South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-26
Other Editors Than Ours
HICKEY QUITS "BACKING THE PRESIDENT


Apparently conscious that the people of Laporte
county Will be humbugged by the republican
sOphstry have support congress for Prest
Wilson you must have republican congress. and
fellow townsman, Andrew j. Hickey, grace local
pubcsts for the republican nominee beginning TO
show their teeth They seem shifting now TO after
the war propaganda. They would have us-yOu, Mr.
Reader-assume that now, the war being almost over
as they see H. you cannot trust the president VINO lea
us through by his marvellous executive military and
diplomatic genius, to deal with the period of recon-
struction
Get this from the Hickey organ here in Laporte ex
ravaganty saturated with the republican surs at
the president and it may help you to realize how
support the president is regarded by Mr. Hickey
and party
Are to maintain the American system of
three coordinate branches of government, legis-
lative, executive and judicial. each supreme in
its sphere, we to expect congress to
continue mere rubber stamp of the
cutive w?"
That is it. Every congressman and every senator.
republican democrat is sneered and efforts made
to scandalize them IN Washington if they dare TO
cooperate with the president with regard his war
measures called rubber stamps by the republican
Observation-Disclosures Hickey would you
believe that he is counting the privileges of being
anath ematized for such
There is other light in the republican organs query.
1t confirms us in our belief that what George w.
Wickersham, former attorney general under Pres't
Taft told the republican leaders Lancaster. Pa
Gently is significant of the designs of those leaders
lie said:
| See to it that you elect republicans to the
| house who will not be at the beck and call
of the president See to it that republicans in
president wanted during the past two years are
| retired"
Can you expect Mr. Hickey to Sustain the presi-
dent" in face of that? why they going re-
tire all the republicans in who have been
sustaining him. get rid OF the rubber stamps who
have acquiesced in what he wanted" What is the
if they going TO take like Mr. Hickey
has been insinuating he viii be but not more
I'm these latter days. with the end of the
where sight. he is now going to give his attention
| to reconstruction
/ Reconstruction, suppose, of that Michigan City
harbor which he promises much protection his
billboard advertising i'm the neighboring town.
He'll have a there. possibly. its pro-
lection. something of that maybe he
TO see to that carries il off, sneaks away
and sets down Niles alongside the Michigan
Central shops that appear headed from Michigan City
/ that way.
is Hickey's part during the period OF
reconstructonseeing that Michigan Citys harbor
doesn't slip the lake. Between us townsfolk
it would just about his part If he be elected
A who think of nothing bigger in times
ike these for campaign issue than that old sophisry
about protecting the Michigan City harbor isn't show
ing the breadth of mind scope of soul essential
modern day craftsmanship
This shifting to reconstruction talk is just insen-
sble the republican I'VE sustained the president
talk Prest Wilson and the democrats in congress did
pretty good job managing national affairs four
years previous to entering the and they
resume il. a peace basis after the is
/ They may not the nation the putocrats
which appears be the republican fear but the people
should worry