The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-09
HOT FIGHT
DEVELOPS
AT HEBRON
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put everything through with a whoop
even to the point of getting julius
Friedman to vote the pink ticket put
up by the machine, against his own
blue ticket"
This was. however, an involuntary
act on the part of Julius, and he is still
mad about it.
Case of Shanghai.
1t was case of shanghai, pure and
simple. and happened thus: Earlier in
sne evening the Friedman crowd had
entered motion to vote on the chair
nan by division of the house. The
organization wanted a vote by ayes
and nays and won. When it came to
the matter of electing the delegates.
the chairman in courtesy to the Fried
man crowd, permitted the division of
the house rather than ayes and nays
to decide the question. Julius Fried
mans eagle eye swept the hall for CO.
horts who might have proselyted or
who might have merely made a mis-
| take and got on the wrong side of the
mouse. He spied a crowd OF OkIaho-
mans whom he and his followers had
marshalled into the hall earlier in the
evening. They were on the wrong side
| and he went over to bring them out
Instead of getting away with it. Julius
crowd got hemmed in and julius him
| self got hemmed in, and there was
method In the hemming. The vote was
declared In favor of the pink ticket
while Mr.. Friedman almost burst a
blood vessel in rage at his position.
Had Mr.. Friedman and his crowd
been permitted to have gone over to the
enemy the result would still have been
the same as 1t stood about three or four
to one in favor OF the pink ticket
The word had gone out a few days
ago that there would be something do
ing at the mass meeting last night, and
this was partly accountable for the fact
that such a large crowd attended the
meeting. The trouble grew out of Jul
fus Friedman having taken it upor
himself to personally pledge East Chi
cago to Ross of Hammond for prose.
cutting attorney. When this became
known the organization said there wa.
nothing doing along that line. and tool
II up the cause of Patterson against tina
of Ross Friedman declared that h,
, could handle the meeting and win on
, In spite of the organizations opposi
ton, so he got his crowd together ans
these have been doing their best I,
, swing things in favor OF Ross, but t,
J no avail, as last evenings proceeding
demonstrated.
A big crowd went over from Eas
( Chicago in two special cars and in tn
| regular coaches, autos. etc. and tn
Harbor was represented by tremend
Gus throng. They packed the big au
ditorium full to overlooking and tn
noise might almost have been heard i
Il Gary. City Chairman c. l. Kirk Gale
: the meeting to order, read the call TO
. the convention and asked for nomina
lions. Tom O'Connell nominated z. "
!. Mickey for chairman and coupled wit
J, his nomination motion to close til
= nominations forthwith. Abe Otter
!, heimer did not propose that anythin
| like that be put over and rose to poir
of order. Joe Meade then nominate
w. E. Jewell for chairman. There ws
$ then a division of opinion as to whs
L form the vote should take. whether
n division of the house was necessary {
a whether the matter be decided by aye
and nays. The ayes and nays had it an
E. w. Mickey was declared chairman
Judge George Reiland was electe
secretary over Walter Spencer. an
r after these formalites had been CON