The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-07
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

indianapolis, Ind. Nov. From
down deep in the inside of the Demo-
cratic camp comes the information that
Charles f. Goetz. mayor of South Bend,
is the man who really will finally land
the Democratic state craftsmanship.
This is not the first time that the name
of Mayor Goetz has been mentioned in
this competition, but this time 1t comes
with fair show of authority and the
report has such a reasonable founda-
ton that 1t makes him look like the
real candidate for the place. Goetz's
supporters aye counting united
party behind him. They say that he is
the one man in all of the state that
can take hold of the party in the next
campaign and carry it through the
campaign without any friction on any
side.
Those who have been talking of
Goetz have been feeling out the MEM
bers of the party on the matter more
than anything else and it is said that
they have found him to be popular
and so satisfactory to all factions of
the party that his election to that po-
sition would be a god start in the conf
ing campaign. It is known, too, that
Goetz spent several days at French
Lick, recently, and 1T is known further
that no Democrat can go to French
Lick and stay twenty minutes without
talking politics. 1t is the fountain
head of all Democratic politics in Indi-
ana. and IL the real truth of all that
transpires there could be learned it
| would make Extremely interesting
reading for everybody in the state.
Not much has been said about Goetz
publicly All of the talk about him as
a possible candidate for state chairman
has been under cover, for the purpose of
finding out just how an announcement
would take with the party. Those who
have been urging his name put forth
several very potent reasons why he
would be the right man for the job. III
the first place they say that he is geo.
graphically situated so as to make him
the logical candidate. Northern Indi-
ana has not had a Democratic state
/ chairman for many years. The Demo
Gratis say that they going to pay
more attention to the north part of the
state from now on han hey ever did
before They say they have found thai
northern Indiana is susceptible terri
| tory to the spread of Democratic doc
trine 1t Is pointed out that the cleo
/ ton results in recent years has shown
Ithis to be the fact Up until the last two
icampaigns the Democrats had paid
little attention to the northern coun.
ties, so far as state politics was con
lcerned The state of Indiana seemed tx
be divided by sort of Mason and
Dixon line, which gave the Democrat
lsupremacy in the south half and tn,
lRepublieans control of the north half
/ In the northern counties the Demo
Gratis for years entertained little hop'
land accomplished little. and they blam
ed it all on the fact that these coun
ties had made wonderful growth /
manufacturing and that scores of bi,
Industries had located in them. bring
ling in thousands of workmen from al
over the country. and that these mel
nearly all voted, the Republican ticket
4 Now. however, the Democrats sa.
they have found that this is fertile sol
!. for their efforts. and that they are con
WINGED that with the proper kind o
manipulation they can do some bust
mess" in the north part of the state.