South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-16
THOUSANDSOF
VISITORS TO
HEAR GOV.
Plans Completed for Elabor-
ate Reception to Next
President.
CRUDE KEEPS BUSY
Southern Indiana Republicans
Try to Stop Roose-
velt's Speech.


With noted women lecturers
scheduled 10 address the Indiana
Democratic Editorial meeting Thurs
day night at the oliver hotel, and
plans practically completed for the
reception which South Bend Will
give 20 Gov. James VI. Cox, local
democrats are taking a keener in
tcrest IN this rally than IN any 9TH
tr. ever staged here.
Reports from surrounding towns
and states indicate that the largest
crowd OF visitors ever assembled in
south Bend will be present at the
open air meeting in the afternoon
AZ the court house and again in the
evening when Jimmy" Cox will
make the principal address of the
big political rally which is sched-
uIed for the Coliseum.
Harry +. CRUDE. county chairman
and Benjamin Bosse, state chairman
are busy putting the final touches
ON the plans, and may have some
thing in the nature OF a surprise for
south Bend next Thursday.
Special n The NewsTlmes.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. IS
d .4'tt-s'tti iAAAE VI 4AOO1AN4C " III AAO~h ~
South Bend next Thursday, Aug. -,
when GOV. James ". Cox of Ohio
VIII open the democratic campaign
IN Indiana with two addresses The
occasion viii be the midsummer
meeting OF the Indiana Democratic
Editorial association.
South Bend is making prepara-
tious 20 entertain thousands of Wis
uors and the event will take on the
of Fri 4
ot democrats being expected from
Michigan and Illinois as we'll as
from ell parts OF Indiana.
The governor is expected 10 az
rive IN the city about o'clock
IIursdI} afternoon and will be TAX
tu immediately 20 thc court house
tu make q short address to an open
AIR meeting. lie WILL be the guest
. OF honor at the 8 o'clock banquet
Co Dv given by the editorial asso-
citation at the oliver hotel and will
speak in the coliseum. at S o'clock.
nc buIding viii hold 5000 persons
bat from present Indications those
IN charge Of the arrangements fear
that an over flow meeting VIII have
To bc drrangCd for.
To Visit Southern Tort.
The democratic nominee will
again visit the state on Aug. -5.
wlen no VIII make TWO mere ad-
dresses. one OF the Memorial coli
scum I'm Evansville in the evening.
Franklin -. Roosevelt, the vice
presidential nominee, viii enter the
state ON the afternoon OF Aug. 80.
and viii speak at some town on the
NCnor railroad between here and
CHICAGO before coming 10 lndilnap-
oils for "a night meeting at Tomliu-
son hall
Republican organization members
rlaNc no secret of the apprehension
they feel over the early entrance ot
Cox and his fighting team-rTate in
20 the Indiarl arena.
They are universally CondCmninS
tho front porch" campaign OF
Harding and openly admit fear
tAat they have been Cut-srncralCd.
Evansville Next
over ~ Evansville. republicans
are fearful that the tours OF GOV.
Cox and Franklin ID. Roosevelt VII
wreak havoc with their front
porch campaign. and are dCing
everything possible % haras> theut.
An indication Of this policy was
disclosed here when republican otti-
Cials refused 20 lease the Memorial
coliseum at that city for an address
by Mr. Roosevelt on oct. 30,
If the democrats want the use
of the coliseum on oct so. they can
not have II. as workucu viii Ice re-
nairinE the building 90 that time
II the republicans want it. however
that Is different was the -lSt OF
an utteranCc made by Willis Cope
land when the democrats tricd 10
make ARRANGEMENTS TOR the Roose-
vet neetinc Copeland who IS
county auditor. Is ught hand man
90 Boss OSsonbcrg and the latter
is close 10 the republican state or
gauIzation.
proof that copeland took uu-
fair ADVANTAGE Cf the situation.
saws the Evansville CuuIer. by
holding the coliseum for the use Of
the republicans ON the grounds that
a .. @. Z. speaker would be here,
whom in reality no republican ora
tor has been enrICcd for the date,
was provided by Judge Could.
Copcland's fellow political worker.
When asked u a .. O. 7. speak
or had been engaged tCr oct. so,
Judre Gould replied.
Put one over.
NO. but we have pat one over
on you and I guess we can secure
n speaker then"
rha republican officials endCav-
orc6 % prevent tho leasing OF tho
=. building for the COX address here
or Aug a5. and 90 was only after
considerable difficulty that Mayor
R0sse was able 20 oi tain permission
for the democratic standard bcarsr
81 cortc here. The republicans arc
rspeci1uv fearful 10 is said. II
R0csavelt's visit because it comes
almost on the eve Il the c.cction.
Arrangements however, are beins
made for his appearance here.