The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-02
BOOMERANG
STARTS THE
LAND SLIDE
Whining and Dining" Story
Given Lie At Reppa Meeting
And Wins Women Voters
To Mccormack.

kBY THE POLITICAL REPo 80 go
The little things count IN po',.'
I9reat issues can be obScufeo 0y ~ -.
hents. And when the history .
- Mccormack landslide rs told @itei
rhe republican primary May
..o-v ~ this weeks Reppa boomerAh
-, -. ,otnted TO as the turning poini
An one Of the most engrossins cam
baiEns IN the history Of the CITY
A. least SEQ Mccormack votes "eis
-. - nfarkstown alone and as rnanS
,,ore IN the other sections OF the CITY
largely among the women-OS
Ant~o6a that IS now ths tid-bit OF con
ss,or wherever the men AMI
,.-,-,nr Of the Twin cities meet, polit'-
- ~ otherwise, The campaign
INA Of A Wall street candidate fot
resident couldn't have staged the
iasng II was beyond all manipci4-
Ion.
Readers IN all the cities OF the ooen-
~ where primary campaigns are
br conducted will no doubt De inter
iated in the story.
nEsAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
II began at a McCormAck hleet'ue :
N Markstown more than two week
fao. The meeting wss arranged ~
h,a women voters OF the subdivision
IA was success IN attendance ana
,n.bu,iasrn beyond their fondesq
,orNs Mayor Mccormack was pres-l
~ and received a splendid ovation :
tster the talk Of the republican can-t
udnt. for the nomination for mayor
Ne COMMITTEES 81 ladies' who ha4
,harre OF the meeting. served ied
.ream and cake. /
Following the meeting the women
,rdsr whose auspices IL had been held
md whose time and effort had made u
ne biggest womeu's political meeting
ne new town had ever seen. remained
ehind with their husbands after INF
rrowd had dispersed. reluctant -.
ave. Mayor Mccormack also stayed{
sngared in conversation
one OF the features OF the Teetinei
,aa been a solo by W. Picoolo, thd
nroDrietor OF the Cafe Lafayette, Eas1
FhIcaRo's reputable restaurant. Thd
LADIES' were so well pleased with the
,olo that IL was suggested that every
5odv drive over TO the Cafe Laf&yettd
FOR . bite to eat on promise OF being
favored with ar impromptu recital
Mayer Mccormack complied and tho
party left At the cafe club sand +
riches and coffee comprised the menu
The crowd remained about an hour.
THE LIE Is PASSED
subsequently at meetings OF McCor-
t,ark.s opponents. Il was charged that
ne MAYOR hsd "wined and dined'' the
ladies' Of Markstown. An attempt was
made, II - alleged, 70 make some
thing sinister OF the affair.
This week at q Reppa meeting, wall
ter O. Harmon. city treasurer, who Isl
reported 70 have the promise Of the
city eontronership II his candidate Isl
successful, repeated the charge Tte
said the winning and dining" cost
ss25. Il is alleged, whereas the bill for
the refreshments at the Cafe I.afayl
ette was really only $3.50 for seven
teen people
One of the best known and most
respected women OF Markstown. M.
Don c. McIver. was IN the crn|1
Just moment please. Mr.. Hsr-
mon she said. rising from the seat
she occupied. 'r was At the meeting
in MarkstoEn and was also at the
party al the Cafe Lafayette You have
been pnisinformed. 1t was a soper.
respectable party Of genrIemen and
their wives Whoever told you THAI
we were 'wined and dined' is not tell
ing the truth"
The reaction began at once. Not
only the men and women who were al
the party but their friends and =c1
quaintances were indignant that an
innocent affair should be magnifed III
a scandalous way. The Mccormack
sentiment spread like wiIdnre until
Markstovn IS solid for the mayor!
There seems to be no end OF IL and
Mccormack workers are watching thu