Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 134, Hammond, Lake County, 4 November 1912 — Page 3

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Henry Whitaker. of the self-made man. selaer with his father a charitable act has these added reiponsibilities he h.'i been able to conduct a successful livery business and look after the civic

Lateres:s"of the city & well.- Henry Whitaker's work in Hammond and lake county speaks for itself. Fourteen of those seventeen years have been spent as a member of the Hammond city council. Whi taker has been one of the members who have conserved the in-

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ATTORNEY J. A. PATTERSON, Republican Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney. Of late years conniving politicians, in order to "kill" a candidate for public office, pressed on his brow the crown of gold and nailed htm to the corporation cross. If it was desired to make the candidate's political death painless, the aspiring candidate was labelled "unfriendly to union labor," and any office seeker who suriived had only to think the intelligence of the voters. These political tricks have been tried on J. A. Patterson, of Indiana

which is devoted to be the man who

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HENRY WHITAKE

Republican Candidate for Sheriff.

;he republican candidate for sheriif, is a He cu!is' to Hammond sevt nte.eu wars a; and mother and has supported llu-m ever

ood example o from I lens -since. Many

le done also for othe

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t 'iat time. . And with t crests of the manufacturers of the city so that Hammond has come to have the reputa

tion of being friendly with its industrial concerns. He has been representative of the city's progress a n d believes in "g o i n g ahead" at all times. When the Simplex threatened to leave several years ago and had been offered sites free elsewhere. "Whi taker, as the representative of 1he

Harbor, the republican candidate for prosecutor of Lake and Porter counties, and thus far they have had about as much effect, on li i candidacy as a drop of water would have on a duck's back. .1. A. Patterson, urfriendly to union labor, and reared in the atmosphere of corporations? If breathing the poisonous white and black damp of Pennsylvania and

(nno coal mines as a noor miner, the

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means breathing the atmosphere of

corporations, why yes, his would-be

tradncers are riuht, and what does it prove? Pimply the contrary of what they would have the voter believe. .1. A. Patterson's life has been an

council, co-operated with W. U. Gostlin and his associates in makins a bond

Issue that saved the plant for Hammond. In a reat many cities it is worth hundreds of dollars and weeks of time to get the council to do anything in the Interests of its manufacturers. Here, anything in reason, is granted promptly. Whttaker has been one of the most consistent republicans in the party. He has worked for the interests of the party ever since he has been in Hammond, and there never has been a day nor a night but what he hasn't been ready to take off his coat to help out some member of the party. He has been regular at all times and is counted one of the most clever politicians in the city of Hammond. His advice and counsel have been sought at ail times. In other years, when he was about to announce his candidacy for the shrievalty, he has stepped aside to work for some one else whom he thought had a prlar claim for recognition. HI3 friends believe that he is entitled to the office he seeks and it is a noticable fact that a Whitaker man is always up on his hind legs, working for his man. He has a thousand warm friends in Lake county, who believe that old "Box Car Hank" is the right man for sheriff. AUGUST JOHNSON, Republican Candidate for Recorder. August Johnson was born in Hindsdale, Cook County. Illinois. He moved from there to Chicago and later to South Chicago before he discovered that "God's County" is located just across the line in Indiana. Then he moved to Lake county where he has lived in Hammond and East Chicago since

1888. Johnson has

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earns his bread in the sweat of his brow, the love, admiration and esteem of his friends, is what he has to show today for his ambitions. His early career and en ironim-nts, were such as to imprint indellibly upon his manhood the place that the laboring man holds. A man's character does not change over night, and it is folly to say Patterson is an exception to the rule. Hut for an accident, which cost him his left arm. and which made it impossible for him to longer earn a livlihood by swinging; tin.' miner's pick, ,!. A. Patterson's name today probably would rarfk with that of other prominent labor leaders. He worke.'

JOHN A. BRENNAN, Republican Candidate for Auditor. John A. Hrentian. the republican candidate for auditor of Lake county, has been active in politics ever since coming to this region. He is one of the pioneer settlers, one of the first men to erect a business block in Hioadway, and in the first city election he was honored with the republican nomina

tion for mayor. -Mr. I'.rennan was born Dec. 16, 1S6.", at Carbondale, Pa. lb' was educated in the public schools of his native city and at St. lionavent tire's college, Alleghany, X. V. He began his working career as a school teacher in Lackawanna County. Pa., when IS years old. He continued in this profession for five years until he

iM'-i.iii i..i. .v ciean record and a s - -'r in a section oi tne country ann unaer learned tlm dialaw practice, sevcnty-lhe per cent of conditions, which gave to the laboring : mond drillinc inisd-

worid a man like .'olm Mitchell. While only a boy in his teens he was secretary of the miner's ur.ion to which he belonged, and the obstacles that he has overcome since, how that he had will-power of a leader of men. Patterson was born in a log cabin in Pennsylvania, and when 8 years of age he moved with his parents to Illinois into the Wilmington coal fields, for a new home, for his father was a miner, and a staunch union man. At ihe age of 1ft years a pick was placed into his boyish hands, and like hundreds of others lie toiled daily in the mines. When his father was killed in a mining accident, the responsibility of supporting a widowed mother fell on ihe boy. but fate had still harder trials for him. At the age of 1J he met with the accident which gave his career a new shape, and which led him to take up a business course, and subsequently a law course. He spent four years at Valparaiso and finished in the Chicago Law School, and with nothing but pluck and grit, and his education for an asset, he hung out his shingle. He first opened an office in South P.end and later in Hobart. making his home in the latter place, but practicing mainly in Hammond. He has the distinction of being the pioneer lawyer of Indiana Harbor. Mr. Patterson is 4o years old and is married; a Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias, Modern Woodman and Uoyal Leaguer.

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hiss, prospecting for coal and minerals. Mr. Prennan followed this business for twenty years in all parts of the V n i f e d States. He organized the .1 . A. Itrennan Drilling com-

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to Gary. Hearing of the location of the new Steel City, Mr. P.rennan came to Gary in 1906 when

been foreman and superintendent of a number of plants iin the past few ' years. Among the , placets where he has been employed Is the Grasselli Chemical works at East Chicago. For the past twelve years he has been la the contracting business and has been very successful. Johnson has demonstrated his capability in every line

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6f activity in which he has engaged. He is what would be termed a hundred point man in the industries. At the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war Johnson was one of the. first to volunteer his services. He enlisted to

gether w i t.li 1 "0 j other volunteers from Lake countv!

who spent a year in the service. He was in Cuba for four months and

HON. E. D. CRUMPACKER, Republican Candidate for Repressentative from the Tenth District.

had about aa varied an experience as any of the soldiers who participated in that campaign. He was mustered out and given an honorable discharge. Johnson has taken a great interest in politics for a number of years. He ha3 been city and county committpeman and has always been ready to go out and fight the battles of the party. He is a big, whole-heaterd, honest, jovial fellow, well deserving of The honor he seeks. He should receive the votes of all who would like to se-1 the office in the hands of an honest, self-respecting citizen, who has no axes to grind in the event, of his election, and who would be a credit to the community which so honored him.

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DR. FRANK W. SMITH, Republican Candidate for Coroner. Dr. Frank W. Smith, republican candidate for re-election for county coroner, is a native of Clinton Count-, Indiana. For several years he was engaged In school work, having taught every grade of work up to. and including the university, before taking up the practice of medicine. He came

to Gary, from Indianapolis, five years ago and engaged in the practice of medicine, and has met with marked success, and enjoyed an extensive practice. While in the Sth district he was always active in political affairs and a hard working republican. Three years ago, tn the city campaign. Dr. Smith served as secretary of th?

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the town was but a few months' old and still a wilderness, save for a few trees cut down ?nd a few dunes removed. He purchased several property sites from the steel corporation's land department. In 1107 Mr. P.rennan settled permanently in Gary and later engaged in the drug business with Harry Stringfellow at Sixth and Broadway. Mr. P.rennan erected five large business blocks since coming to Gary the P.rennan block at. Sixth avenue and Proadway. the P.rennan block at Fifth avenue and Ambridge street, the Hotel Washington, the Hrenn-in block at Sixth avenue and Washington street and the Brennan block annex in Sixth avenue. He also erected a handsome residence opposite Jefferson park. Mr. Brennan has been an active booster for Gary ami has been prominently indentified in its important civic movements. When Colonel Englehart, or any of the real estate men hae a deal on, they bring their clients around to Mr. Brennan to hear him boost the city. Captain Norton, of the Gary Land company, invariably calls upon Mr. Brennan for advice and counsel in connection with taxation matters, and Harry Hall, properly agent for the Savage syndicate, always consults Mr. Brennan on realty values and loan estimates.

RICHARD SCHAilF, SR., Republican Candidate for County Commission, 1st Dist. in the archives of memory in Robert sdale, there is a story stored away which serves well to introduce Ihe subject of this sketch. The teacher in the little old-fashioned school, so the story goes, had decided to conduct an examination, and some of the questions she gave, and answers she re-

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hard fight to elect a republican mayor. He also served as secretary of the local organization in Gary until this year, when his duties as coroner and his practice prevented. Two years ago his friends asked him to make the race for conorer, which he did and was elected. He is

x.ugar uean i rumnacKer. representative lrom the lentil District, Indiana, and candidate lor re-election on

the republican ticket at the coming elections, was born in May, 1831. He has represented this district continuously for the past sixteen years and is now- the candidate of the republican party for the eighth lime. In the eight terms that. Mr. Crumpaeker has ben in Congress his influence and prestage have grown until now lie is recognized al! over the 1'nited States as one of the leaders in this great legislative body. With the recognition of his ability has come many important assignments on the various committees in the house. He is the only republican representative from Indiana in Congress. During the entire bgslative career of Mr. t'rum packer he has had the reputation of being scrupulously honest, thoroughly reliable and true to his constituents and friends. These rare characteristics, coupled with his unquestioned ability, have been the secret of his success, both at the polls' and in Congress. .Mr. Crumpaeker has been the friends of the laboring man and there has never been a time that they have appealed to him for support that he has not proven himself their trusted friend. Mr. Crumpaeker is a national character. Only lus modestv has prevented him from seeking and being elected to higher office. He has represented his I'isiriet with its vsrity of interests in such a way as to call forth admiration. His experience in Congress makes him essentially needful to the manufacturing, business, laboring ad farming interests of this district.

ceived, were as

follows: Question Wh was first in war first in peace, first in the hearts of hncountrymen? Answer Tnc't Dick Schaaf. Question Whr discovered Amen

ca? Answer 1'ncb Dick Schaaf. Question Wh is the name of th prophet who w i swallowed b y ; wha1'.' Answer Uncb Dick Schaaf.

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Question Who wrote the song "After the B;U1"? Answer Fncle Dick Schaaf. Question Name a Polish patriot. Answer Uncle Dick Schaaf. Question Name an Irish patriot. Answer Vnclo Dick Schaaf. Tho story goes on to relate that the list of questions also asked "Who struck Hilly Patter-sou?" but anyone knowing

Albert (Cully) Swanson, treasure of Lake county, was born in Sweden near Stockholm, but in 1ST0. when he was but two years old. his father decided to emigate to America. Hobart had attracted many other Swedish, families and there the Swansons landed and remained. He worked in a brick yard first and then served a good apprenticeship in the grocery stor'-. "Cmlv", who had now grown

ALBERT (CULLY) SWANSON, Republican Candidate for County Treasurer'

into manhood, decided to run a grocery store for himseif, and he made a success of it. He kept the grocery store for ten years, and during that

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republican orgnnf- JT elected by a' cond zation and made a "-niih$ majority. Dr. Smith is a member of the Elks, the Foresters, tho Knights of Pythians, the' Modern Woodmen and the local, county and state medical societies. His church affiliations are with the Methodist, lie is broad and liberal in his views and has msde an honest and ctourteous official. The voters of Lake county will not fail to see that Dr. Smith is reelected by even a larger majority than two years ago. He is one of the younger professional men who have come to Lake

county to enter a wide sphere of activity. Energetic, to a grent degree h

has made a splendid coroner, and Gary will be almost unanimous for him.

now asking for a;time the Hobnrt politicians whittled second term and jUp enough of Swanson's cracker boxes will no doubt be re-! pjs store 1(, m;iie a bonfire bin

enough to be seen all over the county. "Cully" was a republican he had been ever since he could remember. He wasn't the kind, however, that only whittled up the store boxes. He was a worker. He believed in organization, in political honesty and integrity, and that a man elected by the people should be their servant and not their

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is sure that the question is still unanswered. Years aco it was popular to say: "Toll your troubles to a policeman." but about the same time the people in Robertsdale began saying: "Tell your troubles to Fncle Dick,' " and they have been doing it ever since. If Mrs. Brown's Plymouth Rock rooster strayed into Mrs. Schweitzer's barnyard and she refused to give him, Fncle Dick was appealed to. Was a pavement or a street light needed, Fncle Dick was expected to get it for his people, where he was a member of the city council or not, where he was for ten years. During the past three years, he had to widen his scope, for he is commissioner of the first district, which includes North, Calumet and Hobart townships, and the first thought of any constituent who has dealing with the county is to see Fncle Dick, and his record as county commissioner shows that Fncle Dick did see to it. Fncle Dick is a candidate for re election and because of his splendid public-spirited record, his experience in public affairs he deserves to have the support of every voter who has t!u advancement of the Calumet region at heart, for it is for this that, he battles for appropriations with the other commissioners and before the county comcil. Mr. Schaaf was born in Saxony. Germany, and came to Robertsdale thirtytwo years ago. He is the father of seven children, the oldest of which bears his name, and is the former republican county chairman and now postmas.er at Hammond.

RAY SEELEY, Republican Candidate for Surveyor. Ray Seeley is the man who took the surveyor's office out of i clitics. XoT only that, bin he put it on a business basis. In so doing he has perfonne-1

a service. He is a type of the modern progressive.

unexpected that happened tiou fur surveyor to one of the deputies under the old ad

ministration. That was tho logical thing to do for the slag trust, the cobble stone men and certain contractors, w h o had been getting

Things were ail framed

lie was elected over his democratic op- ' of

I veyor, and the only elected in FMU, under the', way to protect

ship honored him with the election to the office of trustee. He was in office four years and made a splendid record. In 191. w Ik n the leading republicans in Lake county were looking around for a t-tn n r candidate for treasurer, he received a bigger vote than any other candidate for that office

had received before, and in the fall 'favors at the hands

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laws of Indiana, th newly elected -1 heir interests was trasuror did not take ofilce until the. to nominate some f.rsf of this year. He has been in ', man who would be office now for nine months, and during , friendly to them.

mis time ne nas made a record fori But faeeley m

self. Four million dollars of the taxpayers" money passed through his

hands during this time and during 'of Des Moines and went to Highland Park colli

the spring collection, period, lasting six weeks, the office collected $1,300,rM) in taxes. Mr. Swanson still continues his hardware store at Hobart, although making his home in Crown Point. His home life, surrounded by a wife, three dauehters and one son. is ideal. He is a member of the Masonic. Odd Fellow, K. of P. Maccabee and Elk orders.

Seeley was a case of the up to hand the nominajected himself into the situation. He was fo!d that, be would bo beaten for

the nomination, but be ran t-nyway and was nominated by a big majority. Since then the only measure of a contiact.jr, of a material man, of a road builder has been his ability .t deliver the goods. Lake, county roads and bridge;-) are hieing built more honestly than ever before. Seeley has prov

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there, w here he took his iritig his spare hmirs.

engineer for two years,

was in the maintenance of way departm er railroad for five or six years, had ch caco & Southern Illinois Traction con Heights, built the Dune Park line of tin into the site of the steel mills at Gary. Seeley is 3." years old and married.

and has made a host of friends whi!" carrying on his work in Lake county. (ADVERTISEMENT)

nt. of the Chicago, Indiana v Southtrge of the construction on the Chii'.any between Harvey and Chicago C I. d S.. and the f.rst side track He has a most pleasmg personality