The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-08

which has always been republican, the
democrats elected their candidate for
mayor But Howard county is so
stronly republican that there is not the
slightest chance that the democrats can
carry the county and elect representa-
tive.
Muncie also elected a democratic
mayor But they can have no hope of
electing members of the legislature
from Delaware county. because 1t gave
a republican plurality OF more than
5000 last year.
sIsOcaI Issues" Does the Work.
And so it is in many other places.
Local issues were at stake in many
cities and these caused the change from
republican to democratic officials
In a large number of cities the city
campaign was fought on strictly wet
and dry issue, and in many of these
instances the democrats, or the vets,
won. because of the free use of brew
cry money. This was the case at Terre
Haute, where the democrats elected
their candidate. Gerhardt. for mayor.
Michigan City, Laporte. Hammond. An
derson. Muneie and several other cities
might be thus classified.
In many other places. however the
drys won in their contests with the
brewers, so that the results did not all
go one way. The dry forces of the
state say, however. that they are not
in the least dismayed by the results of
the elections in cities where the vets
won, for. they say. they fully expected
the vets TO carry many of these places
They say that the liberal, or wet. sent
iment is confined almost wholly to the
cities. The farmers and the residents
of the country districts, they say, are
nearly solid in favor of the addition
of the saloons, and that when a local
! option is held in any county 1t is the
/ country that outvotes the city and
makes the whole county dry. There
/ fore. they say the mere fact that the
vets can win in a city does not mean
that it indicates change of senti-
ment on the part of the whole people on
the saloon question.
! VIII Not Count in State Election.
And so it is with the republicans who
read the news from the city elections.
| They declare that the results in many
places were brought about by local
copditions that will not count for any
thing when it comes to electing mem
bers of the next legislature. At that
time the issues will be state issues and
the fight will be made along entirely
different lines by both parties. There
fore, the republicans say. they are just
as certain as ever that they will con-
troll the next legislature and that they
will be able to re-elect Senator Bever-
idge.
The brewers had two purposes in
view in getting into this campaign as
strongly as they did One was to carry
elections right and left, including In
dianapolis, and gain control Of the city
administration machinery This would
enable them to build up a machine that
would be a heavy factor in carrying the
next state election. If they We're able
to do this, and to gain control Of the
democratic state organization. they
would be able to elect enough we
democrats to the Legislature to repea
the local option law and to elect dem
oeratic successor to Senator Beverage
Hopes Are Waning.
While the honors are fairly even be.
tween the vets and the drys as a re
suit OF the city elections, there is less
hope among the vets today of thei'
being able TO carry out this program
than there was week ago
The recent campaign throughout TIL
state has had another result that is o
Importance to the republicans. 1t ha
brought together the Beveridge an,
the anti Beveridge factions of the par
ty on a common ground as a unite,
party fighting for a party object, ant
even if nothing else had been accom-
plished this alone would have beel
= enough to inspire new confidence in TIL
. party. The leaders of both sides hav
l
4 ICED the seriousness Of the situation be
! fore the city elections aroused then
They mean to elect the next Legislature