The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-06
WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Prospects of Complete Republican
Success Frightening Each Day.
The Noble Act of Southside Candidate
The Color Line Drawn by DEM
ocratic Community.

work." remarked a member of the city central
committee yesterday sand in the last few days
the situation has frightened wonderfully. The
Jealous spirit shown by the Southside workers
has spread to some of the Northside wards, and
the Indifference which seemed to prevail few
days ago in rather alarming degree has in
large measure disappeared. OF course, all that
is necessary is to poll the party vote, and the
Republican ticket will be elected. few days
ago Twas alarmed little at the indifference in
some of the Northside wards,!but feel quite con-
ident now that the strong arm OF the Repub-
lican party will sweep over the city next Tues
day.
"What has brought about the changeg" was
asked.
"The campaign has hinged from the beginning
on the street railway question. With very
large part of the voting population there was
something of an Indifference with regard to the
two candidates for mayor, because it was gen.
orally believed that they were both unequiyO-
cally opposed to the streets of the city being
monopolizod by the johnson company. The
happy drought, however, struck the editor of
the Indiana Tribune that it would be well to
have the two candidates define their respective
positions upon question of SO much importance
to voters. Accordingly letter of inquiry
was addressed to each, and the replies
have opened the eyes OF the public. McMaster
emphatcally declares himself opposed to the
streetrailway monopoly, and heartily in favor
of competing lines SchmucK gives an equivo-
cal answer, and takes no position at all. These
letters have brought about the change which has
occurred in the last few days in the beating of
the public political pulse"
THE COLOR LINE AGAIN.
Southeast of the city and Immediately outside
the jurisdiction of the public schools, is popu-
lation more than half of which is colored. So
far as the white neighbors there are concerned
it is Democratic, and the colored folks among
them, whose welfare, at least so far as school
privileges for their children are con accrued, are
beginning to experience the truth of the oft
quoted axiom Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" For ten years they have sent their
children to school district No. 8 undsturbed
and without question. At the beginning of the
school term last month, however, those scholars
were turned away from this school, which was
most convenient to the greater number of
children attending IL, and forced TO go to a
senooi-House Iurther away, thelr sShooi-nouse
being given to the white children. The school
house to which they were sent. known as district
No. 3, had long since been abandoned for school
purposes, but the white mel gh bors wanted No.
g. the colored children forced to go there
Fifty-one coored children were thus displaced
to make room for about thirty-tive white chill
dren. To get to No forty five of these colOred
children have to cross the Belt road track twice,
the c. l., st. l.. 81 @. once, and six switches which
school-going extremely dangerous. Besides,
nearly all were thus made 90 go nearly double
the distance. But the white children were ac-
Yesterday six of the colored voters of that
district, a delegation of earnest, Woodworking
men, who had not themselves enjoyed any adj
vantages of education, but wanted for their
children what had been SO cruelty denied to
them, waited upon Township Trustee Kitz to
protest against the action taken by him. They
were accompanied by Judge Ralph Hill land
Judge Robert N. Lamb, who showed so clearly
the injustice that had been done that promise
was received from the trustee that new school
location should be provided for their children,
the new location to be on or near Prospect street
extension, near the center of populations and
where only small proportion of the children
will have to cross a railroad track.
School No. g. from which the colored children
were forced away, is really large enough to ac-
commodate both the white and colOred children
of the neighbOrho0d, but the aristocratic and
exclusive Democrats will not have it so. How
ever, in making the compromise (the fact that
we are on the eve of a city election probably
expedited it, for, although the district is outside
the city, the influence might not be happy one
our local politics from Democratic stand
point, the coored chidnen are to be allowed to
miDgle with the white children at No. until the
new location is found for them, the proud eau
casians to Keep quiet there at least until after
next Tuesday.
These color disturbances only occur in Demo
cratic neighbOrhoods, and they are altogether
too common in the out-disrricrs of this township.
In this city, north of Wasr-- street, particu-
larry in the strongest RepIAancan wards, num-
bers of colored children attend the white schools
and nothing is thought of it. ColOred chi!69sn
attend the high-school and graduate there with
honors.
Judge EHll. in commenting on this exclusive
mesa, said: "Why, my boy goes to a school where
a number of colored children attend. haven't
noticed that my boy has been injured by the as
ISOLATION"
Judge Lamb said: 'I took a scholarship while
ago in the industrial school, that occupied the
high-sehool building this summer. l had no
boy OF my own to send, and sent quick witted
coloTed lad VINO worked at the bench there with
no nj hap hnua md M nh ion xus q raio nd
1t is only among the ignorant, where the DEM
ocrats are in the majority, and where their dis
likes are catered to by men they have put in
power, that these disturbances arise.
ONE OF NATURES NoBLEMEN.
'There's one man over on the Soutnsde -"
said Col. 1. N. Walker, yesterday, to the report
er; "but let me begin at the beginning of the
story. 1t was about two years ago. At that
time 1 was treasurer of Star Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, and also one of the trustees of the
lodge, John Egger and Arthur Jordan being the
Others DR.. Heiskell was chancellor commander
at the time. Word came to me one day that
Charles Grant had been killed out near the stock
yards. Grant a member of the lodge. He
had been an engineer, but having been out of a
job for long while had taken place as switch
man, and the first day of his service his boot
lheel had caught in frog, and being unable to
extricate it an engine had run over
him, killing him instantly. The trustees
being notified of the DEATH had the remains pre-
pared for burial The same day a gentleman
called to see me. He said he understood that
Star Lodge was going to bury Grant, and that he,
as secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, had called to say that body would
bear half the expense. The conversation cOntin-
ung, he told me that, Grant had been In bad
luck for year, and had ceased paying his dues,
and at the time of his death did not know he
was still member, supposing he had been
dropped for nOn-payment.
"'But Charley was.always an unlucky fellow
said my visitor and thinking something would
be sure to happen him. and knowing he had
nothing to leave his wife and children, Just
kept his dues paid up, and thank God did,
''What interest did you have i'll him? in
Quired. Was he a relative2
"'Oh, no. said my visitor, but he was hard
working fellow, and so awfnlly unlucky.'
81 was much surprised at this" said the Col