The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-09-16
DEMOCRATS
DESERVING
s. RALSTON
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAI..

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
indianapolis. Ind. Sept. 16-Reports
that come in from over tho state show I
that a surprising number Of democrats /
are going to refuse TO vote for Samuel /
NJ Ralston. the democratic candidate I
forg overnor. Some Of them say they |
will vote for w. T. Durbn. the repub
Hcan candidate. and others propose to |
vote for Albert J. Beverage, the bull |
moose candidate. This situation has |
caused the democratic organization a
good deal of worry, too They had not
figured on any marked disagection from
Balston or from any other part Of the
state ticket. and these reports have
caused much surprise in organization
circles
The trouble is that many democrats
do not like the idea OF having Tag
CART pick the candidate for governor.
as he did in the case of Ra1ston. The
liquor question is not the paramount
issue in the Indiana campaign up TO
this time, but Just the same there are
thousands of democrats who do not APP
prove OF their partys position the
liquor question. and these are the men
who are saying that they Will not vote
for Ralston hey fear that he would be
controlled by the brewery interests If
elected governor. and they do not want
to encourage this condition of agairs
The reports OF the disafection from
Ralston come in the shape of reports
of polls taken in the state. These polls
show that thousands of republicans and
democrats alike are still refusing to
tell how they are going TO vote on the
presidential ticket and they also show
that many democrats are going to vote
seem to be the main features of the
poll
1t is said that no one can tell from
the result of the poll taken by any
of OF the political parties what the true
situation is regarding the presidential
race. here has been a general feel
ing that Wilson was in the lead in
Indiana and that he would carry the
! state. but since the poll shows so many
thousand democrats who say they do
not know how they viii vote an ele-
ment OF uncertainty has come into the
situation that confuses everybody.
There is good reason to believe that
practically all OF these democrats
willing to see how the bull moose cam
! paign progresses before making up
their minds what they viii do If IT
| turns out that Roosevelt has any
1
that these democrats win vote for Taft.
and that this is what they have in
] mind But If they find that Roosevelt
has no chance they viii vote for Will
son
Durbin is said 70 be showing great
strength among the veterans of the
civil war and the Scandinavian
war. He was a soldier in the civil war
and was the colonel of an Indiana reg
iment in the war with Spain. 1t is said
that the veterans Of these two wars are
doing a lot or hard work for him This.
It is said, is especially true OF the
Spanish-American war veterans. who
have a strong liking for hm. Many OF
these young men are out working for
Durbin.
One of the developments of the last
few days in politics is the showing
made by the democratic national COM
mittee of the list of persons who nave
made contributions to the national cam
paign fund This list. which was pub
lished few days ago. does not con
tain the name Of single Indiana con
trfhutor It gives the names al a good
many persons from other states who
have made contributions ranging from
500 upward but not a single Indiana
democrats mas dis name N me ISL
There are many democrats in Indiana
who are well able to contribute and
they have done SO in the past and it Is
regarded as strange that none OF them
have done It this year
Republicans are making much Of this
matter They declare that it shows
lack OF interest among these demo-
Gratis in the campaign. If they were
Interested as they have been in the
past. it is pointed out, they would be
willing to give of their money to help
carry on the campaig ign.
But II may be that the Hoosier demo-
Gratis such men as Taggart and Craw-
Ing their money to the state campaign
instead Of to the national committee.
They are, Of course more interested In
the election of the state ticket and OF
the Legislature than they are in the
national rsult for the state result di-
rectly affects them and their inter-
ests. This is the only explanation made
thus far OF the absence Of Indiana
names from the list Of contributors.
The state campaign appears to be am
ply financed There does not appear
, 10 be any lack Of funds at the demo
cratic state headquarters
The bull moose in Indiana are still
crying for money. hey are asking for
contributions from 81 upward from the
meeting with little success along that
forward in the same old way and it is
evident that money is coming from the
east or somewhere else.