The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-21
Next to Senatorship Cam
paign, Politicians Look
For Big Fight in the Next
Legislature Between the
Closely Defeated Ones.
MANNER OF COMMITTEE
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT
Democrats Already Have Obtained
One Favorable Ruling-Lawyer's
Opinion Differs With on Such an
Such an Arrangement-Big Race
Pleasant or Surface.

Pleasant or Surface.
Indianapolis, Nov. 21.-Next to the
election of "a United States senator to
succeed James A. Hemenway, the most
important feature of the earIy days of
the coming general assembly Will be
furnished by the contests by which de-
feated democratic candidates for state
offices will seek to wrestle from repub-
Iican opponents honors and jobs won
by the latter in the recent election.
For a time it was thought that the
contests would merely be perfuncory at
fairs springing from animus created by
the sting of defeat, but 1t is known now
that the democrats will do everything
in their power to go back of the face
of the returns and win the offices lost
by them. The state committee has joined
with the defeated candidates in pushing
the cases and prominent democrats out
side of the party organization have lent
a hand and offered advice and leader
ship.
Work Has Gone on Quietly.
Since the election, the returns of
practically every county have been re-
canvassed by agents of the state COM
mittee. These canvassers have done the
work quietly and have not megaphoned
from the housetops the discrepancies or
errors discovered by them but all irreg-
ularities have been carefully noted and
are now in compiled form at the state
headquarters. That the inaccuracies
form a fairly large report is admitted.
Fight For Lake and st. Joseph Counties.
( ha fC xUi ha ic
said, to show just how errors occurred
and where. That fraud was committed
in various places. that illegal votes were
cast in several counties, particular Lake
and St. Joseph, that voting machines
here and there did not work, etc., all of
which Will be produced in due season
as evidence to demonstrate that certain
results should be changed,
Recount In Marion County.
There will be an official recount of
the vote here in Marion county and
strangely enough it was sought by both
democrats and republicans. The former
petioned for another count of the vote
for state offices and the latter brought
suit to have the vote newly recorded
for the county and legislative candi-
dates, particularly those for the senate.
When the suits were heard in the cir
cult court this morning, Judge Charles
Remster ordered that the suits be con-
solidated that one recount might suffice
for all. The recount will consist of
opening up all the voting machines,
transcribing the record of vote to the
tally sheets and making the totals by
wards and townships and then drafting
a recapitulation. 1t involves a tremend-
Gus amount of work and will require
} three or four days. The recount will be
conducted by three special commission
ers named by the judge of the circuit
court.
The republicans desired a recount as
} they hoped that by 1t some of their
county and legislative candidates, who
had been defeated by small margins,
} might pull through. The democrats on
the state ticket desired it that errors
, and evidences of mistakes might be re-
vealed to be used in the state contests.
Depends on Committees.
The democrats have obtained a de-
cision to the effect that the joint con-
test committee of seven members form
, the House and of an equal number from
a the Senate shall in event of disagree
3 ment report back to a joint session OF
3 the general assembly rather than to
n each DTdnCn separately. HIS is I'M
81 portant as the democrats will have a
majority on a joint ballot and would be
able to accept the report of the demo
Gratis the committee and reject that
n Fof the republicans. Lawyers who ought
I to know, however, insist that the House
committee shall report to the House and
the Senate committee to the body that
Il created it and that the report of the
committee is final and needs no adop-
ton. This would indicate, provided 4
4 is established, that the democratic house
3 committee would not be able to force it:
: report on the republican senate ane
that the contestants will not get far il
81 heir efforts to GUST the republican offic,
holders.
Senatorship Race Pleasant Surface
& The race for the senatorship is clip
! ping merrily along with good feelins
d still uppermost and much spirit below
the surface. John w. Kern still seems
I to have the inside track but L. Err
B Slack, of Franklin, is pressing hin
! hard. Tbe field composed of John E
! Lamb ain f. Shively, Edward G
4 Hoffman, ajor Menzies. etc, seems Il
4 be holding its own. With some of tn
n starters it is merely waiting game
d some of them thinking that the leader
in the race ere bound to wear them
selves out and that when they do Their