Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 119, Hammond, Lake County, 5 November 1908 — Page 1

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LIE GO. ISSHD THESTATE

Lake Co. Pluralities

Latest Returns From Indian

apolis Show that Taft's 4,000 Majority in Lake

County Saved the State's

Electoral Vote for Him.

ALL CREDIT

TO CHAIRMAN SCHAAF

Republican County Organization Resulted in Placing Lake County in Commanding Position Among .the Entire List of Indiana's 92

Counties.

FOR PRESIDENT.

Tart 9,499

Bryan . 5.4Z3

Taft majority 4,978 FOR GOVERNOR.

Watson 8,388

Marshall 6,032

Watson majority .....2,657 FOR CONGRESS.

Crumpaeker 8,OOo Darroch 5,904

Crampacker majority .....3,036

THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL. DISTRICT.

McMahnn .8,772

Greenvrald 8,802

JIDGE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT.

Relter 8,537

McMahon 5,S)3i

Relter majority 2,598 REPRESENTATIVE. .

Wlekey . '. 7,890

Simon .6,549

Wlekey majority 1,341 JOINT REPRESENTATIVE.

Kllver ; 8.34

Stanton 5,891

Kllver majority ....2,458 FOR AUDITOR.

Johnson 8,672

Smith 5.701

Word was received from Indian

apolis this morning that Lake county

has saved Indiana's 15 electoral votes

for Taft. It was the good old repub

Mean county of Lake Hand the' splen

did organization which was built up

by County Chairman Richard Schaaf that saved Hoosierdom for our next

president.

Word was received from Acting Secretary Sims of the state central committee that belated returns from

certain districts indicated that Taft

might not carry Indiana by- more

than 3,200.

It is to the credit of Richard Sqhaaf

and his co-workers In this campaign that Lake county gave Taft a. majority of 4.017. Thls magnificent .showing was made In the face of Bryan's repeated visits to the county, In the face of the

"fact that the Chicago Journal cireulat

ed thousands of copies of its paper in Gary and Hammond in an effort to

change the tide which was flowing to

Taft.

Had Mr. Simon's county organization been able' to carry the county for Bry

an would have gone to Bryan and Mr.

Simon would have been the bigges democrat in northern Indiana. Recognised as Great Leader.

As it is Richard Schaaf is not only

recognized as the best county chair

man in the state but he will be looked upon as a political factor in state pol

itics who will have to be reckoned

with. .

Richard Schaaf not only succeeded in

Furrounding himself with a united par

ty but he had the loyal and enthusiastic

support of every man who was en listed in the work. His business judg ment was good and his political judg ment was as good as his business judg ment.

At the beginning of the campaign It

looked as though the democrats would

not only elect Marshall here but that they would elect practically their whole

county ticket. Things looked dark for the repub

licans when Dick Schaaf took hold but from that time on conditions improved until today it Is a fact that Taft has a majority of over 4.000 in the county and Watson, who was defeated everywhere else in the state, secured a majority of 2.500 here.

INDIANA'S NEXT GOVERNOR WHO SUCCEEDS J. FRANK HANLY

The Votes In Indiana

Best Chairman In The State

fryi, v v V

Johnson majority. ........ t . FOR SHERIFF.

Graat :

Carter

Grant

..2,971

majority. 1,042 FOR CORONER.

Shankltn : 8,334

Wels ...6,016 Shanklin majority .2,318 FOR COMMISSIONER, THIRD DIST.

Brown Nolan

...8,398 . . .5,849

Brown majority ....2,549 FOR COMMISSIONER FIRST DIST. Schaaf ..8,570 Zawadskl 5.824 Schaaf majority 2,746 FOR SURVEYOR. ' Bridge . . , 8,522 FOR TREASURER.

MaacK . 8.65i t . . 1 J 1 . W

Maack's majority 2.853 FOR RECORDER. '.,...8,249 Wilson ....... .BJH1

Jones majority..

.2,353

CONTEST 1 VOTE If TWELFTH

Republicans Charge Gross Irregularities In Foreign District.

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THOMAS ?. MARSHALL

Tiased on estimates from 20 per cent

and practically compete returns from 80

per cent oi inaiana, aiarsnaiia plu

rality win De ib.uu 10 zu.uuu; laus lead 15,000. Following Is the unofficial vote:

Pres. Uov.

COUNTIES.

Taft Plur.

Bry'n! Plur.l

Wat. Plur.

Mar. Plur.

DEMOCRATS 1ET

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Indiana Bourbons m Elect Governor, Nine Congressmen and Legislature.

THE BLAME IS LAID ON HANLY

The republicans have decided to contest the vote in the Twelfth precinct in Hammond. This is the precinct wbich lies between the Nickel Plate ana the Erie tracks, south of State street, and between Sohl street and Oakley avenue. The republicans charge gross irregularities. It has been discovered that there were fifty-seven ballots thrown out for various reasons, which had been destroyed.

The officials in this precinct say they were destroyed by mutual consent. But they should not have been destroyed at all, acocrding to the election laws of the state. It is understood that some of the township ballots were marked correctly with a lead pencil instead of a blue pencil. But these ballots were marked withthe pencil that was handed to the voter by the election clerk tn lieu of any other pencil and was the only kind that could be found in the booth. Nevertheless the votes were thrown out when the count was made and those votes would have been enough to elect Ableman. It is also said that John Papp continually talked to the fbreigners in their own language.

irom affidavits which can be secured from some fifty foreigners who voted in this precinct Papp told them If they voted for the presidential electors that would be equal to voting the straight republican ticket. As a result a great many voters who intended to vote the republican ticket had their ballots thrown out. There was also pressure brought to bear on the voters in other ways, and while the Twelfth precinct was expected to do wonders for the republican party in Hammond it actually gave Marshall 6 majority and Taft but 90 majority. This majority of 90 was the number of voters who had been misguided byone of the election officials and in-

I formed that they need not vote In the j circle under the eagle in order to vote i the straight republican ticket, j It was suggested before election day that the republicans in the precinct should be represented by a foreign who

couia speaK the. languages, but the idea was rejected by the republican precinct committeeman. The irregularities in the Twelfth precinct will be taken into court and an effort will be made to have the whole vote of the precinct thrown out. It is said that enough evidence of irregluaritles can be produced to show that the paryt in this section had anything but a fair show.

Indianapolis Leaders Say That John W. Kern Will Go to United States Senate.

TAFT IS 'GIVEN

F. Richard Schaaf, Whose Magnificent Work In Lake County Resulted In 4.000 Majority For Taft and Election - of Entire Republican Ticket.

Call up phone 58 for the best feed of all kinds. Also flour and at low prices. You will find Bicker Bros., or one of them at the other end of the line.

Indianapolis, Nov. 4. Return from all the counties of the state, but many of them not complete, give Taft a plurality of nearly 5,000, and Thomas R. Marshall, democratic candidate for governor, a plurality close to 25,000. The democrats elected all candidates on the state ticket, a majority on joint ballot In the legislature, and possibly eleven members of congress. Nine districts have certainly -elected democratic

congressmen and two others are claimed by democratic managers, with ne of them conceded by the republicans. New Representatives In Congress. The following are elected: Second W. A. Cullop. Third W. E. Cox. Fourth Lincoln Dixon. Fifth Ralph' Moss. . Seventh Charles A. Korbly. Eighth John A. M. Adair. Ninth Martin Morrison. Meventh G. W. Rauch. Twelfth Cyrus Cline. The election of Henry Earnhardt, democrat, in the thirteenth. Is conceded by the republicans, and the democrats claim the election of J. W. Bochne in the first. The only two candidates elected by the republicans are in the sixth and tenth districts. The defeat of Congressmen Jesse Overstreet and Charles B. Landls. who

were regarded as fixtures in the lower house of congress, is regarded as a sur-

j prise. ! Several legislative districts are in j doubt, but the democrats have carried a j majority and will have eight and possibly twelve on joint ballot. The democratic leaders in this city say John TV. ! Kern will be The party candidate for

the United States senate, and that no other name will be presented to the legislative caucus. Kern Boomed for V. S. Senate. Republicans leaders are laying the blame of the defeat to governor Hanly, and he is being freely criticised because of the special session of the legislature through which the county local option law was forced over the protests of nearly all the candida(es on the state ticket. The republican leaders say temperance democrats who have voted with them on a local issue had no reason to leave their party when that issue was settled by the passage of the local option bill, and that republicans of the liberal type voted against the party out of revenge, thus causing a loss - from two sources from which they ought to have had votes. The great slump In the congressional districts is charged to. republican unrest over the tariff.

327

ELECTORS

Later Returns Show Greater Republican Victory and Congress Is Safe, Though By a Greatly Reduced Margin.

MISSOURI MAY

GIVE TAFT MAJORITY

GARY BETS ft FINE

flTERURBI DEPOT

Station, Though Not Entirely Finished, Is Used For Shelter.

Adams

Allen

Bartholomew

Benton

Blackford . . .

Boone Brown ...... Carroll ..... Cass

Clark

Clay Clinton Crawford . . .

Daviess Dearborn ... Decatur

Dekalb Delaware .

Dubois

Elkhart ...

Fayette

Floyd

Fountain ... Franklin .... Fulton Gibson Grant Greene

Hamilton ...

Hancock .

Harrison Hendricks . . Henry ... Howard Huntington . Jackson .... Jasper ' ...... Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko .. Lagrange . . . Lake . '. Laporte Lawrence . . . Madison Marion . . . , . Marshall Martin Miami ..... Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange ....

Owen . ,

Parke Perry Pike .

Porter

Posey

Pulaski . . . . Putnam . . .

Randolph . . Ripley Rush : Scott - Shelby Spencer Starks St. Joseph.. Steuben Sullivan . . . Switzerland Tippecanoe . Tipton Union ...... Vanderburg "Vermilion . . Vigo Wabash . . . Warren Warrick ... Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley . . .

1.678!

2,507 331 '363

167 ''294 i.Ys's

694

1,398 8

661 1,057

945 2S9 " Ve'9

287

200

1,044

960 4,076

796 5.40J

270 .. 200 .. 667J.. 45a. .

44 505

3801' 4731 154 135

136 136

1,568 4,538 607 " 486

820 672 1.945

633 '388

378 225

,153

114

700

340

299

66 325

180

230 215 418 523

79 " '89 5

1,323

676 1,061

663

327

134

164

903

824

2,517

165

325

232

I -... I I I " 106 ""i0 ... 1,151 866 .

81 990 464 584 95 118

til I Hill Tfl

IIUU I IS Ilia. 1U 6000 TIES 01 THE W

956 841 i,960

825 69 958

98 686 183

69 1,101 "lVo

748 1,082

LEFT IN THE COLD

Manager H. W. Wallace Promises Much Better Service Has Waiting "Room.

Small Cheer Comes to Democrats on National Lines Montana Slips Over to the Republican Side of the Fence and Maryland Is Desperately Close.

NATIONAL.

Carried by William II. Taft. Carried by "William J. Bryau.

.30 States .18 States

ELECTORAL COLLEGE. William Howard Toft 327 William Jennings Bryan A156 Majority for Taft 171

NEW CONGRESS. HOUSE. SKNATE. Republicans 20S;RepubIlcnns. Democrats 1S3, Democrats. . .

.0 .32

-558

221 2,224

1,205 t: . . .

220

r 1,074

1,012

1,050

378. .

465

: 89 264 488

1,561 93

531

2,298

1,112

168

1,828 "512

160 1,855

473

220

914

939 15

564

Totals (32,95722,54421,287

1.689

4,707 350

615 ' " 96

250

500

671

220

244

724

300

1.592

91 ' " V 42 "30

2,737

1,189 " 294

35,680

Taffs lead, 10.453. Marshall's lead, 14,393.

MUST SERVE FRUIT at

AT SODA FOUNTAIN

Later returns only accentuate the sweeping victory of Taft and Sherman over Bryan and Kern. Since the final returns were compiled on Tuesday night Montant has slipped over to the republican side of the fence, thus giving Taft a total of 309 electoral votes as compared to 174 for Bryan, or a clear majority of 135 in the slectoral

The new Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Interurban station was opened to the public in Gary for the first time yesterday owing to the inclement weather. Although , the station is not entirely finished it was thought best to let passengers wait for their cars in the station out of the cold. The work of decorating the station is now being done. That, however, will take but a short time. "Gary ought to be well satisfied at having such a fine station," said a Hammond man, who was on his way to the latter city yesterday afternoon. !.'We at Hammond have to .wait for our cars in the cold. I don't expect the company will get very many passengers from Hammond this winter un

less they provide them a suitable place to wait for their cars." More Improvement Promised. H. TJ. Wallace, tne manager of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend, told a Times' reporter a few days ago that everything that was possible was being done to improve the service between Gary and Hammond and also eastern points. "We ran our first car over the road, according to our franchise, but after that we were not compelled to run but one car per day until our lines were in shape. We have tried hard to relieve the situation and give the people of Hammond, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor service, to Gary and vice versa. I know the service between all these points has not been what it should be, but if the people of these cities will wait patiently a short time i we will give them a service they will have no reason to complain of."

The waiting station at Harbor Junction is completed. A stove has been purchased and the room has been made as comfortable as possible for the passengers.

Men Who Dispense Drinks

Warned to Avoid Use of . Preservatives Jan. 1.

Beginning with Jan. 1. of next year patrons of soda fountains in Indiana and elsewhere throughout the state will not partake 'of any preservatives

when they buy a crushed frutt drink

Several manufacturers of sirups and

crushed fruits hava notified H. E. Bar

nard, state food and drug commissioner,

that after the first of next year all of their articles will be preserved by re

frigeration, instead of by preservatives

which will mean that additional Ice befx facilities will be needed at soda foun

tains. It will probably also mean, Mr.

Barnard says, that the license to pro

nrietors of soda fountains to use

"harmless" preservatives will be with

drawn.

Soda fountain proprietors were Inform

ed by the state board of . health that so long as the harmless preservatives

were used last season they would no

be molested for the summer, but Inas

much as some of the manufacturers have determined to do away with

them the order of the board, it is said

wili probably be withdrawn altogether.

WATSON FOR CABINET

Calumet Region Industrial

Circles Begin to Boom With the News of Taft's Election ,and Same News Is General.

GARY GETTING READY

FOR MILLS OPENING

Pennsylvania Railroad Rushes Men

to Repair Shops, Five Thousand Thread Mill Operatives in New Jersey Start Work Next Monday Morning.

Prosperity la coming; la chunks. Almost the very minute that the elec4

tlon of William Howard Taft was au sored, great activity In industrial cIm cnles In the Calamet rexton became ap parent. The steel market all over th country was besieged by the buyers of that product and there can be no ques

tion that the coming year In the Calamet region will be a remarkably prosperous one.

W. W. Thomas, of the Simplex Rail

way Appliance company of Hammond, said this morning that his company had received a great many Inquiries regarding orders, the placing of which

was contingent on the election of Taft, these orders, however, will not he placed for several weeks.

Mr. Thomas says that he has no

doubt that there will "be great activity

tn therlaruint)isflt-ud Indiana Harbor

plants of the American Steel Foundries company this winter and there will be some real good news ready in a few weeks.

Gary Folk Rejoicing. The people of Gary are rejoicing

over the fact that the. great steel mills will open the first of December. From a reliable source comes the Informa-

tlon that the fires have already been

started in the blast furnaces.

It takes three weeks to dry out the

bias furnaces as the heat must not be

very grea at nrst and is gradually in.

creased in Intensity until it Is finally as hot as when the furnace is being used for the refining of steel.

This is the ' first positi-e Indication

that the great steel mills at Gary are

to open at once. It will be welcome

news to all of the people of the Calu

met region. , The starting of the steel mills at Gary

is the most Important epoch in the In-

Continued on page 0.)

FUNERAL TAKES PLAGE

The funeral of Mrs. M. F. Church took place yesterday afternoon from her late home. 39 Carroll street, and was attended by a circle of sympathizing friends and relatives. Some of tha most beautiful floral offerings imaginable banked the catafalque and 'the services were very simple. Rev. Charles Albert Smith, rector of St. Paul's, and Rev. W. F. Switzer of the First M. E. church, co-officiated.. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. S. Harrison, David Emery, Karl Griffin, R. S. Gaylor, T. S. Ryan and P. A. Parry. The remains of the decedent were Interred at Oak Hill cemetery and the falling snow, the first of the winter added to the pathos of the occasion.

JOHN C. BECKER

AT LOCAL HOSPITAL

college.

Missouri is hesitating between TaftjjJEATH OF MRS. BERTRAM

ana Bryan, ana me mysterious stranger" is making a labyrinth of tracks backward and forward. Colorado seems to have gone for the democratic candidate and he is safely assured of his own state. Except In Maryland, Missouri and Montana, later returns have not as yet changed the result as given election night. Get Governors la Republican States. The democrats have been unusuallysuccessful in winning governorships In republican states. Harmon carries 1 1 t (Continued on Page .)

Mrs. Deana Bertram of 1409

Forty-first street, Chicago, died in St. Margaret's hospital yesterday morning. When Mrs. Bertram came vto the local hospital her case was almost hopeless, but she wanted to he. with her sister who Is a sister of St. Francis in St. Margaret's hopital. The remains were shipped to Chicago this morning, where they will be buried under the auspices of Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters. '

Washington, Nor. 4. ICarting re

publicans were predicting today that James Watson would be Invited to a seat In President Taffs cabinet. He was mentioned for the head either of the navy department or of the department of commerce and labor. Mr. Taft has a high opinion of Mr.

Watson's integrity ana sonny. ms j

name was under consideration for secretary of the navy nnder President Roosevelt's administration at the time Mr. Watson was serving as member of the house committee on naval affairs. Throughout the campaign the republican nominee has shown the keenest

South ! Interest in Mr. Watsons race and fre

quently has expressed his profound concern over the local conditions which were combining to pull him down. Mr. Taft's friends here say he realises he would not have secured the electoral vote of Indiana but for the magnificent fight made by the state organisation, led by Watson and Hemenway. There will be a reorganisation of the cabinet when President Taft takes bold.

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Trustee-elect of North township, who made a grand" race In Hammond. Hi election Is close and may be contested