The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-17
BOTH LINES
ARE INTACT
Temperance Democrats Crit
icize the Activity of One
Thomas Taggart.

Indianapolis, September 17.-Pa.n-
mount In Importance today was the
determination of the republican mama
gers to ferret out any insurgent move
ments that might be contemplated and
to nip them in the bud before they
made any headway. The party leaders
were satisfied with the lineup for coun-
ty local option If they could hold it.
They feared, however, that some of the
recalcitrants might, when they met 9TH
ers of their kind, engineer deal. 1t
wns TO frustrate moves of this kind
that kept the leaders ever watchfuI.
ARRIVE IN LACE NUMBERS.
Legislators and party leaders are now
here in large numbers. The hotels are
full OF them. They commenced arriving
last night and kept coming all day.
The air is surcharged with political
excitement. Conferences are being
held here, there and everywhere and
the air is rife with rumors. Sensations.
however. have been scarce and nothing
! big has deveioprsi ssltheugh everyone
seems a-tiptoe with expectancy.
VOTE On PARTY LINES.
| Belief is gaining ground that the
vote county option will be strictly
along party lines. The democrats say
their opposition will be without a
1 break. The republicans insist, too,
/ that all their members will stand up
to be counted. Neither party, however,
seemed sure. The republicans were
worried lest some hotheaded one might
| kick over the traces. The brewery in
! fluence in the party did not bother the
| leaders as much as the apprehension
| lest some of the recalcitrants should
organize an anti-Hanly movement.
| Several of the republican members
| of the house are not candidates for re-
| election. Some passed up renomina-
tion and others were defeated. Some
of them sought higher office and made
losing races for places on the ticket.
Out of this number some may be dis
| gruntled with the organization or an
| tagonistic with the governor and may
| withhold support from the measure
even though they are regarded as tenn
perance Legislators. To this situation
may be traced the republican appre-
hension. Opposition may spring up in
| a quarter which has gone unquestioned.
BOTH PARTIES CONFER TONIGHT.
Both parties will confer tonight but
neither will caucus unless it be found
that the program of the bosses can be-
pushed through without opposition. The
leaders will be very careful about stir
ring up strife at the beginning. They
will feel their way and offer advice
no faster than it can be mascuIated and
digested. Matters pertaining to organ-
ization will be discussed and perhaps
something will be said about the ap-
propriations and the Night Riders sit
{ uation. Managers on both sides agree
the Night Riders may be discussed with
all safety.
LEADERS ARE ALL on HAND.
AS fast as the republican legislators
arrived today they We're pushed along
, from one boss to another and then TO
third all of whom poured words Of
political honey into their ears. Among
the principal thermometers were: James
p. Goodrich. Fred A. Sims Joe Healing
! and Carl Riddick Speaker Branch and.
Lieutenant Governor Miller We're on
, hand but they took no hand in the
maneuvers. Branch had an ear out,
however, for any rumbles that might
f indicate an insurrection in the house.
? Much had been heard about insurg-
ent movement looking to his ousting
from the speakers chair and he wished
to catch the first distinct vibration.
, But nothing in tthe nature of jar
; reached him.
3 t. TAGGART Is ACTIVE.
e over at the democratic headquarters
! Tom Taggart was pretty active and
e his presence and activity did not make
e much of hit with temperance demo-
. Gratis who have been begged to with
hold support from the option measure.
E 1t is one thing to a temperance demo-
j crat to vote mo" for the sake of his
s party and another to do it because Tom
s Taggart wishes him to. The temper
ance democrats clearly dinerentiate
e their opposition from that of the brew
k ers. but they don't know whether Tag
/ CART feels as they do or not.
n WILL INTRODUCE MEASURE.
:. 1t was learned that the republican
s leaders plan to introduce the option
v measure tomorrow and to push ii to