The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-09
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1t is now the firm conviction of the
impartial man who has been watching
the remarkable fight at Crown Point
in which the liquor dealers of Calumet
township have exhausted every re-
source in their effort to defeat the
remonstratoTs, thatzthe case rs hcrs-
less
First. 1t vas thought that the situa-
tion could be saved by securing the
withdrawal of the names of the re-
monstrators. 1t was found, however,
that the law had been too carefully
framed to be evaded in this manner and
no Withdrawals could be secured after
the remonstrance was filed.
First Argument Knocked out.
Next it was decided to contest the
signatures on the remonstrance on the
ground that the names had been Sc
cured fraudulently. but yesterday the
commissioners sustained the demur of
Otto ]. Bruce, the attorney for the
demonstrators, to the throwing out of
certain names on the ground that they
were not bonafide and there is very
little left in this plan of defense
Yesterday when the tally sheet was
found to be missing and it appeared
for time that there would be no evil
dence left of the fact that the vote at
the last election was but 339, the liquor
dealers thought that at last they had
found a means of defeating the remon-
strators.
Bruce Gets in His Work.
It seemed that through the kindness,
connivance or negligence of some one,
a means had been found to evade the
law which gave the majority of the
voters of a Garyless Calumet township
the right to force ou the saloons in
the same locality two years later when
it's population has been increased a
hundred-fold. But Attorney Otto ].
Bruce demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the commissioners that the remon-
strators do not have to allege, neither
do they have to prove that the highest
aggregate vote in the township at the
last election was 339 votes cast for
secretary of state.
Showed" County Officials.
Mr.. Bruce showed that the commits
sioners are bound under the law to take
judicial notice of the result of the
elections and If they do not already
have reliable information. secured at
first hand, regarding the result, there
dI 2 several sources OF information One
of these is the official record of the
election which is filed at the office of
the secretary of state.
AS soon as this decision was reached
the attorneys for the liquor dealers
discovered that they could not rely on
the loss of the tally sheets as a means
of evading the remonstrance; it is a
peculiar fact that these records, for
which a search was made high and low,
mysteriously reappeared in the clerks
office and may now be inspected by
any one who cares to see them.
Was Seen Last Week
According to the testimony OF a
county official and several others, he
saw the tally sheet last a week ago
when a test of some voting machines
was being made at the courthouse
The work of examining the signers
of the remonstrance and the workers
who secured the power of attorney
from many of the voters of Calumet
township, is still going on. The at
torneys for the demonstrators and the
county commissioners went over a list
of 1O1 names, according to Attorney
Bruce, and none of the names were
thrown out.
There was no dispute as to whether
the power of attorney had been Sc