Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09
THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
Ihe Democratic Canvass Revised
To-day-A Majority OF $500 Estr.
mated = Republicans Make No
Formal Estimate. but Claim from
5000 To s.00O-What the lndianap.
OILS Journal TO.da Says of Fraud.
Etc. Etc.
Especial Dispatch 10 The .Sfor1

Etcs. Etc.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Sarl
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct s.-This morning the sec
retary OF the democratic committed in COM
pany With Mr.. Landers went carefully OK er the
estimates as sent into the committee from ey, ry
township and precinct In the state, ana after. as
they say, making every allowance for contin.
gencies, they figured up majority for N
Landers OF $500. The republican Commit. @
mas not undertaken to make any formal esr .
mate, but the members claim that they are DO
ltlyely certain OF Mr.. PorteIS election by from
three TO seven thousand majority. The Journal
this morning prints twenty -four column &C
count OF the demonstration yesterday and las
night, and is br1Stling all over with sQutbs an A
lokes against the democrats. Itclaims repub-
Hcan Victory with the utmost confidence by rp
terr1ng to the prospective democratic frauds It
says: The republican party wants no illegal
f0teS. III GeHounceS every attempt to prevent
a lull vote, a free ballot, and a fair count. II
SEEKS no aid from non-reS.dentS It invites
Investigations and solicits the closest ex-
ANIMATION. The republican central committee
mas encouraged no effort at Illegal voting it
mas discouraged every hint toward that policy
Whlch believes In lighting the devil with fire
All assertions to the contrary are basely and
EaIlclouSly false, and made to cover INTENDED
ih.aNtry. rms being strictly true In word
letter and split. the reput lican central commit.
zee as determined to abs )lutely prevtn vie .
ever IL can, any outrage on the ballot. liz VIII not
Le.ltate TO use The full power OF the law in this
GRAFTON or every good citizen OF all parties If
Inc law Is not equal to the emergency, it is then
l'ine 1or honest voters to bethink them OF the
nlsher law which authorizes every mau to de
leId himself when his life Is threatened The
JonfhGl further says: Mrs. Hendricks ordered
number Of flags, which had been put on the
outside OF the WINDOWS OF her room at the
Bates House, yesterday TO be hauled doga -
Inc Sentinel, democratic, is also red hot this
morning. 1t charges that republican manu- ic-
tuIersS0ulldozed their employ eS into taking part
IN the procession yesterday and have threatened
10 Clsc1aIge them unless they vote the republi-
can ticket. 1t charges that 400 additional well
Known republican repeaters OF PHILADELPHIA and
New 1oIk are on their way here and gives the
names and 1uil description OF a number OF Their
II prints the following. In doubled loaded type !:
Davenport. the notorious John Davenport O!
New ok. is here. The republican leaders are
afraid to have this man come to the Uni, n
depot and 60 from thence to his hotel like a
gentleman; but he is dumped at Brightwcod
Ike the pauper negro has been dumped at tie
Oleak way stations of Indiana, and then secret Y
conveyed to the new Denison House. where lie
dare not register his name. He is a wee bit OF
an affair, With sbriveled bit of a body, and
a head like hickory nut, but a few scrubs Of
nalr, go0d ne1t3er for ornament nor Use. ii 8
entlIe get up is suggestive OF certain characters
created originally by Charles Dickens and used
py him In Illustration OF the lowest and most
cunning traits OF human nature, he and that
Jack OF Spades of Indiana republicanfsm, w. W.
DQoly. are expected TO map out the question.
aoie and dirty work for Porter's election on next
luesudy. kentucky detective was in the city
Yesterday and gave it as his opinion that no les
than 1000 negroes had left the border counties or
Ken ucky for use In Indiana Now let this right
royal republican team Of Davenport, Dudly &
negroes, and not exhaust their energies on
While democrats of German and Irish BIRTH
Ihe democrats are expressing much Indignation
because policeman made democratic busi-
ness house take down the figures 1929" which
We're displayed on its bunting.
Senator Blaine, who spoke at Richmond In
thls state last night. said if he could believe all
that Inc democratic republicans told him. he
would think that every man in the state was
going 10 vote the republican ticket
The democra tic committee received dispatt b
lhls morning from New Albany that at least
one-half OF Du PauS men will vote for Landers.
Party feeling is becoming more extensive every
hour and grave apprehensions are expressed OF
trouble The republican papers OF this city aud
OF cincinnati print another batch OF docum ent-
and court records to-day to show dishonesty In
business transactions by Mr.. English.