The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-21

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that he is in favor of the recent county
local option bill passed by the legis-
lature and viii neither vote for its re-
peal nor for amendments to make it
township or ward option. He asks the
democratic candidate, ". H Yarling, to
make a statement by Thursday
Indianapolis, Oct. 20.-John Mitchell,
for years president OF the United Mine
Workers. gave out a statement today
in which he said he had sent out no
posters, with picture of himself, advis-
ing union men how to vote in the COM
ing election. Such posters. it is said,
have been received by many unions.
He also denied the authenticity Of a
dispatch printed in Buffalo paper and
purporting to come from him, in the
candidates.
In a speech at Nashua, n. H.. last
night, Eugene w. Chain. prohibition
candidate for president said: IF one
third of the prohibitionists in the coun-
try vote for me I shall be elected"
In an address last night before the
Detroit chapter OF the American Insti-
tute of Banking, Henry Clews of New
York strongly opposed government
guaranty OF bank deposits as too pa
ternalistic and "uncalled for interior
ence with legitimate banking"
The windstorm last night finished the
destruction of the large Taft banner
which has occupied a conspicuous place
on one of the prominent business
streets of Lincoln, Neb. The stringing
of the banner by the republican com
mittee just about the time Mr. Bryan
was nominated caused a considerable
political connection
The two branches of the Vermont
| Legislature, voting separately, yester-
day reelected United States Senator
William p. Dillingham; for another
term of six years and elected former
| Governor Carroll S. Page to fill tn.
remainder of the unexpired term of tn.
late United States Senator Redfelt
Proctor. Both are republicans
! Democrats of Kansas are hopeful O
carrying two congressional districts il
that state. They are centering thei
fight on the fifth and sixth disrics
where w. A. Calderhead and w. A
Reeder are the republican candidate
| for reelection.
| Olney Arnold, the democratic nomi
nee for governor of Rhode Island, is
prominent business man of that state
! He is a warm admirer of William J
Bryan and has always supported tn
Nebraskan in his fight for the presi
dency.
/ Webster Davis, former mayor O
Kansas City, who bolted the republican
ticket in 1900 to take the stump 70
William ]. Bryan, is now living in Lo
Angeles. and according to a recent re
port he has returned to the republica
fold.
George E. Cole of Chicago, know
throughout Illinois as a militant re
former, has become a prohibitionist an
will vote for Eugene W. Chain, 70
president Mr.. Cole is head of the leg
islative voters league in Chicago.
The campaign of Eugene v. Debs fc
the presidency has received a notabl
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meyer of McKeesport, Pa, known g
the father OF the tin plate industr
J and who assisted in the framing of tt
Mckinley tariff bill.
5 The action of the yearly meeting
the Friends church of Oklahoma, n,
2 braska, Kansas and Missouri, in pas
r ing resolutions condemning Speak
t Cannon on account of his attitude Z
the temperance question, is somewhi
remarkable in view of the fact tn
$ Mr.. Cannon was reared in the Quak
I faith.
e James H Valley, whom the dem
+ Gratis of Massachusetts have nom
mated for governor, is resident
| Watertown, that state, and a lawy
e by profession. He first sprang in
S prominence as counsel for Charles
. Tucker, the youth who was electr
: cuted several years ago for the Nab
s Page murder. Mr.. Valleys memorial
k struggle to save his client from I
o death chair attracted attenti
!. throughout the country
3 THE CREAM OF THE
e Morning News
Straw ballot indicates that Taft W
carry both North and South Dakota
pluralities of $4,000.