South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-02
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

attended, and addressed by Con-
gresham Henry A Barnhart. These
meetings were arranged two weeks
ago, along with the Arrangement of
Congressman Barnhart's other dates
for south Bend. including the one
at Mishawaka last week, and at the
high school auditorium last night.
and the republican attempt 10 claim
that they were scheduled TO inter
fere with planned republican
gatherings. is a misstatement of fact
by inverse ratios. The arrangements
for the meeting Saturday night in
the west end, which republicans
claim was arranged 10 spoil the
Watson meeting. were made six
eeks ago, and the Watson meet
ing was later planned in spite of
republican knowledge Of that fact.
No Cards Sent Out.
Neither were any cards sent out
by the democrats To draw republi-
cans away from their meeting, by
giving a wrong address. Democrat
ic headquarters have no knowledge
OF any such cards. or that they ever
existed. Because the republican
speaker Joe Smulski. Chicago
banker, failed 10 arrive, having been
laid up in Toledo by Polish citizens
there Infatuated over his attacks on
Pres't Wilson, his place was taken
on the program by Joseph .. Oil
yer. millionaire pillow manufacturer.
Discussing the high cost of Hv-
trr II.
administration, the millionaire
manufacturer said 10 the men, many
Of whom are his employees and held
10 their republicanism by their
jobs:
You can remember when YOU
used 10 buv your butter for eight
cents a pound and eggs for eight
cents Dozen he said.
Yes" said one of the men. his
memory coming TO his rescue, that
was when you used TO pay us so
cents a day wages
1t brought the Olverian oIatory
10 a close.
Fact of the matter is, the attack
by Halloween celebrators, is but a
.molehill magnifed into a noun
tain, in comparison with that of the
republicans 10 disturb the democrat
ic parade held by the west enders,
Saturday night. The attack of the
democratic parade. however. was
made in the downtown district, led
by no less respectable "hoodlums"
and "roughnecks" than the like of
one Floyd o. Jellison, the man who
out of his infinite respect for
George Washington and contempt
for Mexicans, engineered the snap
judgment resolutions through the
Harry o. Perkins camp, L. S. w.
V. demanding the. cOurt-martial OF
Sec'y of War Baker. His first lieu
tenant was Clifford Du Comb, who
attempted 10 rush a similar resolu-
ton through the sons of Veterans,
but ran amuck.
West Enders Indignant.
West enders were decidedly indig-
nant over the republican attempt to
charge the work of school children,
cut on a lark, up 20 the respectable
citizens of the community. when it
was learned last night. Even re-
Publicans expressed a determina-
ton TO recent the roloradaradarad
ton 20 resent the charge. 1T seems
that nothing can happen up here"
said one Hungarian friendly TO the
Polish people, and always hereto
fore a republican worker, without
our being put down for 'hoodlums'
and 'roughnecks.' We are getting
sick of it. Those republicans can't
come up here and dine US on their
beer and pigs-feet. just TO get out
votes. and then go away and call us
'hOodlums' and 'roughnecks' and
make us like it"