The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-09
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BEGINS At
MEETING
Jim hedjI Drives the Steam
Roller Over Cleveland
Crowd

| "a hcur OF wrangling, the e.
publican central committee La r,nA.
eiected Tom Roberts Of Ea., c.t,.
70 the onrice OF county chairman ,,,.
'eeoins Johu KilIigrew OF Robsr,
me republican women wet ~,
'ericaiiy and with Delegate "
neAIeer Of Hammond sl,zktnx ~.
unueF the nose Of Senator Jim Nedf, q
Whiting, the temporary charm
Ciyde Cleveland Of Hammond W.. -
iea'ed by a vote Of 57 TO 40 amid >,
sTea'est hub-aub ever heard on tbe
'oor o. a convention in this county.
Inc meeting was held at Carl 1.n,a
sFenS restaurant at Robertsdale 70,
lowing a fish dinner served to 25n =.
publican men and women
Charging Jim Nedn With nne.
''cs' McAieer pleaded that the oonren
- II ADJOURN 70 deliberate unti, re
committeeman could agree p,oa
N-"p.omise candidate. lie sai5 ye6,,
ton. '"e conYen-
60, 'ohPRoMIsE REJECTED.
saS we have come here TO arh,
al,hs ourselves and to defeat oDr
shouted McAleer. u dom
VINO you select but this convon-
.-on Shooid adjourn and deliberate ana
get man that Is suitable 10 ne ~
w - no sood come from this wrangiinr.
mats the result going 70 heo -
feat for the republican na-.,,,.,
mcAiecr's sensational speech ,or
at time when it was evident -.
cleveland was beaten McAlerr s.fd
ne was not wrapped up in any capd.-
oate and indicated that ii was no. ::
Hiucn tight On behalf Of Cleveland a.
night against Roberts who was ~.
acceptable to forty OF the ninetv-n,ne
committeeman.
~ looked for minute as though Nc
Aleer and Nedil would come TO h,o1r.
both men were excited and shout}no
al the top of their voices. Committee
men were yelling. More than a huu-
dreo leading republican women OF fhe
county hemmed in between the crowd
ed tables displayed great emotion
none OF the women had vote
NEDJL REBATES McALErn
McAleer, an active Cleveland worte,
before the meeting began. was hsratei
by Nedjl for his atterapt to bring ahou,
a harmonious end TO the squabblinE
McAleer declared that Nedjl BY not
encouraging compromise measure
that would prevent split of the party
was not acting in good faith as tempo
rary chairman.
The meeting was in the hands Of the
Roberts organization after the open
ing remarks by the retiring chairman.
John Killigrew. The first victory. bv
the Roberts crowd came when Senator
NedD, one of the group of road con
tractors who split the million doliar
mellon this year. was made tenporarv
chairman. defeating Senator oliver
Holmes of Gary
OPPOSES SECRET BALLOT
Temporary Chairman NedjI in taking
charge of the meeting took q decided
stand against the secret ballot IA
which lay the hopes of the Cleveland
faction. when a motion was made t.
vote by secret ballot he said that a
man who made such a motion had ev1-
IDENTIFY given his promise to both sides
and had soPething to conceal. The
convention voted against the secrat
ballot.
It was only by continual pounding
on the table with the silver knife that
served as a ssavel tha. Senator Nedjl
was able to keep even a semblance of
order.
The conservative party leaders were
not happy over the situation, even
though many of them were for Rob
erts.
Hoy Davis OF Gary was elected sec
retary OF the central committee
The vote follows: