South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-07
WATSON USES BIC
STICK ON H. NEW
Tells G. o. P. Convention
Crowd of Fraud AffidavitS
Locked in Safety Vault.
News-Times Special Service

News-Times Special Service
INDIANAPOLIS. April when 1
the republicans met for their state
convention TO discuss the issues OF !
the day quincy A Myers. the tenn
poTary chairman and "key-noter"
mad much TO say about that splendid !
harmony which prevails in republi- |
can ranks everywhere, and especially |
in Indiana.
State Chairman VIII II. Hays, who |
is on record as declaring the state re-
publican organization that aristocra- |
cy Of intellect and character !
brought the delegates TO order. Mr.. |
Hays thought he was going 10 be the |
short term senatorial candidate and /
SO many things happened in a hurry
that he has hardly recovered. James I
Eli watson had collected two hun /
ded or more affidavits telling how |
Theodore RoOsevelt's awfully dear
friend Captain Harry :. New receiv- !
cd more votes in some Marion cOun- |
" and Lake county precincts than |
there are qualified voters living in |
the districts. James Eli Watson was
going to give these to Dist. Atty. 7. !
F,rt Slack TO hand to the federal !
grand jury. James Eli also planned !
to go to Chicago and do things TO tho
Fairbanks boom. just like Fairbanks
and New and Watson handed it to |
Roosevelt at Chicago in 1912.
Gets Out OF Way.
So Mister Hays FASTENED to get out
OF the political way of the Rushville /
gentleman. But James Eli was on
hand at the convention letting il be |
thoroughly understood that the affi-
6avits are securely locked in the /
safety deposit boxes. This added !
greatly to the splendid picture of
party harmony
Then Quincy A. Myers was intro
duced as another picture of harmony. |
He was not thought OF at first as
temporary chairman of the conven-
ton. Somebody sugges ed that he
be given the honor as slight compen-
sation for the walIoping he got when
ne thought he was candidate in the
primaries against the money bags.
He is a good speaker so he told the
convention all about the harmony
prevailing generally. He told them
about how Charles Warren Fair
banks is going to be the next presi-
dent of the United States and while
the delegates cheered their minds
were wandering far away to a Ger
tain colonel at oyster Bay, and they
pictured in their minds what that
Spanish war veteran is going TO do
to the Hoosier favorite in June. For
the shadow Of the colonel seemed to
hang over the convention and will
Roosevelt be the nominee at Chica-
20 ?" was asked and discussed a hun
dred times by every delegate pres
cnt.
Teddy Causes Worry.
Don't you think we may get a
chance TO name Hughes?" ore Lake
county delegate asked another while
he was applauding the mention of
the name of Fairbanks. Nav" he
was assured. Teddy amt no fool.
Teddyy'll say they can't put him on
platform unless he tells 'em in adj
vance what he stands for. Bein' a
supreme court judge and not willin'
TO quit unless he gets the other job
he can't tell 'em how he stands and
|
weigh in right and the only available
will be #. Roosevelt. Amt that sim
pie first grade politics. And amt
Harry New and Joe Healing and the
rest Of this bunch getting in step to
his music?"
When the temporary chairman
spoke he declared the tariff the great
issue. He spoke Of how the Under
wood tariff has driven employers out
OF business and their employees into
the streets" Two blocks from where
J he was speaking the federal employ
men bureau was pleading for men TO
! fill all sorts OF jobs and there are
no men to take them. The only peo-
pie in Indiana who were not busy at
some useful employment at the mo-
ment Chairman Myers was growing
most eloquent over the business de-
preston were the delegates to the re
publican convention.
Chairman Myers abused Woodrow
Wilson for wanting a non-partisan
tariff commission 1T must be a
commission of protectionists." he de-
clared. just like he really believed
what he said.