The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-16
Democratic State Campaign
to Open at Greenfield
Tonight.
RALSTON THE LEADER
Prophecy Is Made that Entire Fight
of the Party Will Be Against
State Executive.
tspeclaI to Lake County Times.)

Especial TO Lake County Times.)
Indianapolis, oct 16.-Tonight at
Greenfield. Hancock county Samuel l.
Ralston of Lebanon, erstwhile and pres
ent of the leaders of Indiana Demo
cracy, Will deliver the real keynote
speech of the Democratic state cam
paign. Thus much the Democratic
leaders admit
And that keynote speech, from which
the lesser speakers OF the Democratic
party are to take their cues, is to be
vitrioHe attack on ]. Frank HanIy, the
lawyer, the private citizen, the prose-
cutting attorney, and the governor.
This is to be the sum and substance
O fthe remarks that the Hon Samuel
Ralston viii make at Greenfield to-
nj eht. This is what the Democratic
leaders will not admit, in toto 1t is
to be seen whether or not the facts
will justify the prediction.
sam Finally Chosen.
There is a very interesting story
hack of it all. For several weeks the
Democratic leaders at the headquarters
here In the city have been deluged with
questions as to who when and where
and how was going to open the cam
all such questions a diffident answer
has been returned. 1t has developed
however. that the delay has been caus-
ea by the fact that the leaders have
had difficulty in getting man of any
prominence to deliver the sort of a
speech that was desired
John w. Kern was approached, 50
the story goes. but John w. Kern de-
cided in the negative. He was not
averse to opening the campaign for
the Democrats, but he, too objected TO
the kird of speech demanded.
And AlonZo Green Smith; and John
w. Holtzman and others. but to no
avail. They all believed in the theory,
but not in the way it was to be carried
out.
And. finally Samuel Ralston. who
has never been known to fail the Demo
Gratis when they were in sore distress
has decided to give the speech tonight
at Greenfield.
HanIy to Get His.
And ali this leads to the kind of a
speech that John Kern and Green
Smith and John Holtzman balks at
1t is slated to be a bitter personal at
tack on Gov. Hanly for sins alleged to
have been committed years gone by
as a private citizen, for alleged sins
Of the prosecutorship, and for alleged
sins as an executive of the state. In
fact, the story is that if is to be the
speech that was prepared two years
ago to be delivered against Hanly
when he was running for governor
the same speech which John Kern
then not only refused to give himself
but which he kept from being used
by any Of the orators of that cam
paign-this same speech. with an ap-
penda; Ianlys official record since he
has been governor. For the most part
however. according to the story. il is
the same speech that was prepared two
years ago. word for word. perhaps the
same series of manuscripts.
Rent Gag to Come Up.
But the appenda: one Hedges, Q,
Lebanon. Ralston's home town. ha.
been digging through the records ii
i. the auditor of states office to find ou
facts about the governors expendi
lures since he has been in office. Thi.
was done two days the last of las
week He examined with particular
care The vouchers with reference t,
the house rent appropriation Of $3.50
a year What other than this item h,
dug up. is not known. 1t is to be ex
pected. however. that this will be re
habilitated. along with some more an
cient stories at Greenfield tonight b,
one Samuel Ralston.