The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-04
bRETSCH
ANSWERS
H. c. HAY

THE TIMES is in receipt OF the follow
ing signed statement in the Hay
Knotts- Bretsch controversy and as /:
already has presented the other phases
of the case. it has other recourse
than to let the people know Mr.
Bretsch's defense
To the Editor
/ trust that your usual fairness will
prevail. and that you viii give me space
! in your valuable paper to reply to the
| brain storm article of FL G. Hay,
! junior. in your issue of the second
inst. in which he invited Mayo.
Knots Councilman Castleman and
! your humble servant to prefer charges
against him.
Sorry Hay Involved Him.
| Considering the fact that l never
| charged Mr.. Hay with bribery, or at
! tempted bribery. his using my in
| connection with his article was malici-
Gus. unjustified, and uncalled for. and
| was. no doubt, used with some motive
best known to Mr.. Hay himself
Councilman Castleman is not now
/ nor never has been cline of mine:
| was not my candidate and I did not
| vote for him. l am not his adviser
| and do not stand sponsor for him.
have always found him loyal to his
/ TO the best interests OF Gary and
against corporate rule and greed. L
/ have placed confidence in his state
ments as to whether or not Mr.. Hay
j bribed, or attempted TO brihe former
Il Councilman Baukus. Personally / do
not know as / was not present at the
! time of their meeting in Mr.. Baukus
saloon. and have only Mr. Baukus
word and statements made to me and
J. Glenn Harris when we We're his at :
1 torneys his return the first time
as we'll as the word of others who were
present both in the room and on the
| outside.
/ Recalls Council Incident.
i However. it is matter of public
| record that the minutes of the council
show that at a special meeting held
| March eth. 1911. that Councilman
| Feuer introduced the Five Hundred
Dollar Ordinances; that Councilman
Walsh made motion to amend same
| by striking out the words. Five Hun
| bred Dollars" and inserting the words
| 1.-TWO Hundred-fifty Dollars" That NJ
Baukus was the first one to vote yes"
on that amendment, which was carried.
4 Thereafter at the regular meeting OF
the council held on March 10, 1911, it
was moved by Mr.. Rowley ca steel
l
in the counciD to amend said ordi :
nance so as to again read Five Hun
bred Dollars. Thereupon Mr.. Bowser
! tanother Steel Company employee
,, voted no" and Mr.. BaulSus voted no
| and the motion was lost. One week
| later. March goth, 1911, at the regular
meeting of the council II was again
moved by Mr.. Rowley (the Steel Com
pany employel that the ordinance be
. amended to read Five Hundred Dol
! lars" which motion was seconded by
: Mr.. Bowser (the steel Company en-
j ploye): that Mr. Bowser and Mr.
: Baukus both voted yes" thus chang
{ ing their prior votes and the motion
was carried
c Says Hay Does Not Deny.
The public will remember that Mr.
t Hay does not deny that between tn.
e meeting of March 18th, and Marcel
e goth, he met Mr.. Baukus. but Mr.. Hs,
: does say that it was at the request o
: Mayor Knots (Which statement thu
: mayor denies). That he did meet him
. however. is certain, but It matters no
n at whose request, and here the publ
{ sh ould consider the fact that Mr.
l. Baukus. in changing his vote and vot
ing for the Five Hundred Dollar Ordi
nance, voted Three Hundred Dollar
o out of his own pocket and out of tn
o pocket of each friend and relative !,
the saloon business; that he change
his vote al time when he fnan
e cial1y embarrassed and did not evel
IS know where he was to get the none
IS for the low license At a time wher
as the records of the Lake Circui
Court will show. there were pendin
against Mr.. Baukus. eight cases whic
had only been filed forty days prior :
that time, and involving hundreds G
= dollars.
II Certainly, his change of heart an
voting against his own interest
against human nature. and all practi
cal experience in life / personally d
not know, before stated. whether
n q. Hay jr, Influenced Mr.. BaulSus i
any manner. 1t is for the public t
anaIyze the facts and draw their ow
conclusions.
Watchdog of steel Trust.
Mr. Hay states he had no interest !
the passage of the high license ord
nance other than that of citizen, BIZ
ne it must be remembered that he a
az president of the Steel Company's Banl
ii is their watch dog. star-eyed goodies
he and hireling. 1t is claimed that til
er Steel Company, its subsidiaries an
a. railroads pay ninety seven percent
ed the taxes of the city of Gary. and if
lr. increased the revenue to the cit
a thirty-thousand dollars. then the Ste
I'd Company. etc, would save ninety-se
he en- percent of that sum each year. All
would place that additional sum on II
he struggling saloon keepers where
e. does not belong, which would mean
n | saving of thousands of dollars to IL
nd Steel Company and it's subsidiaries,
m the same time driving some poor fe
III low who had invested his savings
n the saloon, to quit and lose all, thu
nd increasing the business of the capita
a istic corporation saloons in the fir
inn subdivision and better the monopoly
as the business.