The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-26
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 26.-The re-
publican state candidates have entered
the home stretch in the campaign race.
They have held their last meeting.
They met here Sunday afternoon and
talked things over and planned just
what they would do during the next
two weeks. They are all out in the
state covering tht counties and looking
after the party's conditions and
Strengthening out the kinks.
The candidates have worked and are
working hard TO win, and there is
among them a feeling that they have
already won their fight and that they
will be elected They argue that there
are many reasons why they should be
elected and why the state should be
turned over to the republicans.
1t is being pointed out by the candi-
dates that the democrats have not ful-
filed the promises they made two years
ago when they were given control OF
! the affairs of the state. Finley p.
| Mount of Charlottesville, candidate for
attorney general, has been canvassfng
| the state and has, covered more than
sixty counties. He has made speeches
all over the state. He has travelled
with Theodore Roosevelt across the
state and with Senator Beveridge, and
I
pie are going to vote the republican
ticket because the democrats have not
made good.
The people feel that they have been
| fooled by the democrats" said Mr..
Mount The democrats promis ed
economy and they have not practiced
| it, 1t is only necessary to go to the
| office of the auditor of state and look
| at the figures on the books to find TINS
| to be true These figures show that
| the democrats have spent many thou
| sands of dollars more to support the
| various commissions and boards of the
state than did the republicans. They
have spent more for the maintenance
of the state institutions.
The figures show, also. that during
the administrations of Governors
Mount. Durbin and Hanly millions o.
dollars were paid on the state debt
while during the Marshall administra
ton not a single dollar has been PAID
on it. On the other hand, the state
ktreasury was empty only a short tins
iago and 1t was necessary for the STATE
finance board to take more than half {
| million dollars from the state sinking
| fund. wiping it out entirely. and turf
1t into the state treasury to pay thu
current running expenses of the state
This does not bear out the democratf
I promises of economy.
And so 1t is all over the state. Vi
In Kosciusko county, for instance. Ko
sciusko county had been republican 70
years, but the democrats told the PEG
pie two years-ago that if they woul'
put them in power they would run tn
county on an economical basis, reduc
county expenses and save money 70
: the taxpayers Well, the people electe'
, democrats to county offices and tn
very first thing these democrats di
was to start movement to have tn
! salaries of the offices increased. Som
of the democrats who had been electe
there wrote letters to members of tn
legislature asking them to work TO
the increase in the salaries, and som
Of these letters were sent to Jess
Eschbach, the republican representa-
tive from Kosciusko county, and h
still has them in his poss ession. TIL
people of Kosciusko county are so in
tensely wrought up over this situation