The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-05

SON. Republican employees in the service are
now being dropped At the rate Of two or three
per day.
The First Voters Club viii meet at the court
house tonight at z o'clock TO get the rest OF
their uniforms and for drill. Every member 10
expected to be present.
Republicans of the Fifth ward are requested
to meet at the corner of Pratt and Mississippi
streets, Saturday evening, at 7:3O sharp, to turn
out in the parade Uniforms will be furnished.
Among yesterdays visitors were two members
OF General Harrison's former One
OF them a former member OF the Seventeenth
Indiana Infantry. Both of them had . warm
welcome.
Among the testimonials Of regard left at the
Harrison rVidence yesterday was q magnificent
basket OF flowers, the Pift or the ladies who
came with the G.and Rapids delegation, to Mrs.
Harrison.
The other day candidate Bynum Was engaged
In conversation with q friend on q street-corner
when a lot OF rag pickers passed by. Pointing
to them Bynum exclaimed: "fes. I'd vote every
On one of them"
E. Crofton Fox, one of the Grand Rapids deleea-
ton, said: There isn't q particle of ground for
Democrats claiming that they may carry our
State. We have got them on the run. and are
making gains every day.
Thomas A. Parish, of Grand Haven, says that
the Republicans are going TO redeem the Fifth
Michigan district this fall as sure IS the sun
rose on the 9th of November. That district il
now represented by Ford, the free-trader.
The Grand Rapids baad, which accompanied
the Michigan people. is a very fine one, and en-
tertalned a large crowd for some time during
the afternoon by q number Of selections which
it gave from the balcony Of the New Denison
House.
Among the nifin visitors yesterday were
Messrs. A. c. Baldwin, Albert Cathell, J. b.
Rossnburger. Captain Mccormick, Ed Naylor
and Cant E6 Innar Mr4 Ian !" III GfheOn
of Mount Vernon. also came over with the dele
CATION.
The Jay county Republicans believe in in
structing their children in the principles of Re
publIcanism early. There were more young
sters 10 the delegation from that county yester-
day than have appeared In any recent collection
OF visitors.
There viii be q meeting Of the Republican
Commercial Travellers Club at the pariors of
the Grand Hotel tomorrow, at 4 o'clock p. NJ.
Every Republican commercial traveller is re-
quested to attend and enroll his name az y
member Of the club.
Several men who heard it, and are ready to
meet Bynum IL he questions the correctness Of
the statement, say that At a recent Democratic
meeting At BriRhtwood Bynum made use of the
following language: Gentlemen, do you know
what makes a Prohibitionistf 1 viii tell you:
. half-drunken Republican
The News stated last evening that j. B.. New
man, the railway mailclerk who WAS recently
relieved from duty, 10 . Democrat and that for
two years ho has been a member of the Hen
bricks Club. Mr.. Newman said last night that
WAS the worst ever said about him. He has
always been a Republican and is one now.
That fact alone caused his discharge from the
postal service.
The Michigan delegation yesterday repre-
sentsd a large part Of the business and manu-
featuring interests OF that section. The follow
ing were included in the party: VIM. A. Gavett.
A. Il. Yerex, Judge I. j. Russell, II. J. FelkeT.
A b. Turner. Don j. Leathers, r. C. Luce.
Judge c. L. Perkins, Daniel Mccoy, VIM.
Aldrich Tatsum. George Pantlind, Ccl. E. S.
Pierce, d.. g.. Crotty, II. j. Stevens, Louis
Kanitz andNN. McGrast
Judge Russell, of che Oceana county, Michi-
gan. Circuit Court. and also the owner of q large
farm. said, yesterday: Il have l,5O0 sheep,
and every one OF them will make q vote for Har-
rison. Why. the sheep alone would carry
Michigan. My county was the strongest Prohi-
bition county in the State at the outset of the
campaign, but now nearly all of them have come
back. In our Republican club. of which / am
the president, We have just thirty members who
voted for Cleveland four years ago. Everything
Is going our way
John j. Csppon. secretary of the Harrison
and Morton Club at Holland, Mich. yesterday ex-
pressed the belief that ten Thousand Republican
majority was the lowest estimate that could be
reasonably assigned for Michigan on the ma
tional ticket. and that fifteen thousand majority
would be a very moderate estimate. "EsrE In
TIE campaign, salo ne, Il confess tnat We mad
some apprehension Of the prohibition vote, but
various causes have tended to reduce the num-
Der Of Prohibition voters the present year, and
the great majority Of them will be found back
in our ranks
George Turner, chairman OF the Ottawa
county, Michigan, Republican committee. was
among yesterdays visitors. There is not the
shadow Of q doubt of Harrison carrying our
State said he. I'VE have no apologies TO
make this year and no sores to heal TIE fusion
ticket will prove entirely unsuccessful The
best evidence Of that is the fact that q number
of Green hackers are coming over to us. 1t is
the tariff question which brings them The
same 10 true with the Prohibiten ists, who re-
gard tho tariff question OF too much Importance
to be trified with, in view of the fact that there
IL no possible chance OF their carrying their own
election"