South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-13
AmenicaniSm is Winner in the
Wilson Victory at the Polls

Indianapolis news mus lhdJ the
will OF the people has not been ex-
pressed. that Woodrow Wilson's
policies have not been endorsed.
without the approval OF Wall St the
indianapolis News would have US TO
believe there is no endorsement.
The Indianapolis News. like the
Indianapolis star, repudiated half
the people OF Indiana as unfit 10 in
habit the earth because they voted
their convictions. Let IL be known
that in Indiana II the election had
been honest and clean Woodrow
Wilson would today have the cleo
toraI vote by a good majority
While the Indianapolis News pro-
claims that there was a pure cleo
ton in Marion county and all over
the state, they ignore the fact. which
is known. that there were thousands
Of false registrations that money
was spent freely by the republican
organization in Marion county and
elsewhere.
Indianapolis News a HypOcrite.
In a brief story the Indianapolis
News. in a fiippant way, wonders
where those 1000 registered voters
were on election day in Gary Had
the registrations been made by de1l-
Ocrats the News would be publish
ing the charges OF crime all over
the first page. There were in fact
ever 2.4OO OF these registrations.
The federal grand jury will prob
ably answer the question which the
tors. United States marshals and
agents Of the government who were
in Gary election day were respons-
ible for these over 1000 illegal reg
istrations put on by the republicans
not going TO the polls 10 vote. The
same inspectors operating in Indi-
ana were responsible for the fact
that when the republicans herded
colored voters, sending them out in
squads Of 20 to vote, did not cast
their ballots
While il is probably time for plain
speaking. il is not necessary here TO
go into discussion of the many con-
temptible methods and organizations
which were formed at the expense
of the republican national and state
committees for the purpose of de-
feating Woodrow Wilson. Their
identity and mode of operation is
too well known. Woodrow Wilson
took care during campaign to point
them out conspicuously. He not only
pointed them out but he denounced
them and said he would feel greatly
Inundated if any of them should
give him support.
Policies Abused, Not Discussed.
While Woodrow Wilson was
abused openly. but always in gen.
eral terms. by his opposing candi-
date, and by those who campaigned
and echoed what Mr.. Hughes said,
at no time during the campaign
were the things which he has ac-
tually accomplished ever taken up
by his opponent and intelligently
discussed. He was slandered and
lied about most scandalously by the
agents of the republican committees
and organizations. who peddled
these malicious falsehOods into the
homes of the country in such a way
that there was no opportunity TO
answer. SO far as the republicans
are concerned. they campaigned
without an issue they dared discuss.
The only thing for which Mr.
Hughes had declared himself in pos
tive terms was for woman suffrage.
and then all the women voted
against him. evidently not believing
that he meant what he said, or that
republican standpatters would allow
him to fulfill his promise.
If the election were TO be held
over today, Woodrow Wilson would
have four-fifths to nine-tenths of all
votes cast in the United States.
When ne shall have completed an
other four years, in which the wis
dom of his progressive program
shall have been fully demonstrated.
every progressive voter in the cOun-
try who voted the progressive ticket
will be voting the straigb. demo-
cratic ticket. All prOgressives will
be glad TO be known as mem bers of
that party. All republicans. save the
old guard who seek office. will also
be proud and anxious TO enlist under
the banner OF democracy. and not
in 80 years to come will the demo-
cratic party be put out of power so
long as men approaching the stand
ard set by Woodrow Wilson are Sc