The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-26
DEMOCRATS
SUPPLIED
WITH Coin
The Barrel is Opened and the
Democratic State Central
Committee Gets Busy.
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INDIANAFOLIS. lNIf. Oct -b--9ollle (
has opened the Aeod gates OF coin to
thc democratic state committee. Thaa
organization which hoboiel through the
carly stages Of the campaign on a fiat
wheel with little finances is now dis
playing all the activities Of a real. for
sure political organization.
This blush of prosperity during the
last days Of the campaign has not sur
priscd close political observers who
have watched the trend Of thought
among certain moneyed interests back
:nE the International bank-the Wilson
League of Nations Thsse hackers e
the league. wao would profit By such
an agreement in the matter Of foreign
secupt ties ard the like were expected 70
come across during the LAST minutes Of
tho presidential fight
CAN ONLY CONJECTURE
That this is the source Of democratic
finances is Of course, only conjecture.
Il has been predicted, it seems reason
able and above all the fast that the
democratic organizau would show
more signs of financial prosperity to-
wards the end of the battle tends to
bear out the belief that the aid would
come from the league supporters.
There has been no question but that
this money is being used lesitinately.
The point is that scores Of speakers are
being employed and every effort known
to political strategy is being employed
TO blind the voters to the real issues
and cloud the atmosphere with the
preaching OF the league Of nations doc
trlne.
A $4,000 PAEAcE
To illustrate Tho point u a concrete
way. Monday of this week he democrats
had sixty y-eight meetings scheduled In
Indiana. = like number is beiag ar
ranged for each day Of the week In
Indianapolis the democrats are planning
parade for Governor Cox when ne ar
rives Thursday. The republicans did
not stage a parade in Indianapolis for
Senator Harding because il would he
too costly. The republican organization
obtained cost figures which showed that
il would cost $4,000 to put en- parade
of such proportions as the Hoosier cap
ftal would require. Yet tho ccnfocrats
are going ahead with parade Tho
travelling expenses Of the democratic
speakers alone will be an enormous fig-
ure. The sum total Of the hall rents
and printing matter for campaign
such as the democrats are waging would
be staggering
The printed statement or a leading
democratic daily IS admission Of the
fact that the pork barrel is ia the midst
of the democratic organization. This
paper says:
WHAT STATE ORGAN SAYS
Tor some time the speakers and pub
Hcity departments Of the democratic
state committee have been operating in
Z: very efficient way and the democra-
TIC organization also has been in close
touch with the workers in all parts Of
the state. Il is fact that democratic
organization is working in a much more
efficient manner than was thought pos
sible early i'm the campaign.
For weeks it was known that tho dem
ocratic state Organization had very lit
tie money except that which was kind
" turned over BY Thomas Taggart OF
French Lick. candidate for Jnitel
states senator. Samuel u. Foster q
Fort Wayne, candidate for leutenan'
governor. and known as the "shir
waist king" and a few other wealthy
persons in the party or on the ticket
Some aid was also expected from Ben
5amin Bosse. mayor Of Evansville anc
democratic state chairman.
EMPLOYED BY oRGANIss ATIoH
cut it is ear that the inane,cl re-
sources OF even these 80 and othei
democrats in Indiana would not stan'
the heavy drains that are being mad
on them by the costly campaign bcins
made
When the fact that sixty-eight speak
ers were scheduled for one day wa
mentioned above that figure did no
take into consideration the soap bo,
speakers that arc being employed. Thes
artists of the curb stones. who are ap
pear:ng in all the larger Indiana cities
pretend to be lust Interested citizens
who are in favor of tho league OF ma
tions. They usually begin by sayini
that Il have always voted the repub
lican ticket etc" While some O.
them may be on their own hook. it ha
been discovered that quite a number ar
employees of the democratic Organization
and that they are moving about fror
city TO city making the unheralded cur
stone talks and engaging in poltica