The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-25
IS PRESIDENTS
REPRESENTATIVE
Provisions Are Being Made To Seat
Three Thousand People at Big
Demonstration in Harbor of Re-
publican Gubernatorial Campaign
and Men Who Are Coming.

James A. Garfield, secretary of fbe
interior in Theodore RooseyeIt,s cuhi-
net, and the man who recently became
national figure through the investi-
CATION of the meat trust at Chicago,
VIII be one of 1.-THE speakers at the
great Watson meeting which will be
held i'm Hammond October third.
The occasion of Natson's coming was
looked upon one which would make
make the melting one of the s-reatest
of the campaign but today County
Chairman #. Richard sehaaf received
word that he could have the services
OF Secretary Garfield on this occasion
and he jumped ut this opportunity.
Represents Teddy.
He is the personal representative of
Theodore Roosevelt in this campaign
and as SUCH his remarks in Hammond
on October third will have great sig
! nificance In fact Mr. GarfeId,s an
pearance will be the only one in In
diana and County Chairman Schaaf *
fortunate in securing such spIendisf
card in Hammond on this date.
The republicans of Hammond have
great faith in influence that the women
have in the election. Realizing that
they are anything but a negligible
quantity they have decided to reserve
a whole section in the vast tented aud
itorium at the coming Watson meeting
for women.
There will be a large number of
gentlemanly ushers placed in charge
of the women's section at this meeting
and while they will not have any flow
ers to hand out they may be relied
upon, fguratively speaking. to hand
boquets to every womau who comes.
James Watson is one of the most in
teresting speakers who will take the
platform in Indiana this year He
never fails to entertain his listeners
regardless of their political affiliations
He never fails to entertain his audi
ences roaring with laughter one min
ute and then seriously listening to him
while he drives home and arguments
and clinches it with one of his famous
climaxes.
Women Are Welcome.
The members of the Young Mems
Republican club who have charge of
the arrangements for the Watson meet
ing Oct. 3. want the women of the
entire Calumet region to know that
they are to be welcome, that there are
TO be seats reserved for them and their
escorts and that they will be enter
tanned after they get there
The meeting will not be one of dry
political speechmaking either. The
old Shady Quartette" which has be-
come famous through singing in many
a campaign in this state and which is
said to be one of the finest campaign
quartettes in the country will be on
the program for several selections
There will be several selections by
-71r Erw,
side of the speechmaking win make
the meeting an interesting one from
a woman's point of view
The wives of all of the county can
didates Will be present at the meeting
and the republicans over the city may
know that they can take their wives
and that they will be properly looked
after.
Tenth VIII Seat 3,OOO
The big tent which has already been
erected on a vacant lot on Holman
street, across from the public library
will seat three thousand people and
every person who seeks admission will
be sure of a seat
At seven thirty in the evening the
parade viii start from the place of
on South Holman street on
IS trip about the business section OF
he city. 1t Is expected that there will
'e several hundred republicans in line
Ind red fire Will be burned along the
whole course of the parade
Torches will be carried by the march
rs and, headed by James Watson and
he band, the procession will move
bout the city until it viii finally dis
and in front of the tent where the
peaking viii take place.
An invitation will be extended to
II of the republican clubs in the coun
Y to participate in the parade and at
end the meeting and in view of the
act that women as well as men are
xpected to attend the Watson meet
ng the Gary Wonen's Republican club
7in be given a special invitation to
ttend the great Watson meeting here