The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-19
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HANDS
ANOTHER TO GOV. MARSHALL

show how the people of this state are
affected by them. If he does this there
will be little in his speech for the gov
ernor to tackle, for it is given out that
he will pay little attention to national
issues. leaving those for Kern and
Shively.
J. Frank Hanly made nonpartisan
local option speech al Hartford City
yesterday afternoon and he will make
similar speeches at Alexandria. Bunk
er Hin, Muncie, Elwood and several
other places. In his speech he said he
would vote for every republican for
state. legislative county and judicial
offices who declared himself in favor
of retaining the county option law on
the statute books but that he would
not vote for any republican who failed
to make such promise. Much inter-
est has been manifested in what Hanly
might say during the campaign, and
this was his first speech along that line.
Two newspaper men who have been
going over the state studying political
conditions say that the republicans are
bound TO win this year. One of these
| men is democrat and the other
| Beveridge republican but they both tell
| the same story. One of them tells of
/, taking several polls of the men en-
| ployed in. railroad yards and in fac
|
| many men are employed, and he says
every instance he found the laboring
men practically solid for Senator Bev-
| cridge and the republican ticket. They
We're more especially interested in the
legislative ticket, he said. because they
favor the reelection of Senator Bev
eridge. He said he had never seen the
laboring men as united as they are this
| year for the republican ticket. And
he says that this is the one big thorn
| in the side of the democrats in Indi-
ana. They are not able to do any
thing with the labor vote.
The effort which is being made by
the democrats to keep the republicans
divided into factions is being pushed
with all possible vigor. But II looks
like the democrats are not having much
success with this crusade. They still
declare that some of the old line repub-
lican leaders of the state are tearing
their clothes in their efforts TO defeat
Senator Beveridge. and that they are
willing to defeat the party to bring
about this result.
But the declaration is not borne out
by the facts. 1t is undoubtedly true
that some of the leaders would be
pleased if some other republican be-
sides Beveridge was elected senator.
but these men declare that they are for
: the party ticket this year. One Of them
said the other day that the regulars
would not fight the republican legisla-
: tive ticket. They would help to elect
a republican legislature. he said. and
e after this is accomplished they would
e /, probably make a fight to elect some
r other republican besides Beveridge foI
Y senator.
n AS far as can be learned, no one il
n ohjecting to this course on their part
: 1t is pointed out that any man has
r right to aspire to the senatorship anC
d to be elected If he can. and that it i:
: the right of republicans to express theil
o preference in the matter of electing
S senator. But there does not seem {,
! be any foundation whatever for tn,
: democratic declaration that any repub
e licans will undertake to defeat tn,
s ticket and turn the state over to til,
d democrats simply to beat Senator Bev
d eridge for reelection.