The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-26
1000 HEAR
H|MAT EAST
CHICAGO
Marked Enthusiasm Shown
at all Points on His Trip
Through Country

Lake county laid business aside
today to greet United States Sena-
tor Harry S. New.
Heads of Industries deserted their
plants, bank presidents cancelled
business engagements leading at
torneys continued their cases, labor
leaders turned the labor temples over
to subordinates. while the man on
the street followed in their wake
! to see New.
From the momen. New stepped
from the Baltimore & Ohio train at
Gary yesterday noon until he spoke
TO more than 1000 people last even
ing al East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor. 1t was evident that he was
the popular choice for the nomina-
tion for senator at the primary next
Tuesday.
4 Whereas Lake county had been
cool to the eloquence OF Albert ].
Beveridge, the great throngs cheer
ed Senator New last night when he
made very plain and direct talk.
without flowers.
This afternoon Senator New ad-
dressed great crowd at the Com
munity Center in Whiting. and to-
night he will speak at the Orpheum
theater in Hammond. preceded on
the program by Miss Elinor Barker
and ex-Lieut. Gov, Bush.
GETS OVATION EvERYwHERE
Everywhere Senator New has
gone on his tour of the county he
has been given the same respectful.
genuine ovation. something of a
public expression of gratitude for
the things he has done for the
county in the past and the things
he is In a position to do in the
future.
Il With the added prestige of being
"a warm friend and advisor OF Pres
ident Harding" Senator New at
tracted even more attention this
time than he has on former visits
to the region.
Representative Republicans from
all parts of the county were at the
| Gary Hotel yesterday afternoon to
receive the senator W. P. Gleason.
general superintendent of the Gary
steel mills, and a great admirer of
Senator New was present.
Throughout the afternoon the
lobby of the hotel was swarming
with the senator's admirers.
Prosperity is coming back" Is
the keynote of the speeches that
Senator New is making in Lake
county.
BIG CROWDS nv TWIN CITY
People OF East Chicago and Ind
lana Harbor gave Senator Harry
S. New an unusual reception last
night when he visited here and ad-
dressed two large and enthusiast
tic meetings at both ends of the city.
Fully 1000 persons listened to the
arousing addresses delivered at the
Auditorium theater Indiana Harbor.
and Colonial hall, East Chicago.
where the meetings were held last
night.
the efficiency of the present admin
istration in cutting large govern
ment appropriations and in these
instances the senator cited the num-
Der Of cases that he had represent
ed the people and a member of in
vestigation committees in the house,
to lessen thse large expenditures.
An optimistic view as to the out
look for a prosperous era was mani
Tested in the addresses OF Senator
New. Material facts OF the coun-
| try's situation, of which Senator
New is well acquainted being con-
stantly in touch with every depart
ment of the government and placed
| in rnSftfnn m {nf t.
tuents of the true conditions as
they now exist and without pro-
phesying to any large degree. this
information was given in bearing
out his many statements that the
country was now entering into an
era of prosperity. He referred to the
local condition of industrial expan-
sion and increased productions or
factories as rejecting to a march
back to normalcy.
Answering the many discreditab1e
remarks made against him by his
opponent, Albert J. Beveridge while
in the district recently. good points
were brought out by Senator New.
The senator said that the many
wild statements made by Mr.. Bev-
eridge against his record as senator
was misleading and unfounded.
E-Lt. Governor Bush, Col. Walter
J. Riley. Mayors Frank Callahan
Of East Chicago, Mayor r. o. john
son, of Gary, Mayor Walter Schrage
OF Whiting, and other prominent
men OF the district and state were
in attendance at the Senator New
meetings last evening.
D.s- Poo-xs