South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-11
Political Gossip

That the democratic campaign in
New York state Will be opened Jan.
Is. is an announcement from the Ma
tiOnal Democratic club with head
quarters there. This organization
viii invade the field with considera-
ton Of the presidential office. Sec'y
of the Navy Daniels will be the first
speaker on program Of monthly
meetings His subject will be navy
preparedness. Members of the navy
consulting board have been asked to
address the club.
The political situation in Newton
county is serious with the primary
less than two months away and no
avowed candidates for many offices.
Some time ago it was predicted that,
with Warren T. McCray on the state
ticket, there would be a scramble
for places on the republican county
ticket, but this situation has not ma
teralized so far E. r. Hess will make
the race to succeed himself as sher-
if and Hugh Constable of Goodland
is being talked OF for clerk. but his
brother, Lyle Constable. has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
joint representative and it is regard
ed as certain that both will not get
places on the ticket.
w. w. Miller OF Mt. Ayr also is
talked OF for joint representative. ).
X. Sizelove and c. NJ. Daniel will be
candidates on the democratic ticket
to succeed themselves as auditor and
clerk, respectively. ]. A. Ashly OF
Mt. Ayr is being urged to run for
treasurer and should he consent
would probably be the only candi
date. There are a number of other
important offices to fill and it may
be that candidates will have to be
drafted to fill out both tickets. There
is no talk OF putting a progressive
ticket in the field.
The Washington star in a current
issue speaks Of Albert ]. Beveridge
as the probable candidate on the pro-
gressive ticket for the presidential
nomination. Grounds for this con-
tention are found in the fact that
Beveridge has not as yet come out
for an office, that he is still a moose,
and that he is the only spell binder
on the roster of eligibles. That Roose-
Welt controls absolutely what is left
80 80, ~
the Star, which holds that T. r. is
favorable TO Beveridge. If uncer-
tain as to his own political future.
That Beverage endorsement of any
presidential candidate, should tho
moose fail to name one of its own,
would have weight on the Indiana
campaign is a contention of the cap
ital city publication.
Jackson Boyd. while failing TO
carry out his threat that he would
be a candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination on the progressive ticket,
opposing j. Frank Hanly, who, he
says, strives to prohibitionize the In
diana moose, is out with new plan
to defeat Hanlyism. He proposes,
in another of his interviews from
Greencastle, to defeat the ex-gover-
nors pet hobby in the state con-
vention. The moose one time chair
man says:
The party should adopt a plank
in support of the initiative, refer
endum and recall. as it has done
in previous platforms. With ref
erence TO prohibition, We should ia
vor nonpartisan submission of that
question to the voters. believe the
omnipartisan convention in Indian
apolis a month or two ago expressed
the progressive party's attitude on
that question correctly"
George D. Parks, for 35 years
a practicing attorney at Lafayette,
has announced himself a candidate
subject to the republican primaries
for the office Of state representative
from Tippecanoe county. Charles
Haskell Henderson, formerly Lafay-
cite city judge. wants the joint SEN
atorship, from Warren and Tppe-
canoe counties.
Another face appeared in the re-
publican aspirant slate Monday with
the filing at the county clerks office
of a petition by H. G.. Eggleston Of
Mishawaka, who seeks the nomina-
ton as sheriff of st. Joseph county.
Mr.. Eggleston is at present a mem
Der of the county council, and at
one time served as city clerk of
Mishawaka. He has spent most of
his life as a resident of the neigh
boring city.
According to an Indianapolis dis
patch Francis S. Wright, South Bend
attorney. has filed with the secre-
tary OF state a petition for the
placing OF his name on the demo-
cratic primary ballot as a candi-
date for the office OF representative
from st. Joseph county. Wright
announced his candidacy Saturday.
Pres't Wilson's preparedness pol
icy was Endorsed by Lake county
democrats at a meeting at Ham,
mond Saturday A copy Of the reso-
luton favoring Mr.. Wilson as the