The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-04
Handsome Street Parade and a Packed
House TO Hear Shockney.
How They Fared at the Hands of President
Harrison and st the Hands Of the DEM
Ocraiic Indiana Legislature.
Negro Legislation Reviewed in Speech
by W. Y. Rocker Last Night.
Colored Men at English's and Young Repub-
licans at the Grand This Evening-POr-
ter and Fairbanks To-Morrow.
RAILROAD MEMS MEETING.

RAILROAD MEMS MEETING
| Handsome Reception Given to the Next
Lfeuten an Governor of Indiana.
The Shockney meeting last night wns n
demonstration showing large Republican
strength in the ranks of some of the
| strongest labor organizations in the State.
| Ex-senator Shockney, the Republican can
didate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was able.
| when IN the State Senate. to demonstrate
| that the Republican party is the friend OF
| all the people. and considers it duty to
champion every cause which tends to adj
vance the welfare of all citizens His
| affection in the loss of one eye, and the
| threatened loss of sight in the other,
| has prevented q continuance OF the actlv-
| ity be so much desired to exert in the
| campaign. His election as Lieutenant
| governor will make him President of the
| Senate. and enable him to promote the m
| terests of needful legislation. The meet
| ing last night w as also addressed by Hon.
Charles l.. Henry, the brave. plucky and
able Republican candidate for Congress.
Others were heard, and the occasion took
| on the proportions of Republican love-
| feast.
THE STREET PARADE.
| The street parade was one very credit
| able to the occasion. At q few minutes
past o'clock the various clubs. which had
formed on Pennsy lvanis street north of
| Ohio and on Ohio east of Pennsylvania
| street moved of, led by the Brotherhood
| Band ut the head of the Republican Rail-
road Mems Club, under the auspices of
which the meeting at the opera
house was held. They marched five
road men. AS the column started
the crowd assembled sent mp an time
| Harrison yell. which was responded to
heartily by the raiiroaders. There was be-
! tween four aud five hundred OF them in
| line. The railrosders were followed by one
| hundred veterans and next came the Z. w.
| Fairbanks Club $50 strong, composed en-
| tirely of young voters from tie southeast
ern portion of the city and headed by their
| own drum corps.
The Column ia Club, which had formed on
the west side of Pennsylvsnia street. fell
in line behind the Fairbanks Club, with
l5O men In rank and were closely fol-
lowed by the Marion Club drum corps
| at the head of one hundred members
of the club. In the rear of the
Marion Club camo the Deaf Mutes' Club.
with about thirty silent enthusiasts. The
Republican Bicycle Club. headed by the
Union Carpenters Drum Corps, came next,
| and then followed the Harrison Zouaves.
with their quick movements and jaunty
| uniforms The parade. starting west on
Ohio street. continued to Tennessee. south
| on that street TO Washington, east TO Penn
| sylvania and thence north to the opera
house, where 1t disbanded.
THE HOUSE WAS PACKED.
The meeting at the Grand Opera-house
| was one of the best and most enthusiastic
that has been held this campaign. The
lower part of the house, with the exception
of the fashion boxes. had been reserved for
the railroad men and others coming in
| after the parade, and long before that time
the boxes. the balcony and the CALLER y
were crowded with people. who patiently
| held their seats for an hour before the
speaking began. The audience, which was
| as fine q one as any speaker ever stood be-
| fore. contained many ladies.
The house was decorated in hand
some manner. On the wall in the rear
was an immense headlight, which shed its
penetrating rays over the house. On o
wire hung across the front of the stage
| were suspended dozen or more railroad
lanterns. with red and green globes, and
oil the boxes were decorated with red and
green signal flags used by railroad men.
vious evening remained. On the
stage chairs were arranged for one
hundred people. 1t was almost 9
o'clock when the doors OF the
theater were thrown open, and when the
| Railroad Mems Club filed down the center
aisle, it was greeted with stupendous ap-
plause. Rapidly the house filled, and in o
few minutes every seat and oil the standing
| room space, both upstairs and down, had
been taken. Next the brotherhood Band
made it's appearance. and. after loud calls
for music, q patriotic air was played. At q
o'clock MIR. John Q. Hicks. president of the
| Railroad Mems Club, and chairman of the
meeting. arose. He was greeted with ap-
plause. If you expecta speech from me-"
said he. You are going to get fooled, be-
cause am not going TO make any. Intend
to say, however, that Benjamin Harrison
was the first President of the United States
TO ever call the attention of Congress TO the
needs of the railroad men, and Theodore
Shockney, candidate for Lieutenant-gov
ernor. fought for our measures IN the last
Legislature. lApplause.l The first thing
on the programme will be q song from the
Bald headed Glee Club-not bald on account
of age. but from service In the Republican
party"
This song of the glee club was so vocifer-
ously cheered that 1t had TO respond TO the
encore and at the end of the second song
the leader exclaimed: WHATS the matter
mnsse and yelled enthusiastically: Hes
all right"
sHOCKNEY INTRODUCED.
After the applause had subsided Hon.
Theodore Shockney was introduced by the
chairman. He said no was deeply i'm
pressed and highly cratifec at the magni-
tude and perfectness OF the demonstration
made by the Railroad Mems Club of
Indianapolis IL demonstrated, he said.
what had long been claimed, that what a
| railroad man attempts he accOmplIshes
with all his might. He was pleased
10 meet the railroad men and
wanted TO congratulate them on their
magnificent appearance. and TO extend
thanks for them TO the other clubs that nd
taken part In the great demonstration. lie
was glad to meet them because, during the
session of the last Legislature. he had
looked over u petition signed by 25o0t
railroad men asking fer certain legislation
He remembered ut the time IL wrs said
that these names We're forgeries. ana that
the men did not want the kind of legisla-
tion asked for in the petition. For this
reason he was glad. he said. the railroad
men had turned out In such numbers az
an earnest that the names on the pefl tion
were not forgeries. and that they had been
asking Tor such legislation.
The speaker then referred to the great
change the last few years has worked IN
the duties OF railroad men and In the man
agement of railroads. and said there wa.
no better class OF citizens in existence than
those who do the railroad work. The rail-
road men W. re commended sober. intel
ligent. thinking earnest. industrious and
patriotic citizens. and the point was made
that greater eNactnese Is required OF them
. than of any other class of people. They
hold the property and lives OF
, the people IN the hollow o.