The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-02

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CBY THE POLITICAL REPORT e. !
/ Leo Mccormack. mayor OF East CH'-
tcaxo. is home cooking without frh.s
lie wears suspenders with his belt ~
lthe summer time and belt with his
tsuspenders IN winter He likes 70 e.
lon the front porch after dinner ana
talk to a neishDor.
Han an hours conversation and COS
servation with and OF Leo McCormaeN4
the mayor Of East Chicago who -
candidate for a second term VIII cea-
Vince you that his political enemiei
departed from the paths o. veracitT
representing him as cunning. suavs
plotting politician.
A GOOD FELLOW.
! This man Mccormack appears aa in4
jnocent Of intrigue as eountrJ
lsquire. He Is Brother Fix sort u
fellow. hale hearty and Wen met ~
believes in the virtue of women. tHt
Integrity OF men. the divinity y ChF-s'
and the infaniolity O. the const''Ht
ton. And he IS smart. McCormacs
has a way OF applying the rules -
common sense to the knottiest prootefH
and hnding the right solution IN NJ
own good time which is plenty se1a
enough,
Newsboy. messenger boy. steel mast
~ theater manager estaufanteuH
chief Of police trafflc man and mayor
Mccormack has led an active life. Hin
muscles were hardened y swinging Z
twenfy-seven pound sledee 20 crusA
nig iron BUT not his heart. His price
sustained blow when he was deTnotl
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faith
sETBACKs DON'T CONT
The story OF hts life ia a ronancs
AZ tho age Of he carried papers al
l.rerre Haute and when he was - ~
started to work on a farm Cuttins
fodder FOR his board and 10 cents
DAY. His next employment was as
.sIesraph messenger. the wage be'nf
IS a month After q time he was get4
ting So month, When ne became II
years OF age he started his lie IN ths
mills going to work ct o'cieck ID
he morning and doing 8 mans work
lie developed physically until az Is I'd
weighed 2lo pounds.
after working in the mills OF Terrl
suite and GAINESVILLE. o. Mccormack
anne to East Chicago with tho Repuos
soyhood and early manhood he had ths
support of his mother and sister wh4
made q home for him. When hs
mother died his sister married. and
Leo also married
Mccormack went into the paiatirA
and contracting business, and late;
opened restaurants in East Chicago
and Indiana Hsrbor Tia started a pfc4
- Is "A
ness grew into a vaudeville house,
Then the money panic u 1907 upset
things and Mccormack went TO worg
on the poles department He wax
made CHIEF FOR four years and with
change Of administration was denoted
ito the ranks Mccormack was game.
IT didn't humaiate me" he said
1T was = slam but 7 took It and cam4
back"
Nothing sensational about that ca
.reer but & Is typical. 80 typical thsf
Every man who has had 70 battle nf
way Up knows that Mccormack has the
goods or he could never have como
back after two set-b backs such as the
panic and the demotion-
Mccormack has plenty OF native
ability lie would have been success4
II VI Oh LlAt eLdSe 6ilQ - Always N Qe4
mard ct local sntert ainments. lie "a
lover OF athletics and out-door-lI,f
and 10 hts term as mayor has ven
the city four parks
BACKGROUND or HIs LIFE
That IS the back ground Of his life,
"A native American os Hoosier farn1et
stock. Mccormack Is not unapprecia4
tive OF the culturs OF other countries
HIS mind is not pretudiced against the
icivflization. languages. customs and
,manners Of Europe ard being fair ard
unbiased he has been very successful
In the ATnericanizat work that w-aa
carried on through the mayors o1ics
during the war
He hsd the confidence Or the peopls
of the various colonies OF tho city ard
when he held patriotic meetings they
listened TO what he said and believed
him TO be their friend. which he was
and still IS He was very instrurue al
in war work and hts proclsmations
carried a great deal OF weight Vi,s
the AEne ricRnized foreigners.