The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-07
FIHGTING FOR A SENATORSHIP.
The Democratic Trouble in Shelby County
Really Tilt Between Gray and Voorhees,.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYvILLE, Feb. 6-The Democratic
Senators and politicians at the State capi-
tai, and also the friends of Cortez Ewing,
at Greensburg have become alarmed at the
status of political affairs in this county,
and have concluded to put speakers in the
various townships during the next few
days. in behalf of Cortez Ewing, the al
legged Democratic candidate. The list of
orators is made up of such men as ex-Gov-
ernor Gray, Jason Brown, Senators Cox,
Barrett and Francis. and Green Smith and
others. Governor Gray is booked for
speech, in the Opera-hall here. ON Friday
night. Green Smith will speak at London,
village of one hundred souls, twelve
miles to the north. So soon as the an
nouncement was made that the county was
to be canvassed in behalf of Ewing, con-
siderable feeling was expressed among
Democrats, as they felt competent to vote
on the senatorial question without advice
from outside sources. 1t was, very appar-
ent that the whole scheme OF working to
elect Ewing was to aid Gray in his contest
for the United States Senate. The speak
ers Will be given @ cold reception,
as Senator Voorhees, is the favorite among
the rank and hle of the Democracy. Nor
will it do for the Democratic orators to
abuse Senator Carpenter. as the people are
with him and do not intend to see him
robbed of his rights, and also abused by
scheming politicians.
The more the nomination of Ewing is in
yestgated the more, farcical it becomes.
The efforts of the CIR eensburg delegation to
grab the nomination. by virtue of a packed
committee, IN vlol3 tion of all party usages
and rules, is considered by Democrats to
tics. This so-caUed nomination is not con-
sidered binding upon Democrats, because
they claim the county committeeman had
no right to, nominate. If any committee
had the right TO make the selection it was
the senatorial committee. Democrats
argue that the county committees are or
ganlzed for county affairs and not for dis
trlct work, and that the authority of a
county committee cannot go be-
yond the line of the county
will t3e seen there are some nice questions
OF party. law bearing upon the sensational
non nnatlon OF Ewing, and the best posted
Democrats look upon the work of the joint
comsmittce. of last Saturday as clearly
illegal s1d of no binding force upon the
voters. As IS now stands Ewings nomina-
tion is nothing more than the suggestion of
his name by few of his friends. He
is snnply before the people as an independ-
ent Democratic candidate, indorsed by a
fraction OF a committee, who had no au-
thority to act officially.
The people of Decatur county do not take
very kindly to tho nomination of Ewing.
he will not poll the strength of his party
there, and it is now seen that his alleged
nominations is a mistake, and should be with
drawn. He was chairman of the central
committee during the last campaign and,
a few days before the election, sent out an
Infamous circular to his subOrdinates, tell
ing them to get the floats we'll in hand.
The circular fell into the hands of Repub-
licans and was published in time to expose
the scheme of the Democracy.
Carpenter and Ray are both actively
pushing their canvass, and it is evident the
Democratic majority in Shelby county
will 60 glimmering on election day. Ewing
has very little following in this county,
and his race is looked upon more as joke
than anything else. Ray has flooded the
county with his tickets and will have
Democrats at every voting precinct in his
behalf. The cry made by the Democrats
that Carpenter will not be allowed to take
Ills seat again, if elected, is having nc
weight with the people. They feel that il
they elect him and send him back to the
Senate it will be high handed outrage
not to abide by the voice of the ballots.