South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-22
EXPLAINS THAT 200 VOTES

EXPLAINS THAT 200 VOTES.
South Bend. Nov. p, 1917.
Editor News Times:
Thinking that perhaps it did not
come TO your attention permit me
TO inform you that John D. Harris,
who signed himself voting ma
chine custodian" gave a consider
able exhibition Of his animus IN
the lobby OF the county building this
morning, in which ne explained that
the individual referred 10 in his
letter 10 the republican organ Tues
day. was the News Times and YOU.
1 have just finished rereading his
letter and your editorial Of sunday
with reference 10 the recount, and
the only thing / can see in the lat
ter that would justify certain Of the
contents OF the former. seems 10 me
contained not in the editorial at all.
but in Mr.. Harris vigorous repub-
lican par-isanship. and angry sen
sitiveness, which causes him to turn
the light on himself and read things
and accusations into the editorial
that are not there at all.
He says in his letter, for instance
that this individual" which he
now asserts means The News Time
and YOU. accuses him of placiu
broken machines in certain pre-
cincts. / notice that there is no sue
accusation in the editorial and
have never seen ii i'm print. thoua
myself did hear Mr. Ha.ri ST.
that the reason the yes and no
line of levers were not shut off
one case was because Someth.
was broken and ne couldn't do
Perhaps j. was an excuse for ths
one mach ne on which he does no
care now, 20 insi {. sin il
been learned that it was not u
only machine on HIGH that IoW
levers were not locked
Your editor.a vas fair preee.
tation Of The local case u haleas
ed the machines as -ne. ID. in ell
cheney 10 the demands OF G.
mopolitan commUrr and can.
of being manipulate MIR Harris
admits tina. he same type d.
chimes were manipulated in
and he might IA e a.r.i t.a
were manipulated l re
but he need MOI nike h.-s.
fired seriously He isrt the n
chimes. Oh, yes, h says ne .
ways neutral in tie matte. o.
elections, as che has q be, bur
notice that in his attempt 10 eN. l
away the some zoo vote Of Poop
who entered the booths. but I'll.
were never counted he grows scr.
repub.icanesque iu his eu l.tv
The stereotyped ans e Lhat .h-.
vote for the man they We u ana le-
the rest go" commonp, re in the
republican excuses for Carson WIN
ming the election, is no ans To-
these 700 voters not having their
votes counted at all, unless they
didn't want 10 vote for anyb3dy.
But /, for one. do not hold the
machine responsible, nor Nj. Harris
either. Those 700 votes, or many
them. were manipulated by re
publican tricksters before the vot-
$ entered the booths. 1 run across
several times myself, where re
hlican henchmen got hold of
oters known 10 he democrats, and
planned TO them how to Operate
- e machine. pretending, Of course.
~ ere demo rats too. working
Acke ma n.
on kt no - -pe~ate the
hEe tf.-- VOL es of
.-os oLl- ask. The voter
ew.
CIV, don't maEe any mistake. %
repob, S. would go on.
em.er, lou p.u ov- the 1T
@. owe the an cat you
= to vote for ana Thea push il
81 up again. The push back ,he
le err and ira. counts il. III
clman would see 20 j, cEat the
otter got il wei into his head to
sh the little let ers back Up a~ain,
or 1t wouldn't count. when the fact
Of the matter is that it is exactly
the thing that shuts off the count
You asked in your editorial if
voters are growing more ignorant.
as the answer TO this large number
of voters who failed 10 get their
votes counted. l answer with Gus
todian Harris. mo. but that doesn't
hinder their being more generally
deceived with a determined cam
paign of deception on, such as the
republicans waged in this manner.
/ happen to know / am a Rosuser
democrat, and one OF those used TO
put over the deception beca use
could pass readily as a democrat,
] but ] am getting sick and tired, and
/ f this Eypocr.sy-pl pleading superior
/ purity-goes on. look out for an eX-
I plosion some Of these days
Sisns of the double cross" are
already visible. ordinarily not a safe
procedure when there is so much
( rottenness open 10 exposure, as q
! means Of getting even.
A DEMO REPUBLCO.