Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-26

Interesting Features Of The Campaign.
DAvITT AND THE PARNELL COURT
THE BRITISH MINISTER'S lNplscReTloN
How It Is Looked at in England.
THE CAMPAIGN IN INDIANA.
ACaruival Of PoIisscal Rsscasisy.

ELECTION KSAvKRY REDUCED 10 A scIKNcE-rHE
PARTY WITH THE BIGGEST BARREL Has THE BEST
CHANCE
Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR
INDiASAPoLIs, Oct 26-The campaign managers
In Indiana have never been more desperate than
they are now. Each side is charging the other
with fraud. The party organs are filied with the
most reckless charges and counter charges and n
all that Is said may be believed the campaign has
settled down TO rascaly contest and the election
Will determine nothing more than which set OF
men are the shrewdest and most successful scoun-
drels. While that Is not absolutely true, it is q
lamentabe fact that unscrupulous and even GRIM
inal work has In years past entered very largely
Into Indiana elections, In some Instances deter
mining the result In adroit management dark,
plots, and tricky tactics. Indiana politicians un-
Questionably surpass the campaign managers
anywhere else In the country. The business has
been reduced TO O science here. Laws are no
serious obstacle the execution OF the fraudulent
the war Indiana newspapers have contained ac-
counts OF frauds contemplated and committed,
embracing all kinds OF political er1me-illegl
and robbery OF bslot-Doxes, but the court records
snow That the only men punished for such out
se S,f were bUss Ooy ana ns second
vcted OF the b0ldest kind OF conspiracy, result
ing In the forgery OF the right here In
was changed II they had not been tried by the
United States Court IL Is doubtful II they would
have been convicted. Eleven OF their associates,
some OF whom were guilty OF greater wrong than
they, are still at large
Reputable and fair-miaded citizens are making
detel mined effort 10 stop this rascally work, and
In consequence, there are now three organizations
In existence for the purpose OF detecting and pros
ecuting volators OF the election laws. One OF them
Is the Citizens Committee or One Hundred, an
other is the Fair Election League and the other
Is the Committee OF Safety, the latter composed
exclusively OF democrats As further precaution
the republicans have procured the appointment OF
federal election SUPERVISORS and the democrats
have applied for the appointment OF deputy United
States marshals for eacn voting precinct
Win all these movements. however, it Is appa-
rent to any close observer or political work that
boJn parties are preparing TO do as much tricky
work as they can safely. Democrats charge that
republicans have imported negro voters, and tie
state chairman even goes SO Tar as 70 tell where
they may be found. The republicans charge that
the democrats have brought many repeaIers TO
the state, and that they have been spotted. There
Is doubtless some truth and great deal OF false
hood In both charges. The democrats have more
publicans are better supplied with funds than they
would have the pubic believe. Both sides have
from the beginning attached great importance TO
the money feature. Chairman Huston, OF the re-
publican committee, has repeatedly said thar he
Tearcd nothing but the use Of money, and that he
needed nothing but money 70 carry the state. The
democratic chairman has talked In the same way.
Money Is certain TO be used. The purchasable
vote Is estimated &C from 10000 10 Is, 600 which,
termine the result There is no means OF knowing
which OF the Two parties will master this particu-
lar feature OF the situation Both appear TO be-
come more confident toward the close.