The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-01

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the trustee looked out of an upstairs window,
that he would like to talk about the Democratic
| candidate for clerk, but Mr.. YaEdes emphat-
lcally declined the invitation. and closed the
| window, He never said word for against
| Sullivan, to any reporter. There is slight ex
ceptlon to this, perhaps, in his saying, not long
| ago, that he would not vote for Sulli-
van. and that he believed him to be
slick citizen If Mr; Sullivan has
| been so badly abused about this
| Ritzenger matter. why has he failed to come out
| boldly with statement of how he settled dol
| lar for dollarl He has virtually admitted the
| Journals charges, without exception, from the
| first publication of the Taylor Coons bribery to
| the statement that he drew from the Ritzinger
| bank the Wednesday before its failure $4,000,
/ and that at time when he owed it Sc, 600 in
notes and $4,S63 as an overdraft Sullivan
| hopes to overcome defeat by buying votes with
out interference, and that with money bor-
| rowed from the county treasury.
Minor Matters.
That Isaiah, alias Isaac King, the
Democratic candidate for sheriff, is not
a consistent friend of workingmen
| has been shown SO often that the
cry of ''chesnut" might be raised There is,
however one illustration of Kings failure to
| have his performance keep step with his profes-
sion of regard that ought to be known to the pub
| lie. 1t was given to a reporter while Attending
| the adjourned meeting of the Central Labor
| Union yesterday afternoon, on the sidewalk be-
| low the hall. Seven or eight years ago Jackson
| II. Wright, one of the most skillful blacksmiths
| in this city, made some iron-work for bumper
at the end of a side-track that in
] front of Voss's Touring mill. The bumper
| had been strained or broken, and there was
| a large amount of work needed to give the tim
| Der the necessary bracing John Wiley, another
| blacksmith, assisted in the work. There was
| some misunderstanding about the pay, and Mr..
| in
Isaiah, alias Isaac, alias Ike King, called in
| to say what his brother blacksmith should re-
ceive for the work. He said he thought there
| wasn't more than an hour and half of work,
while, as Mr.. Wright and others testified it took
/ three hours and half of hard work to do the
| job What is to be thought of who will
thus attempt to break down mis- fellow work
| men?
| do you know" said taxpaying citizen to
Journal reporter, yesterday, ''that the triumph
of Sim Coy and his gang in this election would
be the worst calamity that could befall Indian
apolisl Sim Coy is not doing political work for
| nothing He is looking ahead, and if he sue
| ceeds in this contest You may depend upon it
that no will be the Democratic nominee for
| Mayor next fall. He has already in
| tlmated as much to his friends,
| and II the people of Indianapolis
| come out to the polls tomorrow and indorse
1
| do that-they are putting him at the head
| OF the city government / consider this
! very important matter, and one that should
interest every voter in the city who loves law
| and order Imagine what city should have,
should Sim Coy occupy the Mayors bench. 1t
| would be the refuge of thieves, robbers and
! cutthroats, and there would De enforcement
/ of law whatever. If the people want to
such day come, they have only to boost Boss
| Coy to the position to which he is aspiring
'The effort of the Democrats to get'control of
| the colored vote has not PANIED
out we'll, SAID colored Republican to a Jour
nal reporter yesterday afternoon. You can de-
pend on it that the colored people are going to
vote with the party that has always befriended
| them The Democrats have been making great
effort to convince us that our interest lies In vot
| ing with them, but we can't see it. There are
lew colored Democrats In the city, and they nave
| been sending them out among us, with great
| stories about what they are going to do for u.s.
but we are not as ignorant rs they take US to be
| and do not propose to be duped. The Republic
an party has raised US from slavery to equal
| station with all other human beings, and claim
| that any colored man who will turn his back
upon the party who did this for him has small
sense OF gratitude"
instead of being an opprossor OF the poor and
aged Colonel Merrill gave Mr. Hollingsworth and
|
| home az long as they wanted to live there. They
| occupied it without rent charge over six years.
| If Mr.. Holingsworth and his wife were living
| they would resent the outrageous charge
| that Colonel Merrill is an oppressor of the poor
/ In electing an auditor the tax payers should
member that the affairs of the Office relate d.
| rectly to them. He is an officer who has large
influence in shaping the basis of taxable values
and for this place no man is better qualified
than Colonel Merrill who fully understands the
| laws of taxation. His views will be conse rva-
tive and his influence always in favor of the
| tax payer.
There could be very few Democrats found yes
terday who had any hope that their entire coun-
ty ticket would be elected, but they all felt con-
fdent that Taggart and Sullivan would pull
through. The facts are, the fight for all the
| ticket except Sullivan and Taggart has been
abandoned, and the word has gone down the line
| to elect these two men at all hazards. The re-
mainder of the ticket is to be traded indiscrim
inately for them. and it ls hoped in this manner
to perhaps pull them through.
! 1t is expected that Bruce Carr, the Republican
candidate for Auditor of State. will gain large
Democratic vote from among members of the
! Travellers Protective Association, to which he
has long belonged and from commercial travel
| ers, among whom he is intimately known. He
|
and probably no man in the State has wider
personal acquaintance or is more popular.
| John e. Sullivan. in his desperation for votes,
has invaded the county Jail. Saturday he bailed
out Lew johnson, under indictment for perjury,
he having. in a recent case in the Criminal
| Court sworn that he was worth $500 when ne
| was not worth dollar in the world. He is very
unpopular among the colored people, with whom
Sullivan expects him to do good work in his be-
| half
The Republican county ticket was a strong
one the day it was nominated, but it is stronger
now than at any time. Within the last two
weeks it has gained wonderfully in popularity
| There is not an Questionable man ON the whole