The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-05
TRADING CONDUCTED
BY BREWERY AGENTS
Republicans Do Not Believe That
brewery Agents Want Marshall
Half as Bad as They Want the
Next Legislature to Head Off Tenn
perance Legislation.
Especial to THE T1MEs1


Indianapolis, Aug. Renorts
nave reached the Republican state
headquarters that the democrats in
oroer 70 carry the general assembly
have decided to throw" BRYAN. sac
rince the state ticket and trade
ucket votes for legislative aid
wherever they can.
1t is reported that Marshall is the
only one that is to be saved. All
olner candidates on the state ticket
and Bryan and Kern are to be traded
whenever and wherever possible.
LIQUOR INTERESTS TRADE.
The trading, 1t is understood. is to ha
conducted by the hundreds Of brewarv
agents brewery drivers, saIoonkeepers.
coHectors, barkeepers, etc, in the en-
pioy or the liquor interests But those
connected with breweries and saloons
are not all Employees of bottle fac
| tories, copperages, stopper makers etc.
are included and every body that sells
things to breweries or to saloons mr.
leases rooms or in any way is benefited
by the liquor business, directly or in5i-
rectly, will be expected to get behind
the democratic candidates for the House
of Representatives and help push Thorn
into office
The republicans understand that the
brewers and liquor dealers are NOT in
terested particularly in Marshall but
that they have to give some evidence of
pelng regular and having some politics
SO they nave decided to stick to the
q fn
though they will double cross anyone
and everyone else. provided the double
crossing of him will gain a vote for
the legislative candidate.
THEY KNOW NO POLITICS
The liquor dealers know no poIitics
ana nave no personal preferences
among the candidates. They can't af-
lord to have, according to their stand
ara OF conduct. The beginning and
ending OF the campaign for them is to
eject a general assembly that will not
enact county local option law. In
reality they desire more than this
They would be satisfied to have a legis-
lature that would keep hands off all
temperance legislation but they would
be more satisfied still if the new legis-
lature would not only refuse to enact
additionl temperance legislation but
would repeal some of the temperance
legislation now on the statute books
The Moore law is offensive to most
of the liquor dealers and a move to
weaker It would be popular with them,
Just now, however, it is fight for
present conditions. The great fear is that
af-e- next winter the liquor business
viii be handicapped materially more
than it is now
Is THE GREAT ISSUE.
The temperance issue looming nm 40
IL is to be the greatest single issue Of
the campaign is erasing party lines and
rausing much shifting in the party
ranks This is because politics is sub
sidiary to business with the brewers
and liquor dealers of both parties will
forget tariff, imperialism. etc. this fall
and vote for the legislative candidates
that can be counted on not to enact
any temperance legislation As far as
The other candidates are concerned. he
will vote his convictions only after he
las failed to negotiate a trade bv
which his legislative candidate might
benefit. As practically all the repub
lean candidates for the general as
;embly are pledging themselves to
heir state platform. which among
'ther things promises county local
option law. the brewers and liouor
lealers will be found supporting almost
o the man the democratic Legislative
andidates.
And with those who are not in the
liquor business, there will be a similar
'reaking away from party. Democrats
Who believe in law enforcement and
sniperance, will hardly vote for the
nen on their Legislative tickets. Th.v
Vill be conscientious, however. in their
otjng for other candidates. and viii
cte right" so far as politics is con-
erned.
The confusion incident to the mixed
ssues has upset calculations and