The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-11


and expressed his thanks for having
the convention brought to Gary after
all. Captain Norton paused in order
to have his joke percolate but for a
moment 1t looked as though it would
have to be diagrammed- Congressman
Crumpacker leaned forward and wiisp-
cred TO man near him that 1t was a
case of Mohammed and the mountain,
and then those about him caught the
annexation idea, and the speakers next
words were drowned in the storm of
laughter and applause.
How Gary Got 1t.
The convention had been brought to
Gary through Gary having annexed
East Chicago, and the delegates yelled
their appreciation of the joke. The
speaker then went on to say that Gary
had not shown q great amount of in
terest in the primaries and attributed
the lack of interest to the fact of per-
feet Harmony that prevailed within the
party. Ho complimented Congressman
Crumpacker, and said that he could see
no reason why things were not going
to go along in spite of the insurgents
with Congressman Crumpacker at the
helm to guide the ship of state, so far
as this district was concerned.
Every mention that was made of
Crumpacker's name was hailed with ap-
| plause and shouts of approval. and
| when Judge Crumpacker himself arose
| to acknowledge his obligations to the
convention for its unqualified approval,
| he did SO with characteristic dignity
and in well chosen words.
| Ready to Fight.
| The speaker announced that he
couldn't refrain from stealing a little
| time from his congressional duties to
| come to Gods country'-Lake county.
He rerefred to the answering har-
| mony in the party ranks. remarKing
| that this always prevailed after the
primaries. no matter what the contest
| at the primaries. The republicans, he
| said were always ready to fight for
| their ticket, after 1t had been nomi-
mated.
| 1t did not take the speaker long to
get around to the subject of tariff re-
| vision He said congress had been call
| ed to revise the tariff and 1t had taken
the body five months to make new
one. 1t was impos sible to please all
sections of the country. were the wis
dom of a whole body of Solomons ex-
ercised In the process. Some sections
| worst of it. The Payne law, the speak
er said had been criticised severely.
The Ding1ey bill had raised the tariff
| and had been also criticised. but 1t had
been found that never in the history of
the country had prosperity been en-
joyed which equalled that which came
to the country under the Dingley bill.
/ $50 Reductions Made.
He said that there was general
! misunderstanding about the Payne bill
True about 200 increases had been
made. but on the other hand there had
been $50 reductions. The speaker main
tanned that the reductions had affected
the necessities while the increases had
affected the luxuries. He admitted that
, the bill was somewhat of a burden In
this section of the country, but 1T was
not distressingly So Notwithstanding
all this, the tendency of the Payne bill
was downward The speaker himselt
had favored free lumber, free coal. iron
|, ore. hides and petroleum. but had voted
, for the Payne bill on the theory that
| half loaf was better than none, and
It was case of half loaf or none or
this proposition. with congress. The
, Chicago Tribune was scored as unfair
| in its attitude on the Payne bill, anc
. the speaker harked back to the tims
, when. as he expressed, the Tribune ir
I 's2 buried Mckinley" and elected
Cleveland and the country was panic
, swept. with the result that four years
later they called upon Mckinley to save
the country.
Asked to Be Patient.
Republicans were exhorted to have
| patience with Taft, who, the speaker
. declared. is in favor of revision, blu
, who is bound to maintain the pledges
> | Of the party, made before he wa
! elected.
4 Then the speaker referred to his at
/ tempts at cooperation with Senator
I Beveridge. and he wound up his re
). marks with the statement that at som'
c future time sweeping reductions Nigh
be made, but at the present time th'
country was not ready for them II
closing he paid a glowing tribute to tn
INITIATING wisdom of the republican
party. which was practically infallible
n Following him came Judges Reite
and McMahan both of whom endorses
the remarks made by Judge Crumpack
err. and declared they were like him
.stand-patters." y
When Dick Schaaf came in with tn
board of canvassers, he received an ova
: tion the results of the primaries wer
9 confirmed by acc1amation, and Judg
Hembroff called for a motion to ad