The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-28
THE TOWNSHIP CONVENTION
Joseph R. Forbes Nominated Yesterday
by the Republicans for Trustee.
Thomas F. Quill Chosen on the Third Ballot
as the Candidate for Assessor-The
Nominees for Constable.


The Republican township convention. which
was held in Masonic Hall yesterday morning,
was slow in getting to work, owing to some
trouble in getting the delegates seated, and after
order was called, there was a tedious delay in
proceeding to business, caused by a con-
test for recognition between the dele
gates from several precincts. Gen. James
r. Carnahan, the chairman of the
county committee called the convention to order.
aud on the motion Of Peter F. Bryce, of the
Seventeenth ward, Hon. Stanton j. Peelle was
chosen chairman.
After thanking the convention for it's mani
festation of confidence in him, Mr.. Peelle spoke
briefly about the Office of township trustee, stat
ing that the trust was one Of much importance,
owing to the large amount OF the peo-
pies money handled by the trustee,
and that, therefore. care should be
exercised in filling the Office. He compared the
with that of his predecessor, Captain Harvey,
showing that the tax levy for the last two years
would yield revenue of nearly $400 00O while
during the same period in Harvey's administra-
ton the levy yielded little more than 5000, 600.
The election of trustee. he said, is simply
matter Of dollars and cents to
the people. He suggested, for the benefit
OF the legislative candidates to be nominated
during the coming summer that the laws in re-
lation to the Office should be changed so as to re-
qure trustees to report their indebtedness to the
County Commissioners, and prohibit their con-
tracing any indebtedness for school supplies
without the permission of the Commissioners
The name of John W. Ray was proposed for
secretary of the convention but he declined to
serve in that capacity for the reason that he had
been chosen chairman of the delegation from his
ward, and preferred to remain on the floor. w.
0. Patterson, Joseph Morris, w. G. David and
Harry Tucker were elected secretaries by
reclamation.
F. W. Hamilton, DR.. jeffrey R. o. Hawkins,
A. F. Denny and John W. Ray were appointeda
committee on credentials, and, with the repre-
sentatives of the several contesting delegations,
they retired from the hall. They were out over
an hour and half and not until the patience of
the convention had been about exhausted was
any report received from them.
During their absence a brief speech was de-
lIvered by Hon. w. Fl. Calkins, who said that
two years ago he had heard great deal about
turning the rascals out and the distribution of
the surplus in the Treasury. He was in favor
OF turning the rascals out, and wanted to pre-
vent the distribution of the money in the Treas
ury as it is now being distributed. After turn
ing the rascals out the Democrats had spent
weeks in going over the accounts and
weighing the gold and silver, resulting
in the discovery that the rascals had
had rolled under the desk and was sfterward
found. The Democrats have made brt two pay
ments on the public debt, and are boarding the
money in the Treasury. The present stagnaton
of business is due to the uncertainty in relation
to the policy of the administration. The Demo
cratic party is made up of the odds and ends of
creation. and has no settled policy-nothing but
an organized appetite for Office.
In response to calls from the convention, Hon.
Charles L. Holstein introduced, the .chair-
man remarkng that he was the best district at
torney the State had ever hac, and was turned
on. Of Office before the expiration Of his term,
without cause. Mr.. Ho!stein said:
IA political speech should be dedicated to one
OF two objects that is, either to convince men of
opposite opinions of the error of their ways or
to enthuse and incite to energy the members
of ones own party. You are all Republicans
here to-day, and Republicans of such sort that
you do not need any appeal to incite You to good
works for the faith we follow. The Republican
years. Some thought we had been In power too
long, and voted for q change simply for the
sake Of change. They have already re-
allied their mistake The Democratic party has
been in power now about ten months. Every
right thinking, fair minded man in the country
to day thinks it has been in power just ten
months too long. In those ten months there
have been more exposures sof the wrong-dongs
Of Democratic officials than ever occurred in
the whole history of the government be-
fore. The air is full of Democratic
scandals. These exposures involve Democratic
officials of every degree Many appointments
have been made which are an outrage upon COM
mon decency Convicts, ex-convicts and pros
pective convicts have been appointed to office.
In more than one instance men still in prison
have been SO appointed. I challenge your
memories to say whether, under Re-
publican rule any such person was ever
appointed to Office Not one. Turn the rascals
out was the Democratic campaign cry. Have
ont No, not one. The rascals have been all
turned in. You remember the unlucky for
eigner, who, travelling on one of our railroads,
was called to by the conductor to look
out He understood it literally. and so
looked out to his injury The conductors ex-
PLANTATION to him. that he meant for him to be
careful-to keep in-wasn't satisfactory. have
sometimes thought that the Democrats had con-
fused phrases little. and in crying turn the
rascals OUT meant to turn them in, just as
they have done. No single Republican has vet
been turned out or removed for any cause
which the Cleveland administration has dared to
make public The hypocrisy of the administra-
tion inits pretended removals for cause has been
thoroughly exposed. The Senateis on the hunt
for these alleged causes. The President and his
Cabinet don't now seem able to find them. Their
refusal to produce them, upon the request of the
Senate. reminds me of bear hunt The
eager hunters started out for bear They at
last. after much trouble got on the trail They
pursued the bear hour after hour. The track got
fresher and fresher. AS soon as they saw by the
tracks they were close to the bear, their courage
oozed out and they incontinently turned back
and went home The neighbors inquired of them
about the bear hunt. and asked them
if they had lost the trail No. they
said, the tracks were fresh enough
Well, why didn't you follow onp said
the neighborsq why. that's what was the mat
ter said the prudent hunters; the tracks were
too id fresh And that's what's the matter
with the Cleveland administration, and that's
why the President and his Cabinet refuse to
produce the pretended charges. The tracks are