The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-09-18
hird narty in Lake county"


third narty in Lake county"
This man said that the matter or
registration or voters was the most i'm
portant feature OF the situation in
Lake county lie said. however, that
ali parties arc far short in their regis
traitor.
one answer came from White county.
In II the writer said that They arc
making no inroads now. IN fact. they
we're the largest in tho borning. They
are OF the bowling kind, and. like a
single coyote, make enough noise to
attract attention Beveridge does not
stand very we'll here and will not get
any vote other than the full nedged
bull moose vote, Durbins Marion
speech IS taking very we'll I hear no
adverse criticism. I find our strong ar
gument IS 10 let well enough alone and
not try any experiments. ours is an
agricultural community, and the farm
ers all seem satisfied with conditions
and are not calling for change. I
see no evidence of bull mooseism
spreading l think it is weaker than
at first
/ A letter from Steuben county says
the bull moose are strong there, but
that they are on the downgrade and
that they viii not be as strong a
month later as they are now.
4 a letter from Crawfordsvile, res
sarding conditions in Montgomery
county. says:
The moose sentiment here is wan
ing Their county ticket is a joke.
The leaders of the party here are al
most all soreheads. They will not gain
as we go along. but viii lose. Bever-
idge IS not as strong as Roosevelt is In
this county
Dekalb county is not in bad shape
for tho republicans as has been re
ported. according to a letter received
from there. The writer says:
We are not in bad shape in De
kalb county. There viii not be many
moose votes here. Taft will get some
democratic vote-quite number more
than the state ticket will get You
know that the Twelfth district is sup
posed to be strong for the bull moose
but they VIII not come any way near
carrying It over the republicans. They
Will be bad third
A letter from Peru says ia regard Il
Miami county. The changes repub-
lican and bun moose-are nowadays al
our way There are no more desertion:
from the republican ranks Beveridge
will pull as many democratic votes
from Ralston as republican votes from
Durbin. But he will not get many from
either"
From Tippecanoe county comes a let
ter in which the writer says. The bull
moose sentiment is subsiding"
A Fort Wayne man writer's ''Th'
: progressive sentiment is not on tn
increase on the other hand, I believ
the condition is better for the regula
. republicans at present than II was som
time ago. and I have every reason t
believe we may expect much improve
ment before election day"
Lagrange man writes: "You know
that we are quite moosey up here. TIL
little mooses have tried to below some
like the old bull himself but the nois
seems TO get fainter and fainter The
are decreasing IN number. 1t is tn
opinion of the best informed men her
that the moose sentiment is waning
These letters give fair idea OF IN
! line OF Information given in all or thos
. received up to this time. The bushes
man that received them said he did no
feel at all discouraged from a repuh
lican standpoint. and that indication
were. he found them. that the situa
: ton was improving every day