The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-21
WHOLESALE
INTEREST
IS SHOWN
City Campaign Reveals A
Wide Spread Interest of
Citizens in Their Gov
ernment.

(BY THE POLITICAL REPORTER)
The city campaign is freer of pre-
judice today than 1t was three weeks
ago There Is less partisanship. More
republicans are 10 be seen at democrat
meetings and a corresponding increase
Of democrats can be noticed at republt-
can rallies.
The religious issue has practically
disappeared. 1t was a bug-a-boo at
which both parties shied. The morals
issue is losing weight. It IS apparent
that there Is great portion Of the
voters eager for information and with
holding judgment until the speakers
have threshed out the issues.
CRUCIAL TIME
Ths democrats will rise or fall at
the Parthenon theater Monday night.
BY their showing OF strength at that
meeting and by the presentation Of
their arguments against Mayor Browns
administration and the qualifications Of
I'd. Simon they Will be made or go
broke
The political reporter has been &C
cused Of going to the campaign rallies
with tong in cheek and thumb to
nose. Indifferent to the serious business
ment of the city for the next four
years. 1t has been inferred that Civ
en- q good book. a sandwich and a bot
tie OF beer he would enjoy himself at
a political meeting.
He must admit that IL Is boring at
times to have a few boarding houses
depicted as Hell holes" and dens OF
f,t e.
the awful conditions said 70 exist on
that much maligned thoroughfare
Plummer avenue 1t is true that the
police have had good deal of trouble
with some bad members of the colored
colony but they are under constant
surveillance and the city's morals are
unquestionably better than under any
previous administration.
THE REAL ISSUES
The questions of taxation. gas. light
md telephone rates and the solution Of
the water problem are OF such greater
Importance that it Is ridiculous TO lay
such stress on the alleged vice Of
Plummer avenue when all the demo
cratic gentlemen have to do is TO make
'ut afidavits and cause the arrest Of
he bad" negroes and negresses.
III lib cLHcE HdIiQs IL Is poor PClICat ia
20 say the least. for republican speak
srs to attack Mrs. smalley. candidate
or clerk. on the record Of her deceased
husband. More than that It Is positively
shoulish. John Smalley was not only
one OF the best citizens the city has
ever had, but an excellent mayor. His
memory IS sacred. Mrs. Smalley is
~unning for office on her qualifications
which are unquestioned.
If the democrats go in for person
alities and mud gng at their meet
ng Monday night they will not ger
very far. The people are not gull
'le they know that Hammond j.
veil policed and that its morals are not
a bad way. The women voters are
~ intelligent as the men. The none,
that goes to pay taxes and gas. light an.
elephone bills comes through their
iands. They are as susceptible to tn,
lrguments for economy as the men
rhe campaign will have to be fought
out on the real issues which are tax
ttion. the waterworks project and the
public utilities.
1t is in the main wholesome cam
paign. freer from irrelevant matters
than the campaigns in Gary and East
Chicago. The influence of the women
-ote Will prove to be a splendid thing