The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-01
DOESN'T BEAT
ABOUT THE BUSH
Congressman E. D. Crumpaeker In.
troduces Whip of the House" Who
By His Magnetic 0ratory Injects
Ginger Into the Lake County Po'
litical Leaders.

The county central committee of the
republican party held rOusinG poll
ticaI revival at the Is. of p. hall yes-
terday afternoon. James I. Watson
was the revivaIist and by the time he
got through giving the assembled
committeeman, members of the execu-
tive committee, and party workers n
sample of the Oratory which will be
dispensed during the coming campaign,
there was not person in the hall who
questioned that Watson will carry In
diana by big majority.
Congressman L. .. Crumpacker in
troduced Mr.. Watson in very COM
plimentary speech and after that the
meeting might have been character
lied as a love feast. Everybody had
something to say and everything that
was said was in support of the asser-
tion that the republicans will carry
Lake county by greater majority
than ever.
Wants Those 5000 Votes.
One Of the striking assertions which
Mr.. Watson made was one in which
he said there are 5000 men in Lake
county who have never voted before
and who must be won over to the re-
republicans.
He referred to the vote which will
be polled in Gary and TO the large
number of new settlers in such cities
as Indiana Harbor and Hammond.
why" said Mr. Watson, that is
enough votes to turn the county over
TO one party or another, to change the
result in the state and in the event of
a close national contest to turn the
national election"
He then went on to state that the
opportunities for the workers in the
party are simply Tremendous. Il can't
carry Indiana" exclaimed Watson
1T depends upon you boys"
Predicts Closing Of Industries.
Mr.. Watson then paid a fine tribute
to the industrial progress that has been
made in this region. This lead to the
subject of tariff and gave Mr.. Watson
a chance to predict that if the demo
Gratis elected William Jennings Bryan
he would surely inaugurate free trade
and every iadustry in the region would
close down, not temporarily, but for
good, or until another republican ad-
minstration succeeded Bryan's foul
years of rule
Mr.. Watson complimented Judge
Crumpacker when he said there wa:
not man in congress who had bet
ter standing and a better record thar
the representative from the tenth dis
trict. He made the statement that h,
had never entered the house in his lif,
that he did not find Mr. Crumpacke,
"on the Job"
He Their referred to the part tha
Mr.. mpacker took in securing tn,
passage of the currency bill. Mr.. Wat
son. the whip of the house. was Civ
en- the responsibility of seeing tha
this billI passed. He said that MI
Crumpacker was the decoy duck o
the committee.
TALKS of Local Option.
If there was a group of congress
men who needed to be converted Nj
Crpanpacker went out among them a
though he himself had not yet reache
a decision in the matter and then b
advancing arguments pro and con h
inaHy convinced himself and the 9th
ers that the bill was a good thing.
Mr.. Watson took up the problem O
local option fearlessly. He said tha
the democratic party is now standin
son precisely the same liquor platforr
that the republicans were standing o
q few years ago. and, referring to tn
1irst radical temperance law. the Mich
4 olson bill. he said that while it wa
passed by republican legislature tn
bill was signed by Governor Mathew.
a democratic governor
He then went on to state that tn
republican party in Indiana does nc
stand for the abridgment of the right
of liberties of the people. 1t is mere
ly favoring a law which puts the who!
matter up to the people. If they wan
the saloons they can have them
Thinks Indiana Is o. II.
Speaking of what rhe republica
party hac accomplished in Indiane
Mr.. Watson said that it had made In
diana recognized as one of the two bes