South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-29
BOOK WALTER LEADS
new RALLY AT HIGH
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Former Mayor of indianapolis
Chief Speaker at Repub-
lican Gathering.

Charles A BookwaIter. former
mayor of indianapolis and leading
I campaigner fo- Sen. Harry s. New
in his fight for the republican NOM
/ ination for United States senator
from Indiana last night emphasized
/ the merits of his candidate before
4 an audience which nearly filed the
/ High School auditorium
! The speaker did not directly refer
10 the questions asked him by the
/ Beveridge forces. nor attempt 10
[ answer them In any direct manner.
/ but he did indirectly include them
( in his speech.
Much has been said In the pres
! ent campaign about the amount OF
! money spent in promoting sympathy
and support for Sen New" Mr..
/ BoOkwalter said. and it was on this
| point that he turned most of his eff
/ forts although he made no attempt
/ TO answer the charges OF Mr.. Beve-
1 ridge.
/ Defends News Stand.
Time and again my good friend
Mr. Beveridge has openly asked Mr..
! New" said the speaker. Ito enter a
pact with him on how much money
/ should be spent by them in this cleo
ton, and 20 publish in the press
> each week, a statement OF the eX-
/ penses for the preceding week. Sen.
I New has steadfastly refused to enter
! this agreement and II he had ented %
! ed the pact he would qualify for an
insanity test. The suggestion offer
ed by Mr.. Beverage was nothing
more than an attempt TO handchff
Sen. Harry S. New, he said. there IS
stsate and federal statute regulat-
! ing compaign expenses. and we will
live within the law And ne has
lived within the law"
J 1T is not hard to understand why
/ Mr.. Beveridge is constantly referring
to the money spent in advertising
my candidate. Mr.. Beverage does
not have to spend any money He
gets plenty Of free advertising in the
news and editorial ccolumns Of the
press.
Mr. Bookwalter then went on tc
say that Mr.. Beveridge was attempt.
ing to dig down in the mire and
muck of personal ambition and dis
up the Ratchet which had been
buried in 1914"
He said that Pres't Harding had
closed the wound Of that year and
the split had been forgotten but
that Mr. Beverage was attempting
to open the wound
He severely criticised Mr. Beve-
ridge for his actions during the war.
/ and said:
/ ''I am not for Beveridge now be-
cause he was not for my country
during the war"
Praises News Record.
( The former indianapolis mayor
/ then highly praised the work done
by Sen. New in looking after the
wounded vetetans Of the war and
their families. and said he had re-
} ceived hundreds Of letters from
thankful parents. Mr.. Bookwalter
then referred TO the question OF the
+ proposed bonus, during which he
/. praised Sen. New as being a man
OF great integrity and one who kept
/ his word on any question. lie said
that in regard 10 the bonus the SEN
ator had said that he was for it abb
present plans for raising the money
Yeagley Reads Address.
John G. Yeagley read a short ad-
dress written by Sen. New. in which
/ the candidate sent his best wishes TO
the voters OF South Bend and asked
for their support in the election e
had been planned 20 have Sen.
/ News Kokomo address sent by radio
/ but it was found that there were no
facilities in that city for sending the
/ speech
/ Marvin Campbell. who presided,
made short speech, filled with
! biting sarcasm.
He said: IF there is any woman
in this audience who has not re-
! ceived a bouquet. a box of candy or
diamond from Sen New / wish
she would raise her hand"
IF there is any man in the audi
I ence who has not received a box OF
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