The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-29
VIII show Up Dixafection.

calities.
VIII show Up Disafection.
1t is the expectation, too, that the
poll will show up the disaffection which
exists In many places. Both sides ad-
nit that there are local troubles in
their ranks, there always are at the
opening of campaign. This condition
is never confined to any one party. The
Republicans are having their tribula-
tions this year and are the Demo-
Gratis. Each side. insists. of course, that
the troubles are local, but whether this
is true not remains to be seen. But,
at all events, the poll will disclose the
location and extent of these disaffec-
lions, and the campaign managers can
then go to work on them to straighten
them out.
VIII Employ New Ttactics.
It is understood that both sides will
employ some new methods this year in
taking this sixty day poll. but just
what they are is not made public. Care
full fluctuations will be made of the con-
ditions as they are found by the poll
| takers. Republican State Chairman
| Lee is claiming that the Republicans
will carry the state by a good round
majority, but he is not making any
| figures. On the other hand Stokes
Jackson, Democratic state chairman, is
claiming the state for the Democrats
| by 10000. But Jackson made loud
| claims two years ago that the state
would go Democratic by 10000 to 50.-
900 and right up to the last minute he
| was claiming that the entire state tick
ct would be elected by big majorities.
| But when the returns came in 1t was
| found that only three Democrats on
| the state ticket were elected, and that
two of them had mighty small margins.
FIGURES state Secrets.
OF course. the figures compiled from
the sixty day poll are never made pub
lic and for that reason the public will
never know what they show. For eth
err side to make known Its figures
would be placing in the hands of the
Ienemy the innermost secrets of the
other fellows campaign. Each side
WILL however, continue to make its
claim just as it Is doing now, and
therefore the poll will be of service
only to the managers of the campaign.
There are more than 300 precincts
in the 1017 townships of the 80 counties
in Indiana. It will take at least three
men from each party to take the poll in
each precinct. This will mean that fully
ten thousand Repu blicans and ter
thousand Democrats will be engaged in
poll taking, or twenty thousand in all
These men have to be paid by the local
. | organizations. Usually they paid
81 a day for poll-taking, and it takes
two or three days to complete the work
in most of the precincts. Therefore
[ the 90, 900 men will earn probably $780,
900 a day and this will make the tota
cost of their services run up to some
| thing like 100000 for the entire
work
Further to add interest to the com
: ing few days. Governor Marshall viii
be at his desk at the state house. Johr
w. Kern will be at home and Senator
Beveridge will return from his vaca
ton in New Hampshire. All of these
men will devote their time to preparing
} TO jump into the campaign. They viii
be the big smokes of their RESPECTIVE,
r parties. when it comes to speech max
: ing, and they are ell getting down t
bras1 lacks in their preparatory work
: Senator Beveridge will stop here
few days prior to going to St. Paul
Mimi, where he Will make a speecl
at the national conservation congress
which convenes next Monday. Presi
dent Taft and Theodore Roosevelt ais,
will be there and make speeches. Tn
senator also has number of other en-
: gaSements to make non-politica
5 speeches during the first half of Sep
: tember, but about that time he will Ia.
: aside everything else and start in oil
$ his active campaign.
- Kern has already made one polite;