The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-29
TROUBLES OF DEMOCRACY.
The State Committee Discusses the In
favorable Aspects of the Campaign.
Political Phase of WallsS Suit Against Poll
tican Perkins for Fee-Democratic Dis
affection in Bartholomew County.

| They had great deal TO say about an off year
| and consequent diminution of interest. but. as
far as they had gone into the campaign. they
saw nothing to fret about When asked con-
| corning the restlessness in some quarters and
apathy in Others the ready committeeman re-
piled: you can't count on that You know
that, for we apply the Romish doctrine. once
Catholic always Catholic. With US it is once
Democrat always Democrat"
YES" suggested Chairman Henderson, 1.-The
| Republicans are making mistake in counting
on Democratic disaffecton. receive letters
| every day from mon who say they are not taking
| much interest in this campaign. It's sore
ness that does not amount TO much. They have
| been Democrats all their lives, and can't be any
| thing else. They are we'll qualified for Office,
but did not get any, so for time there is natur-
| ally feeling of disappointment 1t will
| wear away before the election If not, it will
| be counted in the stay-at-home vote. Very few
| of them will vote the Republican ticket We
| used to consider very largely the disaffected
| Republican vote We are not doing it now"
When the central committee met yesterday
| morning it was to begin full days service in at
tending to routine matters There great
deal of talk about the local tickets in the several
| counties and the bearing congressional Difficult
| ties had upon them. Each committeeman urged
| the need of having as many meetings as possible
In MS OlStrlcC, ana Cn0 chairman ana secretary
obllgingly overhauled the list of orators from
| which selections could be made. 1t was arranged
to have several meetings in each district at the
| lowest possible expense.
''You are going TO push things then, Mr.. Hen
| dersonY asked the reporter.
ooh, l don't know. This is an off year, You
| know, and it is hardly worth while
| The committeeman left for home on the early
evening trains. During the day they had such
| visitors as Judge Coffroth. of Lafayette; Judge
Non Of of
| Seymour: William Montgomery, of Owen county,
and William Fleming Of Fort Wayne
| TROUBLE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS
| Yesterday there came before Squire Walpole
| for trial, the issue of account for lawyers
! fees raised between Bernhamer g. Walls and
| Sam Perkins. The latter testified that he never
employed Mr.. Walls to conduct the Zapf case
| before the County Commissioners. and that
| Mr. Walls asked that he might manage it with
| out expectation of fee. But this the complain
ing attorney contrRdicted and stated that on the
morning the remonstrance was set for hearing
Perkins came to him and said: You go right on
| and push this case. Holt and l will raise the
money to pay you" II worked" says Walls,
| 1.-TWO days, made several arguments and a final
speech of some length. Afterwards, when pro-
| sented my bill, Perkins replied that he had An
he replied, I signed your petition to
have you restored to practice at the Boone coun-
| ty bar / will charge you $50 for that / ad-
! mitted that he signed the petition, but declined
to consider that as an Offset or that I owed him
| for such service. He refused 70 pay, and we
| brought suit"
Outside of court Mr. Walls said the affair had
| current political interest Indeed. the re-
| monstrance and hearing" he explained, were
only for political effect. But before we brought
suit County Attorney Spencer, Leon Bailey and
e. NJ johnson came to me urging settlement
of the difficulty without trial. we cannot af-
| ford they said, TO have four good Democrats
| like you and Bernhamer side. and Per-
kins and Holt on the other quarreling
/ over petty fee' I told them
that had no interest in the case beyond that Of
! a lawyer and that Perkins need not try to
wheedle me out Of the fee because he urged ME
| to sign the remonstrance and thus make me
party pleading case in my own behalf after he
had first signed the remonstrance and then with
| drew his name There is only one way to settle
it, the fee must be paid. 1t is reasonable only
| $20 while prominent lawyers have told me the
services were worth $50.
| "Day before yesterday John E. Sullivan, can
| dldate for county clerk came to see me. / was
| in Superior Courtroom No. l. He would not be
| satisfied to talk anywhere but in the waterroom
| connected with that court. He took me back
| there and asked How much will it
| take TO arrange this matter between you
| and Perkins2 We don't want Democrats like
you and Perkins at odds 1t will hurt
our canvass. l told him he could settle the &C.
| count by paying $25 Won't 500 satisfy you
and let SIS 90 10 paying the costs2' ne added I
would not consent to this arrangement and in
/ formed him that $25 was the sum, but II he
| thought / ought to do so, I would afterwards
| contribute So to the costs of the suit. We can
arrange it that way readily he said Il will do
| it to- morrow. / did not see Sullivan any more
until yesterday at the trial. He was among the
| first to appear with his special counsel Gas By
| field, to defend Perkins. Besides this, Sim Coy
came and took part in the defense In fact
the whole Democratic county executive commit
tee was there to help Perkins out"
! With many warm expressions about the men
| who had tried 10 beat him out of his fee Mr..
Walls concluded with: II do not propose to have
| the Democratic party destroy my business"
| NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The Republicans of the Ninth ward are requested to
meet in the Council chamber this evening at 730
| o'clock.
The Republicans of the Third precinct of the Second
ward will meet tonight at William Coburn's stable
on North Delaware street.
| There is talk of organizing permanent Republican
Club. preliminary meeting will be held some even
ing this week, the place and time to be announced be-
| fore Friday.
'Last nights keynote meeting was a whopper" re-
marked one Democrat to another, in front of the
| Bates House. yesterday,
Eyes" was the reply that was easy to account for
and we must not be misled by the big att ndance."
''How do you account for it?'
''We, the majority of Dem ocrats Won know do
not read and have to depend public speakers for
their information. The Republicans as a rule are
readers and depend upon the daily papers for their
| political news.
plump German from Bartholomew county. came
all the way to this city, yesterday to if he could
| get Secretary of State Myers to make political
speech at Hope, where he lived. Mr.. Myers was not
at his Office when the disturbed German arrived aud
he was much disappointed. I'VE must have Mr.
Myers, he said to reporter. I'VE all torn up
down in Bartholomew, and we know Mr.. Myers can
| heal the breach The Germans all getting Re-
publican ideas into their heads and home fellows
| can't get them back into harness" In regard to
| in ha
there is a great change before election day, ana
afraid he is going to lose many votes He has been
down there trying to fix up affairs but somehow the
| Democrats Of that county have become soured on
him. and his talks do not have much weight with them
am bound to get Colonel Myers down there because
| I know he straghten the boys out" And he was
still waiting for the Colonel when the reporter left
Amusement Matters.