Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1888-10-12
INDIANA DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT.
How the Delegations to see Harrison A,e
Worked Up.

An Indianapolis correspondent OF lie
New York Sun. whose letter shows that
he is thorough and impartial In his work.
gives the following points;
The Democrats are headquartered In
The old state house. Like the Republi-
cans. they are led by some able veterans.
Charles l.. Jewett, the chairman; Governor
Isaac r Gray. T. Marsh, the secretary,
and s p. Sheerin, the member of the M
tional committee, aSe II busy. They have
big quarters and twenty times the litera
turc that the Republi ans possess.
1T takes. too. said Chairman Jewett;
I'VE cannot give the people enough tariff
literature and speeches. Tho Republicans
shirk the subject, Here is one way they
answer our offer To lower the taxes ON the
people" (holding up card with British
flag printed ON H. and here Is one Of
their replies to our proposition TO relieve
the public of sn onerous burden" (oxhib
iting "A circular headed. Take me home
TO my poor old wife Allen q. Thurman y
The Democrats do their work diff.
ferently from the Republicans. la their
system each county IL managed by
county committee. which places it's own
speakers. spends the money IL calls for.
polls Its voters. and looks after Its doubt
full and useful individuals. II amounts
to the same thing as the Republican plan,
and the Democrats like II better. The
county leaders are subordinate TO the
state committee, which superyiscs all that
they do, and forces them TO get quite as
closely down TO the individual voter, by
constantly returning the poll lists with
inquiries about dubious voters, as the
other plan OF the Republicans does. This
is how the Democrats talk:
(..r l.t atfrsa
all we need TO say Is that we don't owe
anybody any money As to our organiza
ton, IL Is true that Il never was better
We have made poll ~ the state and we
like the outlook We start with this ad.
vantage, that Indiana is naturally Demo.
cratic. We have proved that many times.
When full vote is polled the state Is
ours. But we know that II Is not 10 be
had without work. and we mean to work
our hardest from this on. We have other
advantages. The Republicans are not
united. except upon the surface, A very
great minority were for Judge Gresham
for president. They are ang'e at the
Harrison men. and think themse.'cs mis-
treated at Chicago The Republicans
arr making soldier campaign from
top To bottom, but we will sur
prise them with our soldier support.
We have another advantage. lI0r
rison H. exceedingly unpopular with the
workingmen. Notwithstanding the de
malls that Harrison made the dollar a day
speech. the workingnen will insist that
they have witnesses to his having said
that thing and that, even II he didn't,
his attitude has always been one of sym
pathy with corporate Interests. The
workingmen are circulating an autograph
affidavit of Earrisous In which he de
maids for himself and associates $1,000
each for nearly II whole weeks work In
court defending the receivers of the rail
road whose men afterward struck against
II reduction of their pay from 81 IL g. 81
day. Later still the railroad paid him
S2l 900.
AS TO the tariff, said one Of the Dem
ocratic leaders. the presidents position
Is almost precisely what the Indiana Re.
publlcaus have been demanding for twelve
years in their platforms anu speeches.
The tariff discussion Is not new In lndi
ana; We have fought and won upon lrc
ciscly this Issue. Tho Democrats have
other advantages. The paper of largest
circulation in the state is The News Of
this city. and, while II supports Harrison,
il is for tariff reform, and IL Is even
doubted by Republicans whether It's sup
port of Harrison Is not injuTing rather
than helping him. Finally. as TO tho Pro.
hibitionists, there is no truth In the state
ment that the republicans are winning
them over or that they are drawing largely
from the Democrats. They bitterly op.
pose the republicans and draw very
largely from them
In one respect the people q the whole
country are deceived as to Indiana. The
pilgrimagcs 10 Gen linrrisons home are
not what they are represented TO be. The
railroads are working up these excursions
at low rates. and are daily bringing
crowds DESTROYS of seeing lndianas big
city aud the state fair now In progress
here. The pilgrims are not wholly Re
publcans either in fact or by avowal.
They are mainly sight seers. Their mum.
bers are habitually overstated. A band
that came while The Sun reporter has been
here was published as numbering 400
souls. As "A matter of fact, the railroad
sold only 100 tickets. The alleged 400
were called Republicans and reported TO
have called on Gen. Harrison. As mat.
ter Of fact. few of them did so, and
there was no proof that all of these few
were Republicans.