Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 29 January 1912 — Page 8
6 THE TTTTP.n Mondar, Jan. 29, 1912-
WiAY HOLD DUAL STATE CONVENTION
Indiana Republicans Create a Great Deal of Discussion by Advocating One Convention Early and One in j August or September.
TIMES BlRRAl, AT STATE CAPITA U , Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29. The movement among some of the- republican leaders) In favor of holding two state conventions this year is creating a good deal of discussion, and indications are thaUthe proposition is gain-
holding of -an early convention 'for- the selection of national delegates is that the incoming state committee will be unanimously for Taft. It will be a Taft organisation . from" top to bottom,-and the Taft people figure that the state organisation would be of vast benefit to their cause in the framing""of a slate of delegates to the national, convention. It. la well-known .that a. friendly state organization can do much for a 'candidate, and the Taft people do not propose to tske any chances on anything this year. yAnd there Is another feature of the situation that is causing much discussion, and that ' is the Question, of whether the delegates from Indiana to the republican national convention shall be Instructed for Taft r whether they shall be left to go into the convention without Instructions. It Is believed that any effort to have the state convention instruct for Taft would meet with serious opposition that might hurt the chances of the party to carry Indiana. It is pointed out that
the convention will indorse, the administration cf President Taft and probably declare for his renominatlon and election, and that the stateorganlzatlon will help to pick a set of delegates that will all be for Taft and that they will so declare. This, It is said, would make 1t unnecessary to bind them with instructions.. While the present plant of the Taft supporter is to have the state convention give Taft Instructions to the delegates, it may yet be decided to change this plan and leave them with their
llarnhart least, the La-rence tines ttoii. additional
the height of folly,' to nominate a man with enough men in his own party ar rayed again it him. to defeat him in In
election. There is but one course open.
to Insure party success In'the elect Inn; and that is to nominate some one els. "There is plenty of gubernatorial timber In the uarty. There are tnre
Indiana Congressmen, Cox, and Adair, and last but hot 'nobles of them all'. Judge Becker, of Hammond.- With and experience, he has , the
qualifications of honesty, courage, and 'horse sense' that would make him an Ideal -andidate." Judge Becker's friends feel, mat he cculd rely on the active support of Governor .Marshall, r They point, to his
appotntmen
as Judge o
of the governor's' appreciation - of the
former mayor of Hammond. .They sny that Governor Marshall and Judge Becker underiitand each other thnroghly and respect each other for their decided and outspoken opinions. They furthermore rely on his wide
acquaintance ship . all over the state
with men interested in political arrairs, he having met most of these mer when he attended the legislatures In. recent years as a member of the 'third house' to work in favor Of his pet measure, the city and towns law. , ,
Lfarshall. r They point, to his it from" (Governor , Marshall of .the Lake Superior Court
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Duke of Connaught and Party Leaving Reid New York Home
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The above picture' ebowV the -Duke of . Connaught, governor-general of Canada, and Ambassador Reid leaving ths latter's. residence In New York City on an automobile tour of the city. The DuM and Duchess of Connaught and rrincess Patricia now are the'guests of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid..; The Duke of Cannought now is paying hii second visit (o Kew York.- He visited the United-States 1n"l870 "as Prince- Arthur - lie thenf was 18 years old, ani waa traveling around the world. . A .
ing some following. 'Just, where 'the hands free,
plan originated is not known,- but
haa taken- root - among - some of. th
it j - Thefe does not' i he.tion aboufthe del
see m to tbe- any. ques-
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Fairbanks' element v and is even'said to ;al ..convention ''belnif- Taft '" men The be favored by Mr. Fairbanks himself. I four delegates-at-large probably will He Is quoted as saying of this, matter. he: Charles w FalrDanks, - Harry S. that It might be a good. Idea to put off Nw Jame, P Goodrich and W. T. the state convention-forS the .nomina- , Durbln . A1J are.8taUnch-8upporters of
vt m. nu i. . ..uopiiwn Pre,iaent 'Taft for renominatlon.
i . piauurm ,unui iaie in me season, , ; understood that
prooaoiy August , or epternber, be-
i obuen. -ii umc,i nuum oe POSR--" I but ' the ble to learn what course , the democrats ) because
n .riln.iH.-ula .ne sure that ' he would stand hitched for
All WILL
It is
Albert J. -Beveridge
twould ' like to be a ' delegate-at-large,
organization Is not for. him, they say, they, could not feel
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frame their platform. - While It Is ; not said ;6. in, public, it in known that thtalk kbout Roosevelt as a candidate for president' has caused some of the old-Unrn in. Indiana to stop and give-some thought to this matter. It Is being pointed out . to them, and they do- not hesitate to agree with it, that there is a lively Bentlinent among the republicans of this state in favor of the nomination ,of Roosevelt In fatt, it la known that the Fairbanks contingent has been calling in the workers from various sections of the state to learn the truth
about the situation with reference to
along -ft hat '-Une. ; Another reason why Beveridge . probably would not - be "a delegate-at-:arge is because Fairbanks end Tew Joth live In Indianapolis and they are sure to be' chosen. It is not believed that the republicans out in the
state would stand for more than two
of the .four 'being given to
There .was much rejoicing . In the t.'ii.-.-'ct (jit,riec 0:1 Saturday upon the appearance of the story in these columns that engineers for the new Bald-
Marion i wln locomotive works were to begin
county. This would eliminate the chance of Beveridge in that direction. He might run for delegate from the seventh district, ut it la believed that if he cannot be elected a delegate-at-large he will not run at all. When the new republican state com-
Presiden Taft ana. the chance of In- to clect chairman. It is believed d ana be'ng for him. It Is known, too. now"that .,th Fred A' gIm form that thry have learned that there. w aieret. of itatfi nr War(, w Wa,
;VL Jmw":i former judge of the appellate
of Canadian reciprocity. They have learned also that the Beveridge element Is Pot in a good humor, and that
there is enough of it to make itself felt in any campaign for the nomination for -president in this state. "The Beverldare fellows are sore, over the defeat of their leader for' re-election to the senate last year, and many of them are inclined to charge it up to 'the president. - . - ' . In addition they 'have found- that there Is a deep-seated sentimental belief in Roosevelt among a certain -element of "republicans, as well as democrats, and. that it will be difficult to handle this; phase of the situation. The whole taing is further clouded by the avowed purpose of .former .Govern'or. Hanly and the anti-naloon . league, to force the republican state convention to declare in favor of the re-enactment of the county option law. : . , It Is the belief of the pro-Taft element that the two convention 'plan would be good, because It would enable the republicans to eleet their delegates to the national convention at an early date, and without any Interference froni any of the local or" "state "Interests. ' The local option question, theysay, would not enter Into the selection of national delegates at an early neparate convention like it would -at Khe state convention. Another reason set forth for the
court.
will be cho.en to that position. The word is that Will H. Hays of Sullivan has decided riot to- accept the place if offered to hini, on account of his business affairs. He could have it If he would but say the word. That seems to be a settled fact. ' But if he does not want to take it it probably will go to either Sims or Watson.
work on tl
e plans, but the story was
convey the idea that
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have proceeded along the line that silence on his part means consent. The down state support which addel to the fire of, enthusias mcame to the Becker boosters In an editorial by Senator "Sam" Wells In the Scott County" Journal of which he is the edlto.-. Senator, Wells expressed his nounl democratic reasoning in the following straight from the shoulder style: "A Vew Candidate (or Governor. , We think It apparent tqthe observ
ing, people, and especially those who have kept upwlth the newspaper war carried on between the Boehne anl Ralston adherents,: that It has reached a point where it wou.ld not be good political wisdom to nominate either: Both are admirable men: either wou 11 make an excellent governor; but it. is
not intended to
construction work would begin in ten days. Fearing that the public may get a wro-g Impression, a high official in a statement to The Times today 3spoke as .follows of the visit of the-Baldwln Eocomotive works to. the reglonr "Alba B. Johnson, president, ..and Samuel M. Vauclain, vice president, accompanied by Horace G. Burt, consulting engineer, and former president of the Union Pacific railroad, made an examination of the site recently purchased by the ..Baldwin Ixcomotive works at C'a'umet-East Chicago, and then In company with, Messrs. C. W. Hotchklss and Walter J. Riley, took an 'automobile trip ' through the residential district of Hast Chicago, Hammond and Indiana Harbor. "They were very much impressed and pleased with the residential, district, and so expressed themselves. ' . "Their preliminary plans are now being drawn iand work upon the plant will start aa soon aa weather conditions permit.".
TWIN CITY VOTES DOWN RESOLUTION CContlnued from Page 1.) O'Connell, Joe Meade, J. S." Dewey, C, K. Wallace. Alternates Abe Ottenheimer, J. A. Shunk. A. G. Slocomb. Walter Spencer, Joseph Hartley, W. - E. Roe, Newton Hembroflf, J. A.vPatterson. ' The precinct committeemen were as follows:' 1st Preclnct--R. Fleming, '
2nd Precinct W. I Spencer.
4th Precinct G. M. Foland: 6th Precinct Chas H. Mitchell. 6th Precinct Ed Herod. 7th . Precinct A. O. Schlieker. 8th Precinct Joe Hartley. 9th Precinct Lrnos Johnson. - 10th. Precinct Dan Varady. 11th Precinct Riley Dean. 12th Precinct Qus Little. 18th Precinct M. R. Shock. ,14th Precinct Tom Ywanow. 15th Precinct Banko'wski. , 16th. Precinct Wm. Mentner. . l"th Precinct Geo. Spangler. 18th Precinct Ed O Donnell. 19th Precinct Mike Cohen. 20th Precinct Tom O'Connell. Word had been given out before the meeting that somebody was going to kick over the traces. There had moreover been circular letters sent out to voters, which Implied something doing. However, when It came to a show down there was "nothing in sight that looked like a "strike." The meeting convened in the city
hall rotunda in the first place, and C. j
L. Kirk presided as chairman. Walter Spencer was elected secretary. After these formalities had - been complied with. Mayor Schlle,ker announced that the city. hall was not,.a good place for the meeting, that other political bodies had been denied the use of the building"as a convention hall, and he suggested that the meeting adjourn to
Welland's hall,..which had been engaged or the purpose. The big crowd
thereupon trooped ever to Welland's hall, where it was augmented by
others and the convention reconvened.
The first business before the house
was the selection of precinct committeemen. It was decided that each precinct get together and name its own committeemen, "bo business was trans
acted by groups which formed in various parts of the hall for this purpose. The same committeemen named to
serve at The Hammond, convention today to elect a county chairman, will !
elect a city chairman for the local
central committee. i
While the secretary and tellers were busy counting the vote on the delegates to the IaFayette convention, Willis E. Roe Introduced the followed resolutions i WHEREAS, so, the republicans of East Chicago, here assembled, are inbued with the progressive spirit, and WHEREAS, we believe in the progressive principals fathered by the Honorable Albert Beveridge, as set forth in the republican state platform of 1910, and I WHEREAS, we believe In the sincerity and integrity of such men as Cumin Ings, LaFollette, Beveridge and Roosevelt, who are the foremost advocates of .the progressive ideas, and who
I have faith In the common people, and
who believe In a square deal, THEREFORE, BE 'IT RESOLVED, that the republicans of East Chicago, here assembled, do hereby endorse the candidacy for president of the United State., the most available man to te selected from, Iowa's favorite son. Sen
ator Cummings; Wisconsin's untiring fighter against corporate corruption, Robert M. LaFollette; Indiana's 'fore
most statesman Albert Beveridge; or
that fearless .advocate of the people's
rights, Theodore Roosevelt.
There was a howl of protest as soon
as the resolutions had' been concluded. Abe Ottenheimer-rose to a point of order. He said the- meeting had 'been calld for a 'special v purpose and that the resolutions were not in Of der. Mayor Schlieker declared that the .resolutions were a' dlrect'slap at the present national-administration. , Taft's name being omitted altogether, and he said the resolutions should be voted down. They were. While the count was still in progress speeches were , called for and J. W. Brlssey, J. A. Patterson and . Rev. Crowder of the East Chicago Methodist church responded. While Brlssey was speaking Roe objected, declaring that if his! resolutions were not in order, neither - were the speeches. '-. The crowd, however'., yelled for Brlssey and the sneech went on. ' N There wlllbe a meetlng-.of the precinct committeemen very soon to name a city chairman so that the city central committee may be properly organized.
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First precinct George M. Collins. Second precinct Julius Szudlnski. Third precinct C. A. Hellwig. Fourth precinct John Kendra. Fifth precinct Dave J. Paskwiets. Sixth precinct John B. Moore. Seventh precinct James Burton. Eighth precinct Peter Smith. The delegates were also elected to
the Lafayette convention, where the tenth district congressional chairman will be elected.
The delegates will be Grant -Spur
rier, James W. Burton and James Nedjl. The alternates will be John Morrison, John B. Moore and Frank Long.
PANIC AT FIRE AT
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INDIANA
HARBOR
Frank Barker, police sefbeant at the
(Indiana Harbor station, while walking
U along Pennsylvania aevenue, discovered
a fire in the roof of the Harbor hotel, and summoning the fire department, which responded irnmediatoly, the dam. age was held down to a nominal sum.
The blaze was extinguished with chemI icals.
The fire was discovered about eight olclock. and undoubtedly would have resulted In a panic had it broken out after bed time, as about ISO people are housed In the hotel.
DOG BITES THREE.
MAY BE MAD . 1
i Gary Frightened at Actions
of Dog Finally Shot by 1 the Police.
- A mad-dog scare at. this unusual season broke out in Gary near the city
I hall at 7 o'clock this morning when a
dog, apparently made, bit three, per-
j sons and another dog before he wll
finally Vllled by Captain Newman. The prst was seen-at 7 o'clock neap the city hall as he fastened his teeth, into the clothes, of a man who left
: without giving his name. Officer Lou I a Eisner came to the man'a rescue, and : the dog next attacked him. ' When, the i policeman had shaken him I ose the animal set upon a woman. In trie mean
time Captain Newman came running
with a shotgun which he brought from the police station, and killed the dog I Instantly. Officers Eisner would have ' used his revolver, but was afraid that i he might kill a passerby with a glan- ' cing bullet. As far as is known the I Hog did not bite more than tliree per-,. j' sons in the flesh. He bit a poodle dog. ! but that animal escaped before the po.i lice-could kill him.
ren Stetson... Alternates, C. W. Allman, Herbert E. Jones and Harry B. Nicholson.- ' - "- The meeting proceeded , without a ripple of : excitement or rivalry, 'and harmony seemed to be the keynote of the gathering. jThe unusually large at-, tendance was regarded as a significant sign of the interest -now being . displayed in . the .political situation and even, at this early stage of the game disclosed a. spirit of co-operation that will $e,a big force Jn the victory to' be striven for flext fall." The committeemen .named, to go to Hammond today, to make the' selection of a county, chalr-
manrtrownj Point sbeing solid , for Charles Johnson". ." '
WHITING HAS " BIG TURNOUT (Special to The Timhs.) Whiting, Ind., Jan. 29. The republicans of Whiting- opened their campaign on last" Saturday night,, when they held a rousing meeting In the city hall, at. which there was a good attendance. . Walter C, Schrage acted as temporary chatrman at - the meeting and , Clay -C. Collins acted as temporary secretary. ; .. , , - .,' : . ;.. rThe . chief . purpose of,, the gathering Was for the election of precinct committeemen, to meet at -Hammond today.' Those elected were as follows:
AT WORKJ0N SITE. Civil Engineer Frazier. one of the engineers, for the Indiana Harbor Belt line, was seen yesterday In cotfipany with a corps of engineers at work on the site of the Baldwin Locomotive works. . . v ' , It was evident the engineers were making surveys, but with what Immediate object 'In view could not be learned. It is understood that the word had been given out from headquarters to do the work as quiefly as possible.
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BEATTIE IS ELECTED.
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year. Howell V. Parry was named as secretary." The .committeemen of the five precincts were named as. follows: First precinct John Donnaha. Second precinct Howell V. Parry. Third precinct Herbert E. Jonea. Fourth precinct John Claussen. The delegates , to the tenth district convention were selected as follows:
John "Donnaha. Charles Johnson, War
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