The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-24
FIGHT WILL
INTEREST
LAKE CO.
Republican Candidates for
Senator Are Said to Be
Many Receptively, But w.
B. Van Horne Is the Only
Man to Announce.

Who will be the republican candidate
for the office of state senator?
ThiS is about the most puzzling po-
litlcal problem that will have to be
solved by republicans in the next three
or four months.
To begin with the senatorship of
Lake and Porter counties has develop
ed into one of the most important po-
lftfcal offices in the gift of the party in
these counties.
Time was when the senator from this
locality did not have very much of any
thing to represent There were sever
al struggling manufacturing towns in
the region whose inhahiteats spers too
engrossed in paying the mrtgages on
from their homes to care much what
was going on at the state capital
Horizon Is Broadened.
In fact, with no thought of self
praise. it may be said that there was
more interest here in the political Sit
uation at Springfield than there was
at Indiana before THE TIMES came into
the local field and broadened the politi-
cal horizon of the people of Lake
county by giving them a daily news
service from the state capital
simultaneously with the creation of
local interest in the doings at the
state capital came the building of Gary.
The selection of Lake county as seat
or the future development of the iron
and steel industry in the west in
stantly made Lake county a factor at
the state capital; the influx of a large
population into the county made it still
more important politically.
Lake county. instead of continuing
its passive attitude in affairs at In
dianapolis. became aggressive in its de-
mands for legislation of various kinds
Court Fight Memorable.
The congestion of the courts in the
county resulted in the famous Gary and
Hammond campaign for courts which
attracted state wide interest The To-
cation of the steel plant at Gary also
made necessary the passage of the rip
arian rights bill.
Since then the demands of Lake
county upon the state legislature have
increased. Lake county still wants
relief for it's congested courts, 1t wants
d drainage district created that will
include the entire county, it wants a
bill permitting the commission form
OF city government, and it must have
track elevation sooner or later.
These facts are cited to show that
the senator's and representatives who
go to the state capital from Lake and
Porter county must be men of affairs
They must be representative of the ag-
gressive intelligence that charaeterizes
this great Calumet region.
Big Lobbies Necessary.
In the past Lake county's representa-
tives, with possible exception. have
been men of limited attainments When
Lake county wanted riparian rignIs'
bill it had to send a lobby to the capital
to help out the man who had been
elected to do the work
When Lake county's court fight was
on Hammond and Gary sent as MANY
unofficial representative to Indianap-
oils as there We're official representa-
tives from the whole state. 1t was all
because neither city could rely on its
representatives to properly represent |
1t In that memorable court fight
These things make it apparent that
Lake must pick men whose honesty |
and integrity are unquestioned. men
who are capable of securing the MANY |
Things that Lake county will need from |
the next Legislature.
Many to Select From.
There have been several candidat<-
suggested. A F. Knots, it is under |
stood, is a receptive candidate for the |
senatorship- Knots was compelled to |
spend days OF his time at Indianapolis |
when the recent court fight was On |
knotts' friends say. however. that he |
will not be a candidate unless it Is |
make the race.
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