Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — READ. READ. READ! [ARTICLE]

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“KNOTIB HAS THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE ON HIS HANDS." A Hammond s ecial to The In* dianapolis News (republican) of November 4th, has the following concerning Mr. Knotts and his canvass: “Of aH the Republicans in Lake county, Mr. Knotts is the one that has the battle of his life on his hands. Ha would like Io be joint representative of Lake and Jasper counties. The Democrats say, however, that if the good people of the two counties are irr the majority, Mr. Yeoman, of Rensselaer, will have tnai honoi. Knott’s entanglem- nt with John Oondon and his race track enterprises are against him. Ho is also experiencing considerable difficulty in explaining soma of his promises to the Liquor League element. It will be remembered that Mr. Knotts was an energetic leader in the “thiid house” at ndianapolis four years ago, when the raoe track legislation was under consideration before the General Assembly. A Scheme to Legalize Pools. Candidate Knotts sometime ago proposed i scheme by which it might be possible to legalize the pool-selling business as carried on just now at Roby in connection with the winter meeting of the Lakeside Jockey Club. His plan, in the event of his election, was to frame a bill, bv the termi of which pool-rooms could be established and operated anywhere in Indian on the payment of a daily licens fee of $250 to the city or county treasurer. This amount, Mr. Knotts said at the time, the Roby gamblers would be only too glad to pay for absolute immunity, as, under the present arrangement, it is Cv sting them twice that amount, and the? are in constant fear of raids and “grafters.” As the impression prevails quite generally throughout Lake county' that the next Legislature will pass measures that will have the effect of clearing the noithern part of the State of the element that has done so much to blacken its name and rep Nation during the last ten it would seem that the people of the joint district are not so much in sympathy with Mr. Knott’s scheme.” * * * *