South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-06

The High and Mighty Exponent
OF I-ism Is nothing II consistent.
Witness that one OF the signs car
ried By his hired supers Friday night
carried this burning message: Help
your city. Help yourself Vote for
Gaylor.' And the funny part Of It Is
that signs were printed in South
Bend.
Subtract the democrats who at
tended the meeting and the children
and II would have been a mighty
lean crowd In the gallery there
were - children in the front row
alone. Poor kids! They were bored
10 death
At 1855 the band called it a day
and filed out Of the hall The night
before the same band stayed, TO a
man, 10 hear Billy Dodge.
The Peepuls Friend looked wor-
ried as he came on the stage He
had his pockets full Of papers and
the futile Alibi Book in one hand
and In the other a large and impress
Give book about the same size of a
Sears and ROebuck catalogue. He
took his seat and made a business
OF looking profound very diff
cult business for hizorler.
The story Of the Creation Of the
world Is told in the Bible in some
thing like SEQ words. IL took the
Mayor "a pages 20 tell what ne has
done. OF course the Mayors ac-
complishments are much greater;
Judge Feig is very weak on ges-
lures He has three: One Is up, /
the other is down. and then tEare is
the one he uses most frequently: |
The one where he puts both hands /
In his pockets. The last one is really |
worth while; It is seldom you see q
lawyer with his hands in his own
pockets.
While the Judge was doing the |
heavy praising - Mayor made fire. !
quent references to his notes and at /
times had a decided list TO port. In /
this respect the High Priest OF I-ism |
has a noble gesture of repose. He /
strut sitting down.
AS the Judge warmed up to what |
might have justly been called the |
keystone phas'. Of telling th- notion /
that Ralph GayIor was Indiaha's IA |
vorite son Of words TO tina. broad |
and general effect. he paused to let |
some OF his three-syllable words |
sing in. young and very inno- |
cent child took this 70 be the proper /
time TO emit an emphatic and loud /
''Blah," Most Of the crowd felt like /
app'auding the excellent judgment /
shown by the baby "Out of the
mouths Of babes"
Ever and anon the Judge made
a business Of raising the right hand
and twiddling his fingers with great
rapidity and enthusiasm. At such
times the crowd was supposed TO 80 I
into prolonged applause. Somehow
they muffed the signals every time! /
Funny thing! The Judge int~o- .
duced all Of the republican candi-
dates. one by one, and told what (
darn good men they were but not
single one of them as much as got
a hand from the crowd B-r-r-r-r-r!
Chilly wasn't it gentlemen
tv1 HIS Excellency was IN
troduced amid a storm Of applause
that asted exactly S-count emf
seconds. The reception given Billy
Dodge the night before lasted 80 /
seconds No wonder the Mayor /
looks worried!
He IS a smooth homNre. the Mayoi
Is. He admitted frankly that he had |
not prepared any speech. Why
should he? He has been preparing |
this speech for the las, eight years.
The Mayor admitted he was deep |
" touched. You could tell that from /
the way his voice trembled I'll bet T.
there wasn't a dry eye in the house! /
Just as he made this touching re- /
mark the restless babe again voiced /
a restless and decisive "Blah,"
Hizonuer was scared for fear the /
crowd would walk out on him so he /
resorted 10 the most ancient or poll /
teal tricks. He told feelingly Of a .
plan OF the democrats TO have about /
zoo OF their number walk out on .
him. And he said mean things about \
any person who would be so incon- I
siderate This was at S:35. At S:37 4
the first man yawned and walked 1
out.
The mayors attempt to answer /
Billy Dodge's determines" slogan F.
fell very fat. Only twice in sthe 4
course OF his speech was he inter 4
rupted by applause. The supers GER
ta!nly did not earn their money and .
Ralph. as the worlds sc little thrift /
expert your make a big mistake if |
yor o. X. their bills.
The mayors statements fail 70
hang together we'll once he told
the crowd how he had surrounded 1
himself with brainy and Intelligent
and utterly unseldsh-cO-wo
Blu, IL was noticable that not once .
did he give them-not on OF them .
credit for a single constructive act.
Il did this and I did that" seize
every other sentence. The rest OF
the candidates simply sat there and /
ground their good teeth.
The mayor has noble gestures;
even that large percentage OF the \
crowd which was democrats admit
ted that much. He can shoot his /
cuffs with the same skill ne uses in
shooting the we'll known bull