The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-04
MIR. PETERSON DISPUTES HIMSELF.

The charge has been made against M Peterson, democratic candidate
for congress-, that he is a corporation lawyer. IN his speeches throughout
binary country lawyer who took cases ron all hugants; hat he had done
som work for corporations, u only sue as came in h natural course of
business of a general practitioner. The following letter, written by Mr..
Peterson himself N December, 1906, controvers him directly and bears
ut he statements of The press in the southern end oft h district that he
is and for ear las beer exclusively a corporation lawyer. This letter
"a written in reply to n from a firm of Rensselaer, lawyers, asking Mr..
Peterson to accept employment in a cas- in which they we're interested.
The letter over Mr.. Peterson's own signature, and Is printed in a recent
issue of the Rensselaer, Republican, is as follows:
Crown Point. Ind, Dec. is, 1906.
Messs. Baughman G Williams
Rensselaer, Ind,
eentIenen-Yours of Dec. 18th relating to HI case of Splitter, ct al,
vs. Gray. ct al, received. Owing to my relations with certain rail-
roads n other corporations, am unable to accept in thisc case
MY time is taken up almost exclusively by corporation work..
shall, therefore, hav to decline you kind offer. appreciate, how
ever, you eood will, as you are probably rot thoroughly &C.
quainted with all the lawyers here, would suggest to you the nan
of Mi. J. Frank Meeker a reliable nan h will undoubtedly be
willing to give yu such assistance As yn need here. have n o
hesitancy in recommending him. think if you suggest to him he
hs beer recommended by me-, he will give the matter very care
full attention. Very truly yours.
JOHN E. PETERSON.
This letter, writer in the natural course of business before Mr.. Peter
m congressional aspirations occupied his mind, must be taken as a state
has not dsgraoed himself. his does lot necessarily unfit a man for serv
ice in congress. Not every man has h ability to serve a corporation. II
is doubtful, however, if a mar whose business associations and interests
have been exclusively those of corporations "a do entire justice to the
varied interests which he would be called upon to represent in congress
He as ben not partially. but exclusively a corporation lawyer. In Ill con
troversies between corporations and their employees, whether for personal
corporations In hiss speeches he has recommended himself as the right nan
to represent the interests of labor in protecting itsefa against unfair corpora
tons. is A MAN WHO NEVER REPRESENTED A LABoRiNG MAN IN
COURT AGAINST A CORPORATION LIKELY TO DO so IN CONGRESS-
The records of the courts of this county show that he has sued u injunc
thns against labor strikes on behalf of corporations. Notwithstanding this
he as promised IN the stump to make a lay that will prevent him from
good With all respect for Mr. Peterson n his urgent promises we arc
afraid his past association tendencies nave been o the corporation side
and in The very mature of things he I'M carry to tn office to which he
aspfres the combined Judgment and fairness o. view which the interest o
all the people requires.