South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-09
Other Editors Than Ours
THE POST MORTEAI.
INDIANAPOLIS TimesD

indianapolis Times)
Woodrow Wilson. in yesterdays election did not
receive vote of confidence from Indiana. The cam
paign of malignant misrepresentation prosecuted
unprecedented vgor by the republican could not
be counteracted by organization which showed an
astonishing lack Of efficiency.
With the Marion county republican organization in
control of the city county and state machinery with
Negro to the support of the republican
machine, with mendacious newspaper silent the
merits of the administration and magnifyng the
petty errors with another surrendered soul
and breeches TO the defense of privilege pouring the
vest ngosm through the district and state each
ing, with political machine such be built up
only where the powers that jobs payrolls
In which harbor the boys in the ditches the
dictionary powers in this again been able -
mslead the public the extent that plurality in
Marion county voted for the privilege that is kin to
autocracy voted against the very democracy for
which we are fighting on a foreign shore
The results of the election this district is
concerned furnishes occasion for serious reflection
on the part or those democrats VINO oath 10 be-
eve that Marion really against Prest wilson
We have in this county thousands of working people
and it is Uncomfortable that after all the present
cratic administration has done for labor these should
be opposed 1 their voting Woodrow Wilson, who.
any in the history Of America has been
and Is the friend of the man with privilege and in
huence.
There must have been something in this campaign
national of the democratic party,
which locally alenaed the support OF thousands. IL
may be that this alienation was unwarranted in fact
that it was based faIlacious reasonings and a
ok of ndersta ndin but the fact remains there was
it's national record party and its brilliant lead
ers statesmanship deserved to have support ap-
preaching unanimity
What was this fatal thing?
Was a general lack of confidence in the protesta-
tions of the democratic organization that there had
been a change of heart a deal? Is It now
week. public is unconvinced the democratic
party repudated the old leadership which for so
many years kept me protecting arms of the party
around the neck of the organized booze interests in
Indiana?
Those who have been close observers of the demo
cratic organization realize in the last two years there
have been radical improvements As matter of fac;
the bosses and the old leaders in Organzaton-the
old personal organization crowd-have relinquished
their hold. They did renqush until twice defeated
decisively But there has been change and much
more of change than indicated in the personnel
of the local ticket.
1t is an open secret that many prominent democrats
men active present organizations. were far from
pleased with the ticket produced in the last primary
These realized II was unwise 10 permit men, what
ever their might be, who in other had
been associated with the old organization crowd, men
who had been on the ticket when organization
was in power, be the ticket this year They
realized regard to the truth and respect
for facts Indianapolis News would night Bell
man any citizen who in other years happened 10 be or
the democratic ticket.
1t would have been good pOltics-and is astonish
ing candidates themselves did not see if this
year the democrats had gone aheld and brought &c
their tickets entirely faces This action would
have had one virtue least II would have made il
impossible for "A scheming newspaper attack the
unseated in the councils of the party.
Was il not the presence in the organization and on
the ticket of many names long familiar in politics
which invited attack enabling the indianapolis News
and the republican organization 10 get with an
other campaign of mud singing though were
in the midst OF the gravest stress 10 which the nation
has subjected
May we repeat those familiar with the organ
ration knew there had been improvement and tbs
lack confidence the part OF the people was undo
served But the fact remains-there lack
OF confidence.
We must believe that the partys failure TO come on
fat footed ratification OF the pending prohibi
ton amendment the final false step which brough
II 10 def. this county The public took this re
straint e that the liquor interests still clos
/ enough TO the party 20 make frs voice heard.
Must go through another defeat is the hand
writing now plain that the old partisan Grove
the democratic party read IL? The time IA
come when the rarty must 90 aheid and find new
faces. blooD and political ideals both in
I ganization and issues. As Prest Wilson has said
ways and the old slogans have lost their magic
| This "a day for democracy and there must b
new before the public viii be convinced of tn
Regeneration OF Indiana democracy.