The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-01
SCHAAF'S
VICTORY
ASSURED
He and His Entire Ticket
Are Confident of Success
Others Fighting B1indly,
Hoping Against Hope
That Tide Will Turn.

The victory of Schaaf and his entire
ticket is assured. Many of the Beck
er men have given up the fight and be-
lieve the situation to be hopeless. 9th
ers are lighting on desperately and
blindly. hoping against hope that there
vii be some turn in the relentless tide
that has turned against Becker and his
machine and now threatens to enguh
the entire administration
This is not dope. It is borne out by
the facts in a thousand cases. The
Becker men are pdederate. Final ef-
forts are being made to whip recalci-
trant party men into line. A leading
Becker man was seen talking to one
of the many who have strayed from the
fold. The insurgent was not interest
ed. Finally he said sneeringly. why
I thought the election of Becker was
a cinch."
Robertsdale is overwhelmingly
aginst Becker and will give Schaaf
large majority in spite of all the mon
ey that is being placed there in an ef-
fort to influence the vote. The voters
are taking the money in some cases
and then are voting their convictions.
The men whose convictions can be
bought for SIS note in this election are
few. Time and again when the men
are given money "to pay them for
working for Becker" they take the
money and then go out and spend it
in the interests of Schaafs candidacy.
On the north side in Hammond the
voters are too much interested in the
welfare of their neighborhood to be in
"a ri a
things. They have already decided to
vote for schaaf.
on the east side whole blocks do not
contain a single Becker vote and the
sentiment in that district against Beck
er is so strong that a million dollars
would not change the situation.
In the central portion OF Hammond
Schaaf will get an even break. and
Homewood, being naturally republican.
viii give Schaaf a majority in spite
OF the fact that some of the rich re-
publicans there are not right"
The result in the Standard district
is a puzzle. Both sides seem to think
that they have the vote corralled and
only the counting of the votes Tues
day night viii reveal the true situa-
tion
But even IL Schaaf does not get an
even break IN the Standard district
he will come from Robertsdale. from the
north side and from the east side, with
such overwhelming majorities thai
there is no question of the result.
To some of the close observers It ap-
pears that the election viii be a land
slide for Schaaf. They say there ar,
a lot of voters who have made up Their
minds to vote for Schaaf because the1
think he is the best man and will Civ,
the city the best administration. bu
who are not airing their views
They have old grievances agains
Becker and no amount of money woul,
make them feel any different about II
There is not a serious situation in tn
whole city that would endange
Schaafs chances and the schaaf mel
are feeling as good today as thougl
they had the election certificate in thei
hands.
In the meantime the Becker men ar
e working desperately to save a few rem
nants from the wreckage. It is now
question with them Of making III
best of bad situation The bettin
has gone from to l to to 2. an
now it is even money That Is a goo
Illustration Of how sentiments ha
changed in the past week. Schaa
says that he was never surer of 4
election before in his life.