The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-13

room for Improvement over the
Methods now In force In East Chicago
officialdom. Robert Stirling opined
that the saloons should either be KEEP
open or closed. consistently AS 1T was
now 1t was easy enough to buy whisky
within the metes and FUNDS OF East
Chicago and he for one. was willing to
do his part toward keeping them closed.
John Roberts thought the organtza-
ton should take an active interest in
the saloons and those who kept them
seeing to 1t that only good men held
licenses and going before the county
commissioners and demonstrating
against those who did not conduct
orderly places and who failed to live
up TO the requirements of the law. He
thought something ought to be done
about permitting merry-go-rounds to
disturb the peace of the sabbath by unf
seemly noises. and he advocated the
abolition of all noises calculated to dis
turb the quiet of the city on the day
that should be devoted to worship. He
named the footing of horns and rat
thing OF bells by boys returning from
ball games as especially obnoxious.
f. S. Wilmer referring to what Mr..
Roerts had said regarding keeping sa-
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that no decent man would own a sa-
loon license. He also roasted the po-
lice and rivers of s~prinkling wagons,
who he said let the water run over
their tanks and overflow into the
street. while they read novels on the
curb, and that they otherwise loafed
on their jobs. That they were too
much inclined to stop at every saloon
for aNlittle nip.
d. ]. Reid said he did not believe
that the city officials under indictment
needed any assistance in getting a
square deal. The grand jury had done
grand work and he hoped the petit
jury called upon to pass on the cases of
the indicted officials, would keep up
the good work. He said that the gov
ernment of East Chicago had been
rotten" for the thirteen years during
which he had lived here, and that it
was no worse than It had ever been.
He expressed surprise at seeing Mr..
Howell interested in the movement, de-
claring that he had proposed a similar
one four years ago when conditions
were similar and his idea had been OPP
posed by Mr.. Howell. He said there
was more crookedness in East Chicago
than in any city in the United States,
and in thus characterizing the city. he
| did not even except Gary.
John Hartman asked whether
Charles Pitzele had been asked to the
meeting. on being informed TO the
contrary, he replied that he did not
think it right that Mr.. Pitzele. who ha.
started the movement and given much
time to it ad spen his own money.
should have been ignored. If anything
came Of the movement it looked to him
as though Mr.. Pitzele's thunder wou1o
be stolen by hose who had followed
up his lead.
Charles Johns thought the organiza-
tion should be limited to twenty-five
from the outset so that the manage
ment should be in the right hands. /,
could be increased later. He had heard
of similar organizations which had
been packed" with friends of the
enemy. and which lost their effective
ness by being thus empowered to play
into the hands of the very ones whom
1t was their object to defeat.
After those present had expressed
themselves the chairman appointed d
committee of tie nto draft bylaws for
the organization which will hold a
meeting two weeks from last night at
the city hall. The committee was com
posed of E. s. Whitmer, Rev. NJ. NJ.
Day. Charles Bowen, H. A. Carpenter
and f. S. Drummond of Indiana. and
Gwilym Jones d. J. Reid. f. L. Evans,
Chicago.