The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-08

care of themselves The possession OF the
clerks Office is the center Of the battle. 1t is
| worth more for Democratic methods of the Sim
Coy character than all the other offices combined
| OF course they would like to have the
sherifTs Office, but the party work
| ers are making no vigorous efforts
| for Ike King. In several of the strong Demo
| cratic wards Golfer already has the best of it.,
Notwithstanding the pledge King gave Coy that
| If elected, he would have nobody but Democrats
| about him. cit was because / consulted my
| own interests and the interest OF the public In
keeping Jim Hamilton, Republican, as my
cashier, that the Coy gang opposed and defeated
| me in the convention said Sheriff Carter.
| Hamilton is capable business man. He
| has held his position seventeen years,
| and knows all the details OF the Office.
| The Democrats Of Coy's pattern thought that
| would be fool enough to discharge Hamilton,
and appoint any blatherskite they wanted
| Democrat or no Democrat, / am not going TO
| have any man about me unless he is honest and
| capable for the place. / would have been IN a
| great fix, had at the outset turned some Demo
cratic chump loose in the Office to mudde my ac-
counts and conduct the business to suit the par
| ty for party purposes l am a Democrat but
not fool" King has given his promise to do
| what Carter would not do And" continued
| the sheriff, "if King is elected the courthouse
will have to be enlarged This building wont
| hold him.
| Said Democrat last night "Bynum is a bur
| den 10 the party. If he Is elected l know OF
hundreds who will never vote the Democratic
ticket again He sets himself no above the par
| ty. The party has to come to him. He is good
enough in his way, but it does not suit Demo
Gratis to come to him. He aud his friends do not
| care for the county ticket or the candidates for
the Legislature. He is going to try to save him
| self at their expense, and you will find on cleo
ton day more scratching from this cause alone
than you ever saw. On that account the people
in my ward are taking no interest in the cleo
| tion."
A very largely attended Republican meeting
| was held, last evening, at Southport. Captain
| Carson, the Republican candidate for the Legis-
lature, who resides at Southport. presided. and
| introduced the speakers, John L. Griffith and
| W. H. Ripley. of this city. Mr.. Griffith dis
cussed with much force the leading issues of the
canvass. and his remarks were received with
much enthusiasm Mr. Ripley presented in an
| interesting way the infamies of the eerryman-
der, and was followed by Colonel Merrill and
| Thad s. Rollins, who spoke briefly.
"See here" said Sim Coy, to city court law
| yer, pointing to a big diamond decorating the
necktie that nestled under his fat chin, isn't
| that dandy2"
Who gave it to your
THAT was given me by Vanslack one Of those
| two confidence men, Of course that wasn't his
name. They came here hard up and were care
| less, or they wouldn't have been caught They
are slick fellows, you bet We (the Democratic
maragers) had EN- here in 1876"
| n. I. Throckmorton chairman of the Tippe-
| canoe county Republican centra. committee, was
| in the city yesterday. Referring to the condi-
ton of political affairs in the Battle ground coun-
| ty. he said "The Republicans of Tippecanoe
are better organized and more enthusiastic at
this stage of the canvass than they have been
before in years There is no doubt about the
| loyalty Of Tippecanoe county Republican 1t
was one of the largest contributors Of boys in
| blue to the late war for the Union, and the peo-
pie are not forgetul of the sacrifices of blood and
life on account of a wicked rebellion. Our Re-
| publieans are Republicans of the old school, and
believe 10 calling things by their right names
| The soldier vote in our county etil mum
bers from twelve to fifteen hundred. For q
number of years past the memories of the war
| have not been an important factor in shaping
their course on election day At least Is peg
cent of this number have heretofore been Dem
ocratic or independent This year. however, this
| condition of fairs is notably changed. Our
people are not ready to believe that the advent
of the Democratic administration and the re-
| vival OF Jefferson Davis and the lost cause is
| simply a coincidence It is significant that dur.
ing the twenty years of Republican reign the
| survivors of the Confederacy never showed half
| the boldness or aggressiveness they have shown
| under the brief administration of President
| Nlefelhnu. II MS mas resulted III lnIluenclnS
nearly all the old soldiers to return
to the ranks OF the Republican party. On the
| general ticket We will give an old-time Repub-
| lican maj ority and will elect every man the
ticket, including our candidate for joint Repre-
| sentative with Clinton county. The scheme of
the Democrats is to effect trades, by which
means they vainly hope TO elect their pet candi-
dates for sheriff and auditor, at the sacrifice of
| all the rest of the gentlemen on their ticket.
Our policy is to draw the party lines closely and
get out a full Republican vote This is all that
is necessary to elect our entire ticket by a ma
| jority so large that there will be no dispute
about it, The Democrats are making begging
campaign, while we are asking the suffrages of
| the people on the merits of the candidates we
| have presented for their consideration and sup
| port You will hear no murmurs of disappoint-
| ment from Republicans when Tippecanoe county
| renders an account of her stewardship OH the
morning of the Sd of next November"
The Sentinel said yesterday that Sid Conger,
the Republican candidate for joint representive
| for Marion, Hancock and Shelby counties, was
| not representative of the laboring classes, and
that he was nothing but professional Office
seeker. The truth is, that Mr. Con
| ger was reared farm, and com,
menced life as day laborer.
| By hard work and economy he became the owner
of the farm on which he lives He is farmer
| and stock-raiser and is not afraid of hard work.
! His opponent, James j. Walsh, is police court
| lawyer of this city, and has record which will
be fully ventilated in due season.
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