The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-10-19
their minds what they are going to
do and are only waiting for the time
to come when they shall do it.

to come when they shall do it.
It is quite evident that the people
of Indiana are not "het up to any
great extent over political questions,
despite the frantic efforts of the cam
paign speakers to inject into them.
Some of the politicians are of the opin-
ion that this condition OF affairs indi-
Gates that there will be a very heavy
Independent vote this year, and they are
wondering how the independents will
vote ~ .st
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A LINE.
It is almost. impossible for anyone
to go out and ascertain with any de-
gree of certainty or satisfaction what
the people are thinking or what they
intend to do at the election. Even the
poll takers are. having a lot of trouble
along this line, and 1T is said that the
| poll books this year will show q larger
percentage of Independents than ever
| before And this is not confirmed to
| any one party, either.
over in Madison county. for instance,
well known Democratic politician
was so exasperated over his unsuccess-
full efforts to get asline on the political
situation that he decided to find out
for himself So he took a poll book and
went out and polled two precincts him
/ self He says he found about one third
/ of the Democrats who refused to tell
what they were going to do, and that
about one third of the Republicans did
| the same.
WHAT RESULTED.
| In other WORDS about one third OF the
| voters of both parties classed them
selves as Independents. This is re-
garded as an exceptionally heavy per-
"
actly what he found in two precincts.
Persons who have been trying to feel
| the pulse of the voters outside of the
political meetings and far away from
the speeches say that very little discus
sion of the political issues is heard
among them and that there is no ex-
citement.
Some of the politicians of both parties
are fearing a light vote at the election
and extra efforts are being made on
both sides to organize with view to
, getting out the vote. It seems to be
| conceded that the danger in each in
stance lies in the liability of light
vote It is the general impression that
when the Republicans go to the polls
this year they will vote the ticket
straight in spite of the loud claims OF
the Democrats that many of them will
.
little danger from that direction
Therefore, the main task now before
the Republicans is to get the voter:
to the polls.
A light vote on both sides would
mean a Republican sweep of the state
for the Republicans have a normal ma
jority of probably 10000 to 10000 L
start with. This gives them a gooS
lead, and it would take a very larg'
, falling off in the vote to wipe out thi
: lead. There seems to be little question
that the stay at home vote will be a
large among the Democrats as amoni
the Republicans, for they are having
v their troubles ad there are many Demo
I Gratis in the state who will not vote t
Il send John w. Kern to the Senate be
= cause of his failure to make good o.
d his charge that Senator Shively wa
IS elected through a crooked deal amon
e the Democratic legislators two year
ago. The people do not like ma
e that fails to make good when he make
a charge. They count him buffer
i and a buffer is not a good man TO
ii the high Office of senator.
e This is the first campaign in man
J. ears when it was practically imposs
e BILE for anyone to get line on tn
n situation three weeks ahead of tn
l. election. In other campaigns thing
ID have developed and the forces have lir
= ed up in such manner to give a yer
n. fair idea as to how the election we
y going to result, and it has been a
pr easy matter to make a reasonable pre-
ie diction. But this year, the silence
= the people, the lack of noise. the al
m sence of enthusiastic demonstration
lie has put everybody at sea, and no OF
lee h1
70 I.excent. that they believe the norm
Id Republican majority in the state Is
IS large that it cannot be overcome.