The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-02
TOWLES IS
PACKED TO
THE ROOF
In Spite of the Rain and
With no Spectacular Dem
onstration to Attract, a
Mighty Multitude Assem-
bles at Gathering. =

With a cold drixzling rain for q
handicap and without the hundreds OF
dollars worth of fireworks to attract
the crowds, the people of Hammonds
last night packed Towls's Opera House
to the roof and gave Richard Schaaf
such thunderous applause and such a.
splendid ovation that he was deeply
touched by the denomination.
The meeting was devoid of scandalous
attacks that characterized the demo-
cratic meeting of last Thursday and
yet Schaaf nailed lie after lie and the
climax was reached when he read q
slanderous clipping from the Hammond
Daily News intimating that he had ss-i
cured a rake on" on stone.
Swain had quoted the Beckman Sup
ply company Is Offering to sell stone
for go cents yard. But Schaaf had
bids from a dozen supply companies.
including Beckman's, showing that
stone could not be purchased for that.
price where 1t was needed for town.
ship improvements work.
Beckman Admits Truth.
After he had read the bids he asked
Mr.. Beckman. who was in the audi
ence. if that bid was not his own. Mr..
Beckman replied that he regretted be-
ing drawn into political fight. but
that he had been deliberately misquoted
by The News. This knocked the bot
tom out OF the slanderous Swain argu-
ment and the crowd cheered for Sehaaf
until the opera house trembled with the
applause.
And this was but one case where
Schaaf revealed the deliberate lies that
have been circulated by Swaims sheet
for the past six weeks. He nailed one lie
after another until his vindication in
the eyes of the people became splen-
did triumph
The meeting was called OF order by
Republican City Chairman w J. Nc
Aleer, and Attorney z. G. Sproat made
a few remarks. He was followed by
Richard Schaaf. who received such an
ovation that it was several minutes be-
fore he could speak
schaafs Speech Great
Schaafs speech was a revelation to
the republicans who have never heard
him before. His bearing was manly
and his honesty Of purpose was so evil
dent that the audience was with him
from the very start Not a person left
the hall who was not convinced that
schaaf had elected himself by his own
argument.
schaaf took UP the typewriter scan
dal the fact that in the kite flying
| by the democrats the name of Becker
/ appeared first and the American flag
hung below it, he took up the ques-
tion Of amalgamation. the need Of q
barber, the tax levy. the matter of his
! appointments and The News alleged
stone scandal Every one of these
questions was handled so well that if
there was a person in the hall who
was not convinced. his prejudice for
| Becker was responsible for it.
Judge Virgil S. Reiter made one of
the best talks of the campaign He
scored the press for its slanderous at
tacks on Schaaf and said that he had
known Schaaf ever since he was a boy,
and that he believed him to be honest
and upright
Reiter Hits Heavy.
Judge Reiter pointed to the fact that
Becker admitted that he had received
81, 900 in stock from c. W. Hotchkiss
because his name as mayor would help
HIS bank. He said that this Is just
the way these great corporations get
city officials who have not the strength
to resist them into their grasp.
First they hatter them then they
give them little stock IN the company
in return for their influence. and tht
first thing the people know that city
official is the tool Of that corpora.
ton and he finds it impossible to extri.
cate himself from their grasp. There
; has not been better point mad,
against Becker in the whole campaign
Judge Reiter said that politician whC
would permit himself to be involved IL
such manner ought TO have a guard
ian appointed
At times between the speeches III,
Maxwell-Hau Stock company put on
+ few vaudeville sketches. As this fac
was not advertised it cannot he sal
TO have attracted the crowd. This wa
done because the republicans had beei
compelled to buy of the show in orde