The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-04
MARION COUNTY
BATTLE GROUND
THIS YEAR
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Senators this year than the Democrats
| to control that branch of the General
! Assembly.
Marion county is a fertile field this
| year for both parties. The Democrats
will have the personal strength of John
| w. Kern to help them in his own coun-
ty, and 1t is admitted that Kern is a
| popular man here among all classes
Then Governor Marshall is here and
taking a hand in politics, and his in
1uence will be felt. In addition to all
of this is the home of Tom Taggart
who has his hand on the county or
ganization the sam, as usual But
they have on their hands an extensive
disruption in their ranks and it is
doubtful If they will be able to patch
up their troubles before the election.
This dates back to the time last spring
when Governor Marshall and Tom Tas.
CART or the control of the state con-
vention and the nomination for United
States Senator. The county primaries
were held shortly after the state con-
vention, and the bitterness that had
been generated by the state convention
fight cropped out again and resulted
in a general walloping for Taggart and
his followers. Taggart had absolute
control of the count committee, and the
| committee used every means In its
power to nominate a ticket picked out
by Taggart. but 1t failed to put it over
Charges of double cross and treachery
were made ~ the members of the or
ganiZation and threates Of getting even
flew thick after the primaries. And
JUDI ing from present indications this
same condition exists at this time. and
neither side is Offering 10 bulge an
inch
Against this condition the Republf-
cans are able to present the personal
popularity of Senator Beveridge and
a close, compact organization. There
was much bitterness among the Repub-
lican factions at the county primaries,
but since that time 1t has practically
disappeared and the Republicans are
harmonious
But the one principal thing that is
going to cut a large figure in the cam
pagn is the saloon question, and it is
believed that the Republicans are go
Ing TO be the benefciaries of this situ-
alton indianapolis has Republican
city administration, and Mayor Shank
is doing his best to enforce the saloon
laws. He is not doing this in an often
sive or fanatical manner-not by any
means-and the saloon keepers are re-
sisting his efforts along this line in
so insolent and law-defying a manner
as to arouse the Indignation of the peo-
pie generally without regard to party.
Saloon keepers are so persistent in
their policy of law violation that they
are surely sowing the wind in this
county.
Soon after his Inauguration into off,
&c Mayor Shank gave orders to the
police department to enforce the Sum
salon laws, and the police set to work
at once to carry out the order 1t was
found that scores of salons were open
on Sundays and dozens of arrests have
been made. In the police court many
of the saloon keepers have been fined.
1t was also decided that the superin-
tendent OF police should file charges
with the mayor against such of the
saloon keepers as were willful and
| fragrant violators of the law and
Mayor Shank announced that he would
revoke the licenses of such keepers. As
| result about twenty licenses have
been revoked, some of them being the
licenses of notorious places. Sunday
after Sunday the police search out the
open salons and arrest the proprietors
or bartenders. The policy of revoca-
eioi VI LICENSES goes steadily on, but
even this strong measure does not seem
| to be sufficient to deter the saloon
keepers In their policy of law viola
| ton
The matter has even reached a stage
now where the city council at its last
meeting last Monday night passed a
| motion authorizing a committee to make
thorough investigation of the sa-
| loon situation With 1iol
| nndfng out who it was that passed
around tip to the salon keepers that
the lid could be tilted and that they
could do business on Sunday. 1t is
reported that such tip reached the
saloon men
| The persistent and continual law
violations on the part of the saloon
keepers has stirred up the better ele-
ment of citizens to the belief that the
saloon keepers must be taught a