Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1912 — CRUMPACKER NEAR DEFEAT. [ARTICLE]

CRUMPACKER NEAR DEFEAT.

Indfcations are That John B. Peter- ■°* Will Beat Indiana Republican for Congress. lAporte, Ind., Oct. 24.—Edgar D. Crampacker, the sole remaining republican congressman from Indiana, according to indications, is to meet the defeat next month which he so narrowly escaped two years ago at the hands of John B. Peterson, democrat, of Crown Point. Crumpacker was the only Indiana republican who survived the land’ slide of 1910. He is being opposed again by Mr. Peterson, who is a farmer, a lawyer and a banker,' a native cf Lake county, known throughout the state for his professional ability and financial integrity. Opposition to Crumpacker two years ago because of his reactionary record has been greatly increased by his failure to take his narrow escape then as a warning that his course was unpopular. He has remained a standpatter, voting loyally with the old Cannon crowd, with which he has been allied during practically his entire service in Washington, which l>egan in the fifty-fifth congress. Peterson's charges that Crumpackor was an ally of the big corporation, the servant of the tariff b?rona. has been proved by his record in the last congress. Mr. Peterson has forced attention upon the issues of the tariff and the high cost of living, issues which Mr. Oram packer has in vain tried to evade. The standpatter finds it difficult to explain either to farmers or to factory hands why he voted against the reduction of the tariff on cotton, wool and sugar when he was well aware of the hardships which were impose d upon his constituents by the interests for whose benefit these tariffs were imposed.

Grumpacker is trying to make people forget his old nickname of “the Boutell of Indiana." He was well satisfied with this name so tong as Henry Sherman Boutell shone in congress, but it has been irksome Jince the Chicago standpatter . w»» • repudiated and retired by his constituents. Both Boutell and Crumpxekor vere I members of the ways and cleans committee which helped draft the Payne-Aldrich bill and Crum packer was the only Indiana congressman who supported that measure. Mr. Peterson is especially popular with the farmers of the district. He owns a large stock farm near Crown Point and breeds blooded horses and cattle. He has served twice as prosecuting attorney for his home county. He is president of the Commercial Lank of Crown Point and of the First Calumet bank of East Chicago.