The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-21
Mr.. Brush,s Confession.

Mr.. WILLIAM L, BRUSH OF Crawtords-
vile, the gentleman who distinguished
himself at the recent republican pow-wow
in this city, has been seen by a cores
pendent of the Nelrs and declares that he
made nc such bad break" as reported
upon that interesting occasion. He says
he has written out from memory the
speech he delivered at the pow-wow and
forwarded it TO the Journal, which, he com
plains, declines to print it. He therefore
kindly furnishes it to the NeUs, which
publishes it, and, although we don't
often take matter for THE SENTINEL at
secondhand, this is such a rare gem that
we can not refuse to give III readers the
benefit OF it. Here it is:
Mr.. Chairman:
In accordance with the motion passed
at the last meeting OF the central commit
tee, | selected and sent to the secretary
the names of five republicans from the
Eighth district TO serve on this committee
of siXty-five TO prepare and submit plans
and specifications for beating the demo-
Gratis in 1892. don't see any OF the gen
tlemen selected here, and suppose their
absence is to be accounted for on the
ground that they have no plans to submit
to the committee. i do not myself think
this kind of a meeting amounts to
much. 1t partakes too much of
the nature of a post-mortem into
the causes of defeat. We have
already had one meeting of that kind. 1t
was called TO formulate plans OF reorgani-
cation for the next campaign, and not for
the display OF oratory but so far, while
b . n A-n- Aw~A - nNEh 49, n n
called, and responses have been received
ron three or fou gentlemen from each,
no plan for future action has been sug-
gested, save the establishment OF a cheap
newspaper and the infusion of more har-
mony into the party. The burden OF the
speeches so far heard seems TO be to con
vince us that some accident befell us in
November, and that we were not really
beaten at all. Let us not deceive our
selves into the belief that it was
an accident, or that the lack
of a cheap newspaper and the
want of harmony did it. The fact rs there
are more democrats than republicans IN In
diana, and a larger proportion of them u0ted
last fall. Any poll Of the state made lCithin
The last tUenty gedrs Uhich shOtrs u TO be any
thing but democratic Is UrOng. That being
the case, anybody can see that we either
have TO convert democrats to our faith, or
otherwise induce them TO rOte our ticket.
HERETOFORE WHEN THE RIGHT
KIND OF INDUCEMENTS WERE USED
WE SUCCEEDED, AND WHEN NOT
WE GOT LEFT, AND WE ALWAYS
WILL. THE MEANS Of n
THE INDUCEMENTS HELD L IN THE
LAST CAMPAIGN, 1T SEEMS, WERE NOT SUI
FICIENT. The democrats attributed
FhnTr 1afn wy..fnrx- 20 fha n~TGfnnnA ~ tho
Australian election law, and perhaps they
are right about that, but l can't
tell whether it made more demo-
Gratis or lessened the number Of
republicans. Ii it did either WE WAN TO
WORK SOME PLAN TO CIRCUMvENT THE sYs-
TEN, because We need more voters on our
side, and we will have to get them or
get left, in spite OF cheap newspapers,
more harmony and everything else. THE
PLANS USED IN 1880 AND-1SSS PUT
Us THROUGH IN FINE STYLE, AND
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT SUBMITS
THEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
If YOU CAN REC0LLECT WHAT
THEY WERE. The committee is to Sc
lect a new chairman today, and | am
in favor of finding a man for the
place with n big head on him; one
who has brains enough to know what
to do, when TO do it, and who has the
nerve TO do it when the time comes
And this is the famous speech OF Mr..
Brush, as written out by himself from
memory
1t will be seen that the words "HARRI-
SON." doodle" and money are omitted
from the foregoing, and Mr.. BRUSH insists
that he did not use them. We have no
doubt his emo is at fault in this re-
spect. Within an hour or two after the
delivery of the speech the writer
of this was assured by no fewer
than four trustworthy genIlemen-re-
publicans, of course-who heard it, that
the word Doodle" was used. But it
doesn't matter. Doodle was the key
note of the speech, and, ever accepting
Mr.. BRUsH's version of it, written from
memory several days after its delivery, it
will take its place in the literature of po-
litical corruption alongside OF Nice-Presi.
dent ARrHUR's soap speech at belmont
cos, and of DUDLEY's bIocks-of-five letter.
II is only additional evidence, where none
was needed, of the utterly rotten cOndi-
ton, froma moral view point, OF the re-
publican organization in Indiana.