The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-26
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPT..

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Indianapolis. Ind. Aug. 24-Repub-
lican organization men in this state
are well satisfied with the progress
that is being made with the prelimi-
naries OF the campaign. The main job
UP to THIS time has been the separa-
ton of the sheep from the goats-the
loyal republicans from the deserters.
But this work has been about COM
pleted. AMI in a few more days it will
be possible to tell anywhere in the
state who going to stand by the re-
publican ticket and who Is not going
TO stand be- 1t.
This has been task in which lines
have been drawn tightly. The or
sanization men have gone on the theo-
ry that men are either republicans or
they are not republicans. In some
counties precinct committeeman and
others who showed signs of desertion
were driven of the county commit
tees In order that there might be no
one connected with the organization
except loyal republicans. In some
counties members who were disloyal
have been fired bodily and their places
filled. No quarter has been shown in
this matter.
But the situation is settling down
nicely now. so that the real work of
the campaign can be taken up and
pushed along The organization work
has about been completed, and the
state committee officials know whom
they may depend on.
. The result of the roundup shows
that there are not as many deserters
from the old party as had been claim
ed by the boss deserters. And this, 1t
is said, has had a rather depressing
eff the hull rnonse ma n TO-
the movement in Indiana is not gath
ering the momentum that they had ex-
pected.
Two or three things have happened
in the last few days to cause uneasi-
ness among the bull moosers. One is
that the charges made by Senator
Penrose in the senate a day or two
ago that the Standard OIL company
contributed s125.0 to the Roosevelt
campaign fund In 1904 another is
that II has been discovered that in
practically every county in the state
the republicans and democrats have
, managed to get some of their own
men elected as members of the bull
moose county committees, and that
this gives them absolutely inside in
formation in regard to what is going
on In the bull moose campaign; and
another is the failure thus far to
arouse the amount of enthusiasm
| among the bull naoosers that had been
expected.
Probably the most important of
these three developments is the PEN
rose attack, which many persons be-
lteve will finally lead to the retire
ment of Roosevelt as a candidate for
! president. This seems TO be incred-
ib1e and unreasonable, but there Is a
| deep-seated belief among some OF the
J big politicians that Roosevelt will not
| be able to stand under the terrific fire
| to which he is to be subjected from
| this time on in regard to trust con-
| tributions to his campaign funds. It
! is said that the fight will be pushed
| SO far as to compel him to disclose the
names of the interests that are back
| ing his present campaign, and that
when these facts come to light there
will be little left of him and his can
| didacy.
Already. too, the bull moose camp in
! many counties Is filled with dfstrust
and suspicion since IL has become
known that the democratic and repub-
lican organizations both have plant
ed" men on the bull moose commit
] tees to keep an eye on what is going
on. Up to this time the bull moosers