Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — Mysterious Meeting of Two Congressmen in Hammond. [ARTICLE]

Mysterious Meeting of Two Congressmen in Hammond.

Lake County Times. Considerable speculation was caused in Gary by the presence of Congressman John A. Maguire, of Lincoln, Neb., William Jennings Bryan’s home district, and Con-gressman-elect John B. Peterson, of Crown Point. Mr. Peterson was called up from Crown Point to confer with the Nebraska statesman. They met just before noon Saturday at the law offices of Hodges and Ridgley. Mr. Ridgely, who married Congressman Maguire’s sister, acted as master of ceremonies. By reason of his representing Mr. Bryan’s district Mr. Maguire has considerable influence at Washington, and it is thought by many that the local congressman-elect is enlisting his services to help him provide jobs at Washington for the big horde of applicants from this district. Neither of the congressmen would give out the purport of their visit. “I shall be glad to break Congressman Peterson into the ways of Washington,” was all that the Nebraska member of the house would say.