The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-17
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indianapolis. Ind. June 16.--Dry
to make Governor Marshall. Thomas
Taggart Senator Steve Fleming and
the rest of the party leaders prove
whether they were in earnest or not
when they made statements in the
campaign last year that if the Legisla-
ture would enact the new liquor laws
the liquor question would be remove
from politics. This was the common
talk of the campaign among the demo-
cratic leaders who favored the enact
ment of the new laws. They wanted
the county option law repealed. They
said that as long the county option
law was the statute books the Ii
quor question would be in politics, be-
cause the people of the state would
not stop until they had repealed that
law and had replaced it with Law
which would be more liberal and more
regulative of the liquor traffic. If the
people would only elect a democratic
legislature, they said, which would re-
peal the county option law 1t would be
the end of the liquor fight, because
the new laws would become so popular
that would want to change
them and go back to the old system.
their leaders says. are doubtful of the
sincerity of the promises of these men,
and they propose. now to make them
show their hand.
1t is known that number of letters
have been written back and forth
among the dry democrats in the last
few weeks in regard to this matter.
According to the man who did the
talking. yesterday, the dry democrats
will not take any part in the re-or-
ganization of the state committee next
winter, nor will they have anything to
do with framing the next platform or
nominating a ticket They say they in
tend to leave all of this in the hands
of Marshall. Taggart. Fleming and the
rest of that element, and find out what
| they will do about 1t.
| In the counties where the dry demo-
Gratis are sufficiently strong to be able
to control matters they will take part
in their partys affairs locally but not
otherwise.
If the democratic state platform
next year remains silent on the liquor
question the dry democrats will take
this silence as proof that Marshall
Taggart. Fleming and the rest were in
earnest when they said that the enact
tliquor question out of politics.
But If the state platform makes any
mention of the liquor question. either
to indorse the new liquor laws or give
them any commentator the drys viii
take 1t as meaning that the liquor
question is still in politics. and they
will then get busy. according to the
man who talked. He says that ii will
easily be within the power of the lead
ers to make the platform either way
They can put the liquor question in oil
they can leave it out. and the drys pro
pose to thus make them show theii
hand.
This man said that if the state plat
form remains silent on the subject tn,
dry democrats will probably vote theii
party ticket. regardless of whom the
convention dominates for governor
He says that while Samuel NJ. Ralston
of Lebanon, who now appears as tn
leading candidate for governor. il
thoroughly wet in his behalf and con
victions. the drys will vote for him o
for any other candidate the conventio,
sees fit to name.
But If the state platform makes an,
mention of the liquor question. thi
man, said, the dry democrats will prob
ably nominate a ticket of their own
He says they can easily control TWEEN
| ty-fve percent of the democratic vot
of the state for such a ticket. and tina
this would mean the defeat of tn.
democratic state ticket. He says. too
that such a dry ticket would get TIL
support of thousands of oher indie
4 pendent voters of the state. While h,
does not say that the ticket could b,
elected. he does say that 1t would b.
| able to teach Taggart. Marshall. Felm
ing and their crowd a lesson In cas-.
| they turn out to be insincere in theil
promises.
This man said that If dry demo
cratic ticket is nominated It is proba
BILE that Leonard B. Clore, of johnson
county. member of the last two Leg
islatures. viii be placed OMIT for gov