South Bend news-times., 1917-11-01
DUST TURNED TO mud" BY TOUCH OF
THE "AOUA PURA" OF UNWANTED TRUTH
NOVEMBER I, 1917

- FFORTS OF the LapOrtc Herald, republican
r organ OF the city TO the west; attempts To
discredt what has been published in this
paper regarding Dr. Frank Carsons career as
mayor OF that city, employing such statements of
fact regarding that administration as IL did last
Monday, and quoted I'm the republican organ here,
brands its editor, the apparent author of those
statements, either an ignOramus, purPOscful
prcvariCatOr a fool
He Is n fool TO publish such stun I'm LapOrte
and expect people there to believe it, or II he is
not purpOscful falsiAcr, he must be an ignOr-
an,us-an uniformed
Take the race track question. The ordinance
hooks will take care OF that IL Is still there
and everyone i'm LapOrte who lived there when
DIR. Carson was mayor will testify TO his use OF
the streets for racing p urpOses.
Laportcans also remember well the gambling
escapades. The Herald seems TO assume that he
the records do not how lot OF arrests made
while Carson was mayor, nothing could have
happened to arrest anyone for. We admit the
records but insist that the lack OF arrests proves
only that the law not enforced. DR. Car
SOu used prudence tact etc" instead of the law
and didn't allow his conscience" TO hurt him.
The doughty editor of the Herald should
member that DR.. Carson mayor of LapOrte
while hc was still paying homage to the kaiser
"a habit ne hadn't gotten over yet, even last
fall when he was still roaring like mad bull
congress hadn't passed the munitions
embargo and forbid Americans TO travel on the
He threw about the same kind OF a spell that
he has In this Carson matter last year when
Congressman Barnhart answered certain pro-
German "pacGsts" Of LapOrtc, to send their ap-
peaIs peace the kaiser instead of the pres
idcnt congress of the United States.
All LapOrte was insulted, according to the
Herald. LhPOrte il always insI-ited, I'm the mind
OF the Herald editor. when some republican, rum
ming Office, OF belonging its clique, gets a
wc-dcserved slap I'm his political chops.
The local republican organ says IL is mud
thrown at DIR. Carson, and IL presumes To quote
numerous Laporte citizens TO bolster up the
charge
All Of them are machine republicans but two
and one those two S irresponsible
paper man whose word, isn't worth farthing.
We know. He has sold lies TO us--but not any
The other one is T. III. scott, who was Dr. Car
sons predecessor. doesn't like say much
but hOw well he guarded his words
as contemporary quotes him:
Ills administration i'm the main good and
the doctor was very popular. He kindly To
everybody and cOnsderate i'm his attitude toward
all"
We think the last sentence was manufactured
for Mr.. Scott. IL sounds more like Fred Miller
lryn; To- exhibit his nicely than IL does like
Mr. scott. The doctor WAS very popular with
the liberal element Any administration is
some good IL i the weak spots, however, IN
make an "a ADMINISTRATION excellent We know
"A lot better what Mr. scott thinks of DIR. Car
sons administration than oar contemporary
does.
The charge that this Is the dirtiest ud-sling-
Ing campaign south Bend has had i'm rs years,
l. answered by the challenge that democracy has
the dirticst bunch 10 dc al with that has entered
local campaigns I'm all these years.
Dr CnrSOn's wonderful "dust" that he was go
ing raise. and his vice, utility, and machine
supporters for him. il the thing that has turned
TO mud and the faster ne the of
il he spIattcrs ON himself.
No. we are not going 10 lie down and permit
the victims Of their folly TO put IL
vluic the people sleep.