The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-05
Forged Circulars Sent Out with Intent to
Mislead and Harass Working Re-
publicans of Indiana.
PromuIgating Lie About the Law of
Residence in Precinct.
The Legislative Canvass - Populists Demand
the Withdrawal OF Frenzsl's Order
Political Notes.


Half Dozen Petty Practices OF Conremp-
tibIs Nature by Democrats.
Chairman Taggart and his co-workers are
resorting to all kinds of political trickery
in the last days of the campaign. His For
Gods sake hustle. or we are lost"
circular showed how the Democracy feels
about the result, and it had its effect yes
terdsy In several tricky schemes Matched.
The Democrats sent out two circulars yes
terday. One was addressed to all the Re-
publican workers whose addresses could be
secured. and was written on q fac smile or
the letter-head of the Republican State
central committee. 1t went on to state that
the committee would be unable to meet Its
obi gations to the party workers. and
that challengers, and others engaged for
duty on election day. were at liberty to en-
gage In any thing else they saw fit. and to
vote as they saw fit, as following ont
former instructions would be of no avail.
Che circular was simply signed THE Com
mittee." 1t is not necessary to say moro
than that this circular was the basest kind
of q forgery. designed to mislead and
misguide Republican workers. 1t Is
also unnecessary to say that it will have
10 effect.
Another circular. which Chairman Tag
CART yesterday sent out to all the Repub-
licans whose names he could get.
simply told them that their county
chairman had been supplied with
plenty of funds and all that was necessary
was to call at the committee headquarters
and get a - amount This is a repetition
of the forgery sent out by the Democratic
committee In 1855.
Mr. TagGart's tricks do not end here. In
some parts of the State where the foreign
element is large his henchmen are ex plain
ing that the force bill is desi gned to compel
everybody to send their children to the
public schools. And this is not all. Thurs
day evening County Clerk Sender, of Allen
county, a Democrat. telsgraphed to the State
committee to call meeting of the election
board for yesterday morning. He came to
this city, but as Mr.. X. o. Hawkins had an
important engagement and Governor Chase
was out of town, majority of the board
could not be gotten together. Clerk SOuder
claims that some of the ballots sent to him
were mutiIated, nails having boon driven
through them in packing. 1t is peculiar
that such complaints as these invari-
ably come from Democratic counties
where the ballots are in charge of Demo-
cratic officers. These schemes of the
Democrats on the eve of election are but
the desperate grabs of the drowning De-
mocracy after the straw of victory. The
straw isn't strong enough to support De-
mocracy. laden as it is with many burdens.
Yesterday morning the Sentinel contained
the following EDITORIAL:
We are informed that Mr.. A C. Harris, of this
city, an eminent lawyer and Republican, has
advised the Republican state central committee
that no person other qualified to vote who
has resided in a ward for thirty days preceding
an election loses his right to vote by moving
from one precinct to another, in
such ward within thirty days of
a sixty days residence In the township and
thirty days residence in the ward precinct to
make n man an elector. If otherwise qualified.
The Republican committeeman throughout the
state will no doubt accept Mr.. Harris's opinion.
and Democratic committeeman will. therefore,
be justified in insisting upon the right of anv
Democrat 70 vote. if otherwise qualified, even IL
| he shall have moved from one precinct to an
other in the same ward, within thirty days OF the
election.
The above Is barefaced Democratic
| falsehood. Mr.. Harris never rendered any
object of the Sentinel can be plainly SEEM
| 1t is thinly disguised invitation to Dem
| ocrats to violate the section of the law re-
| curing that all persons shall reside in a
precinct for thirty DAYS prior to the cleo.
| ton before they are entitled 10 vote. in
the hope that some of them will not be de-
| tected in the violation.
| Mr.. Harris. when seen last evening, de-
bounced the paragraph rs false. in
opinion said he, land that is not the law,
MT all ~