The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-27

no more potent than the negative fea-
ture afforded by the brewers in getting
too bold in their support of the demo-
cratic candidates. The flaming posters
scattered throughout the state, the let
tiers sent to farmers. the personal lib
erty" celebrations held in many cities,
the distribution of liquor literature,
buttons and badges. and the general
activity on the part of brewers. liquor
dealers and saloon men in behalf of the
democrats have tended, 1t is declared,
to drive temperance men from the par
ty and to drive back to the republican
party liberal minded members who had
sought to rebuke their party for the
enactment of county option.
The democrats, themselves, fear that
the brewers have overshot themselves
and done irreparable harm. They ad-
nit that the posters should never have
been stuck up, that the farmers should
not have been appealed to, that the
personal libertyites should not have pa
rded the streets and Haunted their
views in the faces of the general pub
lie and that the saloon men should have
remained less active. The democrats
are now insisting that the obnoxious
posters be scraped off the billboards or
covered with posters less radical.
seek 10 Draw Distinction.
The democrats seek to draw the dis
tinction between brewery backed" and
brewery controlled" They admit that
the liquor dealers are supporting Mar
shall but they deny that they are in
fluencing his action or conducting his
campaign. Marshall, however, studi-
ously refrains from saying anything
that might antagonize the brewery
crowd and in the meantime he remains
under the suspicion that he serving as
the candidate of the men who inter
est themselves in politics for business
reasons. Democrats who were for
Ma rshall before the state convention
and who rejoieed when he was named
to head the ticket. regret that he has
not come boldly out against the brew
cry activity that has characterized his
campaign. They would like even yet
for him to declare that he would not
favor the repeal of the county option
law.
Two special train trips started today
one from Chicago and the other from
thiss.city.. The former bore Senator
Beveridge and a group of distinguished
| republicans who will -visit-every
| ty and practically every city and town
| of the state. The trip will last five
days. The second bore John w. Kern
and a bunch of distinguished demo
Gratis. 1t, too, will travel from one end
| of the state to the other and from
the Ohio to the Illinois line
Later in the week special train will
carry Watson into numerous counties
and on Saturday special will shoot
across northern and eastern Indiana
with Mr.. Bryan as its bright ~attrac-
ton. The Watson special will prob
| ably be run Thursday and Friday.
Putting Finishing Touches.
/ Both parties are now putting on the
| finishing touches and from today forth
it will merely be an effort TO arouse
| enthusiasm and drive away apathy that
a full vote may be recorded a week
| fro mtomorrow.
The situation might be summed up as
| follows: The democrats are sorry that
| the election is not tomorrow instead OF
| a week from tomorrow. They fear they
are beginning to lose ground and thai
a drift has set in toward the repub-
lican party. An election tomorrow
| would the democrats think, give their
state ticket a big majority and carry
Bryan across the dead line. The re-