrival of John A. NJ. Adair and the
subsequent rally at the Elks. it is the
more pertinent at this time. 1t is
| given below:
Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. %.
THE bitter pre-primary feuds that
are growing daily in the ranks of the
republican party apparently are to
have no cOunterparts in the demo-
critic list of candidates For Leon
ard b. ClOre of Laporte, although
he says he is out to skin John A NJ
| laf %,
ton, is not attempting to make an
INSTRUMENTATION fight, as had been
promised by some of the rabid
anti Taggarites,' who hailed Chores
declaration Of candidacy as the sig
nal for his leading a fight against
the present democratic organization.
"Clore attended the special meet
! ing of the democratic state commit
tee Friday, just as did Mr.. Adair.
! Clore had not shown any indications
of the sort of scrap that the Wilson
Bryan league democrats have been
demanding. Instead he is standing
out in the race, depending on sup
port from whatever factions Of the
party he may gain it. He says he
intends TO fight Adair to a finish, but
in lighting Adair there is no indica-
ton that his fight is against the
state organization of the party. This
condition insures party harmony
after the primary election.
Further than that it appears to
thinking democrats here that Mr.
Chores race-unless all signs fail
will result in his nomination for lieu
tenant-gOvernOr at the democratic
! state convention, which was fixed by
the state committee for Wednesday,
April 26. There are several features
about Chores race which may make
him a strong contender against
Adair at the finish, but it is not at
all probable that he will be able to
defeat the man, whom most of the
state candidates and present state
officers are supporting for the COVER
nOrship nomination.
"Clore had fatty denied allegiance
TO any particular faction of the party
and he has been so insistent on this
line that the so-called forward
looking" democrats, who had hoped
Clore would be their own candidate,
are not a little chagrined at the sit
uation. In fact they say here now
that they will not be overly enthusi-
astic about the Clore candidacy from
now on.
Was Sought by "Antis.''
This brand of democrats sought
TO compel Clore to announce himself
as an anti-Taggart democrat and
Clore refused to make the race on
such a platform. The next day is
sued a statement, in which he an
nounced himself as a candidate for
the governOrship nomination, but
said nothing about any anti-Taggart
tendencies. or any other sort of ten
denotes, except those, which he said
he felt might succeed in nominating
him. Then he proceeded to an
nOunce that he would make the race
as nobody's candidate. but his own.
"Later-last week-the forward
lockers held a secret meeting in In
dianapolis and discussed the ClOre
situation at great length. Then they
sent emissaries to Clore and de-
manded, or pleaded. that he come
out for a constitutional convention
| If he would do that all would be