The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-08
LABOR HAS GREAT
DAY IN GARYLAND

the police and the K. o. T. NJ. band of
Hammond. wendell its way north on
Broadway. These were followed by
carriages in which rode the city off
Gals of Gary, the speakers for the oc-
casion, and the representatives of the
Gary papers Next came the long lines
of working men, who marched proudly
down the street. waving at their
friends and relatives in the side lines
and glad to participate in the events
of the day, given over to their honor.
Perhaps the largest representation in
line was the carpenters whose showing
was especially commendable. Besides
the hundreds of members of the local
order there was strong delegation of
visitors from every large city in the
county.
Many Costly Decorations.
Three bands lent a martial air to
the occasion, and the music rendered
was appreciated by everybody The
flags and bunting were costly and
many of them were beautiful. The
floats covered nearly two blocks. The
ideas were most original, and some of
them created great sensation. One
of the finest was that of the Gafyanna
on top of the products which they
handle, mammoth Japanese umbrella,
underneath which sat a Jap at a tea
table, slipping his favorite drink.
Never before at any of Gary's cele-
brations had such a crowd gathered in
the city. Hundreds of visitors flooded
the streets from the early morning
trains and continued to pour into the
city almost in a solid stream until late
in the afternoon. Every train was
crowded: particularly those of the Chi
cago, Lake Shore & South Bend, the
new interurban, which brought thou
sands of people to Gary both from
Hammond and East Chicago and the
east. A conservative estimate of the
number of visitors in the city would
place it al $500. There were two at
fractions at Gary: the Labor day cele-
bration and the new steel city itself,
which many have never had the op-
portunity to see before.
Politicians Were All There.
Politicians were in evidence every
where. Every office and every party
was well represented with the candi-
dates and their boosters. Hours of
| hard work were put in by many of
them. taking advantage of this oppor-
tunity to campaign among the popu-
lace of every section of the county.
Among those in evidence were the
candidates for judge of the superior
court w. w. Mcmahon and Virgil S.
Reiter; the candidates for sheriff.
Thomas Grant and Fred Carter; candi-
dates for auditor, Charles A Johnson
! nd 70
urer, Albert Mack and Bruno Schreib-
er; candidates for commissioner, Matt
Brown and Frank Zawadski, and a null
titude of others from every section of
the county.
Mix With the Great Throng.
There was more heart to heart talk
ing done among the politicians and
voters than has ever been done before
in this campaign Not only because Of
! the fact that there was a large num-
Der of people here, but because Gary
is listed as one of the doubtful cities,
and both are making stringent efforts
| to win it. There We're open air speak
.ers of two different parties which came
to the foreground yesterday to SPELL
bind the crowd. These were A B..
| Wiser, the speaker of the day at the
celebration. who incidentIy took adj
vantage of the occasion in the after
noon to talk socialism on the street
corners, and the anti-Taft meeting held
by the colored men of Gary, which was
the biggest kind of a fizzle, only about
| 40 colored people being present.
At the picnic ground in the beautiful
grove at Virginia street and Sixteenth.
a large gathering was addressed in the
morning by Mayor Knots, who well
coined the visitors; D. E. Boone. A. B.
Wiser and c. S. LOTUS of Chicago. All
of them were in fine form and their
addresses were appropriate for the oc-
casion. The president of the local car
penters' union and erstwhile candi-
date for joint representative, William
H. Kliver, wound up with hearty
welcome to the laborers to participate