The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-15


who believe that the party would have
been in better shape If 1t had taken
different position in Indiana on the tar
III question. But the best information |
that can be obtained shows that this |
element is in the minority and that
indiana is a progressive state in re-
publican politics. But in spite of all
OF tbs there are so many strong rea-
sons why the republicans must stand
together this year that they overcome
any differences of opinion that may
exist on the tariff question.
For instance, 1t has been pointed out
at all of the organization meetings
that IL the democrats carry the legis-
lGture next fall they Will very likely
control the entire state for good
many years. Next winter the party,
IL II gets control of the legislature,
will redistrict the state in such way
as to assure the democrats a continual
majority of the members of the legis
lature. They will so gerrymander the
state that it will then be impossible
for the repub licans to carry the legis-
,ature at future elections. Not only
that. but they will also rearrange the
counties into congressional districts as
to make it impossible for the repub-
ono republican congressman from In
diana, and he Will be from the north
west corner of the state. 1t is known
that this is the plan In the minds of
the democrats. for they are talking it
on all sides
In order TO prevent this plan from
the republicans to carry the legisla-
ture at the coming election. And the
big fight will be for control of the
house of representatives, because the
senate is so close that the republi-
cans are not likely to have a majority
there. AS the matter now stands, the
best they can hope for in the senate is
an even one-h half of the members. The
democrats have fourteen holdover SEN
ators to start with, while the repub-
leans have only ten. II the republic
cans are able to elect enough senators
this fall to give them twenty FIVE out
of fifty members of the senate they
will be doing We'll and no one is ex-
pecting more than that. This will
make tie vote in the senate, and
since Lieut.. Governor Hall, the presid-
ing officer. is a democrat it will mean
democratic control of that branch OF
the legislature
therefore, the hope OF the republi-
cans lies in the house. and this was
made clear at the organization meet
ings. The republicans must elect a
majority of the representatives thai
will be large enough to overcome the
situation in the senate If they hope tt
re-elect Senator Beverage and prevent
redistricting of the state which will
keep them out OF power for many years
to come This is why such hard fghi
is to be made to elect majority of the
representatives.
There are surface indications tina
the brewery interests of the state ar.
going TO line up solfd1y in favor of tn.
election of a democratic Legislature
and IL this is true 1t will mean tina
the republicans will have harder fgh
than ever on their hands. There Is n.
denying the fact that the brewers ar
still a power in politics. despite thei
protestations that they are out of poll
les entirely. Their entrance into tn
campaign this year will. it is pointe
out, be a signal for strengthenin,
of the lines of the temperance force
in Indiana for the fight to control tn
legislature, and this will mean ais
that the fight will develop largely int