The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-05
MUST PLEASE THE COY GANG
lie Little Boss toSupply Machinery and
aCOmmittee the Responsibility.
heiiey Badly Defeated by Murphy, from Coun-
" Auditor Taggart's 0ffice-The Date for
the Republican Aldermanic Conventions.

10Y seems to be satisfied with the EFFORTS
oi Ms party to assume virtue in political
management it does not and never can
nave. He KNOWS the scheme in having
&c" respectable gentlemen as executive
committeeman will deceive no one, as the
party cannot get along without his serv-
ices Its successes, and all of them. secured
Dy the most disreputable methods. for the
Marion county and Indianapolis Democracy
Will have no other. were obtained through
Coy. Even in his confnementin the Michi-
gan City penitentiary he was never away
IroIa controlling the Democrats of this city
and county. 1t is his following that gives
the Democratic majority, and through
chairman Taggart, at the dictation of Coy,
tnen behind prison bars. during
the last campaign, 1T was aroused
10 work for the ticket. Coy
was In communication then with Taggart.
as he is to-day with the executive commit
tee of respectable gentlemen appointed
night before last. ''These gentlemen" said
political observer yesterday. were not
selected because the party leaders pre-
1erred them. They are expected to stand
between<hc public and the real manage,
ment ofthe campaign. Tanner, Gall. Rice
and OConnor and the rest of them will SIT
around tho committee-rooms or make
show of sustaining the reputable element
while Coy, the other tally-sheet conspira-
tors and the many connected with them who
escaped arrest will be using all the dis
graceful resources at the command OF poll
tIclans of that class to bring out the adj
herents of the gang. At the polls. on cleo
aion h. day. in the southern Suna Nil, Tard Is
found the Democratic challengers:
shoulder-hitters and bruisers selected
from list prepared by Coy. The cam
paign money will be raised by Coy from
the saloons and the men who will pay
handsomely for Democratic success at his
dictation: In fact, outside OF the mere
personnel of the committee, it will he
Coy campaign"
Nor will the nomination of Sullivan,
or any one not heretofore suggested for
Mayor, help the Democrats in keeping the
Coy influence in the shade. AS respectable
as the executive committee may be, or as
earnest as may be the effort to nominate a
man who is supposed to be away from the
Coy Influence, the little boss will be at the
front. If any disposition is shown to cover
his tracks more than he is willing to per-
NIT, so much the worse it will be for his
party. He is in no mood to put up with
any, disallowance of his, claims as a
lCduCl VI tuc lOCdk OCinOCAdCJs
He may consent to work during the cam
paign, under cover, but next year and for
ever afterwards, unless an incident akin to
the tally sheet forgery interferes, he will
continue to be boss. But COy's position in
regard to the mayoralty is not as sharply
defined as iJ was few days ago. He him.
self is non-committal. and every one ac-
quainted with his views will shun every
question leading to information on that
point. Indeed that is the trouble with
every Democrat with whom one comes in
contact There never was canvass in
which so little is definitely known regard
ing the outcome of a Democratic city con-
yention like the present one. But the sup
position is that Sullivan may be pushed
through on direct trade with the gang.
1t is not understood, however, that
Coy and his heelers have deserted
Norton, or that they are work
ing any less actively for him.
The indications are more in the line of
negotiations for an understanding as to the
relations the gang Will hold TO the ticket
in the event of NOrtop's failure. AS the
vigilant, active and disreputable methods
of Coyism are absolutely essential for sue
cess. the question with Sullivan's friends
appears to be how far they can permit the
little boss to back them. Those acquainted
with the conditions have no hesitancy in
believing that Sullivan, If he is nominated,
must of preference, in view of future
aspirations, submit as entirely to COyism
as Norton would. Thus, as far as Demo
cratic nomination for Mayor is concerned.
the public is between the devil and the
deep sea.