The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-16
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OF the committeeman elected six are
known to be anti-Knotts men. but out
side OF the Sixteenth precinct squabble
the whole proceedings were conducted.
contrary to the usual form. on pretty
square basis.
Piper Ousted from Post.
AS things now stand Gary has but
one darby committeeman as compared
with three blacks In the republicans
last night. Sam Laws. the negro. last
night defeated w II. Piper of the tan
contingent. and Jack Meehan. the lead
er of the Irish lily whites. Many
democrats were pleased to see Piper
removed from the party councils. A
week ago he was trouble maker at
the republican convention at the Bin
| zenhof hall and tried to raise a mob to
smash in the doors.
AS soon as the voters began to repair
to the precincts the three cornered
| fight in the Sixteenth started the dis
turbance of the evening and Bill Cain,
who wen into the crowd of bowling
blacks to restore order. came out much
| faster than he went in, as did other
would-be peace makers
No Raxors Were Drawn
| Each contingent elected it's own COM
mitteemen. and on several occasions 1t
| was feared that razors would be drawn
so heated did the contestants become.
| "Yo. black devil, yoh was at the re-
publican meetin' last week. shouted a
black to Piper tan.
Shut yoh face. yoh niger. Yoh en-
| tered nah hen roost last week and an
can prove IT. was the answer
We'll, all don't live in a shoe string
house"
| Yes, but last week yoh went UP
with dem here white trash and prom
ised you'd vote for Hodges and all saw
yoh with Charley Greenwald at dem
| republican folks convention" This and
a similar line of comments passed back
and forth as the black mob threatened
to run upon the black gang. When the
| fuss went into the credential committee
Laws won out.
Col. Mayo Lends Sanctity to Session.
Among the participants in the con-
vention last night was Rev and Col.
A. c. Mayo. who had a darby preacher
along with him. The colonel, who
breaches the holy word on Sunday to
the blacks and sells them Colonel Louis
Bryan of baby doll" fame lots during
the rest of the week of late. has been
striking and austere figure in the re-
publican ranks. but last night he show
ed his loyalty to Mayor Knots by be-
ing in attendance and making many
motions and seconds.
Another attendant and one who took
part on committee work was Phil
Mekatinsky brewery leader and one of
the bosses of Gary's Ghetto. Mekatin-
sky was one of the big shouters at the
republican convention a week before.
List of New Committeeman.
| Tha n a Of 20 =
township democratic committee is as
follows:
| GARY
IF Fl. Atkinson.
2-Dan Fitzgerald
s-J. V. Costello.
w. W. Miller
&c. o. Seton.
II 6-Henry Sykes.
John G. B. Jones.
s-Charles Hobbs (Ambridgel.
?--H. u. Snyder
10-W- J. Carleton.
lie. A Wdiliston.
Il lev. H. Hummel.
40. II. Schneider
Il 14--Frank Hun
15-John II. Hamilton
I6-Sam Laws.
Il 17-Joe Morris.
1s-F'rank Riblan.
19--Paul Matthias
Pop T. Patoroski.
| 21-Adoiph Metz.
Il 22-Martin Gill.
Il 23-R. E. Houren fRidge Road
FL 24-Fred Behn CLARK station.
TOLLESTON
Frank Borman.
IL Prank Bait.
TOWNSHIP.
Il Richard Kraay (Ross).
Il 4-Peter B. Beiriger tGriffth)