The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-26

dates are mighty slim. They hope,
of course, but they hope in the face
of returns from their poll that shows
the powerful odds against them. The
democrats of Lake county are now
playing the game of politics to the
last ditch, but despite the gallant fight
they are waging they know their
ticket is beaten. They are now con-
centrating their efforts towards saving
a part of their ticket They have
gone to republicans and told them that
they will trade for the bulk of the can
didates on the ticket if they can only
fee the bulk of the candidates if they
can save but two or three. One of the
candidates on the republican county
ticket recently received an offer from
a prominent democratic candidate sug-
costing that they two tour the south
ern part of the county together and
help each other to secure independent
votes.
Vote the straight re- publican ticket,
MIR. Republican,
In other words this democratic can
didate was willing to openly solicit
the support of his friends in the in
terest of the republican candidate, if
the republican would only throw his
strength to him. And this democrat,
who was willing to knife part of the
ticket to save himself, is one of the
most prominent on the democratic
ticket Whether this knitting was to
be done with the consent of the other
democratic candidates is not known.
| The democrat who made the propo-
sition is man of honor, and it is pre-
sumed that he secured the consent of
the candidates who stood no show, be-
fore he made such strange PROPOSE
ton 1t is needless to say that the
offer was not accepted.
But the case mentioned above is not
an isolated one. One of the most
prominent democrats in Hammond
went over to Robertsdale and inform
ed the democrats there that he did not
care whether they voted for Bryan or
not, if they would only vote for Tom
Marshall.
Vote the straight republican ticket,
Mr.. Republican!
That is also the attitude of the Lake
I ffrx cr.f1y al
and national tickets. While they get
up on the stamp and advocate the cleo
ton of William Jennings Bryan, the
Peerless Loser and tell the people
that the Bryan platform is the only
Ione which will save the country from
demnition bow-wows, they go quietly
among these same men and tell them
that they can cut Bryan off their
ticket if they want to, but save Tom
Marshall
In the majority of cases the demo
cratic traders are faced with the ques-
ton: IF 1 promise to vote for your
three men in return for your support
of the rest of our ticket, how am l to
know that your men will keep their
word and vote for our men"
And that reveals the democratic
trick. They think they can fool the
republicans into such a trade when
those republicans know only too well
that the trade will never take place.
When the democrats go to the polls
; they will vote their ticket straight and
laugh up their sleeves at any repub-
licans who take them seriously and
vote for the men they hope to save.
But the cases which have been men
toned are not isolated ones. Every
day reports come into the republican
Headquarters of new offers of trades
that are being offered by the demo
Gratis. It is. almost like a magazine
) clubbing offer
Vote the straight republican ticket
MIR. Republican,!
REMEMBER, MR. REPUBLICAN
that if you split your ticket week
t from tomorrow, you help to make dem
2 ocratic success possible, You help tC
7 put the brewers in control of the state
| You help to elect democratic legis
5 lature, which might send Tom Tag
5 CART to the United States senate.
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!, THE APPETITE OF THE voters O
/, Lake county for political speeches ant
4 rallies has been whetted so often tha
nothing short of visit from Mr.
Roosevelt would safe the appetite;
now
y . =
! TALK ABOUT CELEBRATIONS
the Gary rally would have been
J credit to any city in the land, evel
, Chicago itself. Lake county simpl.
emptied itself into Gary.