The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-15
INDIANAPOLIS LIKE
A DESERTED VILLAGE

/, in the party has gone to Chicago to
remain until after the national con-
vention. or. at least until their money
runs out. And the belief here is that
| good many of them will have to
return home on the latter account be-
fore the convention is over. because
, indications are that the national con-
vention will be a long -drawn-out af-
fair, with general scrap every min
ute of the time.
Fred A. Sims, state chairman, goes
to Chicago, today. to remain until the
/, end. Ed. T. Staley, secretary OF the
state committee went to Chicago sew
| eral days ago. He went early to ar
range for opening the Indiana head
| quarters. He was selected as secre-
| tary of the Indiana delegation, and 1t
| fell TO his lot to fix up the headauar
tiers. An assessment was levied on all
of the. Indiana delegates and alternates
for the purpose of paying the ex-
penses of maintaining the Indiana
headquarters. 1t is learned that prac-
tically all of the delegates and alter
| mates paid their assessments. but that
a few did not. However, it is said
that sufficient funds were raised TO
| enable the Indiana delegation to put
on a good front and stand up in the
front rank with the rest OF the states.
/ Practically all of the Indiana dele
gates to the national convention al
ready have arrived at Chicago. Along
with them have gone many other re-
publican leaders and workers from all
over the state, thus giving Indiana the
appearance of a deserted village. as
far as republican politicians are con-
cerned.
Indianapolis has no mayor now, and
there is a question who has right to
act in any matter requiring mayoring
to be done Mayor Shank has started
hot-feot for Chicago. He is dele
gate from the Seventh district. Harry
r. Wallace, city controller, who, un-
der the law. acts mayor in the abb
, senee of the regular mayor also Is at
Chicago. The president eof the board
of publican works and the president
of the board of public safety. both
are at Chicago. The head of the de-
; partment of streets and nearly all Of
the inspectors and other officials OF
the street department are there.
The only city official left here VIII,
has any shadow of claim to the It'll,
of acting mayor at present is tbs
president of the city council. He in
sists that he is it" but nobody els'
lis paying any attention to his claim
The mayors private secretary says h,
Is taking care of the office, answering
mail, telling people there are no job.
open, refusing to buy tickets, sendins
APPLICANTS for charitble institutions
: and informing callers that the mayor
has no money to lend. He says tina
this is the main part of the business O.
the office these days and that as Ions
as it remains that way there will b.
!. no need for mayor.
The Democratic hike for Baltimore
will begin in earnest next week, but
of course, not as many Democrats vii
go from this state to Baltimore 81
; there were Republicans that have gon'
. to Chicago. The expense is create
and this will keep down the numbe
that will go to Bal q lore.
But there will be many carloads, a
all events. On one of the special train
a big military band will go along t
too for Governor Marshall. George j
Marott, of this city, a wealthy Demo
lcrat, has arranged to provide on
hundred members fthe MarshaI1-for
President Club with gray hats an.
, tcanes for the Baltimore trip. and thes
behalf of Marshall This will ais
Y mean that g. hundred patriots will &c
!. lnew hats. They can pawn the cane
If they want to after they get to Balti
D more.
J, Thomas Taggart, national commit
teeman from Indiana. has already gon
to Baltimore. and on the way he stop
r ped at New York long enough to an
0 nounce that Indiana will stick to Gov
nor Marshall through thick and thir
!; One of the interesting features o
:, the whole situation, however, is til
). complete and effective manner in while
D Senator Kern has been dropped by tn
J; Marshall faction in this state. At frs
: Kern was to make Marshalrs namin
!; ating speech. This was changed an
Senator Shively was picked for thi
/, job. Then Kern was talked of 70
. temporary chairman of the convention
: and everybody admitted that he woul
: make a good one. But now the wcr
> has gone forth that Kern cannot eve
/ be temporary chairman of the eonven
y ton. and that the honor must go t
New York or some other state. 1t
" charged here by some of Kern's friend
:, that these changes have been brough
about through the manoeuvering G
: the Marshall people In Indiana. be
y cause they do not want Kern to hav
a prominent part In the wor kof tn
>, ! convention. They are afraid that
Kern gets up before that delegate bod
and make a speech it may start
. band wagon rush to him and bes
;. Marshall