The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
LIQUOR IS BOUND
TO Be AN ISSUE
Republicans Look Forward to Re-Or-
ganization of Party and Seek
Chairman, Who Is Capable of Weld
ing All Factions. R. Schaaf Is
Likely Candidate.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL,

AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 26.-Local
option will not be an issue in the next
campaign if Governor Marshall and
John W. Kern and others of the demo
cratic leaders can prevent it. They
want the campaign to be fought out
on the tariff Issue. and not the beer
issue. They insist that there has been
enough of the beer issue in politics
already and that the tariff question is
more important right now than any
thing else
The party that takes up the fight of
the brews at the next election will get
a soaking from which 1t will be long
time in recovering BY that time the
state viii be so nearly dry that there
Will be little left for the brewers. and
the people will Ike it so well that they
viii wish to continue it. That has
been the history Of such movements in
other states and there is no reason to
believe that Indiana will be any diff
ferent from other states. In fact, If
the brewers seek to make any alliance
with the republicans IT is more than
likely that the democrats will retaliate
by favoring state wide prohibition to
get even with them. State wide pro-
hibition will be an issue a the next
sessio nof the legislature. Just where
it will come from no one knows. but
1t is going to come before that body
in some form or other This is what
the brewers fear. and they do not want
to do anything to stir it up. On the
other hand they want the local option
law repealed, but how to do it with
out drawing on a fight for prohibition
is the question that confronts them.
Local Option Law Healthy.
So, 1t will be seen that the local op-
ton law looks like a healthy youngs-
ter and one that has come to stay and
grow The brewers were not able to
kill it at the last session of the legis-
lature when the democrats controlled
one house, and it does not seem like
ly that they will be able TO kill at at
the next session when both houses are
almost sure to be controlled by the
republicans.
Much depends. of course, on what
course the republicans take in the next
campaign and also in the reorganiza-
ton of the state committee next win
ter
They have got to exercise the great
est discretion in the selection of the
next state chairman. for he must be
a
lions that fought each other during
the last campaign. With united par
ty, 1t is conceded, the republicans can
carry the state with their old-tme ma
jorities. but otherwise they cannot. And
much will depend on the selection of
chairman.
James P. Goodrich, the present chair
man, says if every man, woman and
4
ton asking him to serve another term
as state chairman he would not listen
! to it. So that let's him out of 1t en-
/ tirely. other prominent republicans
whose names have been mention. for
/ the place are Winfield S. Durbin of
Anderson, one of the best organizers
of the party in the state; Charles f
Remy, Of this city. thorough politician
who knows every trick of the game.
strong Beverage man and a member
of the present executive committee of
! the state committee; Dick Schaaf Of
Lake county. chairman of the Lake
county committee. that did such great
work at the last election by carrying
Lake county by something like 5000
and without which the state would have
been entirely lost to the democrats.
/ ltt-SG are the Edn0lGaL6S most talked OF
for the place of state chairman. and
it is believed that from these three
must come the man whose duty it will
be to return Indiana solidly to the
republican column.
Durbin says he is not a candidate.
But he does not say he would not &C
cept the place If elected to it. Remv
says he is not a candidate but it is
understood that he is not running away
from the honor. Whether Schaaf is
really candidate is not known. but it
is known that many Of his friends and
many others who know his record as
an organizer and a political hustler
are pushing his name forward at ev-
cry opportunity as an available man for
chairman.
One Worthy Remembrance.
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