South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07
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TRYING TO SQUARE ITSELF.
BY Walter $. Chambers.

Desperate efforts are being made by the republi-
can organization the blunders made in
Indiana early the campaign. uphill job but
VIII Hays is working at it.
He from Washington City Louisville, KY,
last week to meet the republican state committee
while gave that the business
of the republican party to sell Liberty bonds
The played this up the first page. for the
purpose selling bonds but the effort square
the G. o. p. organization for the things
early in the campaign. In this connection it is inter-
estin to note that after his Fort Wayne speech Sen
Watson called the carpet and told that the
surest way beat the G. o. p. this fall to make
speeches like that. Since that date he has ad
dressed any German audiences and told them we were
not in the take Alsace from Germany or to
interfere with the kind OF government Germany has
in the future.
Early IN the campaign it was found that would
never do to let Sen New the stump, either in the
campaign the Liberty loan His wild utterances at
the republican state convention almost put the party
on the hummer in Indiana and has kept the other
managers getting things squared around He was
told either to get right with the war issue or keep
off the stump. Since then nobody has heard of New
making any public addresses in Indiana.
No grand jury and indictments could have dam
aged the republican prospects in Marion county so
much the action of Judge Collins in dismissng the
grand jury just investigating cleo
ton frauds a ago Monday. All kinds of reports
are circulated one OF these is that number of indic-
would have been returned inside AS hours and
against in Indianapolis that would have as
founded public 1t reported that the grand jury
made of exceptionally strong and honest men
who could not be swerved or unduly Influenced and
would found according the facts. In the mean
time Bernard OCOnnor, who the News said is one Of
| the reputable in Indianapolis, keeps on
publishing afidavts showing where republican candi-
spring got precincts than
there republicans participating in the election
Nobody disputing and they TAX
value by republicans and democrats alike.
The situation has come 10 the point where no news
paper good citizen has dared to defend the
rotten republican primaries of last spring
\ very prominent republican in Indianapolis remark
ed a few days Admitting that all the charges
made against the BellPerrott crowd were true, they
were mere piers election frauds The
worse they could do be charged with clubbing
few Nierer while the repu blicans took the smoother
method the pen instead of club. They wrote
the of dead men and those not in the precinct
and counted them voting.
And so would when read how the repub-
Hcan good government and pure politics crowd stole
the primaries last spring from the anti-organizaton
crowd and from the Shank forces which would have
prOba bly, swept the platter If they could have had
fair deal But election frauds all republi-
can ring accused they many other charges
70 answer And where there is so much smoke there
is usually some fire
Republicans are considerably worried about the reg
stration in OF their strOngholds. The
in the is Marion county where 10000
of the $4,000 total vote are not registered Another
10 or thousand will be registered but the vote will
\ be $ in the of immense cam
paign fund and the employment OF two TO go to
every county and stay for a month These men were
paid salaries and given all the money needed
TO hire helpers few weeks ago when the republican
/ finance committee it told raise 500 900
i'm the state and that viii Hays would supply the
balance which indicates that the would
be employed two years when more than 10000
votes were bought Indiana under the guise OF en-
pIoying messengers 50 each indianapolis $500
Of these messengers employed election day.
or average OF - 10 the precinct This money was
paid by the pure politics crowd-God the mark
and is matter Of public record
Republicans have made a big effort show that
farmers dissatisfied because the price Of wheat
raised from $40 TO s2.4O per bushel cite
the fact that the price OF cotton is not fixed The
pointment OF committee by the president last week
20 fix the price OF cotton put that
ment And the further fact that az 81 % wheat is
+ high proportion any other staple product
has kept this argument from having any effect Repub
iCan politicians seem Think that cents on the
bushel OF wheat viii buy farmers Inasmuch
\ the farmer is making more money than ever be-
/ fore he is likely aside a administra-
ton for empty procises In short the farmer
propose 10 kin the goose that lays the golden