South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-15
TRIBUNE 'IGNORANTIA. DE KNAVERY"
AND THE NEW PRIMARY LAW.

The political ragtme artist that does service our
Main st. contemporary. has himself up against the
OF the state, declared the primary law
unconstitutional again Notwithstanding that that court
has confirmed its consttutonality and, if you please
discovered joker in the bill that makes operation under
It nothing less than a voting gamble The
exceeding great brilancy of this episode might
hut produce laughter, that the public not
all understand the real provisions Of the law and might
be msled-quite the apparent purpose. 1t is cpl
sOde born whether Of ignorance that needs
TO be set aside
The pretense of having heard somewhere asserted
from within democratic circles that the first and
ond choice provisions of the law inserted by the
Taggart machine for Joker purposes, be account
ed for only by counter charge OF knavery ignor
This is certain any fact of modern history
To begin with contemporary ought remember
its columns better. After playing the desperate
game has official organ o the socalled
Independent democrats of the Tribunealleged for
ward looking school ought go consult
Former Rep. Charles Weidler John w Ktch and
others of friends before it takes to
charging that feature the up Thomas Taggar
his machine anyone else save those independent
democrats socalied of the forward looking" school
themselves.
The statewide primary law it appears the
statute books exactly same law as was intro
dueed in the legislature 10y Rep. John r. Jones of
Plymouth the little legislative god of these 'ndepend-
ents. etc"-wth the exception those Examinations
that the ticket convention
which primary preferential vote taken. The Ian
guage OF the Jones bill isn't changed sub
jeet. The Stotsenburg amendments elimnations.
not changes. and these applied exclusively state Of
hces and the United States Senatorship.
Now IL contemporary wants TO have it that John
r. Jones, ex-Rep Weider. and others its dearly
beloved forward looking" democrats and cogs in the
Taggart machine let her to it; this nothwith-
standing realize much as anyone that there
have been elements in the democratic party the
more socalled regular type who would like TO de-
priye Messrs Jones al. of any credit whatsoever
Indeed talked about the house while the
biIl pending that such would be passed
but that it would get other name and the
Stotsenburg amendments followed 10y
IL the Stotsenburg law. The amendments were
made, however, "A the last moment. under extreme
pressure forced by the press of the state
which insisted that the democratic party up 10 it's
platform, and IL late make wholesale
changes. other words the Jones bill was literally
inatons above referred and regardless the eff
fort disassociate the legislation from his
fact still remains that he the real author the
first and second choice provisos which the shafts
contemporary directed. might have
said same thing differently have said it at
All. and the appropriation would probably have been
taken bodily just the same.
capable Of eomprehending ordinary Eng
Hsh what ne did say he said just right Nothing
could be slier than the construction that
temporary places a. OF it Of