South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-12

-1NnNS. JUNE L. Isrs.
congress. and TO pervert TO selfish and sordid
purposes the government OF the nation. Il
only done i'm violation of law. but it is de
structiye o. representative government
The United States attorneys charged in
court that these brewers boasted in their cir
cllars their ability tc poison the ranks OF
organized labor throSgh labor unions TO kill
At one session of congress two hundred bills
inimical to the liquor interests, and 70 capture
entire states elections"
Any party that can ignore vile a that in
times under existing circumstances cannot safely
be accounted otherwise than fer the that
ignores The republican part brewery sup
money votes this silence" is the out
price that pays; silence" being employed be-
cause open Endorsement OF me wet cause would
doubleday lose some dry" support To "monycoddle"
this latter hold in line the republicans
hope that railing Pres't Wilson and Food Admins
traitor Hoover for having inaugurated temporary
prohibition the disguise OF food conservation,
will answer their purpose
There question that there S alliance
between the republicans the vets possibly also,
through sundrv doube-crossing methods. with the
"drys'--Anti-saloon league leaders-making of them
the old strange bedlellows For one os the things at
which the present republican managemen; has been
particularly adept ability rake the support
OF opposing elements And while these opposing ele-
ments may together. they never seem
nict and all work the end-the success of the
g. O.. p. This is secret and telling nothing
new. thousands Of Indiana voters long tlmnled
TO the situation worked a years like
charm.
The night before the republican convention the lobby
Of the SEVERN motel was gled with the usua! motley
crowd that assemblies such occasions one
men the head OF the Ant-Saloon league
with his arms about prominent party boss. other
members of this organization were minging with the
crowd. ana all zeemed perfectly satisfied with
the things gons Not 10 feet away the
head OF big brewery and couple wholesale liquor
dealers. They, too. il close conference with
other republican boss Ard seemed well satisfied
did the AnSaloon gders These republicans
the system when it to working both ends to :he
advantage OF the middle
few years there conference of politicians
and brewers from all over Indiana held at Evansville
The politicians of ;he brand and still have
tight grip the organization. An agreement was
made that lasted through eral campaigns In for
limited legislation the brewers furnished large slice
campaign funds and seye.aI thousand cleo
ton They faithfully k their the
About the time this Evansville conference was held
agreements made with the temperance organza-
lions pass All the temperance
/ organizations furnish the cleo
tion day; part of the funds keep the organization
going from the &. q. p committee And this
brought results just the with the brewers
brought results at the time
All well until Gov. Hanly along and kick
hole in the with the brewers called
legislature in special session. had the county option
law passed, and for himself the undying hatred
of those who today control the republican party To-
day he a political without party.
because was able drive the temperance horse
and the brewers horse double without either
kicking the traces
That similar agreement made with both ele-
ments in 1916 there no question and from the happy
expression the faces of the of these
elements the night before convention, the
republicans making their platform, it would seem
that the old being worked
1t would not take guesses tell what told
20 each side.
If the Inolsna AntiSoloon league tolerate
this silence supports it, it becomes party the
conspiracy. su5mergine the principle involved
sake of republican success, and deserving of
confidence the public is due co-conspira-
tors the brewers Furthermore in the absence of the
like of a Gov. Hanley. the goods probably
Hvered as they were under Gov Durbin and other
HanIey predecessors; the main considera bly,
to that wing Of the conspiracy that enter into
| such agreements with the least hypocrisy.
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