The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-22
DENOUNCE
|. BECKER
Refer to Incumbent Now
Seeking Election as
Double Crosser.

Dick Schaaf did not have the inter
ests" nor the members of tee "repub-
ncan"- democratic Becker p oil c a
steam roller secretly backing him up
at his Robertsdale meeting last night,
but he did have four of the repre-
sentatives of union labor present, and
every man of them urged the voters of
Hammond to cast their ballots for Dick
Schaaf for mayor
That union labor in Hammond is for
Dick Schaaf in this campaign, heart
and soul, was proven conclusively last
evening when Martin H. Carmody. sec
retary and treasurer of the electrical
workers, Peter Smith, president of the
hod carriers union. William Hunter,
business agent Of the carpenters union.
and several other officers o9 the var
ious unions not only attended the meet
ing but praised schaaf and denounced
Becker in such scathing terms that
there is no question as to where they
stand
RecEer DOubIe-Crosser.
"Organized labor has found Becker
double -crosser.'' shouted Carmody.
Becker told me that union labor never
dabbled in politics unless it had its
hand out" thundered Peter Smith.
Becker said he didn't care whether or
not union labor. is with i'm in this
fight" shouted another card" man. and
a packed house of some 400 voters
many of whom were union men, roared
out their approval Of what was said in
a volley of cheers and handclappings
that could be heard for blocks.
Such was the spirit of the splendid
meeting that was held in Robertsdale
last evening, and at the same time Paul
B. Lipinski, republican candidate for
the office of city treasurer of Ham
mond. was addressing a meeting in the
Standard Steel car district.
Schaaf sat near the speakers table
with his face beaming. That tribute
from his Robertsdale neighbors, with
whom he has lived since boyhood, made
the moment proud one
SchaAf Was Happy.
This tribute from organized labor,
from the man who works with his
hands as we'll as with his brain, made
him happy, and he said afterwards to
a group of his admirers who crowded
about him to assure him Of their 10y
atty, II would rather go down to de-
feat feeling that 1 hade the vote and
the confidence OF the boys who work
than to have every capitalist, real es-
tate man and banker in the city plug
ging for me, and then feel that 1 was
tied to them soul and body during my
administration"
And what a meeting it was Richard
Schaaf was introduced by Attorney d.
e. Boone and reviewed the issues of
the campaign. He referred to the fact
that Becker had called him the candy
kid" and his neighbors laughed heart
fly when they heard Dick Schaaf, the
plainest and most unassuming of men,
referred to as the candy kid" Beck
er's bitterness toward his opponent was
shown in every syllable of that express
sion.
Wants Only Votes.
schaaf asked the people of the whole
north side what Becker had ever done
for them. except to come around on
election day and ask for their votes.
He pointed out that his claim that the
taxes are lower was all bosh. when the
records show that the taxes have been
higher than ever before. except just
before election. when they were low
cred for political effect.
And so one issue after another was
taken up. including his record as town
ship trustee. and thrashed out to the
complete satisfaction of the cheering
hundreds. Schaaf was the man of the
hour.
Martin Carmody was the next man
called upon 10 talk. AS an official in
the electrical workers union, what he
had TO say was Of interest He told
how the committee from the building
trades had gone TO Becker with the
request that he appoint card mar
for the office of building inspector
How Mayor Becker had informed him
that he had already made the appoint
ment. in spite of the fact that the or
dinance had not yet become a law, anG
how he had decided to appoint his faith
er-in-law.
Union Labor Revoits.
He told of the revolt in union labor
circles when this fact became knowr
and how this revolt compelled him Il