The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-07
DOUBLE-HEADED DEMOCRACY
The Regular Committee Endorses By
mum, and Sim Coy WithdraWs.
The Bailey Committee Holds Meeting and
Issues Instructions to the County Commit
tees--Meeting of the Hendricks Club.

A meeting OF the Democratic congresslonal
committee Of this district was held at the Grand
Hotel yesterday afternoon The entire COM
mittee was present. consisting Of Jackson Lam
ders. State central committeeman for this dis
trict James &. Parrish, of Shelby county: Sim
Coy, of Marion; Andrew Hazen. of Hancock,
and Charles A. Henderson, of Madison. Messrs
Landers, Parrish and Hazen are pronounced
Bynum men. Sim Coy is Bailey man, and
Mr.. Henderson rather favors Bynum, but would
like for both to withdraw. After the meeting
was called to order by Mr. LaEders aud before a
secretary could be elected, Mr.. Coy arose and
made an address, protesting against any action
by the committee for several reasons, to-wit
That it was made up of the chairmen of the sew
eral county committees and the State CEN
trail committeeman, selected two years
ago, ard without reference to party pol
icy at present; that it could not
be organized until a new chairman should be
chosen by the State convention, and that a reso-
luton might be presented which would bring
about worse condition of affairs than that now
existing. Mr.. Coy added that he was opposed
to any proposition that would tend to distract
and disunite, and that though his county COM
mittee by a vote of 60 to %, had asked the with
drawal of both candidates, he did not think
that was matter to be considered by the
congressional committee. When the reading
of the series of resolutions ndorsng Mr.. Bynum
was begun, Mr.. Coy left the room. Some anti
Bynum men who were at the hotel, including
DR. G. Il. Diyen, tried to get Mr.. Henderson to
come out also, but he refused. The following
resolutions were then adopted, without dissent:
Whereas The constitutional committee of this dis
trict called the congressional convention to meet In
the Criminal Court Indianapolis, at o'clock
p. NJ, on the 9th day of May, 1886; and
Whereas The delegates to said convention met at
All fiToaa Yla and WAC dIIv
ganized by the election of Hon. l.. j. Hackney as
chairman; and
Whereas, Said convention after being so organized,
nominated Hon. William D. Bynurn, of Marion
county. as the Democratic nominee for Congress in
this district; and, .
Whereas 1t has been attempted to discredit said
nomination. and thereby bring discord and disorgani
cation into the Democratic rarty,
It is therefore declared by this committee that Hon.
William D. Bynum was and is the nominee OF said
convention, and is the only candidate Of the Demo
cratic party for Congress in this disrict and dep
recate any and all attempts to thwart the action of the
convention and bring its proceedings into dsfavor as
dangerous the perpetuty of the party and earnest
ly call upon all Democrats to support the nominee
thereof
counties of Madison, Hancock and Shelby severaly,
and of nine in the county of Marion be appointed by
the chairman of the committee, whose duty it shall be
to manage the congressional campaign IN their re :
JACKSON LANDERs, Chairman.
a. HAGEN,
Chairman Hancock Co. Dem. G. @.
JAMES o. PARISH
Chairman Shelby Co. Dem. G. G.
CHARLES A. HENDERSON,
Chairman Madison Co. Dem. G. G.
The committee then adjourned. The resolu-
tons are said to have been prepared beforehand
by Albert Beck. Mr.. Henderson was taken to
task by the Bailey men for putting his name to
the resolutions. they claiming that he had agreed
not to sign them.
In the evening, John P Frenzel and DR.. c. E.
Diven, members of the committee appointed at
the convention which nominated Bailey, met at
English's Hotel. The following resolution was
adopted, the votes of Messrs. Sutton, of Shelby.
and Swope of Hancock, the other members of
the committee, being cast by their conset. by
proxies:
'sThe regular congressional committee of tee Dem
ocratc party, in the seventh district of Indiana,
pointed by the late congressional convention hereby
protests against the usurpaton OF the powers of said
committee by one Jackson Landers and his associ
ates, in the interests of one VIM. d. Bynum disor
ganizing candidate for Congress in this district and
hereby request all good Democrats to ignore the
action of the said Jackson Landers and his bogus
mittee. and instruct the county committees of the
several counties not to place the of the
said VIM. D. Bynum upon the Democratic ticket,
be is not the nominee of the party, and is greatly
dangering its by his selfish refusal to withdraw
from the race in the interest of harmony. The
eral county committees hereby further instructed
to place the name of Leon o. Bailey the several
Democratic tickets he being the regular Democratic
nominee for Congress in this district, and to ignore
any instructions to the contrary.
The committee then adjourned.
At meeting of the Hendricks Club, last
night, Albert Beck moved to reconsider the &C
ton of the club in asking Bynums withdrawal.
He was ruled out of order on the ground that he
was not present when the resolution was
adopted, but. by courtesy, the motion was put
by another member. and voted down, only Ave
voting for it.