The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-07

1t was reported at indianapolis that
a committee composed of Hazel Groves
Henry Peterson. Hymen Conen and
Alderman Carlson (Reppa supporters)
called on the governor the last OF the
week and asked that the militia be
sent to East Chicago
The governor sent two representa-
tives to East Chicago who conducted
quiet Investigation ad went to Mayor
Leo Mccormack. They admitted to
the mayor that they had discovered no
evidences Of a conspiracy to create a
riot on election day. Mayor McCor-
mack told them the situation and as
sured them IT was not necessary to
have the militia.
BLACKEN CITY's NAME
For not other reason than that 1t
would be an unnecessary black eye
for East Chicago to have the world
know that the militia was called t.
that city, the mayor urged that 1t not
be done
Frank Callahan, independent candi-
date for mayor, denounced it as a dis
graceful thing to resort to such tactics
and said that the committee which mis-
represented conditions To the governor
and appealed to the governor did not
have the best interests of the city at
heart
The governors representatives. ex
pressed their confidence in the mayor
and his police department to take care
OF any emergency thai might arise
election day
WILL NOT SEND MILITIA.
The governor viii not send the mill
tia to East Chicago. Fortunately for
the good name Of the city the plot Of
the Reppa forces was defeated. Il
was merely another action in line with
their campaign Of vl3ifcatfon To
What ends would they not go to defeat
a clean. honest. fearless loo per cent
American-Frank Callahan.
I. Another development OF the last days
of the campaign was the attempt Of the
Reppa forces to bring pressure on
United States Commissioner Charles
Surprise TO repudiate his speech at the
Orpheum theater at Hammond. Friday
n ght, in which he exposed gambling,
vice and booze selling conditions in the
Twin cities.
Surprise was besieged from every
source. He went to a RepPa meeting
at the Masonic Temple in East Chicago
and with his customary feaFlessness
repeated his charges.
SURPRISE DEFENDS TIMES.
He defended The Times by saying
thal II had always Deen talr and hon
est He said that while he was not
responsible for any comments that may
have been made on his speech by the
paper. that the paper quoted him cor
rectly.
one fivver after anotheri The wind
up of the Reppa campaign has been a
| sad story.
On the other hand. Frank Callahan.
Allen Twyman and their fellow candi-
dates on the independent ticket were
marching on to a great victory. Friday
night at the Masonic Temple Callahan
had great meeting with hundreds
! turned away. Saturday at Indiana Har-
Dor there was an even. greater demon
/ stration for. the INDEPENDENT ticket
than that of "a. week ago The Audi
torium theater was crowded with vo-
thusiastic that they could hardly con
/ ters who were so confident and en-
| strain themselves Callahan and ivy
man were cheered for Several minutes
!! The din was deafeninE at the overflow
meetings on the street in front of the
| theater.
The largest crowds that were ever
in Krupa's. Kosziuszko and Columbia
halls attepded the fnal Callahan meet
ings yesterday The Independents
spoke to over 10000 people in the last
three days of their campaign
Frank Callahan today predicted his
election by ? 100 votes. He said that