The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-10
The Committee of One Hundred Begins
Its Work in BusinesS-Like Way.
Liberal Contributions of Money to Aid in Prose
cutting the Villains Democratic Safety
Committee Holds Secret Session.
HOPING FOR A LooP-HoLE.

HOPING FOR A LOOP-HOLE.
PreposterOus Subterfuces Resorted to by the
Coy Gang to Escape Danger.
Until the United States grand jury gets fairly
into the election frauds the situation will prob.
Ebly remain quiet unless additional evidence
forces itself out of secrecy to cause comment
Democrats are trying to encourage themselves
with the hope that loop hole Of escape will be
offered them, but the altered tally sheets bear
ing on their face such indisputable proof OF
crime, has driven them TO such preposterous
subterfuges that they can be accepted almost as
confessions of guilt The Sentinel yesterday
assumed that Judge Robinson had gone to Sim
Coy with oyertures of compromise, giving tree
dom to the criminals if Ayres and Morrison
would renounce all claim to the Offices for which
they stood. It was asserted that County Clerk
McLaiE took the responsibility of sending this
messenger, but that gentleman brands the whole
statement as a lie as far as he is concerned, and
Judge Robinson who, by the way, is a Democrat
comes to the front with letter stating that he
had not been in the city since the 9th of last
month and knew nothing of the election mat
hers except through hearsay. A man by the
aAme of Robinson did 60, on his own motion to
Coy but he bad no authority to speak for either
Of tho contesting candidates. their friends the
committee of one hundred.
Akin to this is the persistency with which the
heelers and ward strikers of the Coy persuasion
9ay the alterations were made by Republicans.
1t is significant feature of this whole affair that
Democrats who ought to know better are indors-
Ing this statement by repeating it defense of
the rascas who did it and who not only belo1g
TO their party but were very close to the party s
management during the last campaign So fear
ful are these partisans of saying anything that
would likely be used as evidence that thny find
the frauds even in ordinary street gossip, dan
eerous topic. They shun them as they would
red iron, and even when compelled to bear a
share of talk about them invariably fall back on
the assumption that election rascaities are COM
mon to both parties
1t is sure to confuse these ardent defenders of
Coyism to ask them to bring forward proof that
Republicans are the malefaetors What w H.
II. Miller said yesterday ia this way, almost de-
0rived the Democrats of their wits. st will make
no difference in the prosecutions, he remarked,
eff Republicans or Democrats committed these
crimes Party sympathy will not stand in the
way OF their punishment and If Democrats
have evidence that the guilty persons are Repub
hcans, it is their duty to present it to the grand
fury But everybody knows that the alleged
Democratic local victory rests upon frauds that
owe their conception and commission to Demo
Rrats in earsympathy, with the reckless expend
zture of money and illegal voting week ago
yesterday.
rs &c %nfx No;~ fro; -
''we won by a glorious organization included
In which is n tactt admission that the tally
sheet crimes belong to the highly praised system
of Coy's management. The gang is surrounded
by such strong net of facts that they cannot
break through it, particularly when it is accept
ed that the robbery of tallies occurred during
the afternoon and evening Of Thursday last
Had the Democrats been as certain
of Ayress election IS they were of Sullivans
and Taggart's, it ia probable these srobberies
would nothave occurred. At the last hour they
had two objects in view, to count in Ayres and
Hugo. The Morrison feature was only incl
dental in thatsit became necessary to steal from
Wagner TO help Hugo along Ayres had already
been counted in when the stealing of Wagner's
tallies was done, and it was the suppositon that
only few more votes were required to count
outsGrifiths They were disturbed about this
gentlemAns vote, and when the city returns
were passed they thought they had Hugo on a
majority of figures. since the leitimat, error of
133 votes caused by duplication Of the second
precinct of the Twenty-third ward returns for
the second precinct of the Twenty fifth reduced
Grifiths that much. 1t was miscaculaton of
the thieves, or crime would have been piled on
crime until Hugo was counted in with Ayres,
whom the LIQUOR interests demanded.
The transfer ofgthe ballots, tally sheets, GER
ti6cates and .,poll-books to the custody of the
Inited States authorities is the one act the per-
petrators are frightened over. They would give
the best they have to see them once more in the
county clerks Office YESTERDAY they we're
scheming to bring around re-transfer of these
valuable and damning proofs to the county
clerk. Dr. Morrison went to DR.. Wagner with
proposition to abide by the result Of an imme
date recount DIR. Wagner would not listen to
It, and then the Democrats began to circulate
the refusal for all it was worth. Had there been
such recornt the papers, as evidence for a
criminal prosecution, would rot have been of
much value. 1t was a trick that did not find
fools to accept it or give it credence
Harrison Miller & Elan will this morning
file the papers in contest for Mr.. Irwin and Ferd
Winter will do the same with the papers he has
prepared for DR.. Wagner. These suits will
possibly not involve recount of the votes ms
1t is deemed the evidence OF the changed tally.
sheets and other facts are sufficient to win the
ease