The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-10-20
THREE COP.
GATHERINGS
AnE: HELD
Aiiy. F. CrunpaCkeT and Atty
I. 0itoThoimeT Make tho
Eagle Scream a.
Meetings.

y-,ss Cs',t~- 50 ~r-ut't~.-,s al t,1-nc
saIer. "a meetings yesterday = the
1..gces Leo Mccormack for
aver al wei a. Of the miner officers
i e-csA impetvs
7-o~eei --ll-... ma, calumet East
chtccgo last night the republicans had
e-9.he- one or their big biowouts. The
netting ~as fun Of pep from start TO
X Re7ps acted as chairman and
rade an Introductory talk in English.
va5 vns followed bv one % Abe OF
-enhairner sic ecrt o0 spec hes.
followed BIZ Attorney ssnb
la IA s. Nh. r pa - Hungarian.
Te ca-4e thc candidates who i'm
s-sed upon tile audience that they
wsg SIT .a-4 we'll qualified % assume
4ae duties Of the offices sought
Between two hundred and two hun
dred and nifty were present
Women Hear Issues.
The women of East Chicago partici-
pated ~ two meetings yesterday in
~ m they mace q very laudable effort
IS Become posted on political Issues
ana IN the merits OF the various can
d2se- Tor office in the coming munich
r. election
The first meeting was held az the
Hartley -Loster and the principal ad
dress was given by Hon Fred Crurn-
packer d, Hammond. ice Meade pre-
There were app~oxirna te,y
women IN the hall The attendance
was some IS hat small owing TO mis-
understanding concerning the time and
place al tac III etI1g. What It lacked
Is --he-s however. was counter
res by intelligence al enthusi-
fnrasEzE I811&S OF
osi-g in artenda-ce-
1As chairman first introduced Joe
Conroy OF Hammond who made ferv-
EN- appeal to chose present 20 do what
tbev could 10 lncresse tie sale Of Lib
cry Bonds.
crurpactsr's Tins speech.
This sDeaRe- was followed by hr.
trdrnpacker who took UP s discussion
IF the primal differences between the
established policies and principles OF
the Two old parties. He told how re-
uubIicantsn1 had been from its earliest
Inception the embodiment of the true
4~iuciples Of democracy; how IL had
stood eor practically sll OF the great
meas. e. THAI have made our country
what it IS today It was a clear. IN
rrejudfced presentation of republican
deals and was received with great APP
plause.
Abe Ottenheimer followed with an
ANALYSIS OF the local situation and gave
w. r. Murray the credit of being a good
fnlitator inasmuch as he had apparent
Is copped AIcCormack's platform almost
frola a TO z. He compared the two. al
most section by section. and reminded
lie ladies that the platform Of the re-
publican candidate was out fully two
weeks before Murray's document ap-
peared
ottenhsimer Uses whip.
Re attacked Murrays apparent SYM
rathy with the delay OF the Universal
Portland Cement Co. IN relieving this
city from the clouds Of cement dust
that have made certain sections almost
l4ntentable as residence sections. He
said that st would seem as if four years
were sufficient TO handle this matter if
the cement people were really in earn
est in their efforts. incidentally he
answered the statements Of a Harbor
organ which holds Mccormack up as
merely an incompetent office seeker.
Womsn's Franchise League.
In the evening. following the enthusi-
asun of the afternoon. the members oY
the organization known as the Womens
Franchise League. held a meeting at
the residence OF Mrs Peter Krill at
Barring avenue and 143rd street The
object OF the meeting was to begin the
study Of the privileges and powers of
women as embodied in the franchise
and to discuss the partial suffrage law
Of Indiana.
A quiz was conducted BY the presi-
dent Mrs. Laura .. Floyd and much
interesting information was brought
Out
At the conclusion Of the quiz, the
candidates on the republican ticket for
the principal offices in the coming city
election, were admitted % the meeting
and requested to give a summary Of the
duties that would devolve on each
should they be elected. Leo McCor-
rnack. T. y Richards. W o. Harmon
and 1T NJ. Cohen all gave brief and
pointed addresses on the respective po-
stlious o'icn 10, seek. Local politics
were omitted from these discussions.
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