Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 92, Hammond, Lake County, 5 October 1908 — Page 4
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SAY, MR. VOTER Mr. Bryan says the republican platform was stolen from him. Doesnt' he imply by this that It is a GOOD PLATFORM? If it is, what business has Bryan to ask for the presidency? What excuse can he have for WANTING THE JOB? Ever look at it in that light?
A CLEAN CANDIDATE AND A GREAT SPEECH.
HON". JAMES E. WATSON, candidate for governor of Indiana on the re
publican ticket, opened the republican campaign in Hammond last Saturday night with the most splendid political turnout that was ever seen In this part
of the state. When County Chairman F. Richard Schaaf told Mr. Watson re
cently that he was going to have a big crowd for him, "the best county chair
man in Indiana," as both Mr. Watson and Mr. Hemenway have called Mr. Schaaf, made good. The demonstration was magnificent. The weather was perfect and the owner of the big tent, in which Mr. Watson spoke, declares
that there were between 3,500 and 4,000 people packed in the mammoth in-
closure. Seats had been provided for 2,000 people and twice as many stood up. The respectful attention given to Mr. Watson and his co-speaker, Mr. Garfield, was very significant. He was In the hands of his friends, it is true,
but republican speakers in Hammond have been hooted and hissed in the past
With limited space it is hard to do justice to Mr. Watson's speech. Hampered
by a painful hoarseness, which distressed him so much that the sympathy of his vast audience was with him, Mr. Watson nevertheless made one of the
best, many say, the best speeches ever made In Lake county. Mr. Watson
was a revelation to its people In his audience. They expected much and they got more than they expected. Never did any public speaker in Lake county hold his audience a3 did the republican candidate. There was no anxiety to get out; no Impatience. The whip of the House of Representatives fulfilled every expectation of his admirers. There is a boldness and frankness about
Mr. Watson that. takes well with his audience. There Is no cant and hum
bue in his talk. No one can ever accuse him of being a hypocrite. He Is a
fighter and he fought a battle in Hammond on Saturday night and won it
Jim Watson does things, he's like Roosevelt and I'm going to vote for him,"
said a north side man as he left the tent after the speech. We don't know his politics. It makes no difference what they are as long as he votes for
Watson. And how Mr. Watson did expose W. J. Bryan and the latter's cham
pionship of free trade, free silver, militarism, government ownership, antl-im
perialism and the other isms that Mr. Bryan picked out of the deck and then discarded. The brilliant congressman made a clean forcible speech. He
treated Mr. Bryan with every courtesy, yet exposed his fallacies with sledge
hammer blows which called forth enthusiastic applause from the big audience
"Watson made 500 votes for his party," declared one man who heard him talk,
"and cinched a thousand more who were for him." His appeal to working
men was a powerful one and when Mr. Watson enumerated statistics to show
what the republican party had done for labor, his argument was logical and
convincing. No less striking were Mr. Watson's remarks to the people on the
county option law. "It is not my law," said Mr. Watson, "It is your law,
Indeed, the republican candidate for governor could not have expressed hia opinion of local option in more concise terms. The people of Indiana have demanded it and the legislature gave it to them. Mr. Watson's peroration was a splendid one. He asked his auditors to go home and figure out the
vital questions for themselves "for it is in your home," said Mr. Watson
"with your family that you will decide what to do in November." The Watson
speech was remarkable and its effectiveness is not questioned. It has dis
pelled apathy in Lake county. It will insure Lake county for Mr. Watson. It will elect a representative who will vote for Senator Hemenway and send him
back to a useful career in Washington. It will make the republican majority for Taft in Lake county one that will surprise the democrats. It will help the republican county ticket immeasurably and set a pace from this time on to election that will round old Lake, county up in the republican column by one of its old time majorities. If Mr. Watson arouses the same enthusiasm all
over Indiana as he did in Hammond, he ha3 the state sewed up in his vest
pocket. WHAT MR. WATTERSON SAID!
THE RED BLOOD OF COMPASSION. The wanted columns of the Chicago .Tribune a few days ago contained this advertisement: Unless some kind hearted person comes to my rescue with 1500. which I wlU repay In five dollar weekly Installments, I will kill myself. Here was a tragic plight death versus $500. Who in the hour of such extremity
would think to send an appeal to the
callous public?
Who could hope to find a friendly
hand grasp out of the darkness that shrouds an obscure tragedy?
But the man was hard driven by
fate. And this is his story:
He is an Italian city salesman. Like
the man who went down to Jericho, he fell among thieves. Some one stole $283 belonging to his firm from his pocket, ne was afraid to report the loss lest he might lose his job. He borrowed the money of loan sharks and paid robber rates for interest until the sum grew to be $300.
The poor salesman had a family of
eight children in graduated sizes from
one year up and he was desperate.
Had his pathetic plea failed
But scarcely had the ad. appeared
so gracious Is our humanity when two
Chicago business men called up the
newspaper and offered to loan the
money. The employer also read the
ad., which was anonymous and suspected the man's identity. He called
up the newspaper office.
Thereupon a meeting was held, the
salesman, his employer and the two
business men being present. The employer praised the man as thoroughly
honest and industrious and said he would ' gladly continue his services. The Italian tearfully and joyfully sign
ed the notes agreeing to pay back the loan from the business men in weekly
installments.
There was Joy in the Italian house
hold when the father returned. "Saved! Saved! I am saved!" shouted the man,
coming Into the crowded little apart
ment. "I will not be sent to prison.
Tomorrow I will go to work."
Saved! Whether is it better to save a man
than to drive him to suicide or to
prison or to save a whole family from
ruin than to destroy it?
The dally newspapers contain many
wretched details of things sordid and
unlovely. It is -worth while to print
a deed like this one, which so shines
In a naughty world.
"MR. WILLIAM J. BRYAN has come to Kentucky, and Kentuckians have taken his measure. He is a boy orator. He is a dishonest dodger. He is
a daring adventurer. He is a political faker. He is not of the material of which the people of the United States have ever made a president, nor is he even of the material of which any party he ever before made a candidate." For the benefit of those who may have forgotten, it may be necessary
to say that the above words were by Henry Watterson, the Kentucky editor
who is today supporting Mr. Bryan tooth and toe nail.
WE AGREE WITH Mr. Bryan that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the old ratio is not an Issue in this campaign. We believe that the
main issue is whether Mr. Bryan or no shall be accepted at the old ratio. 'a'
PROBABLY THE "well known republican" who didn't know there was
to be much of a meeting last Saturday night, got quite a shock when he came
down town.
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY." October 5.
1710 An expedition of British and
Provincials appeared before Port
Royal in Canada.
1733 Zenger's Weekly Journal, the
second paper in New York, first ap
peared.
1768 Hurricane in Havana caused
great destruction of life and prop
erty.
1813 Chief Tecumseh, ally of the
British, died. Born in 1770.
1839 Business portion of Aiken, S. C,
destroyed by fire.
1854 Abraham Lincoln challenged
Stephen A. Douglass to a join de
bate.
1878 Marquis of Lome appointed gov
ernor-general of Canada.
1893 Dr. "William Lawrence consecrat
ed bishop of Massachusetts.
" THIS IS MY 41ST BIRTHDAY." Frank H. Hitchcock.
Frank Harris Hitchcock, chairman of
the Republican national committee and
manager of the campaign for the elec
tion of "William H. Taft as president, was born October 5, 1867, at Amherst Law school. In. 1891 he entered the government service at "Washington as a clerk. While a clerk he read law and
became interested in politics, and after
serving as assistant secretary to the Republican national committee he was
made chief clerk In the Department of
Commerce and Labor, when he was pro
moted to the position of first asistant
postmaster general. Prior to the Re
publican national convention in Chi cago last June Mr. Hitchcock was in
trusted with the management of the
Eastern end of Mr. Taft's campaign
for the presidential nomination.
RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS
There la no use waiting any looser yon might u well boy the overcoat and be done with It.
A Boston clergyman says old-fash
ioned spooning has gone out of fashion
Well, well, the new-fashioned spooners don't know what they are missing then.
XO MAX EVER GETS SO OLD THAT HE CAT ENJOY BURYING HIS
FACE IN A HALF-MOON OF WATER
MELON LIKE HE DID WHEN HE
WAS A nov.
For President WILLIAM H. TAFT
" Ho is as arrena; aa be la ventfe. Hia reputation la simply spotless, la aH the arftattoa of a heated empale for the greatest office la the world, no oao baa ventured to Intimate a doubt of too aheoiate homes ty of cMe mu who baa been before the country for a quarter of a century. Nor can aay one successfully dtopate the simple propoattloa that la the whole history of the Halted State no one waa ever named for the prestdeaey who waa a fitted by nature, by tratnias and by experience for the dntico, dlaltlea and reapoaatbOltlea of that unique office CHARLES HOPKINS, In "The Independent."
For V-Prosidcnt JAMBS S. SHERMAN
"We certify to all the arrest electorate that when their rates la November aball have chosen James S. Sbenausn to be vtoe president of the United States, the seaate wtU be are of a preakUata; oflea la character and eenpeteacT worthy of the best tradition of that sTTcat deliberate body, aad that which God forbid -the aad eoattaareacy were to come which shoald for a fourth time call a vice president from New York to the executive emee, the interests of the whole coantry would be safe la aoed hands, aad the crest office of the presidency wonld suffer no deeadeaee from the hlah standard of dlflpatty aad honor aad competency of which we are so Justly proud." ELI HIT ROOT, at Sherman Notification Ceremonies.
Wife of Steel Trust President to Attempt Society m Washington.
DP Ail DOWN 111 INDIANA
VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Scott Carroll of Windfall, 75 years
old, committed suicide at his home in Kempton today. He was a veteran of
the civil war and had been in poor health for some time.
SELL TOBACCO TO BOYS. An investigation of the illegal sale
of smoking tobacco among the school children of Shelbyville under the age of 16 years, shows that there are 200 or 300 boys using tobacco, and in moot cases pipes are used instead of cigarette papers. It has also been shown that the tobacco. was purchased at grocery stores, which are near the school
buildings.
SCRAP ENDS SCHOOL WORK. Indiana university laid down its
work today to watch the annual freshman-sophomore scrap. The two class
es have restralntd from cutting hair
during the last week, and their pentrup
enthusiasm was expected to break loose and produce a furious Bcrlmmake this afternoon.
BUILD ENTIRE LOCOMOTIVE. A big electric locomotive is now be
ing built in the Indiana Union Traction shops at Anderson that promises to be an important factor in lnterurban business in the future. It is de
signed particularly for passenger ser
vice and will have a capacity for pulling from six to ten of the passenger cars now in use. Such traction trains will be used for excursions.
DEATH MAY CHEAT GALLOWS. John Glasco of Anderson, held with
out bail at the county jail for the murder of his wife, has contracte a deep cold and violent coughing threatens his
life. Long gashes in his neck inflicted by Glasco in an attempt at sui
cide after killing his wife were broken
open by a paroxism of coughing, and
Glasco again breathed through the gap
ing wounds in his throat.
OIL MARKET IS GOOD. The market at Montpelier for re
fined and crude oil remains good. The dry weather has hindered operations in
the entire high grade fields east and
west of the Mississippi river. Outside of the development work in the Illinois field, the southeastern Ohio field shows the most activity. FOUR EARS ON STALK. Henry Robblns, a colored minister living near Oakland City, and who is also a farmer, has on exhibition in a local grocery a stalk of com with four fully developed ears. Robblns thinks this is a sure sign of republican victory in the election this year, as, he says, "the four ears represent prosperity." FISH DIE BY THOUSANDS. On account of the low waters In the creeks of Hendricks county, near Danville, due to the lack of rain for the last seven weeks, the fish have been dying by thousands and in some places, even during the recent cool wather, the stench, arising from some of the holes along the creeks is offensive. FORECLOSE BIG LIEN. The Central States. Bridge company of Lafayette has begun suit against the Arcadia High Pressure Bottle company for the foreclosure of a $6,000 lien for material. A MODEL SALOONKEEPER. Notwithstanding Hartford City is advertised as in the "dry" column, the commissioners have a habit of granting liquor licenses each month. Next Monday only one applicant will appear before that body. He Is Michael Tlmmons, who aspires to be the nearest perfect saloonkeeper in Indiana. MINER IS ELECTROCUTED. James Swarbrake, a miner at the Wabash mine, west of Terre Haute, was Instantly killed when a crowbar he was handling came in contact with an electric light wire. He was 30 years old and married. GREAT EDUCATOR DIES. Prof. Cyrus W. Hod gin, for many years head of the department of history at Earlham college in Richmond, died this morning after an illness of several months.
It' J5gt' f 'y ! - i ! A v I if w :k i I ' '
II Art' tfaste'
been won by the home team and is otherwise satisfactory.
The northwest states are counted
doubtful, mind you, only by those in the east. They feel insulted up there when you say they won't go republican.
Every town has its men who take pleasure in fanning
after other men's bats when
they blow off.
ANOTHER VICIOUS LIE NAILED. Now I wish to say in regard to the
man who started the false report about Charlie Edwards kicking me oft any
train during the recent campaign, that he is a lying, cowardly rascal, and the man who circulates It, knowing it to be a lie, is a member of the same family. Tattnall (Ga.) Times.
Don't try to make yonr mark in the world by mnkJna; a mark of your neighbor.
There is a good deal of fun in this presidential campaign, and you bet somebody has got to pay for it.
The world says only a;ood things about men who are dead, bat not about those who nre dead broke.
The brewery combine should have been in Hammond on Saturday night to see what the people here think of Watson.
SOMETHING HAPPENS EVERY DAY TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE THAT THE FOOLS ARE THE ONLY WISE ONES AFTER ALL.
A Hammond lady asked her new girl the other day to give her goldfish fresh water in the morning. "Why," said the girl, "they haven't drunk the water I gave them yesterday yet."
IN POLITICS
Crown Point certainly did herself
proud last Saturday night and when Mr. Watson speaks in Crown Point, the Hammond Young Men's Republican club will reciprocate.
Hon. James R. Garfield wore a continuous smile from the time he climbed in the carriage at the Hotel Majestic last Saturday night until the parade was over. "This doesn't look much like apathy," said the secretary of the
interior.
Rockville Thomas R. Marshall ad
dressed the democrats of Parke county here yesterday afternoon, speaking in the courtroom, which was crowded. He defended himself against the charge of attacking preachers of the state at
some length.
bhelbyville Sugar Creek township
republicans have nominated John Srad
ley for trustee and Thomas Cornforth for assessor. Harry Shepp will make
the race for Justice of the peace The
republicans of Shelby and Johnson
counties will meet at Franklin next
Tuesday morning to select a candidate
for joint senator.
Spencer The democrats of Owen
county have been holding meetings over the county this week that have been addressed by Claude G. Bowers of Terre Haute. He has made three
speeches in the county this week, and
will close at Freedom tonight Next week W. A. Cullop, the nominee for
congress, will return for more meet ings.
The coal dealer objects to the campaign holding the center of the stagef and says it won't last long at that.
A JOKE THAT FAILED.
After the foot race participated in by
the ministers at the picnic yesterday, some of those gathered around the judges tried to have some fun with the preachers by passing rolls of bills back and forth, as if in the act of paying off their bets. But the ministerial brethren evidently thought the losers were taking it too calmly for the real thing. Wyoming Tribune. t
KLIYER SPEAKS AT LOWELL SATURDAY.
A good game la one which baa
Candidate For Joint Representatives Makes a Good Impression. W. II. Kllver. republican candidate for Joint representative, spoke at a political meeting at Lowell Saturday night, and is said to have made a great Impression. Mr. Kliver is proving to be one of the best campaigners of any of the candidates and seems to be making votes throughout the county. Mr. Kliver expects to invade Newton county before the campaign is over and will most likely get a firm hold there.
Hagerstown The town of Greensfork has organized a republican club, twenty-five of whose members are women. The entire membership of this club will attend rallies on horseback. There Is a mounted corps of musicians
and an artillery squad. Each member
is to wear an appropriate uniform, including the girls.
tety A
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chairman. No date has been set for
Mr. Taft's visit, but as soon as he has
finished his western trip he will start
on another which will Include South
Bend and other Indiana cities". Ac
cording to Mr. Graham, the speech in
South Bend will not be a rear platform affair, but the stop will be of longer duration.
Members of the Chicago Business
Men's National Bryan and Kern association hr.ve been notified by the chairman, Hon. Nathan Straus of New
York, that a meeting of the organization will be held in Chicago October 7 and 8. This is the first general meeting of the association, which is composed of manufacturers, merchants and leading representatives of business life in every state in the union. Mr. Straus will be here and preside at the conference of members of the association.
Outside of a few drunken men who shouted "Hurrah for Marshall," last Saturday night at different points, along the line of march, Mr. Watson was treated courteously. The drunks who shouted for Marshall in the face of his oponent doubtless hurt Mr. Watson a great deal.
LABOR NEWS
Nashville The Brown county republicans have opened their campaign in earnest. Governor Hanly will speak here during the last week of October and an effort is being made to get W. L. Taylor. ..Ira C. Batman, republican, who defeated W. E. Wellons, democrat, for representative in this district, four years ago. will spend a week in the county In the interest of Mr. Poling.
Nashville, Ind., Oct. 3. Now that the county local option bill has become a law. it is said an effort will be made to start a saloon at Heltnsburg, also one at Inerlac. And Nashville Is a point in view for a number of persons who will make application to retail liquors under the new law.
South Bend, Ind.. Oct. 3. Assurance that William H. Taft will speak In South Bend this month has been given to A. G. Graham, thirteenth district
Swansea carpenters and Joiners have made a demand for an advance in wages of a penny per hour. As conciliation boards now rule the rates of wages in the British building trades, the matter will doubtless be settled by conciliation or arbitration. Employers of the metal industries in Finland have had considerable trouble with the men in some places, a d notice was given last week to the effect that a lockout would be declared for all metal industries in Finland, outside Helsingfors, if the metal workers
at Jacobstad and Tammersfors did
not resume work. British coal owners in the federation
area have given notice of a 5 per cent
reduction in wages; the matter will, in due course, come before the concilia
tion board. If the parties' are unable to agree, the dispute will probably be referred to Lord Jamc?, of Hereford, as umpire by the consent of both par
ties.
As the result of a vigorous organizing conducted in New York and nearby cities, more than 5,000 new members have been obtained by the International Laborers" and Hodcarriers union. It is predicted that within a few
weeks New York city and all the vl
clnity within a radius of twenty-five miles will be absolutely- union, as far
a8 the building laborers are concerned
The difficulty between the shipbuilders of the northeast English coast and the enginef-rs employed at their
yards, which has led to a strike of fully six months' duration. Is a step nearer settlement. Negotiations between the two sides have practically been
suspended for the last two months, but at last the men concerned have voted in favor of the executive committee being empowered to reopen negotiations with the employers, and bring about a settlempnt on the best terms possible, such terms, however, to be submitted to the general body of members, who will vote by ballot as to their acceptance.
wages of a penny per hour. As conciliation boards now rule the rates of wages In the British building trades, the matter will doubtless be settled by concllation or arbitration, without the extremity of a strike. - British coal owners In the federation area have given notice of a five per cent reduction In wages.- The matter will. In due course, come before the conciliation board. If the parties are unable to agree, the dispute will probable be referred to Lord James of Hereford, as umpire by the consent of both parties. As the result of a vigorous organizing campaign conducted in New York and nearby cities, more than 5,000 new members have Joined the International Laborers' and Hodcarriers' ulon. It Is predicted that within a short time practically all the men employed In the building trades in and around New York will be members of some labor union.
THE CREAM OF THE Morning News
Union labor, churches, city officials and charity organizations attack the problem of starving pupils, the Chicago Federation of Labor calling upon the city council to establish school lunchrooms. Chicago physicians oppose Dr. Koch's ideas and see danger of human infection from tuberculosis germs of cows. Representatives of thirty-five organizations which are fighting Illinois Central smoke will confer with Mayor Busse today. Drivers of automobiles emitting offensive odors are made to turn off South Side boulevards and parks when new law is enacted. All Europe threatened with grave complications as a resultof the Bulgarian situation, and changes in the map seem certain. Terrific hurricane sweeps Manila Bay for twelve hours, but the Atlantic fleet rides safely through It. Wl H. Taft has busy day In Kansas City in spite of plans for a Sunday rest. He will close his campaign with a speech at Youngstown, O., Nov. 2. That President Roosevelt is certain to make a etumrlr.g tour reaching as far as San Francisco is the report received by W. J. Bryan at his home In Lincoln. Democratic nominee will give attention to Iowa this week. Fight on Herman Ridder in the New York Central Federated union Is referred to a committee. Chicago is to be the seat of political activity in the national campaign from now until election day. Dr. Flick tells workers' meeting in connection with tuberculosis exposition that day is near when white plague will be banished. Big crowd in New York fights to see Eugene V. Debs, sweeping the police lines away and injuring several. Trend of Wall street market is upward, showing confidence in business. Last week's markets shows retreat on part of wheat and corn bulls, while neither acknowledge defeat.
ARE YOUR STORING A LOT OP UNUSED THINGS ABOUT 'YOUR HOUSE OK OFFICE THINGS THAT A
Swansea carpenters and joiners have "FOR SALE" AD IN THE TIMES
in WOULD CONVERT INTO MONEY!
made a demand for an advance