The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-02
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indianapolis, Ind. Nov 2-While the
local option question IS one with which
the Indiana Republicans will have to
zeal In the campaign next year, es-
pecially in making platform, the same
question has arisen to cause bad dreams
to the Democrats as we'll 1t Is well
remembered that when the Democrats
went before the people in 1908 and In
1910 and asked them to elect Democrats
TO state offices and to the Legislature
they promised that they would repeal
the county local option law and enact a
substitute for 1t. and that once the sub :
stitute was enacted they would see 10
that it was enforced. This campaign
promise was heralded far and wide
over he state. and undoubtedly many
voters accepted it and believed it, for
the Democrats won at the elections.
1t is we'll remembered. too. that when
the Democrats got control of the Legis-
lature they did repeal the county loca
option law and enact substitute in the
for moi the township and city and town
option law. In the campaign for the
enactment of this new law Thomas
Taggart and Crawford Fairbanks, the
Terre Haute. brewer. who practically
ran the campaign, were in favor of hav-
| ing the Legislature repeal the county
option law but they said the general
| assembly should stop there and not
enact any thing to take its place. They
| fought the Proctor local option law and
also the Proctor saloon regulation law
| They left nothing undone to defeat both
of these measures, and this is a matter
| of political history
Since the enactment OF the law. In
spite OF Taggart and Fairbanks. there
| has been a demand from all parts OF
| the state that the Democrats do wha.
| they promise before the elections and
see to ii that the laws are enforced
In his the Democrats have fallen dowr
| woefully in many parts of the state
and this is especially true of Indian
apolis and Terre Haute where the In
! huence of Taggart and Fairbanks is
most pronounced. In this city a short
time ago the Republican city admins
tration. under the leadership of MAYO,
Shank started in on a campaign of law
enforcement against the saloons, and Il
| was not long until they found them
selves UP against loud protest, COMING
from certain quarters which are under
the control of Taggart.
| So openly did some, of the saloons dis,
regard the law. that a few weeks age
keepers met and organized an associa
ton for the purpose of running dowr
and prosecuting saloon keepers VIII,
violated the liquor laws. This asso
citation promised the police that :
| would assist in gathering evidenc,
1 against the law violators. and the,
started out with detectives for tina
purpose. A week ago last Sunday thes,
detectives found four saloons omen ant
had the owners arrested and fined. Las
Sunday they found three more and aft
davits have been filed against theI
owners. And all OF this was done b,
saloon keepers who were not under tn,
domination of Taggart and Fairbanks
They said they had come to a poin
where they realized that unless the sa
loon keepers were forced TO obey tn
laws the Legislature probably woul,
enact laws much more stringent an,
possibly there might be austate wild