The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-05
MENDING ITS BROKENRANKS
Tom Taggart's Little Scheme to Pull the
Boys Into Working for the Party.
Sullivan Tells the Democratic COMMITTEES that
Hell Proud of His Administration, but 0mits
Some Important Facts-Davis's Denial.
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Mayor Sullivan Talks to the Boys and the Boz
Suub HfckIiu,

Mayor Sullivan Talks to the Boys and the Boys
snub HickIin.
The Democratic committee met at the
Hendricks Club-rooms last night to ar
range details of councilmanIc nominations
In the wards. After considerable wrangling
1t was decided to make the nominations by
ward primaries on Aug. %. the polls to be
open from to o'clock and the names of
all candidates in a ward to be printed on
one ticket. The committeeman will meet
by wards Aug. II TO arrangs for the polling
places. Chairman Taggart distributed to
each committeeman blank with room for
ten names. I'VE want each precinct COM
mitteenan." said he. Ito fill this out with
the names of ten good active Democrats in
his precinct to assist him and return the
blanks to the secretary as soon as possible"
Olaf Olsen was present, and could not
resist the temptation to be silly. "Meester
Chairman he cried as soon as the business
was over "Dere's a Churnsl reporter here.
unit yOost moot he pa United TO scat on
der stachew The motion was carried with
howl, and Olsen was appointed an escort
committee. He seemed proud of the job.
"Chentlemen" he cried as he reached the
stage. and looked all around to see if there
were any present whom the word would
ht Apparently he found none. for his
further remarks were addressed to the
ceiling. dis IS der reporter fur der Chur-
nal unit yoost tink in apout turee weeks
it will subhort der Temocratic dicket"
This witty sally Was greeted with another
howl of delight. and Olaf took his seat.
Mayor Sullivan sat on the stage during
the mseting aud was called on for a speech
at Its close. He did not go into howery
figures about issues. That sort of thing
Will do for public speeches. His whole talk
was plea to the boys to organize thor
oughly for the campaign. Il am obliged to
y0u," said he, for letting me look you in
the face. and thank you for the honor you
conferred upon me- the other day. 1 am
under great obligations TO the Democratic
party. both In this city and Marion county.
There Is something wonderful about that
party In this city OF ours. l am not an old
mani hope / have not lived out more
when the Democratic party in indianapolis
was not worth mentioning. 1t was so
small In numbers that 1t was deemed u
privilege to vote at all. Nobody ever
dreamed indianapolis would become
Democratic city. All that Is changed now.
Nobody will object TO Republicans voting,
but the result will be the same as it was
with MS years ago. Now the thing that has
brought all this about is organization. he
Hendricks Club, the Gray Club and the
Cleveland Climb have done tho business.
clubs composed of young and healthy DEM
ocrats You, tue men who conduct cam
paigns and control elections. can under
stand how the Democratic party, which
few years ago could have been put In
street car. has come into control
In this city and will remain IN control az
long as its splendid party organization Is
kept mp. In a city election, which is
matter that concerns the private business
affairs of all. one would suppose that every
man would come out and vote, but exactly
the contrary is the case. You are practical
men. Now what is the easel 1t depends
entirely upon organization. The party
that gets out nearest it's full vote will win:
It depends upon effective organization
After complimenting the committee and its
chairman. the speaker lauded his own adj.
mlnistratlon. so great is the contrast"
said he, between its splendid work and
what went before that l am satisfied that
if our party fails the city will never return
to the old condition of affairs. n condition
that even the Republican organ, the In
dianapOlis Journal has not dared to de-
fend. or descrI be. or mention"
The speech throughout was metallic and
dry. The only ripples of applause were
when he mentioned Cleveland. Taggart
and the Journal. OF course Sullivan falsi-
fed when he said what he did of the Jour
nal During the preceding administration
the Journal published all it's acts just as 1t
has during this one and concealed nothing.
the files will show. In speaking of this
ton the fact that 10 has let the electric
light contract slip along until it has TO pay
IS. 3jj more per year for the same number of
electric lights than was formerly paid. He
did not mention the failure to encourage
street-railroad competition. He forgot the
salary grab, tho ar bItrary violations of the
charter. the failure to keep any but paved
streets in passable condition. He forgot n
dozen OF the most conspicuous features of
his administration.
As soon as he had finished. Charley"
Cooper shouted that Colonel Hicklin had
doomed mp In the door and thew would like
to hear from him. Put him out" cried
committeeman in another corner.
MOOT We adchurn.' yelled Olsen. Tag
CART was III a quandary. but after a mo-
men.'s hesitation. he thought he
prospect of a row. and declared the meet
ing adjourned. Then he asked his finance
committee. consisting of V. NJ. Backus,
Albert Lieber. w. L. English, J. L. Foley,
L. IL. McNelis and Isaac King. to step into
the directors room and produce" The
heavy members of this committee. Albert
Licher who is expected tn work" the En-
glish beer syndirate for n couple of thou
sands and Will English who is ex pected to
dive into his own ample purse. were not
there.
PHASES OF POLITICS.