South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR DEMOCRACY
State Chairman Optimistic as
Reports Come in From
Various Districts.

News Times Special Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. oct. s.
Frederick Van Nuys state chairman
OF the democratic party in Indiana,
in a statement given out today ex-
clusfyely for these DISPATCHES. said
that factionalism in the democratic
party throughout Indiana is less in
evidence on the eve OF the congress
sional campaign than has been the
case in the last 10 years Mr.. Van
Nuys said accurate reports that have
come in from every county in the
state following efforts on the part
Of the democrats TO complete the
registration Of all their voters. snow
that a spirit OF optimism prevails IN
every one OF the 90 county organiza-
lions and that the feeling OF jubil-
ancy at the state headquarters grad
ually has been increasing as the &C
/ tual active campaign nears.
Van Mugs asserted that no real eff
forts toward old fashioned politics
are being made in any county in the
state until the Liberty loan quota Of
| each county is subscribed. Four
/ teen counties, however, In the part
| OF the state north Of the B. & o.
railroad already have over-sub-
/ scribed their allotments and in each
/ of these counties the democrats have
/. gone to work hard. The republicans
also are beginning intensive work in
each Of these counties.
Voters Well Registered.
I -, 8
out the state has been a herculean
task for each of the two big parties.
/ but IL now is practically completed
/ insofar as the democrats are con-
/ cerned and the state chairman ex-
pressed himself as being more than
satisfied with the results.
THE democratic vote throughout
Indiana. after n hard campaign that
/ has lasted at least three months.
/ finally has been registered to the
[ satisfaction OF ali party leaders. ."
I Mr. Van Nuys said. To-day closed
up the big job and we all are happy
because OF it, We are 10 have no
/ formal opening Of the campaign.
such as will characterize the repub-
! lican campaign. for our campaign
( opened with the state convention
I last spring, and merely has subsidized
during the Liberty loan campaign
period As rapidly as the va icus
| Indiana counties so over the tip in
the loan campaign we are Der mir z
intensive work therein"
Barnhart Will Win.
Mr.. Van Nuys was exceedingly
| happy over the results OF investiga =
I tions made in each of the congress
sional districts of the state. He de-
clared that splendid prospects,
exist for the election Of democratic
| congressman in each OF the 13 dis
tricts OF the state. In one or two
districts. the fight is close. he said.
AS to the thirteenth district. he ex-
| pressed the opinion that Congress
man Henry A. Barnhart Of Roch-
ester would be elected to succeed
I himself easily st. Joseph county,
/ Chairman Van Nuys said, is perhaps
the best registered" county in the
state Of Indiana at this time, and
/ he said he had little doubt that St
I Joseph county would return a plu-
rality for the Rochester congress-
man.
Reports from the first district
were to the effect that Congressman
I Denton would he reelected without
/ difficulty and Lincoln Dixon. the vet
I eran democratic representative from
/ the fourth district is assured Of his
\ reelection. Mr.. Van Mugs said state
/ headquarters had been told.
| Congressman Cox has had some
/ difficulty in getting the third district
I democrats all registered, but this
: difficulty has been overcome and Il
/ looks like a democratic victory i'm
\ that district. the chairman said. Mr..
\ Van Nuys also believes the demo
/ Gratis have a good chance to win the
/ congressional fight in the seventh
district where Chalmers Schlosser.
I Democrat, is opposing Merrill
. Moores. the present republican in
cum bent. Practically all former fac
tionalism among the democrats had
. ceased I'm Marion county and it looks
like a big. strong pull altogether. "
the chairman said.
Harry Hugemann. the democratic
4 candidate I'm the twelfth district is
running well and indications are that
the Allen county situation has been
irored out and that county will re-
turn verdict for the democrats
state headquarters believes. In the
eighth eleventh and sixth districts
democratic chances were never bet
ter. Mr. Van Nuys said.