The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-18
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
An Earnest Meeting of Republican
Business Men Last Evening.
Alderman fuckers Opinion of the Situation
councilman Morrison Not a Candidate
for Re -Election-Cam Notes.

1.-THE Republicans are pretty sure to make
large gains in the Southside wards" yesterday
remarked a local politician who has been max
ing canvass of the city. 1.-THE candidates in
the Twentieth, Twenty-second, Twenty third
and Twenty-fOurth wards particularly
strong, and they may be expected to make large
gains. There will probably be considerable
scratching on the city ticket, but all the Repub-
lican candidates for city offices will be elected
by good majorties, although there are one or
two candidates who Will lead the vote. The
strongest opposition to McMaster comes
from the class of saloon-keepers who would have
no laws if they could have things their own way.
stronger fight is being made to defeat him than
is generally supposed, but he will easily be
elected. find, however, that there is a DISPOSE
ton to scratch the face of OF tickets, and the
Democrats are divided within divisions. The
Republican ticket will be benefited by their
scratching and scattered voting"
"How are things moving politically on the
SOuthside7" asked Journal reporter OF Alder
man Tucker, last night
1--WE are going to give the Democrats a little
more than they can attend to-" replied Mr..
Tucker. 'rhe fight will be pressed hard upon
them, and they will have no time to look after
things outside of their own wards this year.
In the Fifth district, the Republicans are pretty
sure to nominate Ed. Dean and John Egger as
candidates for aldermen, and they are going to
make things very lively for the Democratic can
didates Ed. Dean can defeat Bernhamer as a
candidate for alderman. His record as q
councilman is faultless. He Is popular
among the mechanics and laboring men, and
they will all vote for him. When he was nomi-
mated for councilman, in the face of all discOur-
aging outooKs, 1 claimed that he would be
elected. and he was. am confident that he can
defeat Bernhamer. The people know that any
Democrat they elect will not vote against the
johnson Street Railway Company. Every Dem
ocrat now in the City Council has voted for
them in verything, and against everything that
opposed them. I tell you there is more feeling
among the people about this street railway mat
ter than one would think 1t is not much the
question involved as the principle of the thing.
There ia great deal of feeling among the peO
pie on the Soutnslde on the matter, and IL vot-
ing this year means anything with them it
means defeating the mOnOpOistic power. Jim
Bowling, believe, will lose heavily in his ward.
He has got the power of the Johnsons to back
him, but know IA number of men in the employ
or the street-railway company who will vote
power of the Johnsons. They want the street
car company TO have competition, because the
competition will give them better wages and
more considerable treatment" -,
"What do you know about Twelfth ward poll
tlcsF inquired journal reporter of Councilman
Morrison yesterday. Not much: but have a
personal explanation TO make. You may say in
the Journal Tomorrow that am not a candidate
for denomination"
wv naJY CALCULATED the aStOnlshed scribe.
"No, l have withdrawn. During the past
three days have made business arrangements
that make my Withdrawal imperative. Besides,
| have now represented the ward five years IN
the Council, and 1t will hardly be the proper
thing for me to make fight now for what
have heretofore had by reclamation. 1 want
now to explain That speech made in which
l spoke of the dastardly newspaper assaults that
had been made upon me- 1 referred, solely, to
the paper which made personal attack upon
tempted TO injure me, tried to have me indicted
by the grand jury, charging that l had at
tempted to buy mp the fee and salary commit
tees of the last State Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, and that L had Travelled over the
State collecting money To prevent the passage Of
fee and salary bill Also that had retained
large part of the money for my own personal
use. He told me on the street that he would use
this against me This was done, think, to COM
pei me TO change my vote on the street railway
question. In his paper he called the attention
of the grand jury TO this allegation and repeated
that a certain member of the Council should be
indicted. Politics Ia politics, but personal abuse
instrumentation and persecution not TO be
borne. The nomination of cOuncilmen will take
place on Wednesday evening, and am using my
influence TO have Samuel N Bannister. who is q
property owner in the ward, nominated"
Quite large number of Republican business
m II assembled at the United States District
Court room last evening, pursuant to a call, and
discussed the political situation. Remarks were
made by W. II. H. M1ller-whO presided-Harry
Adams, William Wallace, j. A. Perkins, Gen.
Foster, and others. and considerable earnestness
was manifested. Various committees were ap-
pointed TO AID IN the proper prosecution OF the
campaign, and determination was manifested
to set to work vigorously ana spare effort TO
carry the city by an old-time majority. The
meeting adjourned to meet again at the same
place, next Monday evening.
DIR. John +. Parsons. an excellent man, was
nominated for Council by the Republicans of
the Fifteenth ward last night. The nomi alton
has the approval o; the best citizens of the ward,
and he cannot fail to get considerable support
from the best element of the Democratic tax
payers of the ward.
n.
changing residence is called to the fact that, I'M
in "a precinct Immediately prior to an election is
Don't remove until after election day.
An alarmed Republican thinks somebody
ought to advise Mr.. Wharton who is a young
man, candidate for Council in the Third ward,
not to dissipate his energy by electoneering all
over town, but to contne himself to the Third
ward.
Is is said that in Pritchard's aldermanic dis
tTict the disposition among the Democrats is to
trade the alderman FOR councilman, and the
watchwOrd OF the vigilant Republicans is to vote
straight and make no trades.
their primary at No. l engine house, on indiana
avenue tomorrow evening at 745 O'clock
Robert COffman is a Republican candidate for
Council IN tine Eighteenth ward, and If nominal
ted will easily defeat Coy.
The election is three weeks from today.