Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1919 — BIG G. 0. P. LOVE FEAST [ARTICLE]

BIG G. 0. P. LOVE FEAST

REP. OTTO -FIFIELD DONATES STEERS FOR BIG EVENT. - One of the greatest political gatherings ever held in the Tenth District will occur when the republicans of the district will hold a big barbecue and love feast at the Lake county fair grounds at Crown Point on Saturday, the 13th day of September. Every, republican in the district will be there to take part in the grand get-away for the 1920 campaign. The Harrison club, of Gary, which is the republican club of Lake cqunty, and whose membership includes all of the active G. 0. ‘ P. m embers of the northern section of Indiana, is promoting the affair. Lawrence Lyons, of Brook, the district chairman, and Lake County Chairman John Killigrew are lending their efforts to make the affair a success. A large barbecue will be held at the fair grounds and enough steers will be roasted to insure eats for the large crowd expected. Hon. Otto G, Fifield, representative to the legislature, and one of the big farmers of Lake county, has consented to furnish the steers for this occasion. Baseball games, -music, races and other kinds of entertainment will occupy the attention of the huge gathering after the more serious features of the program have been enjoyed. ' (Will H. Hays, national chairman of the Republican party, will be present at -the festivities. He will journey from New York to ( Crown Point in order to sound the call to the republicans of Lake coun- ■ ty and the Tenth congressional dis- 1 trict.

Governor James P. Goodrich has announced that he will be present at the G. O. P. love feast. Watson will leave Washington in time to participate in the festivities of the occasion. Congressman Will R. Wood, now representing the Tenth district in congress, has sent word that he will attend the affair at Crown Point on the 13th. Foremost among the republicans of the district will be the three prominent men named as prospective candidates for the republican nomination for governor of Indiana, Col. George H. Healey, of Rensse'laer; Major Ed Jackson, of Lafayette, and Warren T. McCray, of Kentland. The three men and a large number of their friends will undoubtedly attend the meeting. Invitations have been sent to all of the state officials and candidates for state offices and replies have been received from most of them, expressing their intention to be at

J ' . Crown Point. | The women of the Tenth Congressional district are enthusiastically looking forward to the affair. It will be their first direct participation in party affairs. Women o: Indiana will vote for president in 1920, and if a special session of the legislature is convened this fall, which is very probable, the national suffrage amendment will be ratified and the ladies will acquire all the rights of franchise. Mrs. Jesse Nichols, deputy clerk of the Jasper circuit court, has received a letter from Mrs. J. A. Patterson, of Crown Point, chairman of the woman’s advisory committee - of the Tenth district, asking her to arrange to have as many of the Jasper county women present as possible. The women of the district will foe a most important factor in the campaign next year. All of the women of Lake county and the Tenth Congressional district, regardless of politics, have been invited to attend this meeting. The committee -in charge is working out many other features of the big program which will be made public within the next few days.