Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1910 — CORPORATION LAWYER CHOICE OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

CORPORATION LAWYER CHOICE OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

John B. Peterson, of Crown Point, Named for Congress by Democrats In Hammond Wednesday. The following account of the 10th district democratic convention held at Viammend -Wednesday- is taken from the Hammond Times: Hon. John B. Peterson, the Crown Point lawyer-banker, the most noted corporation lawyeFlh this part of the state, was this afternoon nominated by the Tenth District democrats as the opponent of Hon. E. D. Crumpacker, member of congress named by the republicans. Mr. Peterson was named on the first ballot. As the Times predicted there was nothing to it. Col. Mike Duffy, of Fowler, who wants us all to raise a hundred bushels of corn per acre, have hogs worth ten dollars per hundred weight on the hoof and at the same time reduce the price of pork chops to some reasonable price of about four cents per pound was stranded high and dry in the Peterson wave. Attorney Peterson won the nomination in a walkaway, but not until the delegates to the convention had placed themselves high on the anxious seat as to the outcome of the convention. The atmosphere of uncertainty did not clear until the Michigan City end of the Laporte delegation arrived and said that it would be for Peterson. In the meantime Peterson men had been scouting around for stray delegates, and when the final test came, Lake county landed its man with a nicety. The convention never went to the point where any of the three candidates had to show his utmost strength Although E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer, had been mentioned at intervals as a candidate, he was really an eleventh hour candidate and Lake county, finding that it had three votes to spare* gave them to him as a compliment. In early stages of the wire pulling it was agreed, however, that in the event the battle should wax warm, that Honan should throw his strength to Lake county. After the vote had been taken on the first ballot, the Benton county delegation moved to make the vote for Peterson unanimous and E. P. Honan seconded the motion, at the same time thanking the delegates for the support that he received. Michael Duffy, the Benton county candidate, was in the convention, but did not address it. John Gavit, of Hammond, informed the convention that law business had called Mr. Peterson to Valparaiso and that it was with regret that he missed the convention today. Mayor Lawrence Becker by vote of the committee on resolutions was made permanent chairman of the convention. E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer, having been the temporary chairman. H. L. Simon, of Kentland, was made permanent secretary.

The resolutions adopted stated that the convention renewed Its allegiance to the democratic party and the principles as expounded by Thomas Jefferson, approved of the democratic state platform and the administration of Governor Marshall and the public accounting law, and put the convention on record as being in favor of granting all soldiers of the civil war who hold an honorable discharge, a pension of not less than one dollar a day. The present tariff law was treated in a separate paragraph as follows: "We hold that tariff duties should be levied for the purpose of revenue. Such duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally to all the people and not discriminate between class or section and that tariff taxation should be limited to the needs of government and economically distributed. We denounce as disturbing to business and a menace to the whole country, the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, of which the present representative in congress from the tenth Indiana district is one of the chief apostates, and we demand its repeal for the reason that its tendency is to breed trusts and monopolies and enrich the few at the expense of the many, and increases beyond reason the daily cost of living.” The organization committee had provided in its resolutions that Mayor Becker, the permanent chairman should adress the convention, but he declined, saying that be was neither