The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-27
SPEAKS
At COUNTY SEAT
About Five Hundred People
Gather at Panhandle
Depot Yesterday.
Mr.. BEvER|DGE MAKES A HIT
Speech Is Along Independent Lines
and Crowd Yells for
George AIDE.

NOpeCldl 10 HE AlNESj'
Crown Point, Ind, Oct. 27.-Five
hundred people heard Senator Bever-
idge speak on his special train, which
morning Rain was falling and this
fact kept many away.
Mr.. Beveridge's speech was along in
dependent lines People do not belong
to parties" he said; parties belong to
the people When men disregard their
own intellects and their own con-
sciences and vote their party ticket
merely because it is their party, they
are not men, but mere numbers. We
are not going to vote for Mr.. Bryan
because he is a good speaker, nor for
Mr.. Taft because he is a jolly good
fellow. Bryan is good speaker. and
I like him. Taft is a jolly good fell
low. But we are going to vote this
year in the way that we think will
bring the greatest benefit to our fam
lilies and our homes. Mr. Bryan is a
good man. So is my preacher down
at indianapolis, but I am not going
to vote for him for president on that
account, and he has not the nerve to
ask me.
The republican party has enacted
more good laws in the present admin
istration than were ever passed by any
three admins trations before, and there
is not one of these good laws that the
democrats propose to repeal If these
laws are good enough to keep, then
why turn out the party that made them
and put into power a party that has
done nothing good?"
Hands of Two Bryan Men Went Up.
Mr.. Beverage was introduced to the
crowd by W. H. English. The senator
asked If there was ony one in the
crowd that intends to vote for Bryan.
Two men held ur their hands.
IF it is that near unanimous" said
the senator, northern Indiana will do
mighty well this year. Twelve years
ago it was sixteen to one, but this
crowd seems to be about a thousand
/ to two.
AS is customary, Beveridge chal-
! lenged the democrats to show why they
were for Bryan, but failed to elicit any
answer from the one or two specta-
tors who were casting their fortunes
on the side of the Peerless One
| Ridiculing the idea that Indiana was
anything but solid for Taft and pre-
dieting a good majority for Watson
and the rest of the ticket, Beveridgt
| launched into one of the best shor
speeches heard in Crown Point ant
again recited the parable of the farmer
and the man who was looking for the
position of managing his farm and try.
! ing to GUST the manager who had done
so we'll for the last seven years. TIL,
crowd was not long in giving the
'Commoner" his position in the story
and the rounds of applause that greet
ed the story only shows how unre
liable an intelligent audience consid
ers the Peerless Ons" to be.
Beveridge admitted that Bryan wal
a very good fellow, but said his preach
err at home was also, but that fac
didn't make him want to vote for hi
preacher for president any more thar
1t made him want to vote for Bryan
When Beveridge stopped speaking tn,
| crowd damned around the car platform
and shook hands with him. Men ant
women both climbed over each othe
| to get at him. Just as the train starte,
away, somebody dragged George Adj
out of the car, and Beveridge intro
duced him The crowd yelled for
speech, but AIDE admitted to them tina
he was not the orator of the trip.