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Libertyville Independent, 5 Apr 1928, p. 4

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Lake County Independent -- Waukega we know our people, realizing that £4 with emphasis on, April 10th. . MB ommmypnouxsnmcy'ndoit.msmlfmm hh&emfierdbufldin(madsbl&o%ymdfitihofi_ o 2l 2 i _ Amsee PRrrad» antrecaite ns voll-- tie 4 have fought to prevent the comparison being made pofilbh. Col. Frank L. Smith, Wwhen he §08R V *A e l e aaa imtmdylifttheuundardo!thcperwmd. He'll stand out and .bovc.owyofh's.nociltuthatit':mwondctmdm _ 3. . e * i0 > snn ho. barammintiots, | i * + * Ifthcanfi-Smancrowd:honldtrytofinmthcjo&thcy'n promised (in case they were victorious on the . 10th) 'there wwldn'tbeenoughchairsinthemwmomodfic'thqm_ howonoursut;,wh&hanow«inymswcm "Hkes ALAIK ADOUL LE UV@LITCE Veig WETMT CCC . i0 on lt ut im fi.mymemu-swmum;hm,eco@{u_uH1 low!onthe"in."it'.themtthathkccoumyhllmm{ !tmmatobcaruetomw{okto;flhndwhgg@ thcmoctwiththemmdrwflttht'btdfmmwr"'_ C pllamatattmeccizieage reges : P90 yH 7O «C _ * Tok been able to get "in" are peeved over the slight. With Len Smaill sure to win the nomination and m there are a lot of fellows who have come to the conclusion that Lake County stands a better show of getting consideration at the hands of the administration if the county is FOR him in the pri-- I 1 & & o oo o i m it 4 aimkg uk uae XERaEAEEEE N Oe ECC , 20 d nest To °C VOZZ PW TF mary than if it's against him. Andno.tbey'nmmhrhigfi that you can't keep track of them. . C e ans e h 4 +7 1 Ts a hh h cce ie c c outec s tiart t trcrire ttinntioets Aeie en s > + " .7 + nor Smail had turned a deaf ear to mflmwdnfiqflo for state roads? How many springs on your alto and how . many more tires would you have RUINED in your travels over the county ifhehadnoto.k.'dthcx;amcfmmiv"'mi: county boasts of?. Think it over. + _ What would farm lands be worth in Lake County if:Gover-- "Getting into the band wagon" seems to be the principal oc cupation of a lot of--fellows who have been jukewarm in the anti-- Small campaign and who now see W a sure winner, not only in the entire state but see him as victor in Lake County for the first time. If Mr. Stratton could find 1;#» invite Emmerson, Carlstrom and Glenn to HIS tes 1 banquet in Lake County it's mighty funny that THEY in turd, couldn't have seen<to it that Stratton was invited to THEIR affair in Chicago. © Looks like a fierce double--cross on the Lake County man to our way of thinking, and from what we hear, they're doing it all over the not an answer ! We hear the Chicago Tribune hollerinig about crookedness, etc..inp&licmn\tc:bntmdon'tmit say a word about how it (The Trib.) r?bed'thonhooho!Chicuoo(mmimddo& lars in that notorious school land lease on which its building has stood for years.. Oh, no, that's different! 'The Tribune evidently follows the theory of "don't do as we do, do as we say." In short, TfibunetheoryisNOT"what'spodforthcgomhgoodfmtho We observe that Mr. Przyborski of North Chicago, general overseer of the anti--Small forces in Lake County, has induced the Polish Club to obey his demands on endorsing the anti--Small slate. BUT, nevertheless, there are a lot of Polish folks who have mamammwuwummmm in his vest pocket and they send word ty us that Max is "all wet," that he can deliver SOME of their nationality but that AS A WHOLE it can't be done, that there are a lot of free--thinkers who refuse to be diiven into a voting booth. _ Governor Small has well said it when he declares it is a fight bo immamwhmmw T'n_ f\.-u._.: Chas A FI 'pm-t' hdkhinlitmmw 7 "No Tribupe dictation for us--we're against them and their candidates ALWAYS," is a common remark heard about the streets of Waukegan and in all parts of Lake County as folks are. reading the customary attacks on Governor Small by that sheet.; Th"l'rbiunc'_s_"kiuo!dcfut"uadminist«edtothcm slate spelled their doom the minute the Trib endorsed them. The Tribune hasn't helped elect a mayor of Chicago or a governor of lilinois in 25 years--and they're not going to do it this year. PUT THAT DOWN AND WATCH! © As you drove over the fine hard roads in all parts of Lake County and saw autos stuck in the mud on the side roads leading off the highways, it didn't need much of an argument to stop and |. figure what restrictions would have been placed on your travels | in Lake County in case Len Small had not been so active in road bdl&n',ndhthonSOGENEROUStoLnkeCm}y.' When you visualized the whole situation as regards the roads, you stop and wonder just how ANYBODY in Lake County would | have the heart to honestly oppose a governor who has done so much for our county. The way Senator Swift is speaking for Governor Small in dis-- | tricts where he knows the sentiment is favorable to the Governor and speaking against him in sections where He feels the sentiment is against him, forcefully proves the Senator's inconsistency more than anything we might say. . How he expects to get away with it is more than we can understand. And then on top of it comes the incident on the south side Sunday where Senator Swift was rumdm'mmma&mufi-fi ertyy mm',m"h.mgfi_.u.s.m'vm avoids making ANY answer to & in't m y {TL2F.;: _ The & i w gntvinpg ~,0 en ns ree Ceigip Soo, & my m w_*;!tq' db ids way to be coliierate of Lake County in road and other || . Io, Yoy comply with the Ro mattets after'the county: hndbci@futfio!flmbyuuflma- ~ Constitution of 1870 and 'jorities, . But, big as he is, impartial and not revengeful, he paid | j' make a detailed' semi--an-- "\ no attention to the vote figures but received. Lake County as nual 'report, under ocath, :'; graciously a§ he did those counties which gave him big majorities. ;ho"*flt :c:ifp:u.';';: u?;; & | That shows what sort of an official and man he is--it shows him |§° . __.jny ;nto your hands? to be big, generous, kind, the work possible, Mr.. Emmerson has seen to it that the license plates have been manufactured IN ANOTHER STATE ever|i since he has been secretary. (It's cither Ohio, or Indiana where they have been turned out by the millions). We wonder if there | }' isn't a concern IN OUR STATE capable of makirtg those plates. IW. wonder if that's the gort of consideration Mr, Emmerson | i would show ILLINOIS INDUSTRY in case he were elected Under the ll'.SOcn{afy of State Emmerson has the respon-- | 1 -- sibility of contracting for and paying for the license plates used | i . by autoists of Illincis. Enhis'tul"to'givohboridthhmfl "I'm not asking for sympathetic support even though I'm the ino.thnfortnnaumcvctinmimispolhia."uidCoLank L. m:la noon meeting in Chicago Wednesday, adding. with an imphasis which made a hit with 2,000 listeners: "I'm asking to be given the constitutional rights I'm entitled to and to which youmentitled;I?minmndfdurandhavejuitcomeuptomm my opponent, whose only claim to the Senate seat is his effort to attack me." And the crowd cheered to the echo, indicating how Qflagofeelp on Col. Smith's treatment by the "Jim Reed-- U. S. on the theory that he would be a stronger man to run against the Democrat, Floyd Thomson, in the fall, in line with the 'Tribune's policy, 'The Tribune has baen shaping thirgs so it can support the Democratic nominee in the fall, for, you observe ,it isn't say-- ing much FOR Emmerson--it confines its efforts to ATTACK-- ING SMALL. So it is in Lake County--we find Claire Edwards, who USED to be a Democrat, working agmt&nd{md folks ;minhinatfimdcuflon'w'utumtohi-oldbn;theDano- crats, and~now put himself in shape to support the Democratic nominee when Small is renominated on April the 10th. _ _Don't forget that_even though Bill Stratton has said his old friend, Len Small would "disgrace the state if re--elected," that Governor Small HASN'T SAID A SINGLE WORD AGAINST STRATTON and his change in heart"toward him. No doubt in his heart he feels badly over the treatment after all he did for Stratton but he's that charitable sort of a man, he's that fatherly and kindly that he hasn't even come back to chide Bill or even call attention to the things he has done for him, things which gave Binflnmtom_;nuforamuoifmandthmpwhuh. if they had not been done would have found Bill--still fishing and 'hunting out at Fox Lake, Lake County. mm::nuauw Smail rallies in Lake County Monday es Fox Lake,.Lake Villa and Antioch, indicates that folks ARE interested in the furtherance of the Len Small for Governor effort. 'They listened attentively, they seemed to grasp the importance of Lake County showing appreciation of the Gov-- ernor's «pnsiderations of Lake County, first in allotment of hard roads and secondly in the fact that he was the FIRST and only governor to give the county any state positions. Sentiment has cemented itself to the Governor during the past week so famas Lake County is concerned and they tell us it is the same all over the state: He'll carry Lake County by about 1,800 to 2,500 votes, according to conservative estimates. . Frank Just a few days ago made some insinuating slurs at Governor Smalil's personal appearance as regards "beauty'"-- that's just like him! We never heard the Governor BRAG about his looks.© It's not LOOKS that count in an official--it's his ACTS, his accomplishments.. Len Smail-- hasn't devoted much time trying to improve his facial appearance--he has been too busy trying to administer affairs of state efficiently to bother about such a detail. likdy]uc'thurcmleqhow&nehigh-brom feel about the Governor's "beauty;" maybe that's why the high-- brows as a rule are against him. He doesn't look "pretty" enough for THEM.~ BUT, he looks good to ORDINARY PEOPLE who 'care more for acts than looks, who admire EFFICIENCY and RESULTS more than they do "beauty" in a man. It isn't but a few months ago, when Oscar Carlstrom himself was a candidate for governor, that he stood on the platform in Marion, Ill., and viciously denounced Louis Emmerson for fail-- ure to ever account to the state for interest earned on state auto license funds. He even charged Emmerson used state money with which to merge two big banks at Springfield. No'attack made on Mr. Emmerson during the present campaign \was as 'vici-- ous as Carlstrom made on him at that meeting in Marion. Yet NOW wevsee Caristrom (not now candidate for governor but instead seeking re--election as attorney general) on the same plat-- form with Emmerson and urging voters to support him. No man in public life in Illinois has ever demonstrated such acrobatic feats of mentality as Carlstroni.. He surely is the world's greatest two-- faced political performer on the stage today. Indicating with force the way the wind is blowing in Chica-- 1 go in the present campaign is the fact that the Small ticket candi-- dates are holding noon meetings in down--town theaters and the theaters are being jammed to capacity--yet the anti--Small can-- didates have held no noon meetings and the reason is, according to generally accepted conclusions, that they are afraid to do o on the fear that THEY cannot draw crowds. -- If they_felt they could get the crowds they'd take advantage of the plan, yet not one such meeting has been attempted. Not . only have . large crowds turned out at the Small--Thompson -- meetings but they have been intensely interested and enthusiastic when the Gover-- tnpr.!cutoc Smith, Mayor Thompson, John Dailey and others have spoken. Chicagoans regard the.failure of the anti--Smallites 'The effort of certain anti--Small folks to defeat the Governor in hoiding noon meetings as most significant. mt'yfiyamuwgin.thai'hcfosfitotowtyitthhyw. A leader in politics in Sangamon County (Springfield) said erday that whereas four years ago Governor Small lost that stv by a small margin. that he's sure to carry it this year. He THE WIND CHANGETH ctate and fair to even his political explained that the leaders who 'were against the Governor four years ago are with him this year and it is generally conceded he will carry it as a result of this change of sentiment, brought about 1argely by the fact that Sangamon County' residents,. under the shadow of the capitol, have been watching the earnest and effi-- cient efforts of the Governor in carrying on his work and /they are going to act accordingly. , 0 _ _ A.similar expression was heard from a man from Vermillion County '(Danvilie), from another in: DeWitt (Clinton) and an-- other in Bloomington, :. f j 2. Whathu'hnppenedinthoneounfiuinbehalfofthefiovet- noth'uahoukcnpheeinLakeC'ountywhcreitisnow,gener- ally conceded the Governor will emerge victorious by,a big mar-- As we hear campaign matters discussed we sometimes won-- der if people stop to realize just who it was that gave recognition and favors to Lake County--was it Mr. STRATTON or "Mr. SMALL who gave us the numerous state appointments (which all counties strive for and which Lake'County had none--of 'until Smail became governor)? Who gave us the considerations in good road allotrients? Why the Governor of course! And. so while Lake County citizens who wish can consistently. give their vote to Mr. Stratton for secretary of state, they should not be asked either by Mr. Stratton or his friends to forget the number-- less favors Governor Small has shown our County, _ In short those efforts to couple the Emmerson crowd with Stratton in the hope of hurting Stratton's best friend (the --Governor) should be Have you submitted to Governor Small a biennial spiked as--traitorous to the one man who eight years ago discov-- ered that Lake County was a part of the State of Illinois, a fact which all previous governors (judging by the treatment of our county) did'not seem to realize or care to know and even refused to listen to pleas that we were. SHG .. . NVLIGLELIELEANIM Eq\ [ CCCCC than a mere statement of unverified totals? _ _ The avalanche of literature which is being hurtled through Lake County by the anti--Small forces indicates that NO EX-- PENSE and NO EFFORT is being made by the opponents of Governor Small to flood this county with sampaign--matter, but, the strange part of it is that it is being sent" promiscuously in bunches to men who have been active in politics and entirely without regard as to their present or previous expressed sentiment in the present campaign. ¥ : j which you hold: and pay into the state treasury per-- iodically -- under a statute mch u: clearly in conflict provisions of the Conntimtiou?"uof" In short, the anti--Small faction is trying to swamp the coun-- ty with expensive literature and in order to get it out do not seem to care who they send it to, Dozens and dozens of strong Small adherents have been recipients of packages of literature from the anti--Small crowd. In many cases the--consignments have gone to the waste baskets or the furnace. | f possible in the office . of secretary of state, result-- ing from compliance with the Constitution, result in as much benefit to the public as any other which could be suggested? * 'This on top of the generally known fact that big sums of money have been placed in the hands of Max Przyborski, --recently ap-- pointed manager for the anti--Small crowd, causes the average voter to wonder where the money is coming from to further such an expensive campaign! Ordinarily care is taken in distributing | literature because it costs money to print it and get it out. In this case there seems to be no end of the amount of campaign' matter available for the anti--Small crowd in Lake County and. expense of. getting it out and paying men to get it out seems to be a matter of very small consideration. f | _ .__ And this from the crowd that has been hollering for years about Governor Small's expenditures in campaigns, etc. We won-- 'der what interests are furnishing funds for this sort of campaign-- e s i0 s;. _ piss, It isn't far from the thoughts of many persons when they stop and wonder if perhaps the cement trust whom Governor Small has fought so consistently for the past eight years may have had a hand in the present lavish campaign which is being waged by the anti--Small forces. , ; elected, that you have not had the opportunity to do In your campaign for so--called honest and effi-- A4 EPC WE RE CE wCCC s Aas PE ® hold ? 1 office you now hold? Since reforms can be more readily accomplished in the offices ywholdmnlnthouywmk.whydoyounotmmmm re-- fomhymmoffleqm'n'lfln'u be re--elected? Senator John Dailey, of Peoria, recognized for years as one of the outstanding senators in the Illinois Legislature is sure to be nominated for the position of Attorney General of the Republican ticket at the coming primary, due to the fact that there has been such a revulsion of feeling against Attorney General Oscar Carl-- strom because of his traitorous attitude towards the man who put him in position of attorney general, Govéernor Small. & & PPE LY 1e oo > on : ;rf;-::fiv&;'mvm_:y goes there is no man in Illi A REAL MAN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL or do you not TALK ABOUT SPENDING MONEY! the reform to do any-- ~LET'S NOT FORGET Ki /o MR. CARLSTROM ' "fO MR. 3t _tive officers : to . comply with Sec. 20, Art. 5, of the «) Why do you not . close thmm .you maintain in Chicago in violation of Sec. 1, Art. 5, of the Con-- stitution of 1870? ¢ Why do you not make a 'semi--annual report, under bursements of all moneys coming into your hands, as reqnirpd_ nn:let Sec. 20, of 18702 Why do you not as chief law enforcing officer of the state require all execu-- Do you or do you not allow --the secretary of state to collect fees in vio-- lation Of s¢- 23, Art. 5, of the Constitution -- which provide for the payment of all fees direct to the state treasurer? * In your campaign for so-- calted honest and efficient government have y ou >-- . AW W 'I,.:h*' ¢ '54:;"\'? 4 Wi iE{!IV"ifi 'alz'*!" '"r';' v t; ' s. As an 1 o R 'thuim!gwinthc,mmwmwewithhim, He is one ing into their ence is magnetic in a group where he may be. . ~Long a leader in the Senate he is widely known over the state and 'known with favor because of his record in the Illinois Legis-- lature. . His qualifications are questioned by none, because as a lawyer he has been conspicuous in many of the big litigations of this state. Lawyers over the state recognize him as an authority on legal matters and then, added to his own personal qualifica-- tions for the position, is the status of Mr." Carlstrom in having done what he did with reference to the Governor. Carlstrom, when he ran for Attorney eneral four years ago, was an obscure, u;ahiovn man. Governor Small wanted to beat Attorney General Brundage and he picked Caristrom up as the man to do it with. The Governor, speaking from platforms all over Illinois, urged the voters to realize that Carlstrom was his choice for Attorney General. infafingthatthermhaddomfitflemnodfingforhim. From that minute on Carlstrom began to lay his lines to run as a candidate for governor this spring and he entered the race in due time. Finally when he found that he was making no headway as a candidate himself without the shadow of the Governor back of him as was the case four years before, he concluded he better not run for governor and, having declared himself against Small, found he could not go back under his wing----therefore he allied himself with the anti--Small faction as a candidate for Attorney People. of Illinois are not forgetful, in fact their memory is very, very good in politics, and few forget about the story of Judas Escariot of Biblical times. Carlstrom's case in his treat-- ment of Governor Small is quite analagous to Judas'--that is why when Mr. Carlstrom 'wakes up this year he will find that voters of Illinois, resentful at his traitorous. treatment of Governor Smail, who made him Attorney General, has been answered in the ballot box and Senator Dailey will have been the choice for the Republican nomination. All thit need be said of the above is: WHO NAMED the Lake County men who held state positions and went to make up that part of the Governor's "machine?" BILL STRATFON NAMED them (the Governor APPOINTED them on Stratton's urgent recommendation). _ _ Who now seeks to BLAME THE GOVERNOR for giving Lake County men positions? Should Lake County voters blame Smail for extending favors to Mr. Stratton? And should Mr. Stratton's organ blame the GOVERNOR for having complied with Mr. Stratton's requests? We ask you! Of course Len Small has taken the blame for almost every-- thingunderthesunandduadditionalblmeatuchedwhimfor recognizing Mr. Stratton's requests won't hurt him any--the only thing is, Mr. Stratton's organ is placing him in a rather awkward position, to be slamming the Governor for something he (Strat-- ton) wanted and got! The News seeks to cast reflection on the Governor for.put-- ting Lake County men in state positions, men who Stratton him-- self selected and GOT PUT ON--if it was wrong for the Gover-- nor to have so recognized Lake County then it was more wrong for Mr. Stratton to have asked it! "Inconsistency thou art a jewel!" If the Governor did wrong in appointing.Lake County men whom Mr. Stratton selected, why blame the Governor--put the blame where it belongs. ' POLITICIANS OF _ BOTH PARTIES 1O MEET ON APR. 20 llinois Republicans and Dem-- ocrats to Gather in Spring-- field Meetings. Springfield, IIL., April 4.--With the« date of Illinois' primary election bat tle less than one week distant, both republican and democratic leaders are completing plans for the state conventions of the two parties. to be held here April 20. _ Several thou-- sand politicians are expected to be on hand for the rallies. _ The state arsenal will be the stene "of the gathering of republi-- cans while the democrats will meet in the house of: representatives chamber in the capitol. In both conventions each county will be entitled to one delegate for each 500 votes cast at the April 10 BIG BUSINESS PLANNED WHO PICKED AND ENDORSED THEM? (MR. STRATTORN DID IT) The Waukegan News Saturday evening said: "The Small fellows crow a lot about the governor's generosity in appointing four Lake county men to fat major positions. Of course most of the crowing emanates with beneficiaries of those fat positions, but it's sort of an argu-- ment, anyway. "Governor Small's fellows don't crow about Len's appoint-- ment of men and women in Lake county to minor positions, just places on the state salary list at taxpayers' burden, with no service whatever rendered. They're mighty quiet about that, in fact tried to frustrate efforts to obtain from state rec-- ords at Springfield the names and amount paid monthly to Lake county men and women whose allegiance to the gover-- nor is piurchased with monthly stipends of $100, $125 and $150 each. That's a crime those secretly posing as game war-- dens (rabbit shepherds) and those secretly on the payroll in the insurance and other state departments are just as anxious to cover up as are the Small leaders who bought them." primary. County. central commit-- tees, composed of precinet commit-- teemen to be elected April 10, will convene April 16 and name delegutes to the state parley. Although each convention will} oc-- cupy only the one day, the delegates must decide numerous questions and start several individual "balls aro-- '--'First and foremost will be the boosting of the candidacies of the eandidates to be selected at the polis Az» Aw April 10. The democrets will raily around the banner of Supreme Court Justice Floyd E. Thompson, unop* posed for the nomination for gover-- nor. Republicans will either hoist the standard of Gov. Len Smaill or Secretary of State Louis L. Emmer-- will select 11 delegates--at--large to their national gathering at Kanses City while the exponents of democ-- racy will send 8 to the powwow 4t Houston, Tex. Both conventions will select pres-- idential electors. Adoption of party platforms also will be a part of the business of both assemblies and fireworks are Pelegates and alternate delegutes to the national party cofventions seek to have their pet ideas written Both conclaves must hnominate three candidates for trustees of the University of lllinois, and they will be voted upon at the November election. 'Trustees whose terms eX« pire next year are: M. J. Trees, Chi-- cago: Mary E. Busey, Urbana, and J. W. Armstrong, Rock Isleand. Gus J. Johnson of Paxton, chair-- man of the republican state commit« tee will preside at the deliberations of his party workers, while Thomas EF'. Donovan, Joliet, democratic state committeeman chairman, wil} be in the chair at the democratic rally. -- _ Various prominent politicians, in« 'cluding Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson of Chicago, George E. Bremnan, prom inent democratic leader, and: others |m.xpoeudtowmtnw Af L

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