South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-27
CITY HALL CROWD
HAS AMBITION TO
CONTROL COUNTY
Mayor Carson Assured by City
Attorney That He MAY
Become Leader.

With the coming of two presi-
Dental candidates during the pres
ent week, some republican leaders
are devoting their attention 10 ma
tional and state politics while there
are others who appear TO be more
interested in the nomination and
election OF their personal choice Of
candidates for county offices. with
the hope of controlling the affairs Of
the county after the November cleo
tions.
In fact the contest between the
hackers OF candidates for the re-
publican nomination for places on
the county ticket is becoming so
bitter that some OF the men in the
opposing camps are not even on
speaking terms.
Control Affairs.
For instance. the city hall crowd
succeeded in bringing out suft-
cient number Cf candidates for coun-
y Offices to completely control the
affairs OF the county If they are sue
CeSsful at the primaries a week
from Tuesday. and at the polls mex:
November
City Atty Thomas W. Slick. May
or Carson's present political advisor.
has succeeded in bringing out
sufficient number of his henchmen
10 place the county in the grasp OF
the city hall if enough votes can
be secured at the primaries and cleo
tiOn.
Mr.. Slick picked his brother. Al
bert Slick, for the nomination for
county treasurer after Franklin NJ.
Boone had been thrown into the
discard by the administration, al
though Mr.. Boone was induced 70
become a candidate by the urging
Of members OF the administration.
Mr. Boone was a member OF the
Carson board of public safety as long
as he could stand the way things
were conducted by that board.
BrOtherIy Love.
Friends Of Mr. Boone are not
looking with the most friendly in
terest upon the action Of tine city at
tOrney in bringing out his brother
against the former safety board
member.
Then there is Floyd o. Jellison,
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for prosecuting attorney. Mr.
Jellison is City Atty. Sticks bench
man, even having an office with Mr..
Slick.
George A. Harrop, candidate for
the republican nomination for state
representative, is another Slick
henchman, as is also John W. Har-
bOu, candidate for the republican
nomination for county commissioner
for the middle district
The city hall, republican leaders
claim, wants 10 reach out into coun-
ty affairs. The administration wants
10 be the hub OF the county. Mayor
Carson wants TO be the political
leader OF these parts, and the CITY
attorney is said 10 have assured the
mayor that he is with him in this
ambition.
The fact that the administration
is taken up wholly with county poE-
ties may explain why city hall lead
erS do not seem much interested in
any of the presidential and guber-
Material candidates who happen 10
visit the city City officials failed
TO attend the Fesler meeting here
some time ago, and none Of the
city hall crowd was at the Toner
meeting. Mayor Carson failed TO
show any particular interest in Sen.
Harding of Ohio when he was here,
and the contender for county pOliti
cal power is not very much inter-
ested in the coming Of Sen. Johnson
and even OF Gov. Lowden here this
week, although the mayor swore
his allegiance TO Gov. Lowden at In
dianapolis several weeks ago.