The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-14
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TAFT CLUB
Flourishing Club For w. Fl.
Taft Is Started Last Night
By Railroad Men in the
Y. M. G. A. Building at
Gibson.
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Gibson, Ind. Oct. Observation-Disclosures
Ing the fact that last night was pay
night for the railroad men and conse-
quentIy many of them in Chicago,
about seventy-fvc interested republic
ans held sway in the reception room
of the Y. NJ. c. A. here last night and
organized the "RaiIroad Mems Taft
Club The meeting was full of en-
thusiasm and the railroad men alive to
the necessity of immediate organiza-
tion in their ranks.
]. d. Peffres and William Mcconnell
were elected to fill the chairs of presi-l
dent and secretary respectively. The
two men are well known in Gibson
railroad circles. have vast acquaint-
ance of friends and their work in the
interests of the republican party may
be easily prophesied to be of immense
value. About fifty railroad men signed
the roster and as from thirty to forty
strangers make the Y. NJ. c. A. their
headquarters while in Gibson, the club
is bound to grow into a fair sized or
ganization.
Men Gave Addresses.
THE men were addressed by Prosecu-
ting Attorney ID. Z. Boone. and Candi-
dates V. S. Reiter, K. w. Wickey,
Charles Johnson, Tom Grant, Z. NJ.
Shanklin and Chairman f. Richard
Schaaf. The @. o. P. quartette of Ham
| mond was also present and We're fruit
I full of a great deal of enthusiastic ap-
plause. The boys apparently do better
every time they appear in public and
are fast approaching the excellence OF
even the "Old Shady Quartette." A
delegation of twelve members of the
East Chicago Young Mems Republic
| an club also attended the meeting
making the trip in express wagon
Judge Reiter, in his address, empha-
| sized the need of organization and
briefly to be derived from a permanent
association. such as the Taft club
He in turn, introduced Attorney d. Z
| Boone, who gave a speech ringing with
republican principles. Mr.. Boone com
pared the records of the two parties
and showed the rapid advance of prog
ress in every sphere of human labor
He closed his thirty minute talk by
splendid peroration advocating tht
election of the entire county ticket
didate for sheriff, Tom Grant o
Lowell. Mr.. Boone declared him t,
have lived in the republican part,
and ready to die for it Grant wai
asked to say a few words, but excuse,
himself on the grounds that he wa
not a public speaker However" h
said, Il will promise that if any of yol
are ever sent to me at Crown Point,
will take good care of you"
Wickey Makes Strong Address.
, E. w. Wickey's address was typica
, of the man. Withholding nothing. h
, declared to his listeners the platform
on which he was running. Il will ad
vocate the allowing of all laborini
) men to appear before committees i
t the house of representatives on all Ia
f Dor matters. l will advocate the FIRE
/ furnishing of school books in the publ
schools of Indiana. as we'll as the ex
4 tending of the teaching of trades int
r the lower grades, thus allowing thos
e who do not have an opportunity to at
e tend high schools to obtain the bene
fits of a manual training education"
0 Mr.. Wickey said he would also pre-
/ pare a bill, If elected. for the elimina
h tion of all delays in personal injur
e cases, making the compensation for los
of limb or life a matter of law an
right instead of a matter of charity a
i is often the case. The East Chicag
= man is also in favor of redistrictin
: this northern end of Indiana and wi
u undoubtedly work for the best ir
S terests of the largest number in S
; doing.
Y President Peffres has promised
II get together a fair sized aggregate
e to attend the big Watson rally at Ea.
: Chicago on Saturday evening and I'll
{ Gibson organization. composed of II
l. men for whom Watson and his co
: leagues have labored in legislative eli
y cles will make themselves felt in II
enthusiasm of the evening.
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