The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-03
Bynum in an Apologize Mood.

ders upon Indianapolis workingmen in his At.
lanta speech have disguised many OF those who
were heretofore numbered among his friends,
and the cool reception he received must have
affected him. An effort had been made by his
admirers to tender HIM a big reesp-
ton, but no amount OF drum
ming was sufficient TO inspire his constituents,
and the result was . meeting that would class
speaker. Three or four clubs, headed by q
band, turned out and escorted Mr.. Bynum from
the hotel to the place Of speaking, corner of
California and Washington streets. The process
sion that marched from the corner of Illinois
and Washington streets probably contained 500
men, and about half that many more gathered
around the stand when the sscert arrived.
Mr. Bynum's appearance was greeted with
some applause, but il did not have the ringing
hsartiness OF a greeting which a favorite re-
ceives when he comes home to his own. The
crowd did not even treat him with due respect,
as the several drum corps kept up q noise long
after he had begun speaking. This made il
necessary for him to cease several times. That
nearly all the clubs had turned out against their
own will was evident, as they marched away in a
body before Mr.. Bynum was half through with
his speech. When the crowd final ly became or
cerly enough for the speech to be heard,
there were not more than three
or four hundred people present, and many of
those were Republicans who, out of curiosity,
desired to see how the alleged friend of the la
boring man would explain away some Of his
ISLANDERS OF Indianapolis w~age-workers. They.
however. were disappointed, as he did not under
take to offer any explanation of his Atlanta
speech. On the contrary, he was careful not to
refer to 1t. There were many laboring men who
waited patiently in the crowd, wonder
ing how he would apologize for saying
that Indianapolis workingmen were idle
four months in the year; had no credit with
their grocer, and permitted their wives to earn
the living over the wash tub, and when he did
not do so they were convinced thai he dared not
attempt such a thing. He seemed to be dis
Rusted at the chilly reception given him., and
delivered a very mediocre speech that was char
acteriZed by its ramblinRs. In tone it WAS
apologize throughout, and left the impression
that the speaker was self-convicted of having
% assir.a to be- his fo so1,,,.u'nt; t0ess sna
He devoted himself principally to q discussion
Of the Mills bill. What he had to say on the
subject was in the nature OF an apology for the
action OF the Democrats in the House. In Civ
ing his reasons FOR voting to put wool and nu-
merous other articles on the free list, he left She
impression. that he was in principle an out-and-
out free trader, and yet he was careful to
hedge every few minutes by declaring that
the Democratic party was not a free-trade party,
but believed in the protection or American in
dustries and American labor. His speech was
disjointsd and demsgoeical, being SO construct
ed as to please voters with all kinds OF views.
Only once or twice during the entire speech was
there any attempt at applause. II. was evidently
Ato ~ ~
charges that have been made and unrefuted
that he has constantly isrepresentsd the work
ingmen Of Indianapolis and General Har-
rison's record, but after he had
finished his tariff harangue, some
one in the audience made a suggestion that COM
PEELED him to cay something about the charges
that have been made against him He appeared
to be completely ratified, and only attempted the
following answer: IF they want to meet the
people upon the issues during the campaign let
them come up honestly and discuss the issues.
Let them come up and tell the truth. l am
sorry / have not the list here to-night-but
the Journal says / am . great liar.
Now there is one thing sure, either / am 9 great
liar or the Journal is q great liar, and / have cot
the evidence to prove which 1t is, but I have not
got it here. / have got q long list l want to
show you to show what a truthful paper the
Journal is. Why, it has such a great regard
for the truth il has quit meddline with it en-
| tirsly: it don't have anything to do with it
Laughter and applause
After claiming by indirection that hs was Q
truthful man and that everything he uttered
could be established by the record, he said:
ssNov l just arrived here at 6 o'clock this even
ing and l would like to talk longer to you, but
have had . somewhat tiresome journey. aud
have had no rect, l assure You, during the time
! have been away, and l have had to talk in q
very rambling sort OF way because I have had
! no time 70 prepare any kind of . speech; but