South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-22

the aid OF few democrats and all the republicans
Roy Deniston killed the Bell bill News the
time was lauding him the skies for his stalwart
patriotism and manhood.
Since then. however, the Rochester man has been
defeated for reelection, not the house but the
senate He is bridge business Rochester and
interested the highway commission bill. which he
thinks will If passed. detrimental to
See here what the News has say in its snippy.
snarng misleading, bull-dozing way, about Mr. Den
ston now
The friends Of Arthur Leroy Denston. who
served in the last house representative from
Cass and Fulton counties all glad
his recent visit this city. Mr.. Den
iston while a Der the house was
man 0 the committee affairs o the city of
Indiana polls. although lives in Rochester.
AS such chairman Mr. Deniston was greatly
interested bills that Mayor Bell tried
10 shove through the legislature. Mr.
iston became a candidate the senate
was defeated-anOther victim Of the Bell
bills opposing a highway
commission"
Ingenus isn't it? DenstOn is supposed have been
private life by the folks back home because
greatly interested the bills that Mayor Bell
tried TO shove through; inferentiay least, a
rupt interest suggested presaging kind of
political corruption back his opposition the high
way law.
hold brief for Arthur Leroy Deniston
and there are a the proposed high
way commission bill that inclined to favor. but
neither of these conditions change Denistons
titude the Bell bills two years If Mr.. Deniston
by people o Fulton counties
because of his attitude the Bell bills, it be
that the people of those counties regarded the Bell
proposals as right and proper. But it be
the policy of the News mind the facts the
true logic of events Just it is interested in put
ting highway commission anything
under the will to a slur at whatsoever
way. Sufficient day there
Of" apparently, with the News.
PROFESSIONALLY Indiana some highway egsla
ton; Indiana not indianapolis. Incidentally
too. say Indiana. the people of Indi-
ana. the republican party. 1t other peo-
pie too. than those who own automobiles The great
trouble with the highway commission bill, first of all
is, it indianapolis graft; second, that il is
automobile owners graft; and, thirdly, that it IS
likely TO turn out to be concrete manufacturers graft
and further, just like not of another big
wheel the Goodrich New Watson Healing -Hemn-
way indianapolis News political machine than
gan road building efficiency. Shorn its central
lied power. and made advisory the counties
perhaps as to purely roads the purpose
of making and enforcing it might be
bad all Indiana isn't quite ready surrender
Indiana polls. % Indianapolis banks bonding
agencies. the automobile crowd the repub-
lcan machine
Now il Mr.. Denistons attitude toward the high
way commission bill. regarding which
talked with him details, is any strenuous
than if renders him and his atti-
Bell bills two years ago corrupt then
guess have been corrupted, too. both then
and now. and the News have been corrupt, at
least then 1t isn't such important matter but
in view the old saying that there is honor
among thieves" it would that there ought TO be
some among newspapers. We mention it in pass
ing Indicative than anything else of the jour
nalisc methods of the republican press the capital
there under the very Of legislature seeking
all the time to bullyras, browbeat and bulldoze all
opposition the administration program into
kind of humble submission
The Star isn't very much better than the News.
1t be the Indianapolis way To the credit
of the Star, however it somewhat shorter
colossal egotism and equipped in the intellectual
cunning and sublime gall essential to such domineer
ing It to be congratulated