The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
LOCAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Campaign Small Talk Gathered About the
Headquarters of the Parties.

speak at Castleton on Wednesday evening
The Second wardclub will meet tonight to
complete organization and adopt uniform.
Hon. Stanton J. Peelle will address the citi-
zens of New Augusta and vicinity tonight
Hon. George w. Grubbs, candidate for Con-
gress in the Fifth district, was in the city yes
terday
1t is understood that Mr. Wilson and Mr..
Sweeney will make an active canvass of the city
and county.
A Republican rally will be held at Brightwood
on next Friday evening. Frank McCray and
others will speak.
/ The Morton Club will meet at room II, Bates
Block, this evening, and the members are ex-
pected to appear in the regulation hat
Company A., P. K. G. Ross Cavalry, meets at
80 Plum street this evening for drill and arr
range for Saturday nights procession.
Hon. John B. Elan and Joseph r, Perry will
| speak at Lists schoolhouse on the Bluff road
| in Perry township, on Thursday evening of next
week
On some evening next week, not yet de-
| termined upon, a ratification meeting will be
held in Che Fourteenth ward at Richard Wellss
| Wigwam.
The P. K C.'s, of Haughville 125 men, and
the company from West indianapolis, will be
present at Mr.. Peele's meeting at haywood, on
Saturday evening
L
city will have grand rally at the corner of Dill
| lon street and Fletcher avenue, on next Friday
| evening at 7:30 on which occasion they will be
addressed by Hon. Stanton j. Peelle.
Colonel John S. Wise, the celebrated Read
iuster, of Virginia, will arrive in Indianapolison
next Saturday, and will make his first speech m
the State in this city, at the Republican meet
ing which will be held here on Saturday night.
The members of the Seventeenth ward Cleve-
land and Hendricks club indignantly deny that
they belonged to the crowd of bummers which
broke into Peter Lieber's brewery Saturday
| night after the Democratic demonstration, and
they say that it was the Sixteenth ward club
The Eighteenth ward Republicans will have a
meeting to night, at Mozart Hall, at 7:30, and
| will be addressed by Hon. Thad s. Rollins. The
| Central Blaine and Logan Glee Club, Prof. Ern-
estinoff, leader, and the colored jubilee singers
/ will be present.
| Blaine and Logan club was organized in the
| Thirteenth ward last night and officers were Sc
/ lected. James Stevens was elected captain Al Van
| Camp, first lieutenant; Hugh Steward, second
| lieutenant; George Mason, orderly sergeant.
/ Fifty names were enrolled
/ The journal was serenaded last night blythe
drum corps Of the first battalion of the Plumed
/ knights of Columbia, of which viii Davis is the
| drum-major. There are fifteen drummers in the
| corps, and in vigorous, concerted action, they
4 can make noise enough to fire the heart of a
whole brigade.
/
cinct of the Thirteenth ward organized Blaine
and hogan club last night with eighty seven
members. Officers were elected as follows: Al
Porter, captain; Henry Williams, first lieuten
ant; w. M. Morrison, second leutenanS Charles
Martin, orderly sergeant
] A letter received from Hon. W. B. Chapman,
who fell sick in Ohio, while en- route to Indiana
i to fill his appointments to speak, states that he
i will probably be able to come here next month.
He says that Che Republicans in Ohio are united
] and enthusiastic, and he believes that they will
carry Ohio by large majority in October
An enthusiastic meeting, with good attendance,
/ was held at ST Clair Hall, Fourth ward last
i night Addresses were made by John Wilson,
/ candidate for Representative, and W. Allison
4 Sweeney. A meeting will be held tonight
Tuesday at the Second Baptist Church, which
4 will be addressed by the same speakers and
i others.
The reports which have been received at the
i Republican headquarters from the local meetings
/ which were held in different parts of the State
on last Saturday show an suspicious beginning
of the campaign Tie meetings generally were
| largely attended and the reports indicate that
| the Republicans are everywhere enthusiastic.
| The State committee is we'll satisfied with the
/ prospects for vigorous campaign, and feel as
sured of 4 victory.
/ VIM H. Morrison, who has been travelling
/ through the State, says that the Republicans in
the country are wonderfully enthusiastic, and
| they are working even more earnestly than in
this city. "Eyerywhere that have gone, Mr..
/ Morrison says, ''the names have been given me
of numbers of persons who have heretofore been
1 Democrats who will vote the Republican ticket
this year, and it looks like there will be bigger
| gain than there was in 1880
1t has leaked out that George W. Julian and
| his henchmen had fixed up a desp-E i'd scheme
i to nominate him for Congress- at the convention
on Saturday, although Mr.. H. N. Span, who
proposed his name, was not party to ~. 1t is
| said that Mr.. Julian was IN his brothers Office,
| in the Thorpe Block, with speech already pre-
pared, in case he should be successful, and, in
| anticipation of the probable question whether
| or not he would accept, Mr.. I. Z. johnson was
instructed to be in the convention, and assure
| the delegates that Julian would accept Every
4 thing worked smoothly until 1t came time for
| johnson to make this announcements, and then,
| as bad luck would have it, he could not be
| found, as he had just stepped out, and before he
| could return Bynum was nominated. Bellamy
| Sutton and Scott Ray had promised Julian the
| support of Shelby county, but could not deliver
| the goods.
THE oALKINs AND GRAY JOINT DEBATE.
Mr. Calkins's challenge for joint discussion
of the political issues Of che campaign has been
accepted by Col. Gray, but the arrangements
have not been fully agreed upon. It was the
4 desire Of Mr.. Calkins that there should be one
debate in each congressional district. but there
i was some objection to this by Mr.. Gray, and In
| the correspondence which has passed only four
debates have been agreed upon. These will be
! held at Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Greensburg and
| Terre Haute. The dates have not yet been
/ fixed. but it is expected that they Will be in a
/ few days
| Marriage Of MIR. WiTliam r. Brown.
The Fulton IN. Y y Patriot contains the follow
/ ing account of the marriage Of Prosecutor vii
| liam Z. Brown, of this city