South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-15
PARTY SOPHISTRY IN OPPOSITION TO
THE HOME RULE BILL

Efforts in partisan circles. here and elsewhere.
employing in spots the religio-pOlitical innu-
cnces at their command to discredit the movement
enabling that viii permit cities adopt
he city commission or commissioner manager form
of government quite interesting the tactics
escorted 20 from similar sources to repudiate
League Nations. saddle of authority, with
The opportunity hand for the building of a party
machine puPlc pap. designed for the seIf-Per-
petuation OF that authority naturally anything that
PROMISES hindrance. soon loses favor.
We are not advancing this as brief for either
he commission, or commission-rnanager form Of
government: this under the law proposed for
passage by Indiana legislature or any other
The point IS that the bill only for an enabling act
hat wiz make it possible for the people by way
petition and a referendum vote to adopt one or the
other these systems they wish. perfectly
right and proper extend 70 the people in the cities
~ Indiana such a privilege: the privilege resort
.ns any sort Of city government that they think
rhey want?
no better evidence OF the negative unanswerabu-
~ Of that question could be asked than the sophis
Try with which the opponents Of the measure
pretending 10 answer H. IL !s indeed. bringing 10
he fore again that school OF modern sOphsts-with
which the anclents hath no compare.-and which,
by spells carries away light headed public its
dghts enjoying occasional seasons OF entrenchment.
Could anything he more sophisticated than for the
organs Of such school 20 pretend opposition TO a
thing because it might culminate its advanta sc?
Get this:
Isn't Il safer after az! 10 vote for certain
doctrines certain PRINCIPLES we'll for indi-
viduals? An individual responsible 20 party
for generally understood proposals and theories
much more a candidate than person
running FOR office. The electorate hold the
party responsible"
Yes bat the party to which he is responsible gem
orally condones. excuses. overIooks and denies his
failure to make good on the generally understood
proposals and theories unou which it boosts him
into oface-and cannot a running . non
partisan ticket have platform just well
party can? Fred Keller had. never mind how we'll
ne fulfilled IT, how well ne didn't Anyhow he
wasn't able 10 make Grant Manning his successor.
Then, how much effort has the republican party
made 10 hold Mayor Carson TO the fulflment OF its
platform pledges Instead closed its very eyes
has every maneuver. screened. excused. and
n times tried to justify his nhdelity to the certain
doctrines certain principles. TO which repubh-
party pledged him But
- certain state adopted the non partisan
ballot In municipal elections and ever since the
republicans have had monopoly OF the OFFICES
because they could nominate a., the men on the
partisan ticket
strange isn't IL? That was probably in Michigan
or Pennsy ivania.-but we understand that
.H certain southern states Texas Louisiana Florida.
Tor instance they have the partisan city
election the democrats because they could nom
hAd monopoly OF the Offices" That is what the