South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-03

large number of former progress
sives.
County Chairman Z. W. Kitch be-
lieves that Marshall county will poll
a big vote at the primaries. Chair
man Kitch exonerates Dist. Chair
man Roy Denison Of Rochester and
other members Of the district com
mittee of attempting officially to in
duce Ralph ". Smith of Laporte and
George Y. Hepler of South Bend 70
withdraw from congressional race
and 10 substitute Robert e. Proctor
OF Elkhart as the candidate for the
I 18th district democratic congTessiOn-
al nomination
Kitch Makes Statement
According 20 Chairman Kitch, the
proposals that Mr.. Smith and Mr.
Hepler withdraw from the race and
the substitution Of the author of the
Proctor liquor law be made, came
from outside the committee at it's
meeting in South Bend last Tuesday
afternoon. Mr.. Kitch says that sew
eral Of the members OF the commit
tee were completely surprised when
the proposals were made, and that
Chairman Denison informed the
members that 10 was not within the
province of the committee to take
any such action.
Neither he nor several other of
the members of the committee hal
any idea that any such proposals
would be made. We attended the
meeting with the information that
il had been called 10 discuss organ
iZatiOn matters entirely, and TO give
Chairman Denison an opportunity TO
urge more insistent work by the
county chairmen in the district.
"As I remember II. Mr.. McInerny
of South Bend spoke of the fact that
there were two candidates in the
field for the congressional nomina-
ton. Mr.. McInerny deplored this
fact. saying that such a condition
would not enhance the chances Of
either one of the candidates in the
event of his nomination.
Hears OF Withdrawal.
Somebody said that he had heard
that both Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Hepler
were considering withdrawing from
the race, and then n general discus
sion followed. Mr.. Proctor was
Lake Of Elkhart. Mr.. Proctor talk
ed TO the members of the commit
tee. and during his talk he advanced
an argument in favor Of light wines
and beers. Fred Hennoch of La
porte was at the meeting. but I do
not remember whether he advanced
anything in favor of Mr. Proctor
taking the place OF either Mr.. Smith
or Mr.. Hepler or both OF them or
not. but such a proposal was made
and discussed. Chairman Denison
told the committee that if Mr.. Proc
tor wanted TO run for congress. the
thing for him to do was TO file his
declaration and make the race I'm the
primaries. AS 1 understood IL, II
was settled at the close OF the meet
ing that the committee would take
no official action regarding the pro-
posalS Chairman Taylor of Laporte
was instructed TO tell Mr. Smith
what had taken place at the meet
ing. and Mr.. McInerny was to take
the same action with Mr.. Hepler.
ut was the general opinion among
the members of the committee that
neither Mr.. Smith nor Mr.. Hepler
would withdraw. 1 thought the mat
ter had ended there"
SnllIn In Ged0.
Smith seems to be far in the lead
in Marshall county for the congress
siOnal nomination. II IS predicted
here that he Will get at least rs per-
cent of the party vote at the pri-
maries.
DR.. Carleton b. McCulloch Of In
dianapolis seems 20 be the favorite
for the democratic gubernarorial
nomination. with John Izenbarger
Of North Manchester, second. James
X. Risk and Mason J. Niblack have
some friends here.
The republican organization here
is for James w. FeSler of Indian
apOlis for the republican guberna-
torial nomination. while former bull
moosers favor Edward G. Toner of
Anderson for the nomination. War
rem T. McCray has many friends
among the farmers.