The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-26
CORN KING" CLORE DOOMED
FOR LIEUT.. GOvERNORSH|P

fatfon or merely a bump on n log, as
the Senate itself saw fit to make 1T. So,
it is figured. even If Taggart and his
crowd should take Clore the candi-
date for lieutenant governor and elect
him they could afterward so trim his
claws as to make him harness to their
plans the Senate. This was done at
the last session of the Legislature,
when the Senate adopted set OF rules
which took away from the lieutenant
governor every bit of power except the
power to put the question and to cast
the deciding vote in case OF tie 1t
took away the power to appoint com
mittees and to do anything else import
ant There was no reason for this,
however. far the Taggart bunch
was concerned for Lieutenant Cover
nor Hall was one their number, nomi-
mated by the Taggart inruece and he
has always been piece OF putty IN the
hands of that element. But evidently
the Taggart interests did not propose
to take any chances. so they fixed
things that he could not do thing
that they did not agree TO.
When all of these things are taken
into consideration, il is pointed out, it
Is not SO strange after all that Taggart
might want to select a dry Democrat
Hike Cforc for Tieutenant governor for
he. could then tie hts hands to such an
extent as to make him helpless well
as harmless.
\ How Does CIore Take 1t:
| Nothing has been heard from Clore
1 himself on the subject of his possible
nomination for lieutenant governor, so
1t is Tot known how he takes to it. But
the talk Is going around that he prob
ably will be in the race for the place.
1t is well known that there is a large
element OF dry Democrats in the state
that will probably balk on the Demo
cratic ticket next year unless great
care is taken by the part leaders in the
nomination of candidates and framing
lof a platform. There have even been
threats from this faction that they will
break away from the party and bolt
! the ticket If the vets undertake to run
the whole show. Thereforesit is safe t.
say that II the sTaggart crowd accepts
Clore as a candidate II will be because
that will be the only way to hold the
dry Democrats in line and to get their
votes at the election
1t has been believed all along. and Il
is still the belief of those who are fol
flowing the course of politics. that th-
! Taggart crowd will refuse to allow
Clore TO be nominated and that they
! will center on Clay Metsker. Of
Plymouth. as their candidate for lieu
tenant governor Metsker Is known te
be the Taggart choice for the place. L
is known too that the Taggart worker
are talking Metsker--that is, the one:
that are doing any talking at all. They
are under obligations to Metsker fol
things he has done for the machine II
the pas, and they are talking abou
him a good deal they talking
about Samuel NJ. Ralston for the nomi
nation for Governor-that he has beer
a good. faithful party worker. and tina
he deserves the nomination. OF course
one never knows where to put nj
fins ger of Taggart In political game
and 1t might turn out in the case D
Metsker. but the politicians do not be
lfeve such will be the case. They ex
J pect the Taggart machine to stick t
Metsker. Howeer, stranger thing
: have happened that to see Taggart drol