Bisbee daily review., 1910-11-08
Herding VotcrS Like Cattle
In American Balkans "

GTRY. Ind, Nov. 7.-In some ma
 hogany and brass office suite in Pitts burg, Chicago or New York, a group of men may at this moment be decid. !! | ing who Is to be the next congress man from the Tenth Indiana district This is at present represented by Ed gard D. Crumpacker, republican, who has always been a good friend of the United States steel corporation and the Standard Oil company, which ab solutely control the district. Oppos- ing Judge Crumpacker on the demo- cratic ticket, aided by a little pro tection platform of his own devising, is, John B. Peterson of Crown Point, who is always employed by the Steel Trust and Oil Trust whenever they have legal business in his home city. The group of gentlemen imagined in an expensive office suite in one of the three big cities enumerated above are, of course, officials of the two trusts which control the Tenth Indi- ana district. The situation is almost pathetic. For its part. the Steel Trust could be happy with either Crumpacker or Peterson were 'tother dear chsrmer away" The Oil Trust rather likes Peterson the better. In a tour of in- quiry through Lake county, in which Gary, Hammond, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and East Chicago-all trust industrial colonies-are located, found both parties claiming the ia vor of the United States Steel cor poration. As for the Standard Oil company, its graces were conceded to Peterson. Penetrating to the office of one of the political representatives of the Steel Truct, I was told that "as la corporation" the United States Steel interests will keep their hands of the fight. If there is nothing sin ister in the words, "as corporation
 Peterson's chances look rather the better
 But there are other ways in inter- fering in elections than as a corpora ton. The Steel Trust is enabled to dominate the Tenth district of h. diana drought its "Hunkies." There are about I1,000 of these workmen from Southern Europe already natur- alized. and both parties are giving other '.Hunkies" citizenship papers as quickly as they can. In Gary, the republicans told gleefully that the democrats had spent all their money
 already in naturalizing about thous- and Balkans. They said that pretty soon they. the republicans, will begin some uaturalizing of their own. and, when they have finished, many new citizens of the United States will be l ready to vote for Judge Crumpacker land the three republican candidates ' for the legislature in whom Lake county has a share.
 Should the Steel Trust really keep 1 off. unable to decide between the faithful Crumpacker and the equally i faithful Peterson. the whole situation will resolve itself into a contest for
 buying up the ~Hunkies These
 made-to-order American citizens here tofore. have been herded into pha- lanxes by the, factory and mill bosses
 and told to vote for the republican
 candidates. In 1908, when a distin-
 guished Cincinnati jurist was being elected president. the "Hunkies" pa
 raded to the polls shouting: "Taffy.
 Taffy," their nearest approach to his
 name. Four years previously, being i told that one Theodore Roosevelt was
 running for superintendent of the
 mills and would continue to give
 them the right to buy beer, they
 shouted with equal confidence for
 Rosie Fell" Both ''Taffy" and ''Ro- sic Fell" were, of course. elected
 no such person as 1Parkie" and
 'Brynie" being able to stand up un-
 der the onslaught of 3000 boss-con- trolled votes. Should the Steel Trust decide to come in the fight. the mob will either be voted for Peterson or
 CFumpacker as thegentfemen in Chi
 cago. New York or Pittsburg decide. It seems more likely that the cor.
 poration will not mingle in the fight. lt will then resolve itself into a lvote-buying contest. 4 third element in the contest would be the influence
 of certain leading "Hunkies" who
 were working in Lake county. when
 Grover Cleveland was president That
 statesmau has been dead for two years. but he is still alive in the opinions of the 'Hunkies" who were in America in 1893. They rememb ber that their sole substance for some time was soup" The leaders have been telling the rank and file who have come in since 1899 that Cleye- ! teHu is lDc DSIpttudi tdIGiddtt Ot all democratic tickets. and that a
 vote under the rooster means the
 substitution of soup for goulash, pop py-seed rolls and large onions from
 the Bermudas. This information frightens any democratic intention out
 Of every ~Hunkie" in Lake conty.
 The reputable men in Tenth district
 politics are disgusted with the cleo
 tion. With the exception of Lake
 county. the Tenth district is half ur-
 ban. half rural, and, while everything
 in Lake depends upon the attitude
 of the gang bosses for the corpora
 tions. an intelligent fight may be
 waged outside the indutsrial county.
 In 1908, Judge Crumpacker came to
 Lake county from the rural districts
 with about 2000 votes He gained 4O0O more in Lake county and was