South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-28

u appear that the people OF Indiana
want Wood. It's correspondents in
every little town in the state have
learned that AN they need to 10 20
earn a few dollars" b. % dope up
a story about Wood and send il 10
the paper. They yet paid space
rates for this
While they are at work gathering
the details" the News SIAN Is al
work drumming UP the high
lights, Not even the women are
being overlooked. The organization
OF them for wood" appears TO have
been placed I'm the hands of Mrs.
Curtis Hodges She was never
known Ia politics before. bat her
husband Is member of the News
staff who for many years has CO.
ordinated his ideas with the policies
Of the News and thereby arisen 20
some prominence as a News cxecu-
tive.
Active In Anairs.
Mrs. Curtis Hodges was a school
teacher at Martinsviile before her
husband became connected with
the News she has been somewhat
active in civic organizations in In
dianapolis, among them the board
which was created for the purpose
Of ~censurfng" motion pictures. she
has also played a leading part in
some News fed organizations that
served As mediums for News propa-
ganda.
So when II was desired by the
News TO form a bureau for the pur-
nF
that women We're active in behalf
Of Wood she was on the waiting list
fairly well qualified 10 be the figure
head In the organization
As IL was with Mrs. Hodges. so il
has been with other organizations.
There have been few. indeed. that
have not been approached with the
request that they join in the Wood
movement. As vehicles for the cir
culation Of the report that ''the peo-
pie want Wood a number Of or
ganizations have been pressed into
use. In nearly every instance II
can be shown that they are such or
CARNATIONS as have been created by
the News or its followers for the
purpose Of lending color to "spOn-
taneous" outbreaks that are en-
gineered from that office
Money Necessary.
The use of money i'm arranging
those spontaneous" sentiments Is
always necessary The trouble with
its use i'm this campaign is that II
has been overdone. The distribu-
Tion has been so general that IL has
disguised the republicans who will
not trade their influence for a few
dollars and It has become evident
that Wood cannot possibly capture
in the primary. even though his
hackers offer better rate than
S2.5O a piece for them.
While all this has been going on
IN the republican ranks. the demo
Gratis have been Wondering over the
senatorial nomination. The state
committee has been charged with
the selection Of "a candidate who will
be the party's choice The party
only has one choice and Mr. Tag
CART has declined % let it exercise
that choice.
Capitalize Success.
A desperate effort was made 20
capitalize Frank o. Dauey's success
IN the Newberry trial and give him
the nomination on the grounds OF
the popularity that that victory
brought him. Edward c. Hoffman.
that affair by causing 90 be inserted
in the indianapolis Star an interview
under a Washington date line while
ne was in 1T Wayne In which he
declared the committee was anxious
10 nominate Mr. DALEY If DALEY
would run. HOFFMAN had not con
suited the committee and the cheap
effort 10 put 10 ON record reacted
against the candidate as well as Mr.
Hoffman. Thereafter the Washing
ton corresroudcnt of the star seem
ed unable to make mp his mind
whether DALEY should b. with
drawn from race I'm which he
had never entered orr whether he
should decline to run
Realizing his hluuder air Hon-
man began to tails about samuel NJ.
Foster 81 TT Wayne. man whom
HOFFMAN and mis- associates have
never heretofore given much CON
FideratiOn
Machine Methods.
This talk grew stronger after
William Jennings Bryan and J. X
Risk said some unpleasant things
About machine methods at TT
Wayne
In the meantime. John G.. Snyder
~ Crawfordsvule ard r. n. Shivcly
q Marion AoA INTO the race openly Z
and without organization support
and they added considerably TO the
committees troubles
AZ the same time Mr. DALEY issued
= statement in Washington that he
would not be "a candidate FOR the
nomination. a O.. S3llee state chair /
man. saw nc 70 end the chatter about
~declinatiou" of the domination by
declaring that the committee had I
never rendered 90 Co any one and
would give all aspiants proper CON
EideratiOn and "a square deal"
Friends Of Mr. TaEEart immedi- /
Rtely demanded thar the committee /
put Taggart back ON the ticket on
the grounds that t was up 20 the I
party 20 show him that whether ne /
could make an active canvass or T
not they wanted him as a candidate /