South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-03
Politics Haze Had Busy
Week IN Hoosier State
Hays Goes to Washington rumpha Tour-Chicago Pack
ers Investigation Intereshng-Two Parties Prepare
for Liberty Loan-May Move
Refomatory.

for some one TO represent the wool
en- manufacturers at washington.
because they needed representation.
The talk OF Ed Wasmuth Of
Huntington for republican state
chairman has taken hold. and there
appears 10 be little doubt but that
those in control OF the party in this
state Will put him over. Accord
ing 10 reports from Washington the
whole plan was framed up at Wash
ington while Hays, Jack Henley.
secretary Of the state committee,
Joseph y. Healing, James A Hem
enway and Gov. Goodrich were
there. Sen Harry 5. New also had
a large part in the arrangement.
The bipartisan state wide confer
ence 10 be held here next Tuesday
TO organize the two party OrganiZa-
tons into one for the Liberty loan
drive promises 10 be extremely in
teresting. Charles A. Greathouse.
democratic state chairman. says ne
has received letters from most of
the democratic county chairmen
saying they will be here. He has
also received a number OF letters
from friends over the country. con-
graduating him on the fine spirit
shown by the democratic and repub-
lican organizations in getting to-
gether on the Liberty loan cam
paign. Indications are that the In
diana plan will be adopted in a
number Of other states. Indiana is
the first state to undertake TO COM
In one mail Greenhouse received a
letter from a friend in New York.
who said he read of the plan in a
New York paper, and in the same
mail he got a letter from another
friend in Denver. Col, also consrat-
ulating him on the matter. All OF
which shows that the Indiana idea
is attracting widespread attention.
There is a report in circulation
here 10 the effect that a movement
has been quietly started 10 move
the Indiana reformatory from JEFF
fersonville TO some other city n
the south half of the state. Fire
destroyed a large part of the re-
fOrmatOry plant a short time ago,
and the rumor has il that removal
before reconstruction is under con-
sideratiOn. However, the rumOr
has not been traced to any reliable
source.
one Of the visitors to this city at
the time of the democratic editorial
banquet a few days ago was Her
man +. Confer OF Decatur. who was
deputy secretary of state for eight
years under Lew 9. Eningham of
Fort Wayne, and Homer l. Cook
of this city II is reported now
that Confer may become a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
secretary of state. He made many
friends during the time that ne was
in the office as deputy.
A report from Evansville says
that John w. Boehne. former may
or of that city and who served four
years as congressman from the first
district, may again be a candidate
for the nomination for congress.
Charles Lieb. OF ROckport. who was
congressman four years succeeding
Boehne. also is being talked of for
the nomination. but neither BoeltRe
nor Lieb has made any announce
ment.
Charles T. Remy of this city has
announced that he is a candidate
for the republican nomination for
Judge of the appellate court from
the south district. which includes
the south half of the state. Remy
formerly was reporter OF the SUI
preme court. and since retiring from
that office has been in the law prac-
tice here. He is prominent in
Knights Of Pythias circles. He for
merly lived at seymour.