The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-31

l>eppa forces on the defensive during
this campaign II mas been shown
that Mr Reppa had more - d. with
the expenditure Of money, budgets. The
appropriation Of money fixing taN
ieVies and the issuing of bonds than
anyone else during the Mccormack adj
ministration. AT first Mir Reppa and
his supporters were inclined to deny
This responsibility but lately have not
attempted TO deny it. but have remain
ed silent on the question They have
not attempted TO deny publicly Or
through their newspapers the manner
that the city treasurer's office has
peen conducted "a to collecting Illegal
fees and not depositing special assess
ment money under the depository law.
They are on the defensive as 10 The
water works question.
The one thing which has put them
on the defensive more than any other
one thing during this campaign: the
issue which has made the blood boil
Of every true and loving American The
issue which has caused citizens To
hang their head in shame, even fol
lowers Of Mr.. Reppas has been the ex-
posure of the attitude taken by MIR
Reppa four years ago when he and
others attempted to put over a ticket
In the Republican primaries which was
70 be composed of only foreign born
people. The persons who most resent
ed the attitude Of Mr. Reppa four
years ago when he would have named
ticket on which thera were no Amer
lean born people. are the foreign born
people themselves, because they more
than any others nave been made 10
suffer from the course and attitude
taken by Mr. Reppa and others who
were in combination with him on this
project. So strong was the feeling
against this attempted project at the
time OF the city primaries IN March.
1917. that not a candidate running at
large in the city in the Republican
primaries who had foreign sounding
name. was nominated. 1t was a we'll
recognized fact at the time that men
whose names looked like American
names were nominated on the strength
of their names alone. Only a few
candidates with foreign sounding
names were nominated for ward coun-
cilmen. This was unjust to the for
eign born people in our city. whom
were . LOYAL to our country during
the Great War as the American born
PEOPLE. Mr. Reppa and others who
We're in the plot 70 put over strictly
foreign born ticket are responsible
for this odium which was cast on the
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en- this matter alone should be suffi
cient grounds for defeating him on
election day. How any American,
whether he be a native born or for
eign born man or woman, with any red
blood in their veins. could support a
man for mayor q our city who had
been guilty OF an act OF this kind Is
beyond the comprehensive of any true
American The Reppa forces have
only made a weak and evasive answer
to this charge. Enough people who
were residing in our city during the
primary campaign of 1917, know the
facts so that ii is useless for them to
deny it. The files Of the Reppa organ.
the Twin city Sentinel. about the time
Of the Republican primary in 1917, give |
accounts of the Columbia Hall meet |
ing and the attempt t. put over a
foreign born ticket.
THE LAST STRAW.
As 2 last straw and like drowning |
man. the Reppa forces have taken up |
the moral question They think they |
defeated Mayor Leo Mccormack on |
this Issue in the primaries last MAJ. |
But when they attempt to make this |
the issue against Frank Callahan. they |
will find that it is a horse Of another |
color. They may be able to deceive a |
few gullible people or people who have |
come TO our city since the Callahan |
administration, but they cannot de |
eeive the great majority of our voters |
who want to know and who do know !
the truth and facts of the Callahan ad- |
ministratlon as to clean and decent |
city government.
One Of the first things that is evident |
as To who are managing the Reppa |
forces in this campaign is the large /