The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-04
GARY PLEASED
AT RESULT,


the candidate be nominated by accla- |
nation" while the convention was one |
Once there was hitch, when Orc |
Wildermuth of Gary, permanent chair
man of the COW ention, asked for nomi- |
nations for commissioner of the first
district Peter Fox of Hammond pro-
posed the name of George Kussmaul,
and Robert Emmett O'Connor of Gary
proposed the name of Frank Zowadski
The name Of KusSmaul sounded famil-
lar to the convention, the Hammond
cigar dealer. owing to his business, be-
ing we'll known throughout the county
Zowadski is a newcomer in the county
but pioneer of Gary. The chairman
| permitted a short discussion and Mr.
| Fox in homely but strong words advo-
Gated the Hammond man. His words
were few but good. When he had
! finished Gary asserted itself Standing
| beside the candidate that he had pro-
| posed, Mr.. OConnor endorsed Mr. 70
wadski. He pointed out Gary's right
| to representation on the ticket and fin
ished with a short eulogy of Mr. 70
wadski. The central part of the coun-
| ty and Hammond insisted upon George
] Kussmaul, while the other cities with
Gary at the lead pulled for Zowadski
A roll call by delegates was asked for
and after some discussion was resorted
| to in order to get at the delegate
| strength OF each of the two candi-
| dates. Before the roll call was fin
| ished, however, Hammond withdrew its
candidate, leaving the field to the Gary
man, who was then nominated by ac-
| climation. He was called to the plat
| form for a short address. In a few
! words he thanked the convention and
promised to land the majority of the
| foreign votes in Gary. and promised a
| square deal to the county. Mr. 70
wadski is the proprietor of the World
| hotel of Gary. This, however, was not
the only candidate that Gary landed.
| A. p. Melton was nominated for coun-
| ty surveyor and in the joint repre-
sentative convention Attorney H. NJ
| Stanton was nominated on the ticket
Hon. B. T. Shively of South Bend
was the principal speaker of the day.
He opened his address when the reso-
lutions committee, composed of Mayor
Becker of Hammond r. E. O'Connor of
/ Gary, and William Kostbade of Hobart
were preparing the resolution. Shive-
ly spoke al length on the principles of
the democratic party, dwelling also on
the present depressed industrial con-
dition holding the corporations and the
republican form OF government re-
sponsible for the same. Shively has
a national reputation as speaker and
was listened to with great interest I'M
til toward the last when the conven-
ton began to get restless.
The resolutions prepared by the
| committee in the meantime were read
after the address of Shively and were
adopted. There was no minority re-
port. The resolutions adopted were
composed of three paragraphs, the first
condemning the present national, state
and local government, the second con-
demning Governor Hanly for vetoing
the Mccullough anti-metropolitan po-
lice bill, and the third endorsing Hon.
Ed Simon and Sheriff Fred Carter for
! their work in the legislature and in
the county office, respectively.
The resolutions being read and
adopted, the nominations began and
had 1t not been for the short hitch
about the first district commissioner
ship all previous records for speed
would have been broken. AS 1t was
three conventions were held in less
than an hour, a tull ticket being
named on the county ticket, delegates
, appointed to the congressional conven-
ton, and the joint representative con-
vention.
/ The following delegates were nomi-
mated to go to the congressional con-
| vention, the time and place for which
= has not yet been set:
: East Chicago. Robert Spear Whit
: ing, William Hickey; Calumet and
$ North townships, Thomas E. Knots
. Hobart township. William Kostbade
e Ross township, John Dorman; ST. Johr
i and Hanover townships, Joseph Portz
/ Center township, Fred S. Carter; Win
/ field and West Creek townships, Davis
! | Wilson.
( Once the convention was adjourned
e the huge tent was vacated in a hurry
a Sandwiches from the Barbecue.
j. Lowell landed the third district com.
:, missioner nominee in John Nolan Hi.
e name was greeted with applause.
y A. j. Smith of the Hobart Gazette
was nominated for county auditor. thu:
j the democratic newspaper fraternity OF
j Lake county is appeased.
3 The prize fight and wrestling bou
which were widely advertised, helped
d to some extent to draw a crowd t
d Gary, but could not hold 1t there wher
g the word went around that there woulC
e be nothing doing in the professional
: line.
o Gary is after all the biggest benfi
/, ciary from the convention. The boost
n ing spirit that is in the very air Their
always will bring results to the tow
i in more thin one way.
IS A democratic convention withou
}. Nicholas Lauer of Hammond acting a
d secretary would seem incomplete H
e was the secretary of the convention
It again last Saturday, his name havin,
e been received by reclamation for tn
IT office.
r, The democrats are gentlemen" sal
y Joseph Martin, chief of police of Gar,
II toward the close of the day. Her
y there have been thousands of peopl
a and not a single arrest today" TIL