The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-08
DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT.

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aldermen will go before the people of
West Hammond for the re-nomina-
tion and reelection which will
amount to a vote of confidence.
August Kamradt, who has made a
good treasurer, will not be candi-
date again but deserves the gratitude
of his fellow citizens for the manner
in which he has conducted his office.
But the administration" is going |
to ask the people of West Hammond. |
the decent people of that community, |
to approve of their work by returning |
them TO office.
MAYOR WOSCZYNSKI AND HIS
lCO-WORKERS HAVE HAD HARD
SHEDDING. They got into office to
find that the city attorney, Jacob |
Katz, was unfriendly and was lined
up with the old gang; the police |
force from Chiefs Johnson and Kul-
czyk down to the last patrolman were
against them, even the magistrate to
whom they looked for administration
of justice was regarded by them as be-
| ing hostile to their cause.
number of the aldermen that
were elected along with the reform
ers were under the thumb of the dive
keepers. as their vote on the license
revocation measures proved.
Everything was done to discredit
the administration. Nothing was
done to help it except that THE
TIMES laid bare the whole rotten
lsituation. Miss Brooks spectacular
fight attracted the attention of the
Illinois and federal authorities to con-
ditions as they were revealed and
prosecutions followed.
The first decided step was taken
when the police force was cleaned up
! and after a number of changes John
J Kulczyk, the present efficient chief
was pat in charge.
Next came the assault on the dis
orderly saloons. An attempt was
made to call the mayor off by having
him arrested on trumped up charges
but the fight went on and finally with
the aid of four clean and loyal alder
men the dives were put out of the
business and have not run from that
! day to this.
Probably the crucial period of the
fight came when THE TIMES started
to expose those who were profiting
from vice conditions and the true
character of several men who were
profiting on conditions there was re-
vealed.
West Hammond got lot of unde.
: sirable notoriety but it deserved al
IL got for it's laxfty in the past. Ths
fact was revealed that robberies were
frequent, even murder was helt
cheaply, disease was spread over thu
entire community and white SLAYER,
was common.
But the forces of evil were beater
by the bravery and determination O
Mayor Wosczinski and his supporters
For the past six months West Ham
mond has been clean. 1t is coming t.
be considered the logical home of tn
workingman of this great industrial
community.
The city has started on an era 0
: prosperity that will make it an i'm
portant part of this community
!, Next spring the city will be traverse
by street cars. new streets will b
paved and other improvements pre-
jected. West Hammond is fast Twin
down its bad reputation. at least Ii
cally. Only recently a syndicate {
Hammond men invested $25, 600 i
a. | the purchase of subdivision ther,
The Hammond Country Club has cal
ed attention to the attractiveness
the location for workingmen's home
And now the time has come whe
the people of West Hammond al
:, asked to show their approval of tt
administration they have just ha
Id nou ~ 'ne "a
:. ent city officials to finish the woI
~ they have so auspiciously begun.
They ought to do It, They will n
-. only find money in their pockets b.
their consciences will be clear tt
-. citizen who votes for Wosczynski CT
- look his fellows in the eye.
No one knows what tremendo
pressure was brought to bear on Il
80, present powers that be to sell the
souls for mess of pottage; and
big mess at that. But they ha
stood firm Thar honesty is lInu11f