Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-15

| INDIANAPOLIS, IND, November lo.-Gov-
ernor Gray was entirely serene in manner
and philosophical in mood at the state house
to-day. He had accepted the results and
was w.lling, after little reflection, to dis
cuss the causes CT defeat and give his view
o. the proper policy of his party to pursue
in regard to the tariff Issue. To the inquiry,
What did i. in Indiana:" ne replied rather
se,ltentiously:
"Yotes.''
'Eut what made the votes % he was asked
The governor Looked out of the window
thoughtfuIly and this question was added
suggestively:
WAS it money!
| no" the governor said, money wa,
used to some extent. 1t always is in cleo
| tions, bU. the purches ibls element III In
| diana Is no larger than II IS a1ywhere else"
The governor said this with some warmth,
Is If repei! ng an insinuat.on against his
people.
'Tnere are other causes" he went on:
two years ago there was some feeling ii
this st ate of dis abstraction with the preSi-
dents course. Many republicans We're sill
| in office. The postal service in Indiana was,
and still IL, full of republicans. [ an not
| saying that the feeling was just | an not
| critIclsiny the Presidents course. | an
only referring TO a condition Of sentiment
, which existed at that time. When this cam
paign came on l thought that feeling un.
favorable to tine administration had died
| out. Bat there was probably moe OF II
/ than sho wed openly. II seems so now. As
| the campaign progressed We found II hard
| to awaken the enthusiasm which means sue
| csss. There wasn't that spirit among In
IIs.yn a u IA.
| throw mp their h ats and tear their clothes
| for the ticket, as you might say.
| DEMOCRATIC APATHY.
The governor Gwelt for some little time
on the extent of the apathy among Indiana
| democrats, and his manner showed that he
| regarded tina: a. the most striking factor IN
| contributing 10 defeat in Indiana. Reply
\ ing to inquiries, he said the party manage
ment in the state had been all that could be
| desired. The leaders OF the party had done
| their very est to hold Indiana in the demo-
| fault could be attributed to the national
committee. The committee had treated In
diana fairly. SO far as he kew: but the fact
remained deeply impressed on his mind
| that it had been impossible to awaken
among Indiana democrats that enthusiasm.
| or. as he once more expressed it, THAT feel
| ing which prompts men to throw M their
hats and tear their clothes for the tick t
81 observed the absence of that peculiar
| enthusiasm" Governor Gray continued,
! when President Cleveland visited Indian
apolis. You might have expected Indiana
democrats would go wild ever their prssI-
dent, but they didn't. l was afraid then
| that it would be hard to arouse the party
for him in this state. There was, of course,
great curiosity to see the president, and a
| great crowd and warm applause: but there
WAS no. that warmth, that intensity of feel
ing, which We know leads to democratic
success II this state"
Governor Gray at this point dropped into
an interesting analysis of the character of
| Indiana democracy. He said the party i'll
this state was somewhat peculiar. Indiana
d mocrats were not only loyal to their
party-they were more than that. They
| were intense in their devotion to party. He
proceeded to show how Indiana democrats,
holding such sentiments, had judged the
rational administration by their standard of
democracy and had found it wanting.